/. is just a "News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters." site. There's an implied "or" between those sentences. Slashdot is for fun and conversation, nothing else.
Microsoft tried to beat Google at their own game with their new search systems, it would be funny if Google becomes a threat to Microsoft's age-old game of operating systems and office packages. They've got the financial backing and positive reputation.
But when it comes to financial backing, Microsoft has far more than Google does. Last June, Google's total assets were $4 Billion. Microsoft has almost that much in cash, and another $37 Billion in short term investments.
In a financial war, my money would be on Microsoft.
And one must remeber, that for the majority of people out there, Microsoft, too, has a good reputation. Money can pay for good press, afterall!
Mozilla team is pulling an IE (implementing their own extensions... read the blog... "w3c doesn't have to make all the rules"
Nostalgic, isn't it?
Anyone else remember the early days when Netscape used to make up their own tags, just because they could? I don't think I've ever fully forgiven them for the BLINK tag. I used to use Mosaic back in those days...
The latest episode had 3.2 million viewers, almost twice as many as watched the latest episode of Star Trek Enterprise.
Marketing hype, or just bad at math?
The latest episode of Enterprise was "United", which drew an estimated 2.81 million viewers.
3.5 million/2.8 million = 1.14 times the number of viewers. This is a whole lot closer to "the same number of viewers" than it is to "almost twice as many."
Even using the worst Enterprise ratings ever ("Babel One", 2.53 million viewers) yields a ratio of 1.39:1.
One might examine, for example, patent 494,622 or patent 371,390 - both patents issued for paperclips, issued in 2004 and 1996, respectively.
Those are design patents, not invention patents.
For example--no one can patent the fork because it's obvious and it's prior art, etc etc. But, you can design a fork that looks prettier than other forks, and get a design patent for that.
As a very rough metaphor, think of a design patent as more like a 3-D copyright.
It has no bearing at all on what's being discussed here.
I live in the same county of the same state I was born in and I certainly knew Kashmir is a disputed region between India and Pakistan... These aren't esoteric things.
Yeah, so did the programmers. That's what got them in trouble.
Question is, did you know that it's illegal in India to show a map that acknowledges that Kashmir is a disputed region?
This strikes me as off-topic, but I can't think of anywhere to post it where it would be on-topic, and this is as close as it gets.
In my preferences, under "Exclude Stories from the Homepage", I have checked "Book Reviews". I just double-checked. So why does this story show up on my homepage?
Am I doing something wrong? Is there a bug in slashcode? Is this not really a book review, despite the words "Book Review"?
This is a weapon designed to use in case of protests or riots. What kinds of governments need this sort of weapon?
Any country hosting rowdy soccer fans, maybe?
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Panthers Upset Patriots, 29 to 21... in the... '989 Sports Game Before the Game'... This annual event... has a perfect 8-year track record of picking the winner of the Super Bowl.
If we can't avoid these silly things, is there a way to protect our privacy by flooding the receivers with data?
I mean data is only useful if it's correct. So if we could build little transmitters that operate on the same frequency and constantly sent out incorrect data. So I have a tag in my underwear saying I wear a size 32. The transmitter in my pocket will send out data that I'm wearing 172 pairs of underwear in every manufacturer, style and size. Not only men's underwear, but women's too.
They want data? Give to them! No one says it has to be right!
I'd rather have cheap products that sometimes don't work on 10 year old players (and protects rights for a creator of art) than expensive ones that can be pirated but work on all players.
The assumption here is that companies price their products to recoup costs and make a modest profit. If this assumption were true, then your logic would be sound because, without piracy, companies could then achieve that modest profit point by selling more units at lower prices.
But that's now how it works.
Companies price their products to recoup costs and to maximize profits. A widget doesn't cost $23.99 because that was a number that the company decided would make it a modest profit. A widget costs $23.99 because that's exactly what the market will bear. If the company tries to sell widgets for $25.99 then people won't buy as many of their widgets, and profits will go down. If the company tries to price the widgets at $21.99, they might get more customers, but the increase in sales will not be enough to make up for the lost revenue of the lower price (or perhaps the increased production costs of trying to meet the increased demand).
So it is with the entertainment industry. It's simple capitalism, economics, and marketting. If all piracy were to stop, the companies wouldn't lower prices, they would just make more money.
I'll end this post with a partial syllogism:
1. Theoretically, if all piracy were to stop, then demand for CD's (for example) would increase.
2. As demand increases, so does price.
3. Therefore...
I'll let you reach your own conclusion. Extra credit if you bring me an apple.:)
What effect does a cardboard case have on the system's EMI? It seems to me that it would be leaking like a colander. Would be tough to get FCC certification with one of these!
