It is always amazing to me that Linux is able to evolve, despite the fact that there are a million different websites that all have various linux-based information on them, and a million people all working on it in different places. Linux is almost evolving like a life form, versus a Microsoft piece of software which evolves more like a battle plan -- all wrapped up in one office under one company.
It's really good that filesystems are maturing too
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With all of the focus on the latest hardware and graphics, it's good to know that improvements are being made across the board like this. It gives me faith that Moore's law is a long way from failing!
isn't like 98% of what people are actually looking for "shopping-related"? I would venture "yes". The simple fact is that while google delivers lots of shopping-related stuff, it also delivers the real meat to anyone willing to think of the "right" words to enter. It's not that hard really, and anyone that thought that entering "apple" in a search engine would bring up their momma's apple orchard home page before apple computer has a lot to learn about the internet.
There used to be hot wax color printers -- they kinda melted crayons to make the color or something like that. Perhaps you could look into it. I doubt they're all that, but short of photo printing, or an Epson 10000 with archival ink, all color printers suck.
That thing is the type of stuff that us art-technology people like. It looks elegant, and it can be seen in a context apart from the fact that it burns CD's... it is creating copies, which could be seen as cloning one's self. If only he had thought of that at the time, it would've been a great work of art!
I hereby declare the following idea mine: what if you just charged micropayments, and it worked? Suppose that it costs 3 cents to process a 1 cent transaction, but if you're doing 80 billion transactions a month, you don't care because: 1) one day, people will find a way to make it profitable, and 2) when that day comes, you'll already own the market & make back everything you lost. Just do business & wait for technology to catch up. There's too much fussing about whether or not it would be profitable from the get-go.
Back in middle school, where they told us all, "here's exactly what drug x looks like, what it does,and how to get it & use it... but please don't use it. That would be bad!" 4 years later... dang! Why are all the students on crack?:) aieee!
I can see it now: the 10 o'clock news reports that we've had the 3rd false nuclear threat, as sensors read a 69.69% jump in radiation levels at 4:20 this afternoon.... yeah, right!
it's inevitably necessary to have simpler books
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I saw some 6-year old kids talking the other day. Kid 1: Have you seen my website lately? Kid 2: no. Kid 1: It has a new layout now. Kid 2: cool! It's only a matter of time before these kids will want to learn JAVA, and a basic, picture-laden book is sure to attract their attention quicker than a tome that they probably can't even lift.
They say they love you, then they "go and see" your arch nemesis, for the money of course. Springer for senator? Perhaps he'll get a job as CEO of AOL after that!
without letting out information that could jeopardize security. Surely, rocketeers would be overjoyed to have a javascript applet of where every plane is at any time, but clearly that would cause problems, even if it could be implemented. For my money, it should be really, really hard to get a permit to shoot things into space. NORAD has enough to worry about without having to nuke JoeBob's CO2-propelled trashcan with fins.
Really, how much farther into the future can it be before service patches, automated scripts, etc. are writing themselves with the new development codes released by various companies, so that there is practically no need for IT workers at all? Of course, there will still be the old network hubs, just like today there are still people that use typewriters and older stuff. However, it will be more a choice of personal fancy than the going trend. Think of the TV repairman -- who needs that? If the TV breaks, you get a new one. They're so cheap and efficient that it's not a big deal.
Napster will be remembered as brilliant
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I can't think of a better way to find out about a new band than on Napster (the way it was). I heard about numerous bands that I would have had no exposure to otherwise. While I think it is wrong to steal people's work, I think it is really important for music to circulate to its audience -- If Napster could sell ads, why couldn't they just use that to pay royalties? Besides, for the 999th time, no one is paying 18 bucks for a CD with one good song on it.
You could easily use credit card information to track where people are going, or even record the numbers on their money when they go to the bank, and then see where the money goes. It's not that difficult. It baffles me to think that DARPA could actually track everyone... maybe they could prevent those Jerry Springer episodes by calling you in case your wife's at your brother's house!
The new tezro box looks like the Macintosh "command" key icon extruded into 3d. Very interesting... I would hope that someday these will make really sweet micro-fridge mod cases!
