It wasn't too bad. I've attempted to watch anime before and was always disapointed. but Bebop seemed ok. But in one episode I watched the dude died (or at least I think... I was kinda stoned). kinda a bummer man.
OK let's assume they are an sovereign nation. BigBadCorp gets pissed off at them. Can't BigBadCorp shut down their internet connection? They must have a deal with an outside company to provide the internet link right? And that outside company can be compelled by legal or other means to shut down havenCo... so all this sovereinty stuff is moot isn't it?
Sell CD's for $10. Watch the sales rise. Quit wasting $millions bribing stations to play songs they will play anyway. Watch profits rise...
Actually its not so simple as that. It's a matter of game theory: if you as a record company stop giving the record companies payola, none of yor songs will get played, and your competitors' will. Kind of like the prisoners dilemma, If all the record companies stopped shelling out payola they would all be better off. But if one does it it has an advantage. If you could all agree not to break the law you'd be better off. Of course such an agreement depends on the record companies being trustworthy...
As for lowering prices, they have no reason to do that. If you really want Britney Spears there is only ONE label selling her "music". so in effect they have a monopoly, so pricing is not dependent on cost but dependent on what the buyer is willing to pay.
To summarize: The RIAA owns the artists and Clearchannel owns the listeners... music-listeners get screwed twice over. P2P is a loophole to this system. A music listener has to choose between getting screwed or breaking copyright law.
Actually I was just using Access 97... I 'm not sure if I got the details right. But I remember it took me quite a while to figure out what was going on.
The microsoft JET database engine that Access uses and Visual Basic would assume dates in different orders. One assumed date to be in the form DD/MM/YY and the other was in MM/DD/YY (regardless of what was set in the regional settings control panel). I made a simple function to calculate age based on the date of birth entered. Just a couple of lines, but it took me days to figure out why it wouldn't work. Thanks Microsoft!
The workaround was to go into window's regional settings, and set the date format to be dd mmm yyyy, so that it would write the first three letters for the month instead of the numbers. That way there would be no confusion whatsoever what date format was being used. Not sure if they ever patched it, nor do I care.
Frankly, I don't get what's so hard about it. The numbers are represented as large digits on all four corners on both sides. (1,5,10,20) It is written out in English on the bottom on both sides (ONE DOLLAR)
Although all the programmes on your box may be accessible via the command-line it's usually easier to click an icon.
Similar with money. You could pull out the bill look at the number and know the value. OR you could look at the colours of the currency in your wallet and immediately know how much you got. not looking at numbers and no pulling out the notes. Just pop open your wallet and you immediately know.
American money looks fake anyway so don't worry about ruining its integrity.
This is the equivalent of saying something like "my car gets 4 rods to the hogshead and that's the way i like it." I know i got the quote wrong, whatever. The point is don't be so damined attached to a system that is less efficient just because you're used to it... Evolution, try it, it's fun!
Here in Canada we have something called the Community Access programme which opens up the school computer labs (which the CAP programme helps build) to the general public. Anyone can go access internet and email or whatever for a small fee.
Of course the thing is that most of the adults that are interested in computers have their own computers at home. So mostly it was the kids coming in after school and playing games. Many grumbled about how the center was becoming an arcade, but if it weren't for the kids coming in we would have next to no one there. The centre didn't have to pay for the games since the kids would bring them in. When a major release came out like starcraft or quake 2 the place was packed. Those kids were good too... some of those capture the flag games were intense.
People would complain about how the games were violent. But I say screw it. I know most of those kids would have never had hung out with each other if it weren't for the games, and some of these kids were the really "bad" kids. I didn't really know which ones because they were all polite to me. I guess they knew I'd kick them out if they gave me any trouble.
I don't know how much they got from the games, but I know they learned about teamwork. throw 8 kids in a game of quake and you'll soon see teams form pretty quickly.
Also the kids placed a value on the computers (more value than they placed on anything else at the school). None of the kids would do anything to harm those computers and many did school projects which involved the computers. I gave some of the kids (the ones who beat me at chess) administrator priviledges. They were more than happy to help in the administration of the computers which made my job much easier.
