but the RIAA stormtrooper methods are so questionable that the actions should not be praised, regardless of the fact that these vendors might be a better target than the end user.
they want us to think Mars is red so we can nuke the commie bastards when we see them running around in their little green-man underground cities and not feel bad about it.
SWT works by mapping everything to native OS widgets if possible
Isn't that what AWT tried to do originally? I'm just delving into Java for the first time the last few months, but I thought I've read this in "Core Java, Vol. 1"
They say (pg. 236 "Core Java, Vol. 1) that this resulted in a "write once, debug everywhere" problem since you will have different behavior, different limitations and different bugs on each implementation of AWT on each platform
I have a question about cleanliness of the kernel (no RMS shower jokes please;). SCO has stated that all versions after some version are tainted. i'll just say version X is the last clean kernel according to SCO since i don't know what the version number is. Recently SCO has been claiming the ABI is one of the infringing elements, correct?. So how is the ABI different in the clean version X and the "tainted" versions?
as well with IBM, NOVL, SGI, and RHAT. all which have been embroiled in this nonsense. all 4 are up, SGI up nearly 100% in the last few weeks. NOVL steadily rising since aquiring SuSE.
By having a Packard Bell that had it doesn't mean HP doesn't/didn't have them. I've been unable to find anything about either brand of systems and this warranty through several google searches. For now, I'm sticking to my original memory of it being an HP machine. I don't think I've ever used anything by Packard Bell. I do remember on several occasions telling family members not to buy HP computers because of that sticker.
agreed. do their computer cases still have warning stickers on them saying that you void the warranty by simply opening up the computer case? at a job I had in college, the computer I had was an HP and it had such sticker.
the case, mind you! i can understand a hard drive saying that, but a case?!
well if competition drops the iPod price, then Apple has jumped the gun and gets royalties, license fees, or whatever, which might exceed what which they would expect to make off sales of iPod at the lower cost which competition will force.
holy run-on batman. did any of that make sense? what i think i'm trying to say is that Apple expects the price of iPods to go down sometime soon. While they are a hot commodity, they license the technology at a very good price for themselves. the competing products will both be less expensive, and sales matter less to Apple now, since they get a peice of the competitions pie anyway.
later you'll find out that someplace in the header for the email was a statement saying something like "By accepting this upgrade you except the new Terms of Use policy" and who know what is in this "Terms of Use" that you just agreed to. </tinfoilhat>
How is it reasonable that CEO, CTO, VP's, etc. make hundreds of thousands, even tens of millions of dollars a year, and expect me to take minimum wage to make their fiscal quarters profitable?
How is it reasonable that these American companies do not even offer these jobs, even if at minimum wage, to the American people before assuming no one would want it?
How on EARTH could you expect to do faster than realtime recording via analog inputs
thats the point. i would have liked, at the time (5 years ago maybe) to have some more effiecient way to transfer music I owned and stored on my computer to my MD.
As for the data/audio comment. The original minidisc units from Sony were made to well, encode and decode and store music
Yes, and Sony should have had the foresight to think of other potential uses and markets for their technology. they're thinking of it now, and it's too late.
basically a random access/read/write editable digital replacement for DAT
that is a big reason i bought it. i wanted something better than a tape deck to record things with and didn't have the money to buy a DAT. all the other stuff i mentioned would have been great, and MD might have been a better product for everyone.
The damn thing was made to RECORD MUSIC
Digitally. what else is digital? data bits. why is is so hard to let something be generalized so i can use it how I please?
too hungry, must go eat. sorry to get you all upset.
Because Sony used to sell pre-recorded mini discs. Best Buy used to carry them in the US.
yes, i realize this having been in the little minidisc section of BestBuy in the past. but play-only is the point.
No, Sony (if you put up with their software) has "fixed" this issue. You can transfer at a 32x speed on the current units.
I've never owned a current unit. mine is maybe 5 or 6 years old. i can't remember when i bought it. it never had any mention of software. it was a Sharp as well, maybe that was an issue too.
compete with costs of living 10 times less than our own, and wages to match? bullsh*t.
government policy might not be the right solution, but it isn't reasonable to expect someone, who paid 20k (at times way more) for an education, is equally qualified or more qualified than their overseas conterparts, to work for minimum wage or less(!), as the article posted. apparently someone doesn't understand what "minimum" means!
Don't buy HP, Carly Fiorina has no right to her job either.
i agree completely. it had enough of a "cool factor" to win. i think it was overspecialized. someone could still make it right though. possibly use MD media, liscense the technology used to read and write them, just change the compression scheme? probably a lot more to it, but why isn't it done already? why didn't Sony think ahead a bit?
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but the RIAA stormtrooper methods are so questionable that the actions should not be praised, regardless of the fact that these vendors might be a better target than the end user.
they want us to think Mars is red so we can nuke the commie bastards when we see them running around in their little green-man underground cities and not feel bad about it.
rawr!
(no i don't really think commies are bastards)
"who the F*CK are the kenutzens?"
does it suck? i've not had a commercial compiler since VC++ 5 or so, years ago. and that i never really used.
how badly does it suck? i guess it wouldn't be too hard to find comparisons, preferably unbiased comparisons
is like comparing a bird and a dolphins ability to swim in water
Our beloved Penguins can swim quite well under Linux^H^H^H^H^Hwater, thankyou!
