We don't need them getting any mroe stupid ideas. They get enough on their own. I can just see a pencil pushing editor at a publisher submitting and idea he discovered for pay-per-view books after digital books have become the normal.
Although you did forget a few things yard sales, rumage sales, and flea markets. Don't forget the authors "hard work" is being sold for virtually nothing at these. I doubt they'd want you to even sell used book that are out of print. I bet they'd prefer you to find a "modern" alternative that is close to what you are looking ofr.
Content providers better wake up. The more they b*tch and complain--oops, I mean defend the rights of the hard working authors of the content--the more they will piss off the consumers. The past holiday season is supposed to be the best season for retailers, but this year the entertainment retailers (suchs as music and video) didn't have a good season. Consumers bought less than last year. I bet some of this is due to all of the lawsuits that have been filed be the entertainment industry against consumer rights, and their attempts to take away our rights. I will admit that not all of it was due to those reason, but I think a decent amount was.
Don't link to them. If companies don't get the hits they need, they will change their tune. If nobody pay to link to a site, like say ?.com, then that site has few chances of people going to it. It doesn't make much senses financially. Thats like Sears charging an entrance fee to into there store. People just won't go in.
Personally, I think this is in retalliatiion to the search engines charging for a better position in search results. Maybe these two ideas will cancel each other out.
Anyone check out the Licenses attatched to it? There are a lot. Also mentioned in the licenses:
ADUVA RESOLVE LIBRARY BETA TEST LICENSE AGREEMENT
Section 1.
"a limited, non-exclusive license and right to non-commercial use of one copy of the Program on your desktop computer or on a portable computer, all for the purpose of testing the Program."
This leads me to believe this will not always be free. You could end up paying for this "service" (the use of their database). Doesn't that violate some of the previous Licenses? After glancing at this, I doubt I will use this. Sounds to sketchy to me.
I think it depends on the school that is being attended. Some schools are better.
I have found that CIS degrees tend to be more cookie cutter oriented. They tend to teach how to do the job on a particular system with one, and maybe more, tools. CIS tends to be lacking in real hardcore programming and problem solving. CIS degrees tend to focus on the system and how use/run it.
A CS oriented degree tends to be more abstract. When it is done abstract, you can migrate from tool to tool and langauge to language with little difficulties. CS tends to develope better logical thinking and problem solving (because of all the math).
I would personally recomend aiming towards the CS degree. It prove better for you in the long run. I went to a liberal arts school and got my CS/Mathematics degree, and I have found I have been able to solve problems quicker than the poeple who didn't. You can always take some CIS courses.
In the end, what matters is what you can prove you can do. Work on Open Source projects to get your name out there, and get internships. You want to start building examples of what you can do to fill your resume.
Nope. This is perfectly legal under the law. It will take some big high profile cases to laws in place too. I have known this would be problem when I heard the wanted to map the human gnome back in the early 90s. We still have some problems with discrimination based on sex, religion, and race. Why wouldn't this be a problem.
I wouldn't be surprised if some "diligent entrepreneur" started compiling databases of people diagnosed with the potential diseases and disorders. They already are doing it with other infornmation of ours. Why not do it with this too. Truth be known. This is just the tip of the iceburg of what could become a very serious problem.
Imagine a new drivers license that has more storage capacity than the current drivers licenses with magnetic strips. They code place all you things you have genetically diagnosed with on that new drivers liscence.
Here is the link for those who can't reach it.
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Here is the link to the sotry for those who could not reach it. The link was bad for me so I searched for it.
I said that is where they are heading that way. Quote, "While there is not any real "timing" involved with ".NET" yet,..." As for renting, that is already known. The next version of MS Office will have an additional option to buy "subscriptions". This is a fact. It was reported here. The obvious conclusion is they will eventually join these two ideas together. Let's face it, when have they not integrated there ideas? The have the market power at the moment to do so. People such as yourself, who don't think this is where they are going, are like blind people stumbling around in the dark (without guidance of any sort). Eventually, if things continue to go there way it will hit you in the face, and you could be paying for use of their (and other companies) application by either subscription or an hourly rate.
