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FWIW I decided to see just what this "netomat" is all about.
The "interface" consists of a text bar (like the address bar) across the bottom, and the rest of the screen is a big black area with what you could call "links" floating around, mainly text but sometimes pictures, that move contrary to your mouse (if you move your mouse to the right, they all move left, etc.) I typed the first thing that came into my head (Dave Matthews) into the text bar, and I started to see links floating around corresponding with Dave pages I had visited before. If I clicked on one, other links showed up, but no actual content.
Though a five minute test-drive probably isn't a fair evaluation, the conclusion I came to is that it's useless. It seems to be directed at the common population -- a more "intuitive" approach to the internet, but it confused the heck out of me. The links floating around when the browser first opens seem to be completely random, and when clicked on, show things that have nothing to do with what you clicked on.
Like I said, I only got the five-minute version. Maybe the usefulness is in utilizing the "netomatics files" (some kind of script?), but I just don't get it.
Though it does say something for the merits of Java development. The install was very smooth and the program started up without complaint.
>With the MP3Plus Authoring Kit, your content is >never 'in the clear' (unless you want it to be), >and it's protected against rippers. Your music >remains your music.
Sorry, charlie, but if I can hear it, I can record it almost losslessly, set up my stereo on my front porch, and play it on repeat all day for my whole neighborhood to hear if I feel like it.
The moral of the story? 1. Thank goodness no matter how hard the RIAA tries, they can never control my entire signal path, from source to speakers
2. Even though programmers should know better, the claim is pretty misleading. Perhaps they used the work "rippers" to imply protection from perfect digital copy, which would be even worse, because they realize they can't really protect the music and they try to make it sound like they can.
With more people jumping on the cheaper high speed access bandwagon, is it going to get to the point where the Internet crawls under the increased load? What's going to be silver bullet that will solve network backbone congestion?
The idea of having living neurons at the core of a machine seems somehow wrong. Even if the process is painless and doesn't result in loss of "life", the idea will still be surrounded in as much or more controversy as cloning and genetic engineering. The consensus seems to be "don't screw with living things."
I would hope that the project is moving in the direction of being able to mechanically simulate the self-interconnectivity of neurons.
On a lighter note, is anyone working on a Linux port yet?
If "postmodern" means having 100+ 2 character built-in variables consisting a dollar sign ($) and a random punctuation mark, I'll "regress" into "modernism", thanks.
Seriously, coming from C, Perl seems to make for needlessly archaic and unreadable code. Hard as I try, I can't get myself as excited about coding for Perl as half the open source community seems to be.
For removable, portable storage, the Castlewood ORB drive (http://www.castlewood.com) will be a much better choice when the FireWire version is released. (right now only SCSI, EIDE, and parallel are available). It has many advantages:
SPEED: The ORB has a sustained transfer of 12.2 MB/sec and burst of 20
PRICE: $200 for the drive (though the FireWire could be a little more pricey) and an estimated $30 per 2.2 GB cartridge.
EXPANDABILITY: I don't want to have to buy a whole new drive when I run out of space
PORTABILITY: how nice it would be if this drive became as standard as Zip, only little cartridges to carry around and pop in wherever.
I hope this drive catches on and puts Iomega out of business.
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FWIW I decided to see just what this "netomat" is all about.
The "interface" consists of a text bar (like the address bar) across the bottom, and the rest of the screen is a big black area with what you could call "links" floating around, mainly text but sometimes pictures, that move contrary to your mouse (if you move your mouse to the right, they all move left, etc.) I typed the first thing that came into my head (Dave Matthews) into the text bar, and I started to see links floating around corresponding with Dave pages I had visited before. If I clicked on one, other links showed up, but no actual content.
Though a five minute test-drive probably isn't a fair evaluation, the conclusion I came to is that it's useless. It seems to be directed at the common population -- a more "intuitive" approach to the internet, but it confused the heck out of me. The links floating around when the browser first opens seem to be completely random, and when clicked on, show things that have nothing to do with what you clicked on.
Like I said, I only got the five-minute version. Maybe the usefulness is in utilizing the "netomatics files" (some kind of script?), but I just don't get it.
Though it does say something for the merits of Java development. The install was very smooth and the program started up without complaint.
Off the SDK page:
>With the MP3Plus Authoring Kit, your content is
>never 'in the clear' (unless you want it to be),
>and it's protected against rippers. Your music
>remains your music.
Sorry, charlie, but if I can hear it, I can record it almost losslessly, set up my stereo on my front porch, and play it on repeat all day for my whole neighborhood to hear if I feel like it.
The moral of the story?
1. Thank goodness no matter how hard the RIAA tries, they can never control my entire signal path, from source to speakers
2. Even though programmers should know better, the claim is pretty misleading. Perhaps they used the work "rippers" to imply protection from perfect digital copy, which would be even worse, because they realize they can't really protect the music and they try to make it sound like they can.
With more people jumping on the cheaper high speed access bandwagon, is it going to get to the point where the Internet crawls under the increased load? What's going to be silver bullet that will solve network backbone congestion?
The idea of having living neurons at the core of a machine seems somehow wrong. Even if the process is painless and doesn't result in loss of "life", the idea will still be surrounded in as much or more controversy as cloning and genetic engineering. The consensus seems to be "don't screw with living things."
I would hope that the project is moving in the direction of being able to mechanically simulate the self-interconnectivity of neurons.
On a lighter note, is anyone working on a Linux port yet?
If "postmodern" means having 100+ 2 character built-in variables consisting a dollar sign ($) and a random punctuation mark, I'll "regress" into "modernism", thanks.
Seriously, coming from C, Perl seems to make for needlessly archaic and unreadable code. Hard as I try, I can't get myself as excited about coding for Perl as half the open source community seems to be.
That's all fine and well for "Hi, and welcome to my homepage on the Internet," but have fun with nested tables, extensive frames, image maps, etc.
For removable, portable storage, the Castlewood ORB drive (http://www.castlewood.com) will be a much better choice when the FireWire version is released. (right now only SCSI, EIDE, and parallel are available). It has many advantages:
SPEED: The ORB has a sustained transfer of 12.2 MB/sec and burst of 20
PRICE: $200 for the drive (though the FireWire could be a little more pricey) and an estimated $30 per 2.2 GB cartridge.
EXPANDABILITY: I don't want to have to buy a whole new drive when I run out of space
PORTABILITY: how nice it would be if this drive became as standard as Zip, only little cartridges to carry around and pop in wherever.
I hope this drive catches on and puts Iomega out of business.