That Bob product cracks me up every time I see it. It's a wonder they ever succeeded with products like that one and marketing like this TV commercial.
It wasn't too long ago that RIM managed to crawl out of a hole by filing frivolous lawsuits for patent infringement. Remember when they filed suit against Handspring over the elliptical shape of the buttons on the keyboard? They justified it by saying they 'invested substantial research and development and marketing effort' into the design and it wasn't fair that Handspring should be able to reap the rewards of their hard work. A fucking keyboard. I hate to see another stupid patent lawsuit, but I have a hard time being sympathetic to their cause. As far as I'm concerned this is poetic justice.
Where the hell does the Senate get off telling Google how to run their email service? This doesn't seem right. Not that I want Google harvesting my email for personal information they can use as they please, but it just doesn't seem like its the government's place to make that decision. This is something that should be decided in the free market. Don't like the terms of service? Then don't f-ing sign up. Anyways last time I checked, the Hotmail terms of service basically said that anything you send through Hotmail belongs to them. I'm sure there are similar provisions in the TOS for the others too. The article was a little light on details. Does this single out Google or does it apply to other providers as well?
Not really. I'm not bashing Debian here, but it's not likely any government agency or fortune 500 company is going to be adopting a community-supported distribution for widespread use any time soon. Government agencies and fortune 500 companies typically (read usually, not always) don't like software that doesn't come with a support agreement, even if it is arguably a better product. In any case though, this shouldn't change anyone's opinion of Debian. A certification should not be confused with quality.
If that's what they're doing it's fine with me. That's the way it should work. Have a search engine that produces realistic results. If the big sites are dissatisfied with their placement they can pay for a sponsored listing. It's profitable for Google and creates a good balance for everyone. Surfers don't get a bunch of garbage and companies can still have good placement.
So Google is trying to filter out sites that are using tricks to better ranking. I don't see why people are getting pissy about it. This is a good thing. Sure it may suck for the webmaster who's trying to get in the top 5. Search engine placement is very competitive and can have a significant effect on bottom line. This doesn't make it fair for someone to manipulate results though. It's also bad business for Google. Would you keep using Google if every time you searched for something and started going through the results you found almost no relevant content? Kudos to Google for not bending over for a bunch of big-marketing scumbags.
Neuros doesn't play ogg. If you can overlook that it's got some very compelling features that the Rio lacks like built-in FM modulator and HiSi (let's you record a sample off the radio, then tells you what song it is when you sync). They both look like excellent players though. Don't think you can really go wrong with either one.
Nice to see elected officials finally spending our tax dollars on something that matters. They usually just waste it on stupid crap like county services, fire, police, etc. Sheesh. It's a refreshing change to see our representatives attacking the real issues. Seriously, whatever asshole came up with idea is too stupid to hold a public office. Elected officials have a responsibility to the people. Such gross dereliction of duty should be rewarded with a tax-dollar-paid stay in the county jail. Idiot.
You are wrong. People like Timothy McVeigh are the reason ignorant members of Congress propose ridiculous legislation like this. I'm not saying what they're doing is right, but don't make Timothy McVeigh some kind of hero for having the "balls" to stand up to government. He murdered innocent people. Nothing good came out of what he did. It is just downright disgusting to suggest this is the way to bring about change when we still have the power to do so through democratic elections. I'm also not buying this crap that Congress is trampling all over our rights without our consent. We are the ones that gave them their power. We can take it away. Don't glorify violence. Go out and vote.
WE can stand up to this. WE are the ones that elected the people that passed this. The only problem is most voters are not educated about the issues and that's how things like this happen. The best thing to do is GO OUT AND VOTE and try to explain to someone else why they should too. Maybe start a letter campaign explaining to your senators and representatives that you cannot give them your vote if they are going to trample all over your rights. It's true that we are losing more and more rights every day, but as long as there are still elections in this country we still have the power to stop crap like this.
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I agree with some of the previous posters that there is a very limited market for this. Sure everyone wants to travel halfway around the world in 2 hours, but who can afford it? I think something like the Boeing 7E7 Dreamliner is much more likely to succeed. Most people will choose a more reasonably priced luxury flight over a hypersonic flight even if it does take twice as long.
