I'm not opposed to temporarily disabling functionality to fix something potentially disastorous. However, I do hope Apple doesn't make it a practice of just turning things off once exploits are found. Turn it off, patch it, then re-enable it is fine by me.
The geek in me says this would be extremely cool (from the technology point of view). Picture this. The Google phone service analyzes your conversation (no data is permanently stored... must do no evil remember). When certain key words are found, Google flags your phone to download certain advertisements to say, your background image. Each time you open your phone to use it, you see a new advertisement targeted to you based on your previous conversation. Add to this a browser, and you could quickly and easily purchase what your are being advertised using your phone.
The main issue I have with the patent system is that it is not functioning to protect the process of implementation. One cannot patent the idea of a "water tight connector" for example, but one could patent the process / design for creating one. This would then protect the patent holder for a *period of time.* Once that period of time is over, its wide open for cheap knock offs.
Based on both concepts above (the idea can't be patented; the process will eventually be available) I don't think patents are stopping the perfect anything. I think it is more likely that your version of a perfect something is drastically different than my version.
I don't see this as making money on other's content. Google does link you back to the main story. It does not display a cached version.
Google is making money on their unique ability to gather, index, and make sense of all of the seperate news articles being created. They can show you news stories about related items from different sources around the world. They are making money on the service which lets you actually see the news from different points of view.
This is very different, and the content creators had nothing to do with this. This is a service on top of their service, and they deserve nothing from it. Google does provde the opt out option either by contacting them, or by simply using the robots.txt.
What do you expect? *AA like to use their size to affect price and generate revenue. This is their job. If the New York Times and Washington Post jump on board, wouldn't Google look foolish for not being able to return stories which match nicely to the search request?
Although I do find it funny that the NAA (http://www.naa.org) is made searchable through a Google Mini appliance.
I would say it is the opposite. People are waiting longer to form family units and have children. The education cycle is stretching out. According to my insurance company, no one is an adult until they are 25. Just some thoughts.
What is important is that people speak up and make their opinion heard. Right or wrong, based on fact or fiction, opinion is important. Since we are all geeks here, a good percentage of us have an opinion on the next generation of consumer electronics.
Yes, but is this something that will be standard on all blu-ray devices. Will the PS3 be able to read blu-ray discs which can reach 100GiG? Further, will game developers take advatage of that much space for larger, more expansive worlds?
Will the content providers step up and use the capacity?
"To find something so distinct in this day and age is just extraordinary. For all we know, this could be the last remaining mammal family left to be discovered," Dr Timmins said.... I doubt it. Why do we think we know everything?
Is it worth losing a $49 monthly fee from each customer who leaves because of this?
You haven't spent much time speaking with comcast's customer service... have you?
Oh well, they are a corporation. They have A LOT of customers. They do NOT care about the few geeks who will leave due to some idealistic reasoning. I agree with you, they should see this as bad. Howerver, I'm sad to say that they don't.
ThinkSecret knowingly asked someone to disclose a trade secret, and then knowingly published this "secret" for no reason other than to publish it (and maybe reap some ad revenue).
While I agree with you, I have to ask one simple question: Why now? Apple has had plenty of oppurtunity to stop ThinkSecret in the past. This isn't some new website we are talking about. Why has this leak become the focal point for a lawsuit? If Apple hasn't protected their rights in the past from this infrigement, what gives them the right to do so now? I thought in order to benifit from this law, one had to make an honest effort to stem all infrigements equally without prejiduce?
Step 7: Finally admitting that you are a geek and have no problem wasting your time doing what you should be able to do from over the counter solutions.
Face it, NO ONE BESIDES US will put up with the crap you listed above. It ISN'T easy.
Lately, not good. The iPod bateries die within a year and are "suposed" to be relaced by an apple qualified technician for much more than its worth.
The later g3 models and most g4 models of the tower have serious QA issues w/ their mother boards. We have had 4 lock up in sleep mode and refuse to come out of it. Try replacing an Apple System Board, they are about $700.00.
We haven't had the g5's long enough to measure yet...
The standard warenty with the hardware sucks. You get 90 days of "complimentary support" and a 1 year warenty (convient considering most of their products last just over a year). Unless however, you purchase the Apple Care Plan to extend all of this to 3 years.
Apple has always been inovative in Software and the design (read look, feel, and appeal) of their hardware. However, from my experience, there QA has always lacked in the hardware department.
I'm about to reference a Daily Show here, but it still is a fact. Recently, CNN (along with other major "journalism" places) broadcast a story they claimed to be breaking when what they were really doing was reading someones blog.
Face it, If you can publish to the web, and report information which has been given to you/you find, you are a journalist. If you do not fact check and post everything you get, then you are a bad journalist, but still, a journalist.
It is rediculous that our government can be bought to create needless legislature such as this.
I've always been stifled as to how bandwidth can be turned into an artificial commodity. If I have a 100 MB switch, and connect 4 computers to it, they can all transfer at 100 MB simotaniosly (http://computer.howstuffworks.com/lan-switch.htm) . The idea that I should be charged more for a faster connection when there is no technical reason for it is ludicrous.
This is where public access comes in. It is obvious this technology can make information more accessible to a degree previously unseen since the invention of the printing press. Why are people so bent on stifling it?
Thats the magic date it became a recomendation. I hate to break it to all the standards preachers, but that pretty much means this won't get serious attention for another 4 years. By then, you had better home Microsoft isn't still the leader in browsers becasuse their "better" version will be released.
If they chose not to do the embrace and extend method, they will do a half asses implementation like they did w/ CSS.
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I'm not opposed to temporarily disabling functionality to fix something potentially disastorous. However, I do hope Apple doesn't make it a practice of just turning things off once exploits are found. Turn it off, patch it, then re-enable it is fine by me.
