You know, some of us don't care for all the bells and whistles that make your precious chat clients unstable and buggy. Voice & Video support? That's a sure fire way to leave a memory footprint the size of Alaska on 350 million user's computers.
You and the rest of the old schoolers may be happy with IRC and text only chatting (I love it too) but the rest of the world, especially non techies, want voice and video. By my estimation, it is the old communication networks and the fragmentation of the new ones (aim, yahoo, msn, icq, all separate and incompatible) that had delayed the inevitable. It is 2006, when did cucme debut, the early 90's? With every mac laptop having a built in camera and mic, and a PC cam available for under $30 (no comment on the $150 outboard isight) it is only a matter of time. So while you whine about memory footprints and too many bells and whistles, the rest of the world is slowly gearing up toward the inevitable, which is ubiquitous voice/video communication. I dont think youir post is very insightful at all. There are many open source clients for all networks that have NO voice / video support for the curmudgeons like you.
A rootkit is a tool that script kiddies use to break into systems, as opposed to someone with actual skill finding and exploiting weaknesses using their own brain.
No it isn't. A rootkit is what is installed to give the cracker unimpeded access (provides a backdoor, hides processes, replaces legitimate processes with trojaned ones, keep activity out of system logs) once they have gained entry to a system (usually throgh a known vulnerability.) THeir activity would be hidden from netstat ps, etc.
The same way all good--and bad--predictions are made: They made them up.;-)
You couldn't be more wrong. Among Nostradamus' many cryptic and undated predictions, there were thinly disguised sales numbers for video game consoles, a decade into the new millenium. Check the quatrains, my friend. It is ALL There
With bittorrent, the pieces come down in random order. Thus you cannot stream it, as you need the pieces to come down in order (unless you like watching things with the video shuffled around). If someone were to mod it, such that the pieces come down in sequential order, the protocol would be much less efficient overall.
Already a non issue: prioritize the first xxx chunks and don't request any of the other chunks from peers (already possible and implemented).
I have heard that Idea before, and it seems to be a win win for everyone, why won't ebay chage their model? Ebay gets more money for the sale (% of final price) and seller gets more money too. Well, the buyer has to pay more, but getting sniped at the end of the auction you really wanted sure sucks, so in that way the buyer wins.
I had such trouble with the description, I thought maybe they were building a life size mockup of a website, with a person flying around in the freaking plane for navigation. I didn't even find myself considering that an outlandish possibility given past stunts that have appeared here (real life pac man, das blinkenlights, light saber idiocy, goatse, etc)
It would be an art installation, with a rectangular frame that depicts the website and the guy is in some cable and pulley driven airplane doing stuff on the (real-size fully functional) japanese website (Mehve or whatever) I guess I assumed that they have way cooler websites than us americans too.
Turns out I was pretty far from the reality of it, but after looking at some of their other projects (fairy finder, mega diary, lightdepth, over_the_rainbow, airboard, psycomu, etc) it didn't seem all that far fetched to me.
Smart people often break taboos: Richard Feynman loved strip clubs and Paul Erdös took amphetamines, to name but a couple.
Emmanuel Kant was a real pissant, who was very rarely stable, Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar, who could drink you under the table, David Hulme could out-consume Wilhelm Friedrich Heigel, And Wittgenstein was a beery swine who was just about as sloshed as Shegal. There's nothing Nietschze couldn't teach about the raising of the wrist, Socrates himself was permanently pissed! John Stuart Mill (of his own free will) on half a pint of shandy was particularly ill. Plato, they say, could stick it away - half a crate of whiskey every day! Aristotle, Aristotle was a bugger for a dram, And Rene Descartes was a drunken fart - "I drink therefore I am!" Yes Socrates himself is particularly missed, A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he's pissed!
I read that they pledged 21 million dollars, but did they ever get any of that money? Pledging and producing the goods are two separate matters entirely. I can freakin pledge all day, but nobody will ever see a dime as I don't actually have any money. I though t they didn't actually have the 21 million and it was just part of the whole scam...
