Actualy, when the Human Genome first got online, I downloaded the thing as an 800mb zip file. Because I could. It was only a few gigs uncompressed. Unless you needed to store the whole genome for a couple people (rather then, say, diffs) current tech works fine. Hrm, a little odd knowing that the whole Human Genome is only about four or five times the size of a Divx movie.
not like that matters to Big Media. They have ways of getting around anything that interrupts their cash flow
Well, what about the other big media company? The one that would have to pay a shitload of money to remake and edit AP3?
Actualy, a settlement will probably end up taking place. Legaly, I don't see how Goldmember couldn't go forward, Austin Powers as always been a parody of James Bond type movies...
I thought the concept had a lot of potential, but from the trailers, it looked way over the top cheezy and stupid. I was kinda tempted to see it, hoping the people who made the trailer were just dumb, but after katz's revew... I dunno.
Actually, I remember seeing someone port Melissa to Linux as a shellscript (rather then a VBscript) on k5 a while back. Sure, the user would have to manually save it and run it, since most Linux mail apps wouldn't do it for you, but the code was still there.
Also, there have been a few viruses on Linux, to say otherwise is the height of idiocy. Just do a damn google search.
As far as spyware goes? Yeh, there is none (that we know off...) But that doesn't mean that there won't be in the future. There's no technical reason why it couldn't be there.
OS X with it's standard Unix system would be much more difficult for a Virus to infect, as opposed to OS9, and prior, which let any app spawn all over anything in memory...
According to the artical, the military is already using UWB. I don't know why they would care, I don't see why UWB would cause problems for SS, and anyway, I'm sure the military would be using good digital encryption for anything important now.
I don't think you mean to say DNS entries shouldn't be owned -- in the absence of ownership (more likely a lease from the resolution service owner who then effectively owns the domain names), how could you guarantee that yoursite.com would still point to your site, next week? If the name is not owned, there's nothing to stop anybody from reusing it at will.
Um, a service contract? I mean, I could add an entry to my DNS server saying that 'yoursite.com' pointed to autopr0n.com, and anyone using that for lookups would go there. You don't a domain name, you own a domain name on ICANN's system. Anyone can setup their own systems and do whatever they want to with it. That's what makes your CPU argument a couple posts back lame too. If you want more CPU just go buy some more, you don't need to use other peoples. There is an unlimited supply. There is an unlimited supply of DNS systems people can use to. (and for all practical purposes there is an unlimited number of domain names people can use on ICANN's system)
With radio frequency, there is only a limited space. And while the same is true with land on the earth (the most basic form of property) there is a lot more land then RF.
And if cringinly is right, UWB could transform radio frequency from a limited, to an unlimited and free resource for anyone to use. without practically interfering with regular broadcasts. Not allowing people to use it because of the current investments in technology is criminal.
I mean, if UWB really can deliver on it's potential, then why the hell should we stime it just so people who have invested in outdated technology can profit? That's moronic. Look, I mean if you own land and the government wants to put down a highway or a railroad, then they will. They just have to pay you for it.
The idea that we should hold back a huge technological advance on account of some moronic idea that people can 'own' mathimatical descriptions of b-feild flux is incredibly stupid.
He certanly seems taken with the technology. It would certanly be cool if this technology did free us of all our technological woes, but given that I'm not really a radio engineer, I'll remain skeptical untill it happens:)
Anyway, it would certanly be cool if it were true, but I do have trouble beliving that even if it were the FCC would let all that bandwidth go for free, I mean, I bet even if UWB does end up in wide use, it'll still be controlled by the same local monopolies that controll bandwidth now...
You can download and view the source to WinCE, but you can't legaly do anything with it.
But anyway, that question is kind of stupid. I mean you could have asked the same thing about linux on the desktop a couple of years ago, I mean we had macOS and windows and Unix for people to use.
And I think that the really important thing to remember here is that, for the most part, PDAs are toys. Even the loweliest, most out of date used Palm could do just about anything you really needed organizer wise. People buy these things because they're fun. Sure, they might not admit it, but you really don't need a PC you can fit in your pocket that can play MP3s and Divx movies. People want those things because it's fun.
And Linux is fun for some people. It's also cheaper then licensing WinCE or Palm (and it gets you free play on slashdot:P). I mean the whole point of a PDA is to have something 'cool' really, and for some people linux does make it cooler. If people are willing to buy these things, why not use Linux?
(Btw, I just hate people who always have to ask 'do we really need this' I mean, do we really need anything do we need video game systems, or fast cars or DVD players?)
Well, I don't know you can't really tell from the pictures, but it might be that you just push up and down buttons like a joystick. I think turning a wheel for each letter would probably get old quick.
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Actualy, when the Human Genome first got online, I downloaded the thing as an 800mb zip file. Because I could. It was only a few gigs uncompressed. Unless you needed to store the whole genome for a couple people (rather then, say, diffs) current tech works fine. Hrm, a little odd knowing that the whole Human Genome is only about four or five times the size of a Divx movie.
He married an ax murderer!
mike myers was born in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada.
not like that matters to Big Media. They have ways of getting around anything that interrupts their cash flow
Well, what about the other big media company? The one that would have to pay a shitload of money to remake and edit AP3?
Actualy, a settlement will probably end up taking place. Legaly, I don't see how Goldmember couldn't go forward, Austin Powers as always been a parody of James Bond type movies...
First, sony was getting support calls on people who wouldn't give up their stuff after taking the money.
