In addition, the media giants picked another format for High Definition DVD than what Bill chose for his XBox 360.
Microsoft is incredibly rich. But people have realized that Microsoft isn't untouchable. The problems with Vista, the notion that Google is snubbing Microsoft time after another. And how exactly do you compete with an operating system that is free? And many others.
This gives other companies the balls to stand up against them. Or, I should say, this is my theory.
This is slightly more technical, but I've been wondering about if they are going to offer up a torrent style iTunes client. This could be a tremendeous boon for for instance podcasts, and video podcasts in general. Maybe only for free content but still.
Sure, many wouldn't be able to figure out how to open up their firewall, but enough people would, that it would make a tremendous difference for some poor podcaster. It will likely let them cut their provider bill in half. Or they could reach 10 times as many people for the same cost. They could even make sure that all their friends have seeds before they release the podcast, that way they don't even really need a server provider (not of the type where you need to know how many GB per month you are allowed).
This would also be a tremendous benefit for Apple since being on iTunes definitely would be the shiznat for all the podcasters because now it also has a very direct benefit for them.
Also, if they did the torrent thing then they would get some serious Google type respect from geeks. Apple would be credited for making decentralized file sharing mainstream.
I can't even think of a down side. Can someone slap me out of this?
So, today you have to pay extra to get a fixed IP. I can understand that, somewhat, because there is a limited number of IP-numbers.
Now, if we have an unlimited number of IP-numbers, then I will be pissed if they expect me to pay extra for a fixed IP. What is their explanation and motivation for a higher price for a Fixed IP?
So maybe one of the reasons that they are trying to delay the introduction of IPV6 is because they know they will no longer get the extra income from customers that are paying for a fixed IP.
The new ipod is smaller and with a bigger screen. And the smaller of the models got a storage increase bump from 20Gb to 30GB. And if I'm not mistaken the price is the same as the models it is replacing. So in the case of the smaller model you get 50% more storage for the same price.
How can it be a failure just because you _also_ can play video on it.
I have a 3G iPod and I'm hoping every day that it'll break so I can buy one of these new puppies with a good conscience.
What I think about the video? It's a bonus and I will att least keep funny short clips from the Internet on it to show friends so we can share a laugh. And I will download a TV episode or two just to try it out.
Even the 4G iPods had enough power to actually show video. So at some point it becomes ridicilous to not provide that functionality. You have the hardware, you have the software, tell me again, why aren't video supported?
Episodes of the NPR show Cartalk was $3.95. I used to buy a lot of episodes. I'm a sucker for that show. Then the price was raised to $5.95 (or something like that) and then it just crossed over to not being worth it for me. $3.95 was rather expensive to begin with.
Comparing the price of a song with a TV show such as desperate housewives is a bit apples and oranges. But comparing a one hour radio show with a one hour TV show isn't. At least in my mind.
A TV show for $1.99 is worth more than a $5.95 radio show generally speaking. I hope that this will help push Cartalk down to $1.99 or even below.
How big the screen is only relevant for social viewing where there is more than one viewer. The clarity and how much of your field of vision it covers is the important factors for single person viewing.
You will cover more of your field of vision by making the screen larger. But also by bringing it closer. The best example would be glasses with built in screens. And they already exist.
Great to see Oracle legitimise the open source database space as they did with Linux
There is one key difference. Oracle isn't in direct competition with Linux.
There is a chance that Oracle has some plan for InnoDB that will help Oracle's bottom line without actually harming MySQL. But if I had to guess, I would guess that the strategy in some way involves Oracle helping Oracle by harming MySQL. Or rather by slowing MySQL's progress. Because I don't believe that this isn't something that MySQL can't deal with.
While that is a great flattery, I can't help but think that brave words such as "Great to see Oracle legitimise the open source database space as they did with Linux" feels just a little bit like putting up a brave face. Because it would almost certainly have been better for MySQL if Oracle hadn't bought InnoDB.
Now you are being illogical. You are arguing with testosterone instead of with your brain.
How do you figure that my post meant that one should cut ones credit card into tiny splinters? Walk me through the thought process here. It can't be too hard. It is only four lines. Five if you count the sig.
Can't do it?
That's what I thought. Now, stop arguing with grown ups.
Assuming that your stuff is encrypted it should be pretty safe to put it almost anywhere.
