"So There Is No Need For You (non-controllable GPL/OSS hippies) To Scratch It, Get Famous For It, Release A TarBall Nobody Can Stifle With Corporate Wrangling. We'll Do It For You."
You misunderstand. The 'millimeter' rating is only that: a rating. It states that they can measure, 'to the millimeter', the distance between the reflector and the laser. Of course, there will be other measurements relative to this figure which will be important - the shift between subsequent measurements, for example.
a).. its the cheapest way for Hollywood to distribute its films: use their end-customers' bandwidth. b).. the tracking available, and 'general concensus' style marketing details that can be gleaned from a torrent, are Super Sexy to Hollywood market scientists c).. tie it in with 'the new Media' ideal that is finally out of the "passé" years in the Hollywood cognescenti, and it means the dream can now be delivered: we own you
Consider this. Whatever is running on your computer, is 'owning your computer'. Hollywood understands now that the torrent protocol means that, by granting access to sexy media files, media producers can be using your resources in payment (i.e. 'occupying the attention of you/your computer'). Hollywood always has been, and always will be, interested primarily in Time Spent At Attention, because this is one step closer to Give Us Money.
In the states, Tolerance is what you have when you promote the 'cultural uniqueness' of a race or class 'in a good way', not controversially.. whereas in Holland, 'tolerance' means putting up with the bad as well as the good and that means accepting the fact that some people may be racist, want to play PSP, and enjoy white.
Me, I just saw it as a way to denigrate the cool "Black and White DS Lite" launch that Nintendo did to the kiddies last month.. though in that case, I lust for the Black One, with a little 'lektroplankton on the side for sugar..
i think you meant "think of the ramifications, hundreds of thousands of people wouldn't have to die of starvation every day", but the idea of 'free power' probably got in the way..
I've got 3 GP2X's, and they're all wonderful little machines.. such a dream to code for..
the GP2X games scene is constantly releasing new and interesting stuff for it, the compiler/dev scene is very well advanced, and well.. there's a ton of life in this little console. Today i wired up a USB cable so I can plug it directly into my GP2X, and connect my battery-powered 60gig JOBO datatank hard drive.. with this little combo, I've got hours and hours and hours of movies to watch, more games than I can possibly play on one vacation, and a veritable Ark of storage for use with my digital camera.. absolutely, positively, the most value-for-money computer investment I've made in a long time.
If you're a linux hacker: get a GP2X. Its a wonderful, wonderful toy..
i love it how the huge, blaring, gaping hole in their 'docs' argument is a huge straw man covering up the truth: linux/OSS is, by point of actual fact and definition, *nothing but docs*.
[rant] that is to say, linux is fully documented. if you can't deal with that fact, then you are not qualified to run linux. i mean, you have to have studied 'the docs' for Windows, and demonstrate mean feats of orientation around the hegemony of the Windows doctree, in order to be a 'qualified Microsoft professional', right? well with linux, you must manage your codebase, compile, build, and assemble your own system to be a 'true linux administrator'; this hand-out candy distro realm is only the *front-end* of pro strong-uptime linux/unix installs..
in any comparison of 'distros' in this regard it is an un-fair attack on the Free and Open nature of Source, an aspect of Linux' operational strength, which is that you are required to grok the code because it is a good thing to do, in the F/OSS world.
no well-tuned linux box was birthed from a distro; all the good ones are hand-rolled.. in fact this sheer administrative power has been true of Unix forever. a true F/OSS linux install is: a) rock-solid, operating (as in actually being used), b) based entirely on source adminstered by the builder, and c) built by the builder for the job it needs to do.
distro's are a commercialization of the linux sphere; they are a valid way of organizing ones users.. but true 'unix ideology' requires that you grok code, and build your own system from scratch.
grok the code. its not that hard. its quite possible today to build an operating system for which all angles of its operation are documented; all it takes is for you to grok the code.
grok is not difficult, if you do it often enough. [/rant]
that said, i haven't used windows, personally, in many years, so.. meh..