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Unfortunately, I think that all this SCO garbage is going to have an impact in the data center. I don't think very many CIO's are going to be jumping to adopt Linux. Even though it's all a bunch of bullshit it's still a risky move until all this blows over. No one wants to become a target for some sue-happy company that can't compete in the current market if it can be avoided. No flames please. Just imagine a CIO pitches Linux as a huge money saver. Then by some insane turn of events SCO wins and charges $699 a cpu. That cost-saving move ends up costing 3 times as much as before. It's a risk not everyone is eager to take. I may be wrong, but I just don't see Linux having huge success in the server market as long as SCO is still spouting off. In the long run I don't think this will have much of an effect on anything. Linux has made its mark and once things clear up I think many CIO's will consider it a very attractive option. On the other hand Linux has a huge opportunity on the desktop right now. The mainstream distributions are becoming more useable with every release. All the security nonsense with Microsoft can only help Linux as well. It seems like Windows never gets good press anymore and I'm not just talking about techie publications either. Every time there's a new worm it's on the front page of CNN. After people read enough of that they start to think maybe it's time to a less susceptible platform. Just my 2 cents.
Apple has been pretty liberal with their protected aac files compared to some other digital music retailers. Play on up to 3 computers, burn to cd, play on iPod. I've bought about 250-300 songs from iTMS and have never been inconvenienced by their DRM. Do you think their DRM being cracked might change any of this? I can just imagine the RIAA trying to use this as an excuse to implement some sort of draconian measures. For years now people have been screaming for fair online digital distribution. We finally get something that works well and is fair on both sides and some jackass cracks it. I sort of feel like next time the RIAA dupes some ignorant senator into introducing some insane bill that completely infringes on our rights we're not going to have a leg to stand on. Apple gave people what they asked for, then got shit on. What does everyone else think?
It's about time/. had a standards compliant site. You'd think it would have been done long ago considering all the bitching we do about embracing open standards.
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That Bob product cracks me up every time I see it. It's a wonder they ever succeeded with products like that one and marketing like this TV commercial.
It wasn't too long ago that RIM managed to crawl out of a hole by filing frivolous lawsuits for patent infringement. Remember when they filed suit against Handspring over the elliptical shape of the buttons on the keyboard? They justified it by saying they 'invested substantial research and development and marketing effort' into the design and it wasn't fair that Handspring should be able to reap the rewards of their hard work. A fucking keyboard. I hate to see another stupid patent lawsuit, but I have a hard time being sympathetic to their cause. As far as I'm concerned this is poetic justice.
Where the hell does the Senate get off telling Google how to run their email service? This doesn't seem right. Not that I want Google harvesting my email for personal information they can use as they please, but it just doesn't seem like its the government's place to make that decision. This is something that should be decided in the free market. Don't like the terms of service? Then don't f-ing sign up. Anyways last time I checked, the Hotmail terms of service basically said that anything you send through Hotmail belongs to them. I'm sure there are similar provisions in the TOS for the others too. The article was a little light on details. Does this single out Google or does it apply to other providers as well?
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Not really. I'm not bashing Debian here, but it's not likely any government agency or fortune 500 company is going to be adopting a community-supported distribution for widespread use any time soon. Government agencies and fortune 500 companies typically (read usually, not always) don't like software that doesn't come with a support agreement, even if it is arguably a better product. In any case though, this shouldn't change anyone's opinion of Debian. A certification should not be confused with quality.
If that's what they're doing it's fine with me. That's the way it should work. Have a search engine that produces realistic results. If the big sites are dissatisfied with their placement they can pay for a sponsored listing. It's profitable for Google and creates a good balance for everyone. Surfers don't get a bunch of garbage and companies can still have good placement.
So Google is trying to filter out sites that are using tricks to better ranking. I don't see why people are getting pissy about it. This is a good thing. Sure it may suck for the webmaster who's trying to get in the top 5. Search engine placement is very competitive and can have a significant effect on bottom line. This doesn't make it fair for someone to manipulate results though. It's also bad business for Google. Would you keep using Google if every time you searched for something and started going through the results you found almost no relevant content? Kudos to Google for not bending over for a bunch of big-marketing scumbags.
oops. was just reading a review the other day and it said it didn't. must have been an old review.