Of course, being Japanese, they really aren't concerned with FCC certification. Still...
...it could be a nice little piece to show your PHB next time.
OK--I have a little Karma to burn, so I'll ask the question.
What's a PHB?
The only thing I could come up with was "Player's Handbook", but I know that can't be right. It sounds like some corporate term, but it's not one I'm familar with.
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My sister drank a lot of Tabs way back in the 70's. But then the comapny introduced Diet Coke and that was that big "switch campaign." I didn't know theyy were still making the stuff...
what if the spammer sends a message to a (good) SMTP server which haven't got the system, and the SMTP server in turn tries to deliver the "spammail" to the right SMTP server, won't that hurt the good SMTP server, who just tries to do it's job?
The situation you're describing is called relaying.
If you start with the assumption that spammers are evil, then the logical conclusion is that there is no such thing as a "good" SMTP server that would relay mail on a spammer's behalf. Servers that do are either in collusion with the spammer, or are mis-configured to allow anonymous relaying. A server that willingly acts in collusion with evil is, by definition, evil. The level of stupidity necessary to allow your sever to act as an open relay also, by definition, precludes being considered a "good" server.
So the short answer to your query is that it's a non-issue. A truly good server will, by definition, never relay spam!
There's some new geocaches in my area that I'm hoping to check out. The lack of tree cover reduces signal loss on the GPSR, and the winter weather kills off much of the undergrowth.
I always needed a "reason" to buy a GPS receiver... this hobby provided me with it!
Geek toys and outdoor activity! What a great combo!
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I thought the /. difference is that it wouldn't expose its readers to these higly vapourous 'fairy articles'.
Nope. Techdirt makes that claim, not /.
/. is just a "News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters." site. There's an implied "or" between those sentences. Slashdot is for fun and conversation, nothing else.
Microsoft tried to beat Google at their own game with their new search systems, it would be funny if Google becomes a threat to Microsoft's age-old game of operating systems and office packages. They've got the financial backing and positive reputation.
But when it comes to financial backing, Microsoft has far more than Google does. Last June, Google's total assets were $4 Billion. Microsoft has almost that much in cash, and another $37 Billion in short term investments. In a financial war, my money would be on Microsoft. And one must remeber, that for the majority of people out there, Microsoft, too, has a good reputation. Money can pay for good press, afterall!Why on earth would you want to use id3v1?
Because I was an "early adapter" (don't you love buzz-words?) and my hardware (the MP3 player in my truck) only supports 1d3v1.
Mozilla team is pulling an IE (implementing their own extensions... read the blog... "w3c doesn't have to make all the rules"
Nostalgic, isn't it?
Anyone else remember the early days when Netscape used to make up their own tags, just because they could? I don't think I've ever fully forgiven them for the BLINK tag. I used to use Mosaic back in those days...
Oh, the memories!
You think the password was "Pencil"?
(If this didn't make sense to you, then you're probably not old enough to remember the 1980's teen fantasy movie War Games)
The true humor in this article is that Japanese toilets don't have seats.
The latest episode had 3.2 million viewers, almost twice as many as watched the latest episode of Star Trek Enterprise. Marketing hype, or just bad at math? The latest episode of Enterprise was "United", which drew an estimated 2.81 million viewers. 3.5 million/2.8 million = 1.14 times the number of viewers. This is a whole lot closer to "the same number of viewers" than it is to "almost twice as many." Even using the worst Enterprise ratings ever ("Babel One", 2.53 million viewers) yields a ratio of 1.39:1.
[i]Some experts said growth was disappointing, far behind countries that include South Korea, Taiwan and Canada.[/i]
I, for one, am not disappointed. To me it means that many Americans have decided that they have priorities other than the Internet. Good for them!
Maybe someday I can have a life, too!
You mean it had nothing to do with his financial support of the Irish Republican Army?
Frozen Bubble? nah...
My Exceptions would be BZFlag, Battle for Wesnoth, and FreeCiv.
One might examine, for example, patent 494,622 or patent 371,390 - both patents issued for paperclips, issued in 2004 and 1996, respectively.
Those are design patents, not invention patents.
For example--no one can patent the fork because it's obvious and it's prior art, etc etc. But, you can design a fork that looks prettier than other forks, and get a design patent for that.
As a very rough metaphor, think of a design patent as more like a 3-D copyright.
It has no bearing at all on what's being discussed here.
I live in the same county of the same state I was born in and I certainly knew Kashmir is a disputed region between India and Pakistan ... These aren't esoteric things.
Yeah, so did the programmers. That's what got them in trouble.
Question is, did you know that it's illegal in India to show a map that acknowledges that Kashmir is a disputed region?
