I don't know how much money M$ spent on IE, but whatever you say about them, it was well programed and stable. You're certanly right about Netscape being fat and lazy. People don't want a browser that's going to crash every five minutes. (nor do they want one that takes five minute to load, not that IE wouldn't if you loaded it seperately, I would guess).
It's not like you can't compete against Microsoft, but you need to have a quality product if you want to.
Actually, I think it is possible to create a DRM-Happy world. Just put PKI on everything and encrypt everything with it. Use decently sized keys, etc. If you manage figure out how to get the private key out of a device, the bad guys just need to refuse to re-certify that device and give it a new private key (all of these devices will need some kind of network connection. Could be a big boon to pervasive wifi...)
Of course, all of the information will be able to be 'downgraded' to old formats by redigitizing the analog signal. But with legislation like SSSCA/CDPTPA (or whatever) anything that can do that is illegal. illegal doesn't mean inaccessible, but it's probably good enough for the RIAA/MPAA/Microsoft.
It won't be perfict, but you can't have perfectly secure communication either (what with keyboard sniffers and the like). That doesn't mean you can't get very, very close.
I remember reading in boot magazine back in high school when AGP was coming first coming out, some graphics company was working on a spec for graphics chip sockets on motherboards. They figured it would allow for faster bandwidth, and make it easier to build imbedded video onto motherboards (just take out the socket, and solder on the chip:P)
Anyway, I'm wondering if maybe the time for that hasn't come, I mean wit the insane cooling these new cards need. I mean, really. I remember surprise the first time I saw a graphics chip with a heat sink! Now cards these days need more cooling then my first CPU (and that was a Pentium 75 by the way). I don't think slots are really the best place to put these things.
Hrm, isn't that John Gilmore's ISP?
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As the Spam Turns
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· Score: 5, Funny
IE the founder of the EEF and the guy who refuses to close is open mail relay?
Yeah, but can you explain why 'uncle owen' didn't recognize the droids? And why the hell wouldn't the droids recognize him or anyone else?
Will this work with any fast IP connection?
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Xbox Live Goes Online
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· Score: 3, Interesting
Or do you need to get, say, a cable modem or whatever. The most annoying thing about getting consoles online is that you always needed to use a spesific ISP or whatever, even though I've always had an always on ethernet connection to the 'net (well, since I've been in the doorms, anyway)
I've been wondering why there havn't been more options to use voice in online computer games... or has that changed in the past year or so?
In any event, I think the option of voice communication will bring a whole new dimension to online gaming. It'll be intresting to see how it all plays out.
It would also be pretty cool to see games like starcraft use voice recognition rather then complex keyboard commands do things.
While that kind of thing is apperantly common in Germany (including charging the person you're suing) I don't belive law firms can just go off and sue people on their clients behalf without their knowlage in the US.
"While looking around on Microsoft's site checking out the new Tablet PCs I noticed something very out of Place. In one of their Flash Demos for the Tablet PC there is an Apple Powerbook 1400! To see it for yourself, the flash is located here (then "Tablet PC Overview Demo," then "Tablet PC," then "Powerful") The first computer is really that Powerbook! Pic here."
OH MY GOD
This is the biggest news of the century!!!! FACINATING!
I think the Unisys patent is a patent regarding the 'idea' of compressing something in that particular manner, and has nothing to do with the actual code thats written. For example if thought up TV, and patented the idea of using scanlines to produce an image, it wouldn't mater how the TV was made.
The problem with the steam engine was that there was prior art dating back to the roman empire.
Do you think thats any diffrent from the real world? The latch on my razor scooter is patented. The jewel case is patented, the little push-button DVD relise mechanism is patented, etc, etc.
People patent all kinds of crazy shit, and lots of it is very obvious. That dosn't mean that no one should be able to patent anything. And the fact that there are obvious software tricks being patented dosn't mean software should never be patented.
Not only do they need to 'log on', but they need to keep logging on (like fark) or have their log on tied to an IP address. For huge sites this becomes a major headache, as it requires HUGE Databases of pointless information.
Really, why should I have to store gigs of data so that people can chose what background color or what kind of porn they want to see when they visit my site?
Hrm, I take it you can setup a p3p thing in the same way you setup a cookies.txt. Just drop the thing in the right URL?
