perhaps they could figure out something that will make it easier for little geek boys to talk to talk to little girls! Now THAT would be ADVANCEMENT!
Seriously, I can't think of anything "earth-shaking" about the PDA's that hasn't already been done.
The new wireless games / instant messages that are on phones now are much cooler than anything I've seen on a PDA! Perhaps they could do something like the previously commented wireless P2P for operation in a crowd. Or perhaps something like the "tamagachi" pets for singles!
How 'bout some type of "universal translator" unit, kinda a cross between IRC chat and babblefish? That could bring people together (or maybe not....I'm not sure how the fish would w how to translate "workin' it & doggin' it").
Whatever the app, the way to change the future is social not necessarily technical.
One of my former employers had a system that was really bad. They had 4 VCRs and 30 cameras running 24/7 to catch what they thought was EVERYTHING....you know, remote control cameras, frame switcher, auto tape switcher, all the toys.
Kinda funny thing happened, a co-worker had his car broken into only 2 stalls away from the camera (maybe 30 feet) in the front of the building. The tape showed it....just not in enough detail to know anything more than "the criminal was wearing some type of pants and a T-shirt"
I'm sure that it was pretty embarassing for our "security" person to explain to the police that the theft was caught on tape, but that the tape was wortless!
In this case, there's no possibility of catching employee theft either, because they couldn't tell who was who!
I think that in this case, the high framerate was irrelevent. 30 frames/sec. of fuzzy B/W blob is not good for anything, and really a waste of money, electricity, and materials. In this case, it was even worse because the camera provided a false sense of security....."of course nobody will break into my car, it's right next to the camera..."
I'd rather have a few really good stills to work from than an entire fuzzy B/W movie!
but I'd really like to see somebody sue these bastards! It seems to me that my personal information (and anyone else's for that matter) should be copyright to me! This is a clear violation, because they didn't even say what or how much they were collecting. That's not a contract!
Also, if they have EVER sent information about me back while in "secure" mode (https).....that's also a violation of the DMCA too, isn't it? That seems to be decryption/circumvention of digital security measures.
All of these rules that the lawyers have created must be put to good use!
".....command, I need a heavy lawyer bombardment on my current position. Drop all the suits you got!"
The wheels are already in motion now.....As I heard/read the other day, this is one of the most popular/hot-button issues with voters today...SPAM and Telemarketing...and since elections are just around the corner, look for this to become one of the places where our "courageous" law-makers can distinguish themselves!
Spammers and Telemarketers...."surrender must be immediate and unconditional, prepare to be boarded or destroyed"
I really love the quotes from the article....Like I should be worried about who is going to "push the button" and create a Yamhill......
"a small team of Intel engineers has been quietly working on a chip technology that the giant semiconductor maker hopes will never see the light of day."
This all sounds so very dangerous....kinda like Intel execs are hidden in a room deep in Cheyene Mountain....sitting on top of some springs!
"should we launch?"
...
"I don't think we have a choice..."
...
"They used the Hammer in a first-strike! We MUST respond with the Yamhill!"
Yeah...right.....just bring it out and let us decide!
I think that this might also be a really good bug fix/hacking tool. I can also remember something like this for the Apple II in years gone by. You could press a button and take a snapshot of all memory in the system. Then you could write the executable part to disk and pick up where you left off. Good for freezing a copy of a game or whatever.
This would also be good for tracking down bugs using the "before and after" technique.
Such a program could be tied into the UPS monitor in such a way as to save everything that couldn't be stopped.
Think about it....ICANN or whovever telling the real homeless people to "move along" and give up the cyber squat address!
I love the irony of this....some bum with a shopping cart and a small PalmVII "cyber squatting" in front of the new Seahawks stadium with disparaging remarks for all passers by.....
These new homeless cyber squatters could collect change through "Pay-Pal" and use it to order "Night-train" without ever leaving their corner!
I imagine there would be the usual trouble with "agressive websites" that go a little further than just asking for you to "one-click" a bottle of MD-20/20 for them. And how about the targeted demographics for attractive female passers-by....What would these new cyber-homeless use for cookies?
OK...Here are the exact prices off of ZDNet shopper:
XP Home -upgrade: 94
XP Home -full: 194
XP Pro -upgrade: 184
XP Pro -full: 244
It's pretty much like I said, if you want a full edition, you will be paying $200.....That's more than my CPU, Motherboard, HD, video card or memory.
Want to know why people are ready for a "Network appliance".....
$200 to $400 per OS installation is a pretty good reason that people are now ready for a "network appliance"! MS has just gone too far with XP...the pricing is ridiculus, and if people cant copy it mult. times around the house, what good is it? The cost of Windows has exceeded the cost of every other single componant in the system. As I read in the paper today (mainstream Seattle media), the average "Joe Blow" is also concerned about Microsoft spying on their activities! Their public image has slipped that far! Bill Gates has to advertise the new focus on security.....Now's the time to provide an alternative to the masses, strike while the iron is hot!
