The gameboy is the best selling game console in history, if i remember right. Nintendo makes zillions on that thing, and even with the PSP coming and other portable gaming systems, nintendo has a huge fan base, huge list of games(thousands!) a decade of experience, and namebrand recognition.
there was an article recently about a silicon valley startup that is being hired by the RIAA and others that 'listen's to kazaa, p2p apps, newsgroups, irc etc... several thousand different things in total(irc channels, newgroups and whatnot)... and looks for illegal files being sent...
Can't find the article, but it apears that they don't use the software, rather they just listen for certain things on the net, and since kazaa and others are encrypted, it isn't hard for them to get information...
I completely agree. I don't understand why Kazaa, or any of the open source p2p apps don't encrypt 100% of traffic, along with hiding ips, anonimizing traffic, and making it all but impossible to get information on what is being passed and from where/to whom it is being passed.
what doesn't seem right is that a guy, who apparently has no business with online auctions, was given a patent on something like 'buy it now'... that is not original, and is unpatent worthy... yes, in a technical sense, ebay infringe on this guys patent, in a real sense, this guy doesn't deserve a patent, it should be revoked, and ebay shouldn't be having to pay some 'inventor' 30 mill because he convinces a patent clerk to approve his idea.
This patent is crap, and it is a shame that ebay is forced to pay 30 million dollars to this man.
you do realize that it was Boeing that did the miscalculations, and not NASA, right? Even though NASA got blamed, it wasn't their fault, it was Boeing who caused the screwup...:)
i am in school, and so all my documents, reports and c++/java projects are on there.
I also have copies of my favorite software, aim 4.8 + aim+ (5.x doesn't play with aim+ well), the distributed.net client, putty, tightvnc, winamp, etc.
and thirdly, i carry a copy of my website, in case i need it, or other backup medians are not available.
it seems that anything less-free then the GPL is simply not free enough to them... it is sad, really.
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the problem with this, as i had a similar idea in an earlier post, and this was pointed out was: what about when 1 project is very much in need of highly portable code, while another project isn't... as in, netbsd couldn't necesarily join this universal ports, because they need to have all their ports compile across everything with a microprocessor(this is not a bad thing, btw) but a linux or darwin project only cares about x86/ppc architectures.
why not have kazaa encrypt the files(why aren't they doing that already?) and then the RIAA would have to break the DMCA to crack the encrytion!
Note, even something as simple as rot-13(rotating the letters of the alphabet 13 spaces a-n, b-o, m-z...) is encryption, as that is what Adobe did with their ebook file format...
"Oh, and the next iPod game is going to be Doom 3, with network games over BlueTooth."
Yes, i know you are joking....
Bluetooth, if correctly used, could be awesome for syncing with your mac/windows box or even better, stream music to 'local' ipods within range, similar to how iTunes lets you stream music to other users on the same network.
And doom 3? no. but a first person shooter, like the orignal doom, wirrten the right way could be playable on the ipod. using the scroller to turn, and the 4 buttons for forward / back / shoot / change gun... again, bluetooth would allow for local lan games being played, highly bad ass.
ofcourse battery life would be drained like mad, so a solution would be required. but never say never, apple is just crazy enough to try it.
Bill Gates has said it: Microsoft went into the Gaming Console Market with $2 billion and decided that they can lose it all, just to get a solid presence and foothold.... TWO BILLION that they said was an acceptable loss, just to enter the market...
and they 20 times that to take on Sony, if need be.
"ok, 5% crash 2 or more times per day. Let's say then, that maybe 10% crash once per day, 20% crash every couple of days, 40% crash once a week, etc."
You can't make claims on number you completely made up... yes, if 75% of all windows machines crashed once a week i would be very annoyed. but you just made your numbers up!
1. Didn't mp3.com try to stream out copies of CD's THEY OWNED, to avoid the whole p2p legality issue?
2. iTunes had the ability to stream songs to users over the net(later revoked to only the local area), and sites online (spymac.com) create systems of automaticly build a music list of all available songs from the current set of users...
Aren't both those ideas very similar to this Snapster? Maybe it is just me.
"very cool but can I make my own plane and then play with the wingfoil design (and see how quickly I crash)?"
Yes, yes you can. The tools included let you create your own plane, then test it in the airport of your choice... and if you don't like the airports given, you can design(or redsign) your own.
The x-plane site has a fairly large collection of user made designs including ships, boats cars and some crazy looking planes:)
the untrained user, probably not... to pilots, professionals, and those in the know... yes, you can tell, and that is why it is so highly regarded and FAA approved.
