The radio data system that is in a large chunk of new stereo's should make this service fairly ineffective. Most major radio stations now broadcast the song title and artist along with the music, and many new stereo's can do this. Why pay a buck for each song when you can buy a decent stereo and get the same thing for EVERY song. An example of a stereo with RDS can be found here. Not to mention satellite radio. If you look up a song every few days, you'd be able to pay your satellite radio bill instead.
Is it just me, or does anyone else think they might have chosen a more descriptive word for what happened? When I think of a raid, I think of things like a drug bust where they bang down the door and come in with guns drawn. I may be wrong, but I have a feeling this "raid" was more like some guys in suits showing up and demanding to speak with certain people and look at certain files, etc. Then again, Intel does hire some sneaky folk, and you never know if they have a stockpile of BFG-9000's in the back room waiting for the FTC to come. Needless to say, calling it a "raid" gives the wrong impression (to me).
I am not a physicist, engineer, or scientist (or anything else qualified to answer this) but it seems to me, the simple minded one, that once you start controlling something, it isn't chaotic. I mean- if they are basing decisions on this, then it can't be completely chaotic, can it? How can you derive an AND, OR, etc, from chaos without controlling it (thus negating the chaos). Can someone dumb this down a little for those of us who aren't in the know?
They all have jobs. One of them works at a restaurant as a waiter, one of them works for his dad filing shit. The funny thing is that I got a Business Admin. degree with a minor in CS (actually I don't officially have the minor...paperwork SNAFU) and I'm the one who got the Network Administrator job (albeit a windows network). I went to school for 4+ years and I don't use ANY of that education to do my job.
Did you know of the systems group at UCR while you were there? I'm know some of them pretty well. Did you get a CS-related job when you grad.?
Sorry I'm posting this a day late, but I had to toss in my 2 cents.
I too went to UCR, but I didn't find the program as challenging as you. I went through the CS Minor, and I took all of the basic courses (10, 12, 14, assembly, etc), and took CS 183 [Unix Administration]as an elective which was considered "The hardest class on campus" by many. I had ZERO *nix experience going in to the program, yet I passed all my classes with flying colors. To this day, I can hardly get a Linux box up and running with patches, let alone administer it properly. My question is this: when did you go through the program? I just finished last june (the minor) and in my CS 14 class (the 3rd c++ class) we were working on pointers. The assignment was to take a list of integers and reverse the pointers so the list was backwards. One of the kids turned it in with a hard coding to just convert the ONE list of numbers given. If thats not clear, let me put it this way: the idiot didn't understand pointers at all, so he just made a new list using the sample numbers (no conversion at all). Guess what: he got full credit for the lab! The TA tried the program- it worked of course. Full credit! WTF!
Again, when exactly did you go through this 'challenging' program? I know PLENTY of guys who graduated with a CS major that still call me when their windows machine blue screens, or when they want to install a network.
I hate to say it, but I agree. I just converted a box at my house to a Media Center PC for the fun of it. It can do everything a Tivo can do, everything a regular DVD player can do, everything a regular stereo can do, and everything a WinXP Pro machine can do. If the HD PVR tivo is going to be $1000, I don't think they're going to get very far. I think that HD PVR cards for PC's will quickly sprout up that will be far cheaper, and much easier to archive and store recorded programs on.
At the present time, there is still a large part of society that knows nothing about computers. They may be able to turn them on, click the icon that says "double click here for aol x.x" or even check email. However, most of them don't know the inner workings of the technology, nor do most care.
That is why I think people can relate to William Gibson's writing - not just geeks. People can actually read it from someone who sees things in a way that they can see them as well.
I can remember standing in an arcade with 10-15 eager young kids with quarters lined up at the bottom of the screen to play "Killer Instinct." The introduction of "fatalities" in Mortal Kombat and other such games was a huge draw. It became a form of domination and a way for us scrawny guys to actually put someone to shame.
Back in the day, however, it wasn't common for you to "accidentally" stumble upon a combo that suddenly did 30-40% damage. Nowadays, games are getting so hard that combos sometimes require 10+ button presses to execute.
It's a tough equilibrium to maintain- making games hard enough to keep people interested, yet make them easy enough that people won't get bored after 30 seconds (have you played the new Soul Caliber?)
I don't know about any of you, but "Froogle" hasn't impressed me yet. I am a frequent user of pricewatch and techbargains, and Froogle hasn't even come close to matching these. Call me old fashioned, but I sincerely hope that google stays away from the portal business.