Second, it upsets the dynamic of the game if rich people who can afford to buy this crap do so.
Looks like 'ww' isn't a valid domain in *.slashdot.org world. I got redirected to MSN, from IE.
Slashdot should really add automatic linking. What the fuck is up with all these people posting text links when they can do HTML!?!
Simple. Who needs knowledge when you could have money?
If you patent something, then you are by definition sharing it. Patents are public, for all to see
Actualy, I don't think katz is getting paid for posting stuff on here.
I thought the concept had a lot of potential, but from the trailers, it looked way over the top cheezy and stupid. I was kinda tempted to see it, hoping the people who made the trailer were just dumb, but after katz's revew... I dunno.
Actually, I remember seeing someone port Melissa to Linux as a shellscript (rather then a VBscript) on k5 a while back. Sure, the user would have to manually save it and run it, since most Linux mail apps wouldn't do it for you, but the code was still there.
Also, there have been a few viruses on Linux, to say otherwise is the height of idiocy. Just do a damn google search.
As far as spyware goes? Yeh, there is none (that we know off...) But that doesn't mean that there won't be in the future. There's no technical reason why it couldn't be there.
OS X with it's standard Unix system would be much more difficult for a Virus to infect, as opposed to OS9, and prior, which let any app spawn all over anything in memory...
On the topic of bitrates, I rip all my CDs at 320kbps. Now that's quality :)
If by 'quality' you mean 'inaudible waste of space'
Yay, I think it would be just so much fun to play a game where people who are rich in the real world are at an advantage. Not.
You download the software, you get the hardware out of your mom's attic :P
By charging for their compiler, they acomplish two things:
1) They make money off people who can afford it
2) They make money off people who can't, and thus need to buy a faster PC.
That number seems a bit off. 700 for 10,000 users?
According to the artical, the military is already using UWB. I don't know why they would care, I don't see why UWB would cause problems for SS, and anyway, I'm sure the military would be using good digital encryption for anything important now.
I don't think you mean to say DNS entries shouldn't be owned -- in the absence of ownership (more likely a lease from the resolution service owner who then effectively owns the domain names), how could you guarantee that yoursite.com would still point to your site, next week? If the name is not owned, there's nothing to stop anybody from reusing it at will.
Um, a service contract? I mean, I could add an entry to my DNS server saying that 'yoursite.com' pointed to autopr0n.com, and anyone using that for lookups would go there. You don't a domain name, you own a domain name on ICANN's system. Anyone can setup their own systems and do whatever they want to with it. That's what makes your CPU argument a couple posts back lame too. If you want more CPU just go buy some more, you don't need to use other peoples. There is an unlimited supply. There is an unlimited supply of DNS systems people can use to. (and for all practical purposes there is an unlimited number of domain names people can use on ICANN's system)
With radio frequency, there is only a limited space. And while the same is true with land on the earth (the most basic form of property) there is a lot more land then RF.
And if cringinly is right, UWB could transform radio frequency from a limited, to an unlimited and free resource for anyone to use. without practically interfering with regular broadcasts. Not allowing people to use it because of the current investments in technology is criminal.
How can you own a frequency?
I mean, if UWB really can deliver on it's potential, then why the hell should we stime it just so people who have invested in outdated technology can profit? That's moronic. Look, I mean if you own land and the government wants to put down a highway or a railroad, then they will. They just have to pay you for it.
The idea that we should hold back a huge technological advance on account of some moronic idea that people can 'own' mathimatical descriptions of b-feild flux is incredibly stupid.
He certanly seems taken with the technology. It would certanly be cool if this technology did free us of all our technological woes, but given that I'm not really a radio engineer, I'll remain skeptical untill it happens :)
Anyway, it would certanly be cool if it were true, but I do have trouble beliving that even if it were the FCC would let all that bandwidth go for free, I mean, I bet even if UWB does end up in wide use, it'll still be controlled by the same local monopolies that controll bandwidth now...
You can download and view the source to WinCE, but you can't legaly do anything with it.
:P). I mean the whole point of a PDA is to have something 'cool' really, and for some people linux does make it cooler. If people are willing to buy these things, why not use Linux?
But anyway, that question is kind of stupid. I mean you could have asked the same thing about linux on the desktop a couple of years ago, I mean we had macOS and windows and Unix for people to use.
And I think that the really important thing to remember here is that, for the most part, PDAs are toys. Even the loweliest, most out of date used Palm could do just about anything you really needed organizer wise. People buy these things because they're fun. Sure, they might not admit it, but you really don't need a PC you can fit in your pocket that can play MP3s and Divx movies. People want those things because it's fun.
And Linux is fun for some people. It's also cheaper then licensing WinCE or Palm (and it gets you free play on slashdot
(Btw, I just hate people who always have to ask 'do we really need this' I mean, do we really need anything do we need video game systems, or fast cars or DVD players?)
Well, I don't know you can't really tell from the pictures, but it might be that you just push up and down buttons like a joystick. I think turning a wheel for each letter would probably get old quick.
I was talking about the mobo's not the pci slots. Anyway, what I was refering to was the google 'excerpt' thing you see under a heading:
... supplies. Additionally, two backwards compatible 64-bit PCI ... A AMD Athlon(TM) XP/ Athlon(TM)/
Duron(TM) processor. 200 ... PC1600 ECC / non-ECC DDR DIMM 2 ...
etc.
Actualy I belive most processors can switch between modes, so you can use big or little endian. I think thats the way itanium will work