Maybe it is an esoteric thing afterall.
This strikes me as off-topic, but I can't think of anywhere to post it where it would be on-topic, and this is as close as it gets.
In my preferences, under "Exclude Stories from the Homepage", I have checked "Book Reviews". I just double-checked. So why does this story show up on my homepage?
Am I doing something wrong? Is there a bug in slashcode? Is this not really a book review, despite the words "Book Review"?
Can anyone help me out?
This is a weapon designed to use in case of protests or riots. What kinds of governments need this sort of weapon?
Any country hosting rowdy soccer fans, maybe?
Panthers Upset Patriots, 29 to 21 ... in the ... '989 Sports Game Before the Game' ... This annual event ... has a perfect 8-year track record of picking the winner of the Super Bowl.
Oops. So much for that record.
If we can't avoid these silly things, is there a way to protect our privacy by flooding the receivers with data?
I mean data is only useful if it's correct. So if we could build little transmitters that operate on the same frequency and constantly sent out incorrect data. So I have a tag in my underwear saying I wear a size 32. The transmitter in my pocket will send out data that I'm wearing 172 pairs of underwear in every manufacturer, style and size. Not only men's underwear, but women's too.
They want data? Give to them! No one says it has to be right!
Is this technically feasible?
I'd rather have cheap products that sometimes don't work on 10 year old players (and protects rights for a creator of art) than expensive ones that can be pirated but work on all players.
The assumption here is that companies price their products to recoup costs and make a modest profit. If this assumption were true, then your logic would be sound because, without piracy, companies could then achieve that modest profit point by selling more units at lower prices.
But that's now how it works.
Companies price their products to recoup costs and to maximize profits. A widget doesn't cost $23.99 because that was a number that the company decided would make it a modest profit. A widget costs $23.99 because that's exactly what the market will bear. If the company tries to sell widgets for $25.99 then people won't buy as many of their widgets, and profits will go down. If the company tries to price the widgets at $21.99, they might get more customers, but the increase in sales will not be enough to make up for the lost revenue of the lower price (or perhaps the increased production costs of trying to meet the increased demand).So it is with the entertainment industry. It's simple capitalism, economics, and marketting. If all piracy were to stop, the companies wouldn't lower prices, they would just make more money.
I'll end this post with a partial syllogism:
1. Theoretically, if all piracy were to stop, then demand for CD's (for example) would increase.
2. As demand increases, so does price.
3. Therefore ...
I'll let you reach your own conclusion. Extra credit if you bring me an apple. :)
What effect does a cardboard case have on the system's EMI? It seems to me that it would be leaking like a colander. Would be tough to get FCC certification with one of these!
Of course, being Japanese, they really aren't concerned with FCC certification. Still...
OK--I have a little Karma to burn, so I'll ask the question.
What's a PHB?
The only thing I could come up with was "Player's Handbook", but I know that can't be right. It sounds like some corporate term, but it's not one I'm familar with.
I just got a new domain ... Every time I give my Email online I give a diff name, for instance if I buy at yahoo I give "yahoo-shopping@mydomain.com".
People without their own domain who still want to do this can use a free Spam Gourmet account.
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My sister drank a lot of Tabs way back in the 70's. But then the comapny introduced Diet Coke and that was that big "switch campaign." I didn't know theyy were still making the stuff...
It's a joke...just chuckle and move along...
what if the spammer sends a message to a (good) SMTP server which haven't got the system, and the SMTP server in turn tries to deliver the "spammail" to the right SMTP server, won't that hurt the good SMTP server, who just tries to do it's job?
The situation you're describing is called relaying.
If you start with the assumption that spammers are evil, then the logical conclusion is that there is no such thing as a "good" SMTP server that would relay mail on a spammer's behalf. Servers that do are either in collusion with the spammer, or are mis-configured to allow anonymous relaying. A server that willingly acts in collusion with evil is, by definition, evil. The level of stupidity necessary to allow your sever to act as an open relay also, by definition, precludes being considered a "good" server.
So the short answer to your query is that it's a non-issue. A truly good server will, by definition, never relay spam!
It's a ways off (end of the year), but at least we know that HD TiVo is on the horizon.
We know no such thing. All we know is that there's a claim that it's on the horizon. Two very different things indeed!
Two words: Vapor. Ware. At least until it's released.
Still waiting for the Commodore Chamelion to be released... :)
There's some new geocaches in my area that I'm hoping to check out. The lack of tree cover reduces signal loss on the GPSR, and the winter weather kills off much of the undergrowth.
I always needed a "reason" to buy a GPS receiver... this hobby provided me with it!
Geek toys and outdoor activity! What a great combo!