Then why aren't small areas of the US doing this, then? Say California, which has a huge economy. Surely if S. Korea and Sweden can do it, some parts of California can do it?
Not everywhere is government subsidized. Europe, for example, has strict rules on government subsidies for specific industries, telecommunications being one of them. Of course, try telling that to the French, who still love pouring money into the coffers of their larger ex-state companies (Air France, France Telecom, etc.). And, as everyone's said here, Canada's doing well, so why isn't the US?
China isn't the self-proclaimed "leader of the free world" and a "bastion of democracy", when in fact it's neither free or a democracy. THAT's the point. Just because something isn't as bad as something else doesn't mean it can't be criticised.
I hardly think it's simplistic navel gazing when we're talking about our rights that are being eroded. You can't seriously fault someone for standing up for that, can you? I guess you hate the founding fathers. Flip-flopping sons of bitches.
I'm not having a go here, but by your logic the only real musicians are those who make music using only their own bodies: to you, Jimi Hendrix was only a singer - his guitar skill was meaningless as it was the guitar that made the noise, not Jimi. Miles Davis was a talentless hack and The Beatles were a mediocre a capella band;)
True, the guy is coding the software that makes the music, but if he didn't code it exactly the way he did, the music would be substantially different. The same way a musician has to play the guitar exactly the way they did making the song to faithfully reproduce it.
I think it's far from a cop-out, but a progression of how we use technology to make music. First, it was musical machines, now it's musical computers. The two constants - people and music.
When I say "data streaming", I'm talking more than just browsing the internet, like video or high-quality audio. (Surfing the net isn't technically even streaming, anyway). I work at a mobile phone business specialist, so I know about bluetooth, data and the inherent limits. (And you don't need to be a Tungsten owner to do it, regardless of what palm fanboys say;))
I should have been more specific with my wireless bluetooth router - I didn't mean a hobbyist hacking device, but a mainstream, commercial-grade bluetooth TCP/IP router.
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People aren't looking for exceptional all-in-one devices. Not everyone is a budding David Bailey, Stephen King and Miss Cleo, so they don't need devices that excel as cameras, PDAs and phones in one, but rather one device that allows them to get rid of devices they were otherwise having to tote around and not use to the fullest extent. If you want a professional-grade camera, don't get a camera phone. Just like if you want to take a quick pic of someone and send it to someone else, don't buy a $2,000 SLR.
The cheapest camera phone cost more than your PDA?? Where do you live? Last year, I went into a shop, bought 2 camera phones, didn't pay a penny and was given two free DVD players. They're SE T610s, so not great, but nearly a year old. Expensive they aren't.
The amount of people who own a camera/phone/pda and need access to a secure area are very few indeed. Yours is a special situation not expected to befall every other owner (heck, I've never been in one;))
The battery is a valid point, but as Li-Poly batteries are getting better, that's not a problem. Especially for things like PDAs, phones and digital cameras (few or no moving parts).
If you can't see the point of them, then they're not for you. That doesn't mean to say they're not EXACTLY what some other people are looking for. If there was no demand, we wouldn't be seeing them all over the place;)
You can check out a study into the different parts of the brain affected by dyslexia (the language bits) in the two cultures here.
I'm pretty sure everyone has the same bits of the brain, however depending on your mother tongue, your brain is wired differently. It's neurological adaptation to your environment.
It's interesting stuff, and not too unreasonable:)
Research was conducted recently into western (read: english-based) dyslexia and Chinese-based dyslexia. They found out that English and Chinese are interpreted very differently in the brain. The pictorial aspect of the various asian characters mean the brain actually perceives them as pictures, whereas English (and other alphabet-based languages) are interpreted as words. These aren't my observations, but actual scientific fact.
No, there's lots of study on the matter, and it's shown that Chinese people interpret their written language in a completely different part of the brain than english-reading people. That fact alone means a completely different method is at work...:)
Maybe that's how we got here. Maybe that's what life as we know it is - a few special microbes arrive on a planet via meteorite, evolve however necessary to survive on the planet, gain intelligence, and finally shoot more rocks at other planets. It would almost guarantee the survival of the life forms, as they get spread over multiple planets in multiple solar systems, and maybe the other animals were all the (so far) end results of attempts of the original DNA to create intelligent life.
There are roughly 400 million people with English as their first language, true, but there are even more with English as a second language. If you're looking to select a language to base a study on, and you want it to be accessible, then you choose English. It really is that simple.
Also, Chinese is character-based, not letter-based, so the research would be completely different. Kind of like asking someone who's studying jet aircraft to study cars as more people have them.
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That seems to be the case with most US electronics. The old addage of "bigger is better" seems to be thoroughly ingrained into the American psyche (SUVs, anyone?)
This isn't trolling, but a serious observation made by me (a Brit who lived in LA for 6/7 months or so).
In the UK, subnotebooks are very popular. I'm not sure why, but they've really caught on with the public over here. They're incredibly convenient (most are smaller/lighter than a hardback book, and 1ghz+ fast), and now boast features that really turn heads. Such as the new Sony Vaio that's under 1cm thick (has a motherboard the size of a minidisc), or the tiny JVCs. I was in a shop on Tottenham Court Road in London (tech centre of London), looking at them. Great stuff.
The devices are merged because people don't want to carry around 18 things when one will suffice. Cameras are in phones because people don't want to carry cameras and phones around, if they just want to take small shots and pass them to friends. The same goes for PDA functionality. You can have a camera, phone and PDA in one pocket, instead of 3.
