That they are incredibly rudimentary and primitive does not diminish their usefullness, provided they're used for what they're meant for. They're not going to predict anything, for example.
> True, that can make it a challenge for Linux > adoption,
are somewhat contradictory statements, which makes me impressed with your willingness to not make bold biased statements with little merit or grounding in reality.
The "right" answer depends on your goals, and there's probably more than one right answer.
The music industry has an advantage: they've never released their products in digital form without DRM.
(I guess laser disc might count, but I'm not sure on that front really...)
Anyway, since DVDs were always encrypted they're starting for a position of (relative) strength: if the music industry had never created the non-copy protected digital music format known as the CD, they'd have an easier time defending their position.
Granted DVD encryption has long been hacked, and I've ripped movies that I own for travel purposes (why carry laptop + DVDs when I can just carry laptop?) Still...the point remains...they put up a fence to protect their property. If people keep breaking through your fence, you have have a right to defend yourself. If you have no fence in the first place, you may well lose some rights to your propery.
I still think DRM is mostly evil, but I do buy the occasional album from iTunes. Content creators have a *right* to protect their content, and one solution may not be right for all...some may continue to give it away while others want to protection offered by encryption.
For starters, I wouldn't buy a Metallica album at all...but whatever.
The problem with this model is that it's inherently selfish. Radiohead's fame was built by a traditional music delivery model. No doubt that the system is broken, but it hardly seems revolutionary for an incredibly famous and wealthy band to go "independent."
By doing so, Metallica / Radiohead etc. milk their fame and pocket all the money for themselves with nothing going into the development of new artists.
I'm reminded of a comment Moby made when he had licenced every song from Play to a commercial of some sort: his comment was that the licencing money supported his label - V2 - which was a small label with not much money. In his view, licencing his music was a tool that allowed his label to develop new artists.
I certainly don't think the labels are all that benevolent (they're profit making machines that spoon feed their listeners pablum) but I don't think it's a good thing to have famous acts pulling stunts like this.
Perhaps Metallica should try starting a *label* then trying this distribution model, if they suddenly like it.
We only even went to class because he gave pop-quizzes. If I were you, I would have focused my time on inventing a time machine so I could check the day before to see if there WAS going to be a pop quiz. Then I could skip class when my presence wasn't necessary.
Ah, those were the days when I had time for such flights of fancy. Now I've got a mortgage to pay, and it's all I can do to find time to post on Slashdot.
Just like thumbnail drives, they will "wear out" with use. My understanding is that the technology being used in "SSD-Hard Drives" is quite a bit different than the tech being used in the average cheap thumb drive such as my 4GB one.
By the same token, the tech being used in the iPod Touch is quite a bit different, which is how it can offer 32GB of flash storage for ~CDN$500 while a 64GB SSD upgrade for a MacBook Air is CDN$1,400.
So if you can back your statements up with some evidence, knock yourself out. Otherwise...I think the issue isn't nearly as real as you seem to suggest it is.
This is longer than hard drives last, so I'd say that issue is "solved" at least in the current context of solving it. It can still, of course, be improved.
I'm sure someone's going to claim to have had a hard drive running for 20+ years...blurg.
I don't have time to re-read it right now, but as I recall the basic thesis was that it's *highly* likely that the streak didn't really happen, and that it was...ahem...aided along by willing assistance on the part of officials.
Good grief. What would Charlie Brown say? Our nation turns it lonely eyes to you.
So...is there a difference between this type of assistance and the...blurg...assistance the modern home run kings had in their pursuit of Hank Aaron's record?
Google's never done anything evil? That filtering counts for sure...they read my mail (judging from the contextual ads I get)...didn't they lose a bunch of mail a while ago for somebody?
I'm not suggesting Google's EVIL, I just don't think they're perfect. But filtering...well...you say it's not evil, and I say it is: we'll agree to disagree.
Delightful to use? Google needs to start designing interfaces, instead of not designing interfaces and calling it minimalism: the Microsoft alternative might be worse, but Google interfaces aren't "delightful" by any stretch: personalized homepages are hideous...I had a better one at Excite 10 years ago.
But...not the real point of my reply... what I think is interesting is that Apple's been the innovative underdog for 30 years now, and it's an image that's managed to hold. There's definitely something different going on there. I'm not suggesting it's not vulnerable (dumping Safari on users machines was not a smart move) but I do think it's a company with a different culture...
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Invent a generic induction charging plate. Problem solved.
In the meantime, cable turtles.
http://www.cableturtles.co.uk/
I can't find them anymore in Canada. They were expensive, but the nicest solution I've found.
You could, if you weren't an anonymous coward.
Jokes on you. That's not a "Car" it's a "Ford"
The two are not even remotely similar.
My understanding is that's exactly what they do. Read Cringely.
http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2007/pulpit_20070329_001882.html
Anyway, the IOC is a cabal, a Pentavirate and the Olympics have lost all credibility.
Can't wait till they come to my town in 2010 to screw the whole place up.
I, personally, prefer my lime in the coconut.
I'd rather see them go with Reiser File System. I've heard some killer stuff about it's features.
1) The Aqua interface layre
2) A UNIX microkernel for the OS
that would be a sweet operating system.
1) Take still photographs on 35mm film (or medium format.)
2) Store the negatives in a fireproof box
I found a negative on a family farm that is approximately 80 years old. Nothing special was done to store it, and the prints look glourious.
