- they think consumers want a single device for everything - pda, audio, phone, watch, video player - even though integrated devices are unsuccessful in many other areas of life (tv/vcr, fridge/web browser, etc.)
At first I was going to agree with you, but then I realized I took my watch off today because I didn't need it since my cell phone has a clock on the front display. So I guess it is a phone/watch.
I have an iPod I really happy with, but if I could set up a special playlist and download a gig of songs to a cell phone, I would be happy to leave the iPod at home more often. If that phone and my car had bluetooth, I could play music from the phone over the car stereo and get rid of my cd player. So that would make it a phone/watch/audio player.
If that phone/watch/audio player happened to use bluetooth to sync up my calendar and beeped a reminder when something was due, I could ditch my axiom most days. So now I have a phone/watch/audio player/pda.
Toss in a camera to record a few minutes of video or still photos from a job site and the send/receive/playback those videos, and you've got yourself a phone/watch/audio player/pda/video camera.
When I thought if it like that, the idea sounds fine to me. If I had a device that did everything I mentioned, it wouldn't replace everything like my watch or iPod, but it could be made in a way that would complement it and still be a good product.
Riiiight.... I'm sure the bulk of Tivo's base is really concerned about live-streaming NFL games to another site. I fail to see how NOT adding that functionality to a new product is going to cause lots of current subscribers to drop their current Tivo service. Tivo markets their product as a way to record shows when you aren't around, and I'm pretty sure their current customers think that is the most important benefit to owning a Tivo.
However it is a major victory for due process. No corporation should be allowed to issue their own 'supoenas' to force a third-party to turn over personal information without proper judicial oversight. That part of the DMCA was WAY over the line.
Of course, it does provide a lot of laughs watching some middle-aged woman trying to back in or out of a parking spot and misjudging the length of the car by 20 feet.
they can sure as shit ignore the UN for *any* reason
They (er...We...er...The Government of the USA) will ignore the UN if they have something to gain by doing so, or are pressured to do so by someone *cough* big money *cough*.
If it suits the purpose of a bunch of guys in suits, then the Gov will be all for the UN and whatever hairbrained agreement they can pass.
if I can download it off bit torrent, why would I want to pay for it?
Because the movies on a lot of the torrent sites (when you can FIND what you are looking for) can be low quality, mislabeled, and a lot of mainstream users aren't up for looking around to download and install the right codec. And that's assuming the tracker and seeder is up long enough to download it.
I'm sure they mean renting the actual disc, like they do for movies. I doubt that games would be downloadable, at least for the current generation of consoles.
Sony seems to be pretty interested in it as a future distribution method, so I wouldn't be surprised to see it in a couple of years. The story-driven, linear RPGs popular in Japan could work, if you are able to download the content as you go. Each night download the next few levels, and unless you run through a lot of the game in one sitting it wouldn't be a problem.
Usable for me is being able to read the man page once, write a script to automate it, and never have to look at the damn thing again
Cool, glad things are working out for you, but sadly, not everyone defines 'usable' in the same way. Sometimes 'pointy flashy clicky things' can get a one-time or rarely-performed task done quickly. Sometimes the ability to quickly do one rare task through a GUI without having to reference a bunch of docs is just as important as the ability to repeat the same task quickly through a script or CLI.
Don't forget that in the big box retail stores, Apple was often going up against lower priced PCs in the next aisle. If you don't know anything about computers, those Macs looked nice and may have gotten you in the store, but damn that PC across from it was an awful lot less and had rows of boxes of software sitting behind it.
Dell has a number of mall kiosks, at least around here in Ohio. They have more a seasonal focus tho. If you want to order anything, you use the PC on display to go to the website. One or two people sit there and answer the typical first PC buyer questions.
You can't really compare Dell to Gateway. Dell has a very different image, expecially in the business market. Gateway made a big push into the small business market, but much isn't heard about that anymore. If you don't have that big cash cow of business desktops and mid-range servers, don't have a great rep in the high-margin digital media and gamer marked, and can't bundle lots of services and financing, there aren't a lot of places left to carve out a niche without having to carve it out of a competitor. I think Emachines will become the new brand image, in stores like Best Buy and CompUSA, going after the lower end market under HP and Sony.
You have to wonder what is going to happen to the Gateway plasma TVs. That was really the only reason to go to a Gateway store (they have no real brand image or must-have products like Apple, or the fans either). If they could get those in stores and use it as leverage in package with a gateway based DVR system, they may get some where.
If it is true I'd assume it would have something to do with targeted ads based on searches.
I could see it useful for google to see what kinds of searches are down in response to certain events. What terms do people use to get more information about breaking news, current events, or the TV show that is on now?
