They are just ensuring there is no resale value for there products. Imagine if a car company refused to sell you repair parts if you buy the car second hand? Their products would have ZERO resale value, which means that no one would buy one in the first place, because they would know that when they wanted to trade up, there was no market for their old model.
Given the resale value of used Apple hardware, those prices don't seem so high now.
I'd like to know more about the project, I thought fusion designs start with hydrogen and produce something heavier. Hence the "fusing" part of fusion.
Mod up the parent. Saying something is better than corn based ethanol is like saying "driving an Expedition to the corner store to pick up 1 gallon of milk, is more efficient than pouring gasoline in your toilet." While technically true, it isn't very informative.
Last time I read the military specs for harddrive disposal, moderately sensitive data disks should be deleted and zero'ed 7 times. (That options is on the Mac Disk Utility, BTW.)
If you are interested in this type of thing, I suggest listening to the FIB podcast interviewing Michio Kaku or read his book Physics of the Impossible, which also discusses teleportation.
I don't see why google doesn't just put some basic google text ads on the right of youtube served up based on the description of the video and the content of the comments. Heck I just went there now and saw an ad for Civony (http://www.civony.com/tour.php). So whats the problem? Not enough ad revenue to offset the bandwidth charges?
Somebody had to clean their underwear. Is the testimonial still in google cache? If so some people should print it out and mail it to all congressmen at present for the testimony.
The captcha is entered into a field and submitted to the web server. However our random highlights, backspacing, scrolling etc. all happens in the browser on our system. The web server (thank ______ ) doesn't know about any of that, it just sees the end result. So it doesn't have access to any of that data, to make any kinda of determination. Currently only malware would be collecting this data and sending it somewhere. So the proposal here is to be human verified by malware.
There are other flaws that others have pointed out.
If you are a business trusting mission critical data or computing to the cloud, then you need to verify how well the cloud handles these issues. Just because they have a big data center doesn't mean that they have redundant services spread across the data center and multiple data centers in case one is hit by a disaster.
http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/03/23/carbonite-lawsuit-reveals-data-loss/
If these leaders of the corporate world couldn't see this 3,000 miles and 6 years away, then that shows that you too can run a Fortune 500 company. What will surprise me is if Oracle kills MySQL. I suspect that MySQL would be the perfect way to attack SQL Server from the bottom and Use Oracle to attack from the top. Just squeeze MS from the top and bottom in the database space.
That isn't to say the University experience should be dead. There is much to be gained by bringing people together physically as well as virtually to improve the learning process. At school you often learn as much from fellow students as you do from the professors. And lets not for get the research that good universities do.
However there is little place in the modern world for a room where you sit and listen to a person "spout" knowledge at you. It is probably the case that that was NEVER a good approach to teaching anyway.
I have been predicting this for years. (Google Search).
Oracle wants to control Java. And MySQL might be a good bat to beat SQL-Server with. That way oracle can compete on the low end without tarnishing the high priced image of their main DB offering.
The point John makes (I heard it on Twit.tv podcast as well) is that if you replace Apple with Microsoft, and Microsoft with Linux the argument stands true. Microsoft just told their customer to buy based on cost. Its hard to bet Free on cost, so if people stop and think about this ad campaign, MS is pushing people to Linux.
If I were a writer I would try to write a SCi-Fi novel about this type of thinking taken to the Nth degree. Alas I am not a writer so the world is spared.
But I think this type of thinking is great. I wish my house recaptured dryer heat (and humidity) in the winter. And that I could pump refrigerator heat directly outside during the summer.
But I've seen a large jump in bandwidth usage with my new Roku box for watching NetFlix on my tv. That's a lot of streaming video. Are they keeping tech like this in mind? Doubt it.
Does your money go somewhere other than your ISP for those videos? Yes! It is a target.
IANAL, but it seems this is dangerously close to Anti-competitive monopolistic business practices.
I've always thought that the "no purchase" required line in these was a legal maneuver to keep the contest from becoming a raffle, and there by becoming gambling, which is illegal in most of the US. (Unless of course it is done by the government to increase tax revenues.)
The real problem is they normally try to make an American version of the British show. Most of the time this means it gets gutted, with all the good parts removed. The only exception to this I can think of is The Office. I think the US version is doing better than the UK version, I don't really watch either thought.
A Sci-Fi comedy would probably not appeal to a wide audience, but I have watched the entire RD series more times than I can count. Once in Germany, countless times on PBS in the US, which I taped off the air in the days before DVRs and watched countless more times. Then when a friend bought the VHS tapes of the series. Then when I joined Netflix I watched it all again!
Slashdot Mirror
If a patch is important enough to be on Slashdot I apply it? (well not really) Keep up the work /. and remember the internet depends on you.
I don't think you should be able to patent discoveries, only inventions. Can a law scholar speak as to how we got to this point?
Where is Larry Lessig?
They are just ensuring there is no resale value for there products. Imagine if a car company refused to sell you repair parts if you buy the car second hand? Their products would have ZERO resale value, which means that no one would buy one in the first place, because they would know that when they wanted to trade up, there was no market for their old model.