I doubt you'll be able to say the same about your hard drive 80 years from now (although I have some files that are 20 years old.)
at least until they cave, as eronysis says. I'm sure they will.
It doesn't make my like my Blackberry Curve any better. I'll be sticking to Nokia products in the future, unless the company gives me a blackberry.
Telltales have long been used in sailing. Most sails have some visible.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tell-tale
That they are incredibly rudimentary and primitive does not diminish their usefullness, provided they're used for what they're meant for. They're not going to predict anything, for example.
I only read Science Fiction that's been recommended by Oprah.
You've acknowledged that this:
> I'm all for choice.
and this:
> True, that can make it a challenge for Linux
> adoption,
are somewhat contradictory statements, which makes me impressed with your willingness to not make bold biased statements with little merit or grounding in reality.
The "right" answer depends on your goals, and there's probably more than one right answer.
The music industry has an advantage: they've never released their products in digital form without DRM.
(I guess laser disc might count, but I'm not sure on that front really...)
Anyway, since DVDs were always encrypted they're starting for a position of (relative) strength: if the music industry had never created the non-copy protected digital music format known as the CD, they'd have an easier time defending their position.
Granted DVD encryption has long been hacked, and I've ripped movies that I own for travel purposes (why carry laptop + DVDs when I can just carry laptop?) Still...the point remains...they put up a fence to protect their property. If people keep breaking through your fence, you have have a right to defend yourself. If you have no fence in the first place, you may well lose some rights to your propery.
I still think DRM is mostly evil, but I do buy the occasional album from iTunes. Content creators have a *right* to protect their content, and one solution may not be right for all...some may continue to give it away while others want to protection offered by encryption.
But first, we need to invent a Time Machine so that we can retroactively go back to the mid-90s and fire them then.
There's no point firing him now: the virus is too deeply embedded, and not even AVG will root it out.
give into her temptations with caution, for those memories of passion shall haunt you for the rest of your days.
For starters, I wouldn't buy a Metallica album at all...but whatever.
The problem with this model is that it's inherently selfish. Radiohead's fame was built by a traditional music delivery model. No doubt that the system is broken, but it hardly seems revolutionary for an incredibly famous and wealthy band to go "independent."
By doing so, Metallica / Radiohead etc. milk their fame and pocket all the money for themselves with nothing going into the development of new artists.
I'm reminded of a comment Moby made when he had licenced every song from Play to a commercial of some sort: his comment was that the licencing money supported his label - V2 - which was a small label with not much money. In his view, licencing his music was a tool that allowed his label to develop new artists.
I certainly don't think the labels are all that benevolent (they're profit making machines that spoon feed their listeners pablum) but I don't think it's a good thing to have famous acts pulling stunts like this.
Perhaps Metallica should try starting a *label* then trying this distribution model, if they suddenly like it.
> very few let their content expand horizontally to > fill the available space.
I would expect this to start changing in the next 24 monhts.
Based on this prediction I will call myself a "futurist" and start charging Fortune 500 corporations a $300/hour consulting fee.
20% off to non-profits.
Ah, those were the days when I had time for such flights of fancy. Now I've got a mortgage to pay, and it's all I can do to find time to post on Slashdot.
By the same token, the tech being used in the iPod Touch is quite a bit different, which is how it can offer 32GB of flash storage for ~CDN$500 while a 64GB SSD upgrade for a MacBook Air is CDN$1,400.
So if you can back your statements up with some evidence, knock yourself out. Otherwise...I think the issue isn't nearly as real as you seem to suggest it is.
This is longer than hard drives last, so I'd say that issue is "solved" at least in the current context of solving it. It can still, of course, be improved.
I'm sure someone's going to claim to have had a hard drive running for 20+ years...blurg.
Processor speed, at a very basic, can usually be ramped back. This is part of what happens when you choose "longer battery life" on a PowerBook...
Yes, I still call them PowerBooks.
In any case, antivirus is free for personal use if you use AVG. If not for personal use, it's probably covered by some non-retail price site licence.
The Walrus, a Canadian magazine, ran an article about this a while ago:
http://www.walrusmagazine.com/articles/2007.10-joe-dimaggio-56-games/
I don't have time to re-read it right now, but as I recall the basic thesis was that it's *highly* likely that the streak didn't really happen, and that it was...ahem...aided along by willing assistance on the part of officials.
Good grief. What would Charlie Brown say? Our nation turns it lonely eyes to you.
So...is there a difference between this type of assistance and the...blurg...assistance the modern home run kings had in their pursuit of Hank Aaron's record?
Google's never done anything evil? That filtering counts for sure...they read my mail (judging from the contextual ads I get)...didn't they lose a bunch of mail a while ago for somebody?
I'm not suggesting Google's EVIL, I just don't think they're perfect. But filtering...well...you say it's not evil, and I say it is: we'll agree to disagree.
Delightful to use? Google needs to start designing interfaces, instead of not designing interfaces and calling it minimalism: the Microsoft alternative might be worse, but Google interfaces aren't "delightful" by any stretch: personalized homepages are hideous...I had a better one at Excite 10 years ago.
But...not the real point of my reply...
what I think is interesting is that Apple's been the innovative underdog for 30 years now, and it's an image that's managed to hold. There's definitely something different going on there. I'm not suggesting it's not vulnerable (dumping Safari on users machines was not a smart move) but I do think it's a company with a different culture...
at least until Steve passes on.
Eve will regret that thing about the Apple oh so long ago.
If you're going to deal with the devil, someone's going to get burned. It's not usually the devil either.