I agree! Apple is doing the right thing by not covering this.
I'd love to see Apple take it a step further and begin posting large warnings in their stores and on their website warning their potential customers. Now, that would piss off the RIAA, wouldn't it?
Grin... Oops, I guess the adolescent, or dirty old man, in me got loose for a second there..
The truth is, you're generally correct.. There are a lot of academics who've never bothered to try. They spend their days in the library or their offices trying to prove that when the stars align just right, there might be a chance that some phenomena will occur. On the other hand, there are a lot of professors that I've had the pleasure of working with who were very productive in industrial positions and returned to the academic world simple to improve the quality of life for their families.
A good friend of mine was an up-and-comer at Boeing and decided that the money wasn't worth it if he missed watching his two daughters grow up.. Another colleague has recently decided to return to academia. He has headed successful projects for the government and is currently running a successful business but feels that it's time to help prepare the next round of engineers.
Those are just two examples.. My choice was a little different. I looked around and interviewed a little as I finished up my degree, but decided that I would be a lot happier in an environment that is driven by the pursuit of crazy ideas.. Yes, the results of those pursuits have to be published, and you'll never achieve tenure without obtaining a sizable chunk of external funding, but the university doesn't really care what you study as long as you meet the above requirements.. That freedom allows me to study topics ranging from neuro-physiology to turbulent fluid dynamics..
I still may not meet your definition of someone who tries, but whoop-dee-doo.. To each their own, right?
As a university professor, I can assure you that there are a large number of folks in academia who could, but prefer the freedom of not having to. Personally, I'm pretty happy about being able to get up at 9am, go for a nice long bike ride, take a shower, wander in to the office, work on a grant proposal for the afternoon, kick around a few ideas with my graduate students, lecture, and then wrap up the day with a glass of wine and a few eager to please co-eds. How can you beat a life like that?.. Did I forget to mention that consulting gigs pay $75 - $150 an hour.. What a life..
The only good thing I've heard from any tech support was from IBM. Another pal has a Thinkpad, and when he had a problem, IBM just sent him an empty padded box with shipping paid for, he sent off his Thinkpad, and within 4 days he was working on his repaired laptop.
Apple will do this too. I have a colleague with a Powerbook. The poor guy's kind of a clumsy dolt and only marginally computer literate. Anyway, he ran into a hardware problem (a bad ribbon-cable connection to the monitor) and Apple had his machine back to him within a week..
Most large mining equipment, trains, and soon NYC buses are fossil fuel-over-electric hybrid devices. There's no reason why your truck shouldn't be able to take advantage of hybrid technology. In fact, trucks are where the auto-makers should really be focusing their efforts, as those vehicles are the easiest to improve upon.
I'm sort of partial to 'GAWD' rather than 'GHOD' myself, but to each their own..
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I'm not sure if you can run an executable within linux or windows from an iPod drive, but I know that Mac users have been able to use their iPods as emergency boot drives (Mac OS 9.x can be pretty slim if you need it to be).. It goes without saying that executables are not a problem..
That's not really the issue. The ability of a computer to "break" encryption isn't really relevant. In fact, plenty of useful computers exist that can't break, for example, the AES (i.e. all computers).
WRONG!
AES could potentially be broken by every computer sold. AES could potentially be broken by a kid with a crayon and a piece of paper (assumeing he/she understood the sequence of steps required to implement the encoding algorithm).. The reason AES is "secure" is not because it's unbreakable, but because the time required to find the decryption key is infeasible!..
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You can download the DevTools for free, or call Apple and tell them that you never received the DevTools with you TiBook!
I thought the idea behind certified mail, was that the letter must be signed for upon delivery. That means, if he sign for it, then the US Postal Service still has the letter, and probably a receipt for it, somewhere.
I know a CS professor who promotes OSS at every turn.. She encourages the use of SourceForge and absolutely loves Linux.. She uses the Reply to All option everytime she responds to a note.. I guess it just proves that Linux is making progress on the clueless desktop user front!
This will hinder more than just the IT industry!
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Do you have any idea how many bits and bytes are generated or acquired and stored on a daily basis by the scientists and engineers of this fair country?
Restricting the ability to move around and manipulate reams of digital data will hinder research efforts and bring the livelihood of of our country to a halt.. These idiots in congress need to have their heads yanked from their arses and examined!..
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Wow! All the discussions we've had about SPAM lately, and this would be the perfect way to get the word out and for SPAMmers to redeem themselves a little.. I like this idea.
