A lot of it comes down to power density... even if you can afford solar cells, the power delivered per square length is low. Right now, power efficency is at maybe 15-20%, with pending increases as technology improves. What that means is that we get only 1/5 of the possible power out of our solar cells. Give it time... after all, fuel cells have been around since the mid 1800s...
At the same time, it's hard for SCO to claim damages in this case as the amount was not only small, but redundant, and easily replaced. If SCO saw one cent of loss from those 200 lines, I'll be damned. They more likely see loss from idiotic legal strategies build upon half-truths and blatent disregard for their own customer base. (RIAA, anyone?)
I don't like the idea of KaZaa becoming a RIAA. That's why I like DirectConnect/DC++. There, you can make your own server so easily... also, I like FTP.
On another note, I don't like the DMCA even if it's used for "good" and not for "evil". I think that if this will come to "good" ends, it would set a precedent that will allow KaZaa to sue people like us who use KaZaa Lite. And for MSN to sue 12jabber.com for offering an MSN gateway. And for Y! to sue Trillian for logging in to Y!M. And, and, and... Let's just leave it that it's a dangerous precedent.
By definition, if a track is encrypted, and must be decrypted in order to be played. The question is, how can it be encrypted if the CD players already on the market can play it, considering that they don't have any decryption functionality...
Just wish I had windows...
Blasphemer! Windows is the devil, and Linux is your salvation! Repent to all that is GNU and good, before thy mortal soul is consumed by the Devil Gates!
No, I don't give a flying fuck about what motorist say, I don't have to because everything is done for them and they certainly never listen to others, and nothing is done for pedestrians, public transportation and bicyclists. It's about time the motorists shut the fuck up and let the majority of the people who are NOT motorists talk.
What can I say? I'm biting the flamebait... I am a college student, and don't own a car, nor would I have much use for one if I did. I used a car when I had to go to class before I lived on campus, since the public transportation where I live sucks. Considering that, I do listen to others, and don't like driving if I can help it. I would love to see more done for public transit and bicyclists and pedestrians. Don't alienate a potential ally... please. Also, don't assume more than I said. I do not see anything in my previous comments to indicate that I am in anyway against public transit or any other of those things you assume me to be against.
The collection of vehicle control evidence is a crucial step in the investigation of traffic accidents. Sheltering that information from the authorities has only one purpose, to shield delinquent drivers from retribution for their unlawful acts.
I think we've already been through the loop about "If you aren't ${someevilthing}, then you have nothing to worry about." Well, haven't you ever been late to a critical meeting and gone 10mph above the limit? Haven't you ever forgotten to buckle your seatbelt? And don't even get me started on video/audio data collection... My conversations within a car are indeed private, and should not be accesible by the police, the SS or DHS, or what ever. Especially not at-a-distance-we-don't-have-to-tell-you-PATRIOT-AC T-style.
Shall we also say again that driving a car is a mere PRIVILEGE and far from being a right????
That very well may be, and probably is, but the possesion of that privilege does not nullify a more fundamental right to privacy.
Yeah, who knows, the medical industry could lose money from less asthma and lung cancer cases if we reduce pollution, and everyone knows that's a bad thing, right?
No, I don't think it will make it one whit easier for users. If anything this reinvention of the wheel makes it harder. But it does make money, and that is the ultimate motivation for MS and Apple. They give a damn about users only insofar as they get money from them.
I'm not trying to say that MS is consistant over time, but rather within a certain version. Further, I don't think for even a moment that MS is the only Right Way (r). I only mean to point out that MS does employ a level of consistancy over a version space, and can use this to leverage other applications to follow, and thus perpetuate a consistancy that ultimately eases learning the system. It can be argued that this destroys innovation in UI design, as in the case of GoldWave recently moving to the right-click => context-menu binding from a binding that made much more sense in the context of a sound editor (setting selection range ending).
This does rely on a consistant desktop, tho.
Much as I hate Windows, MS has a very consistant standard for UI. Right-clicking brings up context menus (which I love), single-clicking selects, double-clicking activates, C+c copies, C+x cuts, C+v pastes, C+n is New, a disk indicates save, a folder indicates open, etc. In fact, MS's devkits (VB, VC++, etc) include standard icon sets so that developers can fit in to the Windows styling easier.
True. Look at OSX and XP (Aqua v. Luna) if you for even one second doubt that prettiness is important. Why else would Apple and Microsoft each spend millions of dollars reinventing their visual styles?
I think it comes down to a feeling that one can do something inside of a game. I mean, I would love to stage a protest outside of DC, but would Bush and Ashcroft roll back the PATRIOT Act just like that? Hell, no. Look at these protests, tho, and the designers are changing, because their accountablility is so much more direct. Piss off players, they stop playing, and you don't get to put food on your table. End. Dot. Period.
I don't think that is a Very Bad Thing in and of itself. Just that M$ is doing it. See, Linux can't pull off that sort of thing due to less market clout. This gives M$ a distinct advantage in that they have deep channels of communication with the hw manufacturers.
All that aside, instant on/off/standby would be very nice. Already, we can "hibernate", which is a much used feature of my laptop, and with MRAM, this should be even easier. Although, bootup times are becoming more accepted. Recently, I saw a CD player with a 20 sec boot sequence.
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A lot of it comes down to power density... even if you can afford solar cells, the power delivered per square length is low. Right now, power efficency is at maybe 15-20%, with pending increases as technology improves. What that means is that we get only 1/5 of the possible power out of our solar cells. Give it time... after all, fuel cells have been around since the mid 1800s...
