What is the purpose of this article? Who cares what lobbyist Microsoft hired? Ralph Reed isn't even with the Christian Coalition anymore, but that won't stop/. users from engaging in the usual Christian-bashing. Admit it, that's why this story was posted.
So let the insults fly - it's open-season on people who believe in anything not made of silicon.
OK, I must admit I breathed a sigh of relief when I followed the link and saw what "Hamster Havoc" was. For a second, I thought Rob had gone all Richard Gere on us;-).
I have this funny feeling that, even WITHOUT Transmeta, Intels days as numero uno PC chip-maker are numbered. How many times in the last few years have they gone back and forward on where their roadmaps are going, delayed releases, completely dropped/abandoned/changed plans...
There is no reason why Intel has to stay number 1. It's not like Microsoft, where everyone has sold their souls to MFC and other Windows "standards." Computer manufacturers are going to use whatever chip performs the best for the lowest cost. AMD kicked their butt with Athlon, so the crown should rightly pass to them. If Crusoe is everything its being hyped as, Transmeta should rightly become the mobile chip king.
So I see these recent developments at Intel as a sign that Intel sees the writing on the wall, and is scrambling to keep up.
You do realise I have a patent on the technology involved ("A New Method For Producing An Unlimited Number Of Consecutive Integers Using A Programmable Electronic Calculation Device")? Ok you owe me 100000$..
I live off campus, but have 768K up/down DSL phone service available. My parents think I'm crazy paying $90/mo for my phone bill. The Just Don't Understand.
I woudn't go calling MS Office a monopoly. Highly successful, yes. But you can just as easily choose Corel Suite. Or even LotusWorks, even though it sucks donkey turds. It's the LINK between Windows and Office that's the problem. Either forcing Windows source open OR forbidding whomever else owns Windows from doing anything else seems to me the best solution. And this breakup is designed to accomplish the latter.
By that time John Williams and Frank Oz will be DEAD.
Oh, yeah, VII VIII and IX will be real thrillers. GL is probably stock recording Oz saying stuff like "Hard it is, the path of Good," "Be strong in your feelings, but not so strong that use them the Dark Side can," and "Anger: bad it is unless help you defeat the bad guy it can."
He's probably also computer-analyzing John Williams soundtracks so that they can be spat out automatically by a computer for later episodes.
I can hardly wait. Roz Skywalker-Solo sets out to defeat the evil Darth Turnicate. Or some such.
This is a critical time for DVD. With the recent encryption hack and other bad press, it remains to be seen if DVD will finally and truly become the mainstream digital home movie format. People will buy DVD players simply to get the Star Wars series, and the more DVD players there are out there, the less likely the industry will be to turn away.
I for one hope DVD doesn't die. And I'm not just saying that because I expect to get a DVD player for my birthday and/or Christmas:-).
I didn't read the story, but I can imagine that the DVD edition of Episode One will contain all kinds of goodies. And when the Original Series comes out... I hope you can get both the original and special edition, but I doubt that.:-(
>>The previous poster's hypothetical company with an innovative idea cannot hope to get off the ground if they give away their flagship product right from the start
> Redhat did. Hell linux system labs dls thier entire product and sells it for 99 cents. Yet they seem to be doing pretty well.
Redhat is essentially giving away someone else's product, not their own. Unless you consider their product to be how the Linux kernel and all of the GNU software was bundled together. Still, it is not the same as spending the time to build something from scratch and then give it away. Programmers need IP to be able to eat.
Could employers and insurance companies obtain an individual's genetic information? Could government agencies or law enforcement authorities use genome research to invade privacy and predict behavior? Could prospective spouses demand DNA screenings to reject unsuitable mates?
Here's what I think:
All that knowing a person's genetic makeup tells us is what that person has inherited. A prospective employer or mate can find out what our genetic makeup looks like simply by meeting our parents. Do most employers care if our parents had histories of drug addiction, or laziness, or criminal behavior? Or, to put it another way, when your fiance' wants to meet your parents before getting married, do you think that this is unethical? We as human beings are not completely determined by our chromosomes. The environment, and our own free will also take roles in developing who we are as individuals. People already understand that, and I think they will re-learn this when they discover that knowing the complete human genome is not a crystal ball into determining the character of a person.
Earlier in this century, we dabbled in eugenics, only to learn that a "super-race," or perfect human beings are not possible, no matter how much you tweak and perfect genetics. I do think, however, that knowing the human genome will help us to eliminate many of the problems that arise from faulty genes, such as the ones that cause genetic disorders. Someday, we may even greatly slow down the aging process, by identifying which genes are responsible for certain types of bodily decay.
I guess my point is, this is not technology to be afraid of.
I have connections with Application Software Technologies (www.aztechcon.com), whose Embedded Systems Group in Green Bay, WI writes the innards to Fujitsu's cell phones. They are looking at all kinds of nifty ways to embed Linux, to do things like play MP3s, do e-mail, read Slashdot *g* from your cell phone. Just ideas being bounced around, but pretty neat anyway.
Have you ever noticed that Intel likes to emphasize different colors for different CPUs? The Pentium III is minty-green, a color I don't readily associate with processing power.
L1NUX is not M$ bug-compliant enough yet. Although Caldera is getting close. Actually, RedHat isn't far behind Caldera in bug compliance. GNOME needs to crash unexpectedly more often. SuSE looks promising, if only from a national origin standpoint (Linus ist unser fUrer, ja!), but they lack the aforementioned bugs.
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So let the insults fly - it's open-season on people who believe in anything not made of silicon.
OK, I must admit I breathed a sigh of relief when I followed the link and saw what "Hamster Havoc" was. For a second, I thought Rob had gone all Richard Gere on us ;-).