Let's take things a little further.. The email addresses need to be sorted by physical address and interests.. The best way I can think to do this would be to link up with Doubleclick.. I don't like that idea, but hear me out... If we have the physical address we can provide the recipient with information necessary for contacting their congresscritter.. With information on the recipients interests (purchasing habits, religieous and sexual orientation, etc.) the letter could be tuned to prompt action..
Okay, folks.. Time to get cranking on those perl scripts..
It depends on how their algorithm works. If the file contains information (this could be a mother wavelet and a set of reconstruction filter constants) tuned for a particular song, then there will be a little up-front-cost, but an overall smaller file size..
People don't do word processing per se, but if you're laying out a fairly complex advertisment with a half dozen lines of test, wouldn't it be nice to run a spellchecker over it quickly to make sure all's well?.. It's one of a handful of tools that Apple has included in the OS as a service and it's nice that companies are taking advantage of them..
You could use a horse hair dart board using a pair of cameras and a little triangulation algorithm. The result would be a little bulkier, but probably more fun (soft darts suck!)..
You've never met many professors have you.. Many of the brighest engineering professors I've met can barely operate a web browser without the help of their graduate students and would never imagine that their machine could be acting as a web server..
Yep, I'm aware of that... I was only pointing out that there was a lot of information out there regarding ABL which is another Air Force funded aircraft based laser capable of striking ground (or near ground) based targets... That's all..
The Air Force has been working on an AirBorne Laser (ABL) project for antiballistic missile defense for a long time. Hitting targets such as SAM sites has always been a possible use of this system.
I'm honestly pretty surprised that they got it working. I had a friend working on the project for a while, but the technical obstacles were large enough that the funding was getting shaky, so he moved on to much much greener pastures..
What does fullblown MPEG 4 bring to this that we dont already have?
It brings a documented standard to the table. DivX and WMA are undocumented hacks that MS threw together before the MPEG4 codec was completed. So, while it will cost $0.25 per encoder/decoder anyone can get a copy of the standard and write their own code. (Note: I believe there's a fee that must be paid to get a copy of the standard, but it is for sale atleast.)
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I agree! Apple is doing the right thing by not covering this.
I'd love to see Apple take it a step further and begin posting large warnings in their stores and on their website warning their potential customers. Now, that would piss off the RIAA, wouldn't it?
It's not a Linux browser, but OmniWeb for Mac OS X does this..
I second the WooHoo!!
Don't worry, the Senator from Disney will clear it all up with his next bill.
Grin... Oops, I guess the adolescent, or dirty old man, in me got loose for a second there..
The truth is, you're generally correct.. There are a lot of academics who've never bothered to try. They spend their days in the library or their offices trying to prove that when the stars align just right, there might be a chance that some phenomena will occur. On the other hand, there are a lot of professors that I've had the pleasure of working with who were very productive in industrial positions and returned to the academic world simple to improve the quality of life for their families.
A good friend of mine was an up-and-comer at Boeing and decided that the money wasn't worth it if he missed watching his two daughters grow up.. Another colleague has recently decided to return to academia. He has headed successful projects for the government and is currently running a successful business but feels that it's time to help prepare the next round of engineers.
Those are just two examples.. My choice was a little different. I looked around and interviewed a little as I finished up my degree, but decided that I would be a lot happier in an environment that is driven by the pursuit of crazy ideas.. Yes, the results of those pursuits have to be published, and you'll never achieve tenure without obtaining a sizable chunk of external funding, but the university doesn't really care what you study as long as you meet the above requirements.. That freedom allows me to study topics ranging from neuro-physiology to turbulent fluid dynamics..
I still may not meet your definition of someone who tries, but whoop-dee-doo.. To each their own, right?
Those who can't, teach
As a university professor, I can assure you that there are a large number of folks in academia who could, but prefer the freedom of not having to. Personally, I'm pretty happy about being able to get up at 9am, go for a nice long bike ride, take a shower, wander in to the office, work on a grant proposal for the afternoon, kick around a few ideas with my graduate students, lecture, and then wrap up the day with a glass of wine and a few eager to please co-eds. How can you beat a life like that?.. Did I forget to mention that consulting gigs pay $75 - $150 an hour.. What a life..
The only good thing I've heard from any tech support was from IBM. Another pal has a Thinkpad, and when he had a problem, IBM just sent him an empty padded box with shipping paid for, he sent off his Thinkpad, and within 4 days he was working on his repaired laptop.
