Seriously, why would Google work with any CDMA network company? At least with GSM, you can pop the SIM card out and use any phone with any GSM service (as long as they use the same frequency.) This would be more in the spirit of what their demands are for the 700MHz band. Plus, if they are officially "supported" by T-Mobile, then they also have a relatively easy in to the European markets.
Of course, if Google could have their phones sold by all carriers, that would maximize their profits. But then they might be venturing into doing "evil." I personally think they should just work with the phone manufacturers and try to influence the service companies to provide better data plans.
I think the real issue is how Microsoft can differentiate the two systems (OS's made for XO vs conventional computers.) If they could get it so that Office works on these computers with (relatively) rediculously low specs, then they may have found Windows 7. Unless they just stick to Windows XP. Would that mean that they are going to continue support for it then?
The democrats will talk about needing to increase funding so the US can remain competitive while the republicans will argue for either:
A) Privitization of research B) Point to religiously-funded organizations that criticize scientific theory. C) All of the above
All it would run down to is an argument over Evolution, Intelligent Design, and Creationism because all of the candidates are too ignorant or afraid to say that Evolution does not contradict Intelligent Design or Creationism, and that the religious zealots are idiots for bringing cases about Evolution to court when their real issue is the Big Bang threory*. Then they'd argue about global warming/climate change, and how mankind is(not) responsible for the rapid pace of change.
Now, if they would discuss pet projects that they would push for, other than the party projects (Global warming, moon/mars colony, etc), I'd *love* to hear which candidates want to do what, whether it's establishing underwater labs in the deep ocean to study our planet, to increasing the number of nuclear power plants to help combat our reliance on dirty fuels, to being serious about finding a sustainable plan for dealing with nuclear waste.
*Not that their case has any merit anyway, since anything that involves any form of religious faith belongs in Theology, not a science class.
So, aside from having all of this power in one centralized spot, how does this compare to the combined power used for distributed computing projects like ClimatePrediction.net, fold@home, and any other project on Boinc?
So, um, if I have someone helping me out with my code (I live in the US, s/he lives in Germany,) is my project (and transitively, I) protected by said ruling? Or are my friend, my project, and I all screwed? Let's look at the three possibilities:
A) I am the primary coder B) My friend and I contribute equally C) My friend is the primary coder
Well, it's not just because of *me*, but because so many people encode using different codecs and at different rates. I get frustrated whenever I see an mp3 player saying that it can hold "n Hours of music!," only to see in the fine print that it's in.wma format @ 96kb/s. I'm a fan of just saying how much space, in human-readable format (df -h) in terms of GB. Not Gb, not MB or Mb, but GB....
The point wasn't to point out flaws from within the last year, but that the kernel *does* have flaws and isn't perfect. I'm sure there will be a security flaw that pops up within the next year. Am I concerned? No, not terribly, because I have lots of layers of security and am confident that I'll be able to upgrade to a kernel that solves said flaw before I am likely to get hit by it.
Because I think then many of these issues could get resolved more quickly. By "these issues," I mean things like better Compiz support and more modern kernel support. Fortunately*, I don't even upgrade my kernel more than two or three times a year (unless there's some major feature or fix that I happen to read), so not supporting the latest & greatest kernel isn't a major issue for me.
*I know that this leaves me vulnerable to security exploits, but I'd rather take my chances with that than not being able to use my programs at all because of an incompatibility. Plus, I've gone through upgrading after every kernel revision and it just gets tiring. There are many systems that are up for a longer period of time than whenever each kernel upgrade is released, so I have a feeling I'm not alone here, either.
...He just let it sit in a drawer in his desk for 10 days.
This is just utter bullshit. If you postpone traffic for a long enough time, it's going to time out. Just like not signing a bill within 10 days kills the bill, but without the official veto. A pocket veto is a pocket veto, regardless of who is doing it.
...but there are no games in the past 12 years that even come close to reaching the greatness of Duck Hunt. I'd say Duck Hunt and Pong are 1 and 2, or tied for 1. Shaq Fu is a close third.
