Issues like this really frusterate me as I find myself wanting to use more web20 ajaxy fancy pants programs.
What a wasted post. You don't like it? Fine! Don't use it. But to come here an moan that it doesn't fit on your Dock, and you can't tab through the applications is a waste of Slashdot space. If enough people don't use it then Google will have to make it more user friendly. But the fact that you're on a Mac makes you a very small minority voice at best.
The truth is what Google is doing now is transferring the wealth out of the hands of rights holders into Google."
Balmer is so lame. He's lucky to be with MS, since I doubt anyone else would have him.
Re: quote above, the so-called "rights holders" wouldn't have this money otherwise. There wouldn't be any money otherwise since no one would be doing anything with it. Balmer is trying to start a fire by telling the RH's that somehow they're entitled to this unearned money, and cause problems for the competition. Wish we could just shut him up entirely, but that's not likely.
Of course, if MS was doing this instead, Balmer would be calling it a victory for the RH's.
And how much more to settle all the copyright infringment claims? Google's problem here is that they have deep pockets. Makes them much more of a target.
we won't need people to write software, because you just explain what you want to a computer and it will write it for you, and there's no reason then to have people working in that job.
Boy have I heard this one before. It just used to be that computer languages would become so simple that the profession of Programmer would disappear because everyone would just be able to write their own programs. Sure hasn't happened yet.
Someone once famously said: Computers are useless, they can only give answers.
The problem here is, even if you had a computer like the one described here, you still need to be able to understand your problem well enough to cogently explain it to your computer. And that's where most people will fail. They don't understand their problems in the first place, and have no idea how to communicate the solutions they actually need.
Okay, most/.er's will think I'm some kind of troglodyte because I don't have any form of internet at my home. Well, it's not because it isn't available. It's because there's NO WAY I can afford it.
You read and post to Slashdot. You own previous game consoles and games for them, plus the television to play it on. You can afford a PS3 and the games for it, but not an Internet connection and all the gaming possibilities that can give you?
You either live far away from civilization, or allocate your money in other ways of your choosing and therefore shouldn't be complaining about not having money for whatever.
A great use for this would be 3 players all playing the same game (say, GoldenEye). Rather than split the main screen into almost useless subscreens, sit around this and all play together. Now what game console manufacturer will be clever enough to support this with their console first?
And just how long will this last after the next Presidential election -- especially if the party in power changes? Can they get it too well established to take away afterwards over the next two years?
Just a question: didn't the term come into common usage first? If so, you shouldn't be able to claim a common word as your own afterwards. (Yeah, Microsoft eventually managed it after many tries with Windows, and I still feel -- my opinion -- they bought off someone along the way.)
Do such lobbying tactics ever work? Can you give examples?
The Pirate Bay case doesn't count because they were back up within 2 days stronger than ever, continue to operate now, and no one associated with them has yet been punished. The only thing still missing on their site are many of their hilarious replies to received legal threats.
Intel will have to be better, cheaper and keep the edge for quite some time before I jump ship.
If so, you deny yourself the benefits available now from Intel for months, or years.
This is the mistake that Dell has made by sticking with Intel while AMD was clearly superior, and only now that Intel is ahead again after years in second place, then going to AMD. And you wonder why Dell is in so much trouble.
...be replaced by new and improved uncrackable radios...Someone probably just wasnt following procedure like other comments in this thread said and turned off the encryption.
I think it had to be more than one person to compromise the integrity of the entire operation.
Maybe the improved radio won't have an Encryption Off switch.
And who really needs this much extra processing power? If you already have an Athlon X2, or Core 2 Duo, how often have you maxed out your processor? How much of this is just bragging rights and penis extending?
Who really benefits from this Witch Hunt? The anti-child porn lobby (is there even one?), or the RIAA/MPAA who contribute lots of lobbying money and want more evidence to continue their extortion campaign with? If it exists it can be subpoenaed, which I strongly suspect is the real reason this is being pushed.
As for the CP scum, they'll just move their d/l's to public hot spots and other anonymous locations.
Would matter since, as good Muslims, they wouldn't be able to use the contents anyway. In fact, even if they did crack the MB, they should have left everything there in the hope that the Israelis would both celebrate too much to be effective, and screw their chances of going to the Islam Paradise -- which may have women (Horus), but no wine or song.
