I don't know how they did it, but this is a big picture of a couple of guys getting it on. It also crashed Netscape by opening lots of windows. If you go here, turn off Javascript first.
CDFreak's software is really neat, from what i've read about it. It reads in the audio track into RAM and mounts it as a volume, and involved creating a custom VXD, sounds pretty innovative.
Other OSes do this nativly, I think. I can stick a Audio CD into my iMac and have it copy the files to the HD. This also works on BeOS (and it automagically changes it into an MP3 for me too!:). Is this really innovative or am I missing something?
Yea, and when you find someone with a lot of characters behind their name, kick them out the door -- unless those characters are CNE or Cisco.:) AFAICT those two are the only certs worth having (can you still get a CNE?). All the others (A+, MCS?, Linux, etc.) are just used to get money from unsuspecting geeks.
Would it increase their server platform sales?
No, because people would just run.NET stuff on Linux.
What about increasing their client platform?
No,.NET is supposed to be client agnostic. Right?
Is this the first step in squashing Java?
Hmmm, quite likely. I think it.NET takes off with C# and other CRLs (not Java!) it might give M$ a shot at future Web services. Then they could change the "standard" to fit their needs.
Ok, well everyone here seems to be down on this technology but I think it would really be useful. People are complaining about the sensitivity but from what I understand it reads your hand position, not the points that you are touching. That means that your hand does not even have to touch the surface to make a gesture.
From the FAQ:
Isn't the MultiTouch Surface just an oversize touchpad?
No. The technology used in our MultiTouch surface produces images of the hands and fingers as they approach the surface. In effect, a video is created that records the complete motion of all fingers and the other parts of the hands.
It also goes on to say that after you start the gesture/keyboard input you can rest your hand on the surface. It is supposed to be smart enough to differenciate between gestures and resting (I'd like to see that!).
And I agree that it would be great for Macintosh users (layout/graphics operations).
BTW: Check here for details, including the price of $289 (which puts it in the ballpark of the Happy Hackers Keyboard).
Disclamer: I use and love Linux and despise Microsoft.
Ok, say that I wanted to move my entire office of 500 desktops to something other than Windows. The typical "Office" type applications are covered, but what about the other things? DBA tools (ER-Win, DB Artisen, etc.), Programmer tools (Powerbuilder, Visual Basic, Delphi, etc.) and all the other specialized stuff that we have to use?
Sure, I can use free or open stuff (Perl, Java, C/C++, etc.) for future development but what about my current software? The stuff my company runs on is expected to last 5-7 years!
Also, what about a desktop? If we go Linux (were most app. support is) then we don't really have much of a standard desktop. I mean KDE and Gnome are good, but they are not up to the functionality of Windows. If we go some other route (BeOS, or some other X86 OS) we not only give up desktop functionality but we loose a lot of application support.
When is someone going to make a decent, simple, non resource hungry desktop for Linux?!?!?!
You can see a picture of the winner here. She's pretty cute...
Yes, she is! And her inclusion increases to the pr0n factor. We all know Google exists to enhance the pr0n factor. I wonder if she would show up on Google Image search. Nope.
According to the archived data for May 2001, it looks like Anime is not as heavily searched as Cartoon Dolls. I wonder which one "The Powerpuff Girls" would be listed under?:)
What would keep them from listening to my conversations with friends? Also, it wouldn't work very well when I have my headphones on listening to Internet radio at work.
Ditto this. Being a long time Amiga lover/user/drooler I was really looking for the BeOS to take over my stable. Unfortunately, just as BeOS was beginning to take off, it took off in the other direction. *sigh*
Maybe this new Amiga will turn me on again. I seriously doubt it, but you never know. Actually, someones comment about Linux on the server and Amiga on the front end sounded pretty cool.
At my company I write vertical software that is only used in-house and would not be much use to anyone else. However, we just "sold" the source code to a partner company for $2MM shares of their stock. Would this same thing have happened if we had GPLed our source code? Would we still have $2MM of shares? Would it matter? What would we gain by GPLing the code?
I'm not being a smartass, I really would like to know as I want to be prepaired when the PHB asks me. I know and love OSS, including Jabber, Mozilla, Apache and Linux, and I try to use them everyday.
Sortof like the *BSD camp, eh? I have to admit that those guys seem a little more grown up than us Linuxers. And their stuff is just as "free" as ours.
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I don't know how they did it, but this is a big picture of a couple of guys getting it on. It also crashed Netscape by opening lots of windows. If you go here, turn off Javascript first.
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Code Red is the new cherry flavored Mountain Dew.
Man, that Sony idea sounds *Greaaaaaaat*!