Given the resale value of used Apple hardware, those prices don't seem so high now.
I'd like to know more about the project, I thought fusion designs start with hydrogen and produce something heavier. Hence the "fusing" part of fusion.
Sorry if this seems obvious.
Mod up the parent. Saying something is better than corn based ethanol is like saying "driving an Expedition to the corner store to pick up 1 gallon of milk, is more efficient than pouring gasoline in your toilet." While technically true, it isn't very informative.
For non-Americans http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Expedition --- Notice lack of MPG or other economy rating.
I would pay to see a website if it were a yearly subscription with a price comparable to magazine subscriptions. (i.e. $20/year plus or minus $10)
Monthly subscriptions are pointless. I do the math and say "no way will I pay $120/year for this content."
Now it has to be quality content, which is sadly a stretch for many papers these days.
Last time I read the military specs for harddrive disposal, moderately sensitive data disks should be deleted and zero'ed 7 times. (That options is on the Mac Disk Utility, BTW.)
If you are interested in this type of thing, I suggest listening to the FIB podcast interviewing Michio Kaku or read his book Physics of the Impossible , which also discusses teleportation.
I don't see why google doesn't just put some basic google text ads on the right of youtube served up based on the description of the video and the content of the comments. Heck I just went there now and saw an ad for Civony (http://www.civony.com/tour.php). So whats the problem? Not enough ad revenue to offset the bandwidth charges?
Tried the Duct tape option?
Somebody had to clean their underwear. Is the testimonial still in google cache? If so some people should print it out and mail it to all congressmen at present for the testimony.
The captcha is entered into a field and submitted to the web server. However our random highlights, backspacing, scrolling etc. all happens in the browser on our system. The web server (thank ______ ) doesn't know about any of that, it just sees the end result. So it doesn't have access to any of that data, to make any kinda of determination. Currently only malware would be collecting this data and sending it somewhere. So the proposal here is to be human verified by malware.
There are other flaws that others have pointed out.
If you are a business trusting mission critical data or computing to the cloud, then you need to verify how well the cloud handles these issues. Just because they have a big data center doesn't mean that they have redundant services spread across the data center and multiple data centers in case one is hit by a disaster. http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/03/23/carbonite-lawsuit-reveals-data-loss/
Haven't seen android myself, but Leo Leport predicted this on a twit podcast.
If these leaders of the corporate world couldn't see this 3,000 miles and 6 years away, then that shows that you too can run a Fortune 500 company. What will surprise me is if Oracle kills MySQL. I suspect that MySQL would be the perfect way to attack SQL Server from the bottom and Use Oracle to attack from the top. Just squeeze MS from the top and bottom in the database space.
That isn't to say the University experience should be dead. There is much to be gained by bringing people together physically as well as virtually to improve the learning process. At school you often learn as much from fellow students as you do from the professors. And lets not for get the research that good universities do.
However there is little place in the modern world for a room where you sit and listen to a person "spout" knowledge at you. It is probably the case that that was NEVER a good approach to teaching anyway.
I have been predicting this for years. (Google Search).
Oracle wants to control Java. And MySQL might be a good bat to beat SQL-Server with. That way oracle can compete on the low end without tarnishing the high priced image of their main DB offering.
The point John makes (I heard it on Twit.tv podcast as well) is that if you replace Apple with Microsoft, and Microsoft with Linux the argument stands true. Microsoft just told their customer to buy based on cost. Its hard to bet Free on cost, so if people stop and think about this ad campaign, MS is pushing people to Linux.
Obviously that is the place to be for all startups wishing to "take over the world."
With or without the laser equipped sharks.
If I were a writer I would try to write a SCi-Fi novel about this type of thinking taken to the Nth degree. Alas I am not a writer so the world is spared.
But I think this type of thinking is great. I wish my house recaptured dryer heat (and humidity) in the winter. And that I could pump refrigerator heat directly outside during the summer.
Seriously, its all about networking folks.
For the record, that is a cut and paste from the NASA announcement.
I love your comment, ROFL.
But I've seen a large jump in bandwidth usage with my new Roku box for watching NetFlix on my tv. That's a lot of streaming video. Are they keeping tech like this in mind? Doubt it.
Does your money go somewhere other than your ISP for those videos? Yes! It is a target.
IANAL, but it seems this is dangerously close to Anti-competitive monopolistic business practices.
I've always thought that the "no purchase" required line in these was a legal maneuver to keep the contest from becoming a raffle, and there by becoming gambling, which is illegal in most of the US. (Unless of course it is done by the government to increase tax revenues.)
The real problem is they normally try to make an American version of the British show. Most of the time this means it gets gutted, with all the good parts removed. The only exception to this I can think of is The Office. I think the US version is doing better than the UK version, I don't really watch either thought.
A Sci-Fi comedy would probably not appeal to a wide audience, but I have watched the entire RD series more times than I can count. Once in Germany, countless times on PBS in the US, which I taped off the air in the days before DVRs and watched countless more times. Then when a friend bought the VHS tapes of the series. Then when I joined Netflix I watched it all again!