Echostar doesn't have to buy TiVo. All they have to do it what Comcast does - play by the rules and license the technology from them. I still only pay $9.95 a month for the service, and nothing for the hardware.
All this anger is a bit misplaced. TiVo created this industry and your friendly local cable giant, EchoStar, tried to capitalize on it. Now they're paying their dues. If you feel like you've been betrayed, you have. Your cable company ran a very calculated capitalist risk and you lost.
A history of aviation-related fire fatalities. One other interesting note is at least some planes used to have CO2 systems built-in. They would depressurize the plane and release CO2. Some early systems left out the depressurization step and as a result asphyxiated the crew when the plane began its descent (CO2 is heavier than air). It seems like a bit of a risky strategy with everyone breathing through oxygen hoses, but at that point I guess you just hope the ceiling isn't on fire. At least then the pilots can see.
As another (not verified) note: Standard airline BCF cabin-stowed extinguishers discharge for 13 secs. The statutory number carried on a 200-300 seat jet is five.
Yeah, because things in the natural world are never enclosed in a protective pod.
No, they are encased in an enclosing husk - possibly shuck. Or maybe hull? I'm sure all of those terms are equally appealing to the consumers and they all mean the same thing.
Now where can I buy some TightHusks? Apple sells those, right?
Yeah, I did projects on this stuff. You can make some yourself with 1 part water and 1.44 parts cornflour
What? I thought we were talking about PEG and nano sand. You may have noticed that no one is suggesting that wearing cornflour/cornstarch into battle will make you any safer.
this stuff works well at the speed of bullets
And if you watched the video you'd see a lab slave (grad student) attempting to pull a stir stick out of a jar with little success. I doubt she approaches the speed of a bullet.
Oregon State University has a similar program under the heading "Platforms for Learning." The TekBot program started in ECE disciplines, but it also branching into ME with mechatronics and is probably headed toward replacing Mindstorms in early CS classes.
You know, 10 years ago the only people worried about privacy were those crazy militia guys in Montana. Nowadays, they not only seem sane, but increasingly look like geniuses!
You know, I think you're on to something. Because the first thing I think when I see some guy holed up alone in his house surrounded by a hundred heavily armed police officers is, "gee, that guy has really thought this through."
Although I guess I can't formally disagree on the topic of his sanity given the definition and the fact that he'll never get the chance to repeat the same action.
Have you tried timing it after killing the memory-resident process WINWORD.EXE that is running by default on XP? That should make the playing field a bit more level.
What practical household use can a robot that consumes alcohol possibly have?
I want a robot to get *me* a beer - if I have to give it one to get that to happen, it's no better than my loser friends.
If you look at it with a little better granularity you'll note that they do lose money for half the year (although that is common in the industry) and as a company are not looking incredibly healthy when compared with a few of their sort-of-peers in consumer electronics including Matsushita (Panasonic) and Samsung (quarterly data not available).
Sony had an amazing Q4 in 2005. With the way everythings stacking up on the PS3, it will be interesting to see if they can again use it to crutch their yearly data.
In fairness, they're a bit difficult to compare directly because both MC and Samsung have semiconductor components that make up a substantial portion of their revenue and neither have recording companies (Sony is a many-tentacled monster), but with a bit of browsing around it becomes apparent that Sony isn't gaining ground quite as quickly as some other companies in the same very competitive markets. What is also apparent is how much wider their margins are (how much harder they stick it to the consumer).
So, in my defense, I called a friend from college and it was Pro/E on Solaris, and it was several years ago. I remembered it as Linux since it was the same lab and my memory faltered.
The Solidworks response was based off a coworker's remark and a quick Google which apparently were both errant. I apologize for that.
Let me start by saying that I am aware that running native packages in Linux is not the same as running their Windows counterparts under WINE. Let me follow that by saying that Pro/E has always been available on Linux, as has Solidworks. Even their latest software packages are available for Linux. It might only be precompiled binaries for Red Hat 7.3, but don't say it doesn't exist just because you haven't been exposed to it.