1) Keep the latest copy on your iPod (or equivalent) if you tend to carry it all the time. That way you have it with you in case you can't go home. 2) Buy an extra USB drive and snail-mail it to your parents out in the boonies for safe keeping. 3) E-Mail it to yourself on Gmail or equivalent. But then I would double dog encrypt it. You may not want to put your most secret information there. But some of things could certainly go on there.
I would put all my ID stuff on there, all important papers and contracts, passport. Thumbprints and pictures of each other for the dreadful prospect that you may have to ID each other, or post pictures in the news paper for your partner. If you have any particular features such as a birth mark or a tatoo then it might be clever to take a picture of that as well. Medical records potentially. But you could also walk around and take pictures of your home for insurance purposes. All your important phone numbers and addresses to relatives.
If you are collecting all this information then you may want to invest the money in a fireproof safe as well.
Man, I didn't mean to sound so alarmist. I just thought it was a really great question.
Honestly, why do we care about e-books. Isn't audiobooks better in all respects?
Maybe its just me that thinks that.
But I prefer listening to audiobooks over reading. And it is cheaper to build an audiobook device over a good e-book reader. An audiobook capable device is basically just an mp3 player.
"The new AtomChip® Quantum® II processor with 256MB on-board memory has a high speed with very low consumption of electrical energy."
It uses very little elecrical energy. What I have to figure out though is what other type of energy it uses. I'm suspecting bullshit or some other type biological energy source.
Of course you, the reader, probably think this byline is biased. Of course it is. But what are the press saying about OpenServer 6? Here is a quick sampling of recent sound bites
The quotes that he presents aren't attributed to any sources though. So my question is, how many of those quotes are from their own internal news letter? Or (more seriously) some organization that already has a vested interest in SCO?
Slashdot Mirror
In addition, the media giants picked another format for High Definition DVD than what Bill chose for his XBox 360.
Microsoft is incredibly rich. But people have realized that Microsoft isn't untouchable. The problems with Vista, the notion that Google is snubbing Microsoft time after another. And how exactly do you compete with an operating system that is free? And many others.
This gives other companies the balls to stand up against them. Or, I should say, this is my theory.
This is slightly more technical, but I've been wondering about if they are going to offer up a torrent style iTunes client. This could be a tremendeous boon for for instance podcasts, and video podcasts in general. Maybe only for free content but still.
Sure, many wouldn't be able to figure out how to open up their firewall, but enough people would, that it would make a tremendous difference for some poor podcaster. It will likely let them cut their provider bill in half. Or they could reach 10 times as many people for the same cost. They could even make sure that all their friends have seeds before they release the podcast, that way they don't even really need a server provider (not of the type where you need to know how many GB per month you are allowed).
This would also be a tremendous benefit for Apple since being on iTunes definitely would be the shiznat for all the podcasters because now it also has a very direct benefit for them.
Also, if they did the torrent thing then they would get some serious Google type respect from geeks. Apple would be credited for making decentralized file sharing mainstream.
I can't even think of a down side. Can someone slap me out of this?
So, today you have to pay extra to get a fixed IP. I can understand that, somewhat, because there is a limited number of IP-numbers.
Now, if we have an unlimited number of IP-numbers, then I will be pissed if they expect me to pay extra for a fixed IP. What is their explanation and motivation for a higher price for a Fixed IP?
So maybe one of the reasons that they are trying to delay the introduction of IPV6 is because they know they will no longer get the extra income from customers that are paying for a fixed IP.
Exactly!!!
The new ipod is smaller and with a bigger screen. And the smaller of the models got a storage increase bump from 20Gb to 30GB. And if I'm not mistaken the price is the same as the models it is replacing. So in the case of the smaller model you get 50% more storage for the same price.
How can it be a failure just because you _also_ can play video on it.
I have a 3G iPod and I'm hoping every day that it'll break so I can buy one of these new puppies with a good conscience.
What I think about the video? It's a bonus and I will att least keep funny short clips from the Internet on it to show friends so we can share a laugh. And I will download a TV episode or two just to try it out.
Even the 4G iPods had enough power to actually show video. So at some point it becomes ridicilous to not provide that functionality. You have the hardware, you have the software, tell me again, why aren't video supported?
This won't really be driving sales until they put porn on there.
Episodes of the NPR show Cartalk was $3.95. I used to buy a lot of episodes. I'm a sucker for that show. Then the price was raised to $5.95 (or something like that) and then it just crossed over to not being worth it for me. $3.95 was rather expensive to begin with.
