I wish the flash integration on mac wouldn't let firefox/flash consume 100% CPU, making my MacBook want to hoover. I also wish that Adblock wouldn't make my overlays flicker in and out of screen.
As for Firefox itself - it doesn't suck. It's still the very best. Even on Mac.
So quit whining and get in the game!
This all has a good chance to fail. Just remember the WAP initiative. One of the foremost reasons why WAP didn't take off was because WAP-forum, the owners of the standard, took so much time to agree on anything that the standard didn't evolove as fast as the technology. In the end it was close to crap.
My money goes on the bet that all mobile devices will have actual broadband access (can anyone say WiFi and FON?) and [insert favourite IM program here] before the operators can agree on a standard, pricing model, roaming agreements, interfaces and the whole what-not.
I agree with you on the lameness, byt what you propose has actually been done, to some extent, before. However, people allways beat the system.
The bottom line is that everything in these games has to be calculated. An even if you hide the real values to the players, someone will allways reverse engineer a way to reveal the actual numbers.
This is usually done through a method of repeated boringness: "I hit this monster 217 times out of 1583 times possible with the two-handed Broadsword of Doom. That was X% better that the two-handed Axe of Doom." and in the end it's just the cleverest statistical analyst that wins.... again.
What he said.... and here in Sweden you pay no tax (yes we tax vehicles!) AND get free parking in most major cities if you purchase an environmentally friendly vechile.
A, Creative assumes that it can steal market shares from Apple. B, Creative states that the reason why it can do this is that it is much more adverse when it comes to online purchases.
While both A and B may be true, they haven't taken C into reason:
C, Only a very small share of MP3 device owners purchase the majority of their music.
Lets face it. Even though we all love iTunes and the Apple music store most of us still have 90% pirated MP3s, and that is hardly going to change in the long run. With this assumption, what Creative may actually steal is the 10% of the 60% (?) Apple market share that applies to people who actually buy a lot of their music online. I.e, 6% if they steal all of it (not very likely?).
So in conclusion: Not likely, not for that reason.
I live in Sweden, and here higher education is free for everyone.
We even get governmental funding (~ $350/month, and the posibility to take a government funded loan for another 500$/month). Everyone can do it here, for free.
In fact - if you're a foreign student who comes here to study - it's also free.
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Not sure what you're implying (giving how confusing irony can be today), but notice what the girl has written on the whiteboard: "Hacked by reallocl"... this is clearly the funnies hack in years, and on their front page none the less.:-D
Quote from Dr. Piers Foster of Reading University: 'If this is a rate change, of course it will be very significant. It will be of enormous concern, because it will imply that all our global warming predictions for the next hundred years or so will have to be redone.
Because him having to recalculate his models is the biggest concern, I'm sure!
Will this effect Jabber's overall share of the IM market?
Will a teenager farting in Niger cause a tornado in Japan? Will my slingshot penetrate 4 inch armor? Will a few percent of the users of a few percent computer marketshare cause an overall significant effect? You all know the answer.
I will personally beat up the first person who cracks a "Jaaaaa"-joke with a 2x4... I'm not kidding!/pseud0, proud swede (yeah yeah... contradictory blah blah)
Sure, it would be a better idea. But how long would this take to implement? Just take the example of ICANN adding IPv6 to their root servers. They expect it'll take 20 years before IPv4 is out of the business. How many years would it take for SMTP/POP/IMAP? 10? 15? 20?... not to mention how long it would take for the new protocols to be developed and accepted by the major players.
Agreed, however - VoIP with WiFi is not really useful in conjunction with GSM/GPRS until you solve handover of communication.
Wouldn't you say that the foremost ability of a mobile phone, apart from letting you communicate, is that is allows you to be mobile? Unless you want to stay within the same hotspot for every conversation these features are only that great.
This should be a no-brainer! If there is only one opens source program that uses this, and was published before the patent the patent should be void. Am I right?
I agree. Myself I'd like to post a LOT more information on any story I submit to/., however - I've come to notice that if the story text is not "brief" it will commonly get rejected. I guess the/. people just have too much on their hands to read through lengthy texts. I dunno...
Oh.. And sorry for not posting mirror sites. Slipped my mind.:-/
I'm surprised noone has mentioned the Hacker Ethic. It's not a technical book as much as it is an instruction as to how any modern IT professional/nerd/guru/wannabee should live, think, eat and sleep. This book has been great for me and helped me restoring my pride in waking up at 10 and working 'til midning in a society where the 9-5 mentality is what is socially accepted.
No kidding! I do not believe for one second that those guys are anything but hacker wannabees. What ever stopped the first guy from just taking the money and not writing the the story at all? Or maybe he wasn't that paranoid?
The biggest scam described in this article is when the reporter believed that these guys were for real.
Don't you think the copyprotection on the future Whistler(tm) will weaken Microsoft's firm lead in the OS market?
I for one believe that the vast majority of the people using the different Windows(tm) OS's haven't payed for their license. If Microsoft hinders the posibility to install a pirated copy of Windows(tm), Linux is getting more and more userfriendly and Wine has project aimed at allowing people to play DirectX(tm) compatible games under Linux - I for one does not see any reason to use MS OS's and Microsoft's products any more. This would in turn lead to Microsoft loosing ground. It is obvious that the OS leads way for the application the user will use. If you loose ground in the OS competition you loose ground in all the other areas too.
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I wish the flash integration on mac wouldn't let firefox/flash consume 100% CPU, making my MacBook want to hoover. I also wish that Adblock wouldn't make my overlays flicker in and out of screen. As for Firefox itself - it doesn't suck. It's still the very best. Even on Mac. So quit whining and get in the game!
