I agree with the above poster's comment about the fact that it look likes a case mod of a normal Palm. I don't see why a Palm with a small foldable keyboard isn't just as good as this, and cheaper too. This is not even close to a cheap replacement of laptops, but merily a weak replacement of Palmtops.
"He once appeared at a scout meeting with a bright orange face caused by an overdose of canthaxanthin, which he was taking to test methods of artificial tanning."
"Kathy then forbade David from experimenting in her home." That means no more boy scout sleepovers okay David?
"Sure, they thought it was odd that David often wore a gas mask in the shed and would sometimes discard his clothing after working there until two in the morning, but they chalked it up to their own limited education."
"I never saw him turn green or glow in the dark,"
"He majored in metallurgy but skipped many of his classes and spent much of the day in bed or driving in circles around their block.". ???
I think the whole running around killing monsters thing is getting old. That's why Quake III is such a hit for multiplayer gaming but isn't all that exciting when played level-by-level. I think Return to Castle Wolfenstein is one of the best 3D action shoot-'em-up games to come out in a long time. Parts of the plot are far-fetched, but a lot of it is at least somewhat believeable, and at least to soem extent based on real things, like the Nazis, and spies in WWII times. It rules, that's all I'm saying, and think they put effort into making more series like this (with new plot lines) instead of making a 3rd sequel to DOOM.
Come to Vancouver, mildest temperatures all year round. Don't let those Torontonians fool you...it may be damn hot in Toronto in the summer (too hot...and muggy too), but it gets damn cold in the winter. In Vancouver it rarely drops below freezing in winter. Usually it is above 10 degrees Celsius, which is what, 50 degrees Fahrenheit?
Did anyone find anything on their website about future availability in Canada? I couldn't see anything myself. Is there anything similar to this available in Canada right now?
How can it possibly cost that much money per mile? I can't see fibre optic cabling within residential neighborhoods (for example) costing much more than the cost of putting up some telephone lines. The cost you are quoting is probably for heavy-duty longhaul cabling, the kind of stuff that 360Networks was doing. They were using train tracks across Canada and the had a train rigged with a large plow hanging off one side. They would then lay down some large pipes (I presume) which would house the fibre optics cables and maybe other things (like some power lines to power the lasers in the EDFA amplifiers). Then they would fill the trench. The costs of doing all of this was of course a huge undertaking, probably closer to the costs of building a gas pipeline rather than the costs of put some overhead wires in a residential neighborhood. The value you are quoting probably also includes the cost of laying oversea cables, which is also hugely expensive. I could be wrong on some of this, but I used to invest in 360networks, so I kind of know a little bit about what goes on. But I apologize if any of my facts are not bang-on.
That is one of the funniest things I have ever seen! Did you see the pic with the real live train wizzing by in the background! That would have looked really funny if you were the one inside the train watching that guy on his monorail.
Just imagine the real estate ad when the guy tries to sell the place: "3 bedroom, 2 baths, large kitchen, livingroom, backyard with pool, surrounded by a large garden, and a wooden monorail track which circles the house. Perfect for getting from the basketball court to the pool. It may take longer than walking, but it's fun!"
Looks like they had to take it offline for some convoluted reason. (I don't read legalese).
After a long period of deliberation on the matter, Broadcast 2000 has been removed from public access due to excessive liability.
In recent months the line between warranty exemption and liability has become increasingly blurred as more companies have liquidated and more individuals have begun to seek compensation.
We've already seen several organizations win lawsuits against GPL/warranty free software writers because of damage that software caused to the organization. Several involved the RIAA vs mp3/p2p software writers. Several involved the MPAA vs media player authors. You might say that warranty exemption has become quite meaningless in today's economy.
While not related to either of these cases the distribution of Broadcast 2000 enhanced to unacceptable levels the risk of an individual experiencing significant financial damage due to the extremely expensive nature of high end video production and the high risk inherent in professional video business marketing.
This has forced us to reconsider our liability protection at this time. We still plan to continue offering minor works for download and in the coming years, as the liability issues surrounding open source software are resolved, we expect to issue newer major works.
Where's my heroine warrior when I need him? sob.:-(
Have there really been lawsuits agains GPL/warranty free software beacuse of damage that software caused to such and such corporation? This sounds like a farce to me. And what does this mean, "While not related to either of these cases the distribution of Broadcast 2000 enhanced to unacceptable levels the risk of an individual experiencing significant financial damage due to the extremely expensive nature of high end video production and the high risk inherent in professional video business marketing"
I think someone like Richard Stallman or one of those hardcore open source/freesoftware guys should talk to these guys and knock some sense into them. Hey, I just thought of something...if they made their software GPL at one time in the past, then their source code must be floating around somewhere...unless they didn't distribute the source, which would mean they never were GPL, or were just violating GPL.
