Guess it's another stupid IP-only company, just as Celera Genomics is.
They expect some other big manufacturer to take the challenge of making the technology viable for mass production while they sit and wait for the IP-rights cheques to arrive!
For instance, might Microsoft someday claim that software using Windows "derives" from Windows and unfairly competes with Microsoft's business? Because Windows software is proprietary, the possibility never can be fully ruled out.
What if Microsoft decided to sue everyone who built stuff that relies on the Windows API?
When was the last time you saw such a big contract being negotiated only on technical merits?
There's a huge, complex and invisible layer of personal connections and influence for this kind of contracts.
Product strategy idiocy x Consumers
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Hacking the XBox
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It doesn't seem logical that we shouldn't be able to modify hardware that we buy, but from the business perspective these consoles are being sold at a loss
Customers do not have anything to do with the fact that some companies opted to sell their products at a loss. Why should loss-making companies be protected from customers while engaging on unfair market tactics against their competitors?
Self-destructing is destroying my property, unless I can re-use the media it came on
Partially true, since you may own the media but not the data inside, for which you've bought a permission to view for a limited time (usually set to "infinite", but this can be changed as well).
Think of a video rental model, except that you do not have to return the media!
It resembles that impossible command combos found at Virtua Fighter 4 for the PS2: lots of commands to memorize.
Worse, I can feel the pain in my shoulders just by looking at the pics. It seems to solve CTS by transferring the pain to the point where the arm connects to the shoulder!
.... use interfaces instead. Tie up your systems with a tool like Vitria, SeeBeyond, Microsoft BizTalk, pay some $600k+ on licensing fees and configuration and make some systems integrators happier!
According to the video clip shown in their web site, it seems that the disk turns blue (or black, whatever). So it might still play on my Playstation 2, right?
If such thing went to market on a broad basis, then I imagine that there should be some legal way to enforce recycling of these disks. In the other hand, manufacturing costs (including the cost of recycling) would make this product unfeasible -- unless customers are forced to pay the cost of recycling. Either way, I do not see this as an economically optimal solution...
Not really (Re:Instead...)
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Making Change
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With the adoption of technologies as CRM, I do not believe that stores consider cost saving when doing customer communication. Unless it is a national campaign, stores usually adapt their prices according to regional competition and the argument of cost savings can not hold.
awwwwright. if windows isn't an OS and Unix is as bad a OS as herpes is to health, then what would be the alternative? That funky mainframe OS (which runs ROSCOE, I do not know the name of it)?????
In fact I tried that myself and, of course, never
worked, but my boss at least cared to explain WHY
they did things that way.
It stems from a
well known theory (in the world of corporate
finance and economy, at least) called "The Agency
Theory".
In a few words: although management's
mission is to increase the value of the company
they work for (and thus increasing stock prices
and revenues for its stockholders), the
performance of these people is measured in terms
of months or a few years, while corporate results
from the stockholder's POV is measured in much
larger periods.
"So what?" you might ask.
The thing is that since management's performance
is measured in such shorter periods, managers
will always tend to do things that make them look
good, instead of making the company look good.
It's a form of veiled conflict of interest.
This causes a number of distortions, such as
people working to save their asses instead of
saving company's. Decisions are taken so that
they will not compromise their carreers. To
accomplish this, they always choose to select an
external vendor. This decision works as an
insurance: if anything goes really wrong, they
can blame the vendor (it's limited, but better
than having no one to blame as in the case of
OSS).
Having said that, I believe that the
only way to get your company to use OSS is to
convince the stakeholders of the value of OSS and
change the way the managerial class is evaluated.
No easy task, sure, but this shows that the move
towards OSS cannot be pushed from the bottom up
but the other way instead.
Do not waste your
time on things you cannot change! Do as a friend
of mine does: "the most important is the 15th and
the 30th. Everything else does not matter!" (the
15th and 30th being the days of the month he gets
paid)
Geez. If you don't want your pictures being seen by lots of people, just do not send it over such an insecure media!
DRM should not be a substitute for lack of personal responsability, IMHO. I think that technology can actually make life better but it is being widely abused by media compaines. Later, legislators will come up with ways to control the abuse, requiring more abuse on our privacy rights.
There should be laws controlling the production of such technlogy instead of their use.
Every Hindu religious ceremony is in Sanskrit, and
every priest read/write and speak it.
Ha! That was good! R/W priests! What happened to the read-only ones?
Just following orders (Re:Waiting)
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Strike on Iraq
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History is written by the winners!!
Lets remember that Germany and Japan do not participate in the UN Security Council and the latter was not allowed to have military until very recently.
UnitedLinux would want to use one of their own members distrobution. In fact, Conectiva is based upon RedHat, but I think that geography would be an issue for Conectiva (they're based in Brazil).
