Huh? These three points don't mesh at all. A driving marketing factor -> people don't need that much power -> but it doesn't matter because it's coming to an end.
Moore's law has held for roughly 40 years. By the time computers were commonplace among normal people, people had come to expect that they would become cheaper and faster every year. When that became more difficult, the expectations (driving market factor) caused Intel and others to spend an increasing amount of money and effort to maintain the pace, eventually compromising their architecture to achieve percieved performance advantages (p4 high clock rate mess) over actual performance. For the past few years more and more people have noticed that they really have no need for more power for the stuff they want to do.
Meanwhile, Moore's law is coming to an end (again). That, and Apple hasn't been reported as being on the verge of bankruptcy for at least a year, which is in itself unusual.
If you can't imagine the use for more processing power, then you're not very imaginative.
Sure I can, but most people won't be demanding that sort of power for some time. The stuff they have works quite well for a lot of people, TYVM. Thermal design and quiet computers that don't break are likely to be more interesting than the latest whizbang in the near future.
Someday object printers will exist, and all hell will break loose. I'd imagine possession of an unlicensed printer will have more stringent penalties than mass murder...
Think of the possibilities... don't like someone? Print up a dead hooker, drop it in his bedroom, and tip off the cops.
IBM would be breaking the law if they failed to use a patent which they knew could be profitably used -- publicly traded companies are obliged to do the best they can for their shareholders.
No they aren't. They are enjoined from doing some patently stupid things, but there is no way to enforce a law like you describe. IBM is not obligated to enforce all of its patents. They are obligated to enforce trademarks, however.
think it took a fair amount of corporate and personal courage to come out and say "we don't like the way things are
I think they might be trying to tighten up the rules to consolidate their position. Their portfolio becomes more valuable once patents are made harder to obtain.
I love the responses I get when I bring this up: "You shouldn't have signed a contract like that". You're right, I should have worked at McDonalds instead. FOR THE MUSICIAN, THE OPTION IS SIGN OR DON'T WORK. People don't understand. "Monopoly" is not a strong enough word for it, and neither is "stranglehold".
Yes, you should have. You would still own your music and have more money to boot.
I tell you what. Why don't we get Apple to do a little experiment? Apple can have their iTMS offer every song in either their restrictive DRM encrusted AAC format, or a non-DRM'ed MP3. See what format sells more. That would be the industry "speaking".
So, you are proposing that Congress unilaterally modify a license agreement between Apple and the major labels? Because that is exactly why they use DRM - the labels will not allow non-DRM music to be sold.
The Europeans did the right thing when they agreed that all their providers would have to use GSM, so everybody's phone would work with everybody's network. U.S. providers complain that GSM doesn't use bandwidth efficiently. But from the consumer point of view, their hodge-podge of GSM alternates is really inefficient.
Ya know, we have GSM in the states now, and it works really well. I may have to roam if I'm off in Buttfuck IA, but I'll get signal.
Email is *NOT* has no guaranteed delivery mechanism, it is best-effort every step of the way.
It still harms you. Most people treat email as reasnably reliable.
More importantly, the sender would receive a bounce from their SMTP server, so they would know their message didn't get through. They'd call and tell the love of their life over the phone instead.
In the restaurant case, they'd find out 4 days later.
There is absolutely no reason why I shouldn't have used XP SP2 the day it was released. I can't download it and run it on my machine because IT is still checking out a bunch of apps they wrote that I never use.
That depends on how they've set up their hostclasses. If you are in the same host class with people who do use those programs, then they are correct to withhold deployment until everything is tested. They can then update everybody at once. If there are enough people like you, then maybe they should have you people in your own hostclass, I dunno.
The publication ban was put in place by a JUDGE not the party in power, to PROTECT that persons right to a fair trial. And guess what, it's NOT PERMANENT. geez.
And just when the hell were we "more" free?
Isn't there an election that will be over before the ban is lifted, and isn't the trial about political shenanigans? Sounds like it benefits the party in power to me.
When I went to get a car loan, I got a "special deal" from the finance company because I had a degree. As near as I could tell from the paperwork, they didn't care so much what your degree was in or the earning power associated with it.
I wonder if an AAS in General Studies would count.
In return, though, I expect they won't mind my installing webcams around the oval office, tapping Bush's phone line, rifling through his financial records, and interviewing his daughters.
Interviewing, huh? Never heard it called that before...
yeah, cause I'm sure the cost is a big concern for him huh?
After Customs impounded his ultra-rare import Porsche, he was heard to remark "Well, there goes a million bucks". What I want to know is this: does he have those sexy 23" Apple cinema displays?
I'm 5'10" and 200lbs. I'm not tall, and I'm not fat, but I am very solid. The right attitude can make me taller than some guy who's 6'2", especially when he's 10lbs lighter.
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Huh? These three points don't mesh at all. A driving marketing factor -> people don't need that much power -> but it doesn't matter because it's coming to an end.
Moore's law has held for roughly 40 years. By the time computers were commonplace among normal people, people had come to expect that they would become cheaper and faster every year. When that became more difficult, the expectations (driving market factor) caused Intel and others to spend an increasing amount of money and effort to maintain the pace, eventually compromising their architecture to achieve percieved performance advantages (p4 high clock rate mess) over actual performance. For the past few years more and more people have noticed that they really have no need for more power for the stuff they want to do.
Meanwhile, Moore's law is coming to an end (again). That, and Apple hasn't been reported as being on the verge of bankruptcy for at least a year, which is in itself unusual.
If you can't imagine the use for more processing power, then you're not very imaginative.
