Why would an advanced technology use a method limited to the speed of light to communicate across the galaxy?
And why should we thing that the laws of physics that we hold to be true (if in fact they are) don't apply other places in the universe.
I am not a physicist but isn't the speed of light a theoretical limit? Don't physical dimensions decrease as c is approached? Doesn't that imply that exceeding the speed of light would result in negative physical dimensions? Perhaps antimatter is just stuff traveling faster then the speed of light.
I am verly likely wrong on all the above counts. Any physicists out there?
If the majority of people really felt the way you have caricaturized them, then the content industry would not be thriving. I feel sorry for you for feeling so cynical about how people really are. Gloomy.
Regardless, that is the impression that I and obviously the grandparent AC get from the majority of slashdot posts on p2p or the music industry.
Though I'm not the poster who accused Apple of being a monopoly, I think the poster was referring to Apple's large market-share of in terms of commercial online digital music distribution. I forget what share they have, exactly, but a pretty large percentage of music sold online (i.e. not CDs purchased on online and shipped through UPS, but actual music files purchased and downloaded online). I'm pretty sure it's >80%, and I think it may even be >90%.
Actually I believe I read a day or two ago that it was just a little over 50%. I believe they have about a 60% share in the hard driver based mp3 player format. I can't seem to find the article now.
I always rely on Microsoft for all my security needs!
Well the fact is that Microsoft supplied most of the attendees OSs. I would have to say that microsoft knows how to secure their software more then anyone else.
Perhaps they should have gotten Linus to help them secure the XP machines. Would that make more sense?
Not sure how you can say that. It is specifically about wifi access that the Democratic National Convetion. I don't see any bashing going on in the article.
Everything in the world is not analogous to the automobile industry. The fact is that ford does not do that and could not sell cars if they did.
The playstation is a proprietary system using proprietary games. Anyone who buys a playstation knows this.
Sony makes money on the Playstation system but I would venture to guess that they make a lot more money on the games. This is not replacing damaged autoparts. This is about a hack developed by reverse engineering to allow additional (and illegal) functionality.
I don't know for certain but I would assume the Plastation's terms of use would have something about only using their official games. If that is the case, I can understand the ruling.
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I have an iPod and I find none of that to be the case. I see one of two possibilites. You got a lemon or you are a troll.
OK. I have been trying to refrain from posting to this topic but I am compelled to here.
Like the XP interface (and colors) or not, it is consistant and fairly simplistic. The default fonts and text sizes are reasonable.
I do not find this to be the case for KDE. The default theme gets in the way. The style selector shown on first load is a step in the right direction but it still doesn't do it for me. For me to use KDE, I have to sort through hundreds of the ugliest themes I have seen at kdelook.org to find one that doesn't get in my way. On top of that, I have to still adjust my fonts.
I don't need this. If you all have time to completely configure every aspect of your system then that's great. I don't. With all its faults, Gnome works better for me out of the box.
Exactly. They aren't going to call it that. They'd lose the name recognition of "MS Windows." They'd be stupid to do that. XP was "Whistler" for years if I remember correctly.
Is it seriously necessary to pick apart posts and respond on technicalities? I don't think there is really much doubt about how the comment was meant. The meaning came across fine.
This remindes me of those exercises that I did in grade school where I had to write specific instructions on how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. The teacher would then make a mockery of the instructions by making a mess with the ingrediants.
Few people here are lawyers so few statements are going to be hole free. Most statements here and elsewhere in the world require a little common sense to interpret correctly.
The longest division of geologic time, containing two or more eras. For example, an era where Mars had water and an era afterwards, where there was no water.
Well what constitutes an era? Who's to say that there were not subdevided eras when Mars had water? From what I see, your example is akin to saying that there has only been one eon on Earth: an era without life and an era with life.
Besides, I tend to give a little more credence to the dictionary definition posted above.
Why don't we use wheel as "depth" (zoom) command for 3D navigation in "world behind the screen"? That seems so obvious
I have thought as that as well. On very wheel mouse that I have ever used the scroll wheel "clicks" when you roll it (and on every click it scrolls.) For this to work properly, it will have to be a wheel that is truely analog.
Specific questions.... Is there a seperate tree for MacOS X w/ apps known to compile correctly on it ? (As in different from the x86 tree)
I don't know for sure but I would assume this would be the case especially if portage offers binary downloads as they do for x86.
Is there a shiny gui to go w/ ? (We mac users just love our guis) The article says there is (or perhaps will be.)
What on God's green earth is emerge ? Emerge is just the command you use to install the programs. "emerge gimp" will compile the gimp from source and "emerge -k gimp" will install the precompiled binary. Emerge can be as simple as that or it can be MUCH more complicated with the many advanced features.
I guess I don't see why Microsoft went to all this trouble. Sure $20 Million is pocket change for them but it still doesn't make sense to me. They sue lindows and and up paying $20 million (on top of whatever legal fees) meanwhile all lindows has to do is change their name and turn over their domains.
It seems like Microsoft could have achieved this through less expensive and less hostile means.
Compiling KDE from source is understandable. What possible performance gains could you hope to get by compiling openoffice from source? Why not use "emerge -k openoffice" (or mabye "emerge openoffice-bin"..can't remember?)
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Why would an advanced technology use a method limited to the speed of light to communicate across the galaxy?
And why should we thing that the laws of physics that we hold to be true (if in fact they are) don't apply other places in the universe.
