It isn't like you really need to trust reviews...because most of the time you spend reading reviews your looking for the best investment of your money...and in this case, the software is free, so the only investment is the downloading and learning of the software. And yes, that can be a HUGE investment, but it you would still need to invest that time into commercial software anyway.
Beware, some might consider this a troll In some sites, like HomeDepot.com, the reasons for the 'lock-in' seem valid. i.e. setting cookies, checking cookies, so on and so forth. But most designers/developers feel that you came to their site for a specific reason and that you will be willing to put up with being redirected to a few different pages so they can give you a better "web browsing experience" Now, just because I say this doesn't mean that I believe it or promote it. So flame me all you want..
Alright, so internic is now acting like an Internet Repo man. They have all the right in the world if somebody is not paying for something. I don't see a real big deal. You register a domain, you then have to pay. You don't pay, they take it back. Seems like simple logic to me. Or, I could be way off base. Please feel free to correct me.
Next in the line of programming languages Db - D Flat: The same as C Sharp, yet extended a little further Ebbb - E Triple Flat: Even cooler...cause it uses more musical notations then all other programming languages ever developed oh..and since when are programming languages equated with musical notation?
But doesn't this just seem to log IP's that make requests to your computer? OR does this search out files on other peoples computer and get thier username and IP address? Either way, I really don't think it matters.
Well...according to an Bill Gates did on Dateline...Microsoft is looking for the quickest solution. He commented that the "Quickest solution would be best for the consumer. A decision that will allow us to continue to innovate." Blah blah blah...and so on and so forth Even though the fact is they are taking the slowest possible route
Before we start complaining about Pike Linux bashing or him being pro-microsoft, listen to what he has to say. He is giving Linux a new outlook. Instead of trying to be the best new thing, make it the best DIFFERENT thing. Basically, we have to try to look at operating systems, destop computing, mobile computing, and everything else in a different light. We need to focus on the things that linux is capable of, not the things that it can already do.
Again, i spoke before I read. After reading, I still believe that this can't be classified as a worm. With the new spread of e-mail worms/virri/trojans, it seems worm has become a new buzzword. When the media classified everything as viruses, we yelled, saying it is a worm...now, it isn't a worm and they are calling it one. The problem lies in an undereducated media, and an overabundance of people willing to trust them.
I wish I was able to have enough money, to be able to have billions of dollars of technology crash into the earth and speeds that are just obsence....so...much..fun.
it would be nice to think that the company is holding back the realease because of there own "high quality standards", but we all know that they probably found some hardware guru sniffing glue and decided that maybe they should hold back on release until they checked out his facts. IF they are holding it back because the product doesn't meet thier expectations, it certainly is a breath of fresh air. I really hate rushed projects, and I hate being involved in them, but hey s@^! happens.
Based upon what is currently happening in the computer market, is there a foreseeable need for quantum computing for consumers or will this be only for governmental/extremely high-end server market? Also, do you think that quantum computing is a "vapor-ware" technology, or do you believe that it will actually come of age?
Since the topic seems to have presented itself, what do people think about quantum computing? Does everybody think that it will be the end-all-be-all of computing? Do you think it will allow for more advanced searching/forcasting/etc/etc? Is there some fields that have yet been untouched because it would require to much computing power? Do you think quantum computing will solve these problems? Any way, I just wanted to know what people thought about quantum computing and where it will take not only us geeks, but society in general.
My one and only long term goal is to become the best developer that I can be. But until I mastered that (which I never will) I set a large amount of short term goals. Setting short term goals will help you see results faster. If you sit down and say I am going to be the next Alan Cox, or whatever, you will become increasingly disappointed in yourself and ultimitely fail. But if you sit down and say, "Today I'm going to write a function/program/script that does X" you will be able to reinforce yourself and find multiple uses for that small X. Also, I find it best to do as you are doing, check to see if your goals are inline with other similiar minded people. Watching the goals of those people will also give you an idea of where programming and technology is headed. If all of you peers are starting to look at Internet based languages and your trying to master COBAL or FORTRAN, maybe your goals are a little out-of-sync. (Not that i'm saying COBAL or FORTRAN are bad) Now that i've done my ramblings, I will allow you to go back to your normal browsing.
I was looking forward to this for awhile now, but I'll probably wait until the price comes down. I really don't need to shell out a thousand bucks for a processor.