IP addressing would help group it, but there are so many people on dial-up, wi-fi, public terminals, etc that the information would be worthless in most cases. Look at what the RIAA has to go through for a lawsuit. It would be far to expensive and require too much cooperation from too many sources to tie google searches to IP. Imagine how many people would drop their ISP and stop using google if it was revealed they were teaming up to send you junk mail based on your searches or alert your insurance company and significant other every time you search for 'STD.'
If you hear that Google is going to start offering free email, and one of your first concerns is 'What if the NSA starts using it and it is hacked?' you need to relax more.
But how many people would be using it for their primary email address at work? I receive huge attachments all the time (PDF proofs, poorly designed Office files) to my account at work, but my personal ISP and yahoo accounts don't receive near as many.
I wonder if this will eventually become a regular segment, like the weather
I can see it now... a fat bald guy standing in front a colorful map of the US pointing at little cardboard cut outs of 'hax0r' and '0wn3d' talking about an 'outbreak of DDOS across the midwest' and a 'hacker front coming up the eastern seaboard.'
There could also be a five-day patch forecast, and to wrap it all up he could say happy birthday to really old sysadmins and shoutouts to servers with really long uptime.
You mean to be telling me that my government might be doing something good?
No.
The House is just saying that maybe the government is wrong in screwing Americans over as much as they were going to, and are trying to revert back to the more gentle screwing you were getting earlier.
A decrease in bad is not the same as an increase in good.
I don't recall off-hand, but I read an article about ID that said they licensed the Quake 3 engine out for $150,000 plus a percentage. They make more from the licensing than the games they create themselves. Quake 3 was little more than a beta test of the graphics engine.
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- they think consumers want a single device for everything - pda, audio, phone, watch, video player - even though integrated devices are unsuccessful in many other areas of life (tv/vcr, fridge/web browser, etc.)
At first I was going to agree with you, but then I realized I took my watch off today because I didn't need it since my cell phone has a clock on the front display. So I guess it is a phone/watch.
I have an iPod I really happy with, but if I could set up a special playlist and download a gig of songs to a cell phone, I would be happy to leave the iPod at home more often. If that phone and my car had bluetooth, I could play music from the phone over the car stereo and get rid of my cd player. So that would make it a phone/watch/audio player.
If that phone/watch/audio player happened to use bluetooth to sync up my calendar and beeped a reminder when something was due, I could ditch my axiom most days. So now I have a phone/watch/audio player/pda.
Toss in a camera to record a few minutes of video or still photos from a job site and the send/receive/playback those videos, and you've got yourself a phone/watch/audio player/pda/video camera.
When I thought if it like that, the idea sounds fine to me. If I had a device that did everything I mentioned, it wouldn't replace everything like my watch or iPod, but it could be made in a way that would complement it and still be a good product.
You can recharge an iPod over USB2. I have a 4th gen 40GB, and it syncs and recharges with USB2 without a problem.
Riiiight.... I'm sure the bulk of Tivo's base is really concerned about live-streaming NFL games to another site. I fail to see how NOT adding that functionality to a new product is going to cause lots of current subscribers to drop their current Tivo service. Tivo markets their product as a way to record shows when you aren't around, and I'm pretty sure their current customers think that is the most important benefit to owning a Tivo.
this isn't that major of a victory for P2P fans
However it is a major victory for due process. No corporation should be allowed to issue their own 'supoenas' to force a third-party to turn over personal information without proper judicial oversight. That part of the DMCA was WAY over the line.
I'll also like to add to the SUV people:
Learn how to park the goddamn thing!
Of course, it does provide a lot of laughs watching some middle-aged woman trying to back in or out of a parking spot and misjudging the length of the car by 20 feet.
600Kbps is what is needed. Little 'b' makes a big difference. In Cincy, a $25 a month DSL connection would do nicely.
Of course if you can't wait there is Road Runner Premium. 6Mbs dl, so you can hit 600KB/s. $75 a month.
they can sure as shit ignore the UN for *any* reason
They (er...We...er...The Government of the USA) will ignore the UN if they have something to gain by doing so, or are pressured to do so by someone *cough* big money *cough*.
If it suits the purpose of a bunch of guys in suits, then the Gov will be all for the UN and whatever hairbrained agreement they can pass.
Train them to do things the wrong way, reap maximum amusement out of your last days at the firm, and laugh as you walk out the door
And kiss any chance of a good reference goodbye...
Compared to Ashcroft, Atila the Hun appears to be a flaming leftist liberal
As does Joe McCarthy
Think Puppeteers with wierding modules
Wait until you see Sting's head stuck on an ostrich.
if I can download it off bit torrent, why would I want to pay for it?