As for the bluetooth comment, if you think it's competing with wifi, you've misunderstood bluetooth's purpose. It's low-cost, low-power, low-bandwidth. That's why it's so good, as you can integrate it into a device for pennies, whereas wifi costs tens of dollars. It's never ever competed with wifi (do you see any bluetooth network routers around?), as that's not what it does. The only similarities are they're both wireless. Bluetooth's low-bandwidth means it's ideal for control IO, not actual data streaming (even though it can handle streaming voice fine).
Set up your own company for about £50, and write a letter to yourself from the "director" (obviously someone else you've roped in). The letter should state how you need to work in the US under contract from a 3rd party, and you're the only person who can do -insert computerbabble here-.
Tell me about it. My old boss was an ex-army type, trained as a sniper. After the army, he was trained up as an accountant, then moved into IT. He joined the company I work for as network admin, as the company was small. The company grew, but his knowledge didn't. I came on as a web developer, and quickly showed the company how a network should be run (he thought MAC addresses were for Macs, or running an application from a remote computer ran it on that computer, etc.).
Anyway, he left, as all those charlatans are found out when someone with an inkling of knowledge steps up (and I'm not network admin - I stick to the web stuff).
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Then why aren't small areas of the US doing this, then? Say California, which has a huge economy. Surely if S. Korea and Sweden can do it, some parts of California can do it?
I've got 3mb cable for £50... thank you blueyonder! :)
The article is comparing the US to Canada... *poof* goes your argument ;)
Not everywhere is government subsidized. Europe, for example, has strict rules on government subsidies for specific industries, telecommunications being one of them. Of course, try telling that to the French, who still love pouring money into the coffers of their larger ex-state companies (Air France, France Telecom, etc.). And, as everyone's said here, Canada's doing well, so why isn't the US?
And Canada's much smaller than the US then, right? Well, it must be if what you and the report say is accurate... ;)
You could just make a server rasterize the words on the fly. no loss of content, no filtering.
Except for those dastardly banned palindromes ;)
I hardly think it's simplistic navel gazing when we're talking about our rights that are being eroded. You can't seriously fault someone for standing up for that, can you? I guess you hate the founding fathers. Flip-flopping sons of bitches.
Their English is better than your Chinese, I'm sure ;)
True, the guy is coding the software that makes the music, but if he didn't code it exactly the way he did, the music would be substantially different. The same way a musician has to play the guitar exactly the way they did making the song to faithfully reproduce it.
I think it's far from a cop-out, but a progression of how we use technology to make music. First, it was musical machines, now it's musical computers. The two constants - people and music.
I should have been more specific with my wireless bluetooth router - I didn't mean a hobbyist hacking device, but a mainstream, commercial-grade bluetooth TCP/IP router.
The cheapest camera phone cost more than your PDA?? Where do you live? Last year, I went into a shop, bought 2 camera phones, didn't pay a penny and was given two free DVD players. They're SE T610s, so not great, but nearly a year old. Expensive they aren't.
The amount of people who own a camera/phone/pda and need access to a secure area are very few indeed. Yours is a special situation not expected to befall every other owner (heck, I've never been in one ;))
The battery is a valid point, but as Li-Poly batteries are getting better, that's not a problem. Especially for things like PDAs, phones and digital cameras (few or no moving parts).
If you can't see the point of them, then they're not for you. That doesn't mean to say they're not EXACTLY what some other people are looking for. If there was no demand, we wouldn't be seeing them all over the place ;)
Why mention it at all? It'll help any number of different camps - why single out open source?
It's pretty hard to sleep and code at the same time ;)
Seriously not trolling here - how can it help open source and not closed?
I'm pretty sure everyone has the same bits of the brain, however depending on your mother tongue, your brain is wired differently. It's neurological adaptation to your environment.
It's interesting stuff, and not too unreasonable :)
Research was conducted recently into western (read: english-based) dyslexia and Chinese-based dyslexia. They found out that English and Chinese are interpreted very differently in the brain. The pictorial aspect of the various asian characters mean the brain actually perceives them as pictures, whereas English (and other alphabet-based languages) are interpreted as words. These aren't my observations, but actual scientific fact.
No, there's lots of study on the matter, and it's shown that Chinese people interpret their written language in a completely different part of the brain than english-reading people. That fact alone means a completely different method is at work... :)
or maybe I'm high.
English = character-based
It's like comparing apples and oranges - two completely different ways a written language is interpreted.
Also, Chinese is character-based, not letter-based, so the research would be completely different. Kind of like asking someone who's studying jet aircraft to study cars as more people have them.
This isn't trolling, but a serious observation made by me (a Brit who lived in LA for 6/7 months or so).
In the UK, subnotebooks are very popular. I'm not sure why, but they've really caught on with the public over here. They're incredibly convenient (most are smaller/lighter than a hardback book, and 1ghz+ fast), and now boast features that really turn heads. Such as the new Sony Vaio that's under 1cm thick (has a motherboard the size of a minidisc), or the tiny JVCs. I was in a shop on Tottenham Court Road in London (tech centre of London), looking at them. Great stuff.
As for the bluetooth comment, if you think it's competing with wifi, you've misunderstood bluetooth's purpose. It's low-cost, low-power, low-bandwidth. That's why it's so good, as you can integrate it into a device for pennies, whereas wifi costs tens of dollars. It's never ever competed with wifi (do you see any bluetooth network routers around?), as that's not what it does. The only similarities are they're both wireless. Bluetooth's low-bandwidth means it's ideal for control IO, not actual data streaming (even though it can handle streaming voice fine).
or something.
Anyway, he left, as all those charlatans are found out when someone with an inkling of knowledge steps up (and I'm not network admin - I stick to the web stuff).
he sucked.