Sure the hardware isn't quite Linux supported yet, but at least there are some lower-end cards out there that are supported. So it looks like for the home user the hardware and software is somewhat there. And what about for high-end? Well supposedly Linux is already being used for editing movies (including LOTR). I'm not sure how they get their video onto the computers though, but there must be some way to do it I guess.
So I guess this hardware is special because it is specifically targetted at Linux, but as far as breaking Linux into the video editing market...I think that already happened a little bit so far. And it's not going to get any better with a $3000 USD card.
This will be good for student solar car projects, which in a way are paving the way for new age solar cars in the future. They are plagued by the high costs of the solar cells though...
Satellites are expensive. Remember Iridium? Don't be confused...that web link is for the new Iridium, which bought all of the old Iridium's assets after it launched a ton of satellites and went bankrupt. What's wrong with fibre optic landlines? And maybe a fibre optic line into your house one day?
One thing holding back Mozilla from widespread use by the average non-geek user, is that getting all plugins to work is not always easy in Windows at least. For example if you install RealPlayer 8, you won't get the plugin. You have to have Netscaple 4.x installed in Windows. RealPlayer will detec the Netscape 4.x directory and install the plugin. I have never tried creating these empty directories, because I assumed it actually relied on some registry entry for Netscape 4.x
And the biggest plugin annoyance of all time....installing a JRE. For the non-geek user this is just a pain. They don't want to have to download and install this as well as the browser. It makes things too complicated. I wonder if an open source JRE like Blackdown.org's JRE with the Mozilla could be included with Mozilla.
Also, Shockwave Flash has to be installed afterwards as well. IE on the other hand includes this in their browser. IE basically works out of the box, Mozilla doesn't. And the auto-plugin-installer crap doesn't work perfectly yet.
I think Opera is probably beating out Moz on Windows machines. Not sure about Netscape 6, it is probably second place. Opera is way ahead of the game in Windows, compared to Linux. Version 6 of Opera for Windows came out a long time ago, but Version 6 beta for Linux just came out a while ago.
WHAT! Mozilla has a mouse gestures package! Where?
Or were you just referring to the future...
yeah, I always go for tabbing, it rules. I'm still waiting for Moz to have the ability to create a new tab with the same history and current page as the previous tab. Sort of like Opera's Duplicate window feature. IE has always done this of course.
"Many people will try Mozilla for the first time in 1.0. People more than ever need to go out there and download [linux [mozilla.org], mac [mozilla.org], win32 [mozilla.org]], test, and give bug reports [mozilla.org]"
Yes I totally recommend doing a bug report if there is something about Mozilla that you really hate. Bugzilla is excellent, and far nicer than OpenOffice.org's IssueZilla. I don't know why, I just hate IssueZilla, it never works well for me, and seems slower.
I've been submitting bug reports for Mozilla for a while now. Sometimes I miss a previous bug, and so mine ends up being a duplicate, but I actually managed to find 2 unique bugs already (in composer), and they got implemented in 0.9.9! It was really cool to have helped made an improvement, without doing any programming.
You can also vote on bugs. This is a great way to tell the developers which bugs you want to see fixed.
Congratulations to the all the developers who have made Mozilla into a great stable browser (and better than Konquerer in my opinion, at least at viewing a lot of the websites I frequent). However, I think the main thing that is holding back this amazing browser is its speed. It is too slow at rendering pages, too slow at going back/forward through cached pages, and too slow to start up (although there is a quickstart feature for Windows, but not in Linux AFAIK).
Until it approaches Opera for speed, it will still be not a preferred browser. Opera's mouse gestures are also an excellent feature which help improve browsing speed. I think that improving Mozilla's speed should be the developers main focus going forward.
Yeah, they suck, but CorelDraw was good in its time. Think about where they would be WITHOUT piracy. With customers pirating from all companies, the companies who prevent pirating are at a big disadvantage.
Here's a lame analogy. There are lots of adult "free password" sites. Supposedly these are actually set up by the adult web sites themselves. They throw a few passwords out there, even though their own web sites say "don't share your password with anyone or you'll be your account will be suspended". This is their way of promoting their website, it gets more subscribers for them. Software companies do the same by allowing a bit of piracy here and there to promote their product. Same thing as when they give out free software at events.