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What a wasted post. You don't like it? Fine! Don't use it. But to come here an moan that it doesn't fit on your Dock, and you can't tab through the applications is a waste of Slashdot space. If enough people don't use it then Google will have to make it more user friendly. But the fact that you're on a Mac makes you a very small minority voice at best.
Balmer is so lame. He's lucky to be with MS, since I doubt anyone else would have him.
Re: quote above, the so-called "rights holders" wouldn't have this money otherwise. There wouldn't be any money otherwise since no one would be doing anything with it. Balmer is trying to start a fire by telling the RH's that somehow they're entitled to this unearned money, and cause problems for the competition. Wish we could just shut him up entirely, but that's not likely.
Of course, if MS was doing this instead, Balmer would be calling it a victory for the RH's.
Wasn't it not that long ago that Intel was ending their Indian development efforts due to poor progress and employee fraud? Now they're back again?
Yeah!!!
Get a chat client that adds an MD5 signature. It could tell you if the message was altered, unless they recompute the MD5 as well.
And how much more to settle all the copyright infringment claims? Google's problem here is that they have deep pockets. Makes them much more of a target.
Hey, even if their DNS record was pulled, can't you still get to them by their xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx IP address?
Are you sure you don't have that same toon in your iPod more than once? That alone would explain more often replays.
Boy have I heard this one before. It just used to be that computer languages would become so simple that the profession of Programmer would disappear because everyone would just be able to write their own programs. Sure hasn't happened yet.
Someone once famously said: Computers are useless, they can only give answers.
The problem here is, even if you had a computer like the one described here, you still need to be able to understand your problem well enough to cogently explain it to your computer. And that's where most people will fail. They don't understand their problems in the first place, and have no idea how to communicate the solutions they actually need.
You read and post to Slashdot. You own previous game consoles and games for them, plus the television to play it on. You can afford a PS3 and the games for it, but not an Internet connection and all the gaming possibilities that can give you?
You either live far away from civilization, or allocate your money in other ways of your choosing and therefore shouldn't be complaining about not having money for whatever.
A great use for this would be 3 players all playing the same game (say, GoldenEye). Rather than split the main screen into almost useless subscreens, sit around this and all play together. Now what game console manufacturer will be clever enough to support this with their console first?
Anyone remember Intel NSP (Native Signal Processing)? The chip for it has finally arrived.
64 cores ought to be enough for anyone.
And just how long will this last after the next Presidential election -- especially if the party in power changes? Can they get it too well established to take away afterwards over the next two years?
Just a question: didn't the term come into common usage first? If so, you shouldn't be able to claim a common word as your own afterwards. (Yeah, Microsoft eventually managed it after many tries with Windows, and I still feel -- my opinion -- they bought off someone along the way.)
The Pirate Bay case doesn't count because they were back up within 2 days stronger than ever, continue to operate now, and no one associated with them has yet been punished. The only thing still missing on their site are many of their hilarious replies to received legal threats.
Hate to see the short that could occur if this car was in the wrong kind of accident.
Somebody always has to go spoil a great fantasy!
If so, you deny yourself the benefits available now from Intel for months, or years.
This is the mistake that Dell has made by sticking with Intel while AMD was clearly superior, and only now that Intel is ahead again after years in second place, then going to AMD. And you wonder why Dell is in so much trouble.
That's clearly the most expensive battery charger I've yet seen -- and biggest too!
I think it had to be more than one person to compromise the integrity of the entire operation.
Maybe the improved radio won't have an Encryption Off switch.
I traded nerd for Geek a long time ago. Gets more girls this way.
And who really needs this much extra processing power? If you already have an Athlon X2, or Core 2 Duo, how often have you maxed out your processor? How much of this is just bragging rights and penis extending?
As for the CP scum, they'll just move their d/l's to public hot spots and other anonymous locations.
Would matter since, as good Muslims, they wouldn't be able to use the contents anyway. In fact, even if they did crack the MB, they should have left everything there in the hope that the Israelis would both celebrate too much to be effective, and screw their chances of going to the Islam Paradise -- which may have women (Horus), but no wine or song.