Unfortunately after I finished working there some of the kids have since emailed me to tell me that the centre "sucked" after I left. I guess the people running the place now aren't as helpful in installing new games and the computers are beginning to show their age. And I was forced to change all the passwords before i left since they thought the kids would use their priviledges to damage the systems (yeah, right).
Maybe I'll volunteer some time to get things back going when I go home later this year... I'll have to brush up on my Starcraft skills first though:)
I don't know about stripping IE... I tried win98lite and it did some whacky things.
But even so, next week all the computers at my office (some already are) will be using mozilla as the browser and mail client. Good bye IE/Outlook security problems.
Mozilla is better than IE in every way. Faster, more stable, more secure. It doesn't matter how many people use it. I'm gonna use it and everyone who i can convince will use it.
All I can say is that if the Liberals are re-elected with Chretien at the helm again then Canadians are the biggest F-ing idiots (again). I can say this since: 1. I am Canadian and 2. I didn't vote for him.
We won't talk about Stockwell "The Earth is only 5000 years old" Day either.
So who do you vote for? The Liberals are corrupt and incompetent, the Alliance is a bunch of rednecks, the Tories are a bunch of has-beens, and the NDP are a bunch of idealists who are incapable of running a real government.
I of course vote consistently for the NDP, but only because I know they won't win...
What is the deal with Hello Kitty anyway? The girl I'm dating now has those decals on everything she owns... I just don't get it... mumbling incoherntly....
What Access does is build applications is give you a slightly friendlier environment than a C API, plus the aforementioned report and query tools.
Access is ok for storing a little database for storing addresses and such but try making a database for anything more substantial and you'll be spending over 70% of your time writing visual basic shit to work around all the little bugs. The Jet database sucks so you really have to install a database server like postgresql and use odbc to connect anyway. I did this and after many months of development i finally got something that was usable as long as Access was patched to the latest service patch. Then along comes Access 2000 and I have to rewrite half the Visual Basic code.
When someone asks me to write an Access database I refuse. Instead I use postgresql and use java to write a front end. I've just started learning java, but my crappy java programmes are still much more stable than Access anyway. And don't tell me that learning a new language is too difficult since you have to learn Visual Basic to write a decent Access database. So the coice comes down to this: learn VB and write crappy database interfaces that only work on Windows or learn java and write good interfaces that work on any platform (and at the same time learn a language that can be used elsewhere).
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How is the C++ support now? I've been sticking with 2.95.x since 3.0 wasn't able to compile kde (i think it was the sound system it couldn't compile although I could be wrong). There was nothing wrong with the KDE code it was a problem with gcc3. So any word on whether c++ has been fixed? does the linker work properly or do we still have to use objprelink?
I remember being optimistic about 3.0 only to be disapointed that it wouldn't compile kde.
I was in the same boat as you, until I tried Mozilla Mail. Seems to work quite well for me. I also heard somewhere that a pretty good web browser comes with it too.
I guess you've had a better experience than me. I have a dell inspiron that's little over a year old (therefore the waranty is expired) , and it has a dead battery (ok i can inderstand that), buggy motherboard (keys don't wok sometimes), and the hard drive periodically made big clicking noises. Someone ttold me that the clicking noises was normal, but guess what? last night it gave a big click and hasn't worked since. 10 GB of games, gentoo linux, my documents, programming projects all gone. luckily i backed it up 2 weeks ago, but still i've lost a lot of work that i put into getting gentoo linux to work (and it was working sweet too, sad to see it go).
I'm weighing my options right now... should I fix the lemon I got or should I just scrap it and get a new Powerbook (mmm titanium). I suppose I should just get a new hard drive but I'm sick and tired of having a computer that only partially works.
Anyways I have learned 2 lessons from this: 1) never get a dell and 2) always get the extended warranty.
I live in Jamaica and am able to call my mother in Canada very cheaply ($0.08 a minute up to a maximum of $2.50 per call).