The geek in me says this would be extremely cool (from the technology point of view). Picture this. The Google phone service analyzes your conversation (no data is permanently stored... must do no evil remember). When certain key words are found, Google flags your phone to download certain advertisements to say, your background image. Each time you open your phone to use it, you see a new advertisement targeted to you based on your previous conversation. Add to this a browser, and you could quickly and easily purchase what your are being advertised using your phone.
I just submitted the exact same thing (in a much more drawn out rambling kind of way).
not the idea itself.
The main issue I have with the patent system is that it is not functioning to protect the process of implementation. One cannot patent the idea of a "water tight connector" for example, but one could patent the process / design for creating one. This would then protect the patent holder for a *period of time.* Once that period of time is over, its wide open for cheap knock offs.
Based on both concepts above (the idea can't be patented; the process will eventually be available) I don't think patents are stopping the perfect anything. I think it is more likely that your version of a perfect something is drastically different than my version.
Neither the paperwork or hardware could be located? Does this mean there is no proof of delivery?
That should have been...
:-)
"The wait... killing... mii"
I don't see this as making money on other's content. Google does link you back to the main story. It does not display a cached version.
Google is making money on their unique ability to gather, index, and make sense of all of the seperate news articles being created. They can show you news stories about related items from different sources around the world. They are making money on the service which lets you actually see the news from different points of view.
This is very different, and the content creators had nothing to do with this. This is a service on top of their service, and they deserve nothing from it. Google does provde the opt out option either by contacting them, or by simply using the robots.txt.
What do you expect? *AA like to use their size to affect price and generate revenue. This is their job. If the New York Times and Washington Post jump on board, wouldn't Google look foolish for not being able to return stories which match nicely to the search request?
Although I do find it funny that the NAA (http://www.naa.org) is made searchable through a Google Mini appliance.
I would say it is the opposite. People are waiting longer to form family units and have children. The education cycle is stretching out. According to my insurance company, no one is an adult until they are 25. Just some thoughts.
iRefuse to stop using these Xtreme references to killer things.
I can understand your concern. However, after IBM backs this up, it forces me to do more research (which, I haven't finsihed yet obviously).
What makes you think that McBride will receive a punishment that will make what Ebbers got "look like a slap on the wrist?"
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Great additude.
What is important is that people speak up and make their opinion heard. Right or wrong, based on fact or fiction, opinion is important. Since we are all geeks here, a good percentage of us have an opinion on the next generation of consumer electronics.
Yes, but is this something that will be standard on all blu-ray devices. Will the PS3 be able to read blu-ray discs which can reach 100GiG? Further, will game developers take advatage of that much space for larger, more expansive worlds?
Will the content providers step up and use the capacity?
"To find something so distinct in this day and age is just extraordinary. For all we know, this could be the last remaining mammal family left to be discovered," Dr Timmins said. ... I doubt it. Why do we think we know everything?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thenewswire/archive/ 2005/05/former-record-exec-howie-_1.html
Interesting that one former exec says the other former exec is wrong
4 > 2
Is it worth losing a $49 monthly fee from each customer who leaves because of this?
You haven't spent much time speaking with comcast's customer service... have you?
Oh well, they are a corporation. They have A LOT of customers. They do NOT care about the few geeks who will leave due to some idealistic reasoning. I agree with you, they should see this as bad. Howerver, I'm sad to say that they don't.
Can I place a formal request that you start hacking internet explorer?
Step 7: Finally admitting that you are a geek and have no problem wasting your time doing what you should be able to do from over the counter solutions.
Face it, NO ONE BESIDES US will put up with the crap you listed above. It ISN'T easy.
What kind of quality do you get from Jobs?
Lately, not good. The iPod bateries die within a year and are "suposed" to be relaced by an apple qualified technician for much more than its worth.
The later g3 models and most g4 models of the tower have serious QA issues w/ their mother boards. We have had 4 lock up in sleep mode and refuse to come out of it. Try replacing an Apple System Board, they are about $700.00.
We haven't had the g5's long enough to measure yet...
The standard warenty with the hardware sucks. You get 90 days of "complimentary support" and a 1 year warenty (convient considering most of their products last just over a year). Unless however, you purchase the Apple Care Plan to extend all of this to 3 years.
Apple has always been inovative in Software and the design (read look, feel, and appeal) of their hardware. However, from my experience, there QA has always lacked in the hardware department.
And Dan Rather is?
I'm about to reference a Daily Show here, but it still is a fact. Recently, CNN (along with other major "journalism" places) broadcast a story they claimed to be breaking when what they were really doing was reading someones blog.
Face it, If you can publish to the web, and report information which has been given to you/you find, you are a journalist. If you do not fact check and post everything you get, then you are a bad journalist, but still, a journalist.
If I had mod points, I would mod this guy up.
) . The idea that I should be charged more for a faster connection when there is no technical reason for it is ludicrous.
It is rediculous that our government can be bought to create needless legislature such as this.
I've always been stifled as to how bandwidth can be turned into an artificial commodity. If I have a 100 MB switch, and connect 4 computers to it, they can all transfer at 100 MB simotaniosly (http://computer.howstuffworks.com/lan-switch.htm
This is where public access comes in. It is obvious this technology can make information more accessible to a degree previously unseen since the invention of the printing press. Why are people so bent on stifling it?
W3C Recommendation 14 January 2003
Thats the magic date it became a recomendation. I hate to break it to all the standards preachers, but that pretty much means this won't get serious attention for another 4 years. By then, you had better home Microsoft isn't still the leader in browsers becasuse their "better" version will be released.
If they chose not to do the embrace and extend method, they will do a half asses implementation like they did w/ CSS.