Check out this little thingie, brought to us by Richard Jones, who previously grought us GmailFS and other so cool hacks. This is the shit.
This all has a good chance to fail. Just remember the WAP initiative. One of the foremost reasons why WAP didn't take off was because WAP-forum, the owners of the standard, took so much time to agree on anything that the standard didn't evolove as fast as the technology. In the end it was close to crap.
My money goes on the bet that all mobile devices will have actual broadband access (can anyone say WiFi and FON?) and [insert favourite IM program here] before the operators can agree on a standard, pricing model, roaming agreements, interfaces and the whole what-not.
Go Open(Source)InternetInfrastructure!
I agree with you on the lameness, byt what you propose has actually been done, to some extent, before. However, people allways beat the system.
The bottom line is that everything in these games has to be calculated. An even if you hide the real values to the players, someone will allways reverse engineer a way to reveal the actual numbers.
This is usually done through a method of repeated boringness:
"I hit this monster 217 times out of 1583 times possible with the two-handed Broadsword of Doom. That was X% better that the two-handed Axe of Doom." and in the end it's just the cleverest statistical analyst that wins.... again.
The shipping of Barbies with G.I Joe voices was not a mistake but an politically intentional prank.
Serves Spielberg right, IMHO.
This is not funny. It's just sad.
What he said.... and here in Sweden you pay no tax (yes we tax vehicles!) AND get free parking in most major cities if you purchase an environmentally friendly vechile.
I put on my hat and my whip.
There is a flaw in that line of resoning.
A, Creative assumes that it can steal market shares from Apple.
B, Creative states that the reason why it can do this is that it is much more adverse when it comes to online purchases.
While both A and B may be true, they haven't taken C into reason:
C, Only a very small share of MP3 device owners purchase the majority of their music.
Lets face it. Even though we all love iTunes and the Apple music store most of us still have 90% pirated MP3s, and that is hardly going to change in the long run. With this assumption, what Creative may actually steal is the 10% of the 60% (?) Apple market share that applies to people who actually buy a lot of their music online. I.e, 6% if they steal all of it (not very likely?).
So in conclusion: Not likely, not for that reason.
I put up a torrent (177MB) just for you guys! :-)
I live in Sweden, and here higher education is free for everyone.
We even get governmental funding (~ $350/month, and the posibility to take a government funded loan for another 500$/month). Everyone can do it here, for free.
In fact - if you're a foreign student who comes here to study - it's also free.
Not sure what you're implying (giving how confusing irony can be today), but notice what the girl has written on the whiteboard: "Hacked by reallocl" ... this is clearly the funnies hack in years, and on their front page none the less. :-D
Quote from Dr. Piers Foster of Reading University: 'If this is a rate change, of course it will be very significant. It will be of enormous concern, because it will imply that all our global warming predictions for the next hundred years or so will have to be redone.
Because him having to recalculate his models is the biggest concern, I'm sure!
Will this effect Jabber's overall share of the IM market?
Will a teenager farting in Niger cause a tornado in Japan? Will my slingshot penetrate 4 inch armor? Will a few percent of the users of a few percent computer marketshare cause an overall significant effect? You all know the answer.
I will personally beat up the first person who cracks a "Jaaaaa"-joke with a 2x4... I'm not kidding! /pseud0, proud swede (yeah yeah... contradictory blah blah)
Sure, it would be a better idea. But how long would this take to implement? Just take the example of ICANN adding IPv6 to their root servers. They expect it'll take 20 years before IPv4 is out of the business. How many years would it take for SMTP/POP/IMAP? 10? 15? 20? ... not to mention how long it would take for the new protocols to be developed and accepted by the major players.
VeriSigns idea is a quicker but uglier solution.
Agreed, however - VoIP with WiFi is not really useful in conjunction with GSM/GPRS until you solve handover of communication.
Wouldn't you say that the foremost ability of a mobile phone, apart from letting you communicate, is that is allows you to be mobile? Unless you want to stay within the same hotspot for every conversation these features are only that great.
This should be a no-brainer! If there is only one opens source program that uses this, and was published before the patent the patent should be void. Am I right?
I agree. Myself I'd like to post a LOT more information on any story I submit to /., however - I've come to notice that if the story text is not "brief" it will commonly get rejected. I guess the /. people just have too much on their hands to read through lengthy texts. I dunno...
:-/
Oh.. And sorry for not posting mirror sites. Slipped my mind.
I'm packing my swimsuit!
uhh.. no.. wait.. "former"... *mumble*
I'm surprised noone has mentioned the Hacker Ethic. It's not a technical book as much as it is an instruction as to how any modern IT professional/nerd/guru/wannabee should live, think, eat and sleep. This book has been great for me and helped me restoring my pride in waking up at 10 and working 'til midning in a society where the 9-5 mentality is what is socially accepted.
No kidding! I do not believe for one second that those guys are anything but hacker wannabees.
What ever stopped the first guy from just taking the money and not writing the the story at all? Or maybe he wasn't that paranoid?
The biggest scam described in this article is when the reporter believed that these guys were for real.
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Don't you think the copyprotection on the future Whistler(tm) will weaken Microsoft's firm lead in the OS market?
I for one believe that the vast majority of the people using the different Windows(tm) OS's haven't payed for their license. If Microsoft hinders the posibility to install a pirated copy of Windows(tm), Linux is getting more and more userfriendly and Wine has project aimed at allowing people to play DirectX(tm) compatible games under Linux - I for one does not see any reason to use MS OS's and Microsoft's products any more. This would in turn lead to Microsoft loosing ground. It is obvious that the OS leads way for the application the user will use. If you loose ground in the OS competition you loose ground in all the other areas too.
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