And now that Comcast owns NBC/Universal's content, what is going to prevent C/N/U from not licensing all that content to Netflix? Even the government can't make a company give its property to another company, so....
Had an interesting discussion on this question in a business class when this was going through. 1/2 thought Netflix was doomed, 1/2 thought that Netflix had enough other material to last (and that Comcast wouldn't bother adding all that stuff). I was in the latter half, since Netflix carries all kinds of stuff that Comcast would never carry (Tokyo Gore Police? heh). It will probably cut into Netflix's profits, but the lure for a lot of people I've talked to (anecdotal, I know) is the availability of older, foreign, or just weird stuff that Comcast most likely will never carry.
And this was a content discussion, not the 'bandwidth cap' or 'net neutrality' discussion. For the record, I'm pro-neutrality and I think bandwidth caps are OK only in extreme situations.
About 1/3 think Wikipedia should be added, 1/3 laughs it off as silly, and 1/3 are just saying "meh." It's a cool project, sure. But until a can use Wikipedia as a reference in a grad-level class or a peer reviewed journal, no, it is not a 'wonder' or 'the best source of knowledge ever,' etc. etc. It's good for trivia, but for more science-y and techy stuff, I'm going to find something that has been vetted by experts.
Boondoogle. Some of the public will use it, it will be mostly contradictory, and the politicians will completely ignore it (this is the real big question). I can see no end to the contradictions in opinions, district lines, local (as in town-sized) political motivations, financial motivations (if I'm over there, the taxes are lower), and what have you. It's a nice idea, but flawed from the get-go.
Used to be- "Hey doc/dentist, [whatever you did] didn't help. And you were kind of snarky about it." Ya know, human communication and all that fancy word talking?
Now- "My tooth still hurts, so I'm going to post bad reviews instead of going back and asking it to be fixed. Or get it fixed, and still say bad stuff." Someone above said they never use their real name in bad reviews. And probably would be the first person to complain about (at least semi-) anonymous reviews about their service.
There are bad doc/dentists. There are bad everywhere. Just don't go back. Unless your dentist or doc causes irreparable harm, then you go get 'em. Of course, everyone makes mistakes. Not enough Novacaine --> little bit more pain --> "HE IS HORRIBLE AND WILL EAT YOUR PUPPIES ALIVE!!!!"
But I also think this non-disclosure thing is bunk, too. Everyone seems to just want to go over the top nowadays.
If they changed which 3 characters for each failed attempt (and even successful attempts), with a timed lock out after X failed attempts, the odds decrease a bit. I'm not doing the math.
I think the newest version(s) of iLife do this, too. The first time I was using iMovie after getting the new version, I spent 10 minutes looking for a "Save" button. Checked the docs, and found out it autosaves after every change. Was a weird paradigm shift for me.
Hey, monkey boy, I never said the design was well done. Maybe I should have spelled it out- "Oh hell, oopsie!" Holy kangaroo on a stick people are getting dense around here...
2nd Amendment? Seriously? I don't even follow the thought process. One is to protect your ass from being killed, and yours is to hide stuff on a computer/network.
I really don't know where you get the idea that you have a right to distribute whatever you want digitally. Would it be OK if you sent some hardcopy top-secret codes to another country?
Robots are cool. Wandering the stacks and reading random books is fun. Going to the location of a book and looking at the books around it for other options is a necessity.
What we need is to combine these options. -Riding- the robot into the stacks and perusing! Especially if the robot were shaped like ponies!
The key word is "new." When putting up new developments it's easy to lay fiber at the same time, as opposed to digging through all the stuff already there. I'm in the same position as you- 20 miles outside of Philly, but not in the 'affluent' area.
I thought about the 'put them up high' idea, then realized that Japan gets hit with typhoons. But the basement idea was bad. Maybe a reinforced, water tight, ground level plant? I don't know, I'm not an architect.
I think you're correct. The earthquake knocked out the main power lines, so the power switched over to the generators, and then the tsunami knocked those out. After that, the battery backups could only last so long. The only thing worse would be if an asteroid hit 10 minutes later. A perfect storm of "oh, hell...."
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And now that Comcast owns NBC/Universal's content, what is going to prevent C/N/U from not licensing all that content to Netflix? Even the government can't make a company give its property to another company, so....
