Hmm, you may want to tell that to the developers over at the Jakarta Project.
I use Open Source (Linux, Apache, MySQL) every single day, and I happen to do most of my development in Java. There are TONS of open source components that use Java.
How about IBM? You don't think that Java matters to them? What about Eclipse? Pure Java (and a great IDE for just about any language). Next time, think before you open your mouth.
They had a custom AMD processor made and all that stuff
I don't think so. Do you have ANY idea how much it costs to bring a new CPU to market? WAY more than Acer could afford, even with Ferrari as a backer. It's a standard AMD mobile chip (not even 64 bit). Don't get me wrong, it's pretty, but not much else.
Alright, I usually don't answer anonymous cowards, but you are a fucking asshat. A cock-gobbling gutterwhore. Dare I say, maybe even an idiot. The article CLEARLY states that this is BPL transmission TO a fiber network.
Maybe you should try reading the fucking article. Can you do that, or is the concept of translating those funny little symbols on the screen into words you can understand too hard for you?
MyDoom - this seems like the 50th damn mail virus that exploits nothing but people's stupidity. After 5 years of these, people STILL click the damn things. If they can't learn something as simple as "don't click the attachment", what makes you think they will learn a firewall, which is an order of magnitude more complex?
Probably so, but some protection is better than none at all. More important than the LLC protection is the "Safe Harbor" provisions granted to ISPs. This will grant protection against liability caused by the actions of his users, which would likely be the source of most of his legal woes.
Never happen. Keep in mind that these are the same people that click on MyDoom attachments. There is no way that they are going to learn what ports are, and what applications should/shouldn't be allowed to access the network.
Don't get me wrong, I wish they would learn, but it's about as likely as getting hit by a falling piano.
What he should do is form a simple LLC. This only costs 150 bucks or so (in most states) and grants you all the protections of a corporation. The LLC allows the profit/loss to pass through to the owners, but insulates him from liability. Also, once he is running this as a business, he can claim the "safe harbor" provisions of the DMCA to protect himself from illegal activities perpitrated by his subscribers.
Part of it may be the fact that in 100 years the rolex will probably still be functional and stylish on the wrist of his grandchild. And worth twice what he paid for it (including inflationary adjustment).
A fine watch like that isn't just a timepiece. It is a work of art. I have a old Rolex Submariner, nice all stainless waterproof job, not flashy at all. It was given to me by my grandfather, and will probably last long enough for my grandkids to appreciate.
Eh, I tried to get a nice tv-friendly UI, but failed as well. My HD set can do 800x600, so I just run XP on it (DVD-Audio doesn't work under Linux, neither does my HDTV tuner). With a wireless keyboard/pointer combo it's pretty usable.
As for the noise, it was pretty expensive, but by the time I was working on noise issues I had passed the point of no return and just had to get it right;-)
I just run the S-Video cable from the PVR to my ATI all-in-wonder and capture it that way. It captures to MPEG. Then I run it through Pinnacle, set up some basic menus and burn it. It takes some time, but that's the only way I've figured out how to do it so far. I'm about to try to read the data right off of the DishPVR hard disk and see if I can skip the capture step (and get better quality). I'll let you know if I can get it working.
There are TONS of reasons to build one if so inclined. Here's what I do with mine:
Video capture from my DishPVR for conversion to DVD
DVD-Audio playback (Audigy2 supports all DVD-A formats, and has a 106DB s/n ration to boot)
Games rock on a 52" HD monitor
Terrestrial HDTV tuner
Upsampling DVD
MP3 jukebox
Divx/QT/Mpeg/whatever playback that my standalone player won't handle
I'm sure given more time I could think of a few more, but that covers the majors. It wasn't any cheaper than a standalone unit for some of these functions, and it isn't quite as easy to deal with, but it was fun to build and tweak on. Plus it has the added benefit of being upgradeable.
One thing that this article doesn't seem to touch on is noise. When I first built mine the noise was intolerable. I ended up having to replace the PS, CPU fan and case fans with quiet models, and lining the case with Dynamat to cut the noise down to where it didn't bother me.