SWT works by mapping everything to native OS widgets if possible
Isn't that what AWT tried to do originally? I'm just delving into Java for the first time the last few months, but I thought I've read this in "Core Java, Vol. 1"
They say (pg. 236 "Core Java, Vol. 1) that this resulted in a "write once, debug everywhere" problem since you will have different behavior, different limitations and different bugs on each implementation of AWT on each platform
Toshiba is developing a sub inch HD
Hard Drive: "I was in the pool! I was in the pool!"
Doesn't matter how much RAM you have if your ports are being abused.
Secure those ports!
thanks. on that note, someone should mod my original posting down. it's not that interesting it turns out ;)
I have a question about cleanliness of the kernel (no RMS shower jokes please;). SCO has stated that all versions after some version are tainted. i'll just say version X is the last clean kernel according to SCO since i don't know what the version number is. Recently SCO has been claiming the ABI is one of the infringing elements, correct?. So how is the ABI different in the clean version X and the "tainted" versions?
as well with IBM, NOVL, SGI, and RHAT. all which have been embroiled in this nonsense. all 4 are up, SGI up nearly 100% in the last few weeks. NOVL steadily rising since aquiring SuSE.
By having a Packard Bell that had it doesn't mean HP doesn't/didn't have them. I've been unable to find anything about either brand of systems and this warranty through several google searches. For now, I'm sticking to my original memory of it being an HP machine. I don't think I've ever used anything by Packard Bell. I do remember on several occasions telling family members not to buy HP computers because of that sticker.
Maybe you are right, it was many years ago.
The "moron" was not needed though. You must function excellently in society.
The only thing good about HP has been the series of ads with The Cure's "Pictures of You" song.
now they can ship their hPod's with that song.
agreed. do their computer cases still have warning stickers on them saying that you void the warranty by simply opening up the computer case? at a job I had in college, the computer I had was an HP and it had such sticker.
the case, mind you! i can understand a hard drive saying that, but a case?!
HP... blehc.
well if competition drops the iPod price, then Apple has jumped the gun and gets royalties, license fees, or whatever, which might exceed what which they would expect to make off sales of iPod at the lower cost which competition will force.
holy run-on batman. did any of that make sense? what i think i'm trying to say is that Apple expects the price of iPods to go down sometime soon. While they are a hot commodity, they license the technology at a very good price for themselves. the competing products will both be less expensive, and sales matter less to Apple now, since they get a peice of the competitions pie anyway.
later you'll find out that someplace in the header for the email was a statement saying something like "By accepting this upgrade you except the new Terms of Use policy" and who know what is in this "Terms of Use" that you just agreed to.
</tinfoilhat>
How is it reasonable that CEO, CTO, VP's, etc. make hundreds of thousands, even tens of millions of dollars a year, and expect me to take minimum wage to make their fiscal quarters profitable?
How is it reasonable that these American companies do not even offer these jobs, even if at minimum wage, to the American people before assuming no one would want it?
How on EARTH could you expect to do faster than realtime recording via analog inputs
thats the point. i would have liked, at the time (5 years ago maybe) to have some more effiecient way to transfer music I owned and stored on my computer to my MD.
As for the data/audio comment. The original minidisc units from Sony were made to well, encode and decode and store music
Yes, and Sony should have had the foresight to think of other potential uses and markets for their technology. they're thinking of it now, and it's too late.
basically a random access/read/write editable digital replacement for DAT
that is a big reason i bought it. i wanted something better than a tape deck to record things with and didn't have the money to buy a DAT. all the other stuff i mentioned would have been great, and MD might have been a better product for everyone.
The damn thing was made to RECORD MUSIC
Digitally. what else is digital? data bits. why is is so hard to let something be generalized so i can use it how I please?
too hungry, must go eat. sorry to get you all upset.
Because Sony used to sell pre-recorded mini discs. Best Buy used to carry them in the US.
yes, i realize this having been in the little minidisc section of BestBuy in the past. but play-only is the point.
No, Sony (if you put up with their software) has "fixed" this issue. You can transfer at a 32x speed on the current units.
I've never owned a current unit. mine is maybe 5 or 6 years old. i can't remember when i bought it. it never had any mention of software. it was a Sharp as well, maybe that was an issue too.
To me this implies that if I keep up a massive amount of traffic, and everyone else does so as well, the national median will rise.
Broadband companies and their "terms of use" are rediculous. I still havn't found one I can stomach. no landline either. no internet at my home.
compete with costs of living 10 times less than our own, and wages to match? bullsh*t.
government policy might not be the right solution, but it isn't reasonable to expect someone, who paid 20k (at times way more) for an education, is equally qualified or more qualified than their overseas conterparts, to work for minimum wage or less(!), as the article posted. apparently someone doesn't understand what "minimum" means!
Don't buy HP, Carly Fiorina has no right to her job either.
to be a geek and misquote the FotR movie,
"A wizard is never late. He arrives precisely when he intends to."
so in those terms, the book could be concise if it explains precisely what it intends.
Additionally, I always thought the Sharp line of MD looked cooler :)
i agree completely. it had enough of a "cool factor" to win. i think it was overspecialized. someone could still make it right though. possibly use MD media, liscense the technology used to read and write them, just change the compression scheme? probably a lot more to it, but why isn't it done already? why didn't Sony think ahead a bit?