Jobs is going to loose the smart phone wars just like he lost the PC wars.
I don't think Apple believes this needs to be a "war" where victory is determined by market share. They have nice margins, continuous growth year over year and plenty cash the bank ($50 Billion USD) all with a relatively small market share.
IMO Apple eats their own dog food and is going to continue making devices it wants to make, which at the moment aligns nicely with a profitable set of established and satisfied customers.
A long time friend of mine needed a computer for web surfing/shopping and email. Specifically a computer connected to the *Internet*. The one she had was a 600 Mhz eMachine from college, 64MB RAM, WindowsME.
I wanted to help her out but did not want to do computer support. I have used Slackware almost exclusively since switching to Linux in 2000 so I loaded 9.1 onto her old machine, added 128MB RAM, and a $70 USD GeForce video card from BestBuy.
The machine ran Gnome/Firefox directly connected to the Internet for 190 days before she moved. It currently connects to wireless router via a Linksys Gamers adapter (recommended by the way if you desire a OS and hardware independent device). Photos are also now loaded with gPhoto
Err... the charges are proven from the court's perspective. The submitter apparently doesn't agree with the court, and so for him/her the charges are still alleged.
How about "convicted by an Australian court"? I suppose the only way to get around convicted is if you do not recognize the authority of the judiciary.
The Id/Activsion Return to Castle Wolfenstein series has spawned another creation: Enemy-Territory.
Splash Damage developed the Enemy-Territory Wolfenstein multi-player game (free download, release of source for modders.) According the Id CEO (Guy who did the G4 TV interview?) ET: Quake will use the Doom 3 engine. The demo looks awesome and lighting does not appear to be an issue. Wow. I will upgrade my computer for this one.
I have stuck with the RTCW and now ET series for online FP shooter/multi-player games for the last 5 years for two reasons:
1. I think the ET, and previous RTCW, series of games are fantastic for public and clan play.
2. They have always released/maintained a great Linux client.
According to JPL's site the latest move was not an attempt to *free* the rover.
"Opportunity rotated its wheels on sol 463 for the first time since the rover dug itself into a sand dune more than two weeks earlier. The wheels made about two and a half rotations, as commanded, and the results were a good match for what was expected from tests on Earth. In the loose footing, the rover advanced 2.8 centimeters (1.1 inch) forward, 4.8 millimeters (0.19 inch) sideways and 4.6 millimeters (0.18 inch) downward. After further analysis of the results, the rover team will decide whether to repeat the same careful movement again on sol 465."
Sexual attraction to the characters in the movie may increase the likelyhood they will be liked. Although Alf may prove this to be untrue.
What if there were just giant planets inhabitted by slime-mold, or intelligent creatures that just didn't give a damn, and so they never developed useful society?
While it may possible that all *giant* planets have nothing other than slime-mold it does not eliminate all other forms of intelligent life.
It will be giant amoebas in polymer bags that prevent them from splashing apart in the low atmosphere of the earth.
You know what I think I am going to stop here. It has just occured to me that you are calling Hollwood's portrayal of outer space life silly while expecting us to accept your vision of intelligent slime-mold beatnick overlords who, despite their intelligence, want to do nothing but sit around all day and "just didn't give a damn."
I would assume that since she is a CIA agent that there may be certain topics discussed that would not be made available to the public. I don't believe it is uncommon to have sealed or closed door proceedings for such a circumstance.
Where have you read that he refused to reveal his sources? From what I understand the trial proceedings are closed door stuff. He may have already been deposed and is waiting till they call him next. They only people you are hearing about are the people who are refusing to comply with the courts.
There is nothing to say that he has not already. He may have already have been deposed for all we know. The people who have choosen not to be deposed are the ones taking fire now.
Maybe someone who is a little more educated in law can expand/correct this but from what I can tell an EULA is a contract. You or your company have certain legally acknowledged rights that cannot be trumped by a contract.