Alrighty, I agree 100% on _most_ of those reasons. The one that I have issue with is number 2. I think that the backward compatibility _is_ an issue. If it wasn't, why did Sony/Nintendo bother? Notice that the most successfull current generation hardware in both markets (console and portable) leveraged the content investment in the previous generation to help gain traction. I don't think this is coincidence.
I own a cyber-cafe, and I think anybody should be able to say what they want about the government without fear of retribution. I want my cafe to be anonymous. With the law the way it is in the town in question, I can't do this. The cameras and guards are MANDATORY. By the way, a cyber cafe isn't a public network. It is privately owned and operated, and is available on a rental basis.
So Alexander Hamilton and the other authors of the federalist papers were "believers in freedom not to get punched in the face"? And what about various corporate whistleblowers, should they be subject to retaliation by their company because you they did the right thing? I don't limit the importance of anonymous speech to the internet. It is a powerful tool for little voices to take on big forces.
Prior to the surveilance requirement, the proprietor of such an establishment was free to allow anonymity at his discretion. There is no hard and fast expectation of privacy, but it was optional and available in some of these cafes. I suppose the crux of my argument is this:
If the owner of such an establishment wishes to allow anonymity, what gives the state the right to say otherwise?
While you are correct in that speech is a right with attendant responsibility, the ability to exercise that right anonymously is essential. For example, the federalist papers, or the watergate informant, or corporate whistle blowers. All of these require anonymity to function properly.
That's not a problem. That's called freedom. The instant that I have to identify myself to make my voice heard, one of the great mechanisms that ensures our freedom has just ground to a halt. This country was literaly built on anonymous speech. The Federalist papers were published anonymously, as the authors feared retribution. We cannot let fear of what criminals _might_ do cause us to restrict the freedoms that built this country.
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Java is already irrelevant to Free Software
Hmm, you may want to tell that to the developers over at the Jakarta Project.
I use Open Source (Linux, Apache, MySQL) every single day, and I happen to do most of my development in Java. There are TONS of open source components that use Java.
How about IBM? You don't think that Java matters to them? What about Eclipse? Pure Java (and a great IDE for just about any language). Next time, think before you open your mouth.
My roommate used to say that only two good things ever came from Berkeley: BSD and LSD
You probably still live with your mother.
They had a custom AMD processor made and all that stuff
I don't think so. Do you have ANY idea how much it costs to bring a new CPU to market? WAY more than Acer could afford, even with Ferrari as a backer. It's a standard AMD mobile chip (not even 64 bit). Don't get me wrong, it's pretty, but not much else.
Alright, I usually don't answer anonymous cowards, but you are a fucking asshat. A cock-gobbling gutterwhore. Dare I say, maybe even an idiot. The article CLEARLY states that this is BPL transmission TO a fiber network.
Maybe you should try reading the fucking article. Can you do that, or is the concept of translating those funny little symbols on the screen into words you can understand too hard for you?
Let me present stupidity exhibit A:
MyDoom - this seems like the 50th damn mail virus that exploits nothing but people's stupidity. After 5 years of these, people STILL click the damn things. If they can't learn something as simple as "don't click the attachment", what makes you think they will learn a firewall, which is an order of magnitude more complex?
In remote areas like this, shortwave radio is still in pretty heavy usage. I'll be this pilot program will be grounded in short order ;-)
Probably so, but some protection is better than none at all. More important than the LLC protection is the "Safe Harbor" provisions granted to ISPs. This will grant protection against liability caused by the actions of his users, which would likely be the source of most of his legal woes.
Never happen. Keep in mind that these are the same people that click on MyDoom attachments. There is no way that they are going to learn what ports are, and what applications should/shouldn't be allowed to access the network.
Don't get me wrong, I wish they would learn, but it's about as likely as getting hit by a falling piano.
What he should do is form a simple LLC. This only costs 150 bucks or so (in most states) and grants you all the protections of a corporation. The LLC allows the profit/loss to pass through to the owners, but insulates him from liability. Also, once he is running this as a business, he can claim the "safe harbor" provisions of the DMCA to protect himself from illegal activities perpitrated by his subscribers.