Wow, the screenshots looks pretty nice. I can't wait until we are into officially stable versions. Will Mozilla ever include this with Mozilla builds? Actually I guess if it is a straight plugin, this wouldn't matter.
Just a question for you guys. If I use the Mozilla xpi install, as opposed to the RPM version, I should then download the xpi version of Enigmail right?
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I agree with the above poster's comment about the fact that it look likes a case mod of a normal Palm. I don't see why a Palm with a small foldable keyboard isn't just as good as this, and cheaper too. This is not even close to a cheap replacement of laptops, but merily a weak replacement of Palmtops.
Was he ever glowing green at school?
"He once appeared at a scout meeting with a bright orange face caused by an overdose of canthaxanthin, which he was taking to test methods of artificial tanning."
"Kathy then forbade David from experimenting in her home." That means no more boy scout sleepovers okay David?
"Sure, they thought it was odd that David often wore a gas mask in the shed and would sometimes discard his clothing after working there until two in the morning, but they chalked it up to their own limited education."
"I never saw him turn green or glow in the dark,"
"He majored in metallurgy but skipped many of his classes and spent much of the day in bed or driving in circles around their block.". ???
Hey, if they keep copy-protecting artists like Celine Dion and Phil Collins, that's fine by me. Just don't shut down FastTrack.
I have delayed in purchasing a DVD player due to the price. But this latest development should help decrease the price even more! Woohoo.
I think the whole running around killing monsters thing is getting old. That's why Quake III is such a hit for multiplayer gaming but isn't all that exciting when played level-by-level. I think Return to Castle Wolfenstein is one of the best 3D action shoot-'em-up games to come out in a long time. Parts of the plot are far-fetched, but a lot of it is at least somewhat believeable, and at least to soem extent based on real things, like the Nazis, and spies in WWII times. It rules, that's all I'm saying, and think they put effort into making more series like this (with new plot lines) instead of making a 3rd sequel to DOOM.
Come to Vancouver, mildest temperatures all year round. Don't let those Torontonians fool you...it may be damn hot in Toronto in the summer (too hot...and muggy too), but it gets damn cold in the winter. In Vancouver it rarely drops below freezing in winter. Usually it is above 10 degrees Celsius, which is what, 50 degrees Fahrenheit?
Did anyone find anything on their website about future availability in Canada? I couldn't see anything myself. Is there anything similar to this available in Canada right now?
How can it possibly cost that much money per mile? I can't see fibre optic cabling within residential neighborhoods (for example) costing much more than the cost of putting up some telephone lines. The cost you are quoting is probably for heavy-duty longhaul cabling, the kind of stuff that 360Networks was doing. They were using train tracks across Canada and the had a train rigged with a large plow hanging off one side. They would then lay down some large pipes (I presume) which would house the fibre optics cables and maybe other things (like some power lines to power the lasers in the EDFA amplifiers). Then they would fill the trench. The costs of doing all of this was of course a huge undertaking, probably closer to the costs of building a gas pipeline rather than the costs of put some overhead wires in a residential neighborhood. The value you are quoting probably also includes the cost of laying oversea cables, which is also hugely expensive. I could be wrong on some of this, but I used to invest in 360networks, so I kind of know a little bit about what goes on. But I apologize if any of my facts are not bang-on.
Just imagine the real estate ad when the guy tries to sell the place: "3 bedroom, 2 baths, large kitchen, livingroom, backyard with pool, surrounded by a large garden, and a wooden monorail track which circles the house. Perfect for getting from the basketball court to the pool. It may take longer than walking, but it's fun!"
Enough, enough already.
Sorry, my post above appears to be a re-post of LinuxParanoid's post above. I guess I was still typing while he posted his. oops
After a long period of deliberation on the matter, Broadcast 2000 has been removed from public access due to excessive liability. In recent months the line between warranty exemption and liability has become increasingly blurred as more companies have liquidated and more individuals have begun to seek compensation. We've already seen several organizations win lawsuits against GPL/warranty free software writers because of damage that software caused to the organization. Several involved the RIAA vs mp3/p2p software writers. Several involved the MPAA vs media player authors. You might say that warranty exemption has become quite meaningless in today's economy. While not related to either of these cases the distribution of Broadcast 2000 enhanced to unacceptable levels the risk of an individual experiencing significant financial damage due to the extremely expensive nature of high end video production and the high risk inherent in professional video business marketing. This has forced us to reconsider our liability protection at this time. We still plan to continue offering minor works for download and in the coming years, as the liability issues surrounding open source software are resolved, we expect to issue newer major works.