Nope but usually they leave the replaced parts inside the car as proof. Acutally it kinda sucks because then I have to dispose of them, but I've had brake pads, air filters, etc left for me as proof.
Exactly, and the reason for this is that some garages will rip you off in a half of a second, so there is a law that requires them to do this if you so choose. They'll still try to soak you for the maximum price even with laws like this in place.
Agreed, I have been happily using a 12" powerbook for lots of things. When I am using my small laptop, it is usually for a utility use, check my email, do some writing, etc. I am not looking for a full on desktop experience. I have always been a fan of small portables, from Librettos to Sony Vaio ultraslims. I really hate taking a 15" powerbook or other full size laptop from here to there. They get heavy after 1/2 hour on your back. I live in New York, which is a walking city, I don't have a car to drive around in, so portability is always a concern. If your laptop is your only computer, then a 12 or 13" may be too small, but for portability, smaller and lighter is better.
Most billion dollar companies make use of PR firms and advertising agencies. A few have in house agencies, but it is the exception rather than the rule. Edelman is one of the bigger PR firms. At least if the PR firm screws up you can blame someone else. They are pretty damn careful though, after all they have one function, make the company look good (and damage control too, I guess)....
a reference to the gizmondo guy totalling a million dollar ferrari enzo and telling a bizarre story to try to explain it. For some reason it always seemed like a scene right out of Super Troopers to me......
Slashdotters already have the power of invisibility.
It only works against female humans for some reason though. It is more like a cursed potion of invisibility from females if you really want to describe the artifact. I suspect that a 12 pack of mountian dew a day combined with excessive cheeto consumption metabolizes this potion inside the slashdotters body.
Consoles are limited by serious shortcomings for "serious gamers". It is NOT an oxymoron. There are those whose primary recreation is computer games. You don't have to like it. Your complete dismissal of pc's and mac's as a gaming platform shows your lack of regard and respect for others who are not as you. While the mac may not be the greatest gaming platform (argued ad infinitum here) the top shelf games are available: world of warcraft, UT, Sims, etc. I personally have played on consoles and have way more fun playing games on a pc or mac platform. I don't play sports simulations though, which seem to be huge on console platforms.
well, this is sooo true.....why a mp3 player is nothing more than a really small player piano.... with a battery instead of a foot pedal. and a digital file instead of a roll of paper with holes punched into it. and instead of vibrating strings, there are little cones that vibrate directly next to your ear. But a player piano never looked so shiny and cute and a player piano never played "Fuck the Police" or "Too Drunk to Fuck" ( I don't think ). This is the genius of apple ! so, where is my book deal.
"Grammer nazi's"? In just two words you've made three mistakes (grammar is mispelled and Nazis should be capitalized and have no apostrophe). Perhaps you should take your own advice. No comment on the other mistakes.
HEY, WE ARE ALL VICTEMS of the Grammer Nazi's here, you insensitive clod !
I suppose the best target market are laptop users who hate the s h i t PC laptops out there but still have to use windows at work. They can buy their mac, enjoy their photos, music and web stuff by night aka front row and the iLife suite. Then their bozo IT manager at work in the day can work with the machine like it's just another windows box.
I just re did from scratch a dell lattitude laptop. First I had to install xp. Then Reboot. Then I had to update to SP2. Reboot. Then I had to install umpteen security updates. Reboot. Then I had to fuss around with drivers for another hour. Bunch of Reboots. All told I had to span the install over 2 days. Installing windows may be my least favorite part of the whole deal. Still, there are things that I want to do now and then on a PC with software that doesn't run on mac.
Excellent point, but the real issue is that the studios insist on not distributing media via networks. Of course noone wants another freakin physical format. Just let us download content finally. Like iTunes. but without DRM.
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You know, some of us don't care for all the bells and whistles that make your precious chat clients unstable and buggy. Voice & Video support? That's a sure fire way to leave a memory footprint the size of Alaska on 350 million user's computers.
