I have yet to see an adequate defense proposed against the problem of multiple "certified email" vendors in the same mail stream, where one vendor has been paid and the others haven't. How does one vendor ensure that validated mail gets delivered?
This is exactly the same problem with backbone pipe vendors wanting to get paid for "premium" bit transfer.
I'm using Parallels Desktop on my Mac Pro with a bought XP full license, and every once in a while the OS in the VM will require reactivation when booted. The first time I did this I went through the online activation, the second time it wouldn't reactivate and I had to go through the Microsoft phone operator.
Now when it happens I just restore from a copy of the VM file and keep going. The virtual machine environment should present the same hardward configuration and system ID to the OS, shouldn't it?
In a fair fight Firefox would come out at least even and probably ahead. But Firefox can't push itself onto people's desktops through Windows Update or come as the default browser in Vista. Unless you pay people to use it, its "game over" before things really get started.
The APC SmartUPS units I've used over the years failed this way a few times. The replaceable battery would swell (sometimes enough to make it impossible to remove from the UPS) as it failed. I understand it's the result of gas created by a run-down battery building pressure to the point where the case has to balloon to contain it. It was always surprising to me when it happened -- it seemed dangerous. -Gary
If the US chipped immigrants from other countries, why wouldn't those countries start chipping American visitors to their countries? Where does it end?
I'd like to see an iPod accessory vendor release a dock-connected Wurlitzer-type jukebox that would turn your iPod into a vending machine. To wit:
1. Insert coin. 2. Select your track. 3. Profit!
Seriously -- put a Mac mini inside a Wurlitzer, connect it to the Internet and you can update the tracks remotely. Cool! (I'll accept 10% of the gross if you want to run with the idea...)
Am I missing something, or wasn't the point of a feature-set game player that developers would have confidence that they could develop games for a stable machine architecture?
Given the expected initial pricing for a PS3, what incentive is there for a game developer to code for 1080p, wi-fi or flash memory capabilities if most of their audience can't use it because they opted for the less-expensive model?
There is an excellent book that covers this issue and related ones: Deep Time: How Humanity Communicates Across Millennia by the physicist and SF writer Gregory Benford. ISBN: 0380793466.
I've been researching this for the last several weeks because I'm thinking about offering CD ripping as an additional service. I've found that the makers of the DVD/CD robotic duplicators are just now getting the hint that these devices can be re-tasked to rip disks and make them some more sales, so they are coming out with solutions.
For low-volume ripping, there is a device called the Baxter that goes for about $800 from various resellers. It will hold 25 disks at a time in its hopper and comes with the excellent Riptastic software bundled. Go in with a friend to get one of these and it makes the cost cheaper. Sell it on eBay afterwards and make most of your money back.
The biggest problem with small-capacity units is that they run out of disks too soon -- you can't load enough to let them run overnight.
The larger capacity (250 to 600 disks at a time) robotic units come with PCs built into them (they were designed for duplicating and the software is only beginning to catch up with them). They run from $3300 up to $5500 depending on capacity and number of CD drives used. Even with the higher cost, it can make sense if you get together a bunch of buddies to chip in. Say you charge your friends $0.50/disk simply to cover the cost of the machine (you're not doing it as a business). Pooling the money of 6-8 friends and then selling it on eBay afterwards might cover the cost.
The vendors I spoke to said that they get questions about these boxes every day. The biggest problem is making the Riptastic software (or other similar software) work with multiple simultaneously ripping drives. So we should see some announcements on this in the next several months.
Any of the robotic devices used for ripping also have the advantage of being duplicators of course. They also help make excellent DVD backup devices, since you can start the backup and walk away, letting the robot flop the disks for you.
Disclaimer: I don't represent any of these vendors -- I'm just doing the research necessary to purchase some to offer a ripping service. You could of course ask me to rip them for you... 8-).
In the last clip, where they were testing aperson sailing from a height using a plywood sheet, at the very end when they were trying to persuade Christine to be the third guinea pig -- I mean test pilot, you could see the show's producer push her one last time to take the leap. I think she was kidding about asking for a raise, but they abruptly cut away thereafter.
Coincidence that she's no longer seen on the show? I think not!
What happens when Yahoo pays ISP A to prioritize its packets, and those packets travel through transit provider B which has a contract to prioritze Google packets?
It's a good strategy for Apple if no one knows about it. Unfortunately, I do know, so I'm going to wait to make my planned purchase until I know I will be getting the up-spec'd machine. If enough people wait for the same reason, that could be a problem too.
