As I read through the article (I know, I've already violated Slashdot's law, but anyway), I couldn't help but go back to this whole idea of 'under-the-hood performance.' Cars built today don't necessarily have to have the 400 cubic inch plants and 500 horsepower that they sometimes had in the 60's. Engines are half that size and half the horsepower, but because they're designed better, it doesn't matter. (Although I'd love a 500 hp engine anyway.)
As well, continuing the car analog, just because there are still some cars with 500 horsepower engines made today, it doesn't mean everyone needs one. There are plenty of tiny cars doing just fine thankyou
This article suggests that because we're not using giant oversized processors in our iPods and cellphones, that somehow we've violated Moore's law. All it really means is that putting a Ferrari engine in golfcart is pointless.
This reminds me of something I've read about when the Beatles were recording. The recording equipment at the time was primitive, and because of the layering found in a lot of their music, they were regularly doing bounce-downs on their 4 track recorders to free up the other three tracks to add more to the mix.
But of course that creates analog generation loss, which unsurprisingly annoyed their recording engineers, but John, Paul, George, and Ringo all liked the 'shimmer' sound that it created in their music.
This has to be the single greatest slashdot headline I've ever read.... research performed on two seemingly unrelated things combined into one project. Cue bad jokes about what television shows those with 'no personalities' must enjoy.
If you were to go through with it and sell the name to them (and certainly there are already posts debating the merits there), I would made sure that your alternate domain name would be available. It would be a shame if you wanted to get the.us variation on your name, and the company you sell your domain to also decides to buy it. It would also be a hassle if they asked you to sell them the.us variation three months down the road. It might be a reasonable part of a deal, to discuss the name you would use instead, so that they are clear on it.
I'm going to get modded down for this, but as it's common knowledge that the world is set to end in 2012, it seems that claim's of Apple's universal dominance are a bit premature.
It's kind of hard to rule the digital home if there aren't any.
Imagine what it feels like to be a sock pulled crackling from a dryer. Astronauts on the moon during a magnetotail crossing might be able to tell you. Walking across the dusty charged-up lunar terrain, the astronauts themselves would gather a load of excess charge. Touching another astronaut, a doorknob, a piece of sensitive electronics -- any of these simple actions could produce an unwelcome discharge.
There's a simple solution to the excessive static discharge, all NASA needs to do is get a dryer sheet the size of Michigan. Plus, it would have the added bonus of being able to be used as a giant parachute, ala pre-school... think about how high you could bounce with that thing.
So LEDS are a double edged sword for the lighting industry, on the one hand they're the best of the best for the environment, but on the other hand there is no turnover of bulbs. you'll be giving the LED bulbs to your grandkids before they have to replace them...
Isn't this almost the case currently with fluorescent light bulbs? The average fluorescent light bulbs is supposed to last seven years, as compared to a duration of just several months for an incandescent bulb. When fluorescents became widely available, surely manufacturers knew that meant people would be buying fewer lightbulbs, and yet we're not hearing about light bulb companies going out of business, despite fluorescent users buying bulbs once every seven years, as opposed to, say once every seven months.
Fluorescent light bulbs certainly cost more, but they certainly pay for themselves in the long run, meaning a net loss to the light bulb companies.
This is perhaps unrelated to the original purpose of the thread, but HDMI Licensing, LLC? So there's a whole company whose purpose is just to license the HDMI Connector?
Well, they're not doing a good job, because it's all but impossible to find HDMI to HDMI connectors at most stores.
More than that, has anyone heard of an RCA Cable Licensing LLC? A cursory search of the internet doesn't yield any attempts by RCA to control dissemination of the now ubiquitous cable. Perhaps HDMI doesn't need a whole company....
The former head of an airline to take over the reigns at ???.... that makes about as much sense as letting the former head of an airline take over the reigns at .
I don't completely agree, this feature can help enforce a rule, or give more legitimacy to a decision, for example, instead of trying to estimate how long your offspring has spent on the console and going "Mmmh I think you've played enough of it for today. -But Dad?!?", you can agree with them on a weekly amount and when the time runs out, there's no "but I didn't even play it while you were at work" arguments or anything of the sort, the time you agreed on has unambiguously ran out, and there's nothing to argue about.
By the way that would also be cool if that thing prevented the Xbox from running from say 10:30pm to 6am.
I knew the secret codes my parents used for things when I was in high school, and I would hazard to guess many kids also have their parents information. Perhaps Dad isn't using level 4 security when he makes the XBox pin number* the same code used to open the garage door.
Why wouldn't they just follow protocols used by ships in international waters?
Because, then we'd have to send pirates into space. And peglegs and hooks rip through spacesuits.
I won't even go into the problems the ninjas will have...
Ninjas create their own air... they don't need space suits.
