The solution is to stop using ogg. It's just a bad mp3 pretending to be avi, and the file sizes are too big and bloated. Get a real audio encoding format or stop listening to music, which you probably pirated anyway.
To be fair, the answer to your second question is: None. The article refers to European regulations, and despite the popular belief among americans that we legislate for the world; the house and senate really only make ridiculous laws for US citizens.
Anyone else think that asking this question on slashdot might slant the sample population a little bit?
I mean, I think it's a good question and all, but asking the/. crowd whether or not they've installed linux/seen linux installed is a bit like asking the chess team whether or not Gary Kasparov is an important celebrity.
Actually, the cart could just be equipped to scan all of its contents and keep a running total. Have a discount card? The cart can read that too.
If you were willing, I'm sure there would be some way to get speed-pass type payment system added to that; and then, you can walk into a grocery store, grab what you want, and leave quickly.
I like it.
Q: Why is Japan so much more advanced than the U.S. and other 1st world nations?
A: Most other 1st world nations have to put large portions of their economies towards supporting and maintaining a military. Since WWII, Japan has not been allowed greater than a 1000 person National Guard; and is otherwise protected by the US's armed forces.
This has many effects. One is more money to spend on technological R&D. Another is more money to spend on education, which leads to a smarter population capable of making huge technology leaps.
Furthermore, the Japanese have other cultural factors that contribute alongside these economic factors to create an environment suited very well for developing bleeding edge technology.
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This site features a goos system for one handed data imput.
It makes more sense to me than the pictures from the japanese sight did anyway.
You're right, my attitude does change based on what's being discussed. It's called context.
For instance, when the item being discussed can threaten my life, or the life of others, i tend to take the view that maybe we should ensure that those people know what they are doing.
Secondly, as long as you are interested in being a strict constructionist; I don't see how licensing would be abridging the right to keep or bear arms, merely regulating that right.
And if you don't consider the bill of rights "a la Carte" i fully expect you to also protest the requirement for press credentials and the necessity of acquiring a permit before peacably assembling.
After all, we wouldn't want anyone regulating our other constitutional rights.
Bruce Perens is decidedly less crazy than RMS and ESR. Also, in the movie Revolution OS he is reminiscent of Emo Phillips from UHF. Therefore, I kindly request that you rescind any comments maligning his character.
To quote Eddie Izzard, "The National Rifle Association says that guns don't kill people, people do â" but I think the gun helps."
Yes, it is true that a gun is an inert object, and laying on the table, loaded or unloaded, it will not, of its own volition, kill anyone or anything.
However, if I had to choose between facing a psychopath with a gun or a psychopath with a knife, I think I know which option I prefer.
Most importantly, is this:
The main goals of the liberal left in the debate over the second amendment are not to eliminate gun ownership entirely (although there certainly are people on the left who like that idea), but to license their ownership. We license doctors, we license lawers, we require a license to drive your car. Why on earth wouldn't we want to license guns, which are, undeniably, dangerous in the hands of someone not trained in proper care and usage of firearms?
One nice thing about still having separate devices is that I can be as connected as I want.
I have a Treo 90, an iPod, and a cell phone. It's nice to be able to leave the cell phone behind so as not to be disturbed, but still have my schedule, and contacts. Sometimes I'd like it if my pockets were less full, but its a small price to pay for the ability to determine how wired I am at any given time.
There's two things people always overlook when talking about what Apple should do.
The biggest strengths of the Mac Operating system have always been the limited hardware.
If you control all of the hardware, and only have to worry about dealing with one or maybe two chipsets, you can make sure everything works pretty damn well. If the mac user base is comprised of people with custom machines (and there may be some now, but nowhere near a substantial amount), then their main advantage will be lost.
Secondly, Mac is a hardware company. They also sell software, but that is not their bread and butter. Microsoft is a software company. They make money off of software (and some pieces of hardware, like mice and keyboards). But, and this is the important thing, while it might be better for Mac users if mac hardware were an open market, it would be worse for Apple. And it won't happen anytime soon.
The world does need for there to be some actual competition for MS, but Mac is never going to be it. Linux might be, if any distribution could try to compete with Windows and not be labelled a sell out. BeOS would have been nice, but sadly, they are gone.
Something needs to fill the niche, but it isn't Apple.
Patriot 2 hasn't passed, but the fact that they are even considering it as a viable law is frightening.
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The part that makes this the most frightening is that we've seen recently how far people are willing to go if they think that security is at hand.