Apple will do this too. I have a colleague with a Powerbook. The poor guy's kind of a clumsy dolt and only marginally computer literate. Anyway, he ran into a hardware problem (a bad ribbon-cable connection to the monitor) and Apple had his machine back to him within a week..
Most large mining equipment, trains, and soon NYC buses are fossil fuel-over-electric hybrid devices. There's no reason why your truck shouldn't be able to take advantage of hybrid technology. In fact, trucks are where the auto-makers should really be focusing their efforts, as those vehicles are the easiest to improve upon.
I'm sort of partial to 'GAWD' rather than 'GHOD' myself, but to each their own..
I'm not sure if you can run an executable within linux or windows from an iPod drive, but I know that Mac users have been able to use their iPods as emergency boot drives (Mac OS 9.x can be pretty slim if you need it to be).. It goes without saying that executables are not a problem..
That's not really the issue. The ability of a computer to "break" encryption isn't really relevant. In fact, plenty of useful computers exist that can't break, for example, the AES (i.e. all computers).
WRONG!
AES could potentially be broken by every computer sold. AES could potentially be broken by a kid with a crayon and a piece of paper (assumeing he/she understood the sequence of steps required to implement the encoding algorithm).. The reason AES is "secure" is not because it's unbreakable, but because the time required to find the decryption key is infeasible!..
You can download the DevTools for free, or call Apple and tell them that you never received the DevTools with you TiBook!
I thought the idea behind certified mail, was that the letter must be signed for upon delivery. That means, if he sign for it, then the US Postal Service still has the letter, and probably a receipt for it, somewhere.
I know a CS professor who promotes OSS at every turn.. She encourages the use of SourceForge and absolutely loves Linux.. She uses the Reply to All option everytime she responds to a note.. I guess it just proves that Linux is making progress on the clueless desktop user front!
Do you have any idea how many bits and bytes are generated or acquired and stored on a daily basis by the scientists and engineers of this fair country?
Restricting the ability to move around and manipulate reams of digital data will hinder research efforts and bring the livelihood of of our country to a halt.. These idiots in congress need to have their heads yanked from their arses and examined!..
Wow! All the discussions we've had about SPAM lately, and this would be the perfect way to get the word out and for SPAMmers to redeem themselves a little.. I like this idea.
Let's take things a little further.. The email addresses need to be sorted by physical address and interests.. The best way I can think to do this would be to link up with Doubleclick.. I don't like that idea, but hear me out... If we have the physical address we can provide the recipient with information necessary for contacting their congresscritter.. With information on the recipients interests (purchasing habits, religieous and sexual orientation, etc.) the letter could be tuned to prompt action..
Okay, folks.. Time to get cranking on those perl scripts..
It depends on how their algorithm works. If the file contains information (this could be a mother wavelet and a set of reconstruction filter constants) tuned for a particular song, then there will be a little up-front-cost, but an overall smaller file size..
People don't do word processing per se, but if you're laying out a fairly complex advertisment with a half dozen lines of test, wouldn't it be nice to run a spellchecker over it quickly to make sure all's well?.. It's one of a handful of tools that Apple has included in the OS as a service and it's nice that companies are taking advantage of them..
You could use a horse hair dart board using a pair of cameras and a little triangulation algorithm. The result would be a little bulkier, but probably more fun (soft darts suck!)..
You've never met many professors have you.. Many of the brighest engineering professors I've met can barely operate a web browser without the help of their graduate students and would never imagine that their machine could be acting as a web server..
Wow! You think we have SPAM problems now?, imagine what anonomous email services would do..
Yep, I'm aware of that... I was only pointing out that there was a lot of information out there regarding ABL which is another Air Force funded aircraft based laser capable of striking ground (or near ground) based targets... That's all..
The Air Force has been working on an AirBorne Laser (ABL) project for antiballistic missile defense for a long time. Hitting targets such as SAM sites has always been a possible use of this system.
I'm honestly pretty surprised that they got it working. I had a friend working on the project for a while, but the technical obstacles were large enough that the funding was getting shaky, so he moved on to much much greener pastures..
That's quite a claim!.. I'll give you two months and then we'll see..
What does fullblown MPEG 4 bring to this that we dont already have?
It brings a documented standard to the table. DivX and WMA are undocumented hacks that MS threw together before the MPEG4 codec was completed. So, while it will cost $0.25 per encoder/decoder anyone can get a copy of the standard and write their own code. (Note: I believe there's a fee that must be paid to get a copy of the standard, but it is for sale atleast.)