Hrm, at least they're smart enough to sue in the USA, where they have a chance of winning and actually getting the lawsuit enforced.
Now if foriegn courts would just be so nice about things such as spam and child pornography.
Anyone else ever feel like we're getting the raw deal, their complaints tend to get reasonably addressed, but ours tend to get thrown out the window , espcially in china.
Not only does it seem great to be a media PC (Just run linux on it and MythTV and that's some hotness right there.), but it also seems like it would be good for movie distribution, as the author suggests.
Here's another couple movie related things w/ the Mini I can think of:
A quick-edit station, something to have in the back of your car if you're a wedding videographer or similar video person who may have to make quick edits for show.
To be IN movies. I mean, you guys have seen how powerbooks turn up in movies like independance day; This little thing is practically begging to be used by Hollywood in movies. It's small, it's cute, it's exactly what you'd imagine a hot girl using when.. (sorry mind is running away with me).
You know, you think it'd be pretty easy to put good Bass electronics in the larger iPods... can any electrical engineer provide a rationalization for it being able to be included in the shuffle but not the mainstream ones ?
Personally, i've had no problems w/ bass on my iPod (4G white), but i've heard people bitching about it.
They chose to use 2 links, thus increasing bandwidth, and the probability that one of them would fail. HOWEVER, is it not better to have had channel B work than A alone , but not at all ?
Yea, i mean, if we deny logarithms to people, how are they gonna do math ?
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I have to agree with the parent. Some of the most insightful and helpful people I've met are on IRC at the randomest of hours.
I've even found professional job headhunters online looking for talent in certain rooms. Thats pretty cool actually.
I think IRC still retains a good deal of an entrance barrier (in the way of either knowing it exists or how to get on something that's not on the "internet explorer" (web)) and thus remains the grounds of the computer semi-skilled at the least.
"Team leader Professor Brian Derby says that they are the only team in the world to work out how to print human cells without destroying them in the process."
So, does this mean they're taking skin cells that are already created en masse from cell culturing and reshaping them? I mean, I assume they're not just "printing" new actual cells, right ? The article seems a little vague on this point.
"optimistically aggressive" -- You've just gotta love the marketing spin people put on: Well.. it doesnt quite work yet right.
I suppose thats why the engineers arnt allowed to speak to the press. Of course, then nothing would ever be quite done enough for release, so I guess it's a balance, eh ?
Here's the thing I'm wondering about.... if they can prove that think secret enticed employees under NDA to release privledged information, do they then have reason for retribution ?
That is, is it illegal to encourage someone to break their NDA, even if YOU arent doing the breaking ? Wether or not ThinkSecret actually encouraged people or if they came to them with the information is of course another point of contention.
Arnt these sorts of switches usually behind little glass things that say "BREAK IN CASE OF EMERGENCY" ?
I mean I'm sure it's a big red button of some sort like the one we've got in our server room, but man, that's the sorta thing that needs a video camera aimed at it.
Of course, if it was a malicious inside job, then there's not too much to do about it.
I understand the REASON for an easily accesable switch like this, but would it be possible just to wire it into the fire system or something and not have a switch that just screams touch me for a thrill ?
What's amazing to me is that they're probably going to appeal, I mean 10% is 10% right ? It's pretty cut and dry as I see it. Damn greedy hollywood stuck their hand in the cookie jar and got caught.
I consider it to have gone bad the first time they miss a promised deadline. These companies are in the buisness of delivering on time usually. As soon as they balk on that core buisness, I get worried.
The problem without supernodes, at least as I understand it is speed. Simply put, most nodes on the network have limited upload bandwidth (eg: cable modems, where upload caps are but a fraction of the down caps)
Without supernodes and their ability to push data quickly you get stuff like freenet or MUTE. While these are much more privacy oriented, there's a reason they're not mainstream: They dont rely on high speed connects, and thus cant provide high speed service.
As Skype is a legally oriented service on the whole (it's not really used for trading MP3s/movies/etc) I think that they wont really have legal problems w/ the supernodes as other networks (read: Kazaa, et al.) might have.
As to privacy concerns, 256 bits is pretty strong, and sure, the NSA might have an interest in tapping your calls, but, if that were the case, I think they'd have better ways of doing it anyways (ie: sneak and peak monitoring).
Not too much to worry about, but an interesting paper on the ideas behind the protocol.
