The amount of speculation happening on Slashdot here is palpable. I guess all it takes to make headlines now days is for someone to post unverified information, and then have someone else blog about said information.
The Internet is self-healing to the extent that the infrastructure allows. However, Libya only has what, all of three underground cables connecting them to the rest of the world?
http://www.submarinecablemap.com/
It's pretty easy to disconnect a country from the global Internet if said country lacks the redundancy of multiple global connection points.
I have an LG TV (LV5500 I think) that has Netflix as a built-in app. The TV's operating system is Linux, and its manual even includes a copy of the GPL, along with a list of libraries (e.g. FFMPEG, Apache, etc). They've probably partnered with Netflix to get some sort of BLOB that can be run only on the intended hardware, so I doubt that it is free or open.
TLDR; the title should says something about "desktop" or "Intel", because my ARM-based TV plays Netflix just fine thank you.
Hey I don't know how many of you are attempting to review the patent in question, but it's very difficult for non-MSIE users to load the figures included in the patent. It would be cool if posters would instead link to freepatentsonline.com rather than (or in addition to) the uspto.gov website.
Here's a PDF of the patent in question:
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/8296373.pdf
The boot loader works, but after the progress bar, network connection image, and initialization image, all I get is a Webconverger logo. Running VMWare Fusion 3.1.4, selected the Live option, haven't tried to "install to disk".
The problem with identical pieces, is that in order for them to be interoperable among myriads of applications, they must be very small, and there must be a great number of them. Not one business operates in a manner that is identical to another. If relational databases aren't solving the problem, it is more than likely due to poor data structure. The main difference that NoSQL provides in terms of what is exposed to a novice database administrator, is that NoSQL promotes key-value pairs. This is no different than what exists in a relational database, except that in RDBMS the admin is allowed and often compelled to create tables with multiple fields. More tables with fewer fields is the solution in either case.
"If you have a million customers and they each have a gigabyte of storage, that's a petabit," he said.
This is infact incorrect, because 8 bits = 1 byte. Therefore, a refined and corrected version of this statement would read:
"If you have a million customers and they each have a gigabyte of storage, that's 8 petabits."
Look man, your argument that games rated M for "Mature" is invalid. The label specifically states that the content is intended for persons 17 years of age. If you wanted to expand on your own theme... it is ok to sell alcohol to people 16 and older in America, because hey-- that's how it is in Germany. Of course maturity isn't always defined by age, but because we have no way of determining a person's maturity, we have to default back to age in deciding what to sell to whom.
As far as school vouchers go, you said that as if it were a bad thing. I don't think there should be any stipulations if a parent doesn't want their kid taught at a particular school for whatever reason. A parent should have that right. However, arguing that the reason behind vouchers is propoganda, I think you should take a second look. We have people being miseducated and failing, and because of poor grades vouchers have become a popular idea.
Oh btw, shopkeepers and rating systems are in no way trying to negotiate communistic influence over our youth. It is simply a delegation of authority that is provided in the same way the "we card" function works.
-Crimey
References:
ESRBM for mature
Take a look around. As far as suggested reading goes, we already have that going on in public education. I meantioned nothing about taking away a parent's custody, so i don't understand why you meantioned such.
There are no alleged "third parties" involved. Rating systems determine whether or not an item is suitable to reach the hands of a minor. It is the affore meantioned shopkeeper who determines whether or not to follow those rating systems, since the system is voluntary. The decision making has already been made at the high level. The shopkeeper isn't endorsing or censoring, he's merely making an informed (or on some cases uninformed) judgement call.
Misguided attempts at political control, simple as that. Religion was an excuse, and in my oppinion, the particular supreme being involved did not approve.
Look, you and i both have every right to get pissed off if someone cards us for buying video games. However, kids whose parents don't use enough discernment as to what material they endorse (i.e. violence, sex, drug use), need others to look out for them. I mean, we have alot of stupid parents in the world, and because of that we have a deterioration in our youth's morals, and we have incidents such as meantioned in the news. Rating systems are perhaps annoying, yet they provide a parent insight as to what they are allowing their kids to experience in their own home. Sure they might see it at a friend's house.. it happens.. but by buying the game for them, it's basically saying it's all good to play gratuitously violent video games. Get over your baby-face pet peeve and wake up to what is going on in the world.
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The amount of speculation happening on Slashdot here is palpable. I guess all it takes to make headlines now days is for someone to post unverified information, and then have someone else blog about said information.
