Part of what you said is true (about the prices). However, there is a market for this type of device, just not at these prices as is stated in the article.
Personally, I'd love a small internet appliance for about $100-$150 (about the price of a nice jambox) that I could place in the kitchen so that I could retrieve email, look something up on the net, etc. that can wired into my network (with my DSL as the web pipe) at home.
I know my parents would like this too, since they don't particularly want to learn MS Lookout/Windows/whatever and would like basic email and web access in a small appliance you can put on your counter.
Not everybody wants a PC or even a laptop sitting in their kitchen. Something like the Audrey with a network hookup at about $100 would be great. ----------------------------------
Seems like the idea of streamlining court cases by using technology to file briefs and using video-conferencing for oral arguments can stand on its own, separate of a technology court. Why not extend this to all court cases?
Also, I agree with the article that is is going to be a jurisdictional nightmare. I mean, just specifying which cases can make into a "technology" court is going to create a plethora of laws in and of itself. Think farming and you think, "old economy," but with bioengineering, would farming cases make it into this new court?
There's also the question of fairness. Why do technology companies get served up juriprudence on a golden technology tray while other "old economy" companies get to slog their way through the old court system? I think this introduces an anomoly/disruption in the proper flow of business, favoring new economy companies over old. Why train judges just on technology matters? Why not on other disciplines?
All in all, I think the intent of using technology and training of judges to speed up the slogging pace of the courts is good, but it should be applied universally, not to a specific industry. Otherwise, you're introducing market distortions that shouldn't be there. ----------------------------------
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Rebel code helped end the Microsoft era,
Hey, I'm as big an open source and Linux fan as the rest of you, but jeez, isn't that a bit of hyperbole? Last time I checked,
Microsoft still owned the most widely used OSes in the world.
Their income statement for FY 2000 listed nearly $23 billion in sales.
They've got nearly $13 billion in cash reserves.
I've still yet to see a wholesale migration of desktops and office suites to anyone other than MS (though I've been keeping my fingers crossed!)
All in all, I think this was a bit of undeserved braggadocio. The open source movement still has alot of work ahead of it. ----------------------------------
What troubles me the most is the following from the article:
In the JEDEC, Rambus "engaged in an illegal scheme to secure worldwide domination of the market for semiconductor memory" by not disclosing the existence of its intellectual property at the time the memory standards were being formed, according to court papers filed by Hyundai.
In essence, Rambus knew it had a claim to intellectual property that was being discussed in a standards-setting body in which it was participating. Basically, they were laying a trap for all the other memory makers.
This would be a good case study for an graduate studies ethics class. ----------------------------------
Read that in an article. Makes me think someone in MS marketing used to play D&D, where XP's stood for experience points.
Here's a thought. Maybe that's how Microsoft is going to qualify it's certication program. No more taking and passing classes. For each Windows problem you solve, you get a certain amount of XP's. After a certain number, you rise in levels. Heh.
"Hey, what are you?
"I'm a 12th level MSCE""Damn, I just made 3rd level! ----------------------------------
Several embraced the bizarre and growing NFL practice of thanking God for touchdowns (does he really get into that?)
What's up with this Katz? Part of these players' religious beliefs include being thankful to their diety for perceived blessings. If they consider a successful play a blessing and they choose to thank their diety, so be it.
lessening mainstream interest in the open source operating system,
and a sharp decline in Linux-based companies' stock value.
I'll address each.
1. Static growth rate - that's going to eventually happen with any software. Look at adoption of Windows as a internet server system. But here's the kicker, if anything, there's nothing to indicate that Linux's growth rate is doing anything but expanding.
2. Lessening mainstream interest - what a self-serving circular prediction! He's basically saying, one indication that buyers won't be buying Linux is that they're not interested in buying Linux! Umm, excuse me, but that's a) obvious if it happens, and b) again, there's no indication of that happening.
3. Sharp-decline in Linux-based stocks - wow, what a prediction of something already happening. Of course an industry in it's infancy such as Linux is going to spawn new companies that live for a while then die, some stocks will shoot up and then go down. But compare that to every other fledgling industry. Anybody see the same thing happening with some overpriced biotech stocks? But no one is predicting that biotech overall is going to die. If anything, it's going to explode eventually.
All in all, BIG CASE OF FUD. ----------------------------------
Don't know much about these big beasts, but the Cray supercluster being described here outweighs something like an IBM S/390 running Linux by a factor of?
Choose your scale: ips, ops, ability to compress a 2 1/2 hour DVD to MPEG4 format, etc.
Witout mispelings, Schlashdot woodn't be quiet the saim! I meen, its the teknical aspacts of the artikles that weir supossed to be consentraiting on! ----------------------------------
to know that Dubbya would be in office at the begin of the new millenia.
