A crucial part of the agreement guarantees that if a set-top box has both the older analog and newer digital connectors, the signal must be sent through both
So what in this agreement says the set-top producer has to have an analog out in the first place. This agreement only states that if the box has digital and analog outs they both have to work. So they just sell the box with digital only, insta copy protection.
Another thing I wish they would do is make the communication with the set-top boxes two way so the that the TV could tell the box which channel to use. What I hate most about set-top boxes today is the need use their remote and not being able to program multiple channels to record on my VCR when when I'm away. Bi-directional communication would make the use of set-top boxes moot since everthing could be controlled by the TV or VCR. The viewer would never have to see the box. Maybe the firewire port hinted to in this article will provide this capability
Finger on most of the systems I've used not only gave user information but also told me whether the user was logged in and how long they'd been idle for. This covers the to see when other users are present part of the AOL IM patent. Talk could then be used to initiate a conversation.
The thing is they didn't have to shut down the program for 2 years after the Challenger accident. The root cause of the problem was identified in a matter of weeks. They could have continued operations within months of the accident by implementing minimum temperature limits at the launch site. Yes, there would be increased risk but I would have been willing to take it and I'm sure most of the astornaunts would be as well. Hell, they should have had a new booster design in operation in less than a year (Thiokol already had a list of 43 possible improvements to the O-ring design 6 months before the accident) . Most of those 2 years were wasted trying to pin the blame on someone, not trying to improve the safety of the shuttle. And don't even get me started on the fact that the boosters were segmented in the first place because of a "lets spread the wealth around" political decision to build the bloody things halfway across the county.
Only recently have PDA's been shipping with anything approaching a good DAC and many PDAs still lack any ADC support. Without a good Analogue to Digital convertor built into the PDA you won't be able to do voice recognition. Remember that your 386 still required a soundcard to work properly. The same is true for PDAs today.
Microsoft hasn't released any documentation for NTFS. These documents have been pieced together partly by carefully reading all the SDKs and Windows help but mostly by reverse-engineering the filesystem.
We're confident that the information is correct. We think we know where there are gaps in our knowledge. We may be wrong. Beware.
Emphasis mine, but this is why the write option for NTFS in the linux kernel is still marked as dangerous.
For specific problems look here at their unknown list. Some of these questions could prove catastrophic if they guess the wrong answer.
Microsoft has not released the specs and until they do its all pretty much guesswork, something I don't want happening with my filesystems.
Where do filesystem formats fall in this settlement. Is a filesystem considered an API with respect to this ruling or is it completely ignored. And if it's included does it fall under the required to release category or can Microsoft still hide it claiming security concerns (or some such nonsense).
I've been eagerly anticipating a stable (and safe) NTFS writable module fr linux but it won't happen until MS is forced to release the specs.
Since the color is controlled by varying the distance between the plates how is gamma controlled? How do you make a dark red and light red? Or grayscale. The article doesn't seem to explain this.
The God Particle by L Lederman is definitely a must read if you want to learn about particle physics. It's very easy to follow and has maybe two equations in the entire book. Lederman spends as much time talking about the history of particle physics (and his role in it -- awarded Nobel prize in 1988) as about the actual science itself. The story about them ripping apart some poor grad students just completed cloud chamber in the heat of the moment was particularly amuzing.
You almost make it sound like FBW has 'a mind of its own' and fails to obey your physical feedback, which is not true.
Not quite. While true that in the strictest definition of FBW it does not have a 'mind of its own', by its very nature a 3rd party (usually another computer) can be interposed between the pilot and the FBW system. Just look at the Airbus A320 and family. The onboard computer on the Airbus has been shown on several occasions to override the pilots input. Some have claimed this disconnection between pilot and plane to has lead to several accidents involving the plane. On the other hand, I'm sure the system has also saved planes from pilot error.
Personally I feel any computer enchanced FBW system should have an override switch that causes it to accept direct control inputs in an emergency.
Now, whether the F22 has such a backseat driving computer system I don't know.
The camera has hardware interpolation that scales images up to 1280x960 (~1.3 Megapixels). The actual CCD itself though only has 300k pixels. So yes, the 1.3 megapixel claim is bogus with respect to the CCD but the images you actually download from the camera do have 1.3 megapixels.
An argument can be made that upsampling in the camera is better then with external tools since it gets to work with an uncompressed original but quadrupling the resolution is still a bit of a stretch.
