HA! I knew it! i said it before: segways will _only_ be used in niche markets such as tourist gimicks and maybe in business/campus/warehouses, we will not need to re-build cities around them, they won't change everything, they are no big deal.
Let me introduce you to the phone companies wet dream:
The device is your basic PDA/Phone hybrid that most phones are today, with camera of course. It has little memory of its own, doesnt dock with a PC, doesnt have a removable memory card and once the (write once) PROM has been set, it will only work on one network. You can listen to music on it, watch films, tv, browse the net, whatever. Everything you do, from adding a number to your address book (which is automatically backed up by the network) to saving a photo (which is automatically backed up by the network) requires the network, theres a small amount of memory to buffer things if you happen to be outside network coverage (unlikely) but the phone is essentially a locked device. If your a good little consumer and pay the network you get a gadget to die for, leave them and you loose all your data (unless you pay the transfer fee). It does most of what you need, but for things that require a big computer with a big screen and printer, you'll still need a PC untill they trick you out of that. The future of hardware is services, money and DRM, the idea is to make the hardware as cheap as shit, controllable by the corporations and to extract as much money from you as they can. Forget a Beowulf cluster, this is a money making cluster, 24/7 baby!
Or you could just scope out honeys on the street, as big daddy 'o would have playfully put it in one of his great musical works, which incidently you could perhaps store on your PDA?
Although i'd really like to think that air traffic control was one of those areas where people were ultra careful and competant and the way the software was even developed just made it pretty impossable for anything to be screwed up. But im sure its something along the lines of:
"So they click here and it makes a little pretty toggle-switch icon flip over and that calls the function get_plane_stuff"
Illustrator can do everything you say (ie apply effects to vectors) and of course is much more compatable with photoshop to the point that you can open a photoshop image in illustrator with layers and all. GIMP is catching up but yes its still inadequate for allot of things. I don't see that it would be that hard for Adobe to literally just merge Photoshop and Illustrator into one, but i'd imagine they had thought of that and found it counter-productive. Photoshop as the name suggests is mainly for 'photos' but the two work very well together aslong as you do the right thing in each.
Inkscape is getting there quite fast (havnt checked what colour models it supports?) but GIMP to me is really missing adjustment layers and non-destructive adjustable effects, otherwise i'd use it all the way!
Shareaza is just very very sexy all the way from the loading screen to the speed graphs:P the only annoyance, is that kazaa makes you get used to clicking 'search' from the transfer window and going back to your last search, while on shareaza it makes a new search and you have to click the old search tab.. just a minor thing, and of course source-code means you can change it blah blah:)
Have a google, i know it was reported on The Register (theregister.co.uk) some time ago, havnt looked for it but dont forget if all else fails you can always just record the output of windows media-player, oh wait i just violated the DMCA, mmm feels good.
Someone cracked version 1 of Microsoft's media player DRM (thats only a couple years old) a couple of years ago. Im not sure if they replaced it with a new version yet?
College students should be doing research and writing papers
Thats not what college is for! research and work are things you do the night before. Maybe 2 if its important. And while playing high-spec games that you downloaded off your gigabit connection isnt exactly what college is about either, it does play a roll too.
Just remember theres a June 8th deadline by which time you must have sent your 'donations' and made your policy requests. This will ensure that the correct policy will be considered in time for the election. Might I suggest that slashdot users all go for one candidate and send around $2000 each? Remember cash is prefered and it should be in a brown envelope without the name of the candidate or the amount written on it. I think the European system of doing these things differs quite allot from the American but in the end its the bribe *COUGH* oh shit sorry, i mean the 'donation' that counts.
I think they mean they give the hardware away for free but on the condition that you subscribe to the software. Allot of hardware is already sold at a loss (eg XBox) on the basis that the games are expensive.
It is your god-given right: In your own home (or garage etc) you have a bloody un-revokable right to do what you like with your property as long as its not dangerous in general (ie a nuclear reactor) or used as something dangerous (i.e screwing with your cars breaks, unless you get someone to give it an MOT before you drive outside or building a nuclear weapon) and in some cases as long as you're not producing certain things - chemicals that require a license, drugs etc etc. Other than that you are free to do what ever you like from smashing your xbox with a hammer or fiddling with the internals (yes DRM too). There is absolutely no way that this right can be taken away from you, this is what i call a 'fuck you' right, because if a politician even suggests it, all you need to say is 'fuck you'. Even though this right has been violated by the DMCA it is still your right to break that aspect of the law because it is of-course 'fuck you totally' law. Although it should be taken out ASAP. How the fuck do these people even dare suggest we dont have this right?? how can they keep a straight face? Sure companies can try and implement DRM etc, but you can try and break it, if its your property its your right.
This is soo going to be on the tabloid front pages within a month "Cinema Usher in Harry Potter Night-vision Pedophile scandal" "Harry Potter meets Garry Potter" "Teens Demand Back-Seat Privacy"
Actually I think the parents would be more pissed off with the cinema than with the kids.
