But, after the air date, it has been released publicly. So it would not violate this law as I understand it (but IANAL). It would be any special crap they put on the DVD that you could not share, but the episode itself, once aired, has been released.
This was probably something required by the code of ethics the university uses for research. Part of the problem here is that the subjects are not able to know everything about the study, so they can't elect not to volunteer if they would not want to do something that they are not allowed to know about before hand. It's a way to protect the subjects of the study. Now, in this case it's pretty plain to see that there would not be much chance for the volunteer to suffer any emotional damage, but that's not always the case.
The biggest thing the DS needs is more native games. I love my DS, but play mostly GBA games on it (which is fine for now, as I have a few very good ones). The only native DS game I have is Rayman (as well as the Metroid demo), and while it's pretty fun, it's not the best game in the world. I'd really like to see something like a native RPG that could take more advantage of the touchscreen. I'm looking forward to how they do Advanced Wars DS, that one looks good from what I've seen of it.
I have high hopes for Nintendo here. If there's one thing they've been able to beat everyone else at, it's been handheld systems.
Actually, I would think this would lead to, not prevent, innovation. The engineers are more likely saying "we've reached the limit. WTF do we do now? We can't just make it smaller..."
A full-powered workstation is *cheaper* than a thin client.
I think you've hit the nail on the head right there--PCs are so cheap today. When you can get a full Dell (just for example) with monitor for only a few hundred dollars, thin clients have a much harder time being justified--especially since you're going to need some kind of server for them to run off of, the cost of which would be spread out accross all clients when comparing to a stand-alone PC. And, for most work uses, these cheapo PCs are more than enough. If you need more (i.e., graphic artists), you probably wouldn't be going with a thin client anyway.
Not all monopolies are illeagle. If you make a better product than your competition and they all go under, you gain a monopoly simply because you're the best. There's nothing wrong with being the best. The trouble comes when you then use that power to take advantage of your customers (by charging way too much, etc...), or actively preventing other companies from competing with you. Google, AFAIK, is doing no such thing. They're just the best search engine. There's nothing stopping anyone else from making a better engine, at least nothing that Google is doing.
So true. I particularly loved, back in the 9x days, how--after the computer crashes and forces you to restart--you are slapped on the wrist for shutting down the computer wrong. This was especially frustrating while working on a program or paper for class...
This is a PDA turned sideways with an interface that uses large buttons navigable by thumb.
In fact, I usually use my fingers to do much of anything with my PDA (Palm-OS based). It's just that this is meant for the thumbs, while my palm is not (necessarily, the buttons are certainly big enough that I'm sure it was a design consideration). In fact, I only use my stylus for entering text (which is a topic this article did not seem to address--how did they implement text entering?) and playing Solitare. And the only reason I use the stylus for solitare is because the program itself seems to have been designed for use with the stylus.
IMHO, this really isn't a new product, anyway. It's an evolution of the PDA, not a replacement. I've personally been expecting PDAs to more or less drop the stylus for regular day-to-day activities, but keep it around for high-precision activities. Getting text entry out of this high-precision set is the goal, and hopefully this device achieves it.
The data connection to one of our servers in Minnesota from where I work (in Michigan) is so slow that I came up with a reasoning as to why (I had plenty of time while getting the files I needed, and I couldn't really do anything else in the mean time):
The packets head over to Lake Michigan, where they are loaded, one by one, onto a boat to cross the lake. When they get there, they are then sent the rest of the way by carrier pigeon. Unfortunatley, sometimes a hunter in Wisconsin shoots my pigeon down, and my side gets a timeout message from Minnesota and sends the packet again. Packets from Minnesota travel the opposite route, but run the same chance of being shot down.
The SR-71 couldn't even take off with a full load of fuel--not because of weight (AFAIK), but because the skin, which was also the gas tank, was designed to expand at Mach 3 speeds, and thus actually leaked fuel at normal temperature on the ground. The first thing the Blackbird did after taking off was fuel up.
