XP Home doesn't have to run on a 64 bit processor because the Athlon 64 processor will run 32 bit applications as well. That's what's so nice about it. XP Home will just run like it always has -- as good as MS can make it.
*jams tounge into cheek*
...does anyone need seven (7) USB ports?!? Have we not heard of a USB hub?
Included with the T6000 is an ATI Radeon 9600 graphics card with 128MB of on-board memory, a CD burner, a DVD-ROM drive, an 8-in-1 memory card reader, seven USB (universal serial bus) ports and two IEEE 1394 or FireWire ports.
There really is no purpose in trying to extract cancer in this manner since I highly doubt this method extracts 100% of toxins and therefore the leftover parts could simply re-contaminate the "clean" blood.
Again, it has mostly to do with the quality of the magnetic field. Having played with iron shavings and a bar magnet I'm not entirely confident that a single magnet will be able successfully extract all the toxins. However, this seems more useful in the case of lead poisioning (no, I'm not trying to be funny) or other toxins ingested/injected and absorbed into the blood stream that could have 80% of the toxins extracted and result in a significant improvement in the health of the patient.
You can see this for yourself by trying to pick up a drop of your own blood with a really strong horseshoe magnet.
Or you can realize this is the case if you've ever had an MRI. If hemoglobin were magnetic we'd have some serious messes to clean up each time that thing were turned on!
I would be leary about dragging cancerous cells out of the body using magnets unless that magnetic field was strong enough and it could be shown that none of the particles are left behind along the "exit route". If the magnet were to drop any of the cancer cells after relocating them from some other area you may actually be spreading the cancer much faster than it would have done itself.
but given an amnesty if they "inform the music industry."
"The last time the RIAA spoke of
amnesty I was a boy. And many good-natured music fans, who would not be criminals, were
lured by them under a pledge of amnesty to a court where he had them financially hanged. I
was very young, but I remember the RIAA's notion of fair-use."
Since we watch commercials during a selected amount of time we've decided to commit to watching television we have the power to limit the commercial exposure we get. The telephone, on the other hand, is "always on" so to speak.
Now, if you offered a free phone service (no long distance cost, no local cost) but would be subject to advertisements during your conversation, you'd be much closer to the TV ad model.
Naturally, no one would use your service after the first time they're giving critical instructions to a family member and they are interrupted to hear how Colgate has made a new flavor of toothpaste.
The problem is not that they don't exist as much as they don't get any real publicity.
You ask Jane Streetwise what an MP3 is, she'll most likely be able to tell you basically what it is and probably has even used it or owns an iPod.
However, ask her what (Ogg) Vorbis is and you'll most likley get a confused look, blank stare, or straight-out "don't know" response.
I'm really very happy that there are Vorbis players, but myself and 1/3 to 1/2 the/. crowd buying one isn't going to keep any of these devices in production for very long ('cause seriously..how many hardware MP3/Ogg players does one need?). Mainstream exposure is where the the future needs to lie for any of these in order for them to survive.
Ogg is simply the audio-related media compression project name. Agreed that it does sound funny and I can see people being turned off by it (sort of gutteral and grunt-like), but Vorbis is the codec in question that is competeing with MP3, WMA, and RA(M) codecs.
I think Vorbis is a much smoother word than Ogg and more accurately reflects the portion of the Ogg project. It is unfortunate that the files have the.ogg extension instead of.vor or something else. But the fact remains, Vorbis is less offensive than Ogg.
In my personal opinion, I think Vorbis is a velvety word that drips off the tongue like drool from an audiophiles enjoying the high quality of the codec even at low sampling rates.;-)
So far every piece of consumer audio hardware using a compressed medium is MP3 (at least that get any publicity). Why do we keep sticking with MP3 when each encoder/decoder requires patent royalties to be paid and the total file size of the encoded song is larger than it has to be?
There are some very cool Ogg Vorbis software players available for Windows and some less-cool ones for Linux and Mac.
I think Vorbis has shown that it is an efficient, royalty-free codec worthy of more mainstream attention (read: hardware players) and there are plentyofconverters to change over your existing collection of MP3s to a smaller (file size) collection of Vorbis without a noticable loss of quality.
While I'm not sure I agree that the U.S. is the leader of the world (leader of what? morals? ethics? economy? government model? innovation? population?), I would agree with the rest of your post.
The U.S. is a superpower. Probably the super-est superpower right now (don't quote me on that). But that merely implies that our actions have significant repercussions through most other nations in the world.
