The survey is not really asking the right question. People generally don't spend 500 bucks on a phone because there are no phones out there with 8GB of flash memory and an iTunes client as standard. People in the UK are fairly happy to drop 100/200 quid (3-400 bucks) on an HTC Tytn variant...How much did a top end Palm used to cost before it had an aerial?
People are dieing, RIGHT NOW, because of climate change. If you are only interested in some (relatively) rich westerners losing their jobs, then that's your choice.
"Barely above 60 dollars"! 10 years ago 60 bucks a barrel would have been a monumental amount to pay. How quickly people forget...Historically 60 bucks a barrel is VERY VERY expensive.
My MythTV box in the UK consumes about 1.4 GB of data per hour of programme. That equates to about a 400kbit/second bandwidth requirement to be able to stream broadcast quality standard definition video (I think? Can anyone confirm that?). So basically I'd need at least a 4Mbit ADSL/Cable connection to stream video in real time and that's without enough of an overhead to ensure a 99.9% free picture.
What resolution did they say the iTV was running at? If I download a film from iTunes, what resolution is it? 640x480? That's a fair bit less than PAL. Maybe they could use a different codec to squeeze some more performance out of it, but it seems that the bandwidth requirements are pretty high right now...
The problem is that my dad, for example, expects the TV to work, when he turns it on, all the time. If he turns on his TV and gets some "buffering" messages up, he's going to take the thing back to the shop and tell the guy that sold it to him that "it doesn't work properly"...
Anyone else think that streaming TV is just not ready yet? I'd say we need another couple of years at least...
I run 14 GXP2000 phones in my company office and, with the.19 firmware (the most recent stable firmware that Grandstream have released) the phones work flawlessly. I agree that the speakerphone is not great quality, but for 80 quid you cant really argue I'd say.
Installing Asterisk at work, instead of a closed source PBX from someone like Lucent has saved us thousands and thousands of pounds, and means that we can expand without being killed on the cost of an expansion board from a closed system. I really do agree that next to Linux and Apache it is arguably the most important OSS application out there. Rock solid stable as well.
The only sites that would be affected would be those sites that resort to explicitly stating that they only run in IE6 and those sites can fix that problem very, very easily. This leads directly into firefox.
This is simply not true. Pretty much EVERY site built these days using XHTML 1.1 and CSS2 has to include hacks for IE6. That's the long and short of web development these days. A number of these hacks are going to break in IE7, and that means a HUGE number of sites are going to have to be tweaked to run correctly in IE7.
Firefox, Opera and Safari have generally working box-models. IE6's box-model is horribly broken. IE7's box model is generally working. All the hacks that people put in for IE6 are consequently going to get screwed when MS deploy IE7.
Dont get me wrong, I think it's good that MS are fixing all the problems with IE6, but this is not the way to go about it.
I installed Ubuntu the other day; first time I've loaded up Linux to test out the desktop aspects for a couple of years; I normally work with it at a server level.
Anyway, I do think things have improved. Pretty much everything "just worked". NIC, Monitor, Video Card, Mouse, Sound card (Really!), SATA disks the lot. The install was very very simple, when I logged in all the updates came down from a local mirror (i'm assuming) at about 800 k/second and within a single reboot I had an entirely up to date system.
Evolution connected to my work Exchange Server perfectly. Firefox worked perfectly. Gaim connected to MSN and Yahoo without any fuss. Even the tray icons worked.
As a developer there are still a few apps I miss on Windows, but I think for most "normal" PC users it's good enough, which makes me wonder why people dont switch. Personally I think they just cant be bothered. If Dell started selling PC's for 50 quid less (or whatever the MS tax is these days) with Ubuntu instead of XP things would change. As PCs become cheaper (you can get a desktop from Dell for 300 sterling and a laptop for about 350) the overall percentage that people pay for Windows goes up. Eventually there will be a tipping point where people say "I can save a quarter/third/half of the cost of the machine by not using Windows". Until this happens, I think things will stay as they are.
