They breed more. It's inevitable (read demographics regarding education levels and birthrates, we're already damned).
Of course the truth is probably the converse. I spend more on the web because I know how to and I know how to do it safely (you know, make sure your CC company has a good policy regarding fraud/theft, read your statements, use different cards for more questionable purchases). I do as much shopping online as I possibly can. I can find much better prices and I spend less time doing it. I'm quite confident I spend more then Mr. 'baby-poop mustard' probably just slightly less on pornography.
When the answer is simple (complex). You either rely on the whims and foresight of another (bad business strategy) or you chose your own route. The RIAA holds its control over the net radio market by a hair. Simply because no-ones really challenged them, on their own ground.
Begging is going to get you very little, but working directly with the very labels and artists in an organized fashion and you'll be able to by-pass the RIAA in this regard (largely) altogether. Setup a foundation to be a industry friendly clearing-house to handle limited blanket licensing in terms the industry finds acceptable. Most labels want protection (from piracy and misuse) but also want exposure. With a little will (and funding) I think there would only be a few majors that would hold out. The same ones that want the market to be smaller in the first place. Which really would be a win-win. RIAA exclusive labels/artists could limit their exposure and practice the same kinds of influence they've become accustomed to. Smaller or more open labels and artists could continue to gain exposure and change the very markets the RIAA is trying to limit.
Well, at this point I think it's safe to say that the./ editors reflect the growing diversity of the readership. If I want a good geek chuckle I hit The Register. Here I get the lite version but with funnier comments.
is the box/CPU confusion. When someone asks if they should bring their monitor and keyboard or just the CPU I still crack a smile. Same with the memory/hard drive. I've actually spent serious amounts of time trying to untangle that one with people who are really intelligent. But what the hell, I can't do taxes or balance a checkbook (you just spend money then it replaces itself!).
I work for a web services development company that relies heavily of most all of the targeted technologies (AJAX, server side scripting, Flash, etc). Just yesterday this very subject came up as we look at our business strategy over the next few years and what technologies we will need to adapt.
From what I've seen Silverlight is very much like Flash functionally. In fact (and please feel free to correct me) aside from being a WMV wrapper and there-by providing their own DRM system natively I see very little difference. From a developer stand-point it could be interesting. The multi-language support could speed development up in many cases and help create more interactive content as developers get to use tools they are familiar with to achieve the kinds of things they'd like to.
That said Adobe has been in this game for a long time now. Companies don't usually last that long being stupid so I'll be very interested to see if and how they respond to this. They absolutely *have* to see that this is a threat to one of their business models. And frankly I think Microsoft has done some things here that Adobe should have done already. Microsoft *will* get penetration enough to make a serious go if it simply based on their recent acquisition.
Gloves are off. Personally I'd like to see Adobe pull this off, but they are going to have to react quickly and I haven't heard a lot of buzz coming out of their corner. Time will tell. Silverlight is still in Alpha and while the demo's are interesting, I'd stop short of calling them revolutionary. I think it really will come down to developers on this one.
Probably could have guessed this. The Postal Community was interesting and rather tight-knit. Say or think what you like about the game but there were those who really enjoyed it. That said, the entire premise of a movie coming out of it was kind of a shock. Postal (2) is horribly offensive. It's developers last I was aware where barely keeping head above water. This is not a combination for good or even tasteless movie making.
That said, the game is some of the most fun I've had. I started because they released a Linux demo originally. I believe I read about it here. Good times, funny people (and of course some remarkably shitty ones). But a movie?
The funny thing about OSS is how many people it involves. You increase the amount of people and you increase the amount of chatter. Add to that a little politics and you get exactly what you'd expect. But the beauty of the OSS movement, like anything, is the diversity of the pool. Calling it one way or the other is unjust. There are lots of people on both sides of the fence and all imaginable variations of between.
We fixate on the polarity because it makes news. Because it's interesting. Because people who feel strongly about an issue tend to speak louder. But that doesn't mean a lot about the OSS community en mass.
See here. I've personally never used it, only the servers variants, so I couldn't say what's new or interesting about it (aside from the fact that they've re-entered that market). It's based on 5, which unlike Vista *does* feel like an incremental step forward, so there's that.
