AllOfMp3.com (no hyperlink intentional) is copyright infringment. Except instead of doing so via P2P, you pay someone else to do it for you. Then, using a little international and Russian law loopholes, you feel good about sticking it to the man? Sorry, that's pathetic. The RIAA is bad enough. If you don't support their business model don't buy their music. Don't pay someone else to infringe on thier copyright either. Do not pass Go.
emusic.com. 40 MP3s for $10/month. 90 MP3s for $20/month. No DRM, excellent selection, fastest pipe I've seen for downloading music. Yes, my soapbox is comfortable, but I put my money where my mouth is.
Speeding. What about the secondary aim? It would be a nice way to attempt to solve a murder if you had some suspects that needed to get from point A to point B and back. Then again, why stop at murder. You know there was a drug house at location X... Let's see who was making long trips to somewhere in that vicinicty, not staying terribly long, and heading home. That sounds like probable cause for a little wire tapping too. Then again, drug deals will be taken care of the minute we get RFID in our currency... or just go to a complete "credits" system. The future is so bright I gotta wear shades.
The draft proposal offered this week would compel all "commercial businesses" with an open wireless access point to have a "network gateway server" outfitted with a software or hardware firewall....
If *anyone* who commented already had read TFA, they would see this proposal is trying to protect user's condifential data by forcing commercial businesses with a wireless network to protect it in some way. The problem is that it would apply to places like coffee shops which don't really have anything to protect anyway.
It might be that part of the/. revenue stream is selling subscriptions to people who want to read stories before the servers melt. I'm not saying that's bad, I'm just saying it might partly answer your question.
Firefox has extensions, but I find it impossible to evaluate Firefox + extenions to another browser. We are talking core functionality here. Otherwise, would I be able to say Firefox is extremely unstable because I found an extension that made it unstable? I'd hope not.
I like sitting down with Opera, anywhere, and be reasonably assured of what features are available to me. I use firefox on 4 different machines, different OSes. That's 4 mouse gesture extensions to install. 4 adblocks. 4 of everything to maintain a constant user experience. And when the next point release comes out? I might get to do it all over again. And then I sit down at a friend's machine and do I have mouse gestures? I don't know. Can I rearrange tabs? I don't know. It is all hit and miss. Then there's the notion of the social contract violation of something like AdBlock... but that's another discussion. Opera has everything I need built-in.
Because when you look at a lot of the popular browser innovations, Opera has been a fundamental cornerstone. Tabbed browsing, mouse gestures, a built-in BitTorrent client. All happily working together with a blazingly fast browser. And it's cross-platform. Firefox is a great browser... #2 in my list... but I don't mind rewarding people for innovation. Be it a coprorate entity, shareware registration or a donation to an OSS project.
Candles work great for me too, but I still like electric lights. Built-in mouse gestures, tabbed browsing, BitTorrent client, mail client, irc client, RSS reader, completely customizable interface, screen reader... cross platform... ability to (easily) shut off images, flash, animated gifs, cookies, doesn't take 4 minutes to clear its cache... And its all of 3MBs.
This RSS3 spec is starting to be no longer really simple. Are they going to drop the 'R'? If so I think I might have to side with Microsoft and Google and opt for a name change.
What does it say when google and yahoo are creating brain drain hiring good developers that push the limits of standard-incompetent browsers, while Microsoft does not seem to be able to get qualified people to just make the thing work right in the first place? I know there are some brainy people in the ranks of Microsoft. At this point can ultimately determine it isn't a question of "can't fix" but "won't fix"... or "afraid to fix" ? It's been hypothesized that Microsoft is afraid to fix IE for fear of losing their application monopoly to web applications.
If by four hours you mean three hours, and by three hours you mean two and a half hours, then I would expect everything to stay the same.
I love my 12" PowerBook, but I have no idea how Apple (or nearly all laptop vendors) get away with advertising such blatently false battery life. I can only assume their definition of "average use" means turning off your screen, doing nothing that spins the hard drive, and just staring at your computer (or in Apple's case, marveling at the glowing white logo. Wait -- that would have dimmed with the screen.)