If you're speaking strictly in terms of OS X BSDs then your statement was accurate, but it doesn't sound like you were, and this comment was in response to one on running under WINE.
Eletronics Workbench doesn't really qualify as an industry standard, at least not in the way that major EDA companies such as Mentor Graphics and Cadence do. And they both offer Linux packages. Or you can work with gEDA which, although not industry standard, is very usable and f(F)ree.
"Funding for this research is provided by the Advanced Research and Development Activity (ARDA), the National Security Agency (NSA), the Army Research Office (ARO), the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and the National Science Foundation Information and Technology Research (ITR) Program. Our group is a part of the National Science Foundation FOCUS Physics Frontier Center and the College of LS&A Optical Physics Interdisciplinary Laboratory."
Best of luck to the startup rolling against 300 million taxpayers.
Works created on or after January 1, 1978 are protected for the author's lifetime plus 70 years after the author's death. If the work is a work made for hire, the length of protection is 95 years from the date of publication or 120 years from the date of creation, whichever is less.[145]
It is a bit heavy on the unnecessary dirty details, but even the author of the article acknowledges that "Roy" uses the disinhibition as an excuse.
Of course there's a slant to the writing. If newspapers only reported listed facts no one would read them. The problem is not the article. The problem is in the spin.
If various people could stop being paranoid nerds (or trigger-happy lawmakers), they might see the article as it seems to me the author intended. A story about a (mostly) normal guy whose life has spun out of control, partly because his technical knowledge and background got him in way over his head.
The iPod is a USB slave. It can only ever connect functionally to a USB master, such as your PC. This device would function as a USB master device (i.e. the PC side), by which you could copy data from any (I assume FAT-based) USB mass storage devices.
So this means camera, USB drive, MP3 player, anything that uses the USB Mass Storage driver. What would be interesting to know (I can't get the article) is whether or not it provides for the capability to write back to the devices (to view pictures on the camera, listen to songs on the player, etc).
No. ZigBee is a very low-bandwidth, low-power *protocol*. Just as Bluetooth is a protocol with higher brandwidth and higher power demands. There are very few applications where you could justify using both of these protocols.
For the last 14 years I've been using this awesome device that shoots electrons onto a screen in such a way that it forms a visual image. In conjunction with the use of my eyes, my brain is presented with beautiful glowing images.
And this is the best part - on each side of my screen - transducers that modulate the air into my ears! My computer can talk to me now!
Believe it or not, in Japan and European countries where mass transit is the norm, there are still rural areas. If you were planning to commute across a major metropolitan area, you would first drive (or ride your bike) to a mass transit station outside of that area, park your car, and ride to your destination.
How many slashdotters are involved with software and understand the expense and work required to produce a worthwhile piece of it?
Now, how many slashdotters work in the professional movie or music industry?
Disassociation makes it easy to think of it as not stealing.
Answer B:
Granted, a lot of money goes into producing a top-end album and marketing it, but really, is there a sane reason CDs are $15 and the latest pop "musicians" are paid millions upon millions while truly insightful coders may lose their jobs if a product doesn't sell well?
Who loses money if BMG comes up short? The guy running the sound board, or the producers who are willing to pay sums to put some Joe on your movie previews to say how terrible it is that you're stealing money from the stunt driver? If the execs and producers could pass all of the expense on to the employees you can bet they wouldn't be burning profit to put on commercials.
Rationalization makes it easy to not think of it as stealing
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Echostar doesn't have to buy TiVo. All they have to do it what Comcast does - play by the rules and license the technology from them. I still only pay $9.95 a month for the service, and nothing for the hardware.