Many people don't understand the ramifications of actions online. Just like long ago on AOL, even though the was a warning label on everything, people still gave away thier Screen names and passwords.
Have you ever thought about selling tracks off of the CD as mp3's. I know that you own your own record company(I could be wrong), so you have nothing to gain dollar wise, but you would be able to track music trends in your fans. Normally, people by CD's because of 1 or 2 singles they have heard playing on the radio. By selling mp3's, for a nominal fee, you would be able to cater to the fans wants. The trends would be immediately evident and productive.
Changing topic, I realize that it seems like your fans are out to get you, or commiting some sort of espionage, but we are just trying to here are one of our favorite bands. But you have to realize that technology does not make the transport of these songs easy. Yes, there are portable players and a few car mp3 players, but they are expensive, and hold few songs. So in essence, a majority of people only listen mp3's while sitting in front of a computer. Realizing that to get this resolved, both sides would have to bend, would you be in favor of limiting the technology even further, so people COULDN'T play mp3's in there car, or in a portable player unless they own the CD? The software would check the mp3's on the player, then prompt for one of the CD's that one of the songs came from whenever a 'lot' of songs are downloaded to the player. If the user cannot produce a CD, then the player deletes the mp3s from that CD and then randomly selects another song. This might be very tedious, but it is a possible solution.
To wrap up, I wish everyone involved Good Luck. Metallica, I hope that maybe before you go any further, that you get a tad bit more informed. To the users of Napster, I hope that you have the strength to go through this, and that you don't wind up being martyrs to a cause that is bigger than all of us
Yeah these drivers wouldn't be optimized but wouldn't this increase the amount of manufacturer released drivers right at the bat. I sure would appreciate getting a new video card and not having to wait for XFree to be re-released, but instead having a functioning card right out of the box. I can wait for the driver to be optimized.
I was just wondering. Me and my friend live rather close, only a couple houses away. We been trying to find a way of transfering files faster then the net, and short of running rj45 thru his window, we can't seem to find a viable solution. I know that the indoor range on these is approx. 300 feet peer to peer, or 300 feet to the nearest access point. Indoor being one thing, but has anyone tried these outside? or is there some other not-yet-on-the-market technology that would suit me better?
I also agree that a open source streaming media format would be wonderful. But why rebuild the wheel. It might be just as easy to have a company like real open up thier source. But as you mentioned, real already has a pretty tight grip on streaming media. So, do we work at a new Open Source standard, or do we work with existing standards? Both seem to be almost an impossible, if not arduous tasks.
Has anybody else noticed that MS continues to say that they are going to release software/clients for *nix desktop. First it was Office then it was a window manager, now Media Player. I'm pretty sure they think that we are stupid, and don't realize that they haven't released anything. Everything is talk, just so we will slow down our efforts at reverse enginneering there technology. I say that we continue to work hard at reverse enginneering and that we show them, that weather or not they want it, we will use thier propritery standards. But this isn't going to happen without a few causalties. I for one plan on working as hard as I can to try to force them on releasing there software for *nix.
P.S. Does anybody remember the name of Microsoft's Unix, that was released either late 70's or early 80's?
Only Microsoft would still be using the name Windows in 2008. I would believe that by that time, either the would finally start from scratch(goodbye legacy code), or finally realize that not every computing enviroment lends itself to a Window and desktop interface. And god willing they will have gone out of business and we will finally achieve true innovation in the software consumer marketplace
I'm just writing to shed some light on your mention of the infamous pak2 cheat.
A pak2 cheat is where a player takes apart original pak, and adjust the player models. One of the more common 'adjustments' that are made are where all the players is made to glow, like they have quad. So you will see the player's glow, before they turn the corner. Another common pak2 cheat, elimate ring of shadows completely. So when the player has "eyes" they actually don't, they look just like any other player in the game, so the opponent never gains any type of advantage over you by picking up the ring of shadows.
Also, when using a pak2 cheat, you can't dicate how much or little damage is dealt to you
So basically you are saying that you won't use your credit card ever, because fraud can't always be avoided...it can happen to anyone. Anyways, when catalogs first became really big people were woried that it would drive business out of the stores, and that didn't happen, so why will buisiness be driven out of stores because of e-commerce. There is something to be said about going to a mall and shopping...it is a total sensory experience
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It isn't like you really need to trust reviews...because most of the time you spend reading reviews your looking for the best investment of your money...and in this case, the software is free, so the only investment is the downloading and learning of the software. And yes, that can be a HUGE investment, but it you would still need to invest that time into commercial software anyway.
