why would a company who makes spyware (who's very nature is to be secretive and hard to remove) want to follow Google's principles?
Free advertising baby! Screw ethics. Tomorrow's headline "Spyware agency agrees to Google's 'Good Guy' clause". Then can then follow that up in 2 weeks with "Spyware agency break Google's 'Good Guy' clause". And a few more weaks "Spyware agency makes amends with Google and their 'Good Guy Clause'".
Let me get this straight: 60 years ago a mathematician used a different word that's not spelled the same but sounds a bit like google when spoken -- although I'd like the see a pronunciation key for googol -- and now they're claiming that google got their name by drawing on the inifinte wisdom of the bloke the just kinda pulled a word out of his ass to represent 'one million gajillion billions'.
What I want to know is how poor of mathematician was this guy that his crowning contribution to math was the word 'googol'? Or better yet, how incredibly stupid is the son to think his dad's crowning contribution to math is the word 'googol'?
As an aside, do they think it could possibly be the case that google got its name from other words... like maybe:
"go" -- 'to begin an action or motion' M-W
"ogle" -- 'to look at especially with greedy or interested attention' M-W
Hmmm... 'to start looking with interested attention'? That's just silly... of course they got the word from 'one million gajillion billions'.
The XBox is designed to not run any unsigned code. The modchip is a circumvention device for this protection whether it's the Cromwell or a more nefarious BIOS. Any protection circumvention device is questionable under the DMCA. Hell, if the shift key is questionable a modchip is most likely also questionable.
MythTV is a niche piece of software best used on a dedicated PC. Assuming you use it at least similar to a TiVo then the machine will be recording like hours a day and most likely during prime usage time. On any but the most high-end systems encoding 640x480 mpeg4 at 3mb/s in realtime is a little taxing and doing anything major on the system will be... difficult. That's why it's "HTPC" software. Home Theater PCs are usually fairly dedicated to the Home Theater. I don't really see that as a drawback to Windows users as once the machine is set up, it probably shouldn't be used for much else. No it's not stupid-simple to set up but the setup is a small price to pay for what you get.
If you're looking for a one-off digital VCR, MythTV is probably a bit overkill.
There's a ton of stuff this great little box does that are beyond it's original intentions. I'm talking a modded XBox here so everything in the list will be of questionable legality.
Emulation: There are Mame/NES/SNES/GBA/etc. emulators that work stunningly.
Linux: In all it's glory. Web-browsing, mail checking, document editing, picture viewing, etc.
Media Playing: They covered XBMC (which is capable of network streaming, DVD playing, etc.) and the MythTV frontend is friggin awesome.
StepMania: It's a free version of Dance Dance Revolution with a bazillion songs available online as well as the ability to make your own steps.
Online Gaming: Any game that supports System Link (XBox to XBox play) can be played online through a tunneling service (XBConnect or GameSpy Arcade).
Diskless Gaming: Copy your games from their disks to the harddrive and put them in protected storage.
Spare change and some very basic skills let you create your own adapters to hook up a mouse and keyboard to the box or hookup the XBox controller to the PC as a joystick. Even if you hate the games, the XBox is easily worth $200 ($150 for the machine and $50 for the chip).
Absolutely, MythTV is the single best HTPC piece of software available. The XBox MythTV frontend works great. I don't have the HD kit but rumor is Linux (and therefore MythTV) on the XBox works in 540p.
My main Myth machine is connected through DVI to a 55" RP Mitsu. The XBox makes a great portable frontend.
Well, even more than that... one dealer is giving their car away, unlocked hood and all, for free! And it's a more reliable car than the other dealer is trying to sell especially for people that only want to drive to the grocery store (write letters).
It just so happens it's easy to steal the popular car.
I have the CD version but I imagine the DVD is the same: There is a Linux installation script in the root of the disk. Here's a fun fact: the linux installation doesn't require the play CD (or DVD in your case I suppose) to be in the drive when you play the game which is mighty-nice.
