What Microsoft still doesn't seem to understand is that the lure of FOSS goes beyond what's "hip", and also goes beyond the price.
And I love these quotes: "We did not get access to kids as they were going through college" Translation: "We did not infiltrate schools enough to make sure they had no exposure to anything but our stuff".
And: "Microsoft's program to seed start-ups with its software for free requires the fledgling companies to meet certain guidelines and jump through hoops to receive [free/discounted] software" Translation: "We should have worked harder to make it even easier to get people/companies hooked on our proprietary solutions".
I just went to tvshack.cc and just got a normal looking website. No Java, no runaways, no issues. Perhaps it is because you are not using Linux+FireFox?
Although they could standardize on a laptop connector (size, shape, polarity) and brick connector (the mains), and even voltage, the one thing they won't be able to do is standardize on a size. Laptops/netbooks vary greatly in their power requirements. I, for one, don't want to have to carry around a huge 80+ watt brick, simply because that is the standard and my netbook only needs a tiny 30 watts.
Still, I welcome ANY type of standardization... right now it is really crazy. At least most of the phones (at least smart phones) have finally standardized on micro-USB connectors and standard USB power levels.
>First of all HIPAA requires you to encrypt your hard drives
That is 100% *WRONG*. There is absolutely NO such requirement (and yes, I know, because I am a HIPAA Security Officer). You are, however required to analyze/discuss, document, and follow certain procedures.
Well, there is this old concept called the Constitution that did a pretty darn good job of defining the limitations of the Fed. You know, that document that all Fed officers and elected officials must swear to protect and defend. Unfortunately, it is completely ignored and its meaning was corrupted and twisted.
The Fed is at least 100 times larger than it should have ever been allowed to become. But people seem to think that safety is more important than Liberty. They want the government to take care of them like the fathers they never had. Most citizens think the primary goal of the government should be to take money from some people (the evil "rich") and put it in their own pockets. They believe that the free market generally just doesn't work and must be regulated in every possible way.
The Fed has become so large, entrenched, and corrupt, that the majority of citizens work directly or indirectly for it or have some amount of their income dependent on it. There are so many special interest groups, lobbyist, and people on it's payroll that it is impossible for it ever to shrink or reform.
The Constitution clearly states the powers not specifically laid out in the document are to be reserved for the States. Today, the States have very little power. Combined with endless, uncontrolled debt and constantly expanding social programs, the USA is evolving into the United Federal Socialist State of America.
>where individuals and organizations can complete online transactions with confidence, >trusting the identities of each other and the identities of the infrastructure that the transaction runs on
I see, so we just hand over the keys to our online identities and trust the Federal Government instead. Right. And what if we would rather not trust them? Some of us might not want the Fed having access to everything we do. And if such a plan gains traction, you can bet that sites will jump on it and consumers won't have any choice but to use such a system or be denied access to more and more online stuff.
I could very well be incorrect, but I am not aware of ANY in-contract phone that is available from ANY carrier running plain vanilla Android Linux.
I am not bashing Google on this. I am just pointing out that Android Linux, as it exists for 99.X% of the market, is FAR more locked-down than WebOS Linux and Maemo Linux.
>Which is just about the same as Android, then. Google releases the Android source >so you could patch the install mechanism if you wanted to.
No, it is not the same at all. In Palm WebOS Linux and in Maemo Linux, you don't have to "hack" the device to gain root like you do with Android. If you want to be root, you can do so, without ANY additional software, reverse engineering, tricks, or other road blocks. On Android, not only are the devices locked down, but updates often break the back-doors and hacks being used to gain root access and a new method has to be found again. And those methods vary from device to device too. Many carriers will even void your HARDWARE warranty if they discover you rooted an Android phone.
1) The primary reason is that an ISP wants more than anything to avert large traffic to and from THE INTERNET to their network. Internal traffic doesn't bother them as much, since that incurs much less cost. By having a local mirror to such huge files, they can avert a lot of traffic.
2) It was obviously a benefit to their customers, not to the rest of the world, since it didn't count against their user's download quotas.
3) It costs almost nothing to add such a service. A simple machine (or re-purposed older machine), running Linux/BSD, with a $50 hard drive stuck on their network would have more than enough horsepower and disk space to offer the service. Throw an hour a month of maintenance on it. They probably spend 100 times that on toilet paper.
4) If it were costing them external bandwidth, they could just block it to the rest of the Internet, keeping it for their customers.
5) I doubt their demographic is THAT much different from the rest of the world, so there is no doubt there would be a demand for such files by their users.
6) If usage were "low", it would probably only be because it was mis-managed, poorly setup, or their users simply didn't know it existed.