Even the more technical among us. It's fine to be idealistic and all but there comes a point when it's simply impractical to pretend an operating system you don't like doesn't carry important weight in the real world.
Personally I like Linux for a lot of things. I've used it for maybe 8 or 9 years now? I'm a senior systems administrator and run deployments mainly focused on Linux based operating systems. That's not to say when I go to my office I fire up Ubuntu. Or when our CEO has laptop problems I curse Microsoft and implore him to adopt OS du jour.
Frankly XP was simply a better version of 2000. Yes, prettier. More user friendly. I won't say the same for Vista. At least in it's current incarnation it is not a slightly improved/prettier version of XP. It's sluggish and annoying. It's one step forward and 2 steps back. More like an improved 3.1. Maybe after SP1 comes out we will see something shine. I wouldn't give up. I just wouldn't recommend businesses upgrade right now.
Anyway, harping on Microsoft always seems a little silly. As a corporation they do some annoying things. Lots of corporations do. But they also hire some talented programmers and have actually helped do some good (you do like the PC platform, right?). Even helped set some high-water marks (not that I'm a fan of the most recent version of Office, but you get my meaning).
In the end using the wrong OS for the wrong task sucks. That's not being an apologist, that my friend, is being a realist. Something I think we can forget to do in all the mellow-dramatic politicking.
Personally (sorry I'm being a bit long-winded) my biggest disappointment with Vista is that it doesn't feel like an incremental upgrade to XP. I think XP was some of their best work to date. Aside from a few quirks I really enjoy using it. As I enjoy using Ubuntu on my laptop sitting in my bedroom and I enjoy the mindless reliability of the MythTV server I have sitting quietly and quite functionally in the closet to the left of me.
And it costs. To keep prices competitive ISP's have got into the habit of charging reasonable, low flat-rate fees. Consumers like this and everyone was happy. But the way they achieved this was not by charging consumers what it would cost to use the allotted bandwidth constantly, because most users don't typically. This way they could provide service for more users less expensively.
Of course the trouble is now that broadband has become increasingly common and bandwidth use is continuously rising I suspect ISP's don't know what to do to keep from saturating their networks (and incurring the added cost). So they are looking for a way out and I guess changing the pricing model for the consumer is probably not a very appealing idea. Not that I think this is anything other then sleazy, but I do see that the problems is a little more complicated then ISP's trying to get paid 3 ways.
We need cheaper, higher bandwidth infrastructure. Because of the shifts in technology this problem isn't going to go away (as it is, it's going to get much worse) and ISP's will fail trying to shift costs in this manner. So who will absorb the cost? Are you willing to pay 2 or 3 times the price for what feels like the same level of service? Most people I know wouldn't. In fact they'd probably scream bloody murder. But that's where the funny accounting is. The BBC is on a commercial pipe. They are, ironically, already paying for the bandwidth their using, it's the end user who's been getting the break. Which makes this a backhanded way to get us to pay. Because if the BBC doesn't cough up the money your service is what would theoretically be effected, ISP's are simply shifting the culpability to the upstream provider. What a funny world.
was corn-based byproducts (corn syrup?). Most cookies, like most snacks (in box listed portions of course) are around 180 calories. I run about 1 mile at a 10% grade for just over 10 minutes to burn that. My treadmill has on of those digital counters. Changes the way I think about having a beer or buying that bag of potato chips. But I wouldn't call 1 mile insane, just a bit of a disincentive.
I think Linus is just happy doing what he's doing. He didn't seek fame (or infamy). But if his focus *really* was servers with absolutely no biases we'd have a stable api allowing proprietary vendors to develop closed drivers for Linux servers and then more or less forget about them.
I don't know what your relationship with Linux is but I work professionally as a server admin for a mid-sized company. Proprietary driver updates with each kernel release is a major pain in the ass and often requires you use older kernels while you wait for your vendor (EMC/Oracle/etc) to release an updated module.
I'm not making a political statement here one way or the other. But as the benevolent dictator this is something he could make happen if the server market was his only concern.