Use some brains. DO YOU REALY THINK THEY WOULD COME OUT AND SAY, "In X number of years, we will have setup the.NET to charge you on a subscription or rate based on your usage"? No they wouldn't. They have to gradually work people into the idea. Once people get comfortable with the ideas of.NET and a subscription based software License, they move on to the next step. It would be done in steps gradually--in such a way that the average user wouldn't mind in the end. The will sell the idea with sayings like "Always have the latest version" and "Why clutter up you drive space with programs? Let us keep the programs, and you just use them?"
This also allows Microsoft to do more things, like check out what developers are doing. Steal there code if the want to. If you write a bad letter about Microsoft, it could be setup to crash just your instance of word when they want to do it. This opens up a whole world of possiblities for them.
On the brighter side, some people will switch to Linus (and other OSes that are not setup this way) to get away from Microsoft. It will be a boost to Linux.
You are missing the point. While this really is KDE playing catch-up with GNome and Windows, people say MS stuff stinks for other reasons. One, MS stuff is proprietary. The don't always tell you what you are suppoed to do unless you're playing by their rules.
".NET" is not anything new. It is a revist of the "time sharing" from the old days. While there is not any real "timing" involved with ".NET" yet, there will be. In the old days (early days of computers), if you couldn't afford to buy a computer, you bought a terminal and rented time off of someone near buy that did have a computer. The idea is similar to what Microsoft is trying to do with ".NET". Eventually Microsoft will go away from selling "Liscenced" versions altogether in favor of a ".NET" strategy. They have taken the first step. You will have an option to buy a subscription to the new version of MS Office instead of buying the a "liscenced" version. While there will probably be a license, there is also a time table on this. You have "repurchase" you subscription after a year! The next step is Microsoft moving to either subcription only or directly to Internet only.
Why would they do this and risk the rage of the usert? Simple, it will save them money and is a goo piracy deterant(sp?). If you have purchase your subcription every year, this requires you to have an ID and they can then find illegl versions easier because the subscription software doesn't work after your subscription runs out.
".Net" at it's core is about Microsoft stepping closer to internet distributed applications. When they go directly to internet applications, you will be directly at their mercy. What you don't want to upgrade and you haven't upgraded your OS yet? Tough. You can't use our software. Your subscription to your old software has run out, and we are not selling any more subscriptions.
".NET" is a mistake. It's going in the wrong direction. Microsoft would rather everybody have a thin client and be require to do what they want you too.
Just a correction. ".Net" is a new look on old stuff. ".Net" is just Microsofts version of the old time sharing done in the early days of computing. While batch processing may not be standard in ".Net" the idea is the same. Everything is located in one place. It's just a new look on old technology. It's a step backwards.
Another major problem is the fact that a year is not truely 365 days. is is 365 days with a fraction of a day. This would mean the months would gradually move in the seasons. Month One would start out in Winter and eventual move to spring, summer, fall, and then back to winter.
When you consider this is only in Schools and Libraries, this is not a big deal. Libraries cannot afford to pay people to watch what kids do in the libraries. Besides, how many parents go with their kids to the library? When they are young you take them, but there comes a times when you stop taking them and they go by themselves.
Also, how many teachers do you know smoking crack in school instead of teaching? I HIGHLY doubt a majority of them do this.
You can still look at porn all you want at home. If censorware gets used more often, people will complain about the effectiveness of the software, and the companies making the software will improve their reliablity.
The only way I would have a problem with this is if they tried make censoring personal or corporate computers madatory.
When you consider the trend in recent days regaurding public building and property, it should not surprise you that this happened. Recently in my area, a nativity(sp?) scene that has been displayed in the center area of the town for many years can't be displayed any more. The reason why? About 5 people complained about it. These same people later suggested displaying various other things for other religions including (but not only) somethign to symbolise the Atzec religion for sacraficing humans, skeletons (and such) for witch craft, and several other things.
Society as a whole has been moving to non offensive toward as many people as possible. While I doubt this goal will ever be reached, the trend is still going towards this. The censorship of internet computers in public building, such as schools and libraries, is just another extention of this.
Expect more of this to happen i more areas until enough peopel wake up and tell these few people to shut up and get lost.