Let's imagine the U.S. is represented by Microsoft (please to incinerate me with your flames), and the rest of the world are computer buyers. Some countries will buy computers with Windows; some will buy linux machines, and others will buy Macs. However, the majority of the world will be affected (adversely?) by the actions of Microsoft even if they own a Mac or Linux machine because Microsoft starts screwing Internet protocols or allowing everyone's email box to be flooded with spam because of flawed software. (Seriously...I'm not trying to just troll here....)
Whether it's MS, SCO, IBM, Apple, or Sun in the computer industry - they're such big players that what they do makes a difference to others living in the same industry, like it or not. The same is true for the U.S., Europe, China, Japan, and others, like it or not.
So while I wouldn't say the U.S. is the world's leader (unless placed in a very specific context with facts to back it up), I would say the U.S. is in a position of great responsibility and every action must be thought about at least a little with regard to how it will affect the rest of the world.
evil...things will happen to them if they do share (unlearning what they learned in kindergarten)
With all of the RIAA's focus on the negative effects of 'sharing', what sort of society are they hoping to create in the future?
I know when I was a child, I was taught (as mentioned) that sharing is good to do with things you own with people less fortunate than yourself. I know that comes off as sounding elitist or something, but by 'less fortunate' I simply mean they haven't yet made some purchase or gotten some good fortune bestowed upon them - not that they are unwilling or unworthy of the same.
When it comes to digital media, you can share your CD with a friend and if he/she burns a copy of it, they are in violation of copyright (probably) and have made themselves liable for a civil lawsuit. The loaner, on the other hand shared the CD in good faith for the benefit of the friend. Naturally this line gets a helluva lot blurrier when talking about Kazaa so I'm not going to get into that. Yet, the RIAA is trying to impress upon kids that even loaning the CD is bad and shouldn't be done -- at least that's my impression of their stance.
Moe: It's not that bad. And they let you keep the little piece they cut out.
[holds up a jar with a bit of brain floating in it]
Moe: Hi there! Hi there little fella!
Rip your own CDs to Ogg Vorbis and don't worry about it.
I realize most people (with the Slashdot crowd exception) don't know much about Ogg Vorbis and don't have any problem with MP3. But the battle's just begining.
Microsoft wants to push its DRM with the WMA format, iTunes and iPod use other methods of DRM through the devices and software with the MP3 format. But both WMA and MP3 suffer from a major problem in that neither compression codec is free or open.
MP3 players/burners (hardware or software) must collect some money with which to pay royalties for use of (de)compression codecs. WMA is the same way if anyone besides Microsoft provides the software to (de)compress the format. Enter Ogg.
Ogg Vorbis was developed in the open source community and is free of royalties and most restrictions (no more than any other open source software). Some tests have shown that Ogg Vorbis does a better job of retaining sound quality at high compression ratios. And finally, the best reason to switch: There are Ogg Vorbis player for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X that don't suffer from any restrictions. (In linux, XMMS no longer plays MP3s due to licensing restrictions.)
For the curious, a couple places to start looking for players and more information about Ogg Vorbis are:
CART MASTER: Bring out your dead!
CUSTOMER: Here's one.
CART MASTER: Ninepence.
BLUETOOTH: I'm not dead!
CART MASTER: What?
CUSTOMER: Nothing. Here's your ninepence.
BLUETOOTH: I'm not dead!
CART MASTER: 'Ere. It says it's not dead!
CUSTOMER: Yes, it is.
BLUETOOTH: I'm not!
CART MASTER: It isn't?
CUSTOMER: Well, it will be soon. It's very ill.
BLUETOOTH: I'm getting better!
CUSTOMER: No, you're not. You'll be stone dead in a moment.
CART MASTER: Oh, I can't take it like that. It's against regulations.
BLUETOOTH: I don't want to go on the cart!
CUSTOMER: Oh, don't be such a baby.
CART MASTER: I can't take it.
BLUETOOTH: I feel fine!
CUSTOMER: Well, do us a favour.
CART MASTER: I can't.
CUSTOMER: Well, can you hang around a couple of minutes? It won't be long.
CART MASTER: No, I've got to go to the Robinsons'. They've lost nine today.
CUSTOMER: Well, when's your next round?
CART MASTER: Thursday.
BLUETOOTH: I think I'll go for a walk.
CUSTOMER: You're not fooling anyone, you know. Look. Isn't there something you can do?