7.5MM is certainly nothing to sneeze at! In fact, that will almost get you 1/4 of an F-18!
http://www.fighter-planes.com/info/f18.htm
General Characteristics, E and F models Primary Function: Multi-role attack and fighter aircraft Contractor: McDonnell Douglas Unit Cost: $ 35 million Propulsion: Two F414-GE-400 turbofan engines Thrust: 22,000 pounds (9,977 kg) static thrust per engine Length: 60.3 feet (18.5 meters) Height: 16 feet (4.87 meters) Maximum Take Off Gross Weight: 66,000 pounds (29,932 kg) Wingspan: 44.9 feet (13.68 meters) Ceiling: 50,000+ feet Speed: Mach 1.8+ Crew: A,C and E models: One B,D and F models: Two Armament: One 20mm M-61A1 Vulcan cannon; External payload: AIM 9 Sidewinder, AIM 7 Sparrow, AIM-120 AMRAAM, Harpoon, Harm, Shrike, SLAM, SLAM-ER, Walleye, Maverick missiles; Joint Stand-Off Weapon (JSOW); Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM); various general purpose bombs, mines and rockets. First Flight December 1995
As far as I know, HD content is not offered over classic Analog, and cannot be relied upon to be supplied over unencrypted QAM. So now you are into connection options that require an authentication scheme and some sort of trusted / authenticated relationship between the device and the cable company.
So, basically, you're saying that either: A) There's no HD content broadcasted over the air or B) OTA broadcasts are encrypted?
I'll pay for the highest quality. It would be rediculous to pay for the mp3's just to put them on CD when you can do it the other way around as well. I'm sure the band will get plenty of proceeds from me when they go on tour next.
Yeah right. EA doesn't care about open platforms. All they care about is the latter part of the thread's subject: single console.
Linux has been available for a long time, large games (e.g. Unreal, Doom, Wolfenstein, formerly America's Army) have been available for it for quite some time. And yet they havn't ported shit over.
...but since I know I'm going to purchase the CD when it's out in stores, I bid 0.00 on it. Basically, I'm thinking of it as getting the demo or pre-release version for free, and since the CD's sound quality will be considerably better, I will then purchase that.
I just wish I hadn't lost my Hail to the Thief disc....
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Seriously, why would Google work with any CDMA network company? At least with GSM, you can pop the SIM card out and use any phone with any GSM service (as long as they use the same frequency.) This would be more in the spirit of what their demands are for the 700MHz band. Plus, if they are officially "supported" by T-Mobile, then they also have a relatively easy in to the European markets.
Of course, if Google could have their phones sold by all carriers, that would maximize their profits. But then they might be venturing into doing "evil." I personally think they should just work with the phone manufacturers and try to influence the service companies to provide better data plans.
we can safely expect flood of new signatures on /.? Or is this unrelated to any encryption key?
I think the real issue is how Microsoft can differentiate the two systems (OS's made for XO vs conventional computers.) If they could get it so that Office works on these computers with (relatively) rediculously low specs, then they may have found Windows 7. Unless they just stick to Windows XP. Would that mean that they are going to continue support for it then?
Seriously, you didn't know?
That doesn't solve the issue of not being able to access those documents you needed 5 hours ago because your hard drive crashed.
Yes, I know that you should have a redudancy system and save important documents multiple places. But the typical user doesn't know this.
The democrats will talk about needing to increase funding so the US can remain competitive while the republicans will argue for either:
A) Privitization of research
B) Point to religiously-funded organizations that criticize scientific theory.
C) All of the above
All it would run down to is an argument over Evolution, Intelligent Design, and Creationism because all of the candidates are too ignorant or afraid to say that Evolution does not contradict Intelligent Design or Creationism, and that the religious zealots are idiots for bringing cases about Evolution to court when their real issue is the Big Bang threory*. Then they'd argue about global warming/climate change, and how mankind is(not) responsible for the rapid pace of change.
Now, if they would discuss pet projects that they would push for, other than the party projects (Global warming, moon/mars colony, etc), I'd *love* to hear which candidates want to do what, whether it's establishing underwater labs in the deep ocean to study our planet, to increasing the number of nuclear power plants to help combat our reliance on dirty fuels, to being serious about finding a sustainable plan for dealing with nuclear waste.
*Not that their case has any merit anyway, since anything that involves any form of religious faith belongs in Theology, not a science class.
So, aside from having all of this power in one centralized spot, how does this compare to the combined power used for distributed computing projects like ClimatePrediction.net, fold@home, and any other project on Boinc?