Free culture movement?? They either don't understand what those organizations fight for or they know and are completely twisting everything around.
Organizations like the EFF are fighting for the consumer to be free to use what they PAID FOR in ways not dictated by multi-million dollar organizations. I have no interest in "stealing" copyrighted content, nor selling or giving it away to others. But when I pay for music, video, text, pictures, or whatever, I should be able to use it on any device I own, for as long as I like, in a manner that I choose. Most consumers are not anti-pay, or anti-copyright, or anti-arts. We just want to be able to obtain quality, reasonably priced media, and enjoy it on our stuff without some company dictating which program we must use, or which operating system, or which device.
And if creators of content want to release things under Creative Commons, or Copyleft, or Public Domain, or whatever, that has NOTHING to do with fighting against commercial companies wanting to make a profit on their materials. They should have that choice, and it should have the protection of law, just like traditional copyrights. What do they propose? To FORCE people to not license content how they choose? What's next? Legislation to block donations to the Red Cross because it might compete with big business? Amazing...
>I don't really understand why they needed to put the cat under to place the new legs onto the rods, then the cat walked and even jumped onto a pack of toilet paper.
They were taking Xrays to confirm the implants were ready. This requires the legs to be absolutely still and in a most-likely unnatural position. Many cats instinctively do not like people messing with their back legs. Not quite sure why, though. I have been around cats all my life, and even the most lovable and forgiving cats still have that aversion to some extent.
>They're all `for a few days` or beta only, right? What are they going to cost when they're out for good?
It is likely Swype's beta will expire. Shapewriter will not. The reason Shaprewriter is free for a while is because they are being bought by Nuance. Not sure WHY they are related, but Shapewriter will disappear from the market soon, and probably be released as a different product.
The one thing that is missing in *both* is that the voice recognition button is missing, which is a real drag.
For the moment, I am extremely impressed with Shapewriter. And for a few days more, you can get that for free with no expiration and it is not a beta. So I don't see a need for Swype right now:
Well the hell is going on in Australia lately??? Seems like every few days it is yet another article about YMBB (Yet More Big Brother). Does the populous want this stuff or did a new political machine take over or something?
>Well, if he can see you with the bionic eye*, then he can see you with his natural one.
And his natural eye doesn't record things verbatim, store it, and transmit it to other people. About people following you around with a camera- at least that is somewhat overt, and can be illegal as a form of harassment.
>To throw a counter-argument to you, what happens if/when they figure out how to read memories?
I shutter to think about it... but at least memories are not stored as exact replicas of the real word. They are interpreted, incomplete, distorted, and often just wrong.
1) Just because you are in public does not automatically strip citizens of all expectations of privacy. 2) What makes you think he would use his "eye" only in "public"? 3) An extreme example- so you think it is OK if someone followed you around every step you take out of your residence and record what you do, who you associate with, where you go, and record all this information and make it all publicly, forever? 4) Define what is "public". In my car with him? In a restaurant booth with him? In a public restroom? In an elevator alone or with just him? In my back yard? In my front yard? In my garage with the garage door open?
Not just HIS privacy, but will he wear a sign warning people around him that he is invading other peoples' privacy too? That eye would amount to a hidden camera. Don't know about you, but I wouldn't appreciate being secretly broadcast by someone.
I DID read the article. And then yawned. Pads will get higher res and so forth as just a routine part of technology marching on. Besides, at this point, it is still vapor (especially the price).
EEE Pad? Not even Linux based? **yawn**.... another "me too". Nothing innovative here. There have been many MS-Windows tablets for many years. There is no reason to think this is anything different.
>There are other completely free products that have matched Nero's (former) minimalist approach. [...]
(You neglected to mention the excellent k3b for Linux, but whatever).
The issue with Nero is that they are obviously doing more than just burning discs, they must be including the ability to either create video or transcode video (I don't know, I don't use MS-Windows, thus I don't use Nero). Other "burning" programs, even commercial ones, should not need any type of license from MPEG-LA just to burn discs... only if they are transcoding/creating new video into one of the formats covered by their patents.
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What Microsoft still doesn't seem to understand is that the lure of FOSS goes beyond what's "hip", and also goes beyond the price.
And I love these quotes: "We did not get access to kids as they were going through college" Translation: "We did not infiltrate schools enough to make sure they had no exposure to anything but our stuff".
And: "Microsoft's program to seed start-ups with its software for free requires the fledgling companies to meet certain guidelines and jump through hoops to receive [free/discounted] software" Translation: "We should have worked harder to make it even easier to get people/companies hooked on our proprietary solutions".
Oh well.
