As much fun as surfing the internet from your shirt would be, what about just smart-matching clothes, that change color to match each other + your skin tone, etc? That would be awesome for us matching-clothing challenged persons.
And now, for the first time ever, Slashdot itself gets/.'ed by one of it's own stories.... shouldn't that cause a paradox that destroys the universe, like if Marty saw himself in Back to the Future 2?
Sure, Microsoft got it's browser on a ton of computers, but I would argue that not that many people that have IE are using it regularly. I know a ton of people that will use IE for a little while, and then when it locks up on a page (inevitably), they switch to another browser. Anyone got the stats on the # of hits / percentages from different browsers, versus the # of actual PC's with IE?
How much force would it take to burst a pipe? I would think that would be instant death for your cpu... imagine THAT for a blue screen of death -- "Sorry, your CPU has drowned. Go buy another one!"
The pricing may seem high at first for this product, but remember that the uptime will be better, and the apps that are available are more or less free or packaged with the product -- especially with the enterprise version. I think that for really large customers, the savings could be significant enough to warrant both the switch and the re-training of employees. What's more, once a few large customers switch to this system, there will be a greater demand for JAVA programmers... and that's what Sun really needs!
I am delighted to see that XP has now been revisited and is being shown to not be the end-all of development styles. Perhaps with the slightly less "extreme" version, more managers will be willing to accept the changes. I have never had a boss accept XP, simply because they were scared of it (IMHO).
I am glad that people didn't just sit idly by and let this happen... if I misspell a web address, that doesn't mean i want to, care to, or will ever click on any ads.
If they really want some competition, shouldn't they offer at least some TopCoder-scale money - for instance, how about $10k, but have tiered competitions, so that only the top 5 hackers are trying to get in? That would avoid the DoS issues.
All you have to do is own a tape/cd/etc audio recorder that has a "line in", and voila, take the line out/speaker out from your computer, run a cable, and presto! you can defeat any drm package for a currently existing computer, unless the computer is hard-wired to not have "line out" or "speaker out" (not likely)
If you can "recover" a hard drive, does that mean I can go to Computer Success and buy a bunch of old machines, and "recover" the data, and use it, or do I have to have the original license? I feel like if one person "trashed" it, and I recover it, that's just the same as me going to the dump and buying trash from them that I can somehow convert back into useable goods.
If you can affect something inside a single cell accurately, couldn't this same technology be used to alter ink colors for super high-resolution laser printing? Like 10,000 DPI non-interpreted?
I think it's far more interesting to see how large a result one can return from a combination of really different words. I believe the maximum # of words you can search on is 10... It's also fun to do a "related search dead end", where you click the top-most unvisited "related links" link, until all the results returned have visited "related links" links. It returns some wild stuff eventually.
I have never heard a company like Real, for example, come right out and say, "hey, our code does a, b, and c, and that's because we want the following relevant functionality." Huge, chocolate-coated kudos to Earthstation for having the cajones to just state what their supposed "spyware" is actually doing. If only other software makers would state what their software is up to (or perhaps just make the source open so we can figure it out), maybe there'd be less security scares!
The 4G waves will enhance previous brainwave mutations by at least 40%, although AMD and Intel are planning to release a similar product by Q4.:) ha ha
It seems to me that the larger problem with web standards' adoptions is that many managers would prefer to just have crap, so long as they can have it "right now", and forego the longterm financial savings that web standards coding can provide. I would like to see a book on how to implement a web standard or two that will really save a lot of time right from the beginning, versus the kinds of major changes that take weeks to months to implement -- weeks & months that no small-business manager wants to pay for.
Are we going to see UPC namespaces, and other databases converted over? Personally, I'd like to see a standardized way to access a company's product page for a given product. For example, one of my art prints could be listed under info:devinmoore/prints/printx or something like that. IS that what this service will do, beyond the library classification? Furthermore, will the library of Congress publish all their books online to the system? That would be rad!
How long before people are faking whatever "trusted" voting credentials there are, and creating all sorts of political havoc?
