Whether it is "vapor" or not, if they are still going to ship with only Lin-sux and no proper OS (Windows or OS X) support, then the project is going to nose dive anyway.
Of all the computers that handled your message between your own computer and the slashdot servers, how many were running what you call a "proper OS"?
I bet that even the router in your own house doesn't run Windows.
Does your mom understand SOPA as well as you do?
The point of the article is that (a) our moms and dads don't understand current technology, and (b) their generation are the ones creating and passing legislation.
If you think SOPA is bad, then consider the fact that the next 10 technology-related bills in Congress could be worse.
He also finds it ironic, that there are disabled parks near supermarkets and department stores, fundamentally the kinds of stores where you'll be covering quite a distance moving around a large complex, there's not really much effort saved by having a disabled park close to the door.
That depends on where you are. In the US northeast, you may be travelling a large distance in the nice dry heated indoors, but a parking spot near the door minimizes the distance you have to travel over ice and packed snow, or in driving rain, or in sub-zero temperatures. People with wheelchairs/walkers/canes do not fare well in icy parking lots, and wheelchairs in particular do not like getting drenched with rain.
There are twice as many "Elderly persons" car parks outside my local super market than "Parents" car parks.
Are they labelled "Parents" or "Adults with children"? I can see the accomodation for anyone (parent/sibling/relative/nanny) with young children in tow. But not just for being a parent.
I hope you're right. The processors in even a total homebrew have to come from somewhere and I can see the content providers requiring DRM being built right into the CPU.
They cannot do that. Content providers could require that some API report that the processor has DRM built in, but that is the beauty of software layers: they can report whatever you want.
Or to be more specific: they can inquire what the hardware is on the Tor exit node you are currently on, but that has nothing to do with the hardware you are actually running. Cory Doctorow's future involves much heavier use of Tor than is required today.
And how many times in your long programming career have you delved into the bowels of the Linux source to build a better *nix application?
Speaking as a driver/kernel developer: on a very regular basis. Maybe not daily, but certainly several times a week.
Sure, if you're a web developer, or work up in user space, you may not need to do this - but the reason that the web works as well as it does is because the low-level support is there, works well, and works efficiently. So the success of your application depends in part on the source being open, even if you never look at it yourself.
Things like the microwave in your example must by FCC regulations be maintained by a licensed engineer.
If you have a rack of 10 servers, where 9 of them are broadcast equipment that serve shows and commercials on-air, and one is the company mail/web/etc. server, why would you administer the two in two separate departments? Broadcast engineering these days is IT, to a very large extent - except that they are IT people with licenses and knowledge of RF and FCC laws and regulations. Creating a separate department to run the mail server is just silly.
It is a binary, not source code. So it's like having a file containing an image of naked ladies, but not knowing what sort of compression scheme was used.
It was also written in forth, of all things. So it's like finally figuring out the compression scheme and decoding the file - only to find out that it is an image of naked lady *martians*.
There are no nice smartphone alternatives. (Other than phones like Vertu, but I'm not paying $10,000 for a cell phone).
If Nokia still sold something like the 8800 - stainless steel and glass, nice ball-bearing slider action - I'd switch. But these days, all 'dumb' cell phones are $39 plastic crap.
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Good news: the tiny and complex electroics in the robot may be extremely expensive, but they will be reusable.
Bad news: the robot will be reusable.
1. Team up with a co-worker.
2. Exchange a long string of emails back and forth each evening.
3. Profit!
No, it says lean-to code. As in coding while in a lean-to.
Maybe CNN should lean to speak English?
So if your boss reduced your wages to $0.50 an hour tomorrow, you wouldn't object?
They have already sold and shipped 8 units on ebay, for charity. Yes, for more than $25.
For the next 20 hours or so you can bid on one yourself.
Whether it is "vapor" or not, if they are still going to ship with only Lin-sux and no proper OS (Windows or OS X) support, then the project is going to nose dive anyway.
Of all the computers that handled your message between your own computer and the slashdot servers, how many were running what you call a "proper OS"?
I bet that even the router in your own house doesn't run Windows.
The concept, no. But in practice, if a slave in e.g. ancient Rome went up to a centurion and spoke his mind, bad things would happen to him.