The Patriot Act and Patriot II (return of the civil liberty abuses), both passed with widespread support, just because people were scared. With the right amount of fear, this technology will not only be allowed, but mandated in usage to screen for "potential security risks"
Apple's not competing with Windows. Apple is a hardware manufacturer. They sell and make profit from hardware. Having good software is like putting nice seats in the cars you're trying to sell; you're trying to make the car more appealing.
If apple actually entered into the software market against microsoft; Microsoft would crush them as thouroughly as they did BeOS. Right now, Microsoft doesn't have to use its Market Share dominance against Mac, so Mac gets to stay around.
It isn't even the best way to get people to migrate. If you pretty up your window manager and OS to look like windows, and hide all that is linux about it, you will, in the end, wind up with 1) people getting confused when things look the same but don't work the same, and 2) stupid linux users.
I and some of my friends maintain a multi-os Lab, we run some windows boxes, some older macintosh machines, and three linux machines.
Two of the linux machines are Debian PPCs, and people who use them don't complain about too much except the speed.
I've already gotten complaints from everyone on both sides of the fence about the last machine, the Lycoris box. The windows users feel like its active deception, the linux users feel like its pandering to the masses.
If you don't know that you should unmount your disk before you eject it (or any of a hundred other things that one should know about linux), Lycoris is going to cause you some serious problems.
The best way to get new linux users is to find people who are _already_ dissatisfied with windows, and educate them towards linux. Don't try and force someone to switch, you'll only wind up frustrating them and you.
"This is not only cool, it's a step towards a new-and-improved hardware-independent Apple."
More importantly, that's not what apple's goal is. Apple would die if they lost their hardware market, because, unlike Microsoft, which is a software comany, Apple is a hardware company. They make their money from their machines. That's why they don't track serial numbers, give away a lot of software for free, etc. Because Apple's software is merely a means to an end: getting you to buy their nice (but extraordinarily expensive) hardware.
Regardless of the rumors currently in place, one thing is for certain, apple is seeking/has sought a patent for new technology. Patent apps are written in some obscure version of legalese that makes them hard to read, but the short and skinny is that the only thing certain is that they are patenting a new technology for the shell casing around some smaller device to give the user the ability to change its external appearence.
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The solution is to stop using ogg. It's just a bad mp3 pretending to be avi, and the file sizes are too big and bloated. Get a real audio encoding format or stop listening to music, which you probably pirated anyway.
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To be fair, the answer to your second question is: None. The article refers to European regulations, and despite the popular belief among americans that we legislate for the world; the house and senate really only make ridiculous laws for US citizens.
Anyone else think that asking this question on slashdot might slant the sample population a little bit? I mean, I think it's a good question and all, but asking the /. crowd whether or not they've installed linux/seen linux installed is a bit like asking the chess team whether or not Gary Kasparov is an important celebrity.
Actually, the cart could just be equipped to scan all of its contents and keep a running total. Have a discount card? The cart can read that too. If you were willing, I'm sure there would be some way to get speed-pass type payment system added to that; and then, you can walk into a grocery store, grab what you want, and leave quickly. I like it.
Q: Why is Japan so much more advanced than the U.S. and other 1st world nations? A: Most other 1st world nations have to put large portions of their economies towards supporting and maintaining a military. Since WWII, Japan has not been allowed greater than a 1000 person National Guard; and is otherwise protected by the US's armed forces. This has many effects. One is more money to spend on technological R&D. Another is more money to spend on education, which leads to a smarter population capable of making huge technology leaps. Furthermore, the Japanese have other cultural factors that contribute alongside these economic factors to create an environment suited very well for developing bleeding edge technology.
This site features a goos system for one handed data imput. It makes more sense to me than the pictures from the japanese sight did anyway.
You're right, my attitude does change based on what's being discussed. It's called context. For instance, when the item being discussed can threaten my life, or the life of others, i tend to take the view that maybe we should ensure that those people know what they are doing. Secondly, as long as you are interested in being a strict constructionist; I don't see how licensing would be abridging the right to keep or bear arms, merely regulating that right. And if you don't consider the bill of rights "a la Carte" i fully expect you to also protest the requirement for press credentials and the necessity of acquiring a permit before peacably assembling. After all, we wouldn't want anyone regulating our other constitutional rights.
Bruce Perens is decidedly less crazy than RMS and ESR. Also, in the movie Revolution OS he is reminiscent of Emo Phillips from UHF. Therefore, I kindly request that you rescind any comments maligning his character.