At the same time, it's hard for SCO to claim damages in this case as the amount was not only small, but redundant, and easily replaced. If SCO saw one cent of loss from those 200 lines, I'll be damned. They more likely see loss from idiotic legal strategies build upon half-truths and blatent disregard for their own customer base. (RIAA, anyone?)
Sorry. That should have been one 100,00th... I am tired, I guess. I even previewed...
Er... that's one one-thousandth of a percent, or one millionth. RTFA.
In my day, we didn't have modems. We had to make the modem noises with our mouth!
Not bongo drums?
Get out your katakana charts, kids, because Babelfish doesn't do it for you, ya' know!
First, the Japanese gov't supports a Linux-based OS, now this. Gotta hand it to the Japanese! yokkatadesuyo!
Partially, because all three return 404s or equivilent.
They wouldn't need to. We DDoS well enough ourselves...
I don't like the idea of KaZaa becoming a RIAA. That's why I like DirectConnect/DC++. There, you can make your own server so easily... also, I like FTP.
On another note, I don't like the DMCA even if it's used for "good" and not for "evil". I think that if this will come to "good" ends, it would set a precedent that will allow KaZaa to sue people like us who use KaZaa Lite. And for MSN to sue 12jabber.com for offering an MSN gateway. And for Y! to sue Trillian for logging in to Y!M. And, and, and... Let's just leave it that it's a dangerous precedent.
By definition, if a track is encrypted, and must be decrypted in order to be played. The question is, how can it be encrypted if the CD players already on the market can play it, considering that they don't have any decryption functionality...
Just wish I had windows...
Blasphemer! Windows is the devil, and Linux is your salvation! Repent to all that is GNU and good, before thy mortal soul is consumed by the Devil Gates!
No, I don't give a flying fuck about what motorist say, I don't have to because everything is done for them and they certainly never listen to others, and nothing is done for pedestrians, public transportation and bicyclists. It's about time the motorists shut the fuck up and let the majority of the people who are NOT motorists talk.
What can I say? I'm biting the flamebait... I am a college student, and don't own a car, nor would I have much use for one if I did. I used a car when I had to go to class before I lived on campus, since the public transportation where I live sucks. Considering that, I do listen to others, and don't like driving if I can help it. I would love to see more done for public transit and bicyclists and pedestrians. Don't alienate a potential ally... please. Also, don't assume more than I said. I do not see anything in my previous comments to indicate that I am in anyway against public transit or any other of those things you assume me to be against.
It just did...
The collection of vehicle control evidence is a crucial step in the investigation of traffic accidents. Sheltering that information from the authorities has only one purpose, to shield delinquent drivers from retribution for their unlawful acts.C T-style.
I think we've already been through the loop about "If you aren't ${someevilthing}, then you have nothing to worry about." Well, haven't you ever been late to a critical meeting and gone 10mph above the limit? Haven't you ever forgotten to buckle your seatbelt? And don't even get me started on video/audio data collection... My conversations within a car are indeed private, and should not be accesible by the police, the SS or DHS, or what ever. Especially not at-a-distance-we-don't-have-to-tell-you-PATRIOT-A
Shall we also say again that driving a car is a mere PRIVILEGE and far from being a right????
That very well may be, and probably is, but the possesion of that privilege does not nullify a more fundamental right to privacy.
I would wonder about what kind of data is being collected anyway. Voice data? Gauge readings? Hell, external video streams? One does wonder...
Me. It's important to know all about the car. I don't know about anyone else, but I always try to read manuals.
Check out AMD64 for upcoming ports of open source projects to the AMD64 platform.
Yeah, who knows, the medical industry could lose money from less asthma and lung cancer cases if we reduce pollution, and everyone knows that's a bad thing, right?
No, I don't think it will make it one whit easier for users. If anything this reinvention of the wheel makes it harder. But it does make money, and that is the ultimate motivation for MS and Apple. They give a damn about users only insofar as they get money from them.
I'm not trying to say that MS is consistant over time, but rather within a certain version. Further, I don't think for even a moment that MS is the only Right Way (r). I only mean to point out that MS does employ a level of consistancy over a version space, and can use this to leverage other applications to follow, and thus perpetuate a consistancy that ultimately eases learning the system. It can be argued that this destroys innovation in UI design, as in the case of GoldWave recently moving to the right-click => context-menu binding from a binding that made much more sense in the context of a sound editor (setting selection range ending).
This does rely on a consistant desktop, tho. Much as I hate Windows, MS has a very consistant standard for UI. Right-clicking brings up context menus (which I love), single-clicking selects, double-clicking activates, C+c copies, C+x cuts, C+v pastes, C+n is New, a disk indicates save, a folder indicates open, etc. In fact, MS's devkits (VB, VC++, etc) include standard icon sets so that developers can fit in to the Windows styling easier.
True. Look at OSX and XP (Aqua v. Luna) if you for even one second doubt that prettiness is important. Why else would Apple and Microsoft each spend millions of dollars reinventing their visual styles?
I think it comes down to a feeling that one can do something inside of a game. I mean, I would love to stage a protest outside of DC, but would Bush and Ashcroft roll back the PATRIOT Act just like that? Hell, no. Look at these protests, tho, and the designers are changing, because their accountablility is so much more direct. Piss off players, they stop playing, and you don't get to put food on your table. End. Dot. Period.
I don't think that is a Very Bad Thing in and of itself. Just that M$ is doing it. See, Linux can't pull off that sort of thing due to less market clout. This gives M$ a distinct advantage in that they have deep channels of communication with the hw manufacturers.
All that aside, instant on/off/standby would be very nice. Already, we can "hibernate", which is a much used feature of my laptop, and with MRAM, this should be even easier. Although, bootup times are becoming more accepted. Recently, I saw a CD player with a 20 sec boot sequence.