You and the rest of the old schoolers may be happy with IRC and text only chatting (I love it too) but the rest of the world, especially non techies, want voice and video. By my estimation,
it is the old communication networks and the fragmentation of the new ones (aim, yahoo, msn, icq, all separate and incompatible) that had delayed the inevitable. It is 2006, when
did cucme debut, the early 90's? With every mac laptop having a built in camera and mic, and a PC cam available for under $30 (no comment on the $150 outboard isight) it is only
a matter of time. So while you whine about memory footprints and too many bells and whistles, the rest of the world is slowly gearing up toward the inevitable, which is ubiquitous
voice/video communication. I dont think youir post is very insightful at all. There are many open source clients for all networks that have NO voice / video support for the curmudgeons like you.
Thats an auto-rooter.
A rootkit is a tool that script kiddies use to break into systems, as opposed to someone with actual skill finding and exploiting weaknesses using their own brain.
No it isn't.
A rootkit is what is installed to give the cracker unimpeded access (provides a backdoor, hides processes, replaces legitimate processes with trojaned ones, keep activity out of system logs) once they have gained entry to a system (usually throgh a known vulnerability.) THeir activity would be hidden from netstat ps, etc.
At least look at Wikipedia.
The same way all good--and bad--predictions are made: They made them up. ;-)
You couldn't be more wrong. Among Nostradamus' many cryptic and undated predictions, there were
thinly disguised sales numbers for video game consoles, a decade into the new millenium.
Check the quatrains, my friend. It is ALL There
With bittorrent, the pieces come down in random order. Thus you cannot stream it, as you need the pieces to come down in order (unless you like watching things with the video shuffled around). If someone were to mod it, such that the pieces come down in sequential order, the protocol would be much less efficient overall.
Already a non issue: prioritize the first xxx chunks and don't request any of the other chunks from peers (already possible and implemented).
I have heard that Idea before, and it seems to be a win win for everyone, why won't ebay chage their model?
Ebay gets more money for the sale (% of final price) and seller gets more money too. Well, the buyer has to
pay more, but getting sniped at the end of the auction you really wanted sure sucks, so in that way the buyer
wins.
I had such trouble with the description, I thought maybe they were building a life size mockup of a website, with a person flying around in the freaking plane for navigation.
I didn't even find myself considering that an outlandish possibility given past stunts that have appeared here (real life pac man, das blinkenlights, light saber idiocy, goatse, etc)
It would be an art installation, with a rectangular frame that depicts the website and the guy is in some cable and pulley driven airplane doing stuff on the (real-size fully functional) japanese website (Mehve or whatever)
I guess I assumed that they have way cooler websites than us americans too.
Turns out I was pretty far from the reality of it, but after looking at some of their other projects (fairy finder, mega diary, lightdepth, over_the_rainbow, airboard, psycomu, etc) it didn't seem all that far fetched to me.
Smart people often break taboos: Richard Feynman loved strip clubs and Paul Erdös took amphetamines, to name but a couple.
Emmanuel Kant was a real pissant, who was very rarely stable,
Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar, who could drink you under the table,
David Hulme could out-consume Wilhelm Friedrich Heigel,
And Wittgenstein was a beery swine who was just about as sloshed as Shegal.
There's nothing Nietschze couldn't teach about the raising of the wrist,
Socrates himself was permanently pissed!
John Stuart Mill (of his own free will) on half a pint of shandy was particularly ill.
Plato, they say, could stick it away - half a crate of whiskey every day!
Aristotle, Aristotle was a bugger for a dram,
And Rene Descartes was a drunken fart - "I drink therefore I am!"
Yes Socrates himself is particularly missed,
A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he's pissed!
I read that they pledged 21 million dollars, but did they ever get any of that money? Pledging and
producing the goods are two separate matters entirely. I can freakin pledge all day, but nobody
will ever see a dime as I don't actually have any money. I though t they didn't actually have the
21 million and it was just part of the whole scam...
well, i'm off to make a cheese sandwich at 11:39 pm.
thanks slashdot community for making me hungry with
your incessant cheese chatter.
there are already 19 comments and not a single alt.pirates.bay.borked.borked.borked or any such hilarious old school references.
