So, let's say that Bart was 10 and Lisa was 8 when the Simpsons debuted on the Tracy Ullman show back in 1987 or 88.
Now, if we are going to consider these entities to be equivalent to real people, we must also account for aging. Although the years have treated them well, and they don't look a day older, the fact is that at this point, Bart is 30 and Lisa is 28, minimum. They haven't been minors for a decade or so. Even Maggie, at this point, would be at least 20.
Unless they prosecutors can prove this material was produced while said characters were still underage, then there's no case./Swiftian Hyperbole
For instance, Adobe has nothing to worry about. There's not going to be any Open Source project that can compete with Photoshop anytime soon. If the stuff you're writing is that easy to implement that every addition or extension is being copied, and is "just as good" as you say, then the issue is with the code you're writing.
The Open Source devs trying to mimic your extensions should be sitting back saying to themselves "how the hell did they do that?" and by the time they figure it out, you've already got new features that they don't.
Also, providing support seems to be the best way to monetize Open Source. They may provide similar functionality, but you can offer custom tweaks and support for a fee.
The truth is, Theora takes much more processing power to decode than h264. It can't match the quality of h264 when compressed to the same size. Beyond that, there are HARDWARE h264 decoder chips that require little power for use in mobile devices, not so with Theora.
Free and open formats are awesome. But sometimes, just sometimes, being free and open isn't as important as being efficient and portable. Its about priorities and usefulness in the broader market. Theora has no traction in the mobile space. there is no indication it will surpass h264 in quality at similar file sizes.
what good is a free and open video codec if it requires more disk space, more processing power, and has no ability to be offloaded to a specialized chip in a mobile device?
If you want companies to adopt Theora, fix those issues. That's the benefit of open and free software. You are free and open to make it better until it meets the demands of the marketplace.
yes, I do. Sadly though most folks couldn't be bothered to, at least in the current social climate. That's going to take a while to fix, and part of that fix is not tolerating knee-jerk reactions and willfull ignorance.
Interestingly, you seem to think that stimulus-response is somehow mutually exclusive from thinking. Not sure why you would have that impression, or why responding to stimuli quickly is inherently bad. Our brain determines our decisions before we are consciously aware of it. Perhaps your overanalyzation is reflective of insecurity or maybe its a stalling attempt. Either way, you obviously didn't think before you posted. Rather, you reacted quickly to stimuli.
I disagree. People take whatever they are given, and adapt. That is the nature of evolution. Evolution is not just biological, our collective thoughts and opinions evolve based on stimuli and input. If all news held itself to basic journalistic standards people would adapt. Humans rise to whatever is necessary to allow them to survive. In a culture where willfull ignorance is not tolerated socially, it would be relegated to a select few deranged individuals, much like cannibalism.
I would say that a network is, by design, a shared interdependancy. Selfish network behavior, regardless of that activity's legality, is a detriment to the entire system, while simultaneously making it harder to maintain, support, and manage.
Look, I'm not for legislation, but a little common sense will tell you that it simply isn't right for a small minority of the customers to use a massive percentage of available bandwidth, using applications that they themselves say wreak havok on their local network.
You speak of not providing people with what they've paid for. How about all those next gen services we want rolled out, how will they ensure they can manage network traffic fairly when all users need a much bigger chunk of bandwidth for standard services? If P2P users can't keep in mind the rights of those not using the same torrent, or their responsibility to be good network neighbors when they KNOW their activity disrupts others, they have no reason to expect the same courtesy. A free Internet only works if there's respect.
If there's no respect, that's when you wind up with silly things like legislation.
The geeks of slashdot acknowledge that P2P use strangles traffic on their LAN, and feel that some modification needs to happen to address this.
However, when service providers complain about the negative effects of millions of people using P2P on their backbones, and take action to correct this, same said slashdot geeks get their panties in a bunch and cry fowl.
I'm not taking one position over another. I'm just saying that I think this may be a big reveal about why a lot of norms have a strong mistrust and/or dislike of geeks. A lot of the time moral outrage is claimed when in fact it looks more like self interest.
Its neither the president, nor the law, that occupies first place in the hierarchy of dominance.