I just went to tvshack.cc and just got a normal looking website. No Java, no runaways, no issues. Perhaps it is because you are not using Linux+FireFox?
Although they could standardize on a laptop connector (size, shape, polarity) and brick connector (the mains), and even voltage, the one thing they won't be able to do is standardize on a size. Laptops/netbooks vary greatly in their power requirements. I, for one, don't want to have to carry around a huge 80+ watt brick, simply because that is the standard and my netbook only needs a tiny 30 watts.
Still, I welcome ANY type of standardization... right now it is really crazy. At least most of the phones (at least smart phones) have finally standardized on micro-USB connectors and standard USB power levels.
>First of all HIPAA requires you to encrypt your hard drives
That is 100% *WRONG*. There is absolutely NO such requirement (and yes, I know, because I am a HIPAA Security Officer). You are, however required to analyze/discuss, document, and follow certain procedures.
>"an iPhone version and a Palm Pre [WebOS Linux] version awaiting submission, and free versions for [MS ]Windows and Mac[OS] "
So you are just missing two versions- Android Linux and desktop Linux :) Of course, on desktop Linux, we already have Pingus http://pingus.seul.org/
Well, there is this old concept called the Constitution that did a pretty darn good job of defining the limitations of the Fed. You know, that document that all Fed officers and elected officials must swear to protect and defend. Unfortunately, it is completely ignored and its meaning was corrupted and twisted.
The Fed is at least 100 times larger than it should have ever been allowed to become. But people seem to think that safety is more important than Liberty. They want the government to take care of them like the fathers they never had. Most citizens think the primary goal of the government should be to take money from some people (the evil "rich") and put it in their own pockets. They believe that the free market generally just doesn't work and must be regulated in every possible way.
The Fed has become so large, entrenched, and corrupt, that the majority of citizens work directly or indirectly for it or have some amount of their income dependent on it. There are so many special interest groups, lobbyist, and people on it's payroll that it is impossible for it ever to shrink or reform.
The Constitution clearly states the powers not specifically laid out in the document are to be reserved for the States. Today, the States have very little power. Combined with endless, uncontrolled debt and constantly expanding social programs, the USA is evolving into the United Federal Socialist State of America.
EEEEw, that sounds horrible. I hope it was an optional and not transparent redirection mirror (as another poster mentioned).
>where individuals and organizations can complete online transactions with confidence,
>trusting the identities of each other and the identities of the infrastructure that the transaction runs on
I see, so we just hand over the keys to our online identities and trust the Federal Government instead. Right. And what if we would rather not trust them? Some of us might not want the Fed having access to everything we do. And if such a plan gains traction, you can bet that sites will jump on it and consumers won't have any choice but to use such a system or be denied access to more and more online stuff.
I could very well be incorrect, but I am not aware of ANY in-contract phone that is available from ANY carrier running plain vanilla Android Linux.
I am not bashing Google on this. I am just pointing out that Android Linux, as it exists for 99.X% of the market, is FAR more locked-down than WebOS Linux and Maemo Linux.
>Which is just about the same as Android, then. Google releases the Android source
>so you could patch the install mechanism if you wanted to.
No, it is not the same at all. In Palm WebOS Linux and in Maemo Linux, you don't have to "hack" the device to gain root like you do with Android. If you want to be root, you can do so, without ANY additional software, reverse engineering, tricks, or other road blocks. On Android, not only are the devices locked down, but updates often break the back-doors and hacks being used to gain root access and a new method has to be found again. And those methods vary from device to device too. Many carriers will even void your HARDWARE warranty if they discover you rooted an Android phone.
There is a BIG difference.
This really makes no sense:
1) The primary reason is that an ISP wants more than anything to avert large traffic to and from THE INTERNET to their network. Internal traffic doesn't bother them as much, since that incurs much less cost. By having a local mirror to such huge files, they can avert a lot of traffic.
2) It was obviously a benefit to their customers, not to the rest of the world, since it didn't count against their user's download quotas.
3) It costs almost nothing to add such a service. A simple machine (or re-purposed older machine), running Linux/BSD, with a $50 hard drive stuck on their network would have more than enough horsepower and disk space to offer the service. Throw an hour a month of maintenance on it. They probably spend 100 times that on toilet paper.
4) If it were costing them external bandwidth, they could just block it to the rest of the Internet, keeping it for their customers.
5) I doubt their demographic is THAT much different from the rest of the world, so there is no doubt there would be a demand for such files by their users.
6) If usage were "low", it would probably only be because it was mis-managed, poorly setup, or their users simply didn't know it existed.
To me, this sounds more political than rational.
Free culture movement?? They either don't understand what those organizations fight for or they know and are completely twisting everything around.