"I sit back and take a look at the POS that is the computer world. We have a huge monopoly on the one hand which knows no tactics dirty enough to gain marketshare. We have tiny little desperate companies such as SCO and Intertrust using the law to effectively cripple any wish to innovate in anything."
You complain about a monopoly that uses dirty(illegal) tactics to gain marketshare THEN you complain about a company(Intertrust) that tries to hold Microsoft accountable for not playing fair? What about AOL and Sun that have tried point MS's activities out too, what do you say about them?
O, and not to troll, but you never mentioned Apple... Seems like they might be worth checking out for a guy(or gal) like you. Just a thought:)
"The upgraded cubes have a 1.2 GHz G4 processor, GeForce 3 card with 64 MB RAM, 1 GB RAM (upgradable to 1.5) and a 120 GB hard drive!"
This is cool and all, but why can't they have 256meg ram and a 20-40gig harddrive and shave several hundred dollars of the price?
On a slightly offtopic rant: Many have said Apple needs to compete in the (more) lowend market... I would think a headless g3 would be the way to go... $500-$800, 128meg ram, 20gig hdd, etc. in a cube-like case without a monitor would be HUGE for apple, in my opinion. Even to the point shaving off the Apple markup and selling these things at a near no-profit, just to get lots of units sold.
" Its called a settlement for a reason. Its a deal struck between the 2 opposing sides. Its not just one sided."
Yes, but when the alternative is jail time, rediculous fines and a team of lawyers, the young kid who be stupid not to settle... And if he made demands, fine, the RIAA and their lawyers take the kid to court.
"Unfortunately most of the people are probably high school or college kids or people just trying to get by in life. If I were in the group and forced to settle, part of the settlement agreement would have to be that I'm allowed to talk about what happened to me in public"
So some punk highschool(not unlike myself) gets the crap scared out of him with a lawsuit, and now has to either settle, or go to court where his one(crapy?) attorney will face the RIAA's 50... but you want to make demands when you settld?! Please, you bend over and take what they give you so that you don't get sued for rediculous ammounts or go to jail
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wardriving or babes... ;)
that is a hard decision for some slashdoters.
like vin deisel?
is that the sequel to Mario Paint?
one word: gameboy...
The gameboy is the best selling game console in history, if i remember right. Nintendo makes zillions on that thing, and even with the PSP coming and other portable gaming systems, nintendo has a huge fan base, huge list of games(thousands!) a decade of experience, and namebrand recognition.
na, not unless we can beowulf the joke together!
sorry, i couldn't resist.
there was an article recently about a silicon valley startup that is being hired by the RIAA and others that 'listen's to kazaa, p2p apps, newsgroups, irc etc... several thousand different things in total(irc channels, newgroups and whatnot)... and looks for illegal files being sent...
Can't find the article, but it apears that they don't use the software, rather they just listen for certain things on the net, and since kazaa and others are encrypted, it isn't hard for them to get information...
I completely agree. I don't understand why Kazaa, or any of the open source p2p apps don't encrypt 100% of traffic, along with hiding ips, anonimizing traffic, and making it all but impossible to get information on what is being passed and from where/to whom it is being passed.
what doesn't seem right is that a guy, who apparently has no business with online auctions, was given a patent on something like 'buy it now'... that is not original, and is unpatent worthy... yes, in a technical sense, ebay infringe on this guys patent, in a real sense, this guy doesn't deserve a patent, it should be revoked, and ebay shouldn't be having to pay some 'inventor' 30 mill because he convinces a patent clerk to approve his idea.
This patent is crap, and it is a shame that ebay is forced to pay 30 million dollars to this man.
you do realize that it was Boeing that did the miscalculations, and not NASA, right? Even though NASA got blamed, it wasn't their fault, it was Boeing who caused the screwup... :)
i am in school, and so all my documents, reports and c++/java projects are on there.
I also have copies of my favorite software, aim 4.8 + aim+ (5.x doesn't play with aim+ well), the distributed.net client, putty, tightvnc, winamp, etc.
and thirdly, i carry a copy of my website, in case i need it, or other backup medians are not available.
it seems that anything less-free then the GPL is simply not free enough to them... it is sad, really.
the problem with this, as i had a similar idea in an earlier post, and this was pointed out was: what about when 1 project is very much in need of highly portable code, while another project isn't... as in, netbsd couldn't necesarily join this universal ports, because they need to have all their ports compile across everything with a microprocessor(this is not a bad thing, btw) but a linux or darwin project only cares about x86/ppc architectures.
why not have kazaa encrypt the files(why aren't they doing that already?) and then the RIAA would have to break the DMCA to crack the encrytion!