Really this is the sort of crap i'd expect from Warner Village who have now decided to change their name to Vue in a display of poncy marketing "Vue" oh wow what innovation... or should i say "imaginearing"
Terrorist is really just a political buzz-word, infact you're right it can have any meaning, if you protest in the streets then you're a terrorist for intimidating the other side with your mass of people and banners, but on the other hand "Shock and awe" sounds allot like terrorism to me, not to mention telling someone to stand on a box or their balls will get electricuted. These days you dont even have to own an AK-47 (wow theres even a mascot) to be a terrorist, just a mouse will do it, if you help a 'terrorist' set-up a website then you too are a terrorist. (dont forget computer skills = terrorist)
Soon burning the American flag, speaking against Bush, having doubts about the fairness of the election and visiting Aljazeera's site will all get you branded as a terrorist. Oh and soon schools will implement a zero-tollerance policy on un-americanism - if you don't do that flag pledge thing in the morning you are soo spending the day in a stress-position (the new yoga).
Ah this explains why all sci-fi space-ships have CRT monitors - around 2020 when lifting things into orbit cost almost nothing, new ships were built using ultra-cheap CRTs that everyone was throwing out to replace with all this new stuff. But that still doesnt explain why spock had to look down that blue screen-scope thing...
Maybe im missing something but it seems pretty simple that a good browser should:
a) Support 3WC standards to the max b) Have a separate and intelligent module for rendering badly coded websites that dont follow specs c) Use the philosphy that the user gets the final say in what happens on their computer - if they dont want extra windows opening etc then thats their choice.
oh and d) not be full of really stupid security holes.
WTF!? If they are moving the station then when it gets to the new location it will be a new station! Why would they need to keep the old frequency?? this is total bullshit and just prooves how fucking sold out the FCC is, not just to the self-righteous nutcases who think Janet Jackson should be sent to prision, but also to the selfish assholes who want to stop at nothing but total domination of the radio spectrum. Wouldnt be surprised if before long they want to re-assign air-traffic control and emergency services onto one frequency because britney spears is more important!
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HA! I knew it! i said it before: segways will _only_ be used in niche markets such as tourist gimicks and maybe in business/campus/warehouses, we will not need to re-build cities around them, they won't change everything, they are no big deal.
Let me introduce you to the phone companies wet dream:
The device is your basic PDA/Phone hybrid that most phones are today, with camera of course. It has little memory of its own, doesnt dock with a PC, doesnt have a removable memory card and once the (write once) PROM has been set, it will only work on one network. You can listen to music on it, watch films, tv, browse the net, whatever. Everything you do, from adding a number to your address book (which is automatically backed up by the network) to saving a photo (which is automatically backed up by the network) requires the network, theres a small amount of memory to buffer things if you happen to be outside network coverage (unlikely) but the phone is essentially a locked device. If your a good little consumer and pay the network you get a gadget to die for, leave them and you loose all your data (unless you pay the transfer fee). It does most of what you need, but for things that require a big computer with a big screen and printer, you'll still need a PC untill they trick you out of that. The future of hardware is services, money and DRM, the idea is to make the hardware as cheap as shit, controllable by the corporations and to extract as much money from you as they can. Forget a Beowulf cluster, this is a money making cluster, 24/7 baby!
Or you could just scope out honeys on the street, as big daddy 'o would have playfully put it in one of his great musical works, which incidently you could perhaps store on your PDA?
Although i'd really like to think that air traffic control was one of those areas where people were ultra careful and competant and the way the software was even developed just made it pretty impossable for anything to be screwed up. But im sure its something along the lines of:
"So they click here and it makes a little pretty toggle-switch icon flip over and that calls the function get_plane_stuff"
Its even better, shift and ctl-shift work on "go to url" too (to open it in a new tab or new background tab). Opera rocks!
Illustrator can do everything you say (ie apply effects to vectors) and of course is much more compatable with photoshop to the point that you can open a photoshop image in illustrator with layers and all. GIMP is catching up but yes its still inadequate for allot of things. I don't see that it would be that hard for Adobe to literally just merge Photoshop and Illustrator into one, but i'd imagine they had thought of that and found it counter-productive. Photoshop as the name suggests is mainly for 'photos' but the two work very well together aslong as you do the right thing in each.
Inkscape is getting there quite fast (havnt checked what colour models it supports?) but GIMP to me is really missing adjustment layers and non-destructive adjustable effects, otherwise i'd use it all the way!
Shareaza is just very very sexy all the way from the loading screen to the speed graphs :P the only annoyance, is that kazaa makes you get used to clicking 'search' from the transfer window and going back to your last search, while on shareaza it makes a new search and you have to click the old search tab.. just a minor thing, and of course source-code means you can change it blah blah :)
Have a google, i know it was reported on The Register (theregister.co.uk) some time ago, havnt looked for it but dont forget if all else fails you can always just record the output of windows media-player, oh wait i just violated the DMCA, mmm feels good.
Someone cracked version 1 of Microsoft's media player DRM (thats only a couple years old) a couple of years ago. Im not sure if they replaced it with a new version yet?
