No problem. In 19 years a H-bomb could change the asteroid's trajectory enough, I think. There is the added danger that it might go off on the way to the target. Hopefully the warhead wouldn't arm itself before it get's far enough away from the earth. But, ya'll know with everything connetected to the INTERNET, including pace makers and the power grid that it could get hacked.
--You can't win if you don't play but you can loose.--EBM
--If MS wants to put the interests of the large media companies ahead of the interests of its own customers, the people who actually buy the computers and the software, why not let them take it to the market? Let's let the market decide what it thinks of that. Let's give them enough rope to hang themselves.
The thing that we have to worry about is some sort of legal framework that requires all computers to respect some DRM system.--
You, bet, but I wouldn't count on them hanging themselves. M$ has plenty of cash to grease the wheels. They'll just get a law passed and you will have to choice but DRM then.
-- This is just like the terror debate (is there one?), tackle the problem at the source or simply just wall yourself in.. so its basically freedom vs security.. --
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I would rather have more freedom at the expense of greater security, myself.
I imagine there would be some sort of antifreeze designed in. Better yet Jack Daniels could be used for the fluid for the cooling system instead of water for this purpose. This could come in very handy when stranded in a blizzard. A cork could also be added for emergency use.
>>>--From my web server statistics (data are from April 2002) I know, which manufacturers are most looked up for Linux purposes. Please keep in mind that this is a very rough estimation about their Linux popularity and doesn't tell anything about a laptop fitting a specific purpose. -->>>
Does this site have anything more than very rough estimates or is it just me? On to the next story.
>>An abundance of small-mindedness (I'm trying to be polite here) is calling into question how "good" this place really is. We choose Knoxville specifically because of proximity to family and familiarity with the area.
I know what you mean. Knoxville also has some crime for it's size too. Still it is better than Detroit. There are some really nice things near Knoxville, not a lot of work though. Things have definately changed down south.
Prorbably not long. At least I won't have to look at those adds that want to sell me some breast enlargement pills. Hopefully they will know exactly what adds I want to see.
>>>Actually, I moved to Knoxville, TN from Los Angeles. We don't have clean air (10th worst in the nation, worse than NYC), light traffic, or jobs. And the labor pool is small (pop. 250,000). We also have terrible public education. Also, if you decide to leave the company you're working for, forget finding much else in the tech field. We do have broadband, though. And UT [utk.edu] football.>>>
TN is also 48th in education the last time I checked. I'm in Virginia, but one of the poorest parts. +/- 100 miles from K Town. People are moving here from California every day. I don't understand why unless it is the cost of living.
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>>>Yep, problem with the south is the education sucks because they just won't tax their citizens enough. They gain a few bucks in the beginning, but lose out in the end. Classic libertarian failure story; low taxes, almost no fair labor practices, anti-union, few environmental regulations, but the economy still sucks.>>>
There is plenty of tax where I'm at but too few people to tax. Therein lies the problem where I'm at. BTW I'd MOD you up too if I could because it is a fair argument. You need educated people and not just cheap labor.
>>>When CD audio came out, there was no question the sound was cleaner. We were so used to hearing snaps and underlying noise on vinyl that the CD sound was simply gold compared to lead. So expecting a similar quality payoff from Digital Video, three of us made an effort to see Attack of the Clones in a digital theater. We were disappointed. In retrospect, it isn't that surprising. A new vinyl record sounds wonderful. It's not until it's been played a lot and collected dust and scratches that the CD/Vinyl gap favors CDs. For a consumer, the big digital payoff might be down the road when a movie has been through a projector so many times that the quality becomes objectionable on an analog print. But since the majority of a movie's gross is in the first few weeks of the run and the studios get the lion's share of the take during those weeks, the economics may work against digital. The studios reap the long term benefit of digital and the theater owner has to pay for it. If I owned a theater, I think I'd hold back as well.>>>
Very interesting. I think you have hit the nail on the head. Film is wonderful the first time it is shown. Each time time it is shown it gets more scratches. We went to see Men in Black II. There were so many scratches it was horrible so we left that one and asked if we could go to see Ring of Fire instead. We found the same result and had to leave. This particular theater had very poorly maitained projectors. With digital, the last run should be of the same quality as the first. I think if I owned a theater I would try to tough it out until digital comes down in price and upgrade to that. Something needs to be done eventually though, because the quality is so poor at so many theaters because of old equipment, lack of mantainence, etc.