The Internet is self-healing to the extent that the infrastructure allows. However, Libya only has what, all of three underground cables connecting them to the rest of the world? http://www.submarinecablemap.com/ It's pretty easy to disconnect a country from the global Internet if said country lacks the redundancy of multiple global connection points.
I have an LG TV (LV5500 I think) that has Netflix as a built-in app. The TV's operating system is Linux, and its manual even includes a copy of the GPL, along with a list of libraries (e.g. FFMPEG, Apache, etc). They've probably partnered with Netflix to get some sort of BLOB that can be run only on the intended hardware, so I doubt that it is free or open. TLDR; the title should says something about "desktop" or "Intel", because my ARM-based TV plays Netflix just fine thank you.
Hey I don't know how many of you are attempting to review the patent in question, but it's very difficult for non-MSIE users to load the figures included in the patent. It would be cool if posters would instead link to freepatentsonline.com rather than (or in addition to) the uspto.gov website. Here's a PDF of the patent in question: http://www.freepatentsonline.com/8296373.pdf
Nevermind, set memory to 1GB, works.
The boot loader works, but after the progress bar, network connection image, and initialization image, all I get is a Webconverger logo. Running VMWare Fusion 3.1.4, selected the Live option, haven't tried to "install to disk".
The problem with identical pieces, is that in order for them to be interoperable among myriads of applications, they must be very small, and there must be a great number of them. Not one business operates in a manner that is identical to another. If relational databases aren't solving the problem, it is more than likely due to poor data structure. The main difference that NoSQL provides in terms of what is exposed to a novice database administrator, is that NoSQL promotes key-value pairs. This is no different than what exists in a relational database, except that in RDBMS the admin is allowed and often compelled to create tables with multiple fields. More tables with fewer fields is the solution in either case.
Someone modded this two to save on embarrassment. Seriously, fix the headliner.
"If you have a million customers and they each have a gigabyte of storage, that's a petabit," he said.
This is infact incorrect, because 8 bits = 1 byte. Therefore, a refined and corrected version of this statement would read: "If you have a million customers and they each have a gigabyte of storage, that's 8 petabits."
n/t
printf("Hello world"); return 0;
Look man, your argument that games rated M for "Mature" is invalid. The label specifically states that the content is intended for persons 17 years of age. If you wanted to expand on your own theme... it is ok to sell alcohol to people 16 and older in America, because hey-- that's how it is in Germany. Of course maturity isn't always defined by age, but because we have no way of determining a person's maturity, we have to default back to age in deciding what to sell to whom.
As far as school vouchers go, you said that as if it were a bad thing. I don't think there should be any stipulations if a parent doesn't want their kid taught at a particular school for whatever reason. A parent should have that right. However, arguing that the reason behind vouchers is propoganda, I think you should take a second look. We have people being miseducated and failing, and because of poor grades vouchers have become a popular idea.
Oh btw, shopkeepers and rating systems are in no way trying to negotiate communistic influence over our youth. It is simply a delegation of authority that is provided in the same way the "we card" function works. -Crimey References: ESRB M for mature
Take a look around. As far as suggested reading goes, we already have that going on in public education. I meantioned nothing about taking away a parent's custody, so i don't understand why you meantioned such. There are no alleged "third parties" involved. Rating systems determine whether or not an item is suitable to reach the hands of a minor. It is the affore meantioned shopkeeper who determines whether or not to follow those rating systems, since the system is voluntary. The decision making has already been made at the high level. The shopkeeper isn't endorsing or censoring, he's merely making an informed (or on some cases uninformed) judgement call.
It's a trap!
Misguided attempts at political control, simple as that. Religion was an excuse, and in my oppinion, the particular supreme being involved did not approve.
Look, you and i both have every right to get pissed off if someone cards us for buying video games. However, kids whose parents don't use enough discernment as to what material they endorse (i.e. violence, sex, drug use), need others to look out for them. I mean, we have alot of stupid parents in the world, and because of that we have a deterioration in our youth's morals, and we have incidents such as meantioned in the news. Rating systems are perhaps annoying, yet they provide a parent insight as to what they are allowing their kids to experience in their own home. Sure they might see it at a friend's house.. it happens.. but by buying the game for them, it's basically saying it's all good to play gratuitously violent video games. Get over your baby-face pet peeve and wake up to what is going on in the world.