I would have to agree with you. I don't always have the time to compile the stuff myself. To top it off, I am still new to Linux, so having to compile everything all the time might become information overload. Once I know Linuxx better, then maybe I will compile everything all the time, but I doubt it. It takes time--especially the first time you get the code.
I prefer screen shots. I like to know if there is a GUI or not, and if there is, if the design of the GUI is intuitive or just plan off the wall.
Well, that could be a problem when viewing those new possible planets found by Astronomers, and when check out scenes from an upcoming movies. I think that might be extreme. Besides the don't have to save the image as an image a custom type using java would circumvent that.
Why attack Prodigy? Why not AOL? Why not MS? Why not Netscape?
This is completely BS.
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I would rather toy with ideas like living technology. A creature the size of a planet use to move between stars, and weapons that are alive. A lot more intersting.
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I have several series I am reading currently. I don't know when I would fit it in, but it looks like it would put me to sleep. I have enough with reading CS books, Dr. Who, Star Wars (New Jedi Order), and A fantacy series (I forget the name). They can't seem to write them fast enough for me.
For those of you who like Star Wars and technology, if you haven't check out Star Wars: New Jedi Order, you need to. The new "Evil Enimy" has only living technology. Including HUGE planet sized creatures used to move between galaxies and living fighting creatures for space. They have living breathign masks. There is going to be 22 novels in this series. All the hard cover books are major events in the series. The first in the series is Vector Prime.
I don't think I would agree that aqua completely originated from them. I work for a company clled Teletutor a while back (they got bought out and I got layed off), and we had buttons like the "Aqua" blue buttons about 2.5 to 2 years or so. Unfortunately I don't have any screen shots to prove it. The button would even light up when you went through them. Went went trhough a few design changes during that time. I don't agree that they own the Aqua design. I think they just stole the ideas from different places.
Remember, Apple is only a bully, and a wanna-be Microsoft.
Yup. I remember using a tape recorder to upload/download software on my TRS-80 Color computer. Still have all 3 models. I still have my documentation for OS-9 level II, and a HUGE collection of the Rainbow magazine.
If we could harness the storage capcity of such devices with FIREWIRE and/or USB, it would be great. We could store all our legal MP3s on one of these!
This could backfire on the labels. THe stations could stop playing songs until the labels payup. If they don't play the songs, the labels lose more audience. If you ask me, the stations will have most of the power. What this will effect is non-station webcasts like shoutcast where your everyday person sets up a server. That is going to be interesting to see what happens.
A picture doesn't garentee that it actually works! Anyone remember the potatoe powered computer? All you need to is hide the computer out of view. Notice there are no screen shots of anything really useful.
Let's assume it is for real. Ok so you can load the Kernel and BASH? So what. What good is it if you can't use the graphics processing. Where would you store real programs? You might be able to use it for great graphics processing--especially if you connected it to a real computer.
They may be useable but there is one possible problem with this type of RAM (any type of RAM that keeps it values are loss of power). If for some reason your computer freezes, or you get memory leaks, or anything else that we currently rely on the powering down of our systems to clear up. That won't be the case. Unless you allow an option to wipe those memory banks clean if you want to, you'll end up with the computer in the same state as befor eyou shut the computer off!
I wonder how they will deal with that. Also, I wonder how long will the banks keep their values? They must know that information. What I found was an article from March 1999 that talks about initial investigations. We probably won't see more information till later.
May it is simply to contrast our lives, or to put is simply, to keep them in balance--even though most of us probably wouldn't recognise it. You see the same thing with Tolken's books. Especially the Lord of the Ring.
Personally, I like keeping technology to a minimum in my humble apartment. I deal with it all day. Why do I need to have that computerised toaster that I can check my emial with?
They may not die that quickly. Some people will fall for their ideas. If you do the math, Napster at $5/month will be $60/year. To some people $45 dollars a year doesn't seem bad.
What we need is a new Large capacity medium to store MP3s on so I can carry all my MP3 from all of my legally purchased cds. Somehting else will pop up. I say boycott MP3.com now.
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We don't need them getting any mroe stupid ideas. They get enough on their own. I can just see a pencil pushing editor at a publisher submitting and idea he discovered for pay-per-view books after digital books have become the normal.