But the previous record being in 1962 suprises me as well. But I'm not sure if it's a matter of it being so long ago or the fact that a B-52 can travel so far.
That's kinda what I've been thinking, with the addition of Sprint (who is the only one still going strong--they acquired Nextel, not the other way around, IIRC).
Next thing you know, some little upstart company that wasn't around 20 years ago is going to buy IBM.
Well, isn't this kind of getting back to where the music industry started? In the early days, the concept of an "Album" didn't really exist. Singles were released. I want to say it wasn't until the 60s that albums came out very much, and the "concept" album started around the time of Sgt. Pepper's.
That said, there have been some really good albums that you can't really just pick and choose songs from. As mentioned elsewhere, Dark Side is one of them (but, I would argue every Floyd from there until Waters left is a whole album, especially The Wall), but there have been quite a few others. However, not all are that way.
Actually, I don't thik this is the death of the album at all, as these kinds of projects will still be around, but maybe there will be less emphasis on it. Now the record companies don't need to get enough from an upcoming band/pop sensation to justify someone buying a CD, they can just release a single song from that group who they want to make into the next one hit wonder. Established groups can still put out albums, it just might be harder to get established.
i think "music players" refer to solid state "mp3" players.
To go even further, I'm pretty sure it means dedicated music players. My Sony Clie is capable of playing music, and is also solid state, but it is not dedicated. It plays MP3 files directly, without need to convert. It will also play ATRAC-3, but you need to buy a special memory stick for that (all music is stored on the memory stick, not the internal memory), and they are about $20 more than the regular ones. Which makes no sense to me--why would I spend MORE money to cripple myself?
That's my biggest problem with this whole DRM thing. A lot of the music I have on my computer was ripped from my own CDs. When ripping, why would I choose to limit what I can do with the files? It's like they expect us to impose restrictions on ourselves. It was probably some PHB who said "Oh yeah, people will choose to do this."
While the features mentioned are technically possible, these companies are very much constrained by cost, and want to maximize their profit while giving the user what they want. Wireless transfer is probably the one that would make it into cameras first, as I can see this being desired. While the GPS would be nice, I can't see it being a selling point for most people.
Well, according to http://www.kroger.com/HN_Healthy_Eating/Fiber_Cont ent.htm/, 4 medium stalks of asparagus has 0.9 grams of fiber, whereas one raw stalk of celery has 0.7 grams of fiber. So one stalk of celery has more fiber than one stalk of asparagus. As someone with a stomach that is sensitive to fiber, I would say that celery would be faster.
Not that I actually know, as both of them taste like pure evil.
Call me ignorant if you want, but I don't see what's broken or buggy about the copy protection system. Me, I'm using the ATI freebie version (which is equivalent to downloading from Steam), and haven't had a single problem. Yes, the game takes a little bit to start, but it's really not that bad. The only complaint I have about this is that they don't do a very good job during loading screens letting you know that the program is loading and hasn't crashed, or giving an indication of how long is left. This is well done for loading saved games, but for loading during a level, it isn't so good.
Yes, I have the concern that, if Valve ever goes belly up, I might not be able to play my games from Steam anymore. But I would hope that they will address this concern before they start to get in trouble as a company.
Well, I guess that's good to hear that it's not just me with my piddly little 1800+ having loading issues. That, for me, is the real annoying thing about the game-it just takes so long to load. But the graphics are awesome, the gameplay is fun, and the story is enthralling. I am glad I got this one and passed on Doom III (I've tried the demo, and it just takes too long to get to the action, and my demo keeps crapping out before I even get to it).
You mean you could before? Andersen's O'neal is much different than Kurt Russel's in the origional movie. He is much, MUCH funnier, while Russel was more serious (But, of course, in the movie O'neal had just lost his son...). The show would not be the same without him.
