The California State University system is working under a grant funded program to make wi-fi available over a broadcast wave from northern San Francisco to central California. Basically, you'd be able to access it running down the freeway.
Any we all know that access to the Internet while driving is just the distraction we need!
This is also why Microsoft WANTS there to be an enemy: they need someone to compete against to continue improving their product (which they do, even if we hate to admit it).
I admit it - but I want to know why some companies add functionality while leaving some code broken.
A fine example of this is ICQ. The original product, which (for those of us with 6 digit UIN know) was simple and elegant with a few bugs - well not it has evolved to a monster of a chat program, with features most of us couldn't support if we wanted to.
RIAA gets 47 cents. Aside from the typical production costs associated with CD sales, what more would it cost for Apple to peddle the RIAA's wares for them?
Which is the exact same model that music stores follow (especially Tower). There's nothing new here in any of it, they just did it on a smaller scale.
The bottom line, unless you are MC Hammer and can make a killing living out of the trunk of your car with two albums already before the record labels pick you up, then RIAA and everyone else will stomp on you.
But then again, I'm a stingy SOB because I'm a DJ and keep it all to my self... No sharing... That and I'm waiting for DRM to lock me out of my WAV files (that God I don't use licenses).
Also: Wasn't the whole digital actress/lara croft meme really hip like, 5 years ago?
Nahhh... Anyone that didn't built the intergalactic robot date for halloween this year know that, along with Hellvis, Tomb Raider was once again a big costume this year.
Although my favorite this year was Gary and Ace - The Ambiguously Gay Duo, whom I got to see at the Rio in Las Vegas...
Register says: The PSP will feature Dolby 7.1 multi-channel audio, with 3D sound. It will support MP3, AAC and Sony's own ATRAC3 sound formats.
WhytTiger says: 7.1 surround? MP3 Playback? Is it just me, or are these things unnecessary on a PORTABLE device that will only accept proprietary discs (no burning MP3's and playing them).
I see what you are getting at here, but it's Sony for crying out loud. The same guys that invented MiniDisc and has changed it every 6 months to screw with the competition (sounds like something my friend Bill Gates does with his company).
In all honesty, I think that they will change the disc to look like or be similar enough to a MD so that you could use the ATRAC format to transfer your music securely to a disc capable of being read by the Playboy device.
If not, then it's only another Sony hopeful that just won't make it in the real world. I mean, I love MD, but the lack of acceptance due to things like MP3 blows it out of the water. I would much rather carry about a MD over a CD anyday - it fits in my pocket and is less likely to break.
However, if they can introduce a burnable version on this 1.8GB dual layer disc, then I say go for it.
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Well, that, I think, just gets too philosophical. I mean, that's like taking the scientific approach that there are the same number of atoms in the universe, it's just a matter of how dense you pack them into one space.
With that in mind, my question to you is this:
Has the data always been there, but just represented in a different way? Or does the data actually change as the molecular structure changes?
Don't get me wrong - I agree that it doesn't have to be digital to be data, but the focus of this story seemed to lean towards collective media, not data.
Another reply here stated that you could count a blank 700MB CDR as data. I suppose, but to me that's just a media form waiting for data to be written to it - unless you consider it to be a statistic of 1 more blank CD in the pool of blank media.
Ohhh... OKay, now I get it.. Still seems like a silly figure then. I mean, that's like me saying that I created 10 new CDs last night, when the reality was that I hadn't updated to XP SP1 and my USB 2.0 burner was throwing a fit... So in reality I created 1 CD of data, and 9 CDs of recycled material.
Rambling in my head: "Maybe I should have read the article first.... Boy do I look stupid!"
The reason film comprised such a large percentage is that each film reel is duplicated thousands of times to be sent to theaters around the world.
Okay, call me... A dork, but wouldn't a film real technically be media and not data?
I mean, come on, why not count all the stuff kids write on paper... Oh wait... Nevermind that comment.
How about the little, itsy-bitsy electric impulses running around in my brain? That's data.. Kinda-sorta... Okay, okay... Most of it is cobwebs, but still.. If a duplicated film real (aka MEDIA) is counted, then you have to start adding other things to the mix.
Hell, I had a friend that was in a graphical production department at IBM. They used everything under the Sun, and were event he first people I knew that had an iMac when it came out - all for the sole purpose of playing games..... Errr.. Testing games..:)
Sounds like a configuration issue on your end. I have no problems viewing PDFs, JPGs, or other non-harmful attachments. You can even tell Outlook to stop annoying you with the bogus "potentially harmful" message if you're sure about it.
Yes, this is the fun-to-find feature that is now one of the many security defaults in Office. Similar to the macro-security in Excel, Outlook and Outlook Express disable certain typs of attachments from being viewed, such as exe bat pif pdf and others. It's a real pain in the ass if you've never had to deal with it before.