And you thought it was cool to confuse bats by tossing stuff in the air, now I can crank up the magnetron when the canada geese fly overhead and throw them off so they settle for the winter in Iowa.
If you want to save this democracy, vote against the incumbent, and vote for 3rd party candidates whenever possible.
Just as a general FYI, in Illinois' last governor election, the Green Party candidate got double digits. A daily paper in Rockford actually endorsed him as their choice candidate.
Mystery Science Theater explains Santa Better than anyone:
Tom: It's quiet in the cold of our own little orbit, starless and bible black. And as I look down on the big blue beam we would call home I think it so near, yet... oh, I wish on that star and I hope that in a little snow-covered house with a warm hearth and a loving family, maybe some kid is looking up tonight and wishing upon us. Oh, and how I hope sweet Santa will fly by tonight, because if he does I'm gonna reach right out and hug that big guy. Oh, for the sound of hooves against the steel hull of the ship. Oh, to see the rosy face of Santa in the porthole, offering me a Coke and a smile... (gradually becoming upset)...of course, his cheeks WOULD be rosy because it's a VACUUM out there! I mean, Santa's HEART would explode! (becoming hysterical) But HE wouldn't feel it because the capillaries in his brain would pop like little firecrackers (Joel tries to calm him down) due to the blood boiling away in his face like pudding in a copper...OH THE HUMANITY!! (Now both Joel and Crow are trying to calm him down.) And his jolly old belly would start bubbling like a roasted marshmallow, eyes bulging and popping out... AND THE REINDEER--OH THE REINDEER!!!--keep bloating like holiday floats and in turn exploding in a hail of blood and entrails! Prancer--BOOM! Dancer--BOOM!...
Joel: HEY!
Crow: Tom!
Joel: Tom, take it easy! Santa's gonna be okay, buddy.
Tom: You sure?
Joel: Yeah, give him a little credit, okay?
Tom: Phew, what a relief!
I'm curious how things like this will work with Witness Protection.
Setting aside the fact that, at least right now, sunglasses fool these systems... if someone, lets say, a member of the Talini Crime family wants to find a rat. By giving a picture of him to this company, they could then search for pictures on the internet he appears in.
Considering how many pictures people take with random people in the background, it seems inevitable that said rat would turn up.
Speaking to The Register, Forrester analyst Josh Bernoff warned against extrapolating too much from the figures.
It may reflect a seasonal bounce that hasn't yet manifested itself. However, it might not.
So maybe there's something going on... maybe not.
More than that, The Register is not exactly a trustworthy news source. Think of it as the supermarket tabloid of Technology News. I wouldn't be surprised to see something like 'Steve Jobs an Alien Lovechild' on it's front page.
I've read, for a long time, the assertion that, essentially, things these days, they just don't work like they used too.
And y'know what, there's nothing to it. Things are pretty much made the same they were (INSERT FAVORITE NUMBER OF YEARS HERE) ago.
You can talk about how you see old cars on the road, or you have some old piece of machinery that still works.
First, on the cars: You don't see old cars on the road. If you do, they've had thousands upon thousands of dollars worth of restoration work done on them (read: replacing broken old parts with new parts, or refurbished old ones.) Ask anyone who owns a 60's Mustang... you see lots of them, but it's not because nothing breaks on them.
That's what it comes down to, when you see old stuff that still works, it's because it's either a. really simple, like a hammer or a lamp or b. lots of work has been done on it to keep it going.
If I create sculptures that I charge people to see in my gallery, do I have to give them up after 50 years? If the answer is no, why should copyright be any different? It's a product of my hard work and skills just as these other things are.
Sculptures are different than copyright. Basically, copyright is a really weird legal concept. It means that I can sell you a CD, but I can still tell you what you're allowed to do with what's on the cd. If I sell you a sculpture, you can do whatever you want... you can do public exhibitions of the sculpture... you can't do that with music on a CD.
Basically, as a society, we've decided that even though you are selling me something, you deserve special protection over what you've already sold me, and no longer own. The exchange is that you can only control my use for a set period of time. It's different that conventional property, since, once it changes hands, the deal is done, and person B can do whatever they want with your property, since it's not your property anymore.
Slashdot Mirror
As I read through the article (I know, I've already violated Slashdot's law, but anyway), I couldn't help but go back to this whole idea of 'under-the-hood performance.' Cars built today don't necessarily have to have the 400 cubic inch plants and 500 horsepower that they sometimes had in the 60's. Engines are half that size and half the horsepower, but because they're designed better, it doesn't matter. (Although I'd love a 500 hp engine anyway.)
As well, continuing the car analog, just because there are still some cars with 500 horsepower engines made today, it doesn't mean everyone needs one. There are plenty of tiny cars doing just fine thankyou
This article suggests that because we're not using giant oversized processors in our iPods and cellphones, that somehow we've violated Moore's law. All it really means is that putting a Ferrari engine in golfcart is pointless.
