...neither Sony nor any other major music label is going to get much sympathy from anyone on this.
Regardless of the merits of the case, I think Sony is not going to get much more than a shrug from the well-informed of the world.
Is this an example of karma? A cosmic balance? Maybe it's too early to say that until more lawsuits are initiated against the other side. Yes, that's right... more lawsuits against RIAA-affiliated companies, regardless of their merits. Sound familiar?
I use the SE P910 with my windows laptop. Here's what I do (and what I *can* do) with it:
- use it as a modem (pc bluetooth to phone gprs to internet) - use it as a modem (pc bluetooth to phone dial into an ISP's dial-up -very slow-) - retrieve IMAP e-mail via gprs - retrieve & send data for a handful of apps via gprs (opera web browser, avantgo, an SSH client, and worldmate pro, to name 4 useful ones) - sync contacts and calendar data with Lotus Notes 6.5.4 (what I do) - sync contacts, calendar data, and notepad with Outlook (what I don't do)
Note that all the data traffic between my phone and laptop are done over bluetooth, but since you're not interested in BT, I *believe* there is a cable you can procure for this purpose should you want it that way. Also, some of the above features can be done over IR, but I have not ever tried that.
Regarding the T-Mobile plan: someone mentioned this earlier... there is a $20 add-on to your normal account, which allows you unlimited gprs data traffic. This includes both data generated from the phone itself, and data when using the phone as a modem for your computer. This *doesn't* include CSR (using your phone as a "real" modem to dial up to an ISP's dial-in).
GPRS is pretty slow compared to what broadband users are used to (it'll be the equivalent of approx 56 kbps), but it does the trick for SSH or scheduled mail downloads.
And yes, you can get this to sync with your OS X calendar and address book... I previously used this with my iMac G4 before having to live semi-permanently on the road (hence the laptop).
SE is coming out with the P910's successor sometime mid-year, so you might want to wait.
didn't sco executives claim that linux was being used by terrorists? i seem to recall they claimed this in testimony in washington or in a letter to lawmakers.
the claim was too obvious... i'm certain that linux, windows, macs, and all other kinds of OSes and computers are being used by terrorists. (except for Windows Millenium Edition, which Al Qaida's IT department would not support because it sucked so bad).
but sco's suggestion was not the fact that terrorists use all kinds of tools, but rather they slyly implied that linux is a danger to national security.
so... linux is beneficial to terrorists, but open source databases aren't? couldn't be because sco decided they wanted to ship a open source db also, would it?
of all the falsehoods coming out of that company, this one is almost funny.
Yes, it's funny to think "oh suuure... it's for farmers and fishermen".
It's a whole different thing to let go of the humor and objectively state "we all know what it's really for".
I don't know what it's for. I don't know satellites and satellite designs, so I would ask questions such as:
- what kind of equipment do different types of spy satellites carry?
- what kind of orbits do they use to maximize the results of their missions?
- how heavy are they due to the kinds of equipment they have to carry?
- do these satellites in question fit the profile of anything we've described above?
Ok, if you have evidence or some observations about the nature of satellites and how you think this might be more than it's being touted as, let's see it so we can all make a better decision.
Otherwise, no, we don't "all know what this satellite will be used for..."
Yeah, I like the original more. It's more understated and Ricky is a genius.
However, I also like Steve Carrell and the "American" Office. To me they're not just the same show with two versions - Steve Carrell is also fairly funny in his own right, and The Office here is, well, very boistrous and less understated, but IMO it still works.
I'm glad to see the success of The Office online. Overall, I suppose NBC (or whoever made the decision within NBC to iTunes-enable their primetime) should be congratulated for their forsight.
A few things I wonder about though:
1. now that NBC's taken this (presumably risky, in their minds) step in new-fangled distribution, and now that they've seen some early signs of success, will they now believe they invented this new medium and start demanding higher pricing, forced purchase of "blocks" of episodes, or -gasp- more DRM restrictions from Jobs & co?
2. Does anyone know the story behind NBC's decision to go iTunes in the first place? I'm just guessing here, but I'm thinking there was a rebel executive somewhere who had to do jump through hoops to convince management that this was a good choice. Of course, that just might be jaded old me predisposed to think the worst of labels and studios based on their traditional less-than-progressive stances on anything that challenges their conventional wisdom.