Just go directly at him and ram him. Anyway, from what I understand sharks aren't very intelligent and don't have great vision anyway. So unless this thing come with attached chum you're probably no better or worse off. Especially those delicious surfers (not that they use fins, but they make a damn fine fish silhouette).
It's a little garbled (fixable) but the products they feature only vaguely resemble an iPod. Maybe inspired by, but they look like good products in their own right. Ogg (I don't care, but lots of people used to) and FLAC support is really nice. But the controls and UI look very well done (I own a Creative Zen, which works nicely too).
Where do you people come from? Humanity sucks? People with your shit attitude suck. I scanned the comments, they where a typical mix. I don't love or hate police. I don't like it when they abuse their power (power has that problem) but I know there are plenty of people out there working in law enforcement that do what they do because they care about it. Same as with a lot of other things, but like doctors, paramedics, firefighters and countless other occupations what they do often helps save lives.
Maybe if you could do more then reflexively see the negative part of 'humanity' you could have posted something worth the +5 insightful. All I hear is adolescent clap-trap. Grow up.
For music at least I'd definitely go with mp3tunes. Their pricing model is much more consumer friendly (starting at free) and the service is purpose built. For general purpose storage, if I wanted or needed it I don't think I could justify paying that kind of price. Even though I'm sure their reliability is best of breed (which I know needs to be figured into the total cost, but 100GB these days is nothing).
Funnily, the particular phone the framework of the story is based on is never found by the author (well, never shown). So it's hard to say exactly what it does feature. But looking at your punchlist does bring to mind the one point the author did mention, multi-touch is a technology that originated in China. He mentions it's development being related to Chinese character input so I'd say it's likely that this technology *would* be included. And if what he says is true then Apple probably can't keep that tech exclusive. Meaning legitimate makers (like HTC) will probably be releasing phones that use it.
The moral of the story wasn't that Apples product wasn't good, it's that the limitations *placed* on it were creating a market for knock-offs (where there is demand but no availability) and work-a-likes. I thought it was an interesting read.
Because I see 1) unfreeze 2) installed warez 3) refreeze 4) zombie. It's a great idea if you have a really good working understanding of an operating system (although I've seen some pretty tricky virii/malware) but for your regular users this is complicated and confusing. In fact I would say it would probably be easier to train a user to use an unprivileged account (and we all know how well that's gone).
DeepFreeze is an excellent tool for administrators or powerusers. But certainly no silver bullet.
And I trust them absolutely not to abuse or misuse this technology. Because they never have in the past...
I'm sure you'll enjoy your new improved location-specific viagra/trans-sexual/diet-pill/stock tips. Because the greater the volume of targeted data available on you the more responsible advertisers will become. Naturally.
Tax McDonalds and other garbage food producers like we the tobacco industry. Of course the cost will be passed onto the consumer and but then it works more as a disincentive then a penalty. As it is companies are encouraged to bring inexpensive products into the market place without considering the impact on human health (class-action lawsuits aside). If cigarettes kill people how is it that high-fructose corn syrup doesn't? And it's aggressively marketed to you from birth. American is swimming with junk food and we act like it's just people. Ketchup is now in one of the food groups.
They were illegal. What this person did was expose illegal and unconstitutional abuse. Leaking almost implies he was in some moral grey area. Anyone who doesn't report such abuse is in a moral grey area. The fact that he can be persecuted for this publicly just shows how far we've gone from understanding that the government is of the people and for the people. There is a world of difference between reporting illegal abuse and leaking information. I wish more people would understand that. Night and day.
I wish I had mod points. The previous posters argument smack of that kind of blind logic soldiers who committed war crimes used, and on hindsight probably really regretted. There are laws and there are people above you who will tell you want to do. Sometimes these two things come into conflict. As a citizen, as an intelligent person with free-will, it is your responsibility to decide if it is more important to follow a chain of command or a moral and legal obligation.
What's with all the right-wing cronie-ism? Slashdot isn't going to be a very good platform for this kind of astro-turfing.
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They breed more. It's inevitable (read demographics regarding education levels and birthrates, we're already damned).