Depending on which country you're in YMMV, but I have found that using the canada direct service is fairly reliable and cheap. Basically you call 1-800-222-0016, and that gets you a line in canada, from there you can just use a calling card to place the call. So basically the call isn't going to cost more than a call within canada.
THe cool thing is seeing on the phone bill $50-60 in savings on a call that costs $2.50
I envision that in the future, information will not be a product, but will be used to sell real physical products. You will listen to MP3's then decide if you want to buy the album for cover art, etc. People will pay for a shirt with their favourite band's name (and art) on it. The software you get will be provided by OEMs so they can sell their computers.
People will pay for information if something is added to it. People will still go to the movies for the big screen and big sounds, not to mention the fact you can go out and meet people. People will pay to see a band perform live because there is value in seeing something for yourself, and you get to hang out with other fans.
I always hear the phrase that "Information wants to be free." I would amend that to say information WILL be free. No one is gonna pay for something that they can get for free. The media threw around the term "information revolution" like it was just like the industrial revolution: something that would make a lot of people very rich. But they didn't realize that revolutions only benefit those that adapt quickly. Those that want to remain in the old regime soon find their necks in the guillotine.
I wouldn't invest a penny in any corporation that thinks its going to make money off information alone. You can sell information with hardware (like IBM) or sell information with support (like RedHat) but information alone will not make money.
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Troll? why the hell is that a troll man? This place is weird sometimes....
It wasn't too bad. I've attempted to watch anime before and was always disapointed. but Bebop seemed ok. But in one episode I watched the dude died (or at least I think... I was kinda stoned). kinda a bummer man.
All those pretty lights in Las Vegas? Seems like Nevada shits too
2030? I thought the rule was Fusion was ALWAYS just 10 years away
They will get what they deserve for venturing into the forbidden zone.
OK let's assume they are an sovereign nation. BigBadCorp gets pissed off at them. Can't BigBadCorp shut down their internet connection? They must have a deal with an outside company to provide the internet link right? And that outside company can be compelled by legal or other means to shut down havenCo... so all this sovereinty stuff is moot isn't it?
Actually its not so simple as that. It's a matter of game theory: if you as a record company stop giving the record companies payola, none of yor songs will get played, and your competitors' will. Kind of like the prisoners dilemma, If all the record companies stopped shelling out payola they would all be better off. But if one does it it has an advantage. If you could all agree not to break the law you'd be better off. Of course such an agreement depends on the record companies being trustworthy...
As for lowering prices, they have no reason to do that. If you really want Britney Spears there is only ONE label selling her "music". so in effect they have a monopoly, so pricing is not dependent on cost but dependent on what the buyer is willing to pay.
To summarize: The RIAA owns the artists and Clearchannel owns the listeners... music-listeners get screwed twice over. P2P is a loophole to this system. A music listener has to choose between getting screwed or breaking copyright law.
Actually I was just using Access 97... I 'm not sure if I got the details right. But I remember it took me quite a while to figure out what was going on.
The workaround was to go into window's regional settings, and set the date format to be dd mmm yyyy, so that it would write the first three letters for the month instead of the numbers. That way there would be no confusion whatsoever what date format was being used. Not sure if they ever patched it, nor do I care.
Similar with money. You could pull out the bill look at the number and know the value. OR you could look at the colours of the currency in your wallet and immediately know how much you got. not looking at numbers and no pulling out the notes. Just pop open your wallet and you immediately know.
American money looks fake anyway so don't worry about ruining its integrity.
This is the equivalent of saying something like "my car gets 4 rods to the hogshead and that's the way i like it." I know i got the quote wrong, whatever. The point is don't be so damined attached to a system that is less efficient just because you're used to it... Evolution, try it, it's fun!
Hey maybe you can help out this guy.
Of course the thing is that most of the adults that are interested in computers have their own computers at home. So mostly it was the kids coming in after school and playing games. Many grumbled about how the center was becoming an arcade, but if it weren't for the kids coming in we would have next to no one there. The centre didn't have to pay for the games since the kids would bring them in. When a major release came out like starcraft or quake 2 the place was packed. Those kids were good too... some of those capture the flag games were intense.