The US Constitution did not, of course, guarantee freedom of speech either. Black slaves were most certainly not free to speak as they wanted.
freedom of speech is not a right which suddenly disappears when you cross the Mexican border. This is a fundamental and ancient right
[citation needed]
Seriously - name a country that had such a right before 1776.
If someone released a new version of the Model T Ford, would you expect many people to be excited? Would you buy one?
Does your mom understand SOPA as well as you do? The point of the article is that (a) our moms and dads don't understand current technology, and (b) their generation are the ones creating and passing legislation.
If you think SOPA is bad, then consider the fact that the next 10 technology-related bills in Congress could be worse.
I don't think either Carly Fiorina or Meg Whitman were libertarians, and I'm pretty sure they both liked large corporations.
Isn't the Publisher's Rights Clearinghouse run by Ed McMahon?
Or like Google Instant Search does now, only in a command line.
In short: slow and annoying for people who know what they're doing. Supposedly useful for people without a clue.
He also finds it ironic, that there are disabled parks near supermarkets and department stores, fundamentally the kinds of stores where you'll be covering quite a distance moving around a large complex, there's not really much effort saved by having a disabled park close to the door.
That depends on where you are. In the US northeast, you may be travelling a large distance in the nice dry heated indoors, but a parking spot near the door minimizes the distance you have to travel over ice and packed snow, or in driving rain, or in sub-zero temperatures. People with wheelchairs/walkers/canes do not fare well in icy parking lots, and wheelchairs in particular do not like getting drenched with rain.
There are twice as many "Elderly persons" car parks outside my local super market than "Parents" car parks.
Are they labelled "Parents" or "Adults with children"? I can see the accomodation for anyone (parent/sibling/relative/nanny) with young children in tow. But not just for being a parent.
I hope you're right. The processors in even a total homebrew have to come from somewhere and I can see the content providers requiring DRM being built right into the CPU.
They cannot do that. Content providers could require that some API report that the processor has DRM built in, but that is the beauty of software layers: they can report whatever you want.
Or to be more specific: they can inquire what the hardware is on the Tor exit node you are currently on, but that has nothing to do with the hardware you are actually running. Cory Doctorow's future involves much heavier use of Tor than is required today.
In other news: some people have such crappy security that they are actually *afraid* of going to random links.
And how many times in your long programming career have you delved into the bowels of the Linux source to build a better *nix application?
Speaking as a driver/kernel developer: on a very regular basis. Maybe not daily, but certainly several times a week.
Sure, if you're a web developer, or work up in user space, you may not need to do this - but the reason that the web works as well as it does is because the low-level support is there, works well, and works efficiently. So the success of your application depends in part on the source being open, even if you never look at it yourself.
Hopefully there will be a boycott and more boycotts if it fails to get the message across.
A browser plugin that popped up a warning message when you went to a GoDaddy registered domain would be really useful to get a boycott started.
Step 1 is to move your sites away from GoDaddy. Step 2 is to stop going to sites that have failed to move.
Yet despite all the drama, Christoforo said he hasn't lost any of his other accounts, aside from Avenger.
So could someone please dig up the names of his other clients and post them?
It's designed as a 1024 pixel display - but if they only spec it as 1023, then they don't have to warranty it for one bad pixel.
Note they didn't spec 1023 x 768 *contiguous* pixels.
Things like the microwave in your example must by FCC regulations be maintained by a licensed engineer.
If you have a rack of 10 servers, where 9 of them are broadcast equipment that serve shows and commercials on-air, and one is the company mail/web/etc. server, why would you administer the two in two separate departments? Broadcast engineering these days is IT, to a very large extent - except that they are IT people with licenses and knowledge of RF and FCC laws and regulations. Creating a separate department to run the mail server is just silly.
Apparently they turned off spell checking as well.
It is a binary, not source code. So it's like having a file containing an image of naked ladies, but not knowing what sort of compression scheme was used.
It was also written in forth, of all things. So it's like finally figuring out the compression scheme and decoding the file - only to find out that it is an image of naked lady *martians*.
There are no nice smartphone alternatives. (Other than phones like Vertu, but I'm not paying $10,000 for a cell phone).
If Nokia still sold something like the 8800 - stainless steel and glass, nice ball-bearing slider action - I'd switch. But these days, all 'dumb' cell phones are $39 plastic crap.