Are there any tools out there that let you edit a p3p XML file quickly and easily? I'm to lazy to look up the specs and edit an XML file in notepad right now (and I have other things to do).
At first I was a little confused, after all digital outputs allow high quality transfer without buying insanely expensive 'super cables' or whatever for connection, but are there any digital audio interfaces that would actually allow the signal to be reproduced at its true resolution?
It would be kind of retarded to have SACD audio down sampled to 44.1khz 16bit PCM so that it can be pumped over a fiber line.
When someone beats you by ten years it has nothing to do with software paradigms.
That isn't what they asked.
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Is Mac OS X Slow?
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They wanted to know if MacOS seemed slow to the users on mid-range macs. Not if it would be 'theoretically fast' based on the technology.
Basically what they really need to know is 'interface latency'. How long between when you click and when something happens. Things like Vector engines are not going to help this.
While the P4/Athlon and (I assume) G4 can all run more then one instruction at once (not just one) that's irrelevant, what is being asked here is if the OS is slow for the hardware it's running on. Win95 would be blazing fast on a p3-500 with 128 megs of ram, but XP would run like a hog on the same machine.
Since I seriously doubt anyone has any kind of actual measurements this is basically going to be nothing more then a page-view generating flamewar on slashdot.
You know the interesting thing about fonts is that they can't be copyrighted, only trademarked under US law. It seems a bit weird, until you realize the implications... font owners would be able to have some control over any documented printed with their fonts.
On the other hand, font making people have tried to claim that their fonts are 'software' and thus copyrightable. But if you made a duplicate font 'by hand' it would be legal... but you would have to call it something else, as 'times new roman' and 'verdana' are trademarks of various font providers.
Another ramification of this is that you can get really cheap fonts for your computer that look exactly the same as some of the most expensive ones.
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But I bet OSDN won't be around to see it :P
I don't know how much money M$ spent on IE, but whatever you say about them, it was well programed and stable. You're certanly right about Netscape being fat and lazy. People don't want a browser that's going to crash every five minutes. (nor do they want one that takes five minute to load, not that IE wouldn't if you loaded it seperately, I would guess).
It's not like you can't compete against Microsoft, but you need to have a quality product if you want to.
Do we really want Linux to be associated with people who sport mullets?
Is that worse then being associated with smelly dorks who sit around playing D&D and obsess about star track and buffy all day?
Hey India wouldn't be a poor country if they didn't let religon rule there lives.
America wouldn't be a poor country if we didn't let scissors rule our lives.
Actually, I think it is possible to create a DRM-Happy world. Just put PKI on everything and encrypt everything with it. Use decently sized keys, etc. If you manage figure out how to get the private key out of a device, the bad guys just need to refuse to re-certify that device and give it a new private key (all of these devices will need some kind of network connection. Could be a big boon to pervasive wifi...)
Of course, all of the information will be able to be 'downgraded' to old formats by redigitizing the analog signal. But with legislation like SSSCA/CDPTPA (or whatever) anything that can do that is illegal. illegal doesn't mean inaccessible, but it's probably good enough for the RIAA/MPAA/Microsoft.
It won't be perfict, but you can't have perfectly secure communication either (what with keyboard sniffers and the like). That doesn't mean you can't get very, very close.
People can just rip those CDs to MP3. Most car sterios play CD-Rom's full of MP3s these days.
:P
Nevermind that this is exactly what the technology is supposed to prevent. It certanly dosn't
I remember reading in boot magazine back in high school when AGP was coming first coming out, some graphics company was working on a spec for graphics chip sockets on motherboards. They figured it would allow for faster bandwidth, and make it easier to build imbedded video onto motherboards (just take out the socket, and solder on the chip :P)
Anyway, I'm wondering if maybe the time for that hasn't come, I mean wit the insane cooling these new cards need. I mean, really. I remember surprise the first time I saw a graphics chip with a heat sink! Now cards these days need more cooling then my first CPU (and that was a Pentium 75 by the way). I don't think slots are really the best place to put these things.
IE the founder of the EEF and the guy who refuses to close is open mail relay?
Yeah, but can you explain why 'uncle owen' didn't recognize the droids? And why the hell wouldn't the droids recognize him or anyone else?