How would you feel finding yourself stuck in a traffic jam on the "Swiss Alps" race track on the Gran Turismo???? Engine idling, you would just sit back and start switching over radio stations. Very lifelike.
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They expect some other big manufacturer to take the challenge of making the technology viable for mass production while they sit and wait for the IP-rights cheques to arrive!
What if Microsoft decided to sue everyone who built stuff that relies on the Windows API?
There's a huge, complex and invisible layer of personal connections and influence for this kind of contracts.
Customers do not have anything to do with the fact that some companies opted to sell their products at a loss. Why should loss-making companies be protected from customers while engaging on unfair market tactics against their competitors?
(page title: Ice Cream Parlor -196C LLC)
Do not try to do this at home, ok?
How to make ice cream in 5 minutes.
"Marco, I want some ice cream"
Lucas going to buy the ingredients.
The X ingredient (hahaha, nitrogen)
Fill it up, mister!
Safety gear
Making the ice cream.
Now, it only needs to be frozen... hahaha
hehehe...
More nitrogen.
"Keep stirring, Dili."
There's smoke coming out. It's cold.
Done. One minute later it is ready.
Let's taste it...
Hummmm....
Done. It's good. You can eat it now!
Repeat: do not try to do this at home.
Gee, I *really* need to find something better to do when idle....
Partially true, since you may own the media but not the data inside, for which you've bought a permission to view for a limited time (usually set to "infinite", but this can be changed as well).
Think of a video rental model, except that you do not have to return the media!
Worse, I can feel the pain in my shoulders just by looking at the pics. It seems to solve CTS by transferring the pain to the point where the arm connects to the shoulder!
.... use interfaces instead. Tie up your systems with a tool like Vitria, SeeBeyond, Microsoft BizTalk, pay some $600k+ on licensing fees and configuration and make some systems integrators happier!
With the adoption of technologies as CRM, I do not believe that stores consider cost saving when doing customer communication. Unless it is a national campaign, stores usually adapt their prices according to regional competition and the argument of cost savings can not hold.
I wonder if US/Canadian tax software is something more than an plain electronic form
so what? computer programs usually do not outlive book copyright periods (due to new versions, obsolecence, etc)!
If so, where do I get an ISO to burn a CD?
I wonder if HP printers also suffer from this problem....
In fact I tried that myself and, of course, never worked, but my boss at least cared to explain WHY they did things that way.
It stems from a well known theory (in the world of corporate finance and economy, at least) called "The Agency Theory".
In a few words: although management's mission is to increase the value of the company they work for (and thus increasing stock prices and revenues for its stockholders), the performance of these people is measured in terms of months or a few years, while corporate results from the stockholder's POV is measured in much larger periods.
"So what?" you might ask.
The thing is that since management's performance is measured in such shorter periods, managers will always tend to do things that make them look good, instead of making the company look good. It's a form of veiled conflict of interest.
This causes a number of distortions, such as people working to save their asses instead of saving company's. Decisions are taken so that they will not compromise their carreers. To accomplish this, they always choose to select an external vendor. This decision works as an insurance: if anything goes really wrong, they can blame the vendor (it's limited, but better than having no one to blame as in the case of OSS).
Having said that, I believe that the only way to get your company to use OSS is to convince the stakeholders of the value of OSS and change the way the managerial class is evaluated. No easy task, sure, but this shows that the move towards OSS cannot be pushed from the bottom up but the other way instead.
Do not waste your time on things you cannot change! Do as a friend of mine does: "the most important is the 15th and the 30th. Everything else does not matter!" (the 15th and 30th being the days of the month he gets paid)
Geez. If you don't want your pictures being seen by lots of people, just do not send it over such an insecure media! DRM should not be a substitute for lack of personal responsability, IMHO. I think that technology can actually make life better but it is being widely abused by media compaines. Later, legislators will come up with ways to control the abuse, requiring more abuse on our privacy rights. There should be laws controlling the production of such technlogy instead of their use.
So... is your "brick" a pager instead????
It this holds true, how the hell do you guys intend to build any code if parts of it aren't free???
Ha! That was good! R/W priests! What happened to the read-only ones?
Lets remember that Germany and Japan do not participate in the UN Security Council and the latter was not allowed to have military until very recently.
UnitedLinux would want to use one of their own members distrobution. In fact, Conectiva is based upon RedHat, but I think that geography would be an issue for Conectiva (they're based in Brazil).
...it flaps instead!
How would you feel finding yourself stuck in a traffic jam on the "Swiss Alps" race track on the Gran Turismo???? Engine idling, you would just sit back and start switching over radio stations. Very lifelike.
And why would them switch over another platform, being SO used to MS?
Slashcode actually uses the template toolkit. Presentation is separated from logic in the same fashion ColdFusion pages are separated from data.