Note, even something as simple as rot-13(rotating the letters of the alphabet 13 spaces a-n, b-o, m-z...) is encryption, as that is what Adobe did with their ebook file format...
"Oh, and the next iPod game is going to be Doom 3, with network games over BlueTooth."
Yes, i know you are joking....
Bluetooth, if correctly used, could be awesome for syncing with your mac/windows box or even better, stream music to 'local' ipods within range, similar to how iTunes lets you stream music to other users on the same network.
And doom 3? no. but a first person shooter, like the orignal doom, wirrten the right way could be playable on the ipod. using the scroller to turn, and the 4 buttons for forward / back / shoot / change gun... again, bluetooth would allow for local lan games being played, highly bad ass.
ofcourse battery life would be drained like mad, so a solution would be required. but never say never, apple is just crazy enough to try it.
Bill Gates has said it: Microsoft went into the Gaming Console Market with $2 billion and decided that they can lose it all, just to get a solid presence and foothold.... TWO BILLION that they said was an acceptable loss, just to enter the market...
and they 20 times that to take on Sony, if need be.
"ok, 5% crash 2 or more times per day.
Let's say then, that maybe 10% crash once per day, 20% crash every couple of days, 40% crash once a week, etc."
You can't make claims on number you completely made up... yes, if 75% of all windows machines crashed once a week i would be very annoyed. but you just made your numbers up!
1. Didn't mp3.com try to stream out copies of CD's THEY OWNED, to avoid the whole p2p legality issue?
2. iTunes had the ability to stream songs to users over the net(later revoked to only the local area), and sites online (spymac.com) create systems of automaticly build a music list of all available songs from the current set of users...
Aren't both those ideas very similar to this Snapster? Maybe it is just me.
"very cool but can I make my own plane and then play with the wingfoil design (and see how quickly I crash)?"
Yes, yes you can. The tools included let you create your own plane, then test it in the airport of your choice... and if you don't like the airports given, you can design(or redsign) your own.
The x-plane site has a fairly large collection of user made designs including ships, boats cars and some crazy looking planes:)
the untrained user, probably not... to pilots, professionals, and those in the know... yes, you can tell, and that is why it is so highly regarded and FAA approved.
"I sit back and take a look at the POS that is the computer world. We have a huge monopoly on the one hand which knows no tactics dirty enough to gain marketshare. We have tiny little desperate companies such as SCO and Intertrust using the law to effectively cripple any wish to innovate in anything."
:)
You complain about a monopoly that uses dirty(illegal) tactics to gain marketshare THEN you complain about a company(Intertrust) that tries to hold Microsoft accountable for not playing fair? What about AOL and Sun that have tried point MS's activities out too, what do you say about them?
O, and not to troll, but you never mentioned Apple... Seems like they might be worth checking out for a guy(or gal) like you. Just a thought
"and the GOP controling every branch of the government.. including the fourth branch..."
I know noone will read this, but i was hoping pressman(the poster) would... What do you mean by that statement, and what is the 4th branch?
"The upgraded cubes have a 1.2 GHz G4 processor, GeForce 3 card with 64 MB RAM, 1 GB RAM (upgradable to 1.5) and a 120 GB hard drive!"
This is cool and all, but why can't they have 256meg ram and a 20-40gig harddrive and shave several hundred dollars of the price?
On a slightly offtopic rant:
Many have said Apple needs to compete in the (more) lowend market... I would think a headless g3 would be the way to go... $500-$800, 128meg ram, 20gig hdd, etc. in a cube-like case without a monitor would be HUGE for apple, in my opinion. Even to the point shaving off the Apple markup and selling these things at a near no-profit, just to get lots of units sold.
" Its called a settlement for a reason. Its a deal struck between the 2 opposing sides. Its not just one sided."
Yes, but when the alternative is jail time, rediculous fines and a team of lawyers, the young kid who be stupid not to settle... And if he made demands, fine, the RIAA and their lawyers take the kid to court.
"Unfortunately most of the people are probably high school or college kids or people just trying to get by in life. If I were in the group and forced to settle, part of the settlement agreement would have to be that I'm allowed to talk about what happened to me in public"
So some punk highschool(not unlike myself) gets the crap scared out of him with a lawsuit, and now has to either settle, or go to court where his one(crapy?) attorney will face the RIAA's 50... but you want to make demands when you settld?! Please, you bend over and take what they give you so that you don't get sued for rediculous ammounts or go to jail
" If you want a realistic driving experience, drive a real car."
:)
That is what they said about The Sims: if you want a reallife experience, go outside.... but look at how well that game sold