I don't say that p2p is unconditionally bad, I also use it for legal purposes. What I meant to say was that if you set up an unfiltered p2p server, you'll most likely going to publish commercial copyrighted content from your own servers. And the 'your own servers' is the part that counts, because that's what makes it illegal. You're no longer 'just the pipe', you're the provider of the content.
My original point was that setting up a DC++ server to lower WAN traffic isn't an option for ISP's in more developed countries, because it's illegal AND they will get caught (and severely fined).
I know that copyright enforcement is mostly done by private business alliances, and I know that they're more active in their biggest markets.
The fact that ISP's in other countries get away with running their own P2P hubs doesn't mean that it's less illlegal there. It just means that prosecuting them isn't as lucrative as it is here.
If I were Microsoft, I'd try and refocus the company culture and align it with the interests of its customers The 'customers' in the search engine industry are the advertisers, and the main interest of advertisers is reaching as many consumers as possible. A perfect search portal with a perfect algorithm doesn't work. Buying the world's number two might work.
Where did you get that bullsh^W information? As far as I know, a human eye can only distinguish 180-200 dpi. At least, for photographs. Maybe it's a bit higher for vector graphics like text, but then the extra detail is only in the smoothness of the text and not in the readability.
Orwell wrote about the maximum human achievement he could dream of back in 1948. A *lot* of previously unimaginable things have been invented in the last 60 years.
As far as I know, sms is just an accidental feature. A simple way for the provider to inform their customers, but it became popular when people discovered that they could send messages to each other too. In the beginning, sms was free here in the Netherlands (afaik).
God, yes. Every other audio device I own has a scale from "only dogs can hear it" up to "you're going to go deaf if you listen at this volume". There is no, NO reason this should not be the case on cell phones. Yes, there *is* a reason and you just said it. People will put it too loud, get deaf, and sue the phone company.
But they want to stay with their window policy which is IMHO unusable for a image manipulation program. They depend on a non-existent window manager that actually manages windows with distinctions between main windows and toolboxes and menus and stuff. I understand (and agree with) their ideals, but I hate their naivity. Window managers suck, so you need to make your own inside a window if your app demands a good one.
...is that a motor can be made as small as technology allows, but a screen and some sort of input device just have to be of a certain size to be comfortable for your eyes and hands.
I think a lot of functionality will eventually end up in smaller devices, but there will always be a number of apps that still need a pc-like device. Like browsing the web, managing music, videos and photo's, typing a document and making a presentation.
Separate devices for each and every app are a waste of money and space.
It's exactly what Steve Jobs said years ago: they have absolutely no taste. And 'taste' doesn't mean a nice shiny user interface, taste reflects every single bit of the system, from the kernel to the API's to the shiny buttons.
Programming and designing software is much more a creative and artistic process while Microsoft is much more technology-centered.
At least Dutch (or European?) law states that 'durable products' should last for at least three years. No matter what the manufacturer states, the mandatory warranty period is therefore three years (you're not able to claim it without a lot of hassle, though).
I guess it's fair to take the failure rate within those three years for an indication of durability. It *is* troublesome that a product that's been released a year and a half ago already has a 30% failure rate, especially when you take into account that the majority of xbox360's are actually less than one year old.
and then there's Sufjan Stevens who manages to release an album with 72 minutes of pure goodness and another album with 75 minutes of outtakes from the recording sessions, just as great as the original album.
But those are exceptions. Most record labels won't even allow their artists to release an album full of good tracks, because 12 good songs means 3 albums with 4 good songs and a load of crappy album-fillers.
indeed. I hate it when bands just have nine good new songs but cram six more fillers on the album to make it 45+ minutes instead of less than 30 minutes, just to make it look like a 'real' album instead of an EP.
Urban-rural classification of population in internationally published statistics follows the national census definition
That definition is way too loose. Belgium is #7 while The Netherlands is on #73, while the Dutch system (towns have strict borders, strict regulations on where and where not to build houses) is much more well-suited for rolling out things like broadband internet. The Belgian system is a mess, with no real distinction between towns and localities and houses just about everywhere. As a result, broadband internet is much less common (and a lot more expensive and limited) in Belgium than it is in The Netherlands.