FuckedCompany.com has a nice little blurp on it, as well as the letter sent out to users. See the current mp3.com homepage for a cheezy rendition of mp3.com's future.
Now lets all unanimously stand up and give a long, groaning "duuhhhh"
If I had a dime for each time someone wrote a report stating that the MS monopoly was dangerous to _____, I would probably have enough money to pay my parking tickets.
IMHO, the government should take notice of all the warnings, and act before its too late.
I also appreciate the report comparing all PC's running MS to a farmer only harvesting one crop (and having the risk of infestation ruining everything).
The burden will ALWAYS be on the recipient of unsolicited emails. When I login to my computer and find 90 ads for viagra and mother-son sex sites, it is on MY shoulders to inform authorities of the sender. Also, with all of the masking of addresses and such, how are they going to possibly prove who sent what to whom? A smart spammer will still get away with it.
On another note, how will the law apply to someone from another state visiting CA and checking their mail? What about a Californian visiting another state checking their mail? What about someone using an out of state ISP to check their mail?
One state banning spam is just going to create a paperwork nightmare. Call me when you have a real solution.
This is ALMOST as useless as that guy who was trying to turn his tape player into a web server. I don't remember all of the details (if someone can find a link, please post) but I think that guy claimed he was running apache or something off a plain old tape player (modified, of course).
Interestingly enough, I found that I could read through that post almost at full speed, even though all of the letters were mixed around.
Now the only problem is that it takes the average person a LOT longer to mispell words than it does to spell them right. I mean, can you really make yourself type "slahsdot" wihtout taking longer to think it through? It takes active concentration to type it, but not to decode it back to the way it should be.
And again I will say that multi-purpose devices only reduce the quality of each individual component.
Suck it up, and carry a gameboy advance sp for $99, and get the free phone the cell phone company offers you. Would you rather carry 2 superior devices, or 1 inferior device that requires you to practically take it apart to change games!? (note that the n-gage is $200 more as well)
The author suggests three ways to stimulate the growth of broadband:
1) Make music free 2) Encourage people to use wireless phone more 3) Encourage more competition in the "first mile" internet access market, utilizing wireless technologies across an increased spectrum (gov. intervention needed).
Now my question is this: I have read tons of articles (including this one) explaining why broadband should grow, but I have also read quite a few opinions to the contrary. There are facts that suggest that in some cases, broadband may actually *decrease* productivity. What is the general concensus here?
While misleading, it does get the point across that it will be the end to consumer media. Of course everything has to be stored on something. The real difference will be the little record store on the corner that won't exist like it does anymore, and Blockbuster/Hollywood Video franchises won't be able to make money the same way. While it's not really the end of physical media, its signaling the nearing end to an era (record stores have been dwindling for years now as is).
Why must companies continue to make multi-purpose products like this? When they do, it seems like they always use sub-standard components, and the whole thing ends up being low level versions of all of the different pieces that the product is comprised of. When someone needs a digital camera, they should buy a digital camera. They're cheap now, go get a good one. When someone needs a video camera, go get a video camera. They're small now, and a lot cheaper. Need a portable video monitor? If slightly over 3" is good enough for you, then be my guest and fork over the dough for this device.
I can hardly see any practicality in this device, and I'm VERY interested to find how many people that buy it that wouldn't have been better off with just a laptop for $200 more (yes, I understand a laptop is less portable).
Yeah, the geek in me would love to get this sweet little thing, but the business person in me knows better.
I want to know what 'officials' are doing about this alleged porn site that the computers are being aimed at. It may very well be just a random site that the author chose, but I would definitely look into the possibility of the site owners being in on this.
Furthermore, what is the address of this porn site? I think we net admins have a valid right to "research" this threat using the company broadband!
hp has a Digital Media Reciever that sits on a wifi network and scans the network for shared folders with music, AND pictures. Then, it plugs into a stereo/tv using s-video and rca cables. It seems to me that this whole phillips stereo is just another version of the same things you can already do with a computer and the hp DMR.
For the record, I do acknowledge that the DMR is SERIOUSLY lacking in that it can't do video. When they support DivX, I'm all for it.
I'd be interested to see some usage statistics from the "top four" portals thrown up against google. Nearly every person I know (geek or not) uses google for their searches, and yahoo-type portals for email and roadmap-type stuff.
My guess is that Google is by far the top choice for searches (granted the default msn.com search page for windows users is probably close).
With all this info, whatever happened to the huge google IPO we all heard about? Did that just sneak by under my nose or is it still in the works?