Aside from the line-of-sight thing, there also would be the side effect that it would not just turn the TVs off. It would turn the ones that are already off on. That would be friggin hillarious.
In the article, it seems to imply they mean to have diesel as the fuel. Now, I don't know if they mean regular diesel or biodiesel, but I would guess regular.
If it is regular diesel, it would have to be one of the cleaner varieties. One of the main byproducts of a diesel engine is NOx. This stuff can do some nasty things to you if you breathe in too much. Plus, there's the particulate matter.
But hey, I say bring it on. My company makes emissions testing equipment, and I'd love to work on developing a tester for laptops and PDAs!
Hey, those of us who got it through the ATI Radeon deal MONTHS ago, and want the CDs, have to wait even longer. I can order it on the 16th, IIRC, but won't get it until a few weeks after that.
But hey, I knew this going in to the whole thing (even before I bought my card, I knew it was going to take a month or more after the game was available before I would get it), so I'm not complaining too much. Besides, the first patch or two should be up by then. Plus, I've got my free HL1 pack on its way, so I won't be too bored.
Though it is a neat idea, I don't see the point. The average user is probably not going to use the Linux functionality, and thus probably won't pay the extra money for it. The form factor of the player is neat, though. But not as neat as Oakley's new glasses. http://www.oakley.com/catalog/eyewear/thump/
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But, after the air date, it has been released publicly. So it would not violate this law as I understand it (but IANAL). It would be any special crap they put on the DVD that you could not share, but the episode itself, once aired, has been released.
This was probably something required by the code of ethics the university uses for research. Part of the problem here is that the subjects are not able to know everything about the study, so they can't elect not to volunteer if they would not want to do something that they are not allowed to know about before hand. It's a way to protect the subjects of the study. Now, in this case it's pretty plain to see that there would not be much chance for the volunteer to suffer any emotional damage, but that's not always the case.
I have high hopes for Nintendo here. If there's one thing they've been able to beat everyone else at, it's been handheld systems.
Actually, I would think this would lead to, not prevent, innovation. The engineers are more likely saying "we've reached the limit. WTF do we do now? We can't just make it smaller..."
I think you've hit the nail on the head right there--PCs are so cheap today. When you can get a full Dell (just for example) with monitor for only a few hundred dollars, thin clients have a much harder time being justified--especially since you're going to need some kind of server for them to run off of, the cost of which would be spread out accross all clients when comparing to a stand-alone PC. And, for most work uses, these cheapo PCs are more than enough. If you need more (i.e., graphic artists), you probably wouldn't be going with a thin client anyway.
Not all monopolies are illeagle. If you make a better product than your competition and they all go under, you gain a monopoly simply because you're the best. There's nothing wrong with being the best. The trouble comes when you then use that power to take advantage of your customers (by charging way too much, etc...), or actively preventing other companies from competing with you. Google, AFAIK, is doing no such thing. They're just the best search engine. There's nothing stopping anyone else from making a better engine, at least nothing that Google is doing.
So true. I particularly loved, back in the 9x days, how--after the computer crashes and forces you to restart--you are slapped on the wrist for shutting down the computer wrong. This was especially frustrating while working on a program or paper for class...
In fact, I usually use my fingers to do much of anything with my PDA (Palm-OS based). It's just that this is meant for the thumbs, while my palm is not (necessarily, the buttons are certainly big enough that I'm sure it was a design consideration). In fact, I only use my stylus for entering text (which is a topic this article did not seem to address--how did they implement text entering?) and playing Solitare. And the only reason I use the stylus for solitare is because the program itself seems to have been designed for use with the stylus.
IMHO, this really isn't a new product, anyway. It's an evolution of the PDA, not a replacement. I've personally been expecting PDAs to more or less drop the stylus for regular day-to-day activities, but keep it around for high-precision activities. Getting text entry out of this high-precision set is the goal, and hopefully this device achieves it.