All this anger is a bit misplaced. TiVo created this industry and your friendly local cable giant, EchoStar, tried to capitalize on it. Now they're paying their dues. If you feel like you've been betrayed, you have. Your cable company ran a very calculated capitalist risk and you lost.
http://airlinesafety.com/faq/faq8.htm
A history of aviation-related fire fatalities. One other interesting note is at least some planes used to have CO2 systems built-in. They would depressurize the plane and release CO2. Some early systems left out the depressurization step and as a result asphyxiated the crew when the plane began its descent (CO2 is heavier than air). It seems like a bit of a risky strategy with everyone breathing through oxygen hoses, but at that point I guess you just hope the ceiling isn't on fire. At least then the pilots can see.
As another (not verified) note: Standard airline BCF cabin-stowed extinguishers discharge for 13 secs. The statutory number carried on a 200-300 seat jet is five.
Doesn't sound like very good fire coverage to me.
I know, I know. There are just so few opportunities to use a quote from Fred Savage in general discussion.
I love the Power Glove. It's so bad.
No, they are encased in an enclosing husk - possibly shuck. Or maybe hull? I'm sure all of those terms are equally appealing to the consumers and they all mean the same thing.
Now where can I buy some TightHusks? Apple sells those, right?
It's a cookbook! A cookbook!
What? I thought we were talking about PEG and nano sand. You may have noticed that no one is suggesting that wearing cornflour/cornstarch into battle will make you any safer.
And if you watched the video you'd see a lab slave (grad student) attempting to pull a stir stick out of a jar with little success. I doubt she approaches the speed of a bullet.
Oregon State University has a similar program under the heading "Platforms for Learning." The TekBot program started in ECE disciplines, but it also branching into ME with mechatronics and is probably headed toward replacing Mindstorms in early CS classes.
http://eecs.oregonstate.edu/tekbots
"Mosquitos in a Tent"
You know, 10 years ago the only people worried about privacy were those crazy militia guys in Montana. Nowadays, they not only seem sane, but increasingly look like geniuses!
You know, I think you're on to something. Because the first thing I think when I see some guy holed up alone in his house surrounded by a hundred heavily armed police officers is, "gee, that guy has really thought this through."
Although I guess I can't formally disagree on the topic of his sanity given the definition and the fact that he'll never get the chance to repeat the same action.
Have you tried timing it after killing the memory-resident process WINWORD.EXE that is running by default on XP? That should make the playing field a bit more level.
What practical household use can a robot that consumes alcohol possibly have?
I want a robot to get *me* a beer - if I have to give it one to get that to happen, it's no better than my loser friends.
If you look at it with a little better granularity you'll note that they do lose money for half the year (although that is common in the industry) and as a company are not looking incredibly healthy when compared with a few of their sort-of-peers in consumer electronics including Matsushita (Panasonic) and Samsung (quarterly data not available).
Sony had an amazing Q4 in 2005. With the way everythings stacking up on the PS3, it will be interesting to see if they can again use it to crutch their yearly data.
In fairness, they're a bit difficult to compare directly because both MC and Samsung have semiconductor components that make up a substantial portion of their revenue and neither have recording companies (Sony is a many-tentacled monster), but with a bit of browsing around it becomes apparent that Sony isn't gaining ground quite as quickly as some other companies in the same very competitive markets. What is also apparent is how much wider their margins are (how much harder they stick it to the consumer).
So, in my defense, I called a friend from college and it was Pro/E on Solaris, and it was several years ago. I remembered it as Linux since it was the same lab and my memory faltered.
The Solidworks response was based off a coworker's remark and a quick Google which apparently were both errant. I apologize for that.
Let me start by saying that I am aware that running native packages in Linux is not the same as running their Windows counterparts under WINE. Let me follow that by saying that Pro/E has always been available on Linux, as has Solidworks. Even their latest software packages are available for Linux. It might only be precompiled binaries for Red Hat 7.3, but don't say it doesn't exist just because you haven't been exposed to it.
If you're speaking strictly in terms of OS X BSDs then your statement was accurate, but it doesn't sound like you were, and this comment was in response to one on running under WINE.