Although you did forget a few things yard sales, rumage sales, and flea markets. Don't forget the authors "hard work" is being sold for virtually nothing at these. I doubt they'd want you to even sell used book that are out of print. I bet they'd prefer you to find a "modern" alternative that is close to what you are looking ofr.
Content providers better wake up. The more they b*tch and complain--oops, I mean defend the rights of the hard working authors of the content--the more they will piss off the consumers. The past holiday season is supposed to be the best season for retailers, but this year the entertainment retailers (suchs as music and video) didn't have a good season. Consumers bought less than last year. I bet some of this is due to all of the lawsuits that have been filed be the entertainment industry against consumer rights, and their attempts to take away our rights. I will admit that not all of it was due to those reason, but I think a decent amount was.
Don't link to them. If companies don't get the hits they need, they will change their tune. If nobody pay to link to a site, like say ?.com, then that site has few chances of people going to it. It doesn't make much senses financially. Thats like Sears charging an entrance fee to into there store. People just won't go in.
Personally, I think this is in retalliatiion to the search engines charging for a better position in search results. Maybe these two ideas will cancel each other out.
I seriously hope you didn't agree to those terms! You'd be in violation now.
Anyone check out the Licenses attatched to it? There are a lot. Also mentioned in the licenses:
ADUVA RESOLVE LIBRARY BETA TEST LICENSE AGREEMENT
Section 1.
"a limited, non-exclusive license and right to non-commercial use of one copy of the Program on your desktop computer or on a portable computer, all for the purpose of testing the Program."
This leads me to believe this will not always be free. You could end up paying for this "service" (the use of their database). Doesn't that violate some of the previous Licenses? After glancing at this, I doubt I will use this. Sounds to sketchy to me.
I think it depends on the school that is being attended. Some schools are better.
I have found that CIS degrees tend to be more cookie cutter oriented. They tend to teach how to do the job on a particular system with one, and maybe more, tools. CIS tends to be lacking in real hardcore programming and problem solving. CIS degrees tend to focus on the system and how use/run it.
A CS oriented degree tends to be more abstract. When it is done abstract, you can migrate from tool to tool and langauge to language with little difficulties. CS tends to develope better logical thinking and problem solving (because of all the math).
I would personally recomend aiming towards the CS degree. It prove better for you in the long run. I went to a liberal arts school and got my CS/Mathematics degree, and I have found I have been able to solve problems quicker than the poeple who didn't. You can always take some CIS courses.
In the end, what matters is what you can prove you can do. Work on Open Source projects to get your name out there, and get internships. You want to start building examples of what you can do to fill your resume.
Nope. This is perfectly legal under the law. It will take some big high profile cases to laws in place too. I have known this would be problem when I heard the wanted to map the human gnome back in the early 90s. We still have some problems with discrimination based on sex, religion, and race. Why wouldn't this be a problem.
I wouldn't be surprised if some "diligent entrepreneur" started compiling databases of people diagnosed with the potential diseases and disorders. They already are doing it with other infornmation of ours. Why not do it with this too. Truth be known. This is just the tip of the iceburg of what could become a very serious problem.
Imagine a new drivers license that has more storage capacity than the current drivers licenses with magnetic strips. They code place all you things you have genetically diagnosed with on that new drivers liscence.
Here is the link to the sotry for those who could not reach it. The link was bad for me so I searched for it.
I said that is where they are heading that way. Quote, "While there is not any real "timing" involved with ".NET" yet, ..." As for renting, that is already known. The next version of MS Office will have an additional option to buy "subscriptions". This is a fact. It was reported here. The obvious conclusion is they will eventually join these two ideas together. Let's face it, when have they not integrated there ideas? The have the market power at the moment to do so. People such as yourself, who don't think this is where they are going, are like blind people stumbling around in the dark (without guidance of any sort). Eventually, if things continue to go there way it will hit you in the face, and you could be paying for use of their (and other companies) application by either subscription or an hourly rate.