Sure I can, but most people won't be demanding that sort of power for some time. The stuff they have works quite well for a lot of people, TYVM. Thermal design and quiet computers that don't break are likely to be more interesting than the latest whizbang in the near future.
the RIAA wants to punish people for finding ways of rebelling against their mediocracy/mediocrity.
Mediocracy - I like that.
Someday object printers will exist, and all hell will break loose. I'd imagine possession of an unlicensed printer will have more stringent penalties than mass murder...
Think of the possibilities... don't like someone? Print up a dead hooker, drop it in his bedroom, and tip off the cops.
At least in the USA, a 15 year old cannot legally sign a contract.
Sure they can. They can also repudiate it without penalty so long as they're under 18.
Sort of like with gold jewelry. It's too expensive for many people, so they mix in other metals to reduce the price.
I suppose this is a joke, but pure gold is rather soft. mixing it with other materials makes it hard enough to survive normal use.
IBM would be breaking the law if they failed to use a patent which they knew could be profitably used -- publicly traded companies are obliged to do the best they can for their shareholders.
No they aren't. They are enjoined from doing some patently stupid things, but there is no way to enforce a law like you describe. IBM is not obligated to enforce all of its patents. They are obligated to enforce trademarks, however.
think it took a fair amount of corporate and personal courage to come out and say "we don't like the way things are
I think they might be trying to tighten up the rules to consolidate their position. Their portfolio becomes more valuable once patents are made harder to obtain.
I love the responses I get when I bring this up: "You shouldn't have signed a contract like that". You're right, I should have worked at McDonalds instead. FOR THE MUSICIAN, THE OPTION IS SIGN OR DON'T WORK. People don't understand. "Monopoly" is not a strong enough word for it, and neither is "stranglehold".
Yes, you should have. You would still own your music and have more money to boot.
So if you break the contract, YOU ARE BREAKING THE LAW.
In most places, breach of contract is a civil matter so no, you aren't breaking the law.
DEA impounds shuttle, charges crew.
I tell you what. Why don't we get Apple to do a little experiment? Apple can have their iTMS offer every song in either their restrictive DRM encrusted AAC format, or a non-DRM'ed MP3. See what format sells more. That would be the industry "speaking".
So, you are proposing that Congress unilaterally modify a license agreement between Apple and the major labels? Because that is exactly why they use DRM - the labels will not allow non-DRM music to be sold.
What this is really quite similar to is region encoding on DVDs. 100% bullshit artificial restriction.
But I'll bet there's no Congressional inquiry into that one, no sir.
The Europeans did the right thing when they agreed that all their providers would have to use GSM, so everybody's phone would work with everybody's network. U.S. providers complain that GSM doesn't use bandwidth efficiently. But from the consumer point of view, their hodge-podge of GSM alternates is really inefficient.
Ya know, we have GSM in the states now, and it works really well. I may have to roam if I'm off in Buttfuck IA, but I'll get signal.
SMTP doesn't give up for about 4 days. It may send an intermediate message after 4 hours, but it may not.
Email is *NOT* has no guaranteed delivery mechanism, it is best-effort every step of the way.
It still harms you. Most people treat email as reasnably reliable.
More importantly, the sender would receive a bounce from their SMTP server, so they would know their message didn't get through. They'd call and tell the love of their life over the phone instead.
In the restaurant case, they'd find out 4 days later.
Chess is by no means simple, and Kasporov is one of our best. I bet the majority of desktop computers could beat their users at chess.
You think Chess is complicated? Try Go. Last I checked, there were no computers capable of consistently beating a professional level Go player.
There is absolutely no reason why I shouldn't have used XP SP2 the day it was released. I can't download it and run it on my machine because IT is still checking out a bunch of apps they wrote that I never use.
That depends on how they've set up their hostclasses. If you are in the same host class with people who do use those programs, then they are correct to withhold deployment until everything is tested. They can then update everybody at once. If there are enough people like you, then maybe they should have you people in your own hostclass, I dunno.
The publication ban was put in place by a JUDGE not the party in power, to PROTECT that persons right to a fair trial. And guess what, it's NOT PERMANENT. geez. And just when the hell were we "more" free?
Isn't there an election that will be over before the ban is lifted, and isn't the trial about political shenanigans? Sounds like it benefits the party in power to me.
Yeah, but then you'd be coming back for REAL beer anyway. There's a joke in Canada about American beer.
Easy way to shut them up: order a Yuengling.
When I went to get a car loan, I got a "special deal" from the finance company because I had a degree. As near as I could tell from the paperwork, they didn't care so much what your degree was in or the earning power associated with it.
I wonder if an AAS in General Studies would count.
In return, though, I expect they won't mind my installing webcams around the oval office, tapping Bush's phone line, rifling through his financial records, and interviewing his daughters.
Interviewing, huh? Never heard it called that before...
yeah, cause I'm sure the cost is a big concern for him huh?
After Customs impounded his ultra-rare import Porsche, he was heard to remark "Well, there goes a million bucks". What I want to know is this: does he have those sexy 23" Apple cinema displays?
Exactly how much respect should we expect when we are called in to fix it?
Plenty. I don't make the call to sell cheap crap or pass it off as enterprise-grade, so I accept none of the guilt.
Didn't september end just reciently?
September hasn't ended since 1997.
I'm 5'10" and 200lbs. I'm not tall, and I'm not fat, but I am very solid. The right attitude can make me taller than some guy who's 6'2", especially when he's 10lbs lighter.
Have you seen the plumbing in these old watering holes and theaters? Do you know what they have to do to keep those things working and all clean?
Janitors don't do any of that - that's for the plumbers, and they make bank.