Had an interesting discussion on this question in a business class when this was going through. 1/2 thought Netflix was doomed, 1/2 thought that Netflix had enough other material to last (and that Comcast wouldn't bother adding all that stuff). I was in the latter half, since Netflix carries all kinds of stuff that Comcast would never carry (Tokyo Gore Police? heh). It will probably cut into Netflix's profits, but the lure for a lot of people I've talked to (anecdotal, I know) is the availability of older, foreign, or just weird stuff that Comcast most likely will never carry.
And this was a content discussion, not the 'bandwidth cap' or 'net neutrality' discussion. For the record, I'm pro-neutrality and I think bandwidth caps are OK only in extreme situations.
About 1/3 think Wikipedia should be added, 1/3 laughs it off as silly, and 1/3 are just saying "meh."
It's a cool project, sure. But until a can use Wikipedia as a reference in a grad-level class or a peer reviewed journal, no, it is not a 'wonder' or 'the best source of knowledge ever,' etc. etc. It's good for trivia, but for more science-y and techy stuff, I'm going to find something that has been vetted by experts.
My vote is no.
Boondoogle.
Some of the public will use it, it will be mostly contradictory, and the politicians will completely ignore it (this is the real big question). I can see no end to the contradictions in opinions, district lines, local (as in town-sized) political motivations, financial motivations (if I'm over there, the taxes are lower), and what have you.
It's a nice idea, but flawed from the get-go.
Used to be- "Hey doc/dentist, [whatever you did] didn't help. And you were kind of snarky about it." Ya know, human communication and all that fancy word talking?
Now- "My tooth still hurts, so I'm going to post bad reviews instead of going back and asking it to be fixed. Or get it fixed, and still say bad stuff."
Someone above said they never use their real name in bad reviews. And probably would be the first person to complain about (at least semi-) anonymous reviews about their service.
There are bad doc/dentists. There are bad everywhere. Just don't go back. Unless your dentist or doc causes irreparable harm, then you go get 'em. Of course, everyone makes mistakes. Not enough Novacaine --> little bit more pain --> "HE IS HORRIBLE AND WILL EAT YOUR PUPPIES ALIVE!!!!"
But I also think this non-disclosure thing is bunk, too.
Everyone seems to just want to go over the top nowadays.
Yes, as long as it is Microsoft related.
If they changed which 3 characters for each failed attempt (and even successful attempts), with a timed lock out after X failed attempts, the odds decrease a bit. I'm not doing the math.
Just be happy they didn't decide to go on multiples of pi.
I think the newest version(s) of iLife do this, too. The first time I was using iMovie after getting the new version, I spent 10 minutes looking for a "Save" button. Checked the docs, and found out it autosaves after every change. Was a weird paradigm shift for me.
Oh, I thought that was Lorena Babbit. My bad.
The only histrionics I've seen have been here on /.
Surprise, surprise.
Hey, monkey boy, I never said the design was well done. Maybe I should have spelled it out- "Oh hell, oopsie!"
Holy kangaroo on a stick people are getting dense around here...
Damn!
Thank you, I did not know that was what it was covered under.
They shouldn't be calling coders bacteria. Plus, they forgot pizza!
All your cluster grits are belong to us
Read Consumer Reports. (or the industry equivalent)
Is it really this hard?
2nd Amendment? Seriously? I don't even follow the thought process. One is to protect your ass from being killed, and yours is to hide stuff on a computer/network.
I really don't know where you get the idea that you have a right to distribute whatever you want digitally. Would it be OK if you sent some hardcopy top-secret codes to another country?
They are growing the pot plants -inside- the tower machines! What, you think all that bling lighting is for show?
Robots are cool.
Wandering the stacks and reading random books is fun.
Going to the location of a book and looking at the books around it for other options is a necessity.
What we need is to combine these options. -Riding- the robot into the stacks and perusing! Especially if the robot were shaped like ponies!
RFC 1149. Even a large flock would cost much less!
I never knew that. What are they doing now?
American Idol.
The key word is "new." When putting up new developments it's easy to lay fiber at the same time, as opposed to digging through all the stuff already there. I'm in the same position as you- 20 miles outside of Philly, but not in the 'affluent' area.
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I thought about the 'put them up high' idea, then realized that Japan gets hit with typhoons. But the basement idea was bad. Maybe a reinforced, water tight, ground level plant? I don't know, I'm not an architect.
I think you're correct. The earthquake knocked out the main power lines, so the power switched over to the generators, and then the tsunami knocked those out. After that, the battery backups could only last so long. The only thing worse would be if an asteroid hit 10 minutes later. A perfect storm of "oh, hell...."
I was thinking about making a Godzilla joke, and then I read this. Reminded me of how bad the whole situation is. I feel like a jerk.