But that means the RIAA record execs would get life just for even owning a CD-burner!?
HAHA hahAHAHAHAA oh oh please HAHAH AHAHh ahhahahahaha i cant stop please please hahahaha hhahahaha i cant hhhahhah ahahaha i cant hahahahha breeethhe hahahahhhahah no hahahha hahahaha ROFL hahaha i cant stop! hahahhahah wait hahah wait hahhahahahaha i wont hahahahahahhah oh hahaha i wont press my shift key then!!! ROFL!
College students should be doing research and writing papers
Thats not what college is for! research and work are things you do the night before. Maybe 2 if its important. And while playing high-spec games that you downloaded off your gigabit connection isnt exactly what college is about either, it does play a roll too.
Just remember theres a June 8th deadline by which time you must have sent your 'donations' and made your policy requests. This will ensure that the correct policy will be considered in time for the election. Might I suggest that slashdot users all go for one candidate and send around $2000 each? Remember cash is prefered and it should be in a brown envelope without the name of the candidate or the amount written on it. I think the European system of doing these things differs quite allot from the American but in the end its the bribe *COUGH* oh shit sorry, i mean the 'donation' that counts.
I think they mean they give the hardware away for free but on the condition that you subscribe to the software. Allot of hardware is already sold at a loss (eg XBox) on the basis that the games are expensive.
My girlfriend just turns off the computer!? how do you guys stop that?
It is your god-given right:
In your own home (or garage etc) you have a bloody un-revokable right to do what you like with your property as long as its not dangerous in general (ie a nuclear reactor) or used as something dangerous (i.e screwing with your cars breaks, unless you get someone to give it an MOT before you drive outside or building a nuclear weapon) and in some cases as long as you're not producing certain things - chemicals that require a license, drugs etc etc. Other than that you are free to do what ever you like from smashing your xbox with a hammer or fiddling with the internals (yes DRM too). There is absolutely no way that this right can be taken away from you, this is what i call a 'fuck you' right, because if a politician even suggests it, all you need to say is 'fuck you'. Even though this right has been violated by the DMCA it is still your right to break that aspect of the law because it is of-course 'fuck you totally' law. Although it should be taken out ASAP. How the fuck do these people even dare suggest we dont have this right?? how can they keep a straight face? Sure companies can try and implement DRM etc, but you can try and break it, if its your property its your right.
This is soo going to be on the tabloid front pages within a month
"Cinema Usher in Harry Potter Night-vision Pedophile scandal"
"Harry Potter meets Garry Potter"
"Teens Demand Back-Seat Privacy"
Actually I think the parents would be more pissed off with the cinema than with the kids.
Really this is the sort of crap i'd expect from Warner Village who have now decided to change their name to Vue in a display of poncy marketing "Vue" oh wow what innovation... or should i say "imaginearing"
Terrorist is really just a political buzz-word, infact you're right it can have any meaning, if you protest in the streets then you're a terrorist for intimidating the other side with your mass of people and banners, but on the other hand "Shock and awe" sounds allot like terrorism to me, not to mention telling someone to stand on a box or their balls will get electricuted. These days you dont even have to own an AK-47 (wow theres even a mascot) to be a terrorist, just a mouse will do it, if you help a 'terrorist' set-up a website then you too are a terrorist. (dont forget computer skills = terrorist)
Soon burning the American flag, speaking against Bush, having doubts about the fairness of the election and visiting Aljazeera's site will all get you branded as a terrorist. Oh and soon schools will implement a zero-tollerance policy on un-americanism - if you don't do that flag pledge thing in the morning you are soo spending the day in a stress-position (the new yoga).
Ah this explains why all sci-fi space-ships have CRT monitors - around 2020 when lifting things into orbit cost almost nothing, new ships were built using ultra-cheap CRTs that everyone was throwing out to replace with all this new stuff. But that still doesnt explain why spock had to look down that blue screen-scope thing...
Maybe im missing something but it seems pretty simple that a good browser should:
a) Support 3WC standards to the max
b) Have a separate and intelligent module for rendering badly coded websites that dont follow specs
c) Use the philosphy that the user gets the final say in what happens on their computer - if they dont want extra windows opening etc then thats their choice.
oh and d) not be full of really stupid security holes.
but of course the general public dont want that..
Is that a metaphore for something!?
*Imagines Leicester sq. on a saturday night around 3am with _everyone_ packing guns and booze*
nah just hand-crank the hard-drive (connected to a gearing system of course:P
WTF!? If they are moving the station then when it gets to the new location it will be a new station! Why would they need to keep the old frequency?? this is total bullshit and just prooves how fucking sold out the FCC is, not just to the self-righteous nutcases who think Janet Jackson should be sent to prision, but also to the selfish assholes who want to stop at nothing but total domination of the radio spectrum. Wouldnt be surprised if before long they want to re-assign air-traffic control and emergency services onto one frequency because britney spears is more important!
1) Take a PDA with a reasonable CPU (one that could handle say low-res divx playing at a decent framerate)
2) Include built in hard-drive
3) Profit