BLUETOOTH: [singing] I feel happy. I feel happy.
[whop]
CUSTOMER: Ah, thanks very much.
If you give ICANN the power to create and implement the law without the need to use lawsuits, then you're effectively loading the gun with which to shoot yourself in the foot!
What happens when ICANN fully realizes this power and makes changes to the obligated behavior of TLDs and uses their power to force change that may not be in the best interest of everyone concerned (read: ISPs and end users).
Of all the lawsuits flying around this year, this one is actually valid and should occur with extreme prejudice.
Slashdot Mirror
XP Home doesn't have to run on a 64 bit processor because the Athlon 64 processor will run 32 bit applications as well. That's what's so nice about it. XP Home will just run like it always has -- as good as MS can make it.
*jams tounge into cheek*
if a bunch of spammers collect IP addresses of these spamholes and create a blacklist, does Spamhaus have a right to complain then?
Again, it has mostly to do with the quality of the magnetic field. Having played with iron shavings and a bar magnet I'm not entirely confident that a single magnet will be able successfully extract all the toxins. However, this seems more useful in the case of lead poisioning (no, I'm not trying to be funny) or other toxins ingested/injected and absorbed into the blood stream that could have 80% of the toxins extracted and result in a significant improvement in the health of the patient.
Or you can realize this is the case if you've ever had an MRI. If hemoglobin were magnetic we'd have some serious messes to clean up each time that thing were turned on!
I would be leary about dragging cancerous cells out of the body using magnets unless that magnetic field was strong enough and it could be shown that none of the particles are left behind along the "exit route". If the magnet were to drop any of the cancer cells after relocating them from some other area you may actually be spreading the cancer much faster than it would have done itself.
It's like Christmans on....my birthday
"It is not! I resent that! Slander is spoken. In print, it's libel." -- J. Jonah Jamison - Spiderman
Skylink, the sister of Skynet... so now we know that Skynet was created in part as a copyright cirumvention device.
Smile, it's humor...even if offtopic -- not worth your precious mod points
"The last time the RIAA spoke of amnesty I was a boy. And many good-natured music fans, who would not be criminals, were lured by them under a pledge of amnesty to a court where he had them financially hanged. I was very young, but I remember the RIAA's notion of fair-use."
Now, if you offered a free phone service (no long distance cost, no local cost) but would be subject to advertisements during your conversation, you'd be much closer to the TV ad model.
Naturally, no one would use your service after the first time they're giving critical instructions to a family member and they are interrupted to hear how Colgate has made a new flavor of toothpaste.
You ask Jane Streetwise what an MP3 is, she'll most likely be able to tell you basically what it is and probably has even used it or owns an iPod. However, ask her what (Ogg) Vorbis is and you'll most likley get a confused look, blank stare, or straight-out "don't know" response.
I'm really very happy that there are Vorbis players, but myself and 1/3 to 1/2 the /. crowd buying one isn't going to keep any of these devices in production for very long ('cause seriously..how many hardware MP3/Ogg players does one need?). Mainstream exposure is where the the future needs to lie for any of these in order for them to survive.
I think Vorbis is a much smoother word than Ogg and more accurately reflects the portion of the Ogg project. It is unfortunate that the files have the .ogg extension instead of .vor or something else. But the fact remains, Vorbis is less offensive than Ogg.
In my personal opinion, I think Vorbis is a velvety word that drips off the tongue like drool from an audiophiles enjoying the high quality of the codec even at low sampling rates. ;-)
There are some very cool Ogg Vorbis software players available for Windows and some less-cool ones for Linux and Mac.
I think Vorbis has shown that it is an efficient, royalty-free codec worthy of more mainstream attention (read: hardware players) and there are plenty of converters to change over your existing collection of MP3s to a smaller (file size) collection of Vorbis without a noticable loss of quality.
Blows my mind.
The U.S. is a superpower. Probably the super-est superpower right now (don't quote me on that). But that merely implies that our actions have significant repercussions through most other nations in the world.
Let's imagine the U.S. is represented by Microsoft (please to incinerate me with your flames), and the rest of the world are computer buyers. Some countries will buy computers with Windows; some will buy linux machines, and others will buy Macs. However, the majority of the world will be affected (adversely?) by the actions of Microsoft even if they own a Mac or Linux machine because Microsoft starts screwing Internet protocols or allowing everyone's email box to be flooded with spam because of flawed software. (Seriously...I'm not trying to just troll here....)
