I think it's the opposite. Things like Steam and Gametap are fantastic distribution methods for small, cheap games, especially if the user has multiple machines. It links the license to an account instead of a system, so it tends to avoid the big problems with DRM (imagine being able to redownload all your ITMS purchases for free to any machine you log in from).
Of course, they're not perfect. Gametap, for example, has a long, long way to go before being truly consumer-friendly. The draconian encryption and essentially rootkitted application directories are awful design choices (as well as making modding impossible). Steam on the other hand still seems poorly designed for the large A-list games Valve is trying to sell over it. For anything larger than about 1 GB, I'd much rather have physical install media.
The new system should REQUIRE the registration of copyrighted content. There MUST be a public record of who owns what and for how long they have had it under copyright. Further, there is not a damn reason in the world why we need copyrights that span centuries as the current system does. Anything that is not registered as copyrighted should be considered public domain. Slap in a fee of a couple bucks to register copyrighted content, throw up an Internet site to register such copyrights, and we would have a workable system.
Umm, nope. Implicit copyright is what's keeping me from taking everything you just wrote, sticking my name on it, and reposting it. That said, the duration of implicit copyrights is far too long. I never saw the problem with an implicit 14 year copyright, then the option to explicitly extend that protection repeatedly for another seven years for a small fee.
From what I understand, LiPol batteries were designed specifically for a bunch of brief charge cycles, like you'd get in a portable electronic device. Since few of us let our laptops run down entirely, this mean that you won't have to recondition them.
That said, their capacity does drop over time, and judging from the cell in my MP3 player, they last about 2 years before it becomes noticeable. It's just that you can't fix it yourself.
Television isn't what's driving HDTV adoption. Not mainstream TV, anyway. The two things that are really pushing its growth in the market are sports and gaming. Sports, I don't quite get (hey, I read Slashdot), but I don't know anyone who'd have considered getting one before they got a next-gen console. Now I've got friends drooling over the fact that their shiny 360 games don't look look like blurry pieces of crap. Some haven't bothered hooking it up to a TV tuner yet.
Yeah, calling it an OS is a bad idea, but these do have a purpose. With the whole Web 2.0 thing, we're basically seeing a move back towards thin clients. All you really need on a machine now is access to a modern web browser. From there, you've got email, IM, FTP, SSH, you name it. This basically looks like they're just rolling everything together into one bundle of Ajax apps. I'd imagine it'd be handy in an enterprise setting.
Seems like what makes a DAP qualify as an iPod killer is being small and overpriced. The addition of video playing is nice but not new. I do like the fact that Vorbis playback is becoming more standard.
That said, I would not willingly own any of these, and my next DAP will probably be a Cowon iAudio X5.
I don't know the exact details, but this has been an issue with distributing custom builds for a while now. Most usually just replace the artwork, but some will change the name as well. The Aqua widget builds for OSX tend to just use the codename for example.
But they haven't been recoded from scratch. They're almost the exact same codebase with a fancy UI stuck on it. Don't believe me? Download the source tarball and look for yourself. Plus, a lot of the same functionality is duplicated between programs. I'll admit that some nice features are still Firefox-only, but IMHO once you start using Thunderbird and/or Sunbird as well, you've pretty much given up most of the advantages over the suite.
Try helping out with Simply GNUStep. Saw it linked off the GNUStep site and it looks like the most developed of the distros like that. Unfortunately it's nowhere near ready.
I saw something like this a while ago on Apple Fritter where a guy built his classic iMac into a 21" monitor. He didn't go the easy way and use an LCD screen, though.
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Maybe the other way around. XP won't install onto removable media without special drivers. It's possible to do but /not/ fun.
Also, there are legal concerns. Apparently the EULA has language to prevent it, but I don't exactly have a copy on me to check.
Oh no, they could get your name, address, and credit card information!
I think it's the opposite. Things like Steam and Gametap are fantastic distribution methods for small, cheap games, especially if the user has multiple machines. It links the license to an account instead of a system, so it tends to avoid the big problems with DRM (imagine being able to redownload all your ITMS purchases for free to any machine you log in from).
Of course, they're not perfect. Gametap, for example, has a long, long way to go before being truly consumer-friendly. The draconian encryption and essentially rootkitted application directories are awful design choices (as well as making modding impossible). Steam on the other hand still seems poorly designed for the large A-list games Valve is trying to sell over it. For anything larger than about 1 GB, I'd much rather have physical install media.
I once peeked inside my Thunderbird's training.dat file. All the spammiest tokens were HTML tags. Good riddance.
From what I understand, LiPol batteries were designed specifically for a bunch of brief charge cycles, like you'd get in a portable electronic device. Since few of us let our laptops run down entirely, this mean that you won't have to recondition them.
That said, their capacity does drop over time, and judging from the cell in my MP3 player, they last about 2 years before it becomes noticeable. It's just that you can't fix it yourself.
Television isn't what's driving HDTV adoption. Not mainstream TV, anyway. The two things that are really pushing its growth in the market are sports and gaming. Sports, I don't quite get (hey, I read Slashdot), but I don't know anyone who'd have considered getting one before they got a next-gen console. Now I've got friends drooling over the fact that their shiny 360 games don't look look like blurry pieces of crap. Some haven't bothered hooking it up to a TV tuner yet.
Is the loading time really that bad?
Yeah, calling it an OS is a bad idea, but these do have a purpose. With the whole Web 2.0 thing, we're basically seeing a move back towards thin clients. All you really need on a machine now is access to a modern web browser. From there, you've got email, IM, FTP, SSH, you name it. This basically looks like they're just rolling everything together into one bundle of Ajax apps. I'd imagine it'd be handy in an enterprise setting.
Seems like what makes a DAP qualify as an iPod killer is being small and overpriced. The addition of video playing is nice but not new. I do like the fact that Vorbis playback is becoming more standard.
That said, I would not willingly own any of these, and my next DAP will probably be a Cowon iAudio X5.
I don't know the exact details, but this has been an issue with distributing custom builds for a while now. Most usually just replace the artwork, but some will change the name as well. The Aqua widget builds for OSX tend to just use the codename for example.
Whoa. Flashbacks to Roujin Z.
Emacs on a Sun3 !!!!!
He said he wanted something lean.
Right-click any search box, go to "Add a Keyword for this Search", pick a name and an abbreviation, and knock yourself out.
The poll's missing an option now.
Wouldn't it then be "Survivors will be violated"?
Wouldn't mind Ride my Geek, though.
But they haven't been recoded from scratch. They're almost the exact same codebase with a fancy UI stuck on it. Don't believe me? Download the source tarball and look for yourself. Plus, a lot of the same functionality is duplicated between programs. I'll admit that some nice features are still Firefox-only, but IMHO once you start using Thunderbird and/or Sunbird as well, you've pretty much given up most of the advantages over the suite.
...a virus comes out that exploits a buffer overrun in the scanner?
(Yes, I've read "Jennifer Government".)
But what can they do about papaphobia?
A cluster? *shudder* One is too much as it is.
Try helping out with Simply GNUStep. Saw it linked off the GNUStep site and it looks like the most developed of the distros like that. Unfortunately it's nowhere near ready.
I saw something like this a while ago on Apple Fritter where a guy built his classic iMac into a 21" monitor. He didn't go the easy way and use an LCD screen, though.
I, for one, welcome our new transdimensional alien overlords.
Thou shalt not suffer a spammer to live?