>>>However, when the technologies that would enable this totalitarian global village reached fruition, the victim was not democracy, but totalitarianism itself. What went right? >>>
It ain't stalinism but look at the big corps. BIG CORPORATION = BIG BROTHER They give money to both sides in elections so it makes no difference who you vote for. Their man is in either way. They have control over you cradle to grave. Orwell wasn't too far off.
>>>Also some rather more known machines, say like the original Macintoshes, and a lot of PDAs (my Palm has one).>>>
I don't think it was the first 32 bit either. Wasn't there a 6800 before the 68000. Someone stole my copy of Introduction to Microcomputers by Adam Osborne and it is now out of print. If I remember right it came out in 1979 and listed some 32 bit processors before the 68000 came out.
>>The hapless Amiga, a machine a decade ahead of its time (there's a lesson in there somewhere)>>
So was the Atari 800. I think that both computers had the same designer. Please chime in if I'm wrong. I wonder what happened to the guy that designed the Amiga?
>>Which of course means one thing...support your local independent music scene!!!
Yes, and go see their live shows. There are plenty of good bands out there that don't have contracts with the majors. Go see them. I think the RIAA has really shot their self in the foot. The independents will start making some money now.
We have also got these from Verisign. We have like five years paid with Network Solutions. It's a bunch of #$%!! that a supposedly trusted company like Verisign would resort to these tactics.
register.com did the same thing. Do they all do it or what?
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No problem. In 19 years a H-bomb could change the asteroid's trajectory enough, I think. There is the added danger that it might go off on the way to the target. Hopefully the warhead wouldn't arm itself before it get's far enough away from the earth. But, ya'll know with everything connetected to the INTERNET, including pace makers and the power grid that it could get hacked.
--You can't win if you don't play but you can loose.--EBM
Exactly, they wait till adoption is total, before they make a patent claim. Then it is too late. There are too many devices on the market already.
DataCAD is written in Delphi. I wonder how hard a port would be?
Yes, remember Data is Star Trek NextGen. He couldn't get the sense of humor thing just right.
To make robots more human, will artificial stupidity have to be invented?
--If MS wants to put the interests of the large media companies ahead of the interests of its own customers, the people who actually buy the computers and the software, why not let them take it to the market? Let's let the market decide what it thinks of that. Let's give them enough rope to hang themselves.
The thing that we have to worry about is some sort of legal framework that requires all computers to respect some DRM system.--
You, bet, but I wouldn't count on them hanging themselves. M$ has plenty of cash to grease the wheels. They'll just get a law passed and you will have to choice but DRM then.
-- This is just like the terror debate (is there one?), tackle the problem at the source or simply just wall yourself in.. so its basically freedom vs security.. --
---
I would rather have more freedom at the expense of greater security, myself.
>>>
I imagine there would be some sort of antifreeze designed in. Better yet Jack Daniels could be used for the fluid for the cooling system instead of water for this purpose. This could come in very handy when stranded in a blizzard. A cork could also be added for emergency use.
>>>--From my web server statistics (data are from April 2002) I know, which manufacturers are most looked up for Linux purposes. Please keep in mind that this is a very rough estimation about their Linux popularity and doesn't tell anything about a laptop fitting a specific purpose. -->>>
Does this site have anything more than very rough estimates or is it just me? On to the next story.
>>An abundance of small-mindedness (I'm trying to be polite here) is calling into question how "good" this place really is. We choose Knoxville specifically because of proximity to family and familiarity with the area.
I know what you mean. Knoxville also has some crime for it's size too. Still it is better than Detroit. There are some really nice things near Knoxville, not a lot of work though. Things have definately changed down south.
-- you are what you is -- F. Zappa
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Prorbably not long. At least I won't have to look at those adds that want to sell me some breast enlargement pills. Hopefully they will know exactly what adds I want to see.
