Is different to the Canon Hack Development Kit that I remember using quite a few years back to add extra features (manual focus, RAW mode, etc) to my point and click Digital Ixus?
If what they did is legal, so what? I take every tax deduction I can legally find, why shouldn't Apple?
Because the world is changing and it's no longer socially acceptable to just pay what's legal, it's considered inappropriate to pay less than what people would consider to be a fair amount. If you're paying $1 of tax on $1000 of earnings because you've cleverly nested your business assets overseas in a complex web of tax avoidance schemes, then most people would consider that unfair, even if it is legal.
Tax avoidance (NB not the same thing as tax evasion) was once considered socially acceptable. Of late there's been a swing the other way and national governments are now putting pressure on organisations to pay their fair share of tax (as opposed to just their legal obligation). Companies that don't conform get "outed" in the media. This bad publicity can cause the companies involved to suffer a punishment of a loss in revenue - the public are less likely to do business with companies they see as not paying their fare share of tax.
Sort of like an extortion racket, except it's okay because it's the government doing it:p
HTML needs an active companion language, an actual programming language, one that will replace the disparate third-party technologies in use today. Just eliminating Flash and Javascript for example would eliminate a vast majority of the world's browsing headaches.
Well said! IBM might not be the giants they once were but they're still pretty clued up. They sold off Thinkpad to Leveno and it's pretty clear now that the PC* market is dying.
The server market may well be about to choke it with cloud servers becoming so popular (AWS and whatnort). It doesn't seem sensible for a company of IBM's size to hold on to a market that is fast becoming a niece market.
-- *I use "PC market" to mean "desktop/laptop market"... I hate it how Apple commandeered the term PC as if it somehow doesn't apply to Macs
Maybe not the year of the Linux desktop, but instead the year of the Linux set-top-box.
As long as Valve (and ideally other developers as well) make big-name games availale, then I think a lot of gamers would switch to Linux on their existing computer rather than buy a set-top box.
Plenty of people only use their computers for basic web/email/word processing and games and the only thing that ties them to Windows is games. I'm sure plenty would welcome the opportunity to not have to pay for Windows (or have the hassle of pirating it) so long as the games they want to play are available on Linux.
Unfortunately, right now, the choice is lacking. I see Counter-Strike:Source and Team Fortress 2 being the only big-name games. This is disappointing as they were allegedly beta testing with Left 4 Dead 2 which still isn't available on Linux.
Once the other main Source games become available and new games are written with Linux in mind then I can see adoption of Linux for gaming picking up.
There is a long discussion among very qualified individuals on this subject. You can read it here
Hmm, I'm worried that the HTTP compression used for that discussion may have resulted in the diminished quality that I can see. Can you please provide a copy of it on pen and paper for me so that I can read it in the way the authors originally intended?
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What's with the image on the left hand side? Have I clicked on Digg by accident?
Now that is a kickass hack!
Is different to the Canon Hack Development Kit that I remember using quite a few years back to add extra features (manual focus, RAW mode, etc) to my point and click Digital Ixus?
Graffiti is an important part of what makes Berlin Berlin.
Agreed; it Takes My Breath Away!
I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.
Does it really matter so long as it does what it says on the tin? It works faster, surely that's all that matters?
Oh come on. April 1st is over. Everyone knows Hurd is a running gag. It's an ancient meme.
Ha, indeed! Someone once tried to convince me that Duke Nukem Forever had been released too. I'm not so stupid that I'd fall for that!
If what they did is legal, so what? I take every tax deduction I can legally find, why shouldn't Apple?
Because the world is changing and it's no longer socially acceptable to just pay what's legal, it's considered inappropriate to pay less than what people would consider to be a fair amount. If you're paying $1 of tax on $1000 of earnings because you've cleverly nested your business assets overseas in a complex web of tax avoidance schemes, then most people would consider that unfair, even if it is legal.
Tax avoidance (NB not the same thing as tax evasion) was once considered socially acceptable. Of late there's been a swing the other way and national governments are now putting pressure on organisations to pay their fair share of tax (as opposed to just their legal obligation). Companies that don't conform get "outed" in the media. This bad publicity can cause the companies involved to suffer a punishment of a loss in revenue - the public are less likely to do business with companies they see as not paying their fare share of tax.
Sort of like an extortion racket, except it's okay because it's the government doing it :p
Then again I'm an old fart who misses the 90s world wide web with its simple and direct approach without java and flash.
You're talking about 1992-1995 then?
The web was so small then that it'd probably fit on a modern desktop hard drive!
NOW THEY'RE SCARED. NERDS WITH GUNS!!!!
I'm imagining a high noon showdown between Linus and RMS
(n/t)
We, the British government, will protect you from this bane.
The British Government can go suck my **** !
(just so long as they don't watch the recording over public wi-fi)
HTML needs an active companion language, an actual programming language, one that will replace the disparate third-party technologies in use today. Just eliminating Flash and Javascript for example would eliminate a vast majority of the world's browsing headaches.
I agree!
I shall call this new language "Jscript"!
-Bill
A quick buck, or a quick death in a dying market?
Well said! IBM might not be the giants they once were but they're still pretty clued up. They sold off Thinkpad to Leveno and it's pretty clear now that the PC* market is dying.
The server market may well be about to choke it with cloud servers becoming so popular (AWS and whatnort). It doesn't seem sensible for a company of IBM's size to hold on to a market that is fast becoming a niece market.
--
*I use "PC market" to mean "desktop/laptop market"... I hate it how Apple commandeered the term PC as if it somehow doesn't apply to Macs
Getting lasik back in '04 was the best 4 grand I ever spent.
From the FAQ:
Sucks to be you!
.. awful. Really, try it. Back eight feet away from your monitor and what can you see?
I can see doctors...
I backud up and fell out of the window and now I'm in hospital :(
Hey Julian, good to hear from you. How's life in the embassy treating you?
Well, it's quite obvious really, it's been REDACTED
Should be really easy to study - are aircrew more likely to suffer the ill effects of ionizing radiation, whatever those are.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/557340.stm
I propose that we should legislate to ensure that all the passengers are wrapped inside one metal enclosure before take-off!
Maybe not the year of the Linux desktop, but instead the year of the Linux set-top-box.
As long as Valve (and ideally other developers as well) make big-name games availale, then I think a lot of gamers would switch to Linux on their existing computer rather than buy a set-top box.
Plenty of people only use their computers for basic web/email/word processing and games and the only thing that ties them to Windows is games. I'm sure plenty would welcome the opportunity to not have to pay for Windows (or have the hassle of pirating it) so long as the games they want to play are available on Linux.
Unfortunately, right now, the choice is lacking. I see Counter-Strike:Source and Team Fortress 2 being the only big-name games. This is disappointing as they were allegedly beta testing with Left 4 Dead 2 which still isn't available on Linux.
Once the other main Source games become available and new games are written with Linux in mind then I can see adoption of Linux for gaming picking up.
I'm thinking of submitting win.com
Nanotechnology... the next big thing.
I'll get my coat
Removing words is like removing lines of code. Almost always makes it better.
Removing ... words is like ... better
There is a long discussion among very qualified individuals on this subject. You can read it here
Hmm, I'm worried that the HTTP compression used for that discussion may have resulted in the diminished quality that I can see. Can you please provide a copy of it on pen and paper for me so that I can read it in the way the authors originally intended?
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:5aVULvnepasJ:www.roadtovr.com/2013/03/12/build-your-own-diy-oculus-rift-guide-3927&hl=en&strip=1