I can't buy a car without a stereo either. Does this mean the car manufacturers are engaging in monopolistic practices, forcing their crappy car stereos down your throat?
Well, yeah. If every manufacturer shipped the same stereo and the stereo company threatened to stop selling them stereos if they tried to ship any other stereo with any of their vehicles, that would be fairly monopolistic.
Or if the stereo that everyone shipped could only tune in stations that the manufacturer approved so the stereo company could rule the radio station biz. That might do it too.
Or if the stereo manufacturer used special CD laser techniques that only they knew about so the CDs they released using this technology sounded better than other CD maker's disks in order to strongarm their way to higher CD sales. That could be a case.
But this is all speculation. And, of course, very little of this would be illegal if the stereo company didn't have a near-monopoly.
Yes, they slaughter the GBA and Gamepark but those were fairly underpowered on release. Compare it to something like the Zodiac it doesn't beat it on any field except the 1.8gig disk.
We all know it's going to be the games that make the system... so I'm sure this thing will be stunningly successful. As for the specs, it's almost exactly what I was expecting at the price-point, nothing more, nothing less.
I owned a Mach64, R8500, and a R9600. When I switched full-bore to Linux I sold or traded them (ok, the Mach64 just retired) for their nVidia counterparts and intend to stay with nVidia until ATI's drivers improve. Which is unfortuntate as I generally feel the ATIs are better hardware.
Admittedly, I'm just one guy but enough 'just one guys' can make a difference.
Thank goodness that weenie is getting booted. My God, there's a reason they don't usually stick a dude and his girlfriend on the same show... don't they know relationships make geeks uncomfortable?
Combine that with the "I'm a haxor and so much cooler than you even though I don't know much of anything" attitude and you got a real tool on TV show. I'm telling you, he was the -1 Troll of TV land. I can't believe Sarah, who seems to have an ounce of coolness is going out with this putz.
Leo, Patrick, Morgan, Adam, Cat, hell even that british dude that hosts the retarded 'bot wrestling' show... ya'll will be missed. Kevin... you will not.
In their defense, there are probably a lot more gamers watching TV than geeks. The geeks are silent because they're getting their info from the internet:)
OTOH, there are a lot more noobs than geeks or gamers and that's where TechTV really shined.
I noticed those as well as a few similar modules from other companies. It seems that people are having trouble getting one of the interpocket cards. The Ratoc card seems popular but in all cases it's hard to find people that have been successful... mainly because most people don't care to use them.
Anyway, if you've used the interpocket with a USB hard drive, please let me know!
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Some people are reporting getting PXA255s through Amazon and a couple from HSN. There's also a kernel patch that disables the PXA250 step-down apparently without drawbacks.
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People at Zaurus User Group have claimed some success at hooking up select hard drives and flash readers.
I'm looking into an 860 as a replacement for my aging laptop. The one the the SL-6000 has over the 860 that's swaying my decision is a built in USB-host.
We had to have enough math for the CS major that we were 1 class shy of a Math minor. Obviously, most of us took that 1 extra class and got it. The line up for the minor was something like: Calc 1 (4), Calc 2(4), Calc 3(4), Linear Algebra(3), Principles of Math (3) and an elective(3) for 21 total credits. There may have been one more course I'm forgetting as I think we were 2 courses shy of the 30 hours needed for a major. I think you didn't have to take Linear as part of the CS major with no math minor.
As far as usefullness, not at all at my current job. However I would much prefer a job where those skills would be used.
I'm usually all for poking fun at the prejudice guy but I'm not seeing it. 500gs on a stadium when the seniors can't read... that sounds stoopid to me.
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why would a company who makes spyware (who's very nature is to be secretive and hard to remove) want to follow Google's principles?