For example, if you have ever rented skis they have you sign a contract that says no matter what happens to you it is not their fault. Even if the lift comes tumbling down for whatever the reason. Say the lift does fail due to the company never performing the prescribed maintenance . The company may be found to be liable assuming either you or the government has decide to pursue (this is not the word I am looking for) them.
"What about those people who are narrow-minded enough to ignore other people's beliefs because they don't match their own?"
Fine call me narrow-minded for *gasp* ignoring people whose "belief system", hell I might as well offend them as well, causes behavior where they are spooked, frightened, or made to feel unprofessional upon sight of a cartoon daemon in a piece of OSS.
The world would probably be quite efficient and *professional* (and boring) if it were run by accountants. The unpredictablitly of life and the chance to be offended or shocked is a feature not a bug.
Personally, I think it'd go a long way towards getting more people off XP and involved in Open Source, all these fractured distros aren't really helping.
I have never seen the purpose of OSS to get people off of XP (i.e. convert). I really could care less whether my neighbor, friend, or stranger uses XP. To me OSS is about creating software that empowers the user to do whatever floats their boat without the usual closed source restrictions. 100 million people choosing to run XP really does not effect me booting up Slackware. The same goes for business. I believe PJ from Groklaw said "Business needs OSS not the other way around".
The operators will probably receive as much training in the proper treatment of POWs and civilians as the guards in Abu Ghraib did.
Proper training? Christ man what type of training do you need to know that stacking naked prisoners on top of each other while shoving things up their rectums might violate something (pardon the pun)? As a veteran this stuff is taught to you in basic training. Because it is just that basic. Regardless of the laws, conventions, or agreements any person need only reflect on the humanity of the situation and know it is wrong. Do you require training to know that this is wrong?
I quite agree. Music is a finished product and it can't have new "features". Software can.
If music is a finished product how do you explain the practice of resampling amoungst rap artists? Taking something that appeals to one crowd and changing/adding some thing so it has appeal to another.
Shessh. The article says one thing about the eMac and the story get hijacked into an Appple flame war.
"Macs are good for "new to computers" people"
Yeah. I've only been programming computers since 1970 and have owned pretty much ever home computer since the apple iie, so I havn't been using computerd for very long.
I don't see how your statement invalidates "Macs are good for new to computers people". Cannot Macs be *good* for people new to computers and 30+ year programming veterens like yourself alike?
I will not be buying any more PC's, ever. They don't seem to actually work
I have had the same PII 400 Dell running Slackware since I bought it 6 years ago. It seems to actually work. I assume your argument was against Windows however by stating PC you have included me as well.
This could be all moot anyways we are arguing the particular to general.
It is amazing to read all of the arguments against increasing the NASA budget soley because GWB has his name attached to it. I did not realize that so many people placed funding social programs ahead of space exploration. News for Nerds or the Advocates of the Downtrodden?
I welcome any increase in the NASA budget ultimately knowing that any increase is going to come at someones expense. However, I believe that we can achieve greater returns on our investement with robotic missions ie. the Mars Rovers in the quest to further our understanding of the universe. How about a rover (or maybe amphib) mission to Titan first?
A few months back NPR had a guest on who spoke of "The Second Industrial Revolution" which he belied would be in the form of efficiency. Two examples he cited stuck with me:
1. (approx.)90% of the power consumed by an incadescent bulb is covnverted into heat while the remaining 10% produces light. In summary the modern world is being illuminated by millions of small space heaters.
2. In new building construction a pump is usually laid on its foundation prior to the actual piping. Therefore the pipefitters have to work around all the other mess that has been installed->many more pipe bends->larger HP pump required. I believe he had a Dane or Swede work some numbers and found (not suprisingly) that if you installed the pipes FIRST, with long runs and few bends you could use a signifigantly smaller pump.
"But when a _real_ recount of all state ballots was conducted by a consortium of newspapers, the results came out with Gore winning by over 20,000 votes."
Real eh?
