> Who's saying it HAS to come at a performance hit? > They're simply saving themselves money using already available resources in places where the power is cheapest at any given day.
Well, I don't want my packets getting routed through some router in Iceland (and watch my latency/ping go through the roof) just because power is cheaper there.
Will the savings from this measure be passed on to consumers in the form of lower prices?? If so, I'm all for it; else, screw this, I won't take a performance hit on the Internets just to make some CEO and stockholders even richer.
I do. It and The Sims (and Spore, to some extent) were the most hyped games ever, which ultimately failed to deliver. Let's not forget the mistakes that were made there. At least casual gamers enjoyed Sims.
Really, is this situation THAT MUCH different from what we have today?? What are the chances of a small mom-and-pop start up create a virtual bookstore to rival Amazon, or an Internet services infrastucture empire to rival Google??
It's the population's (yes, you and me, and everyone else) fault that shit like this gets published, or any really bad shit gets sold (MS Bob). Companies put out products that people are willing to buy. Supply and demand.
This will sell a few thousand copies because of the fad alone.
Having no idea what Neopets was, I decided to Google it. A quick glance at the front page www.neopets.com tells me it's sort of an MMO for young kids.
I'm no parent, but hell, the intended audience of this game should be PLAYING OUTSIDE and PRACTICING SPORTS, not learning to get hooked on MMOs. I know I was, even though my parents got me an Atari, I still had to go to swimming lessons at 6 a.m. before school (oh yeah, no heated swimming pool).
And they wonder why obesity rates are at an all-time high, geez!!
>> 'the international digital distribution market,' allowing it to introduce a new pay model for file sharing."
So, it'll be Napster 2. Big corp buys out great service for the tech alone and uses it to further corporate greed.
And here we were thinking the TPB founders were selfless Jedi helping file sharers and making the digital world a better place for all. They SOLD OUT!!!
"might better enable a cloud computing vendor to perform computations on clients' data at their request, such as analyzing sales patterns, without exposing the original data. Other potential applications include enabling filters to identify spam, even in encrypted email, or protecting information contained in electronic medical records."
Right, because we've already figured out everything about cloud computing and it's a totally stable environment ready to be deployed in every company around the globe. Time to take it to the next step.
Sites created by people like you and me, who happen to have a lot of free time in their hands, and like to do something useful with it instead of reading/posting to/. Everyone is entitled to his/her own opinion, and NO blog should be seen as an authority on anything.
If a blog gives too glowing reviews of whatever product, try to corroborate the opinion by reading another blog, or product review.
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> Who's saying it HAS to come at a performance hit?
> They're simply saving themselves money using already available resources in places where the power is cheapest at any given day.
Well, I don't want my packets getting routed through some router in Iceland (and watch my latency/ping go through the roof) just because power is cheaper there.
Will the savings from this measure be passed on to consumers in the form of lower prices?? If so, I'm all for it; else, screw this, I won't take a performance hit on the Internets just to make some CEO and stockholders even richer.
What was the purpose of "domain testing" anyway??
Geez, at those prices, wouldn't it be cheaper to just pay for the damn parking card???
> Millenniata, is said to be in the final stages of negotiation with Phillips over patent licensing and plans to begin manufacture in September.
I guess Phillips felt sorry for some old lady who fell for a Nigerian government scam and decided to hire her...
Anyone who buys this is an idiot.
> There must be more to this story, though. Maybe it's Wells Fargo Holding Co., Inc. versus Wells Fargo Partners, Inc. That would make sense.
True, but would that headline generate as many pageviews??
You mean Skynet runs on Windows???
I do. It and The Sims (and Spore, to some extent) were the most hyped games ever, which ultimately failed to deliver. Let's not forget the mistakes that were made there. At least casual gamers enjoyed Sims.
Really, is this situation THAT MUCH different from what we have today?? What are the chances of a small mom-and-pop start up create a virtual bookstore to rival Amazon, or an Internet services infrastucture empire to rival Google??
> What is O'Reilly doing publishing this book?
Doing their job: making money.
It's the population's (yes, you and me, and everyone else) fault that shit like this gets published, or any really bad shit gets sold (MS Bob). Companies put out products that people are willing to buy. Supply and demand.
This will sell a few thousand copies because of the fad alone.
Having no idea what Neopets was, I decided to Google it. A quick glance at the front page www.neopets.com tells me it's sort of an MMO for young kids.
I'm no parent, but hell, the intended audience of this game should be PLAYING OUTSIDE and PRACTICING SPORTS, not learning to get hooked on MMOs. I know I was, even though my parents got me an Atari, I still had to go to swimming lessons at 6 a.m. before school (oh yeah, no heated swimming pool).
And they wonder why obesity rates are at an all-time high, geez!!
>as soon as a breakthrough occurs it's often easy to continue with the penetration.
Does IIS scream and moan during this penetration??
>> 'the international digital distribution market,' allowing it to introduce a new pay model for file sharing."
So, it'll be Napster 2. Big corp buys out great service for the tech alone and uses it to further corporate greed.
And here we were thinking the TPB founders were selfless Jedi helping file sharers and making the digital world a better place for all. They SOLD OUT!!!
TPB was nice while it lasted.
"For those US residents with a Windows PC and some time for TV"
There, fixed.
As a non-US resident, Mininova is still the best bang for the buck to me.
"might better enable a cloud computing vendor to perform computations on clients' data at their request, such as analyzing sales patterns, without exposing the original data. Other potential applications include enabling filters to identify spam, even in encrypted email, or protecting information contained in electronic medical records."
Right, because we've already figured out everything about cloud computing and it's a totally stable environment ready to be deployed in every company around the globe. Time to take it to the next step.
If we're talking sexy IT companies like Microsoft, Google, Apple, Sun, then you won't find much outside cites in California.
But say, Houston, has (had, when I lived there) lots of good IT jobs, obviously serving the oil industry. But they were still great jobs.
DHS can probably secretly fund Google to develop a realtime Google Maps/Earth app.
All in the name of national security of course.
Sites created by people like you and me, who happen to have a lot of free time in their hands, and like to do something useful with it instead of reading/posting to /. Everyone is entitled to his/her own opinion, and NO blog should be seen as an authority on anything.
If a blog gives too glowing reviews of whatever product, try to corroborate the opinion by reading another blog, or product review.
As for TFA, goodluckwiththat.
Yeah, the tech works alright, until you find out it's in the hands of a drug lord in the ghetto. Go get it tiger!!
Now telemarketers, religious freaks, and campaign-donation guys will be able to find me no matter where I am.
I wonder if we'll be able to register that line on the DNC list.
> society could expect a certain baseline of traits for what is "human".
Replace "human" wth "beautiful" and we´re already there.
Then Sun should give them negative feedback and move on.
You mean Lifetime, HSN, basically the ones nobody watches anyway?? I say good riddance. Makes flipping channels less wasteful.
Someone needs to hit Disney hard where it hurts!! How's that Mickey Mouse copyright doing???
Depending on the amount of pr0n in its harddrive, the outcome could be pretty sticky.