I could make an arguement that /. is more of a culture site than a tech site.
:-)
/. isn't really about technology - it's about geek culture. Otherwise we wouldn't have "It's funny, laugh" stories, or John Katz articles.
Happy V-day, everyone! Hope you all can find a cute opposite-sex (or same-sex if you prefer) geek or geek-ette to celebrate with.
http://www.englib.cornell.edu/SciTech/s95/atom.h tml
*G* Now, all we need to do is get Kelsey Grammar (Frasier Crane) to voice that announcement. :-)
I have this funny feeling that, even WITHOUT Transmeta, Intels days as numero uno PC chip-maker are numbered. How many times in the last few years have they gone back and forward on where their roadmaps are going, delayed releases, completely dropped/abandoned/changed plans...
There is no reason why Intel has to stay number 1. It's not like Microsoft, where everyone has sold their souls to MFC and other Windows "standards." Computer manufacturers are going to use whatever chip performs the best for the lowest cost. AMD kicked their butt with Athlon, so the crown should rightly pass to them. If Crusoe is everything its being hyped as, Transmeta should rightly become the mobile chip king.
So I see these recent developments at Intel as a sign that Intel sees the writing on the wall, and is scrambling to keep up.
Heh. Someone moderate this up as "funny."
I live off campus, but have 768K up/down DSL phone service available. My parents think I'm crazy paying $90/mo for my phone bill. The Just Don't Understand.
I woudn't go calling MS Office a monopoly. Highly successful, yes. But you can just as easily choose Corel Suite. Or even LotusWorks, even though it sucks donkey turds. It's the LINK between Windows and Office that's the problem. Either forcing Windows source open OR forbidding whomever else owns Windows from doing anything else seems to me the best solution. And this breakup is designed to accomplish the latter.
Can you please link the random complaint generator that you used? I know of a few, but this one is pretty cool.
Lynx. Pine. Vi. MC. What the fsck is this XFree-whatever crap?
:-)
What is Ender's Game? Why should we care?
Re: Episodes 7-9
By that time John Williams and Frank Oz will be DEAD.
Oh, yeah, VII VIII and IX will be real thrillers. GL is probably stock recording Oz saying stuff like "Hard it is, the path of Good," "Be strong in your feelings, but not so strong that use them the Dark Side can," and "Anger: bad it is unless help you defeat the bad guy it can."
He's probably also computer-analyzing John Williams soundtracks so that they can be spat out automatically by a computer for later episodes.
I can hardly wait. Roz Skywalker-Solo sets out to defeat the evil Darth Turnicate. Or some such.
This is a critical time for DVD. With the recent encryption hack and other bad press, it remains to be seen if DVD will finally and truly become the mainstream digital home movie format. People will buy DVD players simply to get the Star Wars series, and the more DVD players there are out there, the less likely the industry will be to turn away.
:-).
:-(
I for one hope DVD doesn't die. And I'm not just saying that because I expect to get a DVD player for my birthday and/or Christmas
I didn't read the story, but I can imagine that the DVD edition of Episode One will contain all kinds of goodies. And when the Original Series comes out... I hope you can get both the original and special edition, but I doubt that.
Now, if only someone out there would develop an open-source, cross-platform protocol for turning Natalie Portman into stone...
*ducks*
> Redhat did. Hell linux system labs dls thier entire product and sells it for 99 cents. Yet they seem to be doing pretty well.
Redhat is essentially giving away someone else's product, not their own. Unless you consider their product to be how the Linux kernel and all of the GNU software was bundled together. Still, it is not the same as spending the time to build something from scratch and then give it away. Programmers need IP to be able to eat.
Here's what I think:
All that knowing a person's genetic makeup tells us is what that person has inherited. A prospective employer or mate can find out what our genetic makeup looks like simply by meeting our parents. Do most employers care if our parents had histories of drug addiction, or laziness, or criminal behavior? Or, to put it another way, when your fiance' wants to meet your parents before getting married, do you think that this is unethical? We as human beings are not completely determined by our chromosomes. The environment, and our own free will also take roles in developing who we are as individuals. People already understand that, and I think they will re-learn this when they discover that knowing the complete human genome is not a crystal ball into determining the character of a person.
Earlier in this century, we dabbled in eugenics, only to learn that a "super-race," or perfect human beings are not possible, no matter how much you tweak and perfect genetics. I do think, however, that knowing the human genome will help us to eliminate many of the problems that arise from faulty genes, such as the ones that cause genetic disorders. Someday, we may even greatly slow down the aging process, by identifying which genes are responsible for certain types of bodily decay.
I guess my point is, this is not technology to be afraid of.
>>>>Fuckhead.
>>>Fuckhead.
>>Fuckhead.
>Fuckhead.
Fuckhead.
Fuckhead.
I have connections with Application Software Technologies (www.aztechcon.com), whose Embedded Systems Group in Green Bay, WI writes the innards to Fujitsu's cell phones. They are looking at all kinds of nifty ways to embed Linux, to do things like play MP3s, do e-mail, read Slashdot *g* from your cell phone. Just ideas being bounced around, but pretty neat anyway.
Is there an iso CD-ROM image available for download? I haven't given *BSD a whirl in a while.
>4) Buy 10000 high capacity magazines for popular firarms before the 1994 ban.
>8) Give a copy of the Colt 1911 and Browning High Power to John Browning in 1890.
ESR, is that you?
I guess that makes me "bad."
L1NUX is not M$ bug-compliant enough yet. Although Caldera is getting close. Actually, RedHat isn't far behind Caldera in bug compliance. GNOME needs to crash unexpectedly more often. SuSE looks promising, if only from a national origin standpoint (Linus ist unser fUrer, ja!), but they lack the aforementioned bugs.
Bravo, SGI!