The RIAA is desperate because bands that used to make good records can't make any more. Why? Well, because: 1) they may not have been that talented in the first place, and/or 2) it's hard to be that inspired when you got 5 million bucks in your pocket.
Ever seen 5 million bucks? Most people, one they get that kinda money, go one of 2 ways: 1) they get super-greedy, and try to just make super-popular records, which flops hard at some point. 2) they just say "ok, i'm done" and that's it. The RIAA needs to realize that people are gonna listen to the music one way or another if 1) you can't hear it on the radio, and 2) the band's new stuff blows, or 3) if they want to hear something to see if the band's new record blows, which it most likely does. STILL, did Eminem go platinum? Yes. RECORDS ARE STILL SELLING IF THE MATERIAL IS ALL THAT GOOD/POPULAR! People really don't want the hassle of the internet, unless the material is hard to find elsewhere, i.e. at stores, or if they are unsure of the quality of the material, etc. DUH.
I doubt cursive will die, just as calligraphy didn't really "die"... it will just be worth a ton of money, cause no one will be able to do it. Pretty soon, no kids will learn to do anything at school, and so even talking will probably carry a premium.:) YAY! I learned to write cursive, and it hurt my hands a lot, but after years of art training and now a degree in art, I find cursive to be quite simple. Some people will keep it alive for diplomas, etc.
If I say I'm selling a V-8 and it's actually a V-6, that's illegal. There should be no difference in the software world! The companies know what the software does, and if they say it does more than it really is capable, they are attempting to deceive their customers.
and the Viking landed. Dad points out that the budget for the Viking was in the neighborhood of 1 billion dollars, and that was when a Mustang Mach 1 cost just over 4 grand. The space program doesn't have the money now to do the missions the right way, which is unfortunate... the developments of NASA when they had tons of money were numerous and wonderful (i.e. Tang!)
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It is always amazing to me that Linux is able to evolve, despite the fact that there are a million different websites that all have various linux-based information on them, and a million people all working on it in different places. Linux is almost evolving like a life form, versus a Microsoft piece of software which evolves more like a battle plan -- all wrapped up in one office under one company.
With all of the focus on the latest hardware and graphics, it's good to know that improvements are being made across the board like this. It gives me faith that Moore's law is a long way from failing!
isn't like 98% of what people are actually looking for "shopping-related"? I would venture "yes". The simple fact is that while google delivers lots of shopping-related stuff, it also delivers the real meat to anyone willing to think of the "right" words to enter. It's not that hard really, and anyone that thought that entering "apple" in a search engine would bring up their momma's apple orchard home page before apple computer has a lot to learn about the internet.
and I can record anything I listen to! This would be cheaper than buying CD's, but it's probably not "legal".
There used to be hot wax color printers -- they kinda melted crayons to make the color or something like that. Perhaps you could look into it. I doubt they're all that, but short of photo printing, or an Epson 10000 with archival ink, all color printers suck.
That thing is the type of stuff that us art-technology people like. It looks elegant, and it can be seen in a context apart from the fact that it burns CD's... it is creating copies, which could be seen as cloning one's self. If only he had thought of that at the time, it would've been a great work of art!
I hereby declare the following idea mine: what if you just charged micropayments, and it worked? Suppose that it costs 3 cents to process a 1 cent transaction, but if you're doing 80 billion transactions a month, you don't care because:
1) one day, people will find a way to make it profitable, and
2) when that day comes, you'll already own the market & make back everything you lost.
Just do business & wait for technology to catch up. There's too much fussing about whether or not it would be profitable from the get-go.
Looks like those crafty MIT kids built a device that can slashdot a webpage by tracking moving objects on a table. :)
You can probably hack all of those with a book by Freud on the subject. :)
"it looks like my mother yelling at me!"
Back in middle school, where they told us all, "here's exactly what drug x looks like, what it does,and how to get it & use it... but please don't use it. That would be bad!" :) aieee!
4 years later... dang! Why are all the students on crack?
so now one can watch adult entertainment from the internet on one's TV, eh? That could cost those late-night PPV channels a lot of revenue!