3. I wonder at what point is it financially worth it for a studio to produce a "TV" show and sell it exclusively off-air. For example, Arrested Development is one of the most brilliant shows to come on in years, but it's doing rather poorly in viewer ratings. Conceivably, if it sold on iTunes, and DVD & iTunes sales were strong enough, would a studio ever have enough balls to make a TV show that wasn't distributed on TV?
Actually, Spam is a naturally occuring substance, found all over North America, but particularly concentrated in the American heartland states.
It is from the legendary Pink Spam Mines of Kansas is where the greatest yields used to be from. That was until the mega-corporate spam concerns bought out all the independent mines or just put them out of business.
My father was one of the last of the hearty breed of Spammers (not the same spammers we talk about today). I remember as a kid he'd come home after work, covered in pink chunks and dripping with gelatinous goo - he used to set down his hardhat on our porch, where every day it was ilicked clean by my puppy Max.
Um... geez, where do you even begin to reply to such a well-reasoned posting?
> why should he listen to US rules...
1. You launch a space vessel from the US, you abide by US rules, like them or not. You launch from the UK, you're subject to UK rules. Pot may be legal in some countries, but if I'm a dutchman going to Singapore, I probably won't be bringing the chronic. See a pattern there? Were you joking, or did you really wonder about that? Ali G? IS DAT YOU??
> And since the US is now so broke...
2. We are in debt, no doubt. "Broke"? That a relative term when it comes to budgets, GDPs, GNPs, and government spending priorities. We're not broke, and the Russians are exactly swimming in cash, and that silly little URL you posted (or any news I've read on the matter) says nothing about the US being so broke we "have to" rely on other vehicles to get to the ISS.
It's obvious you made an knee-jerk attempt to post a clever anti-American troll. That it was anti-American doesn't bother me. That you might have considered it "clever" is worrisome. Go research the world and get back to us with your findings.
I have to admit my fear, grounded or not, was that the FAA or some federal entity would saddle new ventures with all kinds of crippling rules & requirements, that may make sense for commercial aviation, would maybe not have made a lot of sense for commercial spaceflight.
Not to say that wont happen in the future, but so far so good. Go Branson!
One little thought: does this mean space travellers also have to take their shoes off at the gate and remove laptop computers from their bags?
But you said: "The Lotus Notes client never ran on Solaris, AIX or even LINUX".
That is wrong. It ran on Solaris at one time. Not the R6.x versions, not even the 5.x versions (I don't think so, anyway), but 4.x versions did.
"So, all their excuses about developing their own UI to be rabidly cross-platform are so much smoke and mirrors."
Again, that is wrong. The client ran on a variety of platforms. Maybe not on the client versions and OSs that you would have like to have seen, but nonetheless a lot of the UI baggage we see today is a legacy of being cross-platform, since before the days of even interface "standards" and best practices.
BTW... I agree that the interface is horrid. Just wanted to clarify that there is a reason we have what we do today.
You're so wrong! Learn your systems before posting inaccurate information like that. You're starting to make Darl McBride look like a historian.
The Notes client did indeed run on OS/2 and Solaris (in addition to pre OS X macs and of course 16 and 32 bit Windows).
The OS choices for the client have been slimmed down now... the only platforms on which the current client versions will natively run are Windows 98+ and OS X.
And yes, the previous poster was correct in saying that a lot of the baggage of that old cross-platform commonality is still with the code base, unfortunately.
The server, however, is genius, running on Win32, OS/400, S/390, and a variety of *nix platforms (but sadly not OS X).
Normally I like to see the underdog put up a spirited fight. Normally I like to see Davids stand up to Goliaths.
In this case, I feel almost weasley, but at the same time I know I shouldn't...
I *WANT* to see the bug get crushed!
I *WANT* to see what happens when the biggest kid in class, trying to restrain himself from smashing the loudmouth punk, finally loses it and gets medieval.
I *WANT* to see the SEC investigate the crooks for this pump-and-dump sham.
Finally, I *SOOOOO WANT* to see Darl one day have to take a job as a janitor at OSDL.
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Who's the only one here who knows illegal ninja moves from the government?
...neither Sony nor any other major music label is going to get much sympathy from anyone on this.
Regardless of the merits of the case, I think Sony is not going to get much more than a shrug from the well-informed of the world.
Is this an example of karma? A cosmic balance? Maybe it's too early to say that until more lawsuits are initiated against the other side. Yes, that's right... more lawsuits against RIAA-affiliated companies, regardless of their merits. Sound familiar?
