Is this so much the top 10 emerging technologies, or what TR find interesting?
"emerging" is ambiguous - does it mean technologies that will have a definite effect on our way of life, technologies that show promise as maybe some day becoming useful, or...? This seems a little hit and miss to me, although I guess by definition it has to be.
Well lord knows they couldn't get someone technically adept, who knows these things! (and could possibly run hi tech gadgets like say, an X-ray scanner:p)
Now even the (supposed?) lack of features in the MacBookAir is a security issue??? I knew some individuals got a little worked up about it, but really!
The focus of comments through the article was that very few people had actually come across counterfeit chips, and the financial repercussions were limited. This shifts the focus to security, which does raise different questions
This is quite logical, as it's human nature to do so, and not a direct result of one's career field.
Even simple background research on the authors of articles in many different fields reveal that yes, the majority of writers are biased, either consciously, or otherwise.
so I'm not as intimately involved as many of you are. However, there seems to be a lot of 'accidental' - and otherwise - breaches occurring with regard to citizen's rights, but not a lot being done about it. By this, I mean - is punishment commensurate with the crime (and this is a crime) meted out to the perpetrators in cases such as this? I see a lot of articles talking about the breaches, but very few about justice being delivered with regard to those responsible.
Actually, anything with that many lawyers has gone way past intellectual and we all know the lawyers end up with more of the property than anyone else...so yes - I'd say he's right.
Hardware that locks up when it can't call the mothership? And I though Microsoft Genuine Advantage was bad! Oh, that's ok - there's a phone number on the site. Email form too!
...will be cost. A 'few extra circuits' may not sound like much, but with chip manufacturers engaged in a protracted price war, every cent counts - especially when multiplied by the chip numbers we are talking here.
Good news. Adium sometimes wouldn't work with iChat when it came to file transfers. Fixing that alone might actually get me using Adium.
I wonder if this paves the way to Adium working with iChat audio and video conferencing?
This would be great. I much prefer Adium's interface and functionality to iChat's, but I still have to switch to iChat now and then for video conferencing, which is a pain.
For Macs there is aMSN for video chat for MSN, but no other 3rd party clients come to mind for video on any of the major proprietary chat protocols.
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I for one would like to wave goodbye to our RIAA overlords.
It says "...which 'science fiction' technologies may really fly some day." - not pigs.
It's worse than you thought - you're mom was real cute when she was younger ;-)
I think if we can work out the logistics of time travel, the other three dimensions shouldn't provide too much of an issue.
Already been invented. Called a gun.
I don't expect much. Time travel of course. D'uh.
See - I found your list a whole lot more interesting!
Is this so much the top 10 emerging technologies, or what TR find interesting?
"emerging" is ambiguous - does it mean technologies that will have a definite effect on our way of life, technologies that show promise as maybe some day becoming useful, or...? This seems a little hit and miss to me, although I guess by definition it has to be.
I wonder if Apple will put this functionality into Front Row? It seems like a natural extension to what is already on offer.
I'd be a bit careful about water. Everyone who has ever died on this planet has drunk water at some stage in their life. Coincidence? I think not...
Well lord knows they couldn't get someone technically adept, who knows these things! (and could possibly run hi tech gadgets like say, an X-ray scanner :p)
Now even the (supposed?) lack of features in the MacBookAir is a security issue??? I knew some individuals got a little worked up about it, but really!
...for this, after all.
The focus of comments through the article was that very few people had actually come across counterfeit chips, and the financial repercussions were limited. This shifts the focus to security, which does raise different questions
This is quite logical, as it's human nature to do so, and not a direct result of one's career field.
Even simple background research on the authors of articles in many different fields reveal that yes, the majority of writers are biased, either consciously, or otherwise.
You're confusing intent with result.
The difference is that the teams working on Safari, Opera, Firefox, et al want to improve their product. Microsoft didn't care for a very long time. In fact, the Safari team even have a bug filed for the rendering issues Safari has with Acid3. Further, they're communicating frequently with their user base and anyone else interested with regard to their progress.
JOKE!
Ok, semi-joke
. MS are actually dragging IE into this century, as far as browser standards go. It's a long, difficult journey, however...It would explain why developers for IE need drugs, as well.
I'm not a U.S. citizen, they can't tou
Who needs abusive government bureaucracies to abuse our rights when corporations can do the job even better?
Well, it has been said for a long time that the private sector is more efficient than the public sector - you're just seeing a prime example!
so I'm not as intimately involved as many of you are. However, there seems to be a lot of 'accidental' - and otherwise - breaches occurring with regard to citizen's rights, but not a lot being done about it. By this, I mean - is punishment commensurate with the crime (and this is a crime) meted out to the perpetrators in cases such as this? I see a lot of articles talking about the breaches, but very few about justice being delivered with regard to those responsible.
Actually, anything with that many lawyers has gone way past intellectual and we all know the lawyers end up with more of the property than anyone else...so yes - I'd say he's right.
I better go RTFA now
...will be cost. A 'few extra circuits' may not sound like much, but with chip manufacturers engaged in a protracted price war, every cent counts - especially when multiplied by the chip numbers we are talking here.
I wonder if this paves the way to Adium working with iChat audio and video conferencing?
This would be great. I much prefer Adium's interface and functionality to iChat's, but I still have to switch to iChat now and then for video conferencing, which is a pain.
For Macs there is aMSN for video chat for MSN, but no other 3rd party clients come to mind for video on any of the major proprietary chat protocols.
For Safari, buglist here, google docs spreadsheet here