I'm saying it's more expensive in the short run because I'm assuming they take the time to set up the scripting and automanagement at the beginning. Once they set it up adding boxes from the same vender is simple. But yes, I will agree (as you pointed out) for some problems having multiple OSes can be a pain. I would submit though that being locked into one vender can be just as costly and painful. Look at the whole Microsoft debacle when they decided to change their licensing and strong armed billions of dollars out of Microsoft only shops.
The short term costs to retrain staff for the new system will be higher but the long term benefits will definitely outweigh them. Once you build a multi-OS capable IT department the cost to add new hardware later on becomes significantly less. By not being locked into one OS (and one vendor) you have the freedom and flexibility to choose the best solutions for future problems (as well as hunt for the lowest cost). The smart thing to do is diversify your IT shop as much as possible so that you can insure you always have the right tool for the right job. No single vendor or OS can provide all the answers, regardless of what IBM/Sun/Microsoft may try to tell you.
Ok, over the last week I've read on slashdot alone of more than 28 apps running on this thing. Just because Sharp doesn't list more than 28 doesn't mean they don't exist. Palms site doesn't list all the thousands of available Palm apps either. The mere fact that it has a JVM built into it means there's a whole world of apps available to it. In addition serveral people have reported recompilation of Linux programs to be easy to do and successful. Hey, Nethack works on it, time to go get one.
Furthermore, from all accounts I've read, it is very easy to develop apps for the Zaurus and this should lead to an explosion of new programs (that is if enough linux geeks are still employed and can afford this thing). His gripes about the lack of apps is just nonsensical given how long this thing has been out.
As for syncing with his Laptop, I'm more inclined to blame the new laptop than the Zaurus. Many other people have reported successful syncing with Outlook. Did this reporter try a different machine? Did he ever think to?
Really it just looks like this guy is a Palm bigot. He wants a lightweight address book which I will admit, the Palm does excel at. His reference about the iPaq's size is also derogatory (or even Compaq's jumbo $499 iPAQ 3700 ). Really, I don't think he wants or cares about any kind of full functioned portable computing device. And that's what the Zaurus is trying to provide. He wants an organiser and was probably right in saying the Palm is a better one. The Zaurus though, is definitely a better handheld computer.
You have two options! You can either purchase directly from our website (just click on the 'Ordering' button on the left and fill out the required information) or you can purchase from one of many retailers selling MouseDriver.
In the early days Netscape sold a Gold version in retail which included the HTML editor whereas the downloadable verson was only the browser (Navigator).
Actually I've seen ringbound books (my mothers cookbooks actually) where an additional piece of cover was wrapped around the rings so you can still find it on a bookshelf. They could do that but it would be more expensive.
You talk about this as if it's a bad thing. If I happen to like a particular type of product I would prefer TiVO to give me more commercials about it than commercials for things I don't care about. For instance, lets take your example of the Budweiser commercials. I happen to find most of them well done and humourous. If my viewing habits reflect this and Budweiser decides to take advantage of this and send me more Bud ads then I won't complain. I would much rather watch a funny Bud ad then watch an ad for "sanitary napkins" (which, while a vital product for half the population, I, being a member of the other half, have no need for)
So if my viewing habits allow me to watch more of the stuff I like, I have no problem with collecting the data. Where the real issue lies is if they use the information for non-service related purposes. For example if a prospective employer turns my application down because he saw I liked watching The West Wing. This is the real issue and goes much beyond just collecting viewing habits. It applies to genetic testing, credit card tracking, etc... and I do believe there are laws (albeit, not very good ones) that do cover this arena.
You are allowed to be locked into a building until someone pulls a fire alarm. Many of the doors at my old University had magnetic locks that would open if the power failed or the fire alarm went off.
A lot of my friends have told be Bladerunner was a much better movie than book. In fact, it's their dislike of the book that has prevented me from ever reading it. I liked the movie though.
Yeah, the sendmail worm didn't even require user intervention.
The sendmail worm wasn't an e-mail virus. It used an exploit in the sendmail daemon as did it use an exploit in the finger daemon. rsh/rexec daemon, and performed password hacking. Whether someone read their e-mail was irrelevant to the worms spread. It was only until Mircosoft came along that we were introduced to auto-executing e-mail payloads that went off when someone read their e-mail.