Beware, some might consider this a troll
In some sites, like HomeDepot.com, the reasons for the 'lock-in' seem valid. i.e. setting cookies, checking cookies, so on and so forth. But most designers/developers feel that you came to their site for a specific reason and that you will be willing to put up with being redirected to a few different pages so they can give you a better "web browsing experience"
Now, just because I say this doesn't mean that I believe it or promote it. So flame me all you want..
Alright, so internic is now acting like an Internet Repo man. They have all the right in the world if somebody is not paying for something. I don't see a real big deal. You register a domain, you then have to pay. You don't pay, they take it back. Seems like simple logic to me. Or, I could be way off base. Please feel free to correct me.
Next in the line of programming languages
Db - D Flat: The same as C Sharp, yet extended a little further
Ebbb - E Triple Flat: Even cooler...cause it uses more musical notations then all other programming languages ever developed
oh..and since when are programming languages equated with musical notation?
But doesn't this just seem to log IP's that make requests to your computer? OR does this search out files on other peoples computer and get thier username and IP address? Either way, I really don't think it matters.
Well...according to an Bill Gates did on Dateline...Microsoft is looking for the quickest solution. He commented that the "Quickest solution would be best for the consumer. A decision that will allow us to continue to innovate." Blah blah blah...and so on and so forth
Even though the fact is they are taking the slowest possible route
Before we start complaining about Pike Linux bashing or him being pro-microsoft, listen to what he has to say. He is giving Linux a new outlook. Instead of trying to be the best new thing, make it the best DIFFERENT thing. Basically, we have to try to look at operating systems, destop computing, mobile computing, and everything else in a different light. We need to focus on the things that linux is capable of, not the things that it can already do.
Again, i spoke before I read. After reading, I still believe that this can't be classified as a worm. With the new spread of e-mail worms/virri/trojans, it seems worm has become a new buzzword. When the media classified everything as viruses, we yelled, saying it is a worm...now, it isn't a worm and they are calling it one. The problem lies in an undereducated media, and an overabundance of people willing to trust them.
Can this really be classified as worm, since it has to be downloaded by other users? Also, how does this go about making users download it?
I wish I was able to have enough money, to be able to have billions of dollars of technology crash into the earth and speeds that are just obsence....so...much..fun.
it would be nice to think that the company is holding back the realease because of there own "high quality standards", but we all know that they probably found some hardware guru sniffing glue and decided that maybe they should hold back on release until they checked out his facts. IF they are holding it back because the product doesn't meet thier expectations, it certainly is a breath of fresh air. I really hate rushed projects, and I hate being involved in them, but hey s@^! happens.
Based upon what is currently happening in the computer market, is there a foreseeable need for quantum computing for consumers or will this be only for governmental/extremely high-end server market? Also, do you think that quantum computing is a "vapor-ware" technology, or do you believe that it will actually come of age?
Since the topic seems to have presented itself, what do people think about quantum computing? Does everybody think that it will be the end-all-be-all of computing? Do you think it will allow for more advanced searching/forcasting/etc/etc? Is there some fields that have yet been untouched because it would require to much computing power? Do you think quantum computing will solve these problems? Any way, I just wanted to know what people thought about quantum computing and where it will take not only us geeks, but society in general.
I'm going to write a worm that finds everybody that is transfering copyrighted material, then I'm going to sue them...oh wait, nevermind.
My one and only long term goal is to become the best developer that I can be. But until I mastered that (which I never will) I set a large amount of short term goals. Setting short term goals will help you see results faster. If you sit down and say I am going to be the next Alan Cox, or whatever, you will become increasingly disappointed in yourself and ultimitely fail. But if you sit down and say, "Today I'm going to write a function/program/script that does X" you will be able to reinforce yourself and find multiple uses for that small X. Also, I find it best to do as you are doing, check to see if your goals are inline with other similiar minded people. Watching the goals of those people will also give you an idea of where programming and technology is headed. If all of you peers are starting to look at Internet based languages and your trying to master COBAL or FORTRAN, maybe your goals are a little out-of-sync. (Not that i'm saying COBAL or FORTRAN are bad) Now that i've done my ramblings, I will allow you to go back to your normal browsing.