Its knowledge. Secret knowledge.
What isn't a secret is that the president, leaders of both the democratic and republican parties, most of the heads of major media, telecom, and military industry companies, along with foreign dignitaries, royalty, the heads of the world's financial institutions all belong to club of sorts. They all kinda hang out, in various groups and circles, under various names, but all interrelated and entwined. Some of these clubs are The Bohemian Club, The Bilderberg Group, The Council on Foreign Relations, The Trilateral Commission, Project for a New American Century, and the list goes on.
What isn't a secret is that they're very hostile towards one another when the cameras are rolling, and quite chummy behind closed doors. Where we can't hear what they're talking about as they decide all of our futures.
"The President made me do it" is simply a lie. It was deliberate collusion, and if they were that concerned about the legality, they could have gone public at any time. No where in the Constitution does it give any government agency the right to try to subvert the law behind closed doors.
Prosecute any and all telecoms involved with domestic wiretapping in violation of our rights. It is intolerable that our government and utility suppliers would use our own money against us in such a blatantly illegal way. Prosecute any and all federal agents that were involved in the planning and execution of this violation of our rights.
They work for us. They get their money from us. They exist to serve us. Without us they are nothing. Its about time we started acting like it.
They wouldn't be so worried about immunity if they didn't already know they're guilty of something REALLY BAD.
And they do not have a right to keep it a secret from those that were wronged. Those who hold the secrets hold the power. They want to know all of our secrets. Shouldn't we know theirs?
Corporations should stop paying for advertising time and space. Instead, they should pay each individual citizen (not consumer) for their time viewing that company's ad piece.
Our time comprises our lives. It is our single most valuable and finite resource. If they want me to listen to their self-serving drivel, they can pay ME for it.
In System Preferences, add a 2 new Keyboard Shortcuts for all Apps. They are going to be the same shortcut. Call one Zoom and the other Zoom Window. I prefer to use the Command-Option-Z combination to trigger this, but you can use what you like.
I also like to enter Full Screen and Enter Full Screen to be Command-F, that way all apps go to fullscreen with Command-F.
It also lacks bluetooth, has a 50% smaller HD, 50% less VRAM on an inferior card, 10% smaller display, 25% slower processor, 50% less RAM. Ooh. Its got a removable battery and optical drive. Bestill my heart.
Well, first of all, the 2-year plan covers MORE than the battery. Screen, touchwheel, etc.
Second, do you really think they'd deny you a replacement 1 day out of warranty? That's really low expectations and I think you'd be surprised if you went about it in a reasonable manner and didn't go in expecting a fight in the first place.
Man, you haters are so bitter and jaded. It makes me sad.
Replacement iPods of most varieties are available as "Battery Replacements" with a 90 day warranty for about $70. And you don't just get a new battery - it looks pretty again too.
Actually, MacBook Air owners WILL BE in the possession of a wireless cd-rom drive. It will use included software installed on any host you want (Mac or PC) and the Air can use the other computer's optical drive. Wirelessly.
Its a bit rich that you'd actually defend calling a video game a religious experience. anyone... ANYONE... who thinks about it for more than a few seconds would realize how demeaning that is to people who LIVE their religious experience, day in and day out, struggling with their faith in a hostile world, and still stay true to their beliefs.
Now me, I don't care for religion OR video games. So I don't care either way.
I'm not sure if this is a comment on how pathetic the people involved are for thinking that a video game is a religious experience, or a comment on how lousy religion is that people equate its experience with a video game.
Either way.... losers. Put some effort into something that matters.
Slashdot Mirror
Install MythBuntu and hook it up to your TV.
So, let's say that Bart was 10 and Lisa was 8 when the Simpsons debuted on the Tracy Ullman show back in 1987 or 88.
Now, if we are going to consider these entities to be equivalent to real people, we must also account for aging. Although the years have treated them well, and they don't look a day older, the fact is that at this point, Bart is 30 and Lisa is 28, minimum. They haven't been minors for a decade or so. Even Maggie, at this point, would be at least 20.