Or do you need to get, say, a cable modem or whatever. The most annoying thing about getting consoles online is that you always needed to use a spesific ISP or whatever, even though I've always had an always on ethernet connection to the 'net (well, since I've been in the doorms, anyway)
I've been wondering why there havn't been more options to use voice in online computer games... or has that changed in the past year or so?
In any event, I think the option of voice communication will bring a whole new dimension to online gaming. It'll be intresting to see how it all plays out.
It would also be pretty cool to see games like starcraft use voice recognition rather then complex keyboard commands do things.
While that kind of thing is apperantly common in Germany (including charging the person you're suing) I don't belive law firms can just go off and sue people on their clients behalf without their knowlage in the US.
Fadden, your childhood family orgy
God these bastards are annoying...
"While looking around on Microsoft's site checking out the new Tablet PCs I noticed something very out of Place. In one of their Flash Demos for the Tablet PC there is an Apple Powerbook 1400! To see it for yourself, the flash is located here (then "Tablet PC Overview Demo," then "Tablet PC," then "Powerful") The first computer is really that Powerbook! Pic here."
OH MY GOD
This is the biggest news of the century!!!! FACINATING!
I think that page may be somewhat out of date. IBM doesn't even make hard drives after their disastrous 75gxp...
I think the Unisys patent is a patent regarding the 'idea' of compressing something in that particular manner, and has nothing to do with the actual code thats written. For example if thought up TV, and patented the idea of using scanlines to produce an image, it wouldn't mater how the TV was made.
The problem with the steam engine was that there was prior art dating back to the roman empire.
Your IQ is 138, and you don't know the difference between 'losers' and 'loosers?' Riiight. Maybe you'll figure it out by the time you finish Grade 9.
There is no correlation between spelling ability and intelligence. The only thing your post proved is your own stupidity.
Do you think thats any diffrent from the real world? The latch on my razor scooter is patented. The jewel case is patented, the little push-button DVD relise mechanism is patented, etc, etc.
People patent all kinds of crazy shit, and lots of it is very obvious. That dosn't mean that no one should be able to patent anything. And the fact that there are obvious software tricks being patented dosn't mean software should never be patented.
Not only do they need to 'log on', but they need to keep logging on (like fark) or have their log on tied to an IP address. For huge sites this becomes a major headache, as it requires HUGE Databases of pointless information.
Really, why should I have to store gigs of data so that people can chose what background color or what kind of porn they want to see when they visit my site?
Hrm, I take it you can setup a p3p thing in the same way you setup a cookies.txt. Just drop the thing in the right URL?
Are there any tools out there that let you edit a p3p XML file quickly and easily? I'm to lazy to look up the specs and edit an XML file in notepad right now (and I have other things to do).
At first I was a little confused, after all digital outputs allow high quality transfer without buying insanely expensive 'super cables' or whatever for connection, but are there any digital audio interfaces that would actually allow the signal to be reproduced at its true resolution?
It would be kind of retarded to have SACD audio down sampled to 44.1khz 16bit PCM so that it can be pumped over a fiber line.
When someone beats you by ten years it has nothing to do with software paradigms.
They wanted to know if MacOS seemed slow to the users on mid-range macs. Not if it would be 'theoretically fast' based on the technology.
Basically what they really need to know is 'interface latency'. How long between when you click and when something happens. Things like Vector engines are not going to help this.
While the P4/Athlon and (I assume) G4 can all run more then one instruction at once (not just one) that's irrelevant, what is being asked here is if the OS is slow for the hardware it's running on. Win95 would be blazing fast on a p3-500 with 128 megs of ram, but XP would run like a hog on the same machine.
Since I seriously doubt anyone has any kind of actual measurements this is basically going to be nothing more then a page-view generating flamewar on slashdot.
I thought you could just download that of the M$ homepage? Has something changed or is this a diffrent product they were after?
You know the interesting thing about fonts is that they can't be copyrighted, only trademarked under US law. It seems a bit weird, until you realize the implications... font owners would be able to have some control over any documented printed with their fonts.
On the other hand, font making people have tried to claim that their fonts are 'software' and thus copyrightable. But if you made a duplicate font 'by hand' it would be legal... but you would have to call it something else, as 'times new roman' and 'verdana' are trademarks of various font providers.
Another ramification of this is that you can get really cheap fonts for your computer that look exactly the same as some of the most expensive ones.