They mean smart as in the Outlook Web Access Client which doesn't work probably in any browser other than MSIE and uses (as always) their non-standard DHTML object model?
I call BS -- I use Outlook Web Access with Firebird from home with absolutely no problems. It works differently than it does if you use IE, but it still works.
Well, I'm not really sure what either of you are after, but then again I don't utilize Firebird. I do, however, use both Outlook and OWA, and feel both have limitations. Two of my biggest gripes have to do with accounts:
1. I can't have more than one Exchange server per Outlook Profile
2. I can't use more than one inbox per profile. (you can filter by incoming account, but what's fun in that if the filter breaks?)
Personally, I use Outlook because it is the one that I can configure to my specs the best, but there are still a large number of issues that I'd like to have corrected before then produce new code. (Ahem, 2003...)
I suppose that my view is a little jaded, coming from the first university to implement school-wide Wi-Fi, not to mention Gigabit connections to all of it's buildings - including dorm units.
While there, I was involved in a project designed to bring technology into the classrooms. The key sides of every arguement was:
1. Kids don't need it.
2. We only need one per class room.
3. Every kid needs a laptop to be successful.
Of course, each one had its own woes of "Where does the money come from," and "How do we prevent them from goofing off?"
Well, the reality is this - any system, when administered properly, can be locked down. That means they have a large choice - Mac, Windows, Linux, Novell for Windows. It's all in the planning. If they make the correct roadmap, they will require less TCO to maintain it.
Someone here asked why we would buy soemthing that losses it's value overnight, but you are looking at it for the wrong reasons. Will it be able to play HalfLife 2? Probably not, can the encylopedia be updated with the latest content from the web, showing how California elected another actor for Governor? Why yes, it can...
Technology is the future - I'm not saying that they don't need to learn to read and write, but that is what elementary school is for. I don't know about you, but I learned to read and write in cursive well before the end of third grade (hell, maybe sooner).
Vocabulary can still be taught, literary works of art can be read (this content won't change), and RIAA can get involved to provide instruments to children after they sue the parents.
And - if you made it this far - no one ever said these kids were taking them home and running around with them. That's what home directories and mapped drives are for. You should be able to sit down at any machine, log in, and do your work with the standard set of tools (office, adobe or macromedia suite, internet explorer).
You see, laptops are simply an effective use of space in an already overcrowded school environment. I can easily stash 30 laptops in a cabinent faster than I can move 30 desktops and monitors out of the way. That is why they have choosen laptops.
Better watch out - your kids will have this luxury too!
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Any we all know that access to the Internet while driving is just the distraction we need!
They actually still make those things?? ;)
I admit it - but I want to know why some companies add functionality while leaving some code broken.
A fine example of this is ICQ. The original product, which (for those of us with 6 digit UIN know) was simple and elegant with a few bugs - well not it has evolved to a monster of a chat program, with features most of us couldn't support if we wanted to.
Just my two sense.
Which is the exact same model that music stores follow (especially Tower). There's nothing new here in any of it, they just did it on a smaller scale.
The bottom line, unless you are MC Hammer and can make a killing living out of the trunk of your car with two albums already before the record labels pick you up, then RIAA and everyone else will stomp on you.
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Go Hammer! Go Hammer! Go - Go - Go Hammer!
Hey wait... What's Phase 2?
But then again, I'm a stingy SOB because I'm a DJ and keep it all to my self... No sharing... That and I'm waiting for DRM to lock me out of my WAV files (that God I don't use licenses).
Nahhh... Anyone that didn't built the intergalactic robot date for halloween this year know that, along with Hellvis, Tomb Raider was once again a big costume this year.
Although my favorite this year was Gary and Ace - The Ambiguously Gay Duo, whom I got to see at the Rio in Las Vegas...
Yes, I know, this was a bit off topic...
WhytTiger says: 7.1 surround? MP3 Playback? Is it just me, or are these things unnecessary on a PORTABLE device that will only accept proprietary discs (no burning MP3's and playing them).
I see what you are getting at here, but it's Sony for crying out loud. The same guys that invented MiniDisc and has changed it every 6 months to screw with the competition (sounds like something my friend Bill Gates does with his company).
In all honesty, I think that they will change the disc to look like or be similar enough to a MD so that you could use the ATRAC format to transfer your music securely to a disc capable of being read by the Playboy device.
If not, then it's only another Sony hopeful that just won't make it in the real world. I mean, I love MD, but the lack of acceptance due to things like MP3 blows it out of the water. I would much rather carry about a MD over a CD anyday - it fits in my pocket and is less likely to break.
However, if they can introduce a burnable version on this 1.8GB dual layer disc, then I say go for it.