(bought my 3rd one this week).. I'm really not looking forward to hearing the news that Apple now has an iGame extension on the iPod tree.. coz.. I've got a pppowerbook, and such a thing as an iGame would be irresistable..
In the meantime though, it sure is nice to put the GP2X's into the big empty space left by my old iPod.. and man, what a great little platform it is, now that you can use any ol' USB device with it..
Given the elite status of the MacBook as a drool item, I'd say it won't be long before full Linux support is hacked up for it, and available through the regular Linux channels.
I've been a linux guy for years, and a powerbook user for 5, and i'm about to switch to the Macbook so i can dual-boot Linux/OSX on the same machine. Without question, whatever problems I run into along the way, I'll fix.. if someone hasn't already. This factor is definitely in play here; you could buy a MacBook today, and be running Linux smoothly on it in a week or two, with driver support only getting better and better along the way..
Yeah, you might have reduced your SMOG contributions, but how about your SMUG contribution?
oh, for sure, i'm far less smug than i used to be, driving 2 hours a day in a big fat mercedes, all alone, sitting in my little box, slowly destroying the world..
now, when i get to the office, the smile on my face is because the wind blew my hair, the sun shined down, and i was in the middle of it all, and not a drop of oil at all compelled me along..
you want smug? watch 10 cars drive by on the 405, then another 10, then another 10, then another.. all of those people could've been on a single bus together.
While this is cheap compared to the rest of the world, I'm sure that we pay for the low gas prices by other means...
of course, if your city was designed by the same entity/deity that is selling you new pollution-machines every year, i can't imagine this will be easy or feasible advice for you, but another solution might be to cure your own dependence on oil first.
i gave up owning a pollution-machine years ago.. its money i don't have to make and spend, and i feel a lot healthier for not having to live in a wheely box for a major portion of my life.
i conveniently moved closer to work (its a 3-minute walk in this well-designed 700 year old city) and i rarely ever get involved in any situation that requires me to drive anywhere i can't get with a bicycle. its simple. its not so easy for a lot of the consumers out there, but the point is: stop being such a consumer, and watch how much easier life gets.
okay.. i'm not fully cured: i still take the train to places i want to go, a taxi if i really need to (though i dislike doing so), and i use the local bus system (which is excellent) when necessary, and.. yes.. i'm sure there is a lot of oil-abusing infrastructure behind the machines i do maintain (synthesizers) but i sure as hell don't maintain a personal portable pollution-machine just for the apparent advantage it seems to give me.
the majority of the world walks to work: as do i. got no problems with it.
(PS - i also spent 15 years in LA without a car before i moved to europe, and i know for a fact it can be done there too.. its just a matter of social discipline..)
There is plenty of room in the market for another hand-held gaming platform, especially an open one.. noticed something? All the handhelds, bar one, are closed to open development.
This means there's a market for an open-development handheld..
north dakota has the worst weather region with the most favourable logistics. sure, mt. washington is worse; but does it have all the required industry infrastructure in a nearby region that would make scientific research feasible? no point going up there if you can't overnight fedex yourself something from a lab nearby..
We use Torrents on AMPFEA.ORG, which is a community made for people who want a way to put their original-content (only) material online free of charge.
If its free to the world, its free to use AMPFEA.ORG.. we discourage mis-use and abuse by active community audits, and we've got a veritable stash of interesting material - music, images, video - online for people to peruse.
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"So There Is No Need For You (non-controllable GPL/OSS hippies) To Scratch It, Get Famous For It, Release A TarBall Nobody Can Stifle With Corporate Wrangling. We'll Do It For You."
Because life is cheap in those places, and therefore so is business.
Corollary: Business puts a low value on human existence.