Why do these judges just prolong this sort of pain, SCO hasnt found anything and they wont BE finding anything.
I suppose it's just one last ride for the stock ( up nearly a dollar ( more than 25% of it's value) today) so those guys can sell off their shares before they get delisted.
Anyone keeping track of their legal fund ? When does it run out ? We seriously need some sort of online counter to keep track out how many days worth of operating expenses those people have left so we can slowly watch their demise.
Intel's always pushing the power saving features of Centrino, and now that there's good Linux drivers for the wifi chipset, is there suddenly good support for the power saving aspects of the chip ?
If I recall, centrino has SpeedStep, or whatever they call their Mhz shifting tech to save power. Does linux support this natively ? Does it support it w/ the P4M?
Here's a question: The article talks about what is "reasonable" and the author says there's plenty of case law defining that. But what does that mean?
Would it be "reasonable" for example for a company to prevent you from reselling the game (obstensively to prevent piracy), or would that conflict with your right of resale (if such right exists where you are)?
Here's another question: I know there's all sorts of state laws that restrict what contracts can and cant make you do. If one of these contracts doesnt include the clause about "this may not be applicable where you live" can that invalidate the whole contract , or just the offending section?
I'm suprised no-one's mentioned Dell yet. I think they'd be the first to try and come out with a commercial mini machine to play against the macMini, or would that be too blatent, even for Mike (Dell)?
I personally just dont think a lot of companies will do it because of the engineering required, Apple's engineers must have put some loooong hours in to get all that stuff to fit in there so nicely.
If the pop rock explodes in the same manner, ie: the physics are the same, then it becomes a useful model ( or in this case, the bomb would be a physical model for the pop rock).
Things dont have to be equal in magnitude for a good analogy to be drawn.
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But, will they find Sarah Conner ?
Hrm, at least they're smart enough to sue in the USA, where they have a chance of winning and actually getting the lawsuit enforced.
Now if foriegn courts would just be so nice about things such as spam and child pornography.
Anyone else ever feel like we're getting the raw deal, their complaints tend to get reasonably addressed, but ours tend to get thrown out the window , espcially in china.
Not only does it seem great to be a media PC (Just run linux on it and MythTV and that's some hotness right there.), but it also seems like it would be good for movie distribution, as the author suggests.
Here's another couple movie related things w/ the Mini I can think of:
A quick-edit station, something to have in the back of your car if you're a wedding videographer or similar video person who may have to make quick edits for show.
To be IN movies. I mean, you guys have seen how powerbooks turn up in movies like independance day; This little thing is practically begging to be used by Hollywood in movies. It's small, it's cute, it's exactly what you'd imagine a hot girl using when.. (sorry mind is running away with me).
Ideas, comments?
You know, you think it'd be pretty easy to put good Bass electronics in the larger iPods... can any electrical engineer provide a rationalization for it being able to be included in the shuffle but not the mainstream ones ?
Personally, i've had no problems w/ bass on my iPod (4G white), but i've heard people bitching about it.
Well, I look at it this way:
They chose to use 2 links, thus increasing bandwidth, and the probability that one of them would fail. HOWEVER, is it not better to have had channel B work than A alone , but not at all ?
Then everyone would be screwed.
Yea, i mean, if we deny logarithms to people, how are they gonna do math ?
I have to agree with the parent. Some of the most insightful and helpful people I've met are on IRC at the randomest of hours.
I've even found professional job headhunters online looking for talent in certain rooms. Thats pretty cool actually.
I think IRC still retains a good deal of an entrance barrier (in the way of either knowing it exists or how to get on something that's not on the "internet explorer" (web)) and thus remains the grounds of the computer semi-skilled at the least.
You know why ? First day of classes.... NOOOooooo.
"Team leader Professor Brian Derby says that they are the only team in the world to work out how to print human cells without destroying them in the process."
So, does this mean they're taking skin cells that are already created en masse from cell culturing and reshaping them? I mean, I assume they're not just "printing" new actual cells, right ? The article seems a little vague on this point.
"optimistically aggressive" -- You've just gotta love the marketing spin people put on: Well.. it doesnt quite work yet right.
I suppose thats why the engineers arnt allowed to speak to the press. Of course, then nothing would ever be quite done enough for release, so I guess it's a balance, eh ?
"is consistant with the laws of physics and biology."
What pray tell are the "laws of biology" and how do they have ANYTHING to do with wormholes?