.NET to charge you on a subscription or rate based on your usage"? No they wouldn't. They have to gradually work people into the idea. Once people get comfortable with the ideas of .NET and a subscription based software License, they move on to the next step. It would be done in steps gradually--in such a way that the average user wouldn't mind in the end. The will sell the idea with sayings like "Always have the latest version" and "Why clutter up you drive space with programs? Let us keep the programs, and you just use them?"
Use some brains. DO YOU REALY THINK THEY WOULD COME OUT AND SAY, "In X number of years, we will have setup the
This also allows Microsoft to do more things, like check out what developers are doing. Steal there code if the want to. If you write a bad letter about Microsoft, it could be setup to crash just your instance of word when they want to do it. This opens up a whole world of possiblities for them.
On the brighter side, some people will switch to Linus (and other OSes that are not setup this way) to get away from Microsoft. It will be a boost to Linux.
You are missing the point. While this really is KDE playing catch-up with GNome and Windows, people say MS stuff stinks for other reasons. One, MS stuff is proprietary. The don't always tell you what you are suppoed to do unless you're playing by their rules.
".NET" is not anything new. It is a revist of the "time sharing" from the old days. While there is not any real "timing" involved with ".NET" yet, there will be. In the old days (early days of computers), if you couldn't afford to buy a computer, you bought a terminal and rented time off of someone near buy that did have a computer. The idea is similar to what Microsoft is trying to do with ".NET". Eventually Microsoft will go away from selling "Liscenced" versions altogether in favor of a ".NET" strategy. They have taken the first step. You will have an option to buy a subscription to the new version of MS Office instead of buying the a "liscenced" version. While there will probably be a license, there is also a time table on this. You have "repurchase" you subscription after a year! The next step is Microsoft moving to either subcription only or directly to Internet only.
Why would they do this and risk the rage of the usert? Simple, it will save them money and is a goo piracy deterant(sp?). If you have purchase your subcription every year, this requires you to have an ID and they can then find illegl versions easier because the subscription software doesn't work after your subscription runs out.
".Net" at it's core is about Microsoft stepping closer to internet distributed applications. When they go directly to internet applications, you will be directly at their mercy. What you don't want to upgrade and you haven't upgraded your OS yet? Tough. You can't use our software. Your subscription to your old software has run out, and we are not selling any more subscriptions.
".NET" is a mistake. It's going in the wrong direction. Microsoft would rather everybody have a thin client and be require to do what they want you too.
Just a correction. ".Net" is a new look on old stuff. ".Net" is just Microsofts version of the old time sharing done in the early days of computing. While batch processing may not be standard in ".Net" the idea is the same. Everything is located in one place. It's just a new look on old technology. It's a step backwards.
Another major problem is the fact that a year is not truely 365 days. is is 365 days with a fraction of a day. This would mean the months would gradually move in the seasons. Month One would start out in Winter and eventual move to spring, summer, fall, and then back to winter.
When you consider this is only in Schools and Libraries, this is not a big deal. Libraries cannot afford to pay people to watch what kids do in the libraries. Besides, how many parents go with their kids to the library? When they are young you take them, but there comes a times when you stop taking them and they go by themselves.
Also, how many teachers do you know smoking crack in school instead of teaching? I HIGHLY doubt a majority of them do this.
You can still look at porn all you want at home. If censorware gets used more often, people will complain about the effectiveness of the software, and the companies making the software will improve their reliablity.
The only way I would have a problem with this is if they tried make censoring personal or corporate computers madatory.
When you consider the trend in recent days regaurding public building and property, it should not surprise you that this happened. Recently in my area, a nativity(sp?) scene that has been displayed in the center area of the town for many years can't be displayed any more. The reason why? About 5 people complained about it. These same people later suggested displaying various other things for other religions including (but not only) somethign to symbolise the Atzec religion for sacraficing humans, skeletons (and such) for witch craft, and several other things.
Society as a whole has been moving to non offensive toward as many people as possible. While I doubt this goal will ever be reached, the trend is still going towards this. The censorship of internet computers in public building, such as schools and libraries, is just another extention of this.
Expect more of this to happen i more areas until enough peopel wake up and tell these few people to shut up and get lost.