I use the SE P910 with my windows laptop. Here's what I do (and what I *can* do) with it:
- use it as a modem (pc bluetooth to phone gprs to internet)
- use it as a modem (pc bluetooth to phone dial into an ISP's dial-up -very slow-)
- retrieve IMAP e-mail via gprs
- retrieve & send data for a handful of apps via gprs (opera web browser, avantgo, an SSH client, and worldmate pro, to name 4 useful ones)
- sync contacts and calendar data with Lotus Notes 6.5.4 (what I do)
- sync contacts, calendar data, and notepad with Outlook (what I don't do)
Note that all the data traffic between my phone and laptop are done over bluetooth, but since you're not interested in BT, I *believe* there is a cable you can procure for this purpose should you want it that way. Also, some of the above features can be done over IR, but I have not ever tried that.
Regarding the T-Mobile plan: someone mentioned this earlier... there is a $20 add-on to your normal account, which allows you unlimited gprs data traffic. This includes both data generated from the phone itself, and data when using the phone as a modem for your computer. This *doesn't* include CSR (using your phone as a "real" modem to dial up to an ISP's dial-in).
GPRS is pretty slow compared to what broadband users are used to (it'll be the equivalent of approx 56 kbps), but it does the trick for SSH or scheduled mail downloads.
And yes, you can get this to sync with your OS X calendar and address book... I previously used this with my iMac G4 before having to live semi-permanently on the road (hence the laptop).
SE is coming out with the P910's successor sometime mid-year, so you might want to wait.
the claim was too obvious... i'm certain that linux, windows, macs, and all other kinds of OSes and computers are being used by terrorists. (except for Windows Millenium Edition, which Al Qaida's IT department would not support because it sucked so bad).
but sco's suggestion was not the fact that terrorists use all kinds of tools, but rather they slyly implied that linux is a danger to national security.
so... linux is beneficial to terrorists, but open source databases aren't? couldn't be because sco decided they wanted to ship a open source db also, would it?
of all the falsehoods coming out of that company, this one is almost funny.
Yes, it's funny to think "oh suuure... it's for farmers and fishermen".
It's a whole different thing to let go of the humor and objectively state "we all know what it's really for".
I don't know what it's for. I don't know satellites and satellite designs, so I would ask questions such as:
- what kind of equipment do different types of spy satellites carry?
- what kind of orbits do they use to maximize the results of their missions?
- how heavy are they due to the kinds of equipment they have to carry?
- do these satellites in question fit the profile of anything we've described above?
Ok, if you have evidence or some observations about the nature of satellites and how you think this might be more than it's being touted as, let's see it so we can all make a better decision.
Otherwise, no, we don't "all know what this satellite will be used for..."
Really? Would that be the Minimum Corporate Manpower Size Act of 1905?
Please let us know what law you're referring to that makes companies huge.
Yeah, I like the original more. It's more understated and Ricky is a genius.
However, I also like Steve Carrell and the "American" Office. To me they're not just the same show with two versions - Steve Carrell is also fairly funny in his own right, and The Office here is, well, very boistrous and less understated, but IMO it still works.
But you're right... Ricky is a comedy god.
I'm glad to see the success of The Office online. Overall, I suppose NBC (or whoever made the decision within NBC to iTunes-enable their primetime) should be congratulated for their forsight.
A few things I wonder about though:
1. now that NBC's taken this (presumably risky, in their minds) step in new-fangled distribution, and now that they've seen some early signs of success, will they now believe they invented this new medium and start demanding higher pricing, forced purchase of "blocks" of episodes, or -gasp- more DRM restrictions from Jobs & co?
2. Does anyone know the story behind NBC's decision to go iTunes in the first place? I'm just guessing here, but I'm thinking there was a rebel executive somewhere who had to do jump through hoops to convince management that this was a good choice. Of course, that just might be jaded old me predisposed to think the worst of labels and studios based on their traditional less-than-progressive stances on anything that challenges their conventional wisdom.
3. I wonder at what point is it financially worth it for a studio to produce a "TV" show and sell it exclusively off-air. For example, Arrested Development is one of the most brilliant shows to come on in years, but it's doing rather poorly in viewer ratings. Conceivably, if it sold on iTunes, and DVD & iTunes sales were strong enough, would a studio ever have enough balls to make a TV show that wasn't distributed on TV?
*and* the RAZR *and* the PEBL. Plus, who needs music on a phone?