Of course the truth is probably the converse. I spend more on the web because I know how to and I know how to do it safely (you know, make sure your CC company has a good policy regarding fraud/theft, read your statements, use different cards for more questionable purchases). I do as much shopping online as I possibly can. I can find much better prices and I spend less time doing it. I'm quite confident I spend more then Mr. 'baby-poop mustard' probably just slightly less on pornography.
Nothing to see. Not even smart trolling.
When the answer is simple (complex). You either rely on the whims and foresight of another (bad business strategy) or you chose your own route. The RIAA holds its control over the net radio market by a hair. Simply because no-ones really challenged them, on their own ground.
Begging is going to get you very little, but working directly with the very labels and artists in an organized fashion and you'll be able to by-pass the RIAA in this regard (largely) altogether. Setup a foundation to be a industry friendly clearing-house to handle limited blanket licensing in terms the industry finds acceptable. Most labels want protection (from piracy and misuse) but also want exposure. With a little will (and funding) I think there would only be a few majors that would hold out. The same ones that want the market to be smaller in the first place. Which really would be a win-win. RIAA exclusive labels/artists could limit their exposure and practice the same kinds of influence they've become accustomed to. Smaller or more open labels and artists could continue to gain exposure and change the very markets the RIAA is trying to limit.
Well, at this point I think it's safe to say that the ./ editors reflect the growing diversity of the readership. If I want a good geek chuckle I hit The Register. Here I get the lite version but with funnier comments.
is the box/CPU confusion. When someone asks if they should bring their monitor and keyboard or just the CPU I still crack a smile. Same with the memory/hard drive. I've actually spent serious amounts of time trying to untangle that one with people who are really intelligent. But what the hell, I can't do taxes or balance a checkbook (you just spend money then it replaces itself!).
Speculative maybe. But it's good to be wary.
I work for a web services development company that relies heavily of most all of the targeted technologies (AJAX, server side scripting, Flash, etc). Just yesterday this very subject came up as we look at our business strategy over the next few years and what technologies we will need to adapt.
From what I've seen Silverlight is very much like Flash functionally. In fact (and please feel free to correct me) aside from being a WMV wrapper and there-by providing their own DRM system natively I see very little difference. From a developer stand-point it could be interesting. The multi-language support could speed development up in many cases and help create more interactive content as developers get to use tools they are familiar with to achieve the kinds of things they'd like to.
That said Adobe has been in this game for a long time now. Companies don't usually last that long being stupid so I'll be very interested to see if and how they respond to this. They absolutely *have* to see that this is a threat to one of their business models. And frankly I think Microsoft has done some things here that Adobe should have done already. Microsoft *will* get penetration enough to make a serious go if it simply based on their recent acquisition.
Gloves are off. Personally I'd like to see Adobe pull this off, but they are going to have to react quickly and I haven't heard a lot of buzz coming out of their corner. Time will tell. Silverlight is still in Alpha and while the demo's are interesting, I'd stop short of calling them revolutionary. I think it really will come down to developers on this one.
Probably could have guessed this. The Postal Community was interesting and rather tight-knit. Say or think what you like about the game but there were those who really enjoyed it. That said, the entire premise of a movie coming out of it was kind of a shock. Postal (2) is horribly offensive. It's developers last I was aware where barely keeping head above water. This is not a combination for good or even tasteless movie making.
That said, the game is some of the most fun I've had. I started because they released a Linux demo originally. I believe I read about it here. Good times, funny people (and of course some remarkably shitty ones). But a movie?
The funny thing about OSS is how many people it involves. You increase the amount of people and you increase the amount of chatter. Add to that a little politics and you get exactly what you'd expect. But the beauty of the OSS movement, like anything, is the diversity of the pool. Calling it one way or the other is unjust. There are lots of people on both sides of the fence and all imaginable variations of between.
We fixate on the polarity because it makes news. Because it's interesting. Because people who feel strongly about an issue tend to speak louder. But that doesn't mean a lot about the OSS community en mass.
See here. I've personally never used it, only the servers variants, so I couldn't say what's new or interesting about it (aside from the fact that they've re-entered that market). It's based on 5, which unlike Vista *does* feel like an incremental step forward, so there's that.