Comparing the price of a song with a TV show such as desperate housewives is a bit apples and oranges. But comparing a one hour radio show with a one hour TV show isn't. At least in my mind.
A TV show for $1.99 is worth more than a $5.95 radio show generally speaking. I hope that this will help push Cartalk down to $1.99 or even below.
How big the screen is only relevant for social viewing where there is more than one viewer. The clarity and how much of your field of vision it covers is the important factors for single person viewing.
You will cover more of your field of vision by making the screen larger. But also by bringing it closer. The best example would be glasses with built in screens. And they already exist.
I don't know that that isn't a compliment, or not.
There is one key difference. Oracle isn't in direct competition with Linux.
There is a chance that Oracle has some plan for InnoDB that will help Oracle's bottom line without actually harming MySQL. But if I had to guess, I would guess that the strategy in some way involves Oracle helping Oracle by harming MySQL. Or rather by slowing MySQL's progress. Because I don't believe that this isn't something that MySQL can't deal with.
While that is a great flattery, I can't help but think that brave words such as "Great to see Oracle legitimise the open source database space as they did with Linux" feels just a little bit like putting up a brave face. Because it would almost certainly have been better for MySQL if Oracle hadn't bought InnoDB.
I thought an application like that already existed. Called AOL.
Now you are being illogical. You are arguing with testosterone instead of with your brain.
How do you figure that my post meant that one should cut ones credit card into tiny splinters? Walk me through the thought process here. It can't be too hard. It is only four lines. Five if you count the sig.
Can't do it?
That's what I thought. Now, stop arguing with grown ups.
What kind of an inane advice is that?
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Is your credit card number encrypted? No?
By your own reasoning it should be safe for you to post your credit card number on
I'm waiting...
Assuming that your stuff is encrypted it should be pretty safe to put it almost anywhere.
1) Keep the latest copy on your iPod (or equivalent) if you tend to carry it all the time. That way you have it with you in case you can't go home.
2) Buy an extra USB drive and snail-mail it to your parents out in the boonies for safe keeping.
3) E-Mail it to yourself on Gmail or equivalent. But then I would double dog encrypt it. You may not want to put your most secret information there. But some of things could certainly go on there.
I would put all my ID stuff on there, all important papers and contracts, passport. Thumbprints and pictures of each other for the dreadful prospect that you may have to ID each other, or post pictures in the news paper for your partner. If you have any particular features such as a birth mark or a tatoo then it might be clever to take a picture of that as well. Medical records potentially. But you could also walk around and take pictures of your home for insurance purposes. All your important phone numbers and addresses to relatives.
If you are collecting all this information then you may want to invest the money in a fireproof safe as well.
Man, I didn't mean to sound so alarmist. I just thought it was a really great question.
Great, thanks.
I already set up a server and now I'm challenging all the script kiddies to take control of the computer on that IP and erase all hard drives.
All I want is a static IP
Slashdot biased? NEVER!!!
Honestly, why do we care about e-books. Isn't audiobooks better in all respects?
Maybe its just me that thinks that.
But I prefer listening to audiobooks over reading. And it is cheaper to build an audiobook device over a good e-book reader. An audiobook capable device is basically just an mp3 player.
Man, you should consider upgrading to one of these puppies
How long do you normally keep a computer before you get a new one?
What OS do you think will be on a computer that you buy two years from now?
To be at my full potential I need the following
1) a huge hard drive based mp3 player
2) Really comfortable noise cancelling head phones
3) A multi monitor setup. I have two but I've started thinking about a third.
4) A lot of RAM. I'd say, a minimum of 1GB
If it was christmas I'd make sure that I got a dual core CPU for the responsiveness.
I also love having a white board. But it is only necessary for communication. If I work alone I don't need it.
Google + Skype = soiled telco executive underwear
Ebay + Skype = telco executive goes "meh"
Not true according to this quote:
"The new AtomChip® Quantum® II processor with 256MB on-board memory has a high speed with very low consumption of electrical energy."
It uses very little elecrical energy. What I have to figure out though is what other type of energy it uses. I'm suspecting bullshit or some other type biological energy source.
"I regularly say that every form of theft and fraud in the real world will eventually be duplicated in cyberspace," says Bruce Schneier."
So, Mr. Schneier? Do you often get robbed by robots?
The quotes that he presents aren't attributed to any sources though. So my question is, how many of those quotes are from their own internal news letter? Or (more seriously) some organization that already has a vested interest in SCO?
Amazing.
I have noticed that some web sites has the same effect.