Unless they prosecutors can prove this material was produced while said characters were still underage, then there's no case. /Swiftian Hyperbole
For instance, Adobe has nothing to worry about. There's not going to be any Open Source project that can compete with Photoshop anytime soon. If the stuff you're writing is that easy to implement that every addition or extension is being copied, and is "just as good" as you say, then the issue is with the code you're writing.
The Open Source devs trying to mimic your extensions should be sitting back saying to themselves "how the hell did they do that?" and by the time they figure it out, you've already got new features that they don't.
Also, providing support seems to be the best way to monetize Open Source. They may provide similar functionality, but you can offer custom tweaks and support for a fee.
All the terms and conditions and warranty info are available on the websites for perusal before any type of purchase.
Douche.
Global Politics in 30 seconds
This pretty much sums up how we feel about all you other bastards.
The truth is, Theora takes much more processing power to decode than h264. It can't match the quality of h264 when compressed to the same size. Beyond that, there are HARDWARE h264 decoder chips that require little power for use in mobile devices, not so with Theora.
Free and open formats are awesome. But sometimes, just sometimes, being free and open isn't as important as being efficient and portable. Its about priorities and usefulness in the broader market. Theora has no traction in the mobile space. there is no indication it will surpass h264 in quality at similar file sizes.
what good is a free and open video codec if it requires more disk space, more processing power, and has no ability to be offloaded to a specialized chip in a mobile device?
If you want companies to adopt Theora, fix those issues. That's the benefit of open and free software. You are free and open to make it better until it meets the demands of the marketplace.
yes, I do. Sadly though most folks couldn't be bothered to, at least in the current social climate. That's going to take a while to fix, and part of that fix is not tolerating knee-jerk reactions and willfull ignorance.
Interestingly, you seem to think that stimulus-response is somehow mutually exclusive from thinking. Not sure why you would have that impression, or why responding to stimuli quickly is inherently bad. Our brain determines our decisions before we are consciously aware of it. Perhaps your overanalyzation is reflective of insecurity or maybe its a stalling attempt. Either way, you obviously didn't think before you posted. Rather, you reacted quickly to stimuli.
The irony is making me smile.
I disagree. People take whatever they are given, and adapt. That is the nature of evolution. Evolution is not just biological, our collective thoughts and opinions evolve based on stimuli and input. If all news held itself to basic journalistic standards people would adapt. Humans rise to whatever is necessary to allow them to survive. In a culture where willfull ignorance is not tolerated socially, it would be relegated to a select few deranged individuals, much like cannibalism.
I'd probably wind up having to pay the auction winner to take it off my hands.
... Get the hell out of Iraq.
I would say that a network is, by design, a shared interdependancy. Selfish network behavior, regardless of that activity's legality, is a detriment to the entire system, while simultaneously making it harder to maintain, support, and manage.
Look, I'm not for legislation, but a little common sense will tell you that it simply isn't right for a small minority of the customers to use a massive percentage of available bandwidth, using applications that they themselves say wreak havok on their local network.
You speak of not providing people with what they've paid for. How about all those next gen services we want rolled out, how will they ensure they can manage network traffic fairly when all users need a much bigger chunk of bandwidth for standard services? If P2P users can't keep in mind the rights of those not using the same torrent, or their responsibility to be good network neighbors when they KNOW their activity disrupts others, they have no reason to expect the same courtesy. A free Internet only works if there's respect.
If there's no respect, that's when you wind up with silly things like legislation.
So, let me get this straight:
The geeks of slashdot acknowledge that P2P use strangles traffic on their LAN, and feel that some modification needs to happen to address this.
However, when service providers complain about the negative effects of millions of people using P2P on their backbones, and take action to correct this, same said slashdot geeks get their panties in a bunch and cry fowl.
I'm not taking one position over another. I'm just saying that I think this may be a big reveal about why a lot of norms have a strong mistrust and/or dislike of geeks. A lot of the time moral outrage is claimed when in fact it looks more like self interest.
Its neither the president, nor the law, that occupies first place in the hierarchy of dominance.
Its knowledge. Secret knowledge.