Neuros doesn't play ogg. If you can overlook that it's got some very compelling features that the Rio lacks like built-in FM modulator and HiSi (let's you record a sample off the radio, then tells you what song it is when you sync). They both look like excellent players though. Don't think you can really go wrong with either one.
Nice to see elected officials finally spending our tax dollars on something that matters. They usually just waste it on stupid crap like county services, fire, police, etc. Sheesh. It's a refreshing change to see our representatives attacking the real issues. Seriously, whatever asshole came up with idea is too stupid to hold a public office. Elected officials have a responsibility to the people. Such gross dereliction of duty should be rewarded with a tax-dollar-paid stay in the county jail. Idiot.
You are wrong. People like Timothy McVeigh are the reason ignorant members of Congress propose ridiculous legislation like this. I'm not saying what they're doing is right, but don't make Timothy McVeigh some kind of hero for having the "balls" to stand up to government. He murdered innocent people. Nothing good came out of what he did. It is just downright disgusting to suggest this is the way to bring about change when we still have the power to do so through democratic elections. I'm also not buying this crap that Congress is trampling all over our rights without our consent. We are the ones that gave them their power. We can take it away. Don't glorify violence. Go out and vote.
WE can stand up to this. WE are the ones that elected the people that passed this. The only problem is most voters are not educated about the issues and that's how things like this happen. The best thing to do is GO OUT AND VOTE and try to explain to someone else why they should too. Maybe start a letter campaign explaining to your senators and representatives that you cannot give them your vote if they are going to trample all over your rights. It's true that we are losing more and more rights every day, but as long as there are still elections in this country we still have the power to stop crap like this.
I agree with some of the previous posters that there is a very limited market for this. Sure everyone wants to travel halfway around the world in 2 hours, but who can afford it? I think something like the Boeing 7E7 Dreamliner is much more likely to succeed. Most people will choose a more reasonably priced luxury flight over a hypersonic flight even if it does take twice as long.
Unfortunately, I think that all this SCO garbage is going to have an impact in the data center. I don't think very many CIO's are going to be jumping to adopt Linux. Even though it's all a bunch of bullshit it's still a risky move until all this blows over. No one wants to become a target for some sue-happy company that can't compete in the current market if it can be avoided. No flames please. Just imagine a CIO pitches Linux as a huge money saver. Then by some insane turn of events SCO wins and charges $699 a cpu. That cost-saving move ends up costing 3 times as much as before. It's a risk not everyone is eager to take. I may be wrong, but I just don't see Linux having huge success in the server market as long as SCO is still spouting off. In the long run I don't think this will have much of an effect on anything. Linux has made its mark and once things clear up I think many CIO's will consider it a very attractive option. On the other hand Linux has a huge opportunity on the desktop right now. The mainstream distributions are becoming more useable with every release. All the security nonsense with Microsoft can only help Linux as well. It seems like Windows never gets good press anymore and I'm not just talking about techie publications either. Every time there's a new worm it's on the front page of CNN. After people read enough of that they start to think maybe it's time to a less susceptible platform. Just my 2 cents.
Apple has been pretty liberal with their protected aac files compared to some other digital music retailers. Play on up to 3 computers, burn to cd, play on iPod. I've bought about 250-300 songs from iTMS and have never been inconvenienced by their DRM. Do you think their DRM being cracked might change any of this? I can just imagine the RIAA trying to use this as an excuse to implement some sort of draconian measures. For years now people have been screaming for fair online digital distribution. We finally get something that works well and is fair on both sides and some jackass cracks it. I sort of feel like next time the RIAA dupes some ignorant senator into introducing some insane bill that completely infringes on our rights we're not going to have a leg to stand on. Apple gave people what they asked for, then got shit on. What does everyone else think?
It's about time /. had a standards compliant site. You'd think it would have been done long ago considering all the bitching we do about embracing open standards.