It's been said above (and I agree), AOL/TW owns CONTENT....that's their bread and butter....Microsoft has stratigicly placed themselves as "gatekeeper/tollkeeper" between AOL users and the "precious" content....As soon as the price of the OS starts cutting into the number of users that want AOL, they (AOL/TW) have a problem. Providing an additional "Free" route to the content is the answer!
I'm running Red Hat 7.1 now, and I thought the installation was a snap!....I'm pretty much a newbie (to Linux, used Unix in college on mainframe though), and I was really impressed how smooth everything went. With a little more polish (read cash infusion from AOL/TW) this could EASILY be as smooth for "Joe Blow" as Windows installation is! I'm not sure though if Aunt Tillie or Joe Blow is ready to build their own kernels though, but perhaps in time!
I personally would like to see more of a "joint development agreement" between RH and AOL. That way, RH would be free to persue other ventures and continue putting out distributions while at the same time enlisting the help of the AOL/TW giant. To me, it looks like they have a common enemy, but differing agenda. Why I like the "joint development agreement" is that they can help each other mutually, then when the job's done, part friends. Everybody wins and nobody is constrained. In fact, it's easy for me to see a special RH distribution with AOL whiz-bang's attached. Just add the extras on top and I think that all liscense agreements are still fine!
There's nothing more exciting to me than the vision of the government holding the Redmond bully down while AOL/TW kicks the shit out them!
When I first read this story, my first thought was...
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend", but I can't seem to get my mind all the way around this...so as I return from the store with a six-pack and a pint of Cherry Garcia to ponder on this.....
We could get a complete distribution on a free AOL DISK!.....everything.....imagine.....AOL/TW distributing Apache/Octave/Ximian...it's just too big.....There has got to be a catch! There is some downside, but I don't know what it it.....
Could this be the "securing" of the loose Linux cannon? AOL/TW would be in the cat-bird seat if the Hollings act or some similar goes through...no more open distributions, "you MUST buy either MS or AOL"
I don't think that it will be an outright battle....Microsoft is taking the usual "send them some work" approach to get into China. I read that in the Seattle Times today! Wait untill the MPAA opens a branch office in Ukraine, kinda like "Sundance on the Steppe."
Step 1) make deal with local vendor...
Step 2) Pay local company/official LOTS of money.....
Step 3) Lobby local officials with "It's local" speil, and threaten to leave/shutoff funds if something isn't done IMMEDIATLY!
Works EVERY time.
Kinda like the same practice that Boeing is using to sell airplanes....having parts of them made in Japan/China in order to get their business.
I've been through this more than a few times. What I've discovered during the process is that as an employee, I have power too.
I DO NOT expect anyone to keep me on as soon as my "lift-to-drag" ratio goes less than one!
I've just started really SHOPPING for employeers now. I charge more based upon what I have to give up. It's the turnabout on the republican ideal that got us here, and turnabout is fair play!
It's just this simple, don't like what you are getting from an employeer, leave! Give them the same 20min. "layoff" notice that I got last time! Delete everything from your box and walk out!
When the boss can't find qualified people to sit in that seat, they will either change their way's or go out of business......"that's the genius of capitalism" as quoted by our govt. officials. I say screw-em all!
It's cut-throat now, so look after yourself first!
Hey guys,
we could have this tooo...how about automatic, remote controled, random kernel rebuilds whenever "I" decide to do it! I don't know much, so you know that I won't publish any of my changes either! Think I could get a group together?
That should help level out the desktop field!....yeah....OK everyone rebuild now!
I think that we need to start pushing the idea of a "Public Utility" with both the Operating system and file formats! With the government case against MS, I keep hearing the notion of forcing MS write the Office suite for Linux and I cringe....The courts will not impose that on MS...and pushing for that can only lead to dissapointment when it fails.....but perhaps they would force the.doc,.xls, and other formats open!
Force MS to document the formats (not the source for Office, just the file formats) and force them to keep the formats open. They could switch to other formats if they wish, but they would have to document those too and must provide the option to "save as" the regulated "Public utility" format.
This is no different than a "Public Utility".....the same as current power generation and transmission equipment...Could you imagine what would happen if electricity were a "Propriatary format" and each company was allowed to make "different" electricity?
These things are regulated for the public good, and so should basic file formats. These are just too important to trust to the marketing whims of one company.
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perhaps they could figure out something that will make it easier for little geek boys to talk to talk to little girls! Now THAT would be ADVANCEMENT!
Seriously, I can't think of anything "earth-shaking" about the PDA's that hasn't already been done.