I can see it now: the 10 o'clock news reports that we've had the 3rd false nuclear threat, as sensors read a 69.69% jump in radiation levels at 4:20 this afternoon.... yeah, right!
I saw some 6-year old kids talking the other day. Kid 1: Have you seen my website lately? Kid 2: no. Kid 1: It has a new layout now. Kid 2: cool!
It's only a matter of time before these kids will want to learn JAVA, and a basic, picture-laden book is sure to attract their attention quicker than a tome that they probably can't even lift.
They say they love you, then they "go and see" your arch nemesis, for the money of course. Springer for senator? Perhaps he'll get a job as CEO of AOL after that!
without letting out information that could jeopardize security. Surely, rocketeers would be overjoyed to have a javascript applet of where every plane is at any time, but clearly that would cause problems, even if it could be implemented. For my money, it should be really, really hard to get a permit to shoot things into space. NORAD has enough to worry about without having to nuke JoeBob's CO2-propelled trashcan with fins.
Really, how much farther into the future can it be before service patches, automated scripts, etc. are writing themselves with the new development codes released by various companies, so that there is practically no need for IT workers at all? Of course, there will still be the old network hubs, just like today there are still people that use typewriters and older stuff. However, it will be more a choice of personal fancy than the going trend. Think of the TV repairman -- who needs that? If the TV breaks, you get a new one. They're so cheap and efficient that it's not a big deal.
I can't think of a better way to find out about a new band than on Napster (the way it was). I heard about numerous bands that I would have had no exposure to otherwise. While I think it is wrong to steal people's work, I think it is really important for music to circulate to its audience -- If Napster could sell ads, why couldn't they just use that to pay royalties? Besides, for the 999th time, no one is paying 18 bucks for a CD with one good song on it.
You could easily use credit card information to track where people are going, or even record the numbers on their money when they go to the bank, and then see where the money goes. It's not that difficult. It baffles me to think that DARPA could actually track everyone... maybe they could prevent those Jerry Springer episodes by calling you in case your wife's at your brother's house!
The new tezro box looks like the Macintosh "command" key icon extruded into 3d. Very interesting... I would hope that someday these will make really sweet micro-fridge mod cases!
That couldn't possibly have applications in the adult entertainment industry, right?
I had one of those... ran 8:1 compression on it and got a whopping 80 megs of storage! I wonder why it didn't work that well over about 35 megs. hmm.
The RIAA is desperate because bands that used to make good records can't make any more. Why? Well, because:
1) they may not have been that talented in the first place, and/or
2) it's hard to be that inspired when you got 5 million bucks in your pocket.
Ever seen 5 million bucks? Most people, one they get that kinda money, go one of 2 ways:
1) they get super-greedy, and try to just make super-popular records, which flops hard at some point.
2) they just say "ok, i'm done" and that's it. The RIAA needs to realize that people are gonna listen to the music one way or another if 1) you can't hear it on the radio, and 2) the band's new stuff blows, or 3) if they want to hear something to see if the band's new record blows, which it most likely does. STILL, did Eminem go platinum? Yes. RECORDS ARE STILL SELLING IF THE MATERIAL IS ALL THAT GOOD/POPULAR! People really don't want the hassle of the internet, unless the material is hard to find elsewhere, i.e. at stores, or if they are unsure of the quality of the material, etc. DUH.
I doubt cursive will die, just as calligraphy didn't really "die"... it will just be worth a ton of money, cause no one will be able to do it. Pretty soon, no kids will learn to do anything at school, and so even talking will probably carry a premium. :) YAY! I learned to write cursive, and it hurt my hands a lot, but after years of art training and now a degree in art, I find cursive to be quite simple. Some people will keep it alive for diplomas, etc.
If I say I'm selling a V-8 and it's actually a V-6, that's illegal. There should be no difference in the software world! The companies know what the software does, and if they say it does more than it really is capable, they are attempting to deceive their customers.
and the Viking landed. Dad points out that the budget for the Viking was in the neighborhood of 1 billion dollars, and that was when a Mustang Mach 1 cost just over 4 grand. The space program doesn't have the money now to do the missions the right way, which is unfortunate... the developments of NASA when they had tons of money were numerous and wonderful (i.e. Tang!)