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- A crucial part of the agreement guarantees that if a set-top box has both the older analog and newer digital connectors, the signal must be sent through both
So what in this agreement says the set-top producer has to have an analog out in the first place. This agreement only states that if the box has digital and analog outs they both have to work. So they just sell the box with digital only, insta copy protection.Another thing I wish they would do is make the communication with the set-top boxes two way so the that the TV could tell the box which channel to use. What I hate most about set-top boxes today is the need use their remote and not being able to program multiple channels to record on my VCR when when I'm away. Bi-directional communication would make the use of set-top boxes moot since everthing could be controlled by the TV or VCR. The viewer would never have to see the box. Maybe the firewire port hinted to in this article will provide this capability
Finger on most of the systems I've used not only gave user information but also told me whether the user was logged in and how long they'd been idle for. This covers the to see when other users are present part of the AOL IM patent. Talk could then be used to initiate a conversation.
The thing is they didn't have to shut down the program for 2 years after the Challenger accident. The root cause of the problem was identified in a matter of weeks. They could have continued operations within months of the accident by implementing minimum temperature limits at the launch site. Yes, there would be increased risk but I would have been willing to take it and I'm sure most of the astornaunts would be as well.
Hell, they should have had a new booster design in operation in less than a year (Thiokol already had a list of 43 possible improvements to the O-ring design 6 months before the accident) . Most of those 2 years were wasted trying to pin the blame on someone, not trying to improve the safety of the shuttle. And don't even get me started on the fact that the boosters were segmented in the first place because of a "lets spread the wealth around" political decision to build the bloody things halfway across the county.
Only recently have PDA's been shipping with anything approaching a good DAC and many PDAs still lack any ADC support. Without a good Analogue to Digital convertor built into the PDA you won't be able to do voice recognition. Remember that your 386 still required a soundcard to work properly. The same is true for PDAs today.
Microsoft hasn't released any documentation for NTFS. These documents have been pieced together partly by carefully reading all the SDKs and Windows help but mostly by reverse-engineering the filesystem.
We're confident that the information is correct. We think we know where there are gaps in our knowledge. We may be wrong. Beware.
Emphasis mine, but this is why the write option for NTFS in the linux kernel is still marked as dangerous.
For specific problems look here at their unknown list. Some of these questions could prove catastrophic if they guess the wrong answer.
Microsoft has not released the specs and until they do its all pretty much guesswork, something I don't want happening with my filesystems.
Where do filesystem formats fall in this settlement. Is a filesystem considered an API with respect to this ruling or is it completely ignored. And if it's included does it fall under the required to release category or can Microsoft still hide it claiming security concerns (or some such nonsense).
I've been eagerly anticipating a stable (and safe) NTFS writable module fr linux but it won't happen until MS is forced to release the specs.
Since the color is controlled by varying the distance between the plates how is gamma controlled? How do you make a dark red and light red? Or grayscale. The article doesn't seem to explain this.
The God Particle by L Lederman is definitely a must read if you want to learn about particle physics. It's very easy to follow and has maybe two equations in the entire book. Lederman spends as much time talking about the history of particle physics (and his role in it -- awarded Nobel prize in 1988) as about the actual science itself. The story about them ripping apart some poor grad students just completed cloud chamber in the heat of the moment was particularly amuzing.
Not quite. While true that in the strictest definition of FBW it does not have a 'mind of its own', by its very nature a 3rd party (usually another computer) can be interposed between the pilot and the FBW system. Just look at the Airbus A320 and family. The onboard computer on the Airbus has been shown on several occasions to override the pilots input. Some have claimed this disconnection between pilot and plane to has lead to several accidents involving the plane. On the other hand, I'm sure the system has also saved planes from pilot error.
Personally I feel any computer enchanced FBW system should have an override switch that causes it to accept direct control inputs in an emergency.
Now, whether the F22 has such a backseat driving computer system I don't know.
The camera has hardware interpolation that scales images up to 1280x960 (~1.3 Megapixels). The actual CCD itself though only has 300k pixels. So yes, the 1.3 megapixel claim is bogus with respect to the CCD but the images you actually download from the camera do have 1.3 megapixels.
An argument can be made that upsampling in the camera is better then with external tools since it gets to work with an uncompressed original but quadrupling the resolution is still a bit of a stretch.
I'm saying it's more expensive in the short run because I'm assuming they take the time to set up the scripting and automanagement at the beginning. Once they set it up adding boxes from the same vender is simple. But yes, I will agree (as you pointed out) for some problems having multiple OSes can be a pain. I would submit though that being locked into one vender can be just as costly and painful. Look at the whole Microsoft debacle when they decided to change their licensing and strong armed billions of dollars out of Microsoft only shops.