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I don't say that p2p is unconditionally bad, I also use it for legal purposes. What I meant to say was that if you set up an unfiltered p2p server, you'll most likely going to publish commercial copyrighted content from your own servers. And the 'your own servers' is the part that counts, because that's what makes it illegal. You're no longer 'just the pipe', you're the provider of the content.
My original point was that setting up a DC++ server to lower WAN traffic isn't an option for ISP's in more developed countries, because it's illegal AND they will get caught (and severely fined).
I know that copyright enforcement is mostly done by private business alliances, and I know that they're more active in their biggest markets.
The fact that ISP's in other countries get away with running their own P2P hubs doesn't mean that it's less illlegal there. It just means that prosecuting them isn't as lucrative as it is here.
There's a difference between (passively) allowing and (actively) facilitating the sharing of copyrighted data.
that has much more to do with the less sophisticated law enforcement in those countries...
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Where did you get that bullsh^W information? As far as I know, a human eye can only distinguish 180-200 dpi. At least, for photographs. Maybe it's a bit higher for vector graphics like text, but then the extra detail is only in the smoothness of the text and not in the readability.
it should be:
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place two fingers on the touchpad and click = rightclick
enable it in the system preferences -> keyboard&mouse -> touchpad (or whatever it's called in english
"nowadays" is 24 years after 1984....
Orwell wrote about the maximum human achievement he could dream of back in 1948. A *lot* of previously unimaginable things have been invented in the last 60 years.
As far as I know, sms is just an accidental feature. A simple way for the provider to inform their customers, but it became popular when people discovered that they could send messages to each other too. In the beginning, sms was free here in the Netherlands (afaik).
...is that a motor can be made as small as technology allows, but a screen and some sort of input device just have to be of a certain size to be comfortable for your eyes and hands.
I think a lot of functionality will eventually end up in smaller devices, but there will always be a number of apps that still need a pc-like device. Like browsing the web, managing music, videos and photo's, typing a document and making a presentation.
Separate devices for each and every app are a waste of money and space.
...and how are binaries on usenet less hackish than binaries in e-mail??
It's exactly what Steve Jobs said years ago: they have absolutely no taste. And 'taste' doesn't mean a nice shiny user interface, taste reflects every single bit of the system, from the kernel to the API's to the shiny buttons.
Programming and designing software is much more a creative and artistic process while Microsoft is much more technology-centered.
At least Dutch (or European?) law states that 'durable products' should last for at least three years. No matter what the manufacturer states, the mandatory warranty period is therefore three years (you're not able to claim it without a lot of hassle, though).
I guess it's fair to take the failure rate within those three years for an indication of durability. It *is* troublesome that a product that's been released a year and a half ago already has a 30% failure rate, especially when you take into account that the majority of xbox360's are actually less than one year old.
and then there's Sufjan Stevens who manages to release an album with 72 minutes of pure goodness and another album with 75 minutes of outtakes from the recording sessions, just as great as the original album.
But those are exceptions. Most record labels won't even allow their artists to release an album full of good tracks, because 12 good songs means 3 albums with 4 good songs and a load of crappy album-fillers.
indeed. I hate it when bands just have nine good new songs but cram six more fillers on the album to make it 45+ minutes instead of less than 30 minutes, just to make it look like a 'real' album instead of an EP.
...but subscribers can beat the rush!
Urban-rural classification of population in internationally published statistics follows the national census definition
That definition is way too loose. Belgium is #7 while The Netherlands is on #73, while the Dutch system (towns have strict borders, strict regulations on where and where not to build houses) is much more well-suited for rolling out things like broadband internet. The Belgian system is a mess, with no real distinction between towns and localities and houses just about everywhere. As a result, broadband internet is much less common (and a lot more expensive and limited) in Belgium than it is in The Netherlands.
...and there's absolutely no chance of being obsoleted by a rivaling format. Where's jpeg in 30 years? Where's human sight in 30 years?