Nope but usually they leave the replaced parts inside the car as proof. Acutally it kinda sucks because then I have to dispose of them, but I've had brake pads, air filters, etc left for me as proof.
Exactly, and the reason for this is that some garages will rip you off in a half of a second, so there is a law that requires them to do this if you so choose. They'll still try to soak you for the maximum price even with laws like this in place.
after my cat knocked it off my desk.
Oh Garfield, you are at it again....
until you are left with the one true app. minesweeper.
Agreed, I have been happily using a 12" powerbook for lots of things. When I am using my small laptop, it is usually for a utility use, check my email, do some writing, etc. I am not looking for a full on desktop experience. I have always been a fan of small portables, from Librettos to Sony Vaio ultraslims. I really hate taking a 15" powerbook or other full size laptop from here to there. They get heavy after 1/2 hour on your back. I live in New York, which is a walking city, I don't have a car to drive around in, so portability is always a concern. If your laptop is your only computer, then a 12 or 13" may be too small, but for portability, smaller and lighter is better.
Most billion dollar companies make use of PR firms and advertising agencies. A few have in house agencies,
but it is the exception rather than the rule. Edelman is one of the bigger PR firms.
At least if the PR firm screws up you can blame someone else. They are pretty damn careful though,
after all they have one function, make the company look good (and damage control too, I guess)....
a reference to the gizmondo guy totalling a million dollar ferrari enzo and telling a bizarre story to try to explain it. For some reason it always seemed like a scene right out of Super Troopers to me......
Slashdotters already have the power of invisibility.
It only works against female humans for some reason though.
It is more like a cursed potion of invisibility from females if you really want to describe the artifact.
I suspect that a 12 pack of mountian dew a day combined with excessive cheeto consumption metabolizes
this potion inside the slashdotters body.
Consoles are limited by serious shortcomings for "serious gamers".
It is NOT an oxymoron. There are those whose primary recreation
is computer games. You don't have to like it.
Your complete dismissal of pc's and mac's as a gaming platform
shows your lack of regard and respect for others who are not as you.
While the mac may not be the greatest gaming platform (argued ad infinitum here)
the top shelf games are available: world of warcraft, UT, Sims, etc.
I personally have played on consoles and have way more fun playing
games on a pc or mac platform. I don't play sports simulations though,
which seem to be huge on console platforms.
well, this is sooo true.....why a mp3 player is nothing more than a really small player piano....
with a battery instead of a foot pedal. and a digital file instead of a roll of paper with holes punched
into it. and instead of vibrating strings, there are little cones that vibrate directly next to your ear.
But a player piano never looked so shiny and cute and a player piano never played "Fuck the Police" or "Too Drunk to Fuck" ( I don't think ).
This is the genius of apple !
so, where is my book deal.
"Grammer nazi's"? In just two words you've made three mistakes (grammar is mispelled and Nazis should be capitalized and have no apostrophe). Perhaps you should take your own advice. No comment on the other mistakes.
HEY, WE ARE ALL VICTEMS of the Grammer Nazi's here, you insensitive clod !
aaaarrrrrrrrrr is more of an utterance than a word.
AAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Why would you want to smash things into the moon. Which governs our tides. ? Don't mess with the moon, man !
I suppose the best target market are laptop users who hate the s h i t PC laptops out there but still have to use windows at work. They can buy their mac, enjoy their photos, music and web stuff by night aka front row and the iLife suite. Then their bozo IT manager at work in the day can work with the machine like it's just another windows box.
I just re did from scratch a dell lattitude laptop. First I had to install xp. Then Reboot. Then I had to update to SP2. Reboot. Then I had to install umpteen security updates. Reboot. Then I had to fuss around with drivers for another hour. Bunch of Reboots. All told I had to span the install over 2 days. Installing windows may be my least favorite part of the whole deal. Still, there are things that I want to do now and then on a PC with software that doesn't run on mac.
Excellent point, but the real issue is that the studios insist on not distributing media via networks.
Of course noone wants another freakin physical format. Just let us download content finally. Like iTunes.
but without DRM.