I honestly cannot understand the Slashdot crowds (or maybe a selects few's) obsession with pornography. I read the title to this article and was reminded that the ensuing discussion would be centered around the act of "downloading more and more porn." Seriously gentleman, move beyond the teenage years and enter into a discussion that isn't focused around the act of parading women. Sorry, it isn't funny, intelligent, and I think most readers would say that you are simply embarassing yourself.
Patent laws in the United States are the way they are to create a fair and balanced capitalistic society. This is news, but only in the sense that Nomadix was the first to patent this idea that will possibly become quite important in the future. Wireless technology, at least from a hotspot standpoint, is dependent on this URL redirection to create any sort of a viable "pay-for-access" service. Nomadix has the patent; let them issue licenses to those that need to use their technology. Let them have their patent to what they may have developed first and let them reap the benefits of developing technology. This won't change much in terms of the industry except for seriously impacting NoCat(a great piece of software by the way) in terms of licensing. Patents breed standards and standards breed functionality -- something we can all look forward to in the area of wireless hotspots.
Well, yes it is you. George W. will run unopposed in 2004 because the Republican Party would like to see him re-elected. That is why there are no other Republicans in the race because George W. is the only Republican that needs to be in the race.
Beyond the typical vapid governmental reports, this is a step in the right direction. Anything to create a buzz around security, especially computer security, will serve the public well. This is what needs to happen: standardization. The government has done a commendable job in creating standards for dealing with national security - why not extend that to computer security. All these posts that do nothing to note the fact that this is a good thing don't see past the.gov TLD
That is all well and good that it produces a substantial, if not infinite, amount of energy more than coal does, but realize that the energy needed to get it back to earth lessens its appeal and ultimately, its usefulness. Unless it is specifically directed towards interplanetary spaceflight to planets beyond our own, I say leave it be until then.
Everyone and their dog seems to think that Transmeta will never make it in terms of their ultra low heat and ultra portable processors. These things, especially seeing as this one could get off the gound, will be Transmeta's saving grace. They have realized that GHz is no longer the barometer by which users in the know guage performance but it is power consumption and consequently battery life that becomes important as our society moves towards portability bundled with performance. Transmeta has found their niche and, through products like these, will finally realize their potential.
One has to wonder when the completely overused and tired X will be phased out. I for one would be happier if the marketing people would find something just a tad more innovative. X is so overused - bleh!
This article is quite inconclusive in my mind. There is nothing in it that describes the care given to the cds for the past 20 months (what cases, if any, they were in, the amount of light and heat they were exposed to, etc.) Also, there was no mention of the quality of the media they were burned on, nor the speed at which they were burned. Too many variables are introduced in the article to fairly say that cd media is not a viable backup alternative. It seems like decent advice to burn slowly and simply take care of your cds, they would last much longer.
With the majority of AOL users still dialing-up it would be a shame to integrate this into their instant messaging clients. Even with broadband, Video/Audio over IP is still plagued with poor performance. It would only serve to increase the bloat of the client, something I'd rather not have to deal with.
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Let's not forget that "The Da Vinci Code" is fiction which precludes it from having substantive historical basis.
I honestly cannot understand the Slashdot crowds (or maybe a selects few's) obsession with pornography. I read the title to this article and was reminded that the ensuing discussion would be centered around the act of "downloading more and more porn." Seriously gentleman, move beyond the teenage years and enter into a discussion that isn't focused around the act of parading women. Sorry, it isn't funny, intelligent, and I think most readers would say that you are simply embarassing yourself.
Patent laws in the United States are the way they are to create a fair and balanced capitalistic society. This is news, but only in the sense that Nomadix was the first to patent this idea that will possibly become quite important in the future. Wireless technology, at least from a hotspot standpoint, is dependent on this URL redirection to create any sort of a viable "pay-for-access" service. Nomadix has the patent; let them issue licenses to those that need to use their technology. Let them have their patent to what they may have developed first and let them reap the benefits of developing technology. This won't change much in terms of the industry except for seriously impacting NoCat(a great piece of software by the way) in terms of licensing. Patents breed standards and standards breed functionality -- something we can all look forward to in the area of wireless hotspots.
Well, yes it is you. George W. will run unopposed in 2004 because the Republican Party would like to see him re-elected. That is why there are no other Republicans in the race because George W. is the only Republican that needs to be in the race.
Beyond the typical vapid governmental reports, this is a step in the right direction. Anything to create a buzz around security, especially computer security, will serve the public well. This is what needs to happen: standardization. The government has done a commendable job in creating standards for dealing with national security - why not extend that to computer security. All these posts that do nothing to note the fact that this is a good thing don't see past the .gov TLD
That is all well and good that it produces a substantial, if not infinite, amount of energy more than coal does, but realize that the energy needed to get it back to earth lessens its appeal and ultimately, its usefulness. Unless it is specifically directed towards interplanetary spaceflight to planets beyond our own, I say leave it be until then.
Everyone and their dog seems to think that Transmeta will never make it in terms of their ultra low heat and ultra portable processors. These things, especially seeing as this one could get off the gound, will be Transmeta's saving grace. They have realized that GHz is no longer the barometer by which users in the know guage performance but it is power consumption and consequently battery life that becomes important as our society moves towards portability bundled with performance. Transmeta has found their niche and, through products like these, will finally realize their potential.
One has to wonder when the completely overused and tired X will be phased out. I for one would be happier if the marketing people would find something just a tad more innovative. X is so overused - bleh!
This article is quite inconclusive in my mind. There is nothing in it that describes the care given to the cds for the past 20 months (what cases, if any, they were in, the amount of light and heat they were exposed to, etc.) Also, there was no mention of the quality of the media they were burned on, nor the speed at which they were burned. Too many variables are introduced in the article to fairly say that cd media is not a viable backup alternative. It seems like decent advice to burn slowly and simply take care of your cds, they would last much longer.
With the majority of AOL users still dialing-up it would be a shame to integrate this into their instant messaging clients. Even with broadband, Video/Audio over IP is still plagued with poor performance. It would only serve to increase the bloat of the client, something I'd rather not have to deal with.
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