This reminds me of something I've read about when the Beatles were recording. The recording equipment at the time was primitive, and because of the layering found in a lot of their music, they were regularly doing bounce-downs on their 4 track recorders to free up the other three tracks to add more to the mix.
But of course that creates analog generation loss, which unsurprisingly annoyed their recording engineers, but John, Paul, George, and Ringo all liked the 'shimmer' sound that it created in their music.
Octopuses Have No Personalities and Enjoy HDTV
This has to be the single greatest slashdot headline I've ever read.... research performed on two seemingly unrelated things combined into one project. Cue bad jokes about what television shows those with 'no personalities' must enjoy.
If you were to go through with it and sell the name to them (and certainly there are already posts debating the merits there), I would made sure that your alternate domain name would be available. It would be a shame if you wanted to get the .us variation on your name, and the company you sell your domain to also decides to buy it. It would also be a hassle if they asked you to sell them the .us variation three months down the road. It might be a reasonable part of a deal, to discuss the name you would use instead, so that they are clear on it.
I'm going to get modded down for this, but as it's common knowledge that the world is set to end in 2012, it seems that claim's of Apple's universal dominance are a bit premature.
It's kind of hard to rule the digital home if there aren't any.
Who knew the Mayan's hated Apple fanboys?
Imagine what it feels like to be a sock pulled crackling from a dryer. Astronauts on the moon during a magnetotail crossing might be able to tell you. Walking across the dusty charged-up lunar terrain, the astronauts themselves would gather a load of excess charge. Touching another astronaut, a doorknob, a piece of sensitive electronics -- any of these simple actions could produce an unwelcome discharge.
There's a simple solution to the excessive static discharge, all NASA needs to do is get a dryer sheet the size of Michigan. Plus, it would have the added bonus of being able to be used as a giant parachute, ala pre-school... think about how high you could bounce with that thing.
So LEDS are a double edged sword for the lighting industry, on the one hand they're the best of the best for the environment, but on the other hand there is no turnover of bulbs. you'll be giving the LED bulbs to your grandkids before they have to replace them...
Isn't this almost the case currently with fluorescent light bulbs? The average fluorescent light bulbs is supposed to last seven years, as compared to a duration of just several months for an incandescent bulb. When fluorescents became widely available, surely manufacturers knew that meant people would be buying fewer lightbulbs, and yet we're not hearing about light bulb companies going out of business, despite fluorescent users buying bulbs once every seven years, as opposed to, say once every seven months.
Fluorescent light bulbs certainly cost more, but they certainly pay for themselves in the long run, meaning a net loss to the light bulb companies.
HDMI Licensing, LLC
This is perhaps unrelated to the original purpose of the thread, but HDMI Licensing, LLC? So there's a whole company whose purpose is just to license the HDMI Connector? Well, they're not doing a good job, because it's all but impossible to find HDMI to HDMI connectors at most stores.
More than that, has anyone heard of an RCA Cable Licensing LLC? A cursory search of the internet doesn't yield any attempts by RCA to control dissemination of the now ubiquitous cable. Perhaps HDMI doesn't need a whole company....
The former head of an airline to take over the reigns at ???.... that makes about as much sense as letting the former head of an airline take over the reigns at .
Oh... wait...
As Bob Dylan wrote: "In Jersey everything's legal, as long as you don't get caught."
Slashdot needs to see more Traveling Wilburys references... Keep up the good work.
Look, they have stairs in their houses, and we have stairs in our houses. What's so hard about this?
My robot has telescoping legs to lift me to the second floor.
I don't completely agree, this feature can help enforce a rule, or give more legitimacy to a decision, for example, instead of trying to estimate how long your offspring has spent on the console and going "Mmmh I think you've played enough of it for today. -But Dad?!?", you can agree with them on a weekly amount and when the time runs out, there's no "but I didn't even play it while you were at work" arguments or anything of the sort, the time you agreed on has unambiguously ran out, and there's nothing to argue about.
By the way that would also be cool if that thing prevented the Xbox from running from say 10:30pm to 6am.
I knew the secret codes my parents used for things when I was in high school, and I would hazard to guess many kids also have their parents information. Perhaps Dad isn't using level 4 security when he makes the XBox pin number* the same code used to open the garage door.
*(Yes, I said pin number.)
Why wouldn't they just follow protocols used by ships in international waters?
Because, then we'd have to send pirates into space. And peglegs and hooks rip through spacesuits.
I won't even go into the problems the ninjas will have...
Ninjas create their own air... they don't need space suits.
And you thought it was cool to confuse bats by tossing stuff in the air, now I can crank up the magnetron when the canada geese fly overhead and throw them off so they settle for the winter in Iowa.
You crapped on my car for the last time birds.
Further evidence for the asteroid mass extinction theory has been discovered as a break in the main asteroid belt of our solar system.