I am not a physicist but isn't the speed of light a theoretical limit? Don't physical dimensions decrease as c is approached? Doesn't that imply that exceeding the speed of light would result in negative physical dimensions? Perhaps antimatter is just stuff traveling faster then the speed of light.
I am verly likely wrong on all the above counts. Any physicists out there?
If the majority of people really felt the way you have caricaturized them, then the content industry would not be thriving. I feel sorry for you for feeling so cynical about how people really are. Gloomy.
Regardless, that is the impression that I and obviously the grandparent AC get from the majority of slashdot posts on p2p or the music industry.
Read the subject. It's talking about the ipod, not a powerbook.
Though I'm not the poster who accused Apple of being a monopoly, I think the poster was referring to Apple's large market-share of in terms of commercial online digital music distribution. I forget what share they have, exactly, but a pretty large percentage of music sold online (i.e. not CDs purchased on online and shipped through UPS, but actual music files purchased and downloaded online). I'm pretty sure it's >80%, and I think it may even be >90%.
Actually I believe I read a day or two ago that it was just a little over 50%. I believe they have about a 60% share in the hard driver based mp3 player format. I can't seem to find the article now.
I always rely on Microsoft for all my security needs!
Well the fact is that Microsoft supplied most of the attendees OSs. I would have to say that microsoft knows how to secure their software more then anyone else.
Perhaps they should have gotten Linus to help them secure the XP machines. Would that make more sense?
Hmmm not really democratic specific...
Not sure how you can say that. It is specifically about wifi access that the Democratic National Convetion. I don't see any bashing going on in the article.
I don't think it was meant as a solution but more of an observatino.
Everything in the world is not analogous to the automobile industry. The fact is that ford does not do that and could not sell cars if they did.
The playstation is a proprietary system using proprietary games. Anyone who buys a playstation knows this.
Sony makes money on the Playstation system but I would venture to guess that they make a lot more money on the games. This is not replacing damaged autoparts. This is about a hack developed by reverse engineering to allow additional (and illegal) functionality.
I don't know for certain but I would assume the Plastation's terms of use would have something about only using their official games. If that is the case, I can understand the ruling.
I have an iPod and I find none of that to be the case. I see one of two possibilites. You got a lemon or you are a troll.
OK. I have been trying to refrain from posting to this topic but I am compelled to here.
Like the XP interface (and colors) or not, it is consistant and fairly simplistic. The default fonts and text sizes are reasonable.
I do not find this to be the case for KDE. The default theme gets in the way. The style selector shown on first load is a step in the right direction but it still doesn't do it for me. For me to use KDE, I have to sort through hundreds of the ugliest themes I have seen at kdelook.org to find one that doesn't get in my way. On top of that, I have to still adjust my fonts.
I don't need this. If you all have time to completely configure every aspect of your system then that's great. I don't. With all its faults, Gnome works better for me out of the box.
And the few that do are the ones that are the most successful unfortunately.
Exactly. They aren't going to call it that. They'd lose the name recognition of "MS Windows." They'd be stupid to do that. XP was "Whistler" for years if I remember correctly.
Is it seriously necessary to pick apart posts and respond on technicalities? I don't think there is really much doubt about how the comment was meant. The meaning came across fine.
This remindes me of those exercises that I did in grade school where I had to write specific instructions on how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. The teacher would then make a mockery of the instructions by making a mess with the ingrediants.
Few people here are lawyers so few statements are going to be hole free. Most statements here and elsewhere in the world require a little common sense to interpret correctly.
Being excessively anal accomplishes nothing.
The longest division of geologic time, containing two or more eras. For example, an era where Mars had water and an era afterwards, where there was no water.
Well what constitutes an era? Who's to say that there were not subdevided eras when Mars had water? From what I see, your example is akin to saying that there has only been one eon on Earth: an era without life and an era with life.
Besides, I tend to give a little more credence to the dictionary definition posted above.
Sounds like a personal ID number to me. A worldwide SSN.
How is this vaporware? There is a difference between vaporware and unreleased products.
That's one of the most uninformed posts I have read in a long time.
Well I think we should all care since quite a bit of the net is driven by ads. So either come up with a new model or quit your trolling.
Why don't we use wheel as "depth" (zoom) command for 3D navigation in "world behind the screen"? That seems so obvious
I have thought as that as well. On very wheel mouse that I have ever used the scroll wheel "clicks" when you roll it (and on every click it scrolls.) For this to work properly, it will have to be a wheel that is truely analog.
Specific questions.... Is there a seperate tree for MacOS X w/ apps known to compile correctly on it ? (As in different from the x86 tree)
I don't know for sure but I would assume this would be the case especially if portage offers binary downloads as they do for x86.
Is there a shiny gui to go w/ ? (We mac users just love our guis)
The article says there is (or perhaps will be.)
What on God's green earth is emerge ?
Emerge is just the command you use to install the programs. "emerge gimp" will compile the gimp from source and "emerge -k gimp" will install the precompiled binary. Emerge can be as simple as that or it can be MUCH more complicated with the many advanced features.
I guess I don't see why Microsoft went to all this trouble. Sure $20 Million is pocket change for them but it still doesn't make sense to me. They sue lindows and and up paying $20 million (on top of whatever legal fees) meanwhile all lindows has to do is change their name and turn over their domains.
It seems like Microsoft could have achieved this through less expensive and less hostile means.
Compiling KDE from source is understandable. What possible performance gains could you hope to get by compiling openoffice from source? Why not use "emerge -k openoffice" (or mabye "emerge openoffice-bin"..can't remember?)
oh, I feel so unimportant.
Ah... The woes of linux.