Even the more technical among us. It's fine to be idealistic and all but there comes a point when it's simply impractical to pretend an operating system you don't like doesn't carry important weight in the real world.
Personally I like Linux for a lot of things. I've used it for maybe 8 or 9 years now? I'm a senior systems administrator and run deployments mainly focused on Linux based operating systems. That's not to say when I go to my office I fire up Ubuntu. Or when our CEO has laptop problems I curse Microsoft and implore him to adopt OS du jour.
Frankly XP was simply a better version of 2000. Yes, prettier. More user friendly. I won't say the same for Vista. At least in it's current incarnation it is not a slightly improved/prettier version of XP. It's sluggish and annoying. It's one step forward and 2 steps back. More like an improved 3.1. Maybe after SP1 comes out we will see something shine. I wouldn't give up. I just wouldn't recommend businesses upgrade right now.
Anyway, harping on Microsoft always seems a little silly. As a corporation they do some annoying things. Lots of corporations do. But they also hire some talented programmers and have actually helped do some good (you do like the PC platform, right?). Even helped set some high-water marks (not that I'm a fan of the most recent version of Office, but you get my meaning).
In the end using the wrong OS for the wrong task sucks. That's not being an apologist, that my friend, is being a realist. Something I think we can forget to do in all the mellow-dramatic politicking.
Personally (sorry I'm being a bit long-winded) my biggest disappointment with Vista is that it doesn't feel like an incremental upgrade to XP. I think XP was some of their best work to date. Aside from a few quirks I really enjoy using it. As I enjoy using Ubuntu on my laptop sitting in my bedroom and I enjoy the mindless reliability of the MythTV server I have sitting quietly and quite functionally in the closet to the left of me.
Their tools. Not personal credos.
And it costs. To keep prices competitive ISP's have got into the habit of charging reasonable, low flat-rate fees. Consumers like this and everyone was happy. But the way they achieved this was not by charging consumers what it would cost to use the allotted bandwidth constantly, because most users don't typically. This way they could provide service for more users less expensively.
Of course the trouble is now that broadband has become increasingly common and bandwidth use is continuously rising I suspect ISP's don't know what to do to keep from saturating their networks (and incurring the added cost). So they are looking for a way out and I guess changing the pricing model for the consumer is probably not a very appealing idea. Not that I think this is anything other then sleazy, but I do see that the problems is a little more complicated then ISP's trying to get paid 3 ways.
We need cheaper, higher bandwidth infrastructure. Because of the shifts in technology this problem isn't going to go away (as it is, it's going to get much worse) and ISP's will fail trying to shift costs in this manner. So who will absorb the cost? Are you willing to pay 2 or 3 times the price for what feels like the same level of service? Most people I know wouldn't. In fact they'd probably scream bloody murder. But that's where the funny accounting is. The BBC is on a commercial pipe. They are, ironically, already paying for the bandwidth their using, it's the end user who's been getting the break. Which makes this a backhanded way to get us to pay. Because if the BBC doesn't cough up the money your service is what would theoretically be effected, ISP's are simply shifting the culpability to the upstream provider. What a funny world.
was corn-based byproducts (corn syrup?). Most cookies, like most snacks (in box listed portions of course) are around 180 calories. I run about 1 mile at a 10% grade for just over 10 minutes to burn that. My treadmill has on of those digital counters. Changes the way I think about having a beer or buying that bag of potato chips. But I wouldn't call 1 mile insane, just a bit of a disincentive.
I think Linus is just happy doing what he's doing. He didn't seek fame (or infamy). But if his focus *really* was servers with absolutely no biases we'd have a stable api allowing proprietary vendors to develop closed drivers for Linux servers and then more or less forget about them.
I don't know what your relationship with Linux is but I work professionally as a server admin for a mid-sized company. Proprietary driver updates with each kernel release is a major pain in the ass and often requires you use older kernels while you wait for your vendor (EMC/Oracle/etc) to release an updated module.
I'm not making a political statement here one way or the other. But as the benevolent dictator this is something he could make happen if the server market was his only concern.