Part of it may be the fact that in 100 years the rolex will probably still be functional and stylish on the wrist of his grandchild. And worth twice what he paid for it (including inflationary adjustment).
A fine watch like that isn't just a timepiece. It is a work of art. I have a old Rolex Submariner, nice all stainless waterproof job, not flashy at all. It was given to me by my grandfather, and will probably last long enough for my grandkids to appreciate.
Shakespear wouldn't have used monkeys were he alive today. He would have rolled up his sleaves and written hamlet the right way!
Yeah, he would have had Christopher Marlowe or Bacon write it for him!
Eh, I tried to get a nice tv-friendly UI, but failed as well. My HD set can do 800x600, so I just run XP on it (DVD-Audio doesn't work under Linux, neither does my HDTV tuner). With a wireless keyboard/pointer combo it's pretty usable.
;-)
As for the noise, it was pretty expensive, but by the time I was working on noise issues I had passed the point of no return and just had to get it right
I added you to my friends list so I won't forget ;-)
You are way too logical to be posting AC.
I just run the S-Video cable from the PVR to my ATI all-in-wonder and capture it that way. It captures to MPEG. Then I run it through Pinnacle, set up some basic menus and burn it. It takes some time, but that's the only way I've figured out how to do it so far. I'm about to try to read the data right off of the DishPVR hard disk and see if I can skip the capture step (and get better quality). I'll let you know if I can get it working.
I'm sure given more time I could think of a few more, but that covers the majors. It wasn't any cheaper than a standalone unit for some of these functions, and it isn't quite as easy to deal with, but it was fun to build and tweak on. Plus it has the added benefit of being upgradeable.
One thing that this article doesn't seem to touch on is noise. When I first built mine the noise was intolerable. I ended up having to replace the PS, CPU fan and case fans with quiet models, and lining the case with Dynamat to cut the noise down to where it didn't bother me.
Alrighty, I agree 100% on _most_ of those reasons. The one that I have issue with is number 2. I think that the backward compatibility _is_ an issue. If it wasn't, why did Sony/Nintendo bother? Notice that the most successfull current generation hardware in both markets (console and portable) leveraged the content investment in the previous generation to help gain traction. I don't think this is coincidence.
If you are so thorough, why the fuck didn't you bother to read the half dozen other people that said the exact same thing you did?
This is what I call "globalization"
You ignorant cunt. Do you even know what that word means?
OK, hypothetical situation:
I own a cyber-cafe, and I think anybody should be able to say what they want about the government without fear of retribution. I want my cafe to be anonymous. With the law the way it is in the town in question, I can't do this. The cameras and guards are MANDATORY. By the way, a cyber cafe isn't a public network. It is privately owned and operated, and is available on a rental basis.
Heh, here's a choice quote, from an exec at Goodmail, one of the postage schemes that would allow postage paid spam right into your inbox:
"The very notion that I have to get permission to send you a marketing message doesn't make sense and is not good public policy,"
I think it's GREAT public policy. If I don't want your ads, tough shit.
So Alexander Hamilton and the other authors of the federalist papers were "believers in freedom not to get punched in the face"? And what about various corporate whistleblowers, should they be subject to retaliation by their company because you they did the right thing? I don't limit the importance of anonymous speech to the internet. It is a powerful tool for little voices to take on big forces.
Prior to the surveilance requirement, the proprietor of such an establishment was free to allow anonymity at his discretion. There is no hard and fast expectation of privacy, but it was optional and available in some of these cafes. I suppose the crux of my argument is this:
If the owner of such an establishment wishes to allow anonymity, what gives the state the right to say otherwise?
While you are correct in that speech is a right with attendant responsibility, the ability to exercise that right anonymously is essential. For example, the federalist papers, or the watergate informant, or corporate whistle blowers. All of these require anonymity to function properly.
That's not a problem. That's called freedom. The instant that I have to identify myself to make my voice heard, one of the great mechanisms that ensures our freedom has just ground to a halt. This country was literaly built on anonymous speech. The Federalist papers were published anonymously, as the authors feared retribution. We cannot let fear of what criminals _might_ do cause us to restrict the freedoms that built this country.