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I think the "case shaped like x" or "case made of y" are always neat, but what I'd really like to see is some custom hardware -- a multi-chip multi-board PC, or something like that. You used to see more people experimenting with the hardware. Still, if anyone can build a working computer that runs in a bucket full of cooked oatmeal (preferably Quaker instant brown sugar oatmeal), that would be sweet. Computers submerged in stuff are always cool.
From my dad's dealings with NASA, and from my own experiences with the kinds of robust computer systems involved, I think it would truly be an accomplishment for any private enterprise to successfully launch into space, do something productive, and potentially come back, manned or unmanned. It is just remarkably difficult to get things into space!
Well, I should hope so! After all, it's their partners that are footing the bill for the tour. I looked over the schedule, and I was disppointed to see that there's not a segment hosting the "bitch at SCO about UNIX licensing" forum. That would be great to attend. Maybe the CEO can at least do a dunk tank:)
For example: If Henry Ford invested in roads, he'd make more money off of cars, because there'd be more roads to drive the cars on. Another way to make money and also create jobs is to support philanthropic efforts (like artists, i.e. ME!). Such things are always good for the economy -- everyone likes art, and when they see your name on the building, etc. It is only going to create more public awareness for how you are trying to be good with your money.
I have always thought that the GPL was at least a little unfair -- having to release ALL the code for any piece that includes a previously GPL'ed portion. However, what better way could be devised? If it said, "only the module using GPL needs to be released", then companies would just put the GPL'ed part in it's own module. I like that the GPL makes all source more open, but I dislike the fact that people are scared to use it, for fear of revealing competitive advantages or other "really cool" source code -- and isn't that the stuff we all want to see open-source anyways?
Having sat in on a few meetings with Intel and Dell guys, I can say for certain that they are really sharp. I am thrilled to see that Dell has stepped up to the hardware standards intelligence, and realized that benefitting the consumer in the end benefits the company, while creating things purely for profit inevitably ends in disaster:)
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As much fun as surfing the internet from your shirt would be, what about just smart-matching clothes, that change color to match each other + your skin tone, etc? That would be awesome for us matching-clothing challenged persons.
Check that out... you stole my handle!
How long have you been a member?
And now, for the first time ever, Slashdot itself gets /.'ed by one of it's own stories.... shouldn't that cause a paradox that destroys the universe, like if Marty saw himself in Back to the Future 2?
Sure, Microsoft got it's browser on a ton of computers, but I would argue that not that many people that have IE are using it regularly. I know a ton of people that will use IE for a little while, and then when it locks up on a page (inevitably), they switch to another browser. Anyone got the stats on the # of hits / percentages from different browsers, versus the # of actual PC's with IE?
How much force would it take to burst a pipe? I would think that would be instant death for your cpu... imagine THAT for a blue screen of death -- "Sorry, your CPU has drowned. Go buy another one!"
The pricing may seem high at first for this product, but remember that the uptime will be better, and the apps that are available are more or less free or packaged with the product -- especially with the enterprise version. I think that for really large customers, the savings could be significant enough to warrant both the switch and the re-training of employees. What's more, once a few large customers switch to this system, there will be a greater demand for JAVA programmers... and that's what Sun really needs!
I am delighted to see that XP has now been revisited and is being shown to not be the end-all of development styles. Perhaps with the slightly less "extreme" version, more managers will be willing to accept the changes. I have never had a boss accept XP, simply because they were scared of it (IMHO).
I am glad that people didn't just sit idly by and let this happen... if I misspell a web address, that doesn't mean i want to, care to, or will ever click on any ads.
If they really want some competition, shouldn't they offer at least some TopCoder-scale money - for instance, how about $10k, but have tiered competitions, so that only the top 5 hackers are trying to get in? That would avoid the DoS issues.