"A comprehensive study of the 2000 presidential election in Florida suggests that if the U.S. Supreme Court had allowed a statewide vote recount to proceed, Republican candidate George W. Bush would still have been elected president.
The National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago conducted the six-month study for a consortium of eight news media companies, including CNN."
"Try running OpenOffice.org, Firefox, Evolution and GNOME on the same system - it slows to a crawl. There are LOADS of people with 64 and 128M boxes out there who can't run a modern, desktop Linux effectively because it's getting so large and sluggish, and there are endless posts around the Net from newcomers who're puzzled as to why Linux is 'so slow'."
My friends computer was a 4 year old or so e-Machine, 500 Mhz Celeron/96 MB, and some small on board video running w2k. I would not consider it snappy running Micorsoft Office, IE, Outlook and destkop manager as you suggested.
I went to BestBuy and purchased another 128 MB of memory, an nvidia video card, and a new fancy/simple USB optical mouse/mouse-pad to replace the old ball-style one she had since college. I think it cost me about $170 bucks for everything. In my particular situation turn around time (2 days) was more important than cost.
I installed Slackware 9.1 with Gnome 2.6 and it seems to run well. The purdy anti-aliased fonts do seem to take up some resources but it does make it look fluffy (which in this case was a good thing). It is fast enough for her but here the speed in which you need to click/scroll things is well different for each person. I have PII and choose to forgo a *desktop enviornment* for speed, etc. and I am happy.
End result it works/runs well for the user (good for me as computer suppport friend) and well...It runs Linux.;)
"I'm happy there are less comp sci majors, it takes away the needless competition facing the good ones."
IMO competition is never needless. And who gets to define who and what competition/threat is needless? The *good ones*?
The colleges will go down with the crappy students they produce. Some colleges will maintain their academic standards and continue to prosper along with the students they educate.
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Jobs is going to loose the smart phone wars just like he lost the PC wars.
I don't think Apple believes this needs to be a "war" where victory is determined by market share. They have nice margins, continuous growth year over year and plenty cash the bank ($50 Billion USD) all with a relatively small market share.
IMO Apple eats their own dog food and is going to continue making devices it wants to make, which at the moment aligns nicely with a profitable set of established and satisfied customers.
The video clearly gives "balanced coverage" (poke at the advertisement) of the meteor event. Not sure how to describe the looping ;)
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/07/the_longest_solar_eclipse_of_t.html
A long time friend of mine needed a computer for web surfing/shopping and email. Specifically a computer connected to the *Internet*. The one she had was a 600 Mhz eMachine from college, 64MB RAM, WindowsME.
I wanted to help her out but did not want to do computer support. I have used Slackware almost exclusively since switching to Linux in 2000 so I loaded 9.1 onto her old machine, added 128MB RAM, and a $70 USD GeForce video card from BestBuy.
The machine ran Gnome/Firefox directly connected to the Internet for 190 days before she moved. It currently connects to wireless router via a Linksys Gamers adapter (recommended by the way if you desire a OS and hardware independent device). Photos are also now loaded with gPhoto
Err... the charges are proven from the court's perspective. The submitter apparently doesn't agree with the court, and so for him/her the charges are still alleged.
How about "convicted by an Australian court"? I suppose the only way to get around convicted is if you do not recognize the authority of the judiciary.
The Id/Activsion Return to Castle Wolfenstein series has spawned another creation: Enemy-Territory.
Splash Damage developed the Enemy-Territory Wolfenstein multi-player game (free download, release of source for modders.) According the Id CEO (Guy who did the G4 TV interview?) ET: Quake will use the Doom 3 engine. The demo looks awesome and lighting does not appear to be an issue. Wow. I will upgrade my computer for this one.
I have stuck with the RTCW and now ET series for online FP shooter/multi-player games for the last 5 years for two reasons:
1. I think the ET, and previous RTCW, series of games are fantastic for public and clan play.
2. They have always released/maintained a great Linux client.
According to JPL's site the latest move was not an attempt to *free* the rover.