Lets face it, most people just dont re-install their OS. Almost everyone I know would send their PC to a workshop if they needed to reinstall their OS.
"Could fuel cell technology be something to look into?" No. Fuel cells are a way of transporting energy, not creating it. This is such an important concept to grasp that cannot be understated.
We are in deep trouble, energy wise. There is no immediate solution (within the next 30 years) that can help us. We need to get used to that concept, fast. Doing "your bit" for the environment is simply not enough.
Welcome, too, China and Inda. Welcome to the powerdown.
I'm surprised no-one has mentioned Wicket in this thread.
It is a component-based framework in the same mold as Tapestry but is a lot easier to work with...
I remember him talking about his third eye being squeegeed clean after a bout of mushrooms. I feel like we are clearly in need of such an action again.
What on earth are you talking about? The parent stated that "The fact of the matter is that the USA did not become the world's only superpower by force". This is patently not true. The countries I listed suffered awfully at the hands of overt and (mainly) covert US action.
How did the US get to the "top of the pile"? A combination of a total disregard for human life coupled with an excellent economic framework, an abundance of raw materials, excellent technology and learning centers. All part of a white legacy really.
Tell that to the people of Vietnam, Chile, Cambodia, Laos, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Iraq, Afghanistan, Cuba, Guatamala, Haiti, Diego Garcia, Indonesia...To name but a few.
The only reason "international" treaties are beneficial to the US is because the US defines most of them, and the ones it doesn't it ignores.
Sorry, but that is simply not true. Although I agree that Johnson is not explicit in his views, the rantings of genocide on his blog are normally entertained wholeheartedly by the other commentors to his posts.
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The problem is that if they make the screen any smaller it will be impossible to use the QWERTY keyboard...
The survey is not really asking the right question. People generally don't spend 500 bucks on a phone because there are no phones out there with 8GB of flash memory and an iTunes client as standard. People in the UK are fairly happy to drop 100/200 quid (3-400 bucks) on an HTC Tytn variant...How much did a top end Palm used to cost before it had an aerial?
I read it can do IMAP, but what about full OTA Exchange sync-ing? Calendar, Contacts and DirectPush Email?
People are dieing, RIGHT NOW, because of climate change. If you are only interested in some (relatively) rich westerners losing their jobs, then that's your choice.
And what do you think is going to happen to the unemployment figures if the earth warms by 5 degrees and sea levels rise by a factor of meters?
"Barely above 60 dollars"! 10 years ago 60 bucks a barrel would have been a monumental amount to pay. How quickly people forget...Historically 60 bucks a barrel is VERY VERY expensive.
Bah. I meant 4000 kbit/second.
Back of napkin maths...
My MythTV box in the UK consumes about 1.4 GB of data per hour of programme. That equates to about a 400kbit/second bandwidth requirement to be able to stream broadcast quality standard definition video (I think? Can anyone confirm that?). So basically I'd need at least a 4Mbit ADSL/Cable connection to stream video in real time and that's without enough of an overhead to ensure a 99.9% free picture.
What resolution did they say the iTV was running at? If I download a film from iTunes, what resolution is it? 640x480? That's a fair bit less than PAL. Maybe they could use a different codec to squeeze some more performance out of it, but it seems that the bandwidth requirements are pretty high right now...
The problem is that my dad, for example, expects the TV to work, when he turns it on, all the time. If he turns on his TV and gets some "buffering" messages up, he's going to take the thing back to the shop and tell the guy that sold it to him that "it doesn't work properly"...
Anyone else think that streaming TV is just not ready yet? I'd say we need another couple of years at least...
I run 14 GXP2000 phones in my company office and, with the .19 firmware (the most recent stable firmware that Grandstream have released) the phones work flawlessly. I agree that the speakerphone is not great quality, but for 80 quid you cant really argue I'd say.
Installing Asterisk at work, instead of a closed source PBX from someone like Lucent has saved us thousands and thousands of pounds, and means that we can expand without being killed on the cost of an expansion board from a closed system. I really do agree that next to Linux and Apache it is arguably the most important OSS application out there. Rock solid stable as well.