Whether it's MS, SCO, IBM, Apple, or Sun in the computer industry - they're such big players that what they do makes a difference to others living in the same industry, like it or not. The same is true for the U.S., Europe, China, Japan, and others, like it or not.
So while I wouldn't say the U.S. is the world's leader (unless placed in a very specific context with facts to back it up), I would say the U.S. is in a position of great responsibility and every action must be thought about at least a little with regard to how it will affect the rest of the world.
I know when I was a child, I was taught (as mentioned) that sharing is good to do with things you own with people less fortunate than yourself. I know that comes off as sounding elitist or something, but by 'less fortunate' I simply mean they haven't yet made some purchase or gotten some good fortune bestowed upon them - not that they are unwilling or unworthy of the same.
When it comes to digital media, you can share your CD with a friend and if he/she burns a copy of it, they are in violation of copyright (probably) and have made themselves liable for a civil lawsuit. The loaner, on the other hand shared the CD in good faith for the benefit of the friend. Naturally this line gets a helluva lot blurrier when talking about Kazaa so I'm not going to get into that. Yet, the RIAA is trying to impress upon kids that even loaning the CD is bad and shouldn't be done -- at least that's my impression of their stance.
Moe: It's not that bad. And they let you keep the little piece they cut out.
[holds up a jar with a bit of brain floating in it]
Moe: Hi there! Hi there little fella!
They already know more about Kazaa, filesharing, and the Internet than most adults.
I realize most people (with the Slashdot crowd exception) don't know much about Ogg Vorbis and don't have any problem with MP3. But the battle's just begining.
Microsoft wants to push its DRM with the WMA format, iTunes and iPod use other methods of DRM through the devices and software with the MP3 format. But both WMA and MP3 suffer from a major problem in that neither compression codec is free or open.
MP3 players/burners (hardware or software) must collect some money with which to pay royalties for use of (de)compression codecs. WMA is the same way if anyone besides Microsoft provides the software to (de)compress the format. Enter Ogg.
Ogg Vorbis was developed in the open source community and is free of royalties and most restrictions (no more than any other open source software). Some tests have shown that Ogg Vorbis does a better job of retaining sound quality at high compression ratios. And finally, the best reason to switch: There are Ogg Vorbis player for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X that don't suffer from any restrictions. (In linux, XMMS no longer plays MP3s due to licensing restrictions.)
For the curious, a couple places to start looking for players and more information about Ogg Vorbis are:
This is not the text you are looking for (Lameness Filter)
CART MASTER: Bring out your dead!
CUSTOMER: Here's one.
CART MASTER: Ninepence.
BLUETOOTH: I'm not dead!
CART MASTER: What?
CUSTOMER: Nothing. Here's your ninepence.
BLUETOOTH: I'm not dead!
CART MASTER: 'Ere. It says it's not dead!
CUSTOMER: Yes, it is.
BLUETOOTH: I'm not!
CART MASTER: It isn't?
CUSTOMER: Well, it will be soon. It's very ill.
BLUETOOTH: I'm getting better!
CUSTOMER: No, you're not. You'll be stone dead in a moment.
CART MASTER: Oh, I can't take it like that. It's against regulations.
BLUETOOTH: I don't want to go on the cart!
CUSTOMER: Oh, don't be such a baby.
CART MASTER: I can't take it.
BLUETOOTH: I feel fine!
CUSTOMER: Well, do us a favour.
CART MASTER: I can't.
CUSTOMER: Well, can you hang around a couple of minutes? It won't be long.
CART MASTER: No, I've got to go to the Robinsons'. They've lost nine today.
CUSTOMER: Well, when's your next round?
CART MASTER: Thursday.
BLUETOOTH: I think I'll go for a walk.
CUSTOMER: You're not fooling anyone, you know. Look. Isn't there something you can do?
BLUETOOTH: [singing] I feel happy. I feel happy.
[whop]
CUSTOMER: Ah, thanks very much.
I have it on good authority that VeriSign will comply with the request. Don't ask me how because I can't say. Don't believe me, wait 24 hours.
they did lose the .org management already. It's just .com and .net now.
What happens when ICANN fully realizes this power and makes changes to the obligated behavior of TLDs and uses their power to force change that may not be in the best interest of everyone concerned (read: ISPs and end users).
Of all the lawsuits flying around this year, this one is actually valid and should occur with extreme prejudice.