All you have to do is own a tape/cd/etc audio recorder that has a "line in", and voila, take the line out/speaker out from your computer, run a cable, and presto! you can defeat any drm package for a currently existing computer, unless the computer is hard-wired to not have "line out" or "speaker out" (not likely)
If you can "recover" a hard drive, does that mean I can go to Computer Success and buy a bunch of old machines, and "recover" the data, and use it, or do I have to have the original license? I feel like if one person "trashed" it, and I recover it, that's just the same as me going to the dump and buying trash from them that I can somehow convert back into useable goods.
If you can affect something inside a single cell accurately, couldn't this same technology be used to alter ink colors for super high-resolution laser printing? Like 10,000 DPI non-interpreted?
I think it's far more interesting to see how large a result one can return from a combination of really different words. I believe the maximum # of words you can search on is 10...
It's also fun to do a "related search dead end", where you click the top-most unvisited "related links" link, until all the results returned have visited "related links" links. It returns some wild stuff eventually.
I have never heard a company like Real, for example, come right out and say, "hey, our code does a, b, and c, and that's because we want the following relevant functionality." Huge, chocolate-coated kudos to Earthstation for having the cajones to just state what their supposed "spyware" is actually doing. If only other software makers would state what their software is up to (or perhaps just make the source open so we can figure it out), maybe there'd be less security scares!
The 4G waves will enhance previous brainwave mutations by at least 40%, although AMD and Intel are planning to release a similar product by Q4. :) ha ha
It seems to me that the larger problem with web standards' adoptions is that many managers would prefer to just have crap, so long as they can have it "right now", and forego the longterm financial savings that web standards coding can provide. I would like to see a book on how to implement a web standard or two that will really save a lot of time right from the beginning, versus the kinds of major changes that take weeks to months to implement -- weeks & months that no small-business manager wants to pay for.
Are we going to see UPC namespaces, and other databases converted over? Personally, I'd like to see a standardized way to access a company's product page for a given product. For example, one of my art prints could be listed under info:devinmoore/prints/printx or something like that. IS that what this service will do, beyond the library classification? Furthermore, will the library of Congress publish all their books online to the system? That would be rad!
How long before people are faking whatever "trusted" voting credentials there are, and creating all sorts of political havoc?
I think the "case shaped like x" or "case made of y" are always neat, but what I'd really like to see is some custom hardware -- a multi-chip multi-board PC, or something like that. You used to see more people experimenting with the hardware. Still, if anyone can build a working computer that runs in a bucket full of cooked oatmeal (preferably Quaker instant brown sugar oatmeal), that would be sweet. Computers submerged in stuff are always cool.
They discussed "manned" exploration, so I would assume they want to bring him/her back down :)
From my dad's dealings with NASA, and from my own experiences with the kinds of robust computer systems involved, I think it would truly be an accomplishment for any private enterprise to successfully launch into space, do something productive, and potentially come back, manned or unmanned. It is just remarkably difficult to get things into space!
Well, I should hope so! After all, it's their partners that are footing the bill for the tour. I looked over the schedule, and I was disppointed to see that there's not a segment hosting the "bitch at SCO about UNIX licensing" forum. That would be great to attend. Maybe the CEO can at least do a dunk tank :)
For example: If Henry Ford invested in roads, he'd make more money off of cars, because there'd be more roads to drive the cars on. Another way to make money and also create jobs is to support philanthropic efforts (like artists, i.e. ME!). Such things are always good for the economy -- everyone likes art, and when they see your name on the building, etc. It is only going to create more public awareness for how you are trying to be good with your money.
I have always thought that the GPL was at least a little unfair -- having to release ALL the code for any piece that includes a previously GPL'ed portion. However, what better way could be devised? If it said, "only the module using GPL needs to be released", then companies would just put the GPL'ed part in it's own module. I like that the GPL makes all source more open, but I dislike the fact that people are scared to use it, for fear of revealing competitive advantages or other "really cool" source code -- and isn't that the stuff we all want to see open-source anyways?
Having sat in on a few meetings with Intel and Dell guys, I can say for certain that they are really sharp. I am thrilled to see that Dell has stepped up to the hardware standards intelligence, and realized that benefitting the consumer in the end benefits the company, while creating things purely for profit inevitably ends in disaster :)