So, um, if I have someone helping me out with my code (I live in the US, s/he lives in Germany,) is my project (and transitively, I) protected by said ruling? Or are my friend, my project, and I all screwed? Let's look at the three possibilities:
A) I am the primary coder
B) My friend and I contribute equally
C) My friend is the primary coder
Well, it's not just because of *me*, but because so many people encode using different codecs and at different rates. I get frustrated whenever I see an mp3 player saying that it can hold "n Hours of music!," only to see in the fine print that it's in .wma format @ 96kb/s. I'm a fan of just saying how much space, in human-readable format (df -h) in terms of GB. Not Gb, not MB or Mb, but GB....
NASA must have their heads in the sand, because the private sector has already accomplished said task.
Imagination Land?
The point wasn't to point out flaws from within the last year, but that the kernel *does* have flaws and isn't perfect. I'm sure there will be a security flaw that pops up within the next year. Am I concerned? No, not terribly, because I have lots of layers of security and am confident that I'll be able to upgrade to a kernel that solves said flaw before I am likely to get hit by it.
Looks like a troll, smells like a troll, probably *is* a troll.
At the risk of feeding you:
Two examples of exploit lists from different times:
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_51_kernel.html
http://lwn.net/Articles/118952/
To say that Linux has no security exploits is just plain stupid and naive.
Because I think then many of these issues could get resolved more quickly. By "these issues," I mean things like better Compiz support and more modern kernel support. Fortunately*, I don't even upgrade my kernel more than two or three times a year (unless there's some major feature or fix that I happen to read), so not supporting the latest & greatest kernel isn't a major issue for me.
*I know that this leaves me vulnerable to security exploits, but I'd rather take my chances with that than not being able to use my programs at all because of an incompatibility. Plus, I've gone through upgrading after every kernel revision and it just gets tiring. There are many systems that are up for a longer period of time than whenever each kernel upgrade is released, so I have a feeling I'm not alone here, either.
...Freakonomics correlated the drop in crime rates with the legalization of abortion. Which sounds more sound of a theory to you?
Spoken like a true 13 year old
...He just let it sit in a drawer in his desk for 10 days.
This is just utter bullshit. If you postpone traffic for a long enough time, it's going to time out. Just like not signing a bill within 10 days kills the bill, but without the official veto. A pocket veto is a pocket veto, regardless of who is doing it.
...but there are no games in the past 12 years that even come close to reaching the greatness of Duck Hunt. I'd say Duck Hunt and Pong are 1 and 2, or tied for 1. Shaq Fu is a close third.
http://www.fighter-planes.com/info/f18.htm General Characteristics, E and F models
Primary Function: Multi-role attack and fighter aircraft
Contractor: McDonnell Douglas
Unit Cost: $ 35 million
Propulsion: Two F414-GE-400 turbofan engines
Thrust: 22,000 pounds (9,977 kg) static thrust per engine
Length: 60.3 feet (18.5 meters)
Height: 16 feet (4.87 meters)
Maximum Take Off Gross Weight: 66,000 pounds (29,932 kg)
Wingspan: 44.9 feet (13.68 meters)
Ceiling: 50,000+ feet
Speed: Mach 1.8+
Crew:
A,C and E models: One
B,D and F models: Two
Armament: One 20mm M-61A1 Vulcan cannon;
External payload: AIM 9 Sidewinder, AIM 7 Sparrow, AIM-120 AMRAAM, Harpoon, Harm, Shrike, SLAM, SLAM-ER, Walleye, Maverick missiles; Joint Stand-Off Weapon (JSOW); Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM); various general purpose bombs, mines and rockets.
First Flight December 1995
over unencrypted QAM. So now you are into connection options that require an authentication scheme
and some sort of trusted / authenticated relationship between the device and the cable company.
So, basically, you're saying that either:
A) There's no HD content broadcasted over the air
or
B) OTA broadcasts are encrypted?
What of Google's isn't in beta?
I'll pay for the highest quality. It would be rediculous to pay for the mp3's just to put them on CD when you can do it the other way around as well. I'm sure the band will get plenty of proceeds from me when they go on tour next.
Yeah right. EA doesn't care about open platforms. All they care about is the latter part of the thread's subject: single console.
Linux has been available for a long time, large games (e.g. Unreal, Doom, Wolfenstein, formerly America's Army) have been available for it for quite some time. And yet they havn't ported shit over.
...but since I know I'm going to purchase the CD when it's out in stores, I bid 0.00 on it. Basically, I'm thinking of it as getting the demo or pre-release version for free, and since the CD's sound quality will be considerably better, I will then purchase that.
I just wish I hadn't lost my Hail to the Thief disc....
...of rolling blackouts? And can we expect another Enron-type extortion scandal?