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The radio data system that is in a large chunk of new stereo's should make this service fairly ineffective. Most major radio stations now broadcast the song title and artist along with the music, and many new stereo's can do this. Why pay a buck for each song when you can buy a decent stereo and get the same thing for EVERY song. An example of a stereo with RDS can be found here. Not to mention satellite radio. If you look up a song every few days, you'd be able to pay your satellite radio bill instead.
Is it just me, or does anyone else think they might have chosen a more descriptive word for what happened? When I think of a raid, I think of things like a drug bust where they bang down the door and come in with guns drawn. I may be wrong, but I have a feeling this "raid" was more like some guys in suits showing up and demanding to speak with certain people and look at certain files, etc. Then again, Intel does hire some sneaky folk, and you never know if they have a stockpile of BFG-9000's in the back room waiting for the FTC to come.
Needless to say, calling it a "raid" gives the wrong impression (to me).
I am not a physicist, engineer, or scientist (or anything else qualified to answer this) but it seems to me, the simple minded one, that once you start controlling something, it isn't chaotic. I mean- if they are basing decisions on this, then it can't be completely chaotic, can it? How can you derive an AND, OR, etc, from chaos without controlling it (thus negating the chaos). Can someone dumb this down a little for those of us who aren't in the know?
They all have jobs. One of them works at a restaurant as a waiter, one of them works for his dad filing shit. The funny thing is that I got a Business Admin. degree with a minor in CS (actually I don't officially have the minor...paperwork SNAFU) and I'm the one who got the Network Administrator job (albeit a windows network). I went to school for 4+ years and I don't use ANY of that education to do my job.
Did you know of the systems group at UCR while you were there? I'm know some of them pretty well. Did you get a CS-related job when you grad.?
Sorry I'm posting this a day late, but I had to toss in my 2 cents.
I too went to UCR, but I didn't find the program as challenging as you. I went through the CS Minor, and I took all of the basic courses (10, 12, 14, assembly, etc), and took CS 183 [Unix Administration]as an elective which was considered "The hardest class on campus" by many. I had ZERO *nix experience going in to the program, yet I passed all my classes with flying colors. To this day, I can hardly get a Linux box up and running with patches, let alone administer it properly. My question is this: when did you go through the program? I just finished last june (the minor) and in my CS 14 class (the 3rd c++ class) we were working on pointers. The assignment was to take a list of integers and reverse the pointers so the list was backwards. One of the kids turned it in with a hard coding to just convert the ONE list of numbers given. If thats not clear, let me put it this way: the idiot didn't understand pointers at all, so he just made a new list using the sample numbers (no conversion at all). Guess what: he got full credit for the lab! The TA tried the program- it worked of course. Full credit! WTF!
Again, when exactly did you go through this 'challenging' program? I know PLENTY of guys who graduated with a CS major that still call me when their windows machine blue screens, or when they want to install a network.
I hate to say it, but I agree. I just converted a box at my house to a Media Center PC for the fun of it. It can do everything a Tivo can do, everything a regular DVD player can do, everything a regular stereo can do, and everything a WinXP Pro machine can do. If the HD PVR tivo is going to be $1000, I don't think they're going to get very far. I think that HD PVR cards for PC's will quickly sprout up that will be far cheaper, and much easier to archive and store recorded programs on.
At the present time, there is still a large part of society that knows nothing about computers. They may be able to turn them on, click the icon that says "double click here for aol x.x" or even check email. However, most of them don't know the inner workings of the technology, nor do most care.
That is why I think people can relate to William Gibson's writing - not just geeks. People can actually read it from someone who sees things in a way that they can see them as well.
You're taking me back to the good old days!
I can remember standing in an arcade with 10-15 eager young kids with quarters lined up at the bottom of the screen to play "Killer Instinct." The introduction of "fatalities" in Mortal Kombat and other such games was a huge draw. It became a form of domination and a way for us scrawny guys to actually put someone to shame.
Back in the day, however, it wasn't common for you to "accidentally" stumble upon a combo that suddenly did 30-40% damage. Nowadays, games are getting so hard that combos sometimes require 10+ button presses to execute.
It's a tough equilibrium to maintain- making games hard enough to keep people interested, yet make them easy enough that people won't get bored after 30 seconds (have you played the new Soul Caliber?)
I don't know about any of you, but "Froogle" hasn't impressed me yet. I am a frequent user of pricewatch and techbargains, and Froogle hasn't even come close to matching these. Call me old fashioned, but I sincerely hope that google stays away from the portal business.
FuckedCompany.com has a nice little blurp on it, as well as the letter sent out to users. See the current mp3.com homepage for a cheezy rendition of mp3.com's future.