The new wireless games / instant messages that are on phones now are much cooler than anything I've seen on a PDA! Perhaps they could do something like the previously commented wireless P2P for operation in a crowd. Or perhaps something like the "tamagachi" pets for singles!
How 'bout some type of "universal translator" unit, kinda a cross between IRC chat and babblefish? That could bring people together (or maybe not....I'm not sure how the fish would w how to translate "workin' it & doggin' it").
Whatever the app, the way to change the future is social not necessarily technical.
One of my former employers had a system that was really bad. They had 4 VCRs and 30 cameras running 24/7 to catch what they thought was EVERYTHING....you know, remote control cameras, frame switcher, auto tape switcher, all the toys.
Kinda funny thing happened, a co-worker had his car broken into only 2 stalls away from the camera (maybe 30 feet) in the front of the building. The tape showed it....just not in enough detail to know anything more than "the criminal was wearing some type of pants and a T-shirt"
I'm sure that it was pretty embarassing for our "security" person to explain to the police that the theft was caught on tape, but that the tape was wortless!
In this case, there's no possibility of catching employee theft either, because they couldn't tell who was who!
I think that in this case, the high framerate was irrelevent. 30 frames/sec. of fuzzy B/W blob is not good for anything, and really a waste of money, electricity, and materials. In this case, it was even worse because the camera provided a false sense of security....."of course nobody will break into my car, it's right next to the camera..."
I'd rather have a few really good stills to work from than an entire fuzzy B/W movie!
but I'd really like to see somebody sue these bastards! It seems to me that my personal information (and anyone else's for that matter) should be copyright to me! This is a clear violation, because they didn't even say what or how much they were collecting. That's not a contract!
Also, if they have EVER sent information about me back while in "secure" mode (https).....that's also a violation of the DMCA too, isn't it? That seems to be decryption/circumvention of digital security measures.
All of these rules that the lawyers have created must be put to good use!
".....command, I need a heavy lawyer bombardment on my current position. Drop all the suits you got!"
The wheels are already in motion now.....As I heard/read the other day, this is one of the most popular/hot-button issues with voters today...SPAM and Telemarketing...and since elections are just around the corner, look for this to become one of the places where our "courageous" law-makers can distinguish themselves!
Spammers and Telemarketers...."surrender must be immediate and unconditional, prepare to be boarded or destroyed"
I really love the quotes from the article....Like I should be worried about who is going to "push the button" and create a Yamhill......
"a small team of Intel engineers has been quietly working on a chip technology that the giant semiconductor maker hopes will never see the light of day."
This all sounds so very dangerous....kinda like Intel execs are hidden in a room deep in Cheyene Mountain....sitting on top of some springs!
"should we launch?"
...
"I don't think we have a choice..."
...
"They used the Hammer in a first-strike! We MUST respond with the Yamhill!"
Yeah...right.....just bring it out and let us decide!
"That's the genius of capitalism"
I think that this might also be a really good bug fix/hacking tool. I can also remember something like this for the Apple II in years gone by. You could press a button and take a snapshot of all memory in the system. Then you could write the executable part to disk and pick up where you left off. Good for freezing a copy of a game or whatever.
This would also be good for tracking down bugs using the "before and after" technique.
Such a program could be tied into the UPS monitor in such a way as to save everything that couldn't be stopped.
Think about it....ICANN or whovever telling the real homeless people to "move along" and give up the cyber squat address!
I love the irony of this....some bum with a shopping cart and a small PalmVII "cyber squatting" in front of the new Seahawks stadium with disparaging remarks for all passers by.....
These new homeless cyber squatters could collect change through "Pay-Pal" and use it to order "Night-train" without ever leaving their corner!
I imagine there would be the usual trouble with "agressive websites" that go a little further than just asking for you to "one-click" a bottle of MD-20/20 for them. And how about the targeted demographics for attractive female passers-by....What would these new cyber-homeless use for cookies?
Oh the fun it would be!
OK...Here are the exact prices off of ZDNet shopper: XP Home -upgrade: 94 XP Home -full: 194 XP Pro -upgrade: 184 XP Pro -full: 244 It's pretty much like I said, if you want a full edition, you will be paying $200.....That's more than my CPU, Motherboard, HD, video card or memory.
Want to know why people are ready for a "Network appliance".....
$200 to $400 per OS installation is a pretty good reason that people are now ready for a "network appliance"! MS has just gone too far with XP...the pricing is ridiculus, and if people cant copy it mult. times around the house, what good is it? The cost of Windows has exceeded the cost of every other single componant in the system. As I read in the paper today (mainstream Seattle media), the average "Joe Blow" is also concerned about Microsoft spying on their activities! Their public image has slipped that far! Bill Gates has to advertise the new focus on security.....Now's the time to provide an alternative to the masses, strike while the iron is hot!