Free advertising baby! Screw ethics. Tomorrow's headline "Spyware agency agrees to Google's 'Good Guy' clause". Then can then follow that up in 2 weeks with "Spyware agency break Google's 'Good Guy' clause". And a few more weaks "Spyware agency makes amends with Google and their 'Good Guy Clause'".
A million free hits, zero effort.
Let me get this straight: 60 years ago a mathematician used a different word that's not spelled the same but sounds a bit like google when spoken -- although I'd like the see a pronunciation key for googol -- and now they're claiming that google got their name by drawing on the inifinte wisdom of the bloke the just kinda pulled a word out of his ass to represent 'one million gajillion billions'.
What I want to know is how poor of mathematician was this guy that his crowning contribution to math was the word 'googol'? Or better yet, how incredibly stupid is the son to think his dad's crowning contribution to math is the word 'googol'?
As an aside, do they think it could possibly be the case that google got its name from other words... like maybe:
"go" -- 'to begin an action or motion' M-W
"ogle" -- 'to look at especially with greedy or interested attention' M-W
Hmmm... 'to start looking with interested attention'? That's just silly... of course they got the word from 'one million gajillion billions'.
The XBox is designed to not run any unsigned code. The modchip is a circumvention device for this protection whether it's the Cromwell or a more nefarious BIOS. Any protection circumvention device is questionable under the DMCA. Hell, if the shift key is questionable a modchip is most likely also questionable.
MythTV is a niche piece of software best used on a dedicated PC. Assuming you use it at least similar to a TiVo then the machine will be recording like hours a day and most likely during prime usage time. On any but the most high-end systems encoding 640x480 mpeg4 at 3mb/s in realtime is a little taxing and doing anything major on the system will be... difficult. That's why it's "HTPC" software. Home Theater PCs are usually fairly dedicated to the Home Theater. I don't really see that as a drawback to Windows users as once the machine is set up, it probably shouldn't be used for much else. No it's not stupid-simple to set up but the setup is a small price to pay for what you get.
If you're looking for a one-off digital VCR, MythTV is probably a bit overkill.
There's a ton of stuff this great little box does that are beyond it's original intentions. I'm talking a modded XBox here so everything in the list will be of questionable legality.
Emulation: There are Mame/NES/SNES/GBA/etc. emulators that work stunningly.
Linux: In all it's glory. Web-browsing, mail checking, document editing, picture viewing, etc.
Media Playing: They covered XBMC (which is capable of network streaming, DVD playing, etc.) and the MythTV frontend is friggin awesome.
StepMania: It's a free version of Dance Dance Revolution with a bazillion songs available online as well as the ability to make your own steps.
Online Gaming: Any game that supports System Link (XBox to XBox play) can be played online through a tunneling service (XBConnect or GameSpy Arcade).
Diskless Gaming: Copy your games from their disks to the harddrive and put them in protected storage.
Spare change and some very basic skills let you create your own adapters to hook up a mouse and keyboard to the box or hookup the XBox controller to the PC as a joystick. Even if you hate the games, the XBox is easily worth $200 ($150 for the machine and $50 for the chip).
Absolutely, MythTV is the single best HTPC piece of software available. The XBox MythTV frontend works great. I don't have the HD kit but rumor is Linux (and therefore MythTV) on the XBox works in 540p.
My main Myth machine is connected through DVI to a 55" RP Mitsu. The XBox makes a great portable frontend.
*wacks MindStalker with the "It was a joke" stick.*
Well, even more than that... one dealer is giving their car away, unlocked hood and all, for free! And it's a more reliable car than the other dealer is trying to sell especially for people that only want to drive to the grocery store (write letters).
It just so happens it's easy to steal the popular car.
I have the CD version but I imagine the DVD is the same: There is a Linux installation script in the root of the disk. Here's a fun fact: the linux installation doesn't require the play CD (or DVD in your case I suppose) to be in the drive when you play the game which is mighty-nice.
Oh come on! We all know it was moderated Insightful because all first posts are the most thoughtful and reflective of the entire thread!