Just kidding folks! It's a joke, you know, AI, Dubbya, etc.
Ahem. ----------------------------------
Jeez, you'd think the flyboys would think about this for a second. OK, so we're going to retrofit one of the most widely used passenger airplanes with war-making technology.
Now an enemy knows that the US has 747's used to shoot down missiles. Doesn't that suddenly make every 747 in the sky a suspect? Someone, please correct me if I'm wrong, but this seems likely in stressful times to make civilian airliners a legitimate target. ----------------------------------
I think the researchers got it wrong. Most communications inside of companies are like the game of Twister. Depending on the color spin of the day, you never know who's going to be in your face or who's going to have their foot up your ass. ----------------------------------
and friends will be my new companions on the Internet. Not that I dislike Bugs and Daffy, I just don't want to see them everytime I log on. ----------------------------------
Mr. Katz, look up the word generalization. Then go discover on the net why it's a logical fallacy (a Google search on "informal logic" would help). Your entire piece is one large generalization of what a "gamer" is.
Please, if you're going to try to categorize people, please put some science and logic behind it. ----------------------------------
Someone told me that Palm Pilots could be upgraded, but Visors couldn't. Just a question based upon the OS talk here. ----------------------------------
Did anybody notice that to be able to assign handle's you had to have a "naming authority" as in:
Under the handle system, my last column might have an identifier like: "10.12345/nov0700-zaret". "10.12345" is MSNBC's naming authority, and "nov0700-zaret" is the name of the object. MSNBC would then keep a record in its handle registry that told the computer what server the object is on, what file it's stored in, as well as the copyright information and anything else it may want in that record.
Scary stuff given the recently introduced $2000 price of the.biz domains. I mean, so if I as a person want to use this new scheme, I've not only got to apply for an ICANN controlled domain name, I've now got to apply and pay for a "naming authority". What's to keep them from pricing this naming authority out of reach from the common person? I think this is a looming large threat to independent posting of material on the internet. Or am I being paranoid (again, heh)?
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Part of what you said is true (about the prices). However, there is a market for this type of device, just not at these prices as is stated in the article.
Personally, I'd love a small internet appliance for about $100-$150 (about the price of a nice jambox) that I could place in the kitchen so that I could retrieve email, look something up on the net, etc. that can wired into my network (with my DSL as the web pipe) at home.
I know my parents would like this too, since they don't particularly want to learn MS Lookout/Windows/whatever and would like basic email and web access in a small appliance you can put on your counter.
Not everybody wants a PC or even a laptop sitting in their kitchen. Something like the Audrey with a network hookup at about $100 would be great.
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Seems like the idea of streamlining court cases by using technology to file briefs and using video-conferencing for oral arguments can stand on its own, separate of a technology court. Why not extend this to all court cases?
Also, I agree with the article that is is going to be a jurisdictional nightmare. I mean, just specifying which cases can make into a "technology" court is going to create a plethora of laws in and of itself. Think farming and you think, "old economy," but with bioengineering, would farming cases make it into this new court?
There's also the question of fairness. Why do technology companies get served up juriprudence on a golden technology tray while other "old economy" companies get to slog their way through the old court system? I think this introduces an anomoly/disruption in the proper flow of business, favoring new economy companies over old. Why train judges just on technology matters? Why not on other disciplines?
All in all, I think the intent of using technology and training of judges to speed up the slogging pace of the courts is good, but it should be applied universally, not to a specific industry. Otherwise, you're introducing market distortions that shouldn't be there.
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Hey, I'm as big an open source and Linux fan as the rest of you, but jeez, isn't that a bit of hyperbole? Last time I checked,
All in all, I think this was a bit of undeserved braggadocio. The open source movement still has alot of work ahead of it.
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Guess I should go print and read it.
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What troubles me the most is the following from the article:
In the JEDEC, Rambus "engaged in an illegal scheme to secure worldwide domination of the market for semiconductor memory" by not disclosing the existence of its intellectual property at the time the memory standards were being formed, according to court papers filed by Hyundai.
In essence, Rambus knew it had a claim to intellectual property that was being discussed in a standards-setting body in which it was participating. Basically, they were laying a trap for all the other memory makers.
This would be a good case study for an graduate studies ethics class.
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Read that in an article. Makes me think someone in MS marketing used to play D&D, where XP's stood for experience points.
Here's a thought. Maybe that's how Microsoft is going to qualify it's certication program. No more taking and passing classes. For each Windows problem you solve, you get a certain amount of XP's. After a certain number, you rise in levels. Heh.
"Hey, what are you?
"I'm a 12th level MSCE" "Damn, I just made 3rd level!
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Yep, the XFL's games are going to be running on both NBC and UPN.