Just go directly at him and ram him. Anyway, from what I understand sharks aren't very intelligent and don't have great vision anyway. So unless this thing come with attached chum you're probably no better or worse off. Especially those delicious surfers (not that they use fins, but they make a damn fine fish silhouette).
It's a little garbled (fixable) but the products they feature only vaguely resemble an iPod. Maybe inspired by, but they look like good products in their own right. Ogg (I don't care, but lots of people used to) and FLAC support is really nice. But the controls and UI look very well done (I own a Creative Zen, which works nicely too).
Where do you people come from? Humanity sucks? People with your shit attitude suck. I scanned the comments, they where a typical mix. I don't love or hate police. I don't like it when they abuse their power (power has that problem) but I know there are plenty of people out there working in law enforcement that do what they do because they care about it. Same as with a lot of other things, but like doctors, paramedics, firefighters and countless other occupations what they do often helps save lives.
Maybe if you could do more then reflexively see the negative part of 'humanity' you could have posted something worth the +5 insightful. All I hear is adolescent clap-trap. Grow up.
Hippie!
For music at least I'd definitely go with mp3tunes. Their pricing model is much more consumer friendly (starting at free) and the service is purpose built. For general purpose storage, if I wanted or needed it I don't think I could justify paying that kind of price. Even though I'm sure their reliability is best of breed (which I know needs to be figured into the total cost, but 100GB these days is nothing).
Funnily, the particular phone the framework of the story is based on is never found by the author (well, never shown). So it's hard to say exactly what it does feature. But looking at your punchlist does bring to mind the one point the author did mention, multi-touch is a technology that originated in China. He mentions it's development being related to Chinese character input so I'd say it's likely that this technology *would* be included. And if what he says is true then Apple probably can't keep that tech exclusive. Meaning legitimate makers (like HTC) will probably be releasing phones that use it.
The moral of the story wasn't that Apples product wasn't good, it's that the limitations *placed* on it were creating a market for knock-offs (where there is demand but no availability) and work-a-likes. I thought it was an interesting read.
Because I see 1) unfreeze 2) installed warez 3) refreeze 4) zombie. It's a great idea if you have a really good working understanding of an operating system (although I've seen some pretty tricky virii/malware) but for your regular users this is complicated and confusing. In fact I would say it would probably be easier to train a user to use an unprivileged account (and we all know how well that's gone).
DeepFreeze is an excellent tool for administrators or powerusers. But certainly no silver bullet.
And I trust them absolutely not to abuse or misuse this technology. Because they never have in the past...
I'm sure you'll enjoy your new improved location-specific viagra/trans-sexual/diet-pill/stock tips. Because the greater the volume of targeted data available on you the more responsible advertisers will become. Naturally.
I use Astral Projection to get most places. Take &*that*# suckers!
Where's my peyote buttons?
with motivated or socially responsible. Maybe anyway. Just a thought.
Tax McDonalds and other garbage food producers like we the tobacco industry. Of course the cost will be passed onto the consumer and but then it works more as a disincentive then a penalty. As it is companies are encouraged to bring inexpensive products into the market place without considering the impact on human health (class-action lawsuits aside). If cigarettes kill people how is it that high-fructose corn syrup doesn't? And it's aggressively marketed to you from birth. American is swimming with junk food and we act like it's just people. Ketchup is now in one of the food groups.
They were illegal. What this person did was expose illegal and unconstitutional abuse. Leaking almost implies he was in some moral grey area. Anyone who doesn't report such abuse is in a moral grey area. The fact that he can be persecuted for this publicly just shows how far we've gone from understanding that the government is of the people and for the people. There is a world of difference between reporting illegal abuse and leaking information. I wish more people would understand that. Night and day.
I wish I had mod points. The previous posters argument smack of that kind of blind logic soldiers who committed war crimes used, and on hindsight probably really regretted. There are laws and there are people above you who will tell you want to do. Sometimes these two things come into conflict. As a citizen, as an intelligent person with free-will, it is your responsibility to decide if it is more important to follow a chain of command or a moral and legal obligation.
What's with all the right-wing cronie-ism? Slashdot isn't going to be a very good platform for this kind of astro-turfing.