When they interview many of the Katrina NOLA refugees, a common regret is that they've lost family pictures. At this point there is no reason not to start scanning paper-based photos in high-resolution. I've been pursuing a long term project of scanning documents, family photos, certificates and so on -- and making two sets of copies of the DVD archives. One set goes to a safe-deposit box and the other gets sent out of state to a relative in Ohio (I'm in Maryland). Each disk has a printed list of contents attached to it.
Apart from my wanting these images to survive, they are an important part of my children's and my extended family's legacy.
OK -- so the next version has content checking for copyrighted material in it. What I want to know is, how does LimeWire or anyone else sell this feature as a reason to upgrade? It seems to me that anyone with a current copy of LimeWire would be nuts to update, even if they were using it for sharing clean-copyright materials.
Since the RIAA is providing the software, if you run it on your machine and it doesn't detect your media files, perhaps because you've previously renamed the "Shared" folders to "Lent Out" or "Borrowed" -- could this be used as a legal defense when the RIAA send over the next batch of lawsuits and you're on the list?
While there are many arguments against DRM in general and in the specific way it is implemented on the new 'protected" music CD's, it seems to me a basic issue is that the DRM software controls on the disks are Windows-specific.
Even if you accept their position that content should have software controls, it is incumbent on the record companies to develop OS-agnostic controls -- saying that users with Mac and Linux OS's shouldn't have access because they won't take the time and expense to develop a universal control solution is just wrong.
This points out the conflict of interest for those people pushing Apple to release FairPlay for a wider audience. Simply put -- Apple should release FairPlay for Windows and Linux at the same time Microsoft releases Windows Media DRM for the Mac and Linux. With the technology available on all platforms, we could concentrate on the fair-use issues instead.
Regardless of the details, does anyone really worry about this? It seems like a self-correcting behavior -- if the company you work for mandates any outside-of-business conduct that you find objectionable, well, that's what quitting is for. If enough valuable people leave, it will force a re-evaluation of the policy.
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I have yet to see an adequate defense proposed against the problem of multiple "certified email" vendors in the same mail stream, where one vendor has been paid and the others haven't. How does one vendor ensure that validated mail gets delivered?
This is exactly the same problem with backbone pipe vendors wanting to get paid for "premium" bit transfer.
For many people in Guantanamo, it's "guilty, no attempt to prove innocence necessary."
I'm using Parallels Desktop on my Mac Pro with a bought XP full license, and
every once in a while the OS in the VM will require reactivation when booted.
The first time I did this I went through the online activation, the second
time it wouldn't reactivate and I had to go through the Microsoft phone operator.
Now when it happens I just restore from a copy of the VM file and keep going. The
virtual machine environment should present the same hardward configuration and system ID
to the OS, shouldn't it?
In a fair fight Firefox would come out at least even and probably ahead. But Firefox can't push itself onto people's desktops through Windows Update or come as the default browser in Vista. Unless you pay people to use it, its "game over" before things really get started.
Is it even worth discussing the company and their "products" until someone has a bought, working model in their hands?
The APC SmartUPS units I've used over the years failed this way a few times. The
replaceable battery would swell (sometimes enough to make it impossible to remove
from the UPS) as it failed. I understand it's the result of gas created by a
run-down battery building pressure to the point where the case has to balloon
to contain it. It was always surprising to me when it happened -- it seemed
dangerous. -Gary
If the US chipped immigrants from other countries, why wouldn't those countries start chipping American visitors to their countries? Where does it end?
I'd like to see an iPod accessory vendor release a dock-connected Wurlitzer-type jukebox that would turn your iPod into a vending machine. To wit:
1. Insert coin.
2. Select your track.
3. Profit!
Seriously -- put a Mac mini inside a Wurlitzer, connect it to the Internet and you can update the tracks remotely. Cool! (I'll accept 10% of the gross if you want to run with the idea...)
Time to buy stock in foreign anonymous proxy server companies.
With the newly reported developments in invisible cloaking, how do you know the cable isn't already deployed?
Am I missing something, or wasn't the point of a feature-set game player that developers would have confidence that they could develop games for a stable machine architecture?
Given the expected initial pricing for a PS3, what incentive is there for a game developer to code for 1080p, wi-fi or flash memory capabilities if most of their audience can't use it because they opted for the less-expensive model?
There is an excellent book that covers this issue and related ones: Deep Time: How Humanity Communicates Across Millennia by the physicist and SF writer Gregory Benford. ISBN: 0380793466.