Organizations like the EFF are fighting for the consumer to be free to use what they PAID FOR in ways not dictated by multi-million dollar organizations. I have no interest in "stealing" copyrighted content, nor selling or giving it away to others. But when I pay for music, video, text, pictures, or whatever, I should be able to use it on any device I own, for as long as I like, in a manner that I choose. Most consumers are not anti-pay, or anti-copyright, or anti-arts. We just want to be able to obtain quality, reasonably priced media, and enjoy it on our stuff without some company dictating which program we must use, or which operating system, or which device.
And if creators of content want to release things under Creative Commons, or Copyleft, or Public Domain, or whatever, that has NOTHING to do with fighting against commercial companies wanting to make a profit on their materials. They should have that choice, and it should have the protection of law, just like traditional copyrights. What do they propose? To FORCE people to not license content how they choose? What's next? Legislation to block donations to the Red Cross because it might compete with big business? Amazing...
>I don't really understand why they needed to put the cat under to place the new legs onto the rods, then the cat walked and even jumped onto a pack of toilet paper.
They were taking Xrays to confirm the implants were ready. This requires the legs to be absolutely still and in a most-likely unnatural position. Many cats instinctively do not like people messing with their back legs. Not quite sure why, though. I have been around cats all my life, and even the most lovable and forgiving cats still have that aversion to some extent.
"-- including a range of virtual keyboards. It runs Windows 7,"
Yawn...
>They're all `for a few days` or beta only, right? What are they going to cost when they're out for good?
It is likely Swype's beta will expire. Shapewriter will not. The reason Shaprewriter is free for a while is because they are being bought by Nuance. Not sure WHY they are related, but Shapewriter will disappear from the market soon, and probably be released as a different product.
The one thing that is missing in *both* is that the voice recognition button is missing, which is a real drag.
For the moment, I am extremely impressed with Shapewriter. And for a few days more, you can get that for free with no expiration and it is not a beta. So I don't see a need for Swype right now:
http://www.androidcentral.com/shapewriter-being-pulled-market-get-it-while-you-still-can
>"Nintendo hopes to update as many older games as they can to incorporate 3D gameplay in addition to 3D graphics."
So you can buy all your old games yet again!
VHS
DVD
Blueray
Blueray 3D...
Well the hell is going on in Australia lately??? Seems like every few days it is yet another article about YMBB (Yet More Big Brother). Does the populous want this stuff or did a new political machine take over or something?
>Well, if he can see you with the bionic eye*, then he can see you with his natural one.
And his natural eye doesn't record things verbatim, store it, and transmit it to other people. About people following you around with a camera- at least that is somewhat overt, and can be illegal as a form of harassment.
>To throw a counter-argument to you, what happens if/when they figure out how to read memories?
I shutter to think about it... but at least memories are not stored as exact replicas of the real word. They are interpreted, incomplete, distorted, and often just wrong.
1) Just because you are in public does not automatically strip citizens of all expectations of privacy.
2) What makes you think he would use his "eye" only in "public"?
3) An extreme example- so you think it is OK if someone followed you around every step you take out of your residence and record what you do, who you associate with, where you go, and record all this information and make it all publicly, forever?
4) Define what is "public". In my car with him? In a restaurant booth with him? In a public restroom? In an elevator alone or with just him? In my back yard? In my front yard? In my garage with the garage door open?
Not quite so simple, is it?
Not just HIS privacy, but will he wear a sign warning people around him that he is invading other peoples' privacy too? That eye would amount to a hidden camera. Don't know about you, but I wouldn't appreciate being secretly broadcast by someone.
>"Now, the organization is bringing the fight to the top three US mobile carriers in a new suit targeting Verizon Wireless, AT&T, and T-Mobile."
Um, sorry, but the top three US mobile carriers are Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint. T-Mobile is a distant fourth.
I DID read the article. And then yawned. Pads will get higher res and so forth as just a routine part of technology marching on. Besides, at this point, it is still vapor (especially the price).
EEE Pad? Not even Linux based? **yawn**.... another "me too". Nothing innovative here. There have been many MS-Windows tablets for many years. There is no reason to think this is anything different.
>There are other completely free products that have matched Nero's (former) minimalist approach. [...]
(You neglected to mention the excellent k3b for Linux, but whatever).
The issue with Nero is that they are obviously doing more than just burning discs, they must be including the ability to either create video or transcode video (I don't know, I don't use MS-Windows, thus I don't use Nero). Other "burning" programs, even commercial ones, should not need any type of license from MPEG-LA just to burn discs... only if they are transcoding/creating new video into one of the formats covered by their patents.