I believe it uses webkit (i.e. Safari) for the front-end. I don't have a beta of Mailplane yet, so I'm unsure if offline compose is a feature (that would be a big one for me as well). So it looks to be a hybrid, something to ease the use of Gmail but not intended to totally replace a desktop client.
Most married guys I know choose Tivo (yours truly included). All the additional features in the world cannot make up for the pain you will feel in your life from a missed Greys Anatomy recording, or any sort of DVR downtime while you upgrade to Teh Latest Release of Myth...
Haug: "When we prepared this speech, Florence told me that Wikipedia has enough cash to pay for its server for the next..."
Devouard: "Three months. Roughly."
Haug: "and if we don't do something, Wikipedia won't be here in three or four months. That's a radical idea, it's not going to happen but...".
Devouard: "...three months is a bit negative. [...] We have somebody making plans for two years in the future, I think we will survive in the next three months".
Pardon my concern, but "I think we will survive in the next three months" from the Foundation chair isn't exactly what you would call a glowing report. Ads vs. no-ads obviously aren't the only options right now, but it seems very unlikely that the current course of action is going to sustain Wikimedia for the duration. Monetizing the content with a small amount of advertising is a very viable and reasonable solution that shouldn't be so quickly discarded.
I don't get the entitlement that people seem to have about Wikipedia always being free. I'm not referring to the founders reluctance to monetize the wiki, I'm talking about users who want, no, demand that they get free lunch. I wonder how "pissed off" they will be when the foundation goes under from lack of funding.
Jason Calacanis has been vocal about Wikipedia squandering the opportunity to support itself with ad revenue. He's written on the topic several times, most notably here and here. A relevant quote from the latter link:
"I find it really ironic that a certain percentage...of the Wikipedia core team feel that they should decide for the entire Wikipedia audience the advertising policy.
What happen to consensus people?!?!?! The truth is much of the consensus at Wikipedia occurs on mailing lists, IRC chat and discussion pages that the public a) doesn't even know about and b) are hidden behind technological walls that normal folks can't get past (i.e. IRC, discussion pages).
If the Wikipedia wants real consensus on the issue of advertising why don't we place a poll on the top level of the Wikipedia that asks people how they would like to fund the Wikipedia: a) by looking at one advertisement or b) by donating money. The reason they won't ever put that survey up!? Because 80% of people would opt to see an advertisement and the vocal minority that controls Wikipedia with an iron fist/IRC channel will block it."
Given a choice between "Wikipedia + relevant ads" vs. "No Wikipedia", I would personally choose the former. I have a feeling that a majority of others would tend to agree.
I'm certainly not qualified to discuss the finer technicalities of the article (I suspect that applies to most of today's comments as well), but just wanted to point out that the picture in the press release is sweet.
Not a lot of time to play games, I'm far too busy with a myriad of proverbial irons in the fire. No, I am firm believer in capitalism.:-) As such, the PS3 is now listed on eBay at an obscenely high starting price.
I frankly would rather have a Nintendo Wii, for my 4 year old. Have you seen the experience videos at wii.com? Looks like fun for the whole family.
>>Along with that, no official rules for the line from Target (read this as ass covering) >No, read it as "Not their fucking job."
It quickly becomes the retail establishment's FJ when someone is injured in a mad rush for the line. Any manager worth his salt would have set in place clear rules to manage the lines. You are asking for lawsuits if you don't. At one area Wal-Mart, they did not allow a line to form until they announced it on the intercom. Instead of a nice orderly line of 10 people, they ended up with a 100+ gamer mad-dash to the line, with people pushing and shoving and a few minor injuries. Again, any decent manager should have seen that coming and made rules to accomodate the situation.
The good news is that most of the Wal-Mart stores in my area had the lines waiting in the Lawn and Garden area. Several had TV's setup and gamers were hanging out, playing consoles and PSPs (of course), and generally having a good time. The situation was fully under control, there was no pushing and shoving and generally the first 6 in line got PS3's (with vouchers going to the next 4). One local store somehow ended up with 22 Playstations, even the manager admitted that was a complete accident that they got so many. As I understand it, Sony promised Wally-World 10 PS3's each on launch day, and most only got 6. And yes, I managed to get one.
Indeed, it's been making the rounds for quite some time now. Still, it was a fantastic demo and the technology implementation is nothing short of brilliant. As I noted recently @ FresHDV:
"...Sony Vegas just included a new "draw your keyframe vector" type feature in version 7. Imagine capabilities like that in software, only more dynamic and married to something like this user interface."
In essence, trace your keyframes. With this interface, the possibilities would be much more fluid and dynamic. You could quickly flesh out a concept or look in seconds, and then dig into the detailed controls to fine-tune it. A boon for motion graphics creatives, or even users that just want to make cool Ken Burns-inspired photo montages without earning a Ph.D in keyframing.
It has to be said...I sincerely welcome our new Interface-Free Touch-Screen Overlords!
"eager to introduce the masses to the virtues of the next-gen DVD formats, the studios and manufacturers backing HD DVD and Blu-ray have begun giving discs away."
Isn't this basically the same strategy employed by drug dealers?
He's lying! He's a paid Microsoft shill! There's no way that it's as good as he says! It must be rigged! It's probably the new iPod and he thought it was a MS product! He's brainwashed by the DRM! It doesn't run Linux!... am I forgetting anything?
The technology looks promising, particularly since they are building from proven projection tech just with a much better light source. I wonder what the viewing angle limitations will be?
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The last time I saw a BSOD was last night, on a Mac iBook, in those stupid FinallyFast commercials. The horror, should you wish to relive it again: http://www.distantcreations.com/blog/2009/01/07/wednesday-whine-finallyfastcom-worst-commercial-ever/
Your ideas are intriguing and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
John McCain, considers waterboarding to be torture, saying, "it was used in the Spanish Inquisition..."