from Broadcast 2000 message
Where's my heroine warrior when I need him? sob. :-(
Have there really been lawsuits agains GPL/warranty free software beacuse of damage that software caused to such and such corporation? This sounds like a farce to me. And what does this mean, "While not related to either of these cases the distribution of Broadcast 2000 enhanced to unacceptable levels the risk of an individual experiencing significant financial damage due to the extremely expensive nature of high end video production and the high risk inherent in professional video business marketing"
I think someone like Richard Stallman or one of those hardcore open source/freesoftware guys should talk to these guys and knock some sense into them. Hey, I just thought of something...if they made their software GPL at one time in the past, then their source code must be floating around somewhere...unless they didn't distribute the source, which would mean they never were GPL, or were just violating GPL.
I thought they already did? Some Linux Journal article about Broadcast 2000 and aA list of supported video capture cards for Linux
Sure the hardware isn't quite Linux supported yet, but at least there are some lower-end cards out there that are supported. So it looks like for the home user the hardware and software is somewhat there. And what about for high-end? Well supposedly Linux is already being used for editing movies (including LOTR). I'm not sure how they get their video onto the computers though, but there must be some way to do it I guess.
So I guess this hardware is special because it is specifically targetted at Linux, but as far as breaking Linux into the video editing market...I think that already happened a little bit so far. And it's not going to get any better with a $3000 USD card.
This will be good for student solar car projects, which in a way are paving the way for new age solar cars in the future. They are plagued by the high costs of the solar cells though...
Satellites are expensive. Remember Iridium? Don't be confused...that web link is for the new Iridium, which bought all of the old Iridium's assets after it launched a ton of satellites and went bankrupt. What's wrong with fibre optic landlines? And maybe a fibre optic line into your house one day?
Everyone's favourite? Intel's not inside my computer.
AMD rules!
And the biggest plugin annoyance of all time....installing a JRE. For the non-geek user this is just a pain. They don't want to have to download and install this as well as the browser. It makes things too complicated. I wonder if an open source JRE like Blackdown.org's JRE with the Mozilla could be included with Mozilla.
Also, Shockwave Flash has to be installed afterwards as well. IE on the other hand includes this in their browser. IE basically works out of the box, Mozilla doesn't. And the auto-plugin-installer crap doesn't work perfectly yet.
I think Opera is probably beating out Moz on Windows machines. Not sure about Netscape 6, it is probably second place. Opera is way ahead of the game in Windows, compared to Linux. Version 6 of Opera for Windows came out a long time ago, but Version 6 beta for Linux just came out a while ago.
Or were you just referring to the future...
yeah, I always go for tabbing, it rules. I'm still waiting for Moz to have the ability to create a new tab with the same history and current page as the previous tab. Sort of like Opera's Duplicate window feature. IE has always done this of course.
Yes I totally recommend doing a bug report if there is something about Mozilla that you really hate. Bugzilla is excellent, and far nicer than OpenOffice.org's IssueZilla. I don't know why, I just hate IssueZilla, it never works well for me, and seems slower.
I've been submitting bug reports for Mozilla for a while now. Sometimes I miss a previous bug, and so mine ends up being a duplicate, but I actually managed to find 2 unique bugs already (in composer), and they got implemented in 0.9.9! It was really cool to have helped made an improvement, without doing any programming.
You can also vote on bugs. This is a great way to tell the developers which bugs you want to see fixed.
They actually released their first version 6 beta 1 a while ago.
Until it approaches Opera for speed, it will still be not a preferred browser. Opera's mouse gestures are also an excellent feature which help improve browsing speed. I think that improving Mozilla's speed should be the developers main focus going forward.
Here's a lame analogy. There are lots of adult "free password" sites. Supposedly these are actually set up by the adult web sites themselves. They throw a few passwords out there, even though their own web sites say "don't share your password with anyone or you'll be your account will be suspended". This is their way of promoting their website, it gets more subscribers for them. Software companies do the same by allowing a bit of piracy here and there to promote their product. Same thing as when they give out free software at events.
Just a question for you guys. If I use the Mozilla xpi install, as opposed to the RPM version, I should then download the xpi version of Enigmail right?