Well, I say let's *ALL* make an illegal copy *right now* and let them try to throw us in jail. Might be fun. :/
CDFreak's software is really neat, from what i've read about it. It reads in the audio track into RAM and mounts it as a volume, and involved creating a custom VXD, sounds pretty innovative.
Other OSes do this nativly, I think. I can stick a Audio CD into my iMac and have it copy the files to the HD. This also works on BeOS (and it automagically changes it into an MP3 for me too!Yea, and when you find someone with a lot of characters behind their name, kick them out the door -- unless those characters are CNE or Cisco. :) AFAICT those two are the only certs worth having (can you still get a CNE?). All the others (A+, MCS?, Linux, etc.) are just used to get money from unsuspecting geeks.
No, because people would just run
No,
Hmmm, quite likely. I think it
Yea, that's it!
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Ogg Vorbis does have a plug-in for WinAmp.
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Here is my personal mirror.
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Hmmmm... I like Limp Bizkit & Linkin Park. Does that mean I am a 12 year old girl? Cool! :)
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Ok, well everyone here seems to be down on this technology but I think it would really be useful. People are complaining about the sensitivity but from what I understand it reads your hand position, not the points that you are touching. That means that your hand does not even have to touch the surface to make a gesture.
From the FAQ: Isn't the MultiTouch Surface just an oversize touchpad?It also goes on to say that after you start the gesture/keyboard input you can rest your hand on the surface. It is supposed to be smart enough to differenciate between gestures and resting (I'd like to see that!).
And I agree that it would be great for Macintosh users (layout/graphics operations).
BTW: Check here for details, including the price of $289 (which puts it in the ballpark of the Happy Hackers Keyboard).
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Disclamer: I use and love Linux and despise Microsoft.
Ok, say that I wanted to move my entire office of 500 desktops to something other than Windows. The typical "Office" type applications are covered, but what about the other things? DBA tools (ER-Win, DB Artisen, etc.), Programmer tools (Powerbuilder, Visual Basic, Delphi, etc.) and all the other specialized stuff that we have to use?
Sure, I can use free or open stuff (Perl, Java, C/C++, etc.) for future development but what about my current software? The stuff my company runs on is expected to last 5-7 years!
Also, what about a desktop? If we go Linux (were most app. support is) then we don't really have much of a standard desktop. I mean KDE and Gnome are good, but they are not up to the functionality of Windows. If we go some other route (BeOS, or some other X86 OS) we not only give up desktop functionality but we loose a lot of application support.
When is someone going to make a decent, simple, non resource hungry desktop for Linux?!?!?!--
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Yes, she is! And her inclusion increases to the pr0n factor. We all know Google exists to enhance the pr0n factor. I wonder if she would show up on Google Image search. Nope.
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According to the archived data for May 2001, it looks like Anime is not as heavily searched as Cartoon Dolls. I wonder which one "The Powerpuff Girls" would be listed under? :)
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Loss of license revenue!
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I think this thing will be excellent as a GameCube controller. That's the most exciting thing about it.
- Sports - Pick your play without anyone seeing you
- RPG - Cast a spell or choose a weapon without having to wait for everyone else to do the same
- Driving - Rear view mirror? Pit stop choices?
The list goes on and on... Why doesn't Sony have something like this for the PS 2?!?!?--
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Here Here!
*sniff* I miss my Ami more each day...--
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What would keep them from listening to my conversations with friends? Also, it wouldn't work very well when I have my headphones on listening to Internet radio at work.
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Ok, this may be off-colour, but I laughed my ass off! Thanx for a morning pick-me-up.
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Ditto this. Being a long time Amiga lover/user/drooler I was really looking for the BeOS to take over my stable. Unfortunately, just as BeOS was beginning to take off, it took off in the other direction. *sigh*
Maybe this new Amiga will turn me on again. I seriously doubt it, but you never know. Actually, someones comment about Linux on the server and Amiga on the front end sounded pretty cool.
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Hmmm...maybe this is the ultimate question.
Let's see:
Nah, that doesn't really fit.
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At my company I write vertical software that is only used in-house and would not be much use to anyone else. However, we just "sold" the source code to a partner company for $2MM shares of their stock. Would this same thing have happened if we had GPLed our source code? Would we still have $2MM of shares? Would it matter? What would we gain by GPLing the code?
I'm not being a smartass, I really would like to know as I want to be prepaired when the PHB asks me. I know and love OSS, including Jabber, Mozilla, Apache and Linux, and I try to use them everyday.
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Sortof like the *BSD camp, eh? I have to admit that those guys seem a little more grown up than us Linuxers. And their stuff is just as "free" as ours.
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Nope, it was right the first time.
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Hell, /. needs a LaTeX parser so that these math equations are more readable!
1 - wp^2 / w^2
I have no idea what this formula means, I just want it to look good. Even Figlets would be better than this.Later...