We've all put up with fixing Windows for a living or maybe circle of family and friends. If your really unlucky, both. When I think about the time I've put into getting spyware off my [Pastor's, Father's, Sister's] computer, and then consider that Microsoft is (inexplicably?) getting into the Spyware game themselves, it's time to stop.
At this point I'm only supporting OS X and recommending anyone to get a Mac Mini when applicable. The world has moved on, the browser is the new platform, and it's time to stop supporting Microsoft if they continue to make the user experience miserable.
People might still complain a Mac Mini is expensive, but if you stop fixing Windows for them -- those Best Buy Geek Squad visits aren't cheap, either.
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"If you make something, and don't release it, you shouldn't be allowed to stop someone else from distributing it for no charge."
*shrugs* I kind of like living in a world where people can't force me to share something I own. We all learned in kindergarten how important sharing is, but I don't feel the government needs to be involved to enforce it. A TV show is neither science nor a useful art. It is entertainment. If entertainment falls under "useful art" then anything qualifies as useful, as everything is entertianing to someone, somewhere.
We can't decide morality within ourselves; much less make it applicable to large corporations. Still, I think there are two factors as to whether outsourcing is bad.
1) Being short-sighted. Many corporations need a strong local economy to thrive. When the local economy falters they'll resort to cost-cutting measures like off-shoring to temporarily boost earnings. If enough companies do this it eventually comes at the expense of the local economy itself. It's almost a prisoner's dilemma as applied to labor. "If I don't offshore, they win. If I do, I win. If we both do, we both lose."
2) Standard of living vs. consumer savings. I've seen plenty of support positions go to Asia. I've had plenty of experience dealing with Asian support on the phone. The support is inferior to what it was. The support person is making less than their American counterpart was. The American counterpart is still unemployed. The product, which started this whole ordeal, has remained the same price. As a consumer I feel it is up to us to have some responsibility on this. Even if I have to pay slightly more for a product to know the corporation treats their employees well. Starbucks would be a perfect example, if I were to go there sometime.
Yeah! And while your at it, what's up with the television? Either show pictures or play sounds.... Pick on and do it right! Oh, and why does my car come with a stereo for that matter? If I wanted to listen to music I'd sit in my phonograph room and crank my own table like everyone else. Don't get me started on the amount of things your average "computer" can do these days.
Why do they have to cancel a fantastic show like this when there is so much drivel on television. This show was refreshing in its character depth and unique take on human colonization of space. I really enjoyed the sneak preview of the upcoming movie.
Huh? Enterprise? Meh. I thought we were talking about Firefly. HEY! Maybe the last episode will be a daring holodeck thriller featuring 19th century villians! I hope Whoopie has a guest appearance.
Looking at the Javascript, it seems like the counter is designed to pull a "real" number every so often and then do a comparison from the last update to estimate the download rate. Essentially, the "odometer" you are seeing isn't real time, but it does attempt to syncronize every once in a while.
A G5 Mac Mini doesn't make any sense. Apple is still loosely applying themselves to the Good/Better/Best lineup. The Mac Mini is good. Putting a G5 in it would make it better, but then there would be no good. It would only serve to confuse customers -- a confusion that a lot of people simple accept on the Wintel side of things. I am saddened when I see a non-technical couple shopping for a laptop at Best Buy as they are presented with dozens of choices that -- in their eyes -- are only seperated by price.
People have traditionally held that Apple hardware is expensive, and it was hard to argue against that for a while, but it is also well built and carries a unique (if not pleasurable) user experience. Don't under-estimate the soothing nature of walking into an Apple store and being presented only with Good/Better/Best. To that end, there always has to be a "good" option. Hence no Mac Mini G5.
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And what you expect isn't always what you get. You've never bought a new car, have you?
AllOfMp3.com (no hyperlink intentional) is copyright infringment. Except instead of doing so via P2P, you pay someone else to do it for you. Then, using a little international and Russian law loopholes, you feel good about sticking it to the man? Sorry, that's pathetic. The RIAA is bad enough. If you don't support their business model don't buy their music. Don't pay someone else to infringe on thier copyright either. Do not pass Go.
emusic.com. 40 MP3s for $10/month. 90 MP3s for $20/month. No DRM, excellent selection, fastest pipe I've seen for downloading music. Yes, my soapbox is comfortable, but I put my money where my mouth is.