Here's the thing I'm wondering about.... if they can prove that think secret enticed employees under NDA to release privledged information, do they then have reason for retribution ?
That is, is it illegal to encourage someone to break their NDA, even if YOU arent doing the breaking ?
Wether or not ThinkSecret actually encouraged people or if they came to them with the information is of course another point of contention.
Arnt these sorts of switches usually behind little glass things that say "BREAK IN CASE OF EMERGENCY" ?
I mean I'm sure it's a big red button of some sort like the one we've got in our server room, but man, that's the sorta thing that needs a video camera aimed at it.
Of course, if it was a malicious inside job, then there's not too much to do about it.
I understand the REASON for an easily accesable switch like this, but would it be possible just to wire it into the fire system or something and not have a switch that just screams touch me for a thrill ?
What's amazing to me is that they're probably going to appeal, I mean 10% is 10% right ? It's pretty cut and dry as I see it. Damn greedy hollywood stuck their hand in the cookie jar and got caught.
I consider it to have gone bad the first time they miss a promised deadline. These companies are in the buisness of delivering on time usually. As soon as they balk on that core buisness, I get worried.
The problem without supernodes, at least as I understand it is speed. Simply put, most nodes on the network have limited upload bandwidth (eg: cable modems, where upload caps are but a fraction of the down caps)
Without supernodes and their ability to push data quickly you get stuff like freenet or MUTE. While these are much more privacy oriented, there's a reason they're not mainstream: They dont rely on high speed connects, and thus cant provide high speed service.
As Skype is a legally oriented service on the whole (it's not really used for trading MP3s/movies/etc) I think that they wont really have legal problems w/ the supernodes as other networks (read: Kazaa, et al.) might have.
As to privacy concerns, 256 bits is pretty strong, and sure, the NSA might have an interest in tapping your calls, but, if that were the case, I think they'd have better ways of doing it anyways (ie: sneak and peak monitoring).
Not too much to worry about, but an interesting paper on the ideas behind the protocol.
Yea, I suppose.
There's an old saying in poker... Know when to fold.
Darl, it's time to put those cards on the table.
Does anyone else see him being the next corporate CEO being sued for fraud ?
No no no, they need to print out the assembly code. Uh.. yes... we coded in assembly back in the day... we didnt use that C stuff... yea.
It'd take them decades to try to see their code in there, and hopefully they'd be gone by then.
Why do these judges just prolong this sort of pain, SCO hasnt found anything and they wont BE finding anything.
I suppose it's just one last ride for the stock ( up nearly a dollar ( more than 25% of it's value) today) so those guys can sell off their shares before they get delisted.
Anyone keeping track of their legal fund ? When does it run out ? We seriously need some sort of online counter to keep track out how many days worth of operating expenses those people have left so we can slowly watch their demise.
I suppose all good things take patience, right?
Intel's always pushing the power saving features of Centrino, and now that there's good Linux drivers for the wifi chipset, is there suddenly good support for the power saving aspects of the chip ?
If I recall, centrino has SpeedStep, or whatever they call their Mhz shifting tech to save power. Does linux support this natively ? Does it support it w/ the P4M?
Here's a question: The article talks about what is "reasonable" and the author says there's plenty of case law defining that. But what does that mean?
Would it be "reasonable" for example for a company to prevent you from reselling the game (obstensively to prevent piracy), or would that conflict with your right of resale (if such right exists where you are)?
Here's another question: I know there's all sorts of state laws that restrict what contracts can and cant make you do. If one of these contracts doesnt include the clause about "this may not be applicable where you live" can that invalidate the whole contract , or just the offending section?
Well, you have to get the user to accept the initial Cert, and most people who visit slashdot.org might get a little wary.
But seriously, that is pretty solid from what I can see.
The optiplex line is hardly comparable to the MacMini, it's more comparable in size to a AppleII.
I'm suprised no-one's mentioned Dell yet. I think they'd be the first to try and come out with a commercial mini machine to play against the macMini, or would that be too blatent, even for Mike (Dell)?
I personally just dont think a lot of companies will do it because of the engineering required, Apple's engineers must have put some loooong hours in to get all that stuff to fit in there so nicely.
If the pop rock explodes in the same manner, ie: the physics are the same, then it becomes a useful model ( or in this case, the bomb would be a physical model for the pop rock).
Things dont have to be equal in magnitude for a good analogy to be drawn.