The short term costs to retrain staff for the new system will be higher but the long term benefits will definitely outweigh them. Once you build a multi-OS capable IT department the cost to add new hardware later on becomes significantly less. By not being locked into one OS (and one vendor) you have the freedom and flexibility to choose the best solutions for future problems (as well as hunt for the lowest cost). The smart thing to do is diversify your IT shop as much as possible so that you can insure you always have the right tool for the right job. No single vendor or OS can provide all the answers, regardless of what IBM/Sun/Microsoft may try to tell you.
And here I thought the biggest security threat to companies was runing Windows.
Ok, over the last week I've read on slashdot alone of more than 28 apps running on this thing. Just because Sharp doesn't list more than 28 doesn't mean they don't exist. Palms site doesn't list all the thousands of available Palm apps either. The mere fact that it has a JVM built into it means there's a whole world of apps available to it. In addition serveral people have reported recompilation of Linux programs to be easy to do and successful. Hey, Nethack works on it, time to go get one.
Furthermore, from all accounts I've read, it is very easy to develop apps for the Zaurus and this should lead to an explosion of new programs (that is if enough linux geeks are still employed and can afford this thing). His gripes about the lack of apps is just nonsensical given how long this thing has been out.
As for syncing with his Laptop, I'm more inclined to blame the new laptop than the Zaurus. Many other people have reported successful syncing with Outlook. Did this reporter try a different machine? Did he ever think to?
Really it just looks like this guy is a Palm bigot. He wants a lightweight address book which I will admit, the Palm does excel at. His reference about the iPaq's size is also derogatory (or even Compaq's jumbo $499 iPAQ 3700 ). Really, I don't think he wants or cares about any kind of full functioned portable computing device. And that's what the Zaurus is trying to provide. He wants an organiser and was probably right in saying the Palm is a better one. The Zaurus though, is definitely a better handheld computer.
This is doubly odd when their FAQ says:
Where can I purchase MouseDriver?
You have two options! You can either purchase directly from our website (just click on the 'Ordering' button on the left and fill out the required information) or you can purchase from one of many retailers selling MouseDriver.
Actually this was true.
In the early days Netscape sold a Gold version in retail which included the HTML editor whereas the downloadable verson was only the browser (Navigator).
Ok, so the current rate for over-the-air broadcasters is $0.0022 per listening hour . Or assuming 4 and a half minutes per song,
.0165 cents per person per song. And they want webcasters to pay .14 cents per song. What the hell are they thinking?
$0.0022 / ( 60 / 4.5) = $0.000165
or
The people on the panel must have invested money at the height of the dot-com boom and figured it was payback time....
Actually I've seen ringbound books (my mothers cookbooks actually) where an additional piece of cover was wrapped around the rings so you can still find it on a bookshelf. They could do that but it would be more expensive.
You talk about this as if it's a bad thing. If I happen to like a particular type of product I would prefer TiVO to give me more commercials about it than commercials for things I don't care about. For instance, lets take your example of the Budweiser commercials. I happen to find most of them well done and humourous. If my viewing habits reflect this and Budweiser decides to take advantage of this and send me more Bud ads then I won't complain. I would much rather watch a funny Bud ad then watch an ad for "sanitary napkins" (which, while a vital product for half the population, I, being a member of the other half, have no need for)
So if my viewing habits allow me to watch more of the stuff I like, I have no problem with collecting the data. Where the real issue lies is if they use the information for non-service related purposes. For example if a prospective employer turns my application down because he saw I liked watching The West Wing. This is the real issue and goes much beyond just collecting viewing habits. It applies to genetic testing, credit card tracking, etc... and I do believe there are laws (albeit, not very good ones) that do cover this arena.
Of course they have to stop 'new' work. FreeBSD 4.5 came out a couple of days ago. They have have to go back and update all that borrowed code.
You are allowed to be locked into a building until someone pulls a fire alarm. Many of the doors at my old University had magnetic locks that would open if the power failed or the fire alarm went off.
A lot of my friends have told be Bladerunner was a much better movie than book. In fact, it's their dislike of the book that has prevented me from ever reading it. I liked the movie though.
Look at the end of the post. It's signed RE. Whether the AC is Roger Ebert or not doesn't really matter. It was still signed with Eberts initials.
Yeah, the sendmail worm didn't even require user intervention.
The sendmail worm wasn't an e-mail virus. It used an exploit in the sendmail daemon as did it use an exploit in the finger daemon. rsh/rexec daemon, and performed password hacking. Whether someone read their e-mail was irrelevant to the worms spread. It was only until Mircosoft came along that we were introduced to auto-executing e-mail payloads that went off when someone read their e-mail.
There use to be no such thing as an e-mail virus either until Microsoft came along and decided to give us one.
Let's all put our hands together and thank Microsoft.