What isn't a secret is that the president, leaders of both the democratic and republican parties, most of the heads of major media, telecom, and military industry companies, along with foreign dignitaries, royalty, the heads of the world's financial institutions all belong to club of sorts. They all kinda hang out, in various groups and circles, under various names, but all interrelated and entwined. Some of these clubs are The Bohemian Club, The Bilderberg Group, The Council on Foreign Relations, The Trilateral Commission, Project for a New American Century, and the list goes on.
What isn't a secret is that they're very hostile towards one another when the cameras are rolling, and quite chummy behind closed doors. Where we can't hear what they're talking about as they decide all of our futures.
"The President made me do it" is simply a lie. It was deliberate collusion, and if they were that concerned about the legality, they could have gone public at any time. No where in the Constitution does it give any government agency the right to try to subvert the law behind closed doors.
Prosecute any and all telecoms involved with domestic wiretapping in violation of our rights. It is intolerable that our government and utility suppliers would use our own money against us in such a blatantly illegal way. Prosecute any and all federal agents that were involved in the planning and execution of this violation of our rights.
They work for us. They get their money from us. They exist to serve us. Without us they are nothing. Its about time we started acting like it.
They wouldn't be so worried about immunity if they didn't already know they're guilty of something REALLY BAD.
And they do not have a right to keep it a secret from those that were wronged. Those who hold the secrets hold the power. They want to know all of our secrets. Shouldn't we know theirs?
Corporations should stop paying for advertising time and space. Instead, they should pay each individual citizen (not consumer) for their time viewing that company's ad piece.
Our time comprises our lives. It is our single most valuable and finite resource. If they want me to listen to their self-serving drivel, they can pay ME for it.
Here's a neat Window Zooming tip:
In System Preferences, add a 2 new Keyboard Shortcuts for all Apps. They are going to be the same shortcut. Call one Zoom and the other Zoom Window. I prefer to use the Command-Option-Z combination to trigger this, but you can use what you like.
I also like to enter Full Screen and Enter Full Screen to be Command-F, that way all apps go to fullscreen with Command-F.
Cheers.
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Anybody who backs the Federal Reserve System is in the pocket of the people that are making our lives a living hell. Period.
It also lacks bluetooth, has a 50% smaller HD, 50% less VRAM on an inferior card, 10% smaller display, 25% slower processor, 50% less RAM. Ooh. Its got a removable battery and optical drive. Bestill my heart.
How is that even a comparison, really?
Well, first of all, the 2-year plan covers MORE than the battery. Screen, touchwheel, etc.
Second, do you really think they'd deny you a replacement 1 day out of warranty? That's really low expectations and I think you'd be surprised if you went about it in a reasonable manner and didn't go in expecting a fight in the first place.
Man, you haters are so bitter and jaded. It makes me sad.
Replacement iPods of most varieties are available as "Battery Replacements" with a 90 day warranty for about $70. And you don't just get a new battery - it looks pretty again too.
Actually, MacBook Air owners WILL BE in the possession of a wireless cd-rom drive. It will use included software installed on any host you want (Mac or PC) and the Air can use the other computer's optical drive. Wirelessly.
Your inability to recognize and appreciate the sacred is the key to your constant insecurity and demoralization.
Its a bit rich that you'd actually defend calling a video game a religious experience. anyone ... ANYONE ... who thinks about it for more than a few seconds would realize how demeaning that is to people who LIVE their religious experience, day in and day out, struggling with their faith in a hostile world, and still stay true to their beliefs.
Now me, I don't care for religion OR video games. So I don't care either way.
Losers.
.... losers. Put some effort into something that matters.
I'm not sure if this is a comment on how pathetic the people involved are for thinking that a video game is a religious experience, or a comment on how lousy religion is that people equate its experience with a video game.
Either way
Your shortsightedness and lack of perspective are staggering.
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Different goals, different approaches, different definitions of success
Dominance is not necessarily "winning." Money isn't always the desired result.
You are so shallow and ignorant, its cute.
Yes, you are missing something here. You can apply system updates to any drive with a system installed, booted to it or not.
I won't fault you though, because you weren't "aware".
Just idiotic and stuck in a Windows mindset.
There is a Better Way.