You misunderstand. The 'millimeter' rating is only that: a rating. It states that they can measure, 'to the millimeter', the distance between the reflector and the laser. Of course, there will be other measurements relative to this figure which will be important - the shift between subsequent measurements, for example.
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Consider this. Whatever is running on your computer, is 'owning your computer'. Hollywood understands now that the torrent protocol means that, by granting access to sexy media files, media producers can be using your resources in payment (i.e. 'occupying the attention of you/your computer'). Hollywood always has been, and always will be, interested primarily in Time Spent At Attention, because this is one step closer to Give Us Money.
What, you didn't think torrent was Spyware?
In the states, Tolerance is what you have when you promote the 'cultural uniqueness' of a race or class 'in a good way', not controversially .. whereas in Holland, 'tolerance' means putting up with the bad as well as the good and that means accepting the fact that some people may be racist, want to play PSP, and enjoy white.
.. though in that case, I lust for the Black One, with a little 'lektroplankton on the side for sugar..
Me, I just saw it as a way to denigrate the cool "Black and White DS Lite" launch that Nintendo did to the kiddies last month
Yo. Linux has got plenty of game.
i think you meant "think of the ramifications, hundreds of thousands of people wouldn't have to die of starvation every day", but the idea of 'free power' probably got in the way ..
I've got 3 GP2X's, and they're all wonderful little machines .. such a dream to code for ..
.. there's a ton of life in this little console. Today i wired up a USB cable so I can plug it directly into my GP2X, and connect my battery-powered 60gig JOBO datatank hard drive .. with this little combo, I've got hours and hours and hours of movies to watch, more games than I can possibly play on one vacation, and a veritable Ark of storage for use with my digital camera .. absolutely, positively, the most value-for-money computer investment I've made in a long time.
..
the GP2X games scene is constantly releasing new and interesting stuff for it, the compiler/dev scene is very well advanced, and well
If you're a linux hacker: get a GP2X. Its a wonderful, wonderful toy
i love it how the huge, blaring, gaping hole in their 'docs' argument is a huge straw man covering up the truth: linux/OSS is, by point of actual fact and definition, *nothing but docs*.
..
.. but true 'unix ideology' requires that you grok code, and build your own system from scratch.
.. meh ..
[rant]
that is to say, linux is fully documented. if you can't deal with that fact, then you are not qualified to run linux. i mean, you have to have studied 'the docs' for Windows, and demonstrate mean feats of orientation around the hegemony of the Windows doctree, in order to be a 'qualified Microsoft professional', right? well with linux, you must manage your codebase, compile, build, and assemble your own system to be a 'true linux administrator'; this hand-out candy distro realm is only the *front-end* of pro strong-uptime linux/unix installs
in any comparison of 'distros' in this regard it is an un-fair attack on the Free and Open nature of Source, an aspect of Linux' operational strength, which is that you are required to grok the code because it is a good thing to do, in the F/OSS world.
no well-tuned linux box was birthed from a distro; all the good ones are hand-rolled.. in fact this sheer administrative power has been true of Unix forever. a true F/OSS linux install is: a) rock-solid, operating (as in actually being used), b) based entirely on source adminstered by the builder, and c) built by the builder for the job it needs to do.
distro's are a commercialization of the linux sphere; they are a valid way of organizing ones users
grok the code. its not that hard. its quite possible today to build an operating system for which all angles of its operation are documented; all it takes is for you to grok the code.
grok is not difficult, if you do it often enough.
[/rant]
that said, i haven't used windows, personally, in many years, so
yeah. thats why i live in germany. ironic isn't it?
We're the Canadian Government. It's your turn next. Assume the position, eh!
As an Australian, I say to that, Fuck That Shit. Mate.
(bought my 3rd one this week) .. I'm really not looking forward to hearing the news that Apple now has an iGame extension on the iPod tree .. coz .. I've got a pppowerbook, and such a thing as an iGame would be irresistable..
.. and man, what a great little platform it is, now that you can use any ol' USB device with it ..