To quote Eddie Izzard, "The National Rifle Association says that guns don't kill people, people do â" but I think the gun helps." Yes, it is true that a gun is an inert object, and laying on the table, loaded or unloaded, it will not, of its own volition, kill anyone or anything. However, if I had to choose between facing a psychopath with a gun or a psychopath with a knife, I think I know which option I prefer. Most importantly, is this: The main goals of the liberal left in the debate over the second amendment are not to eliminate gun ownership entirely (although there certainly are people on the left who like that idea), but to license their ownership. We license doctors, we license lawers, we require a license to drive your car. Why on earth wouldn't we want to license guns, which are, undeniably, dangerous in the hands of someone not trained in proper care and usage of firearms?
One nice thing about still having separate devices is that I can be as connected as I want. I have a Treo 90, an iPod, and a cell phone. It's nice to be able to leave the cell phone behind so as not to be disturbed, but still have my schedule, and contacts. Sometimes I'd like it if my pockets were less full, but its a small price to pay for the ability to determine how wired I am at any given time.
There's two things people always overlook when talking about what Apple should do. The biggest strengths of the Mac Operating system have always been the limited hardware. If you control all of the hardware, and only have to worry about dealing with one or maybe two chipsets, you can make sure everything works pretty damn well. If the mac user base is comprised of people with custom machines (and there may be some now, but nowhere near a substantial amount), then their main advantage will be lost. Secondly, Mac is a hardware company. They also sell software, but that is not their bread and butter. Microsoft is a software company. They make money off of software (and some pieces of hardware, like mice and keyboards). But, and this is the important thing, while it might be better for Mac users if mac hardware were an open market, it would be worse for Apple. And it won't happen anytime soon. The world does need for there to be some actual competition for MS, but Mac is never going to be it. Linux might be, if any distribution could try to compete with Windows and not be labelled a sell out. BeOS would have been nice, but sadly, they are gone. Something needs to fill the niche, but it isn't Apple.
Patriot 2 hasn't passed, but the fact that they are even considering it as a viable law is frightening.
The part that makes this the most frightening is that we've seen recently how far people are willing to go if they think that security is at hand. The Patriot Act and Patriot II (return of the civil liberty abuses), both passed with widespread support, just because people were scared. With the right amount of fear, this technology will not only be allowed, but mandated in usage to screen for "potential security risks"
Apple's not competing with Windows. Apple is a hardware manufacturer. They sell and make profit from hardware. Having good software is like putting nice seats in the cars you're trying to sell; you're trying to make the car more appealing. If apple actually entered into the software market against microsoft; Microsoft would crush them as thouroughly as they did BeOS. Right now, Microsoft doesn't have to use its Market Share dominance against Mac, so Mac gets to stay around.
On the other hand, producing too few of a product is potentially a lot more easily corrected than fixing a glitch in the hardware.
It isn't even the best way to get people to migrate. If you pretty up your window manager and OS to look like windows, and hide all that is linux about it, you will, in the end, wind up with 1) people getting confused when things look the same but don't work the same, and 2) stupid linux users. I and some of my friends maintain a multi-os Lab, we run some windows boxes, some older macintosh machines, and three linux machines. Two of the linux machines are Debian PPCs, and people who use them don't complain about too much except the speed. I've already gotten complaints from everyone on both sides of the fence about the last machine, the Lycoris box. The windows users feel like its active deception, the linux users feel like its pandering to the masses. If you don't know that you should unmount your disk before you eject it (or any of a hundred other things that one should know about linux), Lycoris is going to cause you some serious problems. The best way to get new linux users is to find people who are _already_ dissatisfied with windows, and educate them towards linux. Don't try and force someone to switch, you'll only wind up frustrating them and you.
"This is not only cool, it's a step towards a new-and-improved hardware-independent Apple." More importantly, that's not what apple's goal is. Apple would die if they lost their hardware market, because, unlike Microsoft, which is a software comany, Apple is a hardware company. They make their money from their machines. That's why they don't track serial numbers, give away a lot of software for free, etc. Because Apple's software is merely a means to an end: getting you to buy their nice (but extraordinarily expensive) hardware.
Regardless of the rumors currently in place, one thing is for certain, apple is seeking/has sought a patent for new technology. Patent apps are written in some obscure version of legalese that makes them hard to read, but the short and skinny is that the only thing certain is that they are patenting a new technology for the shell casing around some smaller device to give the user the ability to change its external appearence.