I've been researching this for the last several weeks because I'm thinking about offering CD ripping as an additional service. I've found that the makers of the DVD/CD robotic duplicators are just now getting the hint that these devices can be re-tasked to rip disks and make them some more sales, so they are coming out with solutions.
For low-volume ripping, there is a device called the Baxter that goes for about $800 from various resellers. It will hold 25 disks at a time in its hopper and comes with the excellent Riptastic software bundled. Go in with a friend to get one of these and it makes the cost cheaper. Sell it on eBay afterwards and make most of your money back.
The biggest problem with small-capacity units is that they run out of disks too soon -- you can't load enough to let them run overnight.
The larger capacity (250 to 600 disks at a time) robotic units come with PCs built into them (they were designed for duplicating and the software is only beginning to catch up with them). They run from $3300 up to $5500 depending on capacity and number of CD drives used. Even with the higher cost, it can make sense if you get together a bunch of buddies to chip in. Say you charge your friends $0.50/disk simply to cover the cost of the machine (you're not doing it as a business). Pooling the money of 6-8 friends and then selling it on eBay afterwards might cover the cost.
The vendors I spoke to said that they get questions about these boxes every day. The biggest problem is making the Riptastic software (or other similar software) work with multiple simultaneously ripping drives. So we should see some announcements on this in the next several months.
Any of the robotic devices used for ripping also have the advantage of being duplicators of course. They also help make excellent DVD backup devices, since you can start the backup and walk away, letting the robot flop the disks for you.
Disclaimer: I don't represent any of these vendors -- I'm just doing the research necessary to purchase some to offer a ripping service. You could of course ask me to rip them for you... 8-).
In the last clip, where they were testing aperson sailing from a height using a plywood sheet, at the very end when they were trying to persuade Christine to be the third guinea pig -- I mean test pilot, you could see the show's producer push her one last time to take the leap. I think she was kidding about asking for a raise, but they abruptly cut away thereafter.
Coincidence that she's no longer seen on the show? I think not!
If taken to its logical next step:
What happens when Yahoo pays ISP A to prioritize its packets, and those packets travel through transit provider B which has a contract to prioritze Google packets?
Who sues whom?
On the plus side, it will be much easier for terrorists to wave a RFID scanner and pick out the Americans on an international flight.
Halliburton will announce they have received a FEMA no-bid $10 billion dollar contract to rebuild a devastated chicken farm in England.
It's a good strategy for Apple if no one knows about it. Unfortunately, I do know, so I'm going to wait to make my planned purchase until I know I will be getting the up-spec'd machine. If enough people wait for the same reason, that could be a problem too.
When they interview many of the Katrina NOLA refugees, a common regret is that they've lost family pictures. At this point there is no reason not to start scanning paper-based photos in high-resolution. I've been pursuing a long term project of scanning documents, family photos, certificates and so on -- and making two sets of copies of the DVD archives. One set goes to a safe-deposit box and the other gets sent out of state to a relative in Ohio (I'm in Maryland). Each disk has a printed list of contents attached to it.
Apart from my wanting these images to survive, they are an important part of my children's and my extended family's legacy.
What I need is a better version of Minesweeper.
OK -- so the next version has content checking for copyrighted material in it. What I want to know is, how does LimeWire or anyone else sell this feature as a reason to upgrade? It seems to me that anyone with a current copy of LimeWire would be nuts to update, even if they were using it for sharing clean-copyright materials.
Since the RIAA is providing the software, if you run it on your machine and it doesn't detect your media files, perhaps because you've previously renamed the "Shared" folders to "Lent Out" or "Borrowed" -- could this be used as a legal defense when the RIAA send over the next batch of lawsuits and you're on the list?
While there are many arguments against DRM in general and in the specific way it is implemented on the new 'protected" music CD's, it seems to me a basic issue is that the DRM software controls on the disks are Windows-specific.
Even if you accept their position that content should have software controls, it is incumbent on the record companies to develop OS-agnostic controls -- saying that users with Mac and Linux OS's shouldn't have access because they won't take the time and expense to develop a universal control solution is just wrong.
This points out the conflict of interest for those people pushing Apple to release FairPlay for a wider audience. Simply put -- Apple should release FairPlay for Windows and Linux at the same time Microsoft releases Windows Media DRM for the Mac and Linux. With the technology available on all platforms, we could concentrate on the fair-use issues instead.
Regardless of the details, does anyone really worry about this? It seems like a self-correcting behavior -- if the company you work for mandates any outside-of-business conduct that you find objectionable, well, that's what quitting is for. If enough valuable people leave, it will force a re-evaluation of the policy.