I was looking forward to this for awhile now, but I'll probably wait until the price comes down. I really don't need to shell out a thousand bucks for a processor.
Many people don't understand the ramifications of actions online. Just like long ago on AOL, even though the was a warning label on everything, people still gave away thier Screen names and passwords.
Have you ever thought about selling tracks off of the CD as mp3's. I know that you own your own record company(I could be wrong), so you have nothing to gain dollar wise, but you would be able to track music trends in your fans. Normally, people by CD's because of 1 or 2 singles they have heard playing on the radio. By selling mp3's, for a nominal fee, you would be able to cater to the fans wants. The trends would be immediately evident and productive.
Changing topic, I realize that it seems like your fans are out to get you, or commiting some sort of espionage, but we are just trying to here are one of our favorite bands. But you have to realize that technology does not make the transport of these songs easy. Yes, there are portable players and a few car mp3 players, but they are expensive, and hold few songs. So in essence, a majority of people only listen mp3's while sitting in front of a computer. Realizing that to get this resolved, both sides would have to bend, would you be in favor of limiting the technology even further, so people COULDN'T play mp3's in there car, or in a portable player unless they own the CD? The software would check the mp3's on the player, then prompt for one of the CD's that one of the songs came from whenever a 'lot' of songs are downloaded to the player. If the user cannot produce a CD, then the player deletes the mp3s from that CD and then randomly selects another song. This might be very tedious, but it is a possible solution.
To wrap up, I wish everyone involved Good Luck. Metallica, I hope that maybe before you go any further, that you get a tad bit more informed. To the users of Napster, I hope that you have the strength to go through this, and that you don't wind up being martyrs to a cause that is bigger than all of us
-Ryan
Yeah these drivers wouldn't be optimized but wouldn't this increase the amount of manufacturer released drivers right at the bat. I sure would appreciate getting a new video card and not having to wait for XFree to be re-released, but instead having a functioning card right out of the box. I can wait for the driver to be optimized.
I was just wondering. Me and my friend live rather close, only a couple houses away. We been trying to find a way of transfering files faster then the net, and short of running rj45 thru his window, we can't seem to find a viable solution. I know that the indoor range on these is approx. 300 feet peer to peer, or 300 feet to the nearest access point. Indoor being one thing, but has anyone tried these outside? or is there some other not-yet-on-the-market technology that would suit me better?
I also agree that a open source streaming media format would be wonderful. But why rebuild the wheel. It might be just as easy to have a company like real open up thier source. But as you mentioned, real already has a pretty tight grip on streaming media. So, do we work at a new Open Source standard, or do we work with existing standards? Both seem to be almost an impossible, if not arduous tasks.
Has anybody else noticed that MS continues to say that they are going to release software/clients for *nix desktop. First it was Office then it was a window manager, now Media Player. I'm pretty sure they think that we are stupid, and don't realize that they haven't released anything. Everything is talk, just so we will slow down our efforts at reverse enginneering there technology. I say that we continue to work hard at reverse enginneering and that we show them, that weather or not they want it, we will use thier propritery standards. But this isn't going to happen without a few causalties. I for one plan on working as hard as I can to try to force them on releasing there software for *nix.
P.S.
Does anybody remember the name of Microsoft's Unix, that was released either late 70's or early 80's?
Only Microsoft would still be using the name Windows in 2008. I would believe that by that time, either the would finally start from scratch(goodbye legacy code), or finally realize that not every computing enviroment lends itself to a Window and desktop interface. And god willing they will have gone out of business and we will finally achieve true innovation in the software consumer marketplace
I'm just writing to shed some light on your mention of the infamous pak2 cheat.
A pak2 cheat is where a player takes apart original pak, and adjust the player models. One of the more common 'adjustments' that are made are where all the players is made to glow, like they have quad. So you will see the player's glow, before they turn the corner. Another common pak2 cheat, elimate ring of shadows completely. So when the player has "eyes" they actually don't, they look just like any other player in the game, so the opponent never gains any type of advantage over you by picking up the ring of shadows.
Also, when using a pak2 cheat, you can't dicate how much or little damage is dealt to you
So basically you are saying that you won't use your credit card ever, because fraud can't always be avoided...it can happen to anyone. Anyways, when catalogs first became really big people were woried that it would drive business out of the stores, and that didn't happen, so why will buisiness be driven out of stores because of e-commerce. There is something to be said about going to a mall and shopping...it is a total sensory experience