"Opportunity rotated its wheels on sol 463 for the first time since the rover dug itself into a sand dune more than two weeks earlier. The wheels made about two and a half rotations, as commanded, and the results were a good match for what was expected from tests on Earth. In the loose footing, the rover advanced 2.8 centimeters (1.1 inch) forward, 4.8 millimeters (0.19 inch) sideways and 4.6 millimeters (0.18 inch) downward. After further analysis of the results, the rover team will decide whether to repeat the same careful movement again on sol 465."
OK...I will take a shot.
For that matter, why are they humanoid.
Sexual attraction to the characters in the movie may increase the likelyhood they will be liked. Although Alf may prove this to be untrue.
What if there were just giant planets inhabitted by slime-mold, or intelligent creatures that just didn't give a damn, and so they never developed useful society?
While it may possible that all *giant* planets have nothing other than slime-mold it does not eliminate all other forms of intelligent life.
It will be giant amoebas in polymer bags that prevent them from splashing apart in the low atmosphere of the earth.
You know what I think I am going to stop here. It has just occured to me that you are calling Hollwood's portrayal of outer space life silly while expecting us to accept your vision of intelligent slime-mold beatnick overlords who, despite their intelligence, want to do nothing but sit around all day and "just didn't give a damn."
Pass it to the left man.
I would assume that since she is a CIA agent that there may be certain topics discussed that would not be made available to the public. I don't believe it is uncommon to have sealed or closed door proceedings for such a circumstance.
Where have you read that he refused to reveal his sources? From what I understand the trial proceedings are closed door stuff. He may have already been deposed and is waiting till they call him next. They only people you are hearing about are the people who are refusing to comply with the courts.
There is nothing to say that he has not already. He may have already have been deposed for all we know. The people who have choosen not to be deposed are the ones taking fire now.
Maybe someone who is a little more educated in law can expand/correct this but from what I can tell an EULA is a contract. You or your company have certain legally acknowledged rights that cannot be trumped by a contract.
For example, if you have ever rented skis they have you sign a contract that says no matter what happens to you it is not their fault. Even if the lift comes tumbling down for whatever the reason. Say the lift does fail due to the company never performing the prescribed maintenance . The company may be found to be liable assuming either you or the government has decide to pursue (this is not the word I am looking for) them.
Here is a first person write up of the incident.
Humiliated, Angry, Ashamed, Brown
"What about those people who are narrow-minded enough to ignore other people's beliefs because they don't match their own?"
Fine call me narrow-minded for *gasp* ignoring people whose "belief system", hell I might as well offend them as well, causes behavior where they are spooked, frightened, or made to feel unprofessional upon sight of a cartoon daemon in a piece of OSS.
The world would probably be quite efficient and *professional* (and boring) if it were run by accountants. The unpredictablitly of life and the chance to be offended or shocked is a feature not a bug.
Personally, I think it'd go a long way towards getting more people off XP and involved in Open Source, all these fractured distros aren't really helping.
I have never seen the purpose of OSS to get people off of XP (i.e. convert). I really could care less whether my neighbor, friend, or stranger uses XP. To me OSS is about creating software that empowers the user to do whatever floats their boat without the usual closed source restrictions. 100 million people choosing to run XP really does not effect me booting up Slackware. The same goes for business. I believe PJ from Groklaw said "Business needs OSS not the other way around".
The operators will probably receive as much training in the proper treatment of POWs and civilians as the guards in Abu Ghraib did.
Proper training? Christ man what type of training do you need to know that stacking naked prisoners on top of each other while shoving things up their rectums might violate something (pardon the pun)? As a veteran this stuff is taught to you in basic training. Because it is just that basic. Regardless of the laws, conventions, or agreements any person need only reflect on the humanity of the situation and know it is wrong. Do you require training to know that this is wrong?