In the meantime though, it sure is nice to put the GP2X's into the big empty space left by my old iPod
*gasp*! [nsl-nsl-nsl-nsl-nsl-]!! [nsl-] should be [nsl-]'ed for that!
the thing is .. and i mean about the less-than-80euro laptop .. is it Wind Up or Wind Down?
.. for the Government to violate your Privacy. They should be going after themselves.. but .. oh, no.. lets just change the laws instead.
.. *yawn* .. wake me up when it can be used to control a dildo^H^H^H^H^Hsynthesizer ..
Given the elite status of the MacBook as a drool item, I'd say it won't be long before full Linux support is hacked up for it, and available through the regular Linux channels.
.. if someone hasn't already. This factor is definitely in play here; you could buy a MacBook today, and be running Linux smoothly on it in a week or two, with driver support only getting better and better along the way ..
I've been a linux guy for years, and a powerbook user for 5, and i'm about to switch to the Macbook so i can dual-boot Linux/OSX on the same machine. Without question, whatever problems I run into along the way, I'll fix
So, 102 minutes + 30 minutes of inaction. I think the Pentagon owes taxpayers a few Trillion $ of taxpayer money.
The problem is, America owes the people of other states (and banks) a comparable sum.
Do you get to define what the word 'terrorist' means, and who is one, or is the Federal Government the only body that is capable of doing it?
...
// not finished yet ..
gamepork: we play too!
*gamepork is in the basement.
audience: SDL_blittybits();
Yeah, you might have reduced your SMOG contributions, but how about your SMUG contribution?
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.. all of those people could've been on a single bus together.
oh, for sure, i'm far less smug than i used to be, driving 2 hours a day in a big fat mercedes, all alone, sitting in my little box, slowly destroying the world
now, when i get to the office, the smile on my face is because the wind blew my hair, the sun shined down, and i was in the middle of it all, and not a drop of oil at all compelled me along
you want smug? watch 10 cars drive by on the 405, then another 10, then another 10, then another
While this is cheap compared to the rest of the world, I'm sure that we pay for the low gas prices by other means...
.. its money i don't have to make and spend, and i feel a lot healthier for not having to live in a wheely box for a major portion of my life.
.. i'm not fully cured: i still take the train to places i want to go, a taxi if i really need to (though i dislike doing so), and i use the local bus system (which is excellent) when necessary, and .. yes .. i'm sure there is a lot of oil-abusing infrastructure behind the machines i do maintain (synthesizers) but i sure as hell don't maintain a personal portable pollution-machine just for the apparent advantage it seems to give me.
.. its just a matter of social discipline..)
of course, if your city was designed by the same entity/deity that is selling you new pollution-machines every year, i can't imagine this will be easy or feasible advice for you, but another solution might be to cure your own dependence on oil first.
i gave up owning a pollution-machine years ago
i conveniently moved closer to work (its a 3-minute walk in this well-designed 700 year old city) and i rarely ever get involved in any situation that requires me to drive anywhere i can't get with a bicycle. its simple. its not so easy for a lot of the consumers out there, but the point is: stop being such a consumer, and watch how much easier life gets.
okay
the majority of the world walks to work: as do i. got no problems with it.
(PS - i also spent 15 years in LA without a car before i moved to europe, and i know for a fact it can be done there too
There is plenty of room in the market for another hand-held gaming platform, especially an open one .. noticed something? All the handhelds, bar one, are closed to open development.
..
This means there's a market for an open-development handheld
north dakota has the worst weather region with the most favourable logistics. sure, mt. washington is worse; but does it have all the required industry infrastructure in a nearby region that would make scientific research feasible? no point going up there if you can't overnight fedex yourself something from a lab nearby ..
We use Torrents on AMPFEA.ORG, which is a community made for people who want a way to put their original-content (only) material online free of charge.
If its free to the world, its free to use AMPFEA.ORG
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