Eletronics Workbench doesn't really qualify as an industry standard, at least not in the way that major EDA companies such as Mentor Graphics and Cadence do. And they both offer Linux packages. Or you can work with gEDA which, although not industry standard, is very usable and f(F)ree.
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tomorrow adverb and noun
Spell tomorrow with a single m and a double r.
Tip: tomorrow morning, rise refreshed.
Sorry this mnemonic doesn't cover your a.
Don't worry, I hate me too.
From the group's "Acknowledgements" section:
"Funding for this research is provided by the Advanced Research and Development Activity (ARDA), the National Security Agency (NSA), the Army Research Office (ARO), the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and the National Science Foundation Information and Technology Research (ITR) Program. Our group is a part of the National Science Foundation FOCUS Physics Frontier Center and the College of LS&A Optical Physics Interdisciplinary Laboratory."
Best of luck to the startup rolling against 300 million taxpayers.
From Ethics for the Information Age, Quinn:
Works created on or after January 1, 1978 are protected for the author's lifetime plus 70 years after the author's death. If the work is a work made for hire, the length of protection is 95 years from the date of publication or 120 years from the date of creation, whichever is less.[145]
It is a bit heavy on the unnecessary dirty details, but even the author of the article acknowledges that "Roy" uses the disinhibition as an excuse.
Of course there's a slant to the writing. If newspapers only reported listed facts no one would read them. The problem is not the article. The problem is in the spin.
If various people could stop being paranoid nerds (or trigger-happy lawmakers), they might see the article as it seems to me the author intended. A story about a (mostly) normal guy whose life has spun out of control, partly because his technical knowledge and background got him in way over his head.
so what has this that the iPod hasn't ?
The iPod is a USB slave. It can only ever connect functionally to a USB master, such as your PC. This device would function as a USB master device (i.e. the PC side), by which you could copy data from any (I assume FAT-based) USB mass storage devices.
So this means camera, USB drive, MP3 player, anything that uses the USB Mass Storage driver. What would be interesting to know (I can't get the article) is whether or not it provides for the capability to write back to the devices (to view pictures on the camera, listen to songs on the player, etc).
No. ZigBee is a very low-bandwidth, low-power *protocol*. Just as Bluetooth is a protocol with higher brandwidth and higher power demands. There are very few applications where you could justify using both of these protocols.
hear it, visually see it or feel it?
For the last 14 years I've been using this awesome device that shoots electrons onto a screen in such a way that it forms a visual image. In conjunction with the use of my eyes, my brain is presented with beautiful glowing images.
And this is the best part - on each side of my screen - transducers that modulate the air into my ears! My computer can talk to me now!
(song I didn't heard in the past week I like, yes thank you)
I am George W. Bush, and I approve this message.
Believe it or not, in Japan and European countries where mass transit is the norm, there are still rural areas. If you were planning to commute across a major metropolitan area, you would first drive (or ride your bike) to a mass transit station outside of that area, park your car, and ride to your destination.
It isn't an all-or-nothing system.
> Music can't be stolen, but software can. Why?
Answer A:
How many slashdotters are involved with software and understand the expense and work required to produce a worthwhile piece of it?
Now, how many slashdotters work in the professional movie or music industry?
Disassociation makes it easy to think of it as not stealing.
Answer B:
Granted, a lot of money goes into producing a top-end album and marketing it, but really, is there a sane reason CDs are $15 and the latest pop "musicians" are paid millions upon millions while truly insightful coders may lose their jobs if a product doesn't sell well?
Who loses money if BMG comes up short? The guy running the sound board, or the producers who are willing to pay sums to put some Joe on your movie previews to say how terrible it is that you're stealing money from the stunt driver? If the execs and producers could pass all of the expense on to the employees you can bet they wouldn't be burning profit to put on commercials.
Rationalization makes it easy to not think of it as stealing