Nobody expected that.
(I'll come in again)
Bjorn Lomborg begs to differ with you in this TED Talk he presented entitled "Our priorities for saving the world."
Matt Jeppsen
www.FreshDV.com
All hail the mighty feed...
I believe it uses webkit (i.e. Safari) for the front-end. I don't have a beta of Mailplane yet, so I'm unsure if offline compose is a feature (that would be a big one for me as well). So it looks to be a hybrid, something to ease the use of Gmail but not intended to totally replace a desktop client.
I use Thunderbird too...to backup Gmail.
Matt Jeppsen
www.freshdv.com
I've been watching the Mailplane beta with growing interest. What's not to like about Gmail + a simple desktop UI?
Matt Jeppsen
www.freshdv.com
*yawn*
Yahoo...Bringing you Yesterday's innovations Next Year.
-MJ
Most married guys I know choose Tivo (yours truly included).
All the additional features in the world cannot make up for the pain you will feel in your life from a missed Greys Anatomy recording, or any sort of DVR downtime while you upgrade to Teh Latest Release of Myth...
-MJ
"It's only a crust wound."
Matt Jeppsen
FresHDV.com
Pardon my concern, but "I think we will survive in the next three months" from the Foundation chair isn't exactly what you would call a glowing report. Ads vs. no-ads obviously aren't the only options right now, but it seems very unlikely that the current course of action is going to sustain Wikimedia for the duration. Monetizing the content with a small amount of advertising is a very viable and reasonable solution that shouldn't be so quickly discarded.
Jason Calacanis has been vocal about Wikipedia squandering the opportunity to support itself with ad revenue. He's written on the topic several times, most notably here and here. A relevant quote from the latter link: Given a choice between "Wikipedia + relevant ads" vs. "No Wikipedia", I would personally choose the former. I have a feeling that a majority of others would tend to agree.
"F**king kangaroos..."
(laugh, it's funny)
-MJ
Don't do it! It's a trick!
I'm certainly not qualified to discuss the finer technicalities of the article (I suspect that applies to most of today's comments as well), but just wanted to point out that the picture in the press release is sweet.
Shouldn't that be "iLove happy endings"?
It all started when his wife began nagging him to put up the Christmas Tree...the rest is history.
But seriously...pine still has a large install base? Wow.
-MJ
Your ideas are intriguing, and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
Not a lot of time to play games, I'm far too busy with a myriad of proverbial irons in the fire. No, I am firm believer in capitalism. :-) As such, the PS3 is now listed on eBay at an obscenely high starting price.
I frankly would rather have a Nintendo Wii, for my 4 year old. Have you seen the experience videos at wii.com? Looks like fun for the whole family.
-MJ
>>Along with that, no official rules for the line from Target (read this as ass covering)
>No, read it as "Not their fucking job."
It quickly becomes the retail establishment's FJ when someone is injured in a mad rush for the line. Any manager worth his salt would have set in place clear rules to manage the lines. You are asking for lawsuits if you don't. At one area Wal-Mart, they did not allow a line to form until they announced it on the intercom. Instead of a nice orderly line of 10 people, they ended up with a 100+ gamer mad-dash to the line, with people pushing and shoving and a few minor injuries. Again, any decent manager should have seen that coming and made rules to accomodate the situation.
The good news is that most of the Wal-Mart stores in my area had the lines waiting in the Lawn and Garden area. Several had TV's setup and gamers were hanging out, playing consoles and PSPs (of course), and generally having a good time. The situation was fully under control, there was no pushing and shoving and generally the first 6 in line got PS3's (with vouchers going to the next 4). One local store somehow ended up with 22 Playstations, even the manager admitted that was a complete accident that they got so many. As I understand it, Sony promised Wally-World 10 PS3's each on launch day, and most only got 6. And yes, I managed to get one.
-MJ
You can always just advertise yourself at Slashdot using a faintly-veiled request for suggestions. That might work.
-MJ
Indeed, it's been making the rounds for quite some time now. Still, it was a fantastic demo and the technology implementation is nothing short of brilliant. As I noted recently @ FresHDV:
"...Sony Vegas just included a new "draw your keyframe vector" type feature in version 7. Imagine capabilities like that in software, only more dynamic and married to something like this user interface."
In essence, trace your keyframes. With this interface, the possibilities would be much more fluid and dynamic. You could quickly flesh out a concept or look in seconds, and then dig into the detailed controls to fine-tune it. A boon for motion graphics creatives, or even users that just want to make cool Ken Burns-inspired photo montages without earning a Ph.D in keyframing.
It has to be said...I sincerely welcome our new Interface-Free Touch-Screen Overlords!
Matt Jeppsen
www.FresHDV.com
"eager to introduce the masses to the virtues of the next-gen DVD formats, the studios and manufacturers backing HD DVD and Blu-ray have begun giving discs away."
Isn't this basically the same strategy employed by drug dealers?
-MJ
He's lying! He's a paid Microsoft shill! There's no way that it's as good as he says! It must be rigged! It's probably the new iPod and he thought it was a MS product! He's brainwashed by the DRM! It doesn't run Linux! ... am I forgetting anything?
"No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame."
Wait...it appears that the first two criteria don't apply. Oh well, one out of three ain't bad...
Since the TFA summary features a dearth of useful tech info, here's a summary I whipped up from the comments and a little googling. (Apologies in advance for linking to my own site.)e -up-plasma-displays.html
http://www.freshdv.com/2006/10/lasertv-aims-to-on
The technology looks promising, particularly since they are building from proven projection tech just with a much better light source. I wonder what the viewing angle limitations will be?