Ok, I'm gonna use this little space of the web to say what I want from a software company...I want a CD when I buy software, and I only want to pay for it once...I want it full featured!
I have to pay for my car payment, cell phone, student loans, etc on a monthly basis, I don't want to have to worry about paying for my software monthly too.
Usually, when I buy software, I ask myself...will I get good use out of this or will I end up upgrading it in the near future? If the answer is the latter then I look on.
I really hate to say this, but...what if e-mail were controlled by the good old US gov't? Would corporations and institutions have the right to make us sign our lives over in silly EULAs? Or would there be more laws to protect us from such things. Personally, I wouldn't be afraid if the gov't had access to my e-mail...I'm a law abiding citizen. IMHO, it would definately be better than signing my life away to a corporation. I would feel more protected by the laws and regulations set out by the gov't. However, my opinion certainly differs from many, and I'm sure it could change someday too.
Basically, what I'm trying to get at here is a comparison.
Federal mail=hands off except for addressee
Would it be the same for e-mail?
Federal e-mail=hands off except for addressee
I would assume that mail coming to me via my companies mail room is hands off for them too...would it be the same for my e-mail coming through company servers, if the e-mail were federally controlled?
He must have some money in Napster...otherwise he wouldn't be interested in putting down Gnutella. Especially since Napster is charging now...they will be pulling in some revenue. My guess is he wants Napster to be sucessful, the only way to do that is to debunk the other free solutions. Will we see a put-down to opennap, etc soon?
Cowboy, we see everything on/. from Linux to Censorship to geeky coding contests etc. Of all the different geeky topics that are discussed on/. which ones do you enjoy reading about the most (if any), or which ones are you most involved with in your personal life during your free time?
This thread is kinda offtopic, but I gotta comment anyway...
Mainly, we are talking about the difference between a necessity and a non-necessity. The large corporations can exist without buying and selling huge databases with "our" information...they can get it from the phone book if they really want it, it is public domain already. However, they cannot exist without electricity to run their business. In theory, the system works as long as their is not already a shortage with the item in demand, such as electricity or consumber databases for instance. Here in PA, deregulation is working great, but we have so much power that if company X goes outta business, company Y can pick up the slack without too much trouble. This was CA oversite...they were already overloading their grid.
"It's funny. Laugh." Which is just what the "authorities" should do. Geesh, stop worrying about stupid cars hanging from bridges and go out and catch some "real" criminals like murderers and rapists, etc. Doesn't anyone get a prank any more?
Agreed! What it all comes down to is the artist's choice of whether to make their music available, or to put their listeners through hell to get it. Personally, I believe that most "real" musicians will choose to go the simplistic way and make their music available on their own. The ones that decided to fold to the RIAA, etc, aren't really musicians, their corporations. Not to single out Metallica, but imagine bands with names like Metallica Inc.
Anyway, for any type of encryption scheme or licensing technology, there are always people willing to find a way around it. Sure, its illegal, but as long as I can get my music for free it doesn't matter. For this reason, I'm not worried.
Another interesting variant of these games is played by all