The smoking gun also has an article on this, and shows the offending pictures (blurred, so they are work safe).
Now lets all unanimously stand up and give a long, groaning "duuhhhh"
If I had a dime for each time someone wrote a report stating that the MS monopoly was dangerous to _____, I would probably have enough money to pay my parking tickets.
IMHO, the government should take notice of all the warnings, and act before its too late.
I also appreciate the report comparing all PC's running MS to a farmer only harvesting one crop (and having the risk of infestation ruining everything).
The burden will ALWAYS be on the recipient of unsolicited emails. When I login to my computer and find 90 ads for viagra and mother-son sex sites, it is on MY shoulders to inform authorities of the sender. Also, with all of the masking of addresses and such, how are they going to possibly prove who sent what to whom? A smart spammer will still get away with it.
On another note, how will the law apply to someone from another state visiting CA and checking their mail? What about a Californian visiting another state checking their mail? What about someone using an out of state ISP to check their mail?
One state banning spam is just going to create a paperwork nightmare. Call me when you have a real solution.
I blame it on el nino. Always a good scapegoat.
Ah yes, it was the guy at humanclock.com that said he was using a tandy trs 80 as a webserver
This is ALMOST as useless as that guy who was trying to turn his tape player into a web server. I don't remember all of the details (if someone can find a link, please post) but I think that guy claimed he was running apache or something off a plain old tape player (modified, of course).
Interestingly enough, I found that I could read through that post almost at full speed, even though all of the letters were mixed around.
Now the only problem is that it takes the average person a LOT longer to mispell words than it does to spell them right. I mean, can you really make yourself type "slahsdot" wihtout taking longer to think it through? It takes active concentration to type it, but not to decode it back to the way it should be.
And again I will say that multi-purpose devices only reduce the quality of each individual component.
Suck it up, and carry a gameboy advance sp for $99, and get the free phone the cell phone company offers you. Would you rather carry 2 superior devices, or 1 inferior device that requires you to practically take it apart to change games!? (note that the n-gage is $200 more as well)
Does this mean that when my cell phone rings, my speakers AND my RAM are going to go nuts?
Will my pc run faster if it is facing polar north?
The author suggests three ways to stimulate the growth of broadband:
1) Make music free
2) Encourage people to use wireless phone more
3) Encourage more competition in the "first mile" internet access market, utilizing wireless technologies across an increased spectrum (gov. intervention needed).
Now my question is this: I have read tons of articles (including this one) explaining why broadband should grow, but I have also read quite a few opinions to the contrary. There are facts that suggest that in some cases, broadband may actually *decrease* productivity. What is the general concensus here?
While misleading, it does get the point across that it will be the end to consumer media. Of course everything has to be stored on something. The real difference will be the little record store on the corner that won't exist like it does anymore, and Blockbuster/Hollywood Video franchises won't be able to make money the same way. While it's not really the end of physical media, its signaling the nearing end to an era (record stores have been dwindling for years now as is).
Why must companies continue to make multi-purpose products like this? When they do, it seems like they always use sub-standard components, and the whole thing ends up being low level versions of all of the different pieces that the product is comprised of. When someone needs a digital camera, they should buy a digital camera. They're cheap now, go get a good one. When someone needs a video camera, go get a video camera. They're small now, and a lot cheaper. Need a portable video monitor? If slightly over 3" is good enough for you, then be my guest and fork over the dough for this device.
I can hardly see any practicality in this device, and I'm VERY interested to find how many people that buy it that wouldn't have been better off with just a laptop for $200 more (yes, I understand a laptop is less portable).
Yeah, the geek in me would love to get this sweet little thing, but the business person in me knows better.
I want to know what 'officials' are doing about this alleged porn site that the computers are being aimed at. It may very well be just a random site that the author chose, but I would definitely look into the possibility of the site owners being in on this.
Furthermore, what is the address of this porn site? I think we net admins have a valid right to "research" this threat using the company broadband!
hp has a Digital Media Reciever that sits on a wifi network and scans the network for shared folders with music, AND pictures. Then, it plugs into a stereo/tv using s-video and rca cables. It seems to me that this whole phillips stereo is just another version of the same things you can already do with a computer and the hp DMR.
For the record, I do acknowledge that the DMR is SERIOUSLY lacking in that it can't do video. When they support DivX, I'm all for it.
My guess is that Google is by far the top choice for searches (granted the default msn.com search page for windows users is probably close).
With all this info, whatever happened to the huge google IPO we all heard about? Did that just sneak by under my nose or is it still in the works?