Does this seem eerily similar to Stephenson's primer from The Diamond Age?
Speeding. What about the secondary aim? It would be a nice way to attempt to solve a murder if you had some suspects that needed to get from point A to point B and back. Then again, why stop at murder. You know there was a drug house at location X ... Let's see who was making long trips to somewhere in that vicinicty, not staying terribly long, and heading home. That sounds like probable cause for a little wire tapping too. Then again, drug deals will be taken care of the minute we get RFID in our currency ... or just go to a complete "credits" system. The future is so bright I gotta wear shades.
The draft proposal offered this week would compel all "commercial businesses" with an open wireless access point to have a "network gateway server" outfitted with a software or hardware firewall.
If *anyone* who commented already had read TFA, they would see this proposal is trying to protect user's condifential data by forcing commercial businesses with a wireless network to protect it in some way. The problem is that it would apply to places like coffee shops which don't really have anything to protect anyway.
No one reads the data. They put it in a box with a swastika on the side and cart it of into some huge government warehouse.
It might be that part of the /. revenue stream is selling subscriptions to people who want to read stories before the servers melt. I'm not saying that's bad, I'm just saying it might partly answer your question.
Firefox has extensions, but I find it impossible to evaluate Firefox + extenions to another browser. We are talking core functionality here. Otherwise, would I be able to say Firefox is extremely unstable because I found an extension that made it unstable? I'd hope not.
... but that's another discussion. Opera has everything I need built-in.
I like sitting down with Opera, anywhere, and be reasonably assured of what features are available to me. I use firefox on 4 different machines, different OSes. That's 4 mouse gesture extensions to install. 4 adblocks. 4 of everything to maintain a constant user experience. And when the next point release comes out? I might get to do it all over again. And then I sit down at a friend's machine and do I have mouse gestures? I don't know. Can I rearrange tabs? I don't know. It is all hit and miss. Then there's the notion of the social contract violation of something like AdBlock
Because when you look at a lot of the popular browser innovations, Opera has been a fundamental cornerstone. Tabbed browsing, mouse gestures, a built-in BitTorrent client. All happily working together with a blazingly fast browser. And it's cross-platform. Firefox is a great browser... #2 in my list... but I don't mind rewarding people for innovation. Be it a coprorate entity, shareware registration or a donation to an OSS project.
Candles work great for me too, but I still like electric lights. Built-in mouse gestures, tabbed browsing, BitTorrent client, mail client, irc client, RSS reader, completely customizable interface, screen reader ... cross platform ... ability to (easily) shut off images, flash, animated gifs, cookies, doesn't take 4 minutes to clear its cache ... And its all of 3MBs.
You might not know what you are missing.
You know what Pluto has? Weird alien viagra for sexual organs I don't even have. That's what.
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This RSS3 spec is starting to be no longer really simple. Are they going to drop the 'R'? If so I think I might have to side with Microsoft and Google and opt for a name change.
No matter how many times i read that, "Epicrealm" looks like "EpiCREAM". Then I can't help but wonder why they aren't going after adult websites.
What does it say when google and yahoo are creating brain drain hiring good developers that push the limits of standard-incompetent browsers, while Microsoft does not seem to be able to get qualified people to just make the thing work right in the first place? I know there are some brainy people in the ranks of Microsoft. At this point can ultimately determine it isn't a question of "can't fix" but "won't fix" ... or "afraid to fix" ? It's been hypothesized that Microsoft is afraid to fix IE for fear of losing their application monopoly to web applications.
If by four hours you mean three hours, and by three hours you mean two and a half hours, then I would expect everything to stay the same.
I love my 12" PowerBook, but I have no idea how Apple (or nearly all laptop vendors) get away with advertising such blatently false battery life. I can only assume their definition of "average use" means turning off your screen, doing nothing that spins the hard drive, and just staring at your computer (or in Apple's case, marveling at the glowing white logo. Wait -- that would have dimmed with the screen.)
