As the Father of a 7year old girl i have to tell you: No. You have no idea what she will be like in 3-4 years nor in 10-20 years. Kids tend to grow up and get their own minds. Dont expect your kid to become what you imagine her to be. She will suprise you - and that is a very good thing.
Amazons new search engine is just a new frontend for google and some other engines and dbs (for example: amzons database *Surprise*). A9 is NOT a threat to google. When A9 wins- Google wins. Simple as that.
I agree with you. I think most of the ecological efforts in germany are NOT mainly motivated by a sincere care for the enviroment but by a obsession for order and conservation wich is a sometimes useful but often frightening chracter trait in us germans.
I know that my father does not sort his trash in 10(!) different trashcans because its so ecological, but because his deepseated belief in all things orderly, neat and efficient.
Still: Low energy houses are a nice side effect (they combine two things the average german likes more than anything else: building houses and saving money).
Tis is ridiculous. We had that kind of houses for YEARS in europe, at least in germany. And its not a niche-market around here but mainstream. Due to the fact that energy and heating costs are very high in germany a lot of people consider a "low-energy-house" or even a "zero-energy-House".
But im happy to see that america finally found out about some enviromentally sound ideas from last century. Whats next cleaner air? Less fuel? Kyoto?
I personal long for the time when i will have just ONE portable device for everything (phone, email, calendar, Word prcessing, Internet etc) and one central server at home.
I think this would be possible already, but the main problem is the lack of good design and innovative IO-Solutions (wheres my foldable Keyboard?).
Yes "Waking Life" was a little odd- but so is the novel "A scanner darkly". I really hope this movie will NOT look like the Matrix but instead a little weirder. I think i can count on Linklater in this regard.
[...]which will include a new version of the infamous Windows Media Player. This version will have the ability to shop at on-line stores like the one MS plans to launch later this year.
The EU-Administration will not be very happy with this. Actually this just shows that MS doesnt give shit about the antitrust-suits. It seems like the fine from the EU wasnt nearly severe enough.
I HAVE played Pong on the Blinkenlights building. Standing in a public place and controlling a pong game with your Mobile on such a BIG "Screen" is kinda cool.
I played against a friend of mine. I lost.
If you want to know more about this subject, there is an great article by Cyberpunk Writer Neal Stephenson on Wired in wich he describes the laying of a BIG intercontinental Communication-Cable. As a self proclaimed "Hacker-Tourist" he visits a lot of the construction sites all around the world giving colourful descriptions and a lot of well researched background infos about this rather arcane but fascinating subject.
A great read.
Find it on: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.12/ffglass.ht ml
They dont restrict the usual content but give the legitimate buyer some bonus-material. If they do it right (real Bonus-Material, not Stuff they would put on the CD anyway), i think its fine.
Its like: Ok, you can copy the Album for a friend, but if he wants the extras he will have to buy it.
Why does everybody automaticly think this has anything to do with censorship?
The national Internet-censorship already works just fine in a lot of countries. Thank you very much.
Its just that a lot of people dont like to depend on something that is operated by an american company.
If it would be better in the hands of the UN? I dont know and it will never happen anyway...
"the German government, which reportedly owns something like 30% of SUSE ($30 million worth), is supposed to be the speed bump."
WTF? My Goverment owns 30% of SUSE? Finally they do something useful with my tax money! Nice.
Probably its just a goverment loan but 30% of all shares is quite a lot. I wonder if it was a political decision to finance a OSS-Company. Has anybody more info on this?
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As the Father of a 7year old girl i have to tell you: No. You have no idea what she will be like in 3-4 years nor in 10-20 years. Kids tend to grow up and get their own minds. Dont expect your kid to become what you imagine her to be. She will suprise you - and that is a very good thing.
Amazons new search engine is just a new frontend for google and some other engines and dbs (for example: amzons database *Surprise*). A9 is NOT a threat to google. When A9 wins- Google wins. Simple as that.
I agree with you. I think most of the ecological efforts in germany are NOT mainly motivated by a sincere care for the enviroment but by a obsession for order and conservation wich is a sometimes useful but often frightening chracter trait in us germans. I know that my father does not sort his trash in 10(!) different trashcans because its so ecological, but because his deepseated belief in all things orderly, neat and efficient. Still: Low energy houses are a nice side effect (they combine two things the average german likes more than anything else: building houses and saving money).
Tis is ridiculous. We had that kind of houses for YEARS in europe, at least in germany. And its not a niche-market around here but mainstream. Due to the fact that energy and heating costs are very high in germany a lot of people consider a "low-energy-house" or even a "zero-energy-House". But im happy to see that america finally found out about some enviromentally sound ideas from last century. Whats next cleaner air? Less fuel? Kyoto?
Eh...Why have you got a Media Center for free?
Ok. I give it a try. At least this Ad made me laugh out loud (when i finally "got it"): http://bigpicture.typepad.com/writing/2004/02/mani x_lube.html
I personal long for the time when i will have just ONE portable device for everything (phone, email, calendar, Word prcessing, Internet etc) and one central server at home. I think this would be possible already, but the main problem is the lack of good design and innovative IO-Solutions (wheres my foldable Keyboard?).
Yes "Waking Life" was a little odd- but so is the novel "A scanner darkly". I really hope this movie will NOT look like the Matrix but instead a little weirder. I think i can count on Linklater in this regard.
[...]which will include a new version of the infamous Windows Media Player. This version will have the ability to shop at on-line stores like the one MS plans to launch later this year. The EU-Administration will not be very happy with this. Actually this just shows that MS doesnt give shit about the antitrust-suits. It seems like the fine from the EU wasnt nearly severe enough.
I HAVE played Pong on the Blinkenlights building. Standing in a public place and controlling a pong game with your Mobile on such a BIG "Screen" is kinda cool. I played against a friend of mine. I lost.
If you want to know more about this subject, there is an great article by Cyberpunk Writer Neal Stephenson on Wired in wich he describes the laying of a BIG intercontinental Communication-Cable. As a self proclaimed "Hacker-Tourist" he visits a lot of the construction sites all around the world giving colourful descriptions and a lot of well researched background infos about this rather arcane but fascinating subject. A great read. Find it on: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.12/ffglass.ht ml
They dont restrict the usual content but give the legitimate buyer some bonus-material. If they do it right (real Bonus-Material, not Stuff they would put on the CD anyway), i think its fine.
Its like: Ok, you can copy the Album for a friend, but if he wants the extras he will have to buy it.
Pretty sensible stand for a music exec, imho.
Why does everybody automaticly think this has anything to do with censorship? The national Internet-censorship already works just fine in a lot of countries. Thank you very much. Its just that a lot of people dont like to depend on something that is operated by an american company. If it would be better in the hands of the UN? I dont know and it will never happen anyway...
"the German government, which reportedly owns something like 30% of SUSE ($30 million worth), is supposed to be the speed bump." WTF? My Goverment owns 30% of SUSE? Finally they do something useful with my tax money! Nice. Probably its just a goverment loan but 30% of all shares is quite a lot. I wonder if it was a political decision to finance a OSS-Company. Has anybody more info on this?