Because the movies on a lot of the torrent sites (when you can FIND what you are looking for) can be low quality, mislabeled, and a lot of mainstream users aren't up for looking around to download and install the right codec. And that's assuming the tracker and seeder is up long enough to download it.
A lot of the same reasons people use iTunes.
I'm sure they mean renting the actual disc, like they do for movies. I doubt that games would be downloadable, at least for the current generation of consoles.
Sony seems to be pretty interested in it as a future distribution method, so I wouldn't be surprised to see it in a couple of years. The story-driven, linear RPGs popular in Japan could work, if you are able to download the content as you go. Each night download the next few levels, and unless you run through a lot of the game in one sitting it wouldn't be a problem.
Here's the link in case it gets slashdotted...
last stand bbs minneapolis, mn
Connecting...
CONNECTED TO A CENTIPEDE BBS SYSTEM!
HIT RETURN
Something that I would assume an 'editor' would 'edit'
You must be new here. Welcome to slashdot.
Usable for me is being able to read the man page once, write a script to automate it, and never have to look at the damn thing again
Cool, glad things are working out for you, but sadly, not everyone defines 'usable' in the same way. Sometimes 'pointy flashy clicky things' can get a one-time or rarely-performed task done quickly. Sometimes the ability to quickly do one rare task through a GUI without having to reference a bunch of docs is just as important as the ability to repeat the same task quickly through a script or CLI.
Don't forget that in the big box retail stores, Apple was often going up against lower priced PCs in the next aisle. If you don't know anything about computers, those Macs looked nice and may have gotten you in the store, but damn that PC across from it was an awful lot less and had rows of boxes of software sitting behind it.
Dell has a number of mall kiosks, at least around here in Ohio. They have more a seasonal focus tho. If you want to order anything, you use the PC on display to go to the website. One or two people sit there and answer the typical first PC buyer questions.
You can't really compare Dell to Gateway. Dell has a very different image, expecially in the business market. Gateway made a big push into the small business market, but much isn't heard about that anymore. If you don't have that big cash cow of business desktops and mid-range servers, don't have a great rep in the high-margin digital media and gamer marked, and can't bundle lots of services and financing, there aren't a lot of places left to carve out a niche without having to carve it out of a competitor. I think Emachines will become the new brand image, in stores like Best Buy and CompUSA, going after the lower end market under HP and Sony.
You have to wonder what is going to happen to the Gateway plasma TVs. That was really the only reason to go to a Gateway store (they have no real brand image or must-have products like Apple, or the fans either). If they could get those in stores and use it as leverage in package with a gateway based DVR system, they may get some where.
If it is true I'd assume it would have something to do with targeted ads based on searches. I could see it useful for google to see what kinds of searches are down in response to certain events. What terms do people use to get more information about breaking news, current events, or the TV show that is on now? IP addressing would help group it, but there are so many people on dial-up, wi-fi, public terminals, etc that the information would be worthless in most cases. Look at what the RIAA has to go through for a lawsuit. It would be far to expensive and require too much cooperation from too many sources to tie google searches to IP. Imagine how many people would drop their ISP and stop using google if it was revealed they were teaming up to send you junk mail based on your searches or alert your insurance company and significant other every time you search for 'STD.' If you hear that Google is going to start offering free email, and one of your first concerns is 'What if the NSA starts using it and it is hacked?' you need to relax more.
But how many people would be using it for their primary email address at work? I receive huge attachments all the time (PDF proofs, poorly designed Office files) to my account at work, but my personal ISP and yahoo accounts don't receive near as many.
Just wait until they pass along your ID to the MPAA and BSA.
Not even Microsoft wants to email me.
Sign up for Microsoft's security bulletins and your inbox will never be empty. Hell I got three today.
I wonder if this will eventually become a regular segment, like the weather
I can see it now... a fat bald guy standing in front a colorful map of the US pointing at little cardboard cut outs of 'hax0r' and '0wn3d' talking about an 'outbreak of DDOS across the midwest' and a 'hacker front coming up the eastern seaboard.'
There could also be a five-day patch forecast, and to wrap it all up he could say happy birthday to really old sysadmins and shoutouts to servers with really long uptime.
Good thing God isn't around anymore. I'm sure He'd be pissed about the copyright infringement.
You mean to be telling me that my government might be doing something good?
No.
The House is just saying that maybe the government is wrong in screwing Americans over as much as they were going to, and are trying to revert back to the more gentle screwing you were getting earlier.
A decrease in bad is not the same as an increase in good.
I don't recall off-hand, but I read an article about ID that said they licensed the Quake 3 engine out for $150,000 plus a percentage. They make more from the licensing than the games they create themselves. Quake 3 was little more than a beta test of the graphics engine.