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Several embraced the bizarre and growing NFL practice of thanking God for touchdowns (does he really get into that?)
What's up with this Katz? Part of these players' religious beliefs include being thankful to their diety for perceived blessings. If they consider a successful play a blessing and they choose to thank their diety, so be it.
Cheap and intolerant shot, Katz.
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I'll address each.
1. Static growth rate - that's going to eventually happen with any software. Look at adoption of Windows as a internet server system. But here's the kicker, if anything, there's nothing to indicate that Linux's growth rate is doing anything but expanding.
2. Lessening mainstream interest - what a self-serving circular prediction! He's basically saying, one indication that buyers won't be buying Linux is that they're not interested in buying Linux! Umm, excuse me, but that's a) obvious if it happens, and b) again, there's no indication of that happening.
3. Sharp-decline in Linux-based stocks - wow, what a prediction of something already happening. Of course an industry in it's infancy such as Linux is going to spawn new companies that live for a while then die, some stocks will shoot up and then go down. But compare that to every other fledgling industry. Anybody see the same thing happening with some overpriced biotech stocks? But no one is predicting that biotech overall is going to die. If anything, it's going to explode eventually.
All in all, BIG CASE OF FUD.
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Don't know much about these big beasts, but the Cray supercluster being described here outweighs something like an IBM S/390 running Linux by a factor of?
Choose your scale: ips, ops, ability to compress a 2 1/2 hour DVD to MPEG4 format, etc.
Serious question.
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Witout mispelings, Schlashdot woodn't be quiet the saim! I meen, its the teknical aspacts of the artikles that weir supossed to be consentraiting on!
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Sure, maybe their "survey" found some of the best policies on US sites, but that's totally voluntary.
At least the EU has regulations, so if a site is not abiding by privacy regulations, there is some legal recourse.
Here in the U.S., no such legal recourse exists.
It's time for the U.S. Congress to debate the privacy issue and make some real reforms.
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to know that Dubbya would be in office at the begin of the new millenia. Just kidding folks! It's a joke, you know, AI, Dubbya, etc. Ahem.
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Simulated murder in video games, movies, et. al. are not done with the intent of arousing murderous feelings in the viewer.
Simulated child pornography is done with the intent of arousing pedophilic feelings in the viewer.
The former does not seem dangerous to me. The latter is sick.
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Jeez, you'd think the flyboys would think about this for a second. OK, so we're going to retrofit one of the most widely used passenger airplanes with war-making technology.
Now an enemy knows that the US has 747's used to shoot down missiles. Doesn't that suddenly make every 747 in the sky a suspect? Someone, please correct me if I'm wrong, but this seems likely in stressful times to make civilian airliners a legitimate target.
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I think the researchers got it wrong. Most communications inside of companies are like the game of Twister. Depending on the color spin of the day, you never know who's going to be in your face or who's going to have their foot up your ass.
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Care to tell us the model and how much you paid for this privilege? I bet it was a wee bit expensive.
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but no service in the nation's capitol yet.
BTW, can anyone explain why Visor chose not to make its OS upgradable other than via RAM-resident patches?
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and friends will be my new companions on the Internet. Not that I dislike Bugs and Daffy, I just don't want to see them everytime I log on.
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Mr. Katz, look up the word generalization. Then go discover on the net why it's a logical fallacy (a Google search on "informal logic" would help). Your entire piece is one large generalization of what a "gamer" is.
Please, if you're going to try to categorize people, please put some science and logic behind it.
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Someone told me that Palm Pilots could be upgraded, but Visors couldn't. Just a question based upon the OS talk here.
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Just add two more digits: AAAA-BBBB-CCCC-00-01 = phone1 AAAA-BBBB-CCCC-00-02 = phone2 AAAA-BBBB-CCCC-00-03 = phone3 AAAA-BBBB-CCCC-01 = cell AAAA-BBBB-CCCC-02-01 = fax1 AAAA-BBBB-CCCC-02-02 = fax2
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Did anybody notice that to be able to assign handle's you had to have a "naming authority" as in:
.biz domains. I mean, so if I as a person want to use this new scheme, I've not only got to apply for an ICANN controlled domain name, I've now got to apply and pay for a "naming authority". What's to keep them from pricing this naming authority out of reach from the common person? I think this is a looming large threat to independent posting of material on the internet. Or am I being paranoid (again, heh)?
Under the handle system, my last column might have an identifier like: "10.12345/nov0700-zaret". "10.12345" is MSNBC's naming authority, and "nov0700-zaret" is the name of the object. MSNBC would then keep a record in its handle registry that told the computer what server the object is on, what file it's stored in, as well as the copyright information and anything else it may want in that record.
Scary stuff given the recently introduced $2000 price of the
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