It's been said above (and I agree), AOL/TW owns CONTENT....that's their bread and butter....Microsoft has stratigicly placed themselves as "gatekeeper/tollkeeper" between AOL users and the "precious" content....As soon as the price of the OS starts cutting into the number of users that want AOL, they (AOL/TW) have a problem. Providing an additional "Free" route to the content is the answer!
I'm running Red Hat 7.1 now, and I thought the installation was a snap!....I'm pretty much a newbie (to Linux, used Unix in college on mainframe though), and I was really impressed how smooth everything went. With a little more polish (read cash infusion from AOL/TW) this could EASILY be as smooth for "Joe Blow" as Windows installation is! I'm not sure though if Aunt Tillie or Joe Blow is ready to build their own kernels though, but perhaps in time!
I personally would like to see more of a "joint development agreement" between RH and AOL. That way, RH would be free to persue other ventures and continue putting out distributions while at the same time enlisting the help of the AOL/TW giant. To me, it looks like they have a common enemy, but differing agenda. Why I like the "joint development agreement" is that they can help each other mutually, then when the job's done, part friends. Everybody wins and nobody is constrained. In fact, it's easy for me to see a special RH distribution with AOL whiz-bang's attached. Just add the extras on top and I think that all liscense agreements are still fine!
There's nothing more exciting to me than the vision of the government holding the Redmond bully down while AOL/TW kicks the shit out them!
Consider the possibilities.....
Multiple BSOD's running at the same time!
Here are some points to be considered.....
When I say "OK" and reboot, does this start another instance of Windows, or just jump me to the other blue screen?
Could one BSOD cause a another BSOD?
What exactly would the effect of a "Virtual BSOD" be?
Inquiring minds want to know......
When I first read this story, my first thought was...
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend", but I can't seem to get my mind all the way around this...so as I return from the store with a six-pack and a pint of Cherry Garcia to ponder on this.....
We could get a complete distribution on a free AOL DISK!.....everything.....imagine.....AOL/TW distributing Apache/Octave/Ximian...it's just too big.....There has got to be a catch! There is some downside, but I don't know what it it.....
Could this be the "securing" of the loose Linux cannon? AOL/TW would be in the cat-bird seat if the Hollings act or some similar goes through...no more open distributions, "you MUST buy either MS or AOL"
There's gotta be a catch......
I don't think that it will be an outright battle....Microsoft is taking the usual "send them some work" approach to get into China. I read that in the Seattle Times today! Wait untill the MPAA opens a branch office in Ukraine, kinda like "Sundance on the Steppe."
Step 1) make deal with local vendor...
Step 2) Pay local company/official LOTS of money.....
Step 3) Lobby local officials with "It's local" speil, and threaten to leave/shutoff funds if something isn't done IMMEDIATLY!
Works EVERY time.
Kinda like the same practice that Boeing is using to sell airplanes....having parts of them made in Japan/China in order to get their business.
If she really wants to consider herself a hacker...
This puts us one step closer to "Automatic/Random Update" feature found on XP!
I've been through this more than a few times. What I've discovered during the process is that as an employee, I have power too.
I DO NOT expect anyone to keep me on as soon as my "lift-to-drag" ratio goes less than one!
I've just started really SHOPPING for employeers now. I charge more based upon what I have to give up. It's the turnabout on the republican ideal that got us here, and turnabout is fair play!
It's just this simple, don't like what you are getting from an employeer, leave! Give them the same 20min. "layoff" notice that I got last time! Delete everything from your box and walk out!
When the boss can't find qualified people to sit in that seat, they will either change their way's or go out of business......"that's the genius of capitalism" as quoted by our govt. officials. I say screw-em all!
It's cut-throat now, so look after yourself first!
Hey guys, we could have this tooo...how about automatic, remote controled, random kernel rebuilds whenever "I" decide to do it! I don't know much, so you know that I won't publish any of my changes either! Think I could get a group together? That should help level out the desktop field!....yeah....OK everyone rebuild now!
I think that we need to start pushing the idea of a "Public Utility" with both the Operating system and file formats! With the government case against MS, I keep hearing the notion of forcing MS write the Office suite for Linux and I cringe....The courts will not impose that on MS...and pushing for that can only lead to dissapointment when it fails.....but perhaps they would force the .doc, .xls, and other formats open!
Force MS to document the formats (not the source for Office, just the file formats) and force them to keep the formats open. They could switch to other formats if they wish, but they would have to document those too and must provide the option to "save as" the regulated "Public utility" format.
This is no different than a "Public Utility".....the same as current power generation and transmission equipment...Could you imagine what would happen if electricity were a "Propriatary format" and each company was allowed to make "different" electricity?
These things are regulated for the public good, and so should basic file formats. These are just too important to trust to the marketing whims of one company.