We've all put up with fixing Windows for a living or maybe circle of family and friends. If your really unlucky, both. When I think about the time I've put into getting spyware off my [Pastor's, Father's, Sister's] computer, and then consider that Microsoft is (inexplicably?) getting into the Spyware game themselves, it's time to stop.
At this point I'm only supporting OS X and recommending anyone to get a Mac Mini when applicable. The world has moved on, the browser is the new platform, and it's time to stop supporting Microsoft if they continue to make the user experience miserable.
People might still complain a Mac Mini is expensive, but if you stop fixing Windows for them -- those Best Buy Geek Squad visits aren't cheap, either.
"If you make something, and don't release it, you shouldn't be allowed to stop someone else from distributing it for no charge."
*shrugs* I kind of like living in a world where people can't force me to share something I own. We all learned in kindergarten how important sharing is, but I don't feel the government needs to be involved to enforce it. A TV show is neither science nor a useful art. It is entertainment. If entertainment falls under "useful art" then anything qualifies as useful, as everything is entertianing to someone, somewhere.
1. Pick an up and coming technology that _you_ didn't see coming (and that your products don't support at all).
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2. Point out a fault in it. Promise to *fix* it by changing the standard so the improved version is only compatible with your software.
3. Get people to believe the technology isn't ready until you have a chance to support it.
4. Sell it as a new idea and profit.
Look, I made an ordered list without extending
We can't decide morality within ourselves; much less make it applicable to large corporations. Still, I think there are two factors as to whether outsourcing is bad.
1) Being short-sighted. Many corporations need a strong local economy to thrive. When the local economy falters they'll resort to cost-cutting measures like off-shoring to temporarily boost earnings. If enough companies do this it eventually comes at the expense of the local economy itself. It's almost a prisoner's dilemma as applied to labor. "If I don't offshore, they win. If I do, I win. If we both do, we both lose."
2) Standard of living vs. consumer savings. I've seen plenty of support positions go to Asia. I've had plenty of experience dealing with Asian support on the phone. The support is inferior to what it was. The support person is making less than their American counterpart was. The American counterpart is still unemployed. The product, which started this whole ordeal, has remained the same price. As a consumer I feel it is up to us to have some responsibility on this. Even if I have to pay slightly more for a product to know the corporation treats their employees well. Starbucks would be a perfect example, if I were to go there sometime.
Yeah! And while your at it, what's up with the television? Either show pictures or play sounds.... Pick on and do it right! Oh, and why does my car come with a stereo for that matter? If I wanted to listen to music I'd sit in my phonograph room and crank my own table like everyone else. Don't get me started on the amount of things your average "computer" can do these days.
Why do they have to cancel a fantastic show like this when there is so much drivel on television. This show was refreshing in its character depth and unique take on human colonization of space. I really enjoyed the sneak preview of the upcoming movie.
Huh? Enterprise? Meh. I thought we were talking about Firefly. HEY! Maybe the last episode will be a daring holodeck thriller featuring 19th century villians! I hope Whoopie has a guest appearance.
Opera's "Delete Private Data" should have predated the Private Browsing" functionality in Safari by a good margain.
Looking at the Javascript, it seems like the counter is designed to pull a "real" number every so often and then do a comparison from the last update to estimate the download rate. Essentially, the "odometer" you are seeing isn't real time, but it does attempt to syncronize every once in a while.
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As for being off between machines -- the servers they are requesting data from might be returning different data. It's hard to say. Here's the XML link: http://www.spreadfirefox.com/feeds/downloads/fire
A G5 Mac Mini doesn't make any sense. Apple is still loosely applying themselves to the Good/Better/Best lineup. The Mac Mini is good. Putting a G5 in it would make it better, but then there would be no good. It would only serve to confuse customers -- a confusion that a lot of people simple accept on the Wintel side of things. I am saddened when I see a non-technical couple shopping for a laptop at Best Buy as they are presented with dozens of choices that -- in their eyes -- are only seperated by price.
People have traditionally held that Apple hardware is expensive, and it was hard to argue against that for a while, but it is also well built and carries a unique (if not pleasurable) user experience. Don't under-estimate the soothing nature of walking into an Apple store and being presented only with Good/Better/Best. To that end, there always has to be a "good" option. Hence no Mac Mini G5.