The packets head over to Lake Michigan, where they are loaded, one by one, onto a boat to cross the lake. When they get there, they are then sent the rest of the way by carrier pigeon. Unfortunatley, sometimes a hunter in Wisconsin shoots my pigeon down, and my side gets a timeout message from Minnesota and sends the packet again. Packets from Minnesota travel the opposite route, but run the same chance of being shot down.
But the previous record being in 1962 suprises me as well. But I'm not sure if it's a matter of it being so long ago or the fact that a B-52 can travel so far.
It's a black box.
Then they'll put a GPS reciever on your lawnmower and tax you on how much you drive that.
Next thing you know, some little upstart company that wasn't around 20 years ago is going to buy IBM.
That said, there have been some really good albums that you can't really just pick and choose songs from. As mentioned elsewhere, Dark Side is one of them (but, I would argue every Floyd from there until Waters left is a whole album, especially The Wall), but there have been quite a few others. However, not all are that way.
Actually, I don't thik this is the death of the album at all, as these kinds of projects will still be around, but maybe there will be less emphasis on it. Now the record companies don't need to get enough from an upcoming band/pop sensation to justify someone buying a CD, they can just release a single song from that group who they want to make into the next one hit wonder. Established groups can still put out albums, it just might be harder to get established.
To go even further, I'm pretty sure it means dedicated music players. My Sony Clie is capable of playing music, and is also solid state, but it is not dedicated. It plays MP3 files directly, without need to convert. It will also play ATRAC-3, but you need to buy a special memory stick for that (all music is stored on the memory stick, not the internal memory), and they are about $20 more than the regular ones. Which makes no sense to me--why would I spend MORE money to cripple myself?
That's my biggest problem with this whole DRM thing. A lot of the music I have on my computer was ripped from my own CDs. When ripping, why would I choose to limit what I can do with the files? It's like they expect us to impose restrictions on ourselves. It was probably some PHB who said "Oh yeah, people will choose to do this."
While the features mentioned are technically possible, these companies are very much constrained by cost, and want to maximize their profit while giving the user what they want. Wireless transfer is probably the one that would make it into cameras first, as I can see this being desired. While the GPS would be nice, I can't see it being a selling point for most people.
Not that I actually know, as both of them taste like pure evil.
Yes, I have the concern that, if Valve ever goes belly up, I might not be able to play my games from Steam anymore. But I would hope that they will address this concern before they start to get in trouble as a company.
True, but that's what hardcopies are for.
Well, I guess that's good to hear that it's not just me with my piddly little 1800+ having loading issues. That, for me, is the real annoying thing about the game-it just takes so long to load. But the graphics are awesome, the gameplay is fun, and the story is enthralling. I am glad I got this one and passed on Doom III (I've tried the demo, and it just takes too long to get to the action, and my demo keeps crapping out before I even get to it).
You mean you could before? Andersen's O'neal is much different than Kurt Russel's in the origional movie. He is much, MUCH funnier, while Russel was more serious (But, of course, in the movie O'neal had just lost his son...). The show would not be the same without him.
Too bad it wouldn't work.
If it is regular diesel, it would have to be one of the cleaner varieties. One of the main byproducts of a diesel engine is NOx. This stuff can do some nasty things to you if you breathe in too much. Plus, there's the particulate matter.
But hey, I say bring it on. My company makes emissions testing equipment, and I'd love to work on developing a tester for laptops and PDAs!
But hey, I knew this going in to the whole thing (even before I bought my card, I knew it was going to take a month or more after the game was available before I would get it), so I'm not complaining too much. Besides, the first patch or two should be up by then. Plus, I've got my free HL1 pack on its way, so I won't be too bored.
Though it is a neat idea, I don't see the point. The average user is probably not going to use the Linux functionality, and thus probably won't pay the extra money for it. The form factor of the player is neat, though. But not as neat as Oakley's new glasses. http://www.oakley.com/catalog/eyewear/thump/