Firefox, Opera and Safari have generally working box-models. IE6's box-model is horribly broken. IE7's box model is generally working. All the hacks that people put in for IE6 are consequently going to get screwed when MS deploy IE7.
Dont get me wrong, I think it's good that MS are fixing all the problems with IE6, but this is not the way to go about it.
This from the "no shit, sherlock" department?
I installed Ubuntu the other day; first time I've loaded up Linux to test out the desktop aspects for a couple of years; I normally work with it at a server level.
Anyway, I do think things have improved. Pretty much everything "just worked". NIC, Monitor, Video Card, Mouse, Sound card (Really!), SATA disks the lot. The install was very very simple, when I logged in all the updates came down from a local mirror (i'm assuming) at about 800 k/second and within a single reboot I had an entirely up to date system.
Evolution connected to my work Exchange Server perfectly. Firefox worked perfectly. Gaim connected to MSN and Yahoo without any fuss. Even the tray icons worked.
As a developer there are still a few apps I miss on Windows, but I think for most "normal" PC users it's good enough, which makes me wonder why people dont switch. Personally I think they just cant be bothered. If Dell started selling PC's for 50 quid less (or whatever the MS tax is these days) with Ubuntu instead of XP things would change. As PCs become cheaper (you can get a desktop from Dell for 300 sterling and a laptop for about 350) the overall percentage that people pay for Windows goes up. Eventually there will be a tipping point where people say "I can save a quarter/third/half of the cost of the machine by not using Windows". Until this happens, I think things will stay as they are.
Lets face it, most people just dont re-install their OS. Almost everyone I know would send their PC to a workshop if they needed to reinstall their OS.
"Could fuel cell technology be something to look into?"
No. Fuel cells are a way of transporting energy, not creating it. This is such an important concept to grasp that cannot be understated.
We are in deep trouble, energy wise. There is no immediate solution (within the next 30 years) that can help us. We need to get used to that concept, fast. Doing "your bit" for the environment is simply not enough.
Welcome, too, China and Inda. Welcome to the powerdown.
I'm surprised no-one has mentioned Wicket in this thread. It is a component-based framework in the same mold as Tapestry but is a lot easier to work with...
I remember him talking about his third eye being squeegeed clean after a bout of mushrooms. I feel like we are clearly in need of such an action again.
He would be so sad...
That says it all really. You need to open your eyes.
If you think that 3 million dead people is not indiscriminate, there's no helping you.
Dozens of POWs have died in US custody.
Nice to see you think that 3 million dead people is "spin".
You ever wonder why people find the West so abhorrent?
Are you suggesting 3 million dead innocent people is not enough? What would be enough for you?
"Do we execute our POW's? No." Er, no. You just kill them by other means.
"Do we blindly and indisciminately use force? No." What the FUCK was the list of countries in my previous post pointing out? Idiot.
How do you explain 3 million dead Vietnamese, Cambodians and Laotians? Hmmm?
What on earth are you talking about? The parent stated that "The fact of the matter is that the USA did not become the world's only superpower by force". This is patently not true. The countries I listed suffered awfully at the hands of overt and (mainly) covert US action.
How did the US get to the "top of the pile"? A combination of a total disregard for human life coupled with an excellent economic framework, an abundance of raw materials, excellent technology and learning centers. All part of a white legacy really.
What the fuck are you talking about?
Not through force?
Tell that to the people of Vietnam, Chile, Cambodia, Laos, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Iraq, Afghanistan, Cuba, Guatamala, Haiti, Diego Garcia, Indonesia...To name but a few.
The only reason "international" treaties are beneficial to the US is because the US defines most of them, and the ones it doesn't it ignores.
Real geeks don't win prizes; the merely have them committed to CVS.
You have to love the sheer audacity of posting a link to an MPEG on the Slashdot homepage.
Looks like they folded...
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Sorry, but that is simply not true. Although I agree that Johnson is not explicit in his views, the rantings of genocide on his blog are normally entertained wholeheartedly by the other commentors to his posts.