I would have to agree with you. I don't always have the time to compile the stuff myself. To top it off, I am still new to Linux, so having to compile everything all the time might become information overload. Once I know Linuxx better, then maybe I will compile everything all the time, but I doubt it. It takes time--especially the first time you get the code.
I prefer screen shots. I like to know if there is a GUI or not, and if there is, if the design of the GUI is intuitive or just plan off the wall.
"3) Turn off image loading. "
Well, that could be a problem when viewing those new possible planets found by Astronomers, and when check out scenes from an upcoming movies. I think that might be extreme. Besides the don't have to save the image as an image a custom type using java would circumvent that.
Why attack Prodigy? Why not AOL? Why not MS? Why not Netscape?
This is completely BS.
I would rather toy with ideas like living technology. A creature the size of a planet use to move between stars, and weapons that are alive. A lot more intersting.
I have several series I am reading currently. I don't know when I would fit it in, but it looks like it would put me to sleep. I have enough with reading CS books, Dr. Who, Star Wars (New Jedi Order), and A fantacy series (I forget the name). They can't seem to write them fast enough for me.
For those of you who like Star Wars and technology, if you haven't check out Star Wars: New Jedi Order, you need to. The new "Evil Enimy" has only living technology. Including HUGE planet sized creatures used to move between galaxies and living fighting creatures for space. They have living breathign masks. There is going to be 22 novels in this series. All the hard cover books are major events in the series. The first in the series is Vector Prime.
I don't think I would agree that aqua completely originated from them. I work for a company clled Teletutor a while back (they got bought out and I got layed off), and we had buttons like the "Aqua" blue buttons about 2.5 to 2 years or so. Unfortunately I don't have any screen shots to prove it. The button would even light up when you went through them. Went went trhough a few design changes during that time. I don't agree that they own the Aqua design. I think they just stole the ideas from different places.
Remember, Apple is only a bully, and a wanna-be Microsoft.
I was refering to the devices in the article. Yes I remember that. I think I still have a 1200/600/300 baud modem somewhere collecting dust.
Yup. I remember using a tape recorder to upload/download software on my TRS-80 Color computer. Still have all 3 models. I still have my documentation for OS-9 level II, and a HUGE collection of the Rainbow magazine.
If we could harness the storage capcity of such devices with FIREWIRE and/or USB, it would be great. We could store all our legal MP3s on one of these!
This could backfire on the labels. THe stations could stop playing songs until the labels payup. If they don't play the songs, the labels lose more audience. If you ask me, the stations will have most of the power. What this will effect is non-station webcasts like shoutcast where your everyday person sets up a server. That is going to be interesting to see what happens.
A picture doesn't garentee that it actually works! Anyone remember the potatoe powered computer? All you need to is hide the computer out of view. Notice there are no screen shots of anything really useful.
Let's assume it is for real. Ok so you can load the Kernel and BASH? So what. What good is it if you can't use the graphics processing. Where would you store real programs? You might be able to use it for great graphics processing--especially if you connected it to a real computer.
I am not convinced this is true.
They may be useable but there is one possible problem with this type of RAM (any type of RAM that keeps it values are loss of power). If for some reason your computer freezes, or you get memory leaks, or anything else that we currently rely on the powering down of our systems to clear up. That won't be the case. Unless you allow an option to wipe those memory banks clean if you want to, you'll end up with the computer in the same state as befor eyou shut the computer off!
I wonder how they will deal with that. Also, I wonder how long will the banks keep their values? They must know that information. What I found was an article from March 1999 that talks about initial investigations. We probably won't see more information till later.
May it is simply to contrast our lives, or to put is simply, to keep them in balance--even though most of us probably wouldn't recognise it. You see the same thing with Tolken's books. Especially the Lord of the Ring.
Personally, I like keeping technology to a minimum in my humble apartment. I deal with it all day. Why do I need to have that computerised toaster that I can check my emial with?
They may not die that quickly. Some people will fall for their ideas. If you do the math, Napster at $5/month will be $60/year. To some people $45 dollars a year doesn't seem bad.
What we need is a new Large capacity medium to store MP3s on so I can carry all my MP3 from all of my legally purchased cds. Somehting else will pop up. I say boycott MP3.com now.