Me? I'm waiting for Moto's phone with built-in personal self-defense features: the TAZR
"Hello?" ZZZZZZZZAPPP "D'oh! Why did they have to put that stupid button there?!"
Actually, Spam is a naturally occuring substance, found all over North America, but particularly concentrated in the American heartland states.
It is from the legendary Pink Spam Mines of Kansas is where the greatest yields used to be from. That was until the mega-corporate spam concerns bought out all the independent mines or just put them out of business.
My father was one of the last of the hearty breed of Spammers (not the same spammers we talk about today). I remember as a kid he'd come home after work, covered in pink chunks and dripping with gelatinous goo - he used to set down his hardhat on our porch, where every day it was ilicked clean by my puppy Max.
For some reason, Max died an early death.
and green ham. Sam I am.
What's that you say? No, he's never lied before...
about "How to get really really really really rich." "First, you take a million dollars. Then you..."
"How to get free stuff at a geek trade show filled with guys." "First, you be a really hot female. Then you..."
Um... geez, where do you even begin to reply to such a well-reasoned posting?
> why should he listen to US rules...
1. You launch a space vessel from the US, you abide by US rules, like them or not. You launch from the UK, you're subject to UK rules. Pot may be legal in some countries, but if I'm a dutchman going to Singapore, I probably won't be bringing the chronic. See a pattern there? Were you joking, or did you really wonder about that? Ali G? IS DAT YOU??
> And since the US is now so broke...
2. We are in debt, no doubt. "Broke"? That a relative term when it comes to budgets, GDPs, GNPs, and government spending priorities. We're not broke, and the Russians are exactly swimming in cash, and that silly little URL you posted (or any news I've read on the matter) says nothing about the US being so broke we "have to" rely on other vehicles to get to the ISS.
It's obvious you made an knee-jerk attempt to post a clever anti-American troll. That it was anti-American doesn't bother me. That you might have considered it "clever" is worrisome. Go research the world and get back to us with your findings.
I have to admit my fear, grounded or not, was that the FAA or some federal entity would saddle new ventures with all kinds of crippling rules & requirements, that may make sense for commercial aviation, would maybe not have made a lot of sense for commercial spaceflight.
Not to say that wont happen in the future, but so far so good. Go Branson!
One little thought: does this mean space travellers also have to take their shoes off at the gate and remove laptop computers from their bags?
and that's why he's completely run apple into the ground since taking the helm again, right? no vision and no management skills, right?
come on.
he may not be a programmer, but can you name a company he hasn't succeeded at (and yes, he even eventually made something out of NeXT).
But you said: "The Lotus Notes client never ran on Solaris, AIX or even LINUX".
That is wrong. It ran on Solaris at one time. Not the R6.x versions, not even the 5.x versions (I don't think so, anyway), but 4.x versions did.
"So, all their excuses about developing their own UI to be rabidly cross-platform are so much smoke and mirrors."
Again, that is wrong. The client ran on a variety of platforms. Maybe not on the client versions and OSs that you would have like to have seen, but nonetheless a lot of the UI baggage we see today is a legacy of being cross-platform, since before the days of even interface "standards" and best practices.
BTW... I agree that the interface is horrid. Just wanted to clarify that there is a reason we have what we do today.
You're so wrong! Learn your systems before posting inaccurate information like that. You're starting to make Darl McBride look like a historian.
The Notes client did indeed run on OS/2 and Solaris (in addition to pre OS X macs and of course 16 and 32 bit Windows).
The OS choices for the client have been slimmed down now... the only platforms on which the current client versions will natively run are Windows 98+ and OS X.
And yes, the previous poster was correct in saying that a lot of the baggage of that old cross-platform commonality is still with the code base, unfortunately.
The server, however, is genius, running on Win32, OS/400, S/390, and a variety of *nix platforms (but sadly not OS X).
Normally I like to see the underdog put up a spirited fight. Normally I like to see Davids stand up to Goliaths.
In this case, I feel almost weasley, but at the same time I know I shouldn't...
I *WANT* to see the bug get crushed!
I *WANT* to see what happens when the biggest kid in class, trying to restrain himself from smashing the loudmouth punk, finally loses it and gets medieval.
I *WANT* to see the SEC investigate the crooks for this pump-and-dump sham.
Finally, I *SOOOOO WANT* to see Darl one day have to take a job as a janitor at OSDL.
Am I wrong for this?