He's actually kind of right. IN a comunist/socialist systme, the people own the code. (Since the people own everything.)
Don't you mean the state owns everything (no concept of individual ownership) which is not necessarily the same as *the people*.
You are using the states code.
The state owns everything.
In Soviet Russa code owns you.
I quite agree. Music is a finished product and it can't have new "features". Software can.
If music is a finished product how do you explain the practice of resampling amoungst rap artists? Taking something that appeals to one crowd and changing/adding some thing so it has appeal to another.
Shessh. The article says one thing about the eMac and the story get hijacked into an Appple flame war.
"Macs are good for "new to computers" people"
Yeah. I've only been programming computers since 1970 and have owned pretty much ever home computer since the apple iie, so I havn't been using computerd for very long.
I don't see how your statement invalidates "Macs are good for new to computers people". Cannot Macs be *good* for people new to computers and 30+ year programming veterens like yourself alike?
I will not be buying any more PC's, ever. They don't seem to actually work
I have had the same PII 400 Dell running Slackware since I bought it 6 years ago. It seems to actually work. I assume your argument was against Windows however by stating PC you have included me as well.
This could be all moot anyways we are arguing the particular to general.
It is amazing to read all of the arguments against increasing the NASA budget soley because GWB has his name attached to it. I did not realize that so many people placed funding social programs ahead of space exploration. News for Nerds or the Advocates of the Downtrodden?
I welcome any increase in the NASA budget ultimately knowing that any increase is going to come at someones expense. However, I believe that we can achieve greater returns on our investement with robotic missions ie. the Mars Rovers in the quest to further our understanding of the universe. How about a rover (or maybe amphib) mission to Titan first?
A few months back NPR had a guest on who spoke of "The Second Industrial Revolution" which he belied would be in the form of efficiency. Two examples he cited stuck with me:
1. (approx.)90% of the power consumed by an incadescent bulb is covnverted into heat while the remaining 10% produces light. In summary the modern world is being illuminated by millions of small space heaters.
2. In new building construction a pump is usually laid on its foundation prior to the actual piping. Therefore the pipefitters have to work around all the other mess that has been installed->many more pipe bends->larger HP pump required. I believe he had a Dane or Swede work some numbers and found (not suprisingly) that if you installed the pipes FIRST, with long runs and few bends you could use a signifigantly smaller pump.
Real eh?
Florida recount study: Bush still wins
"Try running OpenOffice.org, Firefox, Evolution and GNOME on the same system - it slows to a crawl. There are LOADS of people with 64 and 128M boxes out there who can't run a modern, desktop Linux effectively because it's getting so large and sluggish, and there are endless posts around the Net from newcomers who're puzzled as to why Linux is 'so slow'."
;)
My friends computer was a 4 year old or so e-Machine, 500 Mhz Celeron/96 MB, and some small on board video running w2k. I would not consider it snappy running Micorsoft Office, IE, Outlook and destkop manager as you suggested.
I went to BestBuy and purchased another 128 MB of memory, an nvidia video card, and a new fancy/simple USB optical mouse/mouse-pad to replace the old ball-style one she had since college. I think it cost me about $170 bucks for everything. In my particular situation turn around time (2 days) was more important than cost.
I installed Slackware 9.1 with Gnome 2.6 and it seems to run well. The purdy anti-aliased fonts do seem to take up some resources but it does make it look fluffy (which in this case was a good thing). It is fast enough for her but here the speed in which you need to click/scroll things is well different for each person. I have PII and choose to forgo a *desktop enviornment* for speed, etc. and I am happy.
End result it works/runs well for the user (good for me as computer suppport friend) and well...It runs Linux.
This man has a great solution.
"I'm happy there are less comp sci majors, it takes away the needless competition facing the good ones."
IMO competition is never needless. And who gets to define who and what competition/threat is needless? The *good ones*?
The colleges will go down with the crappy students they produce. Some colleges will maintain their academic standards and continue to prosper along with the students they educate.