--
Bad Day: Maybe it's time to look for a new job online.
Worse Day: Hey, that's my job they're trying to fill.
A Much Worse Day: And I'm unqualified.
I'm sure that this is just what Sony wanted to do, I mean, they always screw up my list with over-priced and piss-poor designed objects.
Exception being - my TiVo Series 1 remote control. Everything is perfect, except a power button for my receiver.
You have to admit, that'd be pretty damn cool...
No, the real questions is... When the new-clear power supply runs out, does it switch from suck to blow??
Apple people are just a bunch of fruits (and nuts) anyway....
I especially enjoyed the pie charts... Mmm.. Pie...
DOH!
With that in mind, my question to you is this:
Don't get me wrong - I agree that it doesn't have to be digital to be data, but the focus of this story seemed to lean towards collective media, not data.
Another reply here stated that you could count a blank 700MB CDR as data. I suppose, but to me that's just a media form waiting for data to be written to it - unless you consider it to be a statistic of 1 more blank CD in the pool of blank media.
Are we confused yet?
Rambling in my head: "Maybe I should have read the article first.... Boy do I look stupid!"
Okay, call me... A dork, but wouldn't a film real technically be media and not data?
I mean, come on, why not count all the stuff kids write on paper... Oh wait... Nevermind that comment.
How about the little, itsy-bitsy electric impulses running around in my brain? That's data.. Kinda-sorta... Okay, okay... Most of it is cobwebs, but still.. If a duplicated film real (aka MEDIA) is counted, then you have to start adding other things to the mix.
How is this news?
'nuff said...
Hell, I had a friend that was in a graphical production department at IBM. They used everything under the Sun, and were event he first people I knew that had an iMac when it came out - all for the sole purpose of playing games..... Errr.. Testing games.. :)
Yes, this is the fun-to-find feature that is now one of the many security defaults in Office. Similar to the macro-security in Excel, Outlook and Outlook Express disable certain typs of attachments from being viewed, such as exe bat pif pdf and others. It's a real pain in the ass if you've never had to deal with it before.
I call BS -- I use Outlook Web Access with Firebird from home with absolutely no problems. It works differently than it does if you use IE, but it still works.
Well, I'm not really sure what either of you are after, but then again I don't utilize Firebird. I do, however, use both Outlook and OWA, and feel both have limitations. Two of my biggest gripes have to do with accounts:
1. I can't have more than one Exchange server per Outlook Profile
2. I can't use more than one inbox per profile. (you can filter by incoming account, but what's fun in that if the filter breaks?)
Personally, I use Outlook because it is the one that I can configure to my specs the best, but there are still a large number of issues that I'd like to have corrected before then produce new code. (Ahem, 2003...)
Now the only problem is that I can't get certain programs to realize that's my default browser!
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"Now you see that evil will always triumph, because good is dumb."
I guess I'll have to resort to my Girls Gone Wild DVD's again....
Yeah, kinda like OS X. Those people suck too...
They may look the same, they may do the same thing, but one always lasts longer and works harder than the other.....
Although, I am still curious where Serial ATA will fall in all of this.
I mean, it gets.. ummm... 20 mph...
While there, I was involved in a project designed to bring technology into the classrooms. The key sides of every arguement was:
1. Kids don't need it.
2. We only need one per class room.
3. Every kid needs a laptop to be successful.
Of course, each one had its own woes of "Where does the money come from," and "How do we prevent them from goofing off?"
Well, the reality is this - any system, when administered properly, can be locked down. That means they have a large choice - Mac, Windows, Linux, Novell for Windows. It's all in the planning. If they make the correct roadmap, they will require less TCO to maintain it.
Someone here asked why we would buy soemthing that losses it's value overnight, but you are looking at it for the wrong reasons. Will it be able to play HalfLife 2? Probably not, can the encylopedia be updated with the latest content from the web, showing how California elected another actor for Governor? Why yes, it can...
Technology is the future - I'm not saying that they don't need to learn to read and write, but that is what elementary school is for. I don't know about you, but I learned to read and write in cursive well before the end of third grade (hell, maybe sooner).
Vocabulary can still be taught, literary works of art can be read (this content won't change), and RIAA can get involved to provide instruments to children after they sue the parents.
And - if you made it this far - no one ever said these kids were taking them home and running around with them. That's what home directories and mapped drives are for. You should be able to sit down at any machine, log in, and do your work with the standard set of tools (office, adobe or macromedia suite, internet explorer).
You see, laptops are simply an effective use of space in an already overcrowded school environment. I can easily stash 30 laptops in a cabinent faster than I can move 30 desktops and monitors out of the way. That is why they have choosen laptops.
Better watch out - your kids will have this luxury too!
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