This is just like slashdot, submitters and editors never thinking about those of us on extra-solar planets in the Andromeda Galaxy. Everyone in the Milky Way is so planetary-centric. Would adding the extra clarification take long? No, and it would save a lot of headaches... seriously, I've got six heads out here too, do you realize how much Tylenol©®(TM) it takes to kill the pain?
Slashdot needs to reinstate the +6 (Funny) option just for this post.
If you want to save this democracy, vote against the incumbent, and vote for 3rd party candidates whenever possible.
Just as a general FYI, in Illinois' last governor election, the Green Party candidate got double digits. A daily paper in Rockford actually endorsed him as their choice candidate.
What's wrong with companies, naming themselves after non-clever skynet euphemisms?
Skyhook Wireless? Come on.
Maybe Sinbad needs a website like this one for Abe Vigoda.
http://www.abevigoda.com/
most of the time, congress critters don't even show up to vote (vote by proxy).
My understanding is this was done away with some years ago. Congressmen/women, have to vote in person now.
Mystery Science Theater explains Santa Better than anyone:
...of course, his cheeks WOULD be rosy because it's a VACUUM out there! I mean, Santa's HEART would explode! (becoming hysterical) But HE wouldn't feel it because the capillaries in his brain would pop like little firecrackers (Joel tries to calm him down) due to the blood boiling away in his face like pudding in a copper...OH THE HUMANITY!! (Now both Joel and Crow are trying to calm him down.) And his jolly old belly would start bubbling like a roasted marshmallow, eyes bulging and popping out... AND THE REINDEER--OH THE REINDEER!!!--keep bloating like holiday floats and in turn exploding in a hail of blood and entrails! Prancer--BOOM! Dancer--BOOM!...
Tom: It's quiet in the cold of our own little orbit, starless and bible black. And as I look down on the big blue beam we would call home I think it so near, yet... oh, I wish on that star and I hope that in a little snow-covered house with a warm hearth and a loving family, maybe some kid is looking up tonight and wishing upon us. Oh, and how I hope sweet Santa will fly by tonight, because if he does I'm gonna reach right out and hug that big guy. Oh, for the sound of hooves against the steel hull of the ship. Oh, to see the rosy face of Santa in the porthole, offering me a Coke and a smile... (gradually becoming upset)
Joel: HEY!
Crow: Tom!
Joel: Tom, take it easy! Santa's gonna be okay, buddy.
Tom: You sure?
Joel: Yeah, give him a little credit, okay?
Tom: Phew, what a relief!
I'm curious how things like this will work with Witness Protection.
Setting aside the fact that, at least right now, sunglasses fool these systems... if someone, lets say, a member of the Talini Crime family wants to find a rat. By giving a picture of him to this company, they could then search for pictures on the internet he appears in.
Considering how many pictures people take with random people in the background, it seems inevitable that said rat would turn up.
From the article:
Speaking to The Register, Forrester analyst Josh Bernoff warned against extrapolating too much from the figures. It may reflect a seasonal bounce that hasn't yet manifested itself. However, it might not.
So maybe there's something going on... maybe not.
More than that, The Register is not exactly a trustworthy news source. Think of it as the supermarket tabloid of Technology News. I wouldn't be surprised to see something like 'Steve Jobs an Alien Lovechild' on it's front page.
I've read, for a long time, the assertion that, essentially, things these days, they just don't work like they used too.
And y'know what, there's nothing to it. Things are pretty much made the same they were (INSERT FAVORITE NUMBER OF YEARS HERE) ago.
You can talk about how you see old cars on the road, or you have some old piece of machinery that still works.
First, on the cars: You don't see old cars on the road. If you do, they've had thousands upon thousands of dollars worth of restoration work done on them (read: replacing broken old parts with new parts, or refurbished old ones.) Ask anyone who owns a 60's Mustang... you see lots of them, but it's not because nothing breaks on them.
That's what it comes down to, when you see old stuff that still works, it's because it's either a. really simple, like a hammer or a lamp or b. lots of work has been done on it to keep it going.
If I create sculptures that I charge people to see in my gallery, do I have to give them up after 50 years? If the answer is no, why should copyright be any different? It's a product of my hard work and skills just as these other things are.
Sculptures are different than copyright. Basically, copyright is a really weird legal concept. It means that I can sell you a CD, but I can still tell you what you're allowed to do with what's on the cd. If I sell you a sculpture, you can do whatever you want... you can do public exhibitions of the sculpture... you can't do that with music on a CD.
Basically, as a society, we've decided that even though you are selling me something, you deserve special protection over what you've already sold me, and no longer own. The exchange is that you can only control my use for a set period of time. It's different that conventional property, since, once it changes hands, the deal is done, and person B can do whatever they want with your property, since it's not your property anymore.