I can't buy a car without a stereo either. Does this mean the car manufacturers are engaging in monopolistic practices, forcing their crappy car stereos down your throat?
Well, yeah. If every manufacturer shipped the same stereo and the stereo company threatened to stop selling them stereos if they tried to ship any other stereo with any of their vehicles, that would be fairly monopolistic.
Or if the stereo that everyone shipped could only tune in stations that the manufacturer approved so the stereo company could rule the radio station biz. That might do it too.
Or if the stereo manufacturer used special CD laser techniques that only they knew about so the CDs they released using this technology sounded better than other CD maker's disks in order to strongarm their way to higher CD sales. That could be a case.
But this is all speculation. And, of course, very little of this would be illegal if the stereo company didn't have a near-monopoly.
...we could've used your vote.
Yes, they slaughter the GBA and Gamepark but those were fairly underpowered on release. Compare it to something like the Zodiac it doesn't beat it on any field except the 1.8gig disk.
We all know it's going to be the games that make the system... so I'm sure this thing will be stunningly successful. As for the specs, it's almost exactly what I was expecting at the price-point, nothing more, nothing less.
I owned a Mach64, R8500, and a R9600. When I switched full-bore to Linux I sold or traded them (ok, the Mach64 just retired) for their nVidia counterparts and intend to stay with nVidia until ATI's drivers improve. Which is unfortuntate as I generally feel the ATIs are better hardware.
Admittedly, I'm just one guy but enough 'just one guys' can make a difference.
Thank goodness that weenie is getting booted. My God, there's a reason they don't usually stick a dude and his girlfriend on the same show... don't they know relationships make geeks uncomfortable?
Combine that with the "I'm a haxor and so much cooler than you even though I don't know much of anything" attitude and you got a real tool on TV show. I'm telling you, he was the -1 Troll of TV land. I can't believe Sarah, who seems to have an ounce of coolness is going out with this putz.
Leo, Patrick, Morgan, Adam, Cat, hell even that british dude that hosts the retarded 'bot wrestling' show... ya'll will be missed. Kevin... you will not.
In their defense, there are probably a lot more gamers watching TV than geeks. The geeks are silent because they're getting their info from the internet :)
OTOH, there are a lot more noobs than geeks or gamers and that's where TechTV really shined.
As more people figure it out, hacking seems to be helping.
Notice, I said 'hacking' not 'piracy.'
I noticed those as well as a few similar modules from other companies. It seems that people are having trouble getting one of the interpocket cards. The Ratoc card seems popular but in all cases it's hard to find people that have been successful... mainly because most people don't care to use them.
Anyway, if you've used the interpocket with a USB hard drive, please let me know!
Some people are reporting getting PXA255s through Amazon and a couple from HSN. There's also a kernel patch that disables the PXA250 step-down apparently without drawbacks.
People at Zaurus User Group have claimed some success at hooking up select hard drives and flash readers.
Yes, there are ports for almost all current emulators (MAME, NES, SNES, Gen, GB, etc) to the Zaurus.
Your best source of info is the forums on Zaurus User Group.
I'm looking into an 860 as a replacement for my aging laptop. The one the the SL-6000 has over the 860 that's swaying my decision is a built in USB-host.
We had to have enough math for the CS major that we were 1 class shy of a Math minor. Obviously, most of us took that 1 extra class and got it. The line up for the minor was something like: Calc 1 (4), Calc 2(4), Calc 3(4), Linear Algebra(3), Principles of Math (3) and an elective(3) for 21 total credits. There may have been one more course I'm forgetting as I think we were 2 courses shy of the 30 hours needed for a major. I think you didn't have to take Linear as part of the CS major with no math minor.
As far as usefullness, not at all at my current job. However I would much prefer a job where those skills would be used.
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I'm usually all for poking fun at the prejudice guy but I'm not seeing it. 500gs on a stadium when the seniors can't read... that sounds stoopid to me.