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>>>Actually, I moved to Knoxville, TN from Los Angeles. We don't have clean air (10th worst in the nation, worse than NYC), light traffic, or jobs. And the labor pool is small (pop. 250,000). We also have terrible public education. Also, if you decide to leave the company you're working for, forget finding much else in the tech field.
We do have broadband, though. And UT [utk.edu] football.>>>
TN is also 48th in education the last time I checked. I'm in Virginia, but one of the poorest parts. +/- 100 miles from K Town. People are moving here from California every day. I don't understand why unless it is the cost of living.
>>>Yep, problem with the south is the education sucks because they just won't tax their citizens enough. They gain a few bucks in the beginning, but lose out in the end. Classic libertarian failure story; low taxes, almost no fair labor practices, anti-union, few environmental regulations, but the economy still sucks.>>>
There is plenty of tax where I'm at but too few people to tax. Therein lies the problem where I'm at. BTW I'd MOD you up too if I could because it is a fair argument. You need educated people and not just cheap labor.
We have something better than that down south. Cheap Labor! I wish the would come down here in the boonies and bring broadband with them.
I agree score:5 but not funny, it is scarry. How do we OPT - OUT of this BS?
>>>When CD audio came out, there was no question the sound was cleaner. We were so used to hearing snaps and underlying noise on vinyl that the CD sound was simply gold compared to lead. So expecting a similar quality payoff from Digital Video, three of us made an effort to see Attack of the Clones in a digital theater. We were disappointed. In retrospect, it isn't that surprising. A new vinyl record sounds wonderful. It's not until it's been played a lot and collected dust and scratches that the CD/Vinyl gap favors CDs.
For a consumer, the big digital payoff might be down the road when a movie has been through a projector so many times that the quality becomes objectionable on an analog print. But since the majority of a movie's gross is in the first few weeks of the run and the studios get the lion's share of the take during those weeks, the economics may work against digital. The studios reap the long term benefit of digital and the theater owner has to pay for it. If I owned a theater, I think I'd hold back as well.>>>
Very interesting. I think you have hit the nail on the head. Film is wonderful the first time it is shown. Each time time it is shown it gets more scratches. We went to see Men in Black II. There were so many scratches it was horrible so we left that one and asked if we could go to see Ring of Fire instead. We found the same result and had to leave. This particular theater had very poorly maitained projectors. With digital, the last run should be of the same quality as the first. I think if I owned a theater I would try to tough it out until digital comes down in price and upgrade to that. Something needs to be done eventually though, because the quality is so poor at so many theaters because of old equipment, lack of mantainence, etc.
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Then is was the 68000 that was also in Introduction to Microcomputers? Thanks for the link.
Thanks for the link.
>>>However, when the technologies that would enable this totalitarian global village reached fruition, the victim was not democracy, but totalitarianism itself. What went right? >>>
It ain't stalinism but look at the big corps.
BIG CORPORATION = BIG BROTHER
They give money to both sides in elections so it makes no difference who you vote for. Their man is in either way. They have control over you cradle to grave. Orwell wasn't too far off.
>>>Also some rather more known machines, say like the original Macintoshes, and a lot of PDAs (my Palm has one).>>>
I don't think it was the first 32 bit either. Wasn't there a 6800 before the 68000. Someone stole my copy of Introduction to Microcomputers by Adam Osborne and it is now out of print. If I remember right it came out in 1979 and listed some 32 bit processors before the 68000 came out.
>>The hapless Amiga, a machine a decade ahead of its time (there's a lesson in there somewhere)>>
So was the Atari 800. I think that both computers had the same designer. Please chime in if I'm wrong. I wonder what happened to the guy that designed the Amiga?
>>Which of course means one thing...support your local independent music scene!!!
Yes, and go see their live shows. There are plenty of good bands out there that don't have contracts with the majors. Go see them. I think the RIAA has really shot their self in the foot. The independents will start making some money now.
Mesa wants to know howsa youza get into animation. Seriously, what is the best way to break into the field.
-you are what you is- Frank Zappa
We have also got these from Verisign. We have like five years paid with Network Solutions. It's a bunch of #$%!! that a supposedly trusted company like Verisign would resort to these tactics.
register.com did the same thing. Do they all do it or what?
That's for sure. The only place their stock can head is down. It's only a matter of time.