People would complain about how the games were violent. But I say screw it. I know most of those kids would have never had hung out with each other if it weren't for the games, and some of these kids were the really "bad" kids. I didn't really know which ones because they were all polite to me. I guess they knew I'd kick them out if they gave me any trouble.
I don't know how much they got from the games, but I know they learned about teamwork. throw 8 kids in a game of quake and you'll soon see teams form pretty quickly.
Also the kids placed a value on the computers (more value than they placed on anything else at the school). None of the kids would do anything to harm those computers and many did school projects which involved the computers. I gave some of the kids (the ones who beat me at chess) administrator priviledges. They were more than happy to help in the administration of the computers which made my job much easier.
Unfortunately after I finished working there some of the kids have since emailed me to tell me that the centre "sucked" after I left. I guess the people running the place now aren't as helpful in installing new games and the computers are beginning to show their age. And I was forced to change all the passwords before i left since they thought the kids would use their priviledges to damage the systems (yeah, right).
Maybe I'll volunteer some time to get things back going when I go home later this year... I'll have to brush up on my Starcraft skills first though :)
Hey cool... thanks for the link comrade!
But even so, next week all the computers at my office (some already are) will be using mozilla as the browser and mail client. Good bye IE/Outlook security problems.
Mozilla is better than IE in every way. Faster, more stable, more secure. It doesn't matter how many people use it. I'm gonna use it and everyone who i can convince will use it.
You can download it here.
So who do you vote for? The Liberals are corrupt and incompetent, the Alliance is a bunch of rednecks, the Tories are a bunch of has-beens, and the NDP are a bunch of idealists who are incapable of running a real government.
I of course vote consistently for the NDP, but only because I know they won't win...
What is the deal with Hello Kitty anyway? The girl I'm dating now has those decals on everything she owns... I just don't get it... mumbling incoherntly....
When someone asks me to write an Access database I refuse. Instead I use postgresql and use java to write a front end. I've just started learning java, but my crappy java programmes are still much more stable than Access anyway. And don't tell me that learning a new language is too difficult since you have to learn Visual Basic to write a decent Access database. So the coice comes down to this: learn VB and write crappy database interfaces that only work on Windows or learn java and write good interfaces that work on any platform (and at the same time learn a language that can be used elsewhere).
I remember being optimistic about 3.0 only to be disapointed that it wouldn't compile kde.
I was in the same boat as you, until I tried Mozilla Mail. Seems to work quite well for me. I also heard somewhere that a pretty good web browser comes with it too.
Here I thought the x-box was already dead
I'm weighing my options right now... should I fix the lemon I got or should I just scrap it and get a new Powerbook (mmm titanium). I suppose I should just get a new hard drive but I'm sick and tired of having a computer that only partially works. Anyways I have learned 2 lessons from this: 1) never get a dell and 2) always get the extended warranty.
Depending on which country you're in YMMV, but I have found that using the canada direct service is fairly reliable and cheap. Basically you call 1-800-222-0016, and that gets you a line in canada, from there you can just use a calling card to place the call. So basically the call isn't going to cost more than a call within canada.
THe cool thing is seeing on the phone bill $50-60 in savings on a call that costs $2.50
Thanks... I thought it was a play on "generation two"... well i guess it still could be
People will pay for information if something is added to it. People will still go to the movies for the big screen and big sounds, not to mention the fact you can go out and meet people. People will pay to see a band perform live because there is value in seeing something for yourself, and you get to hang out with other fans.
I always hear the phrase that "Information wants to be free." I would amend that to say information WILL be free. No one is gonna pay for something that they can get for free. The media threw around the term "information revolution" like it was just like the industrial revolution: something that would make a lot of people very rich. But they didn't realize that revolutions only benefit those that adapt quickly. Those that want to remain in the old regime soon find their necks in the guillotine.
I wouldn't invest a penny in any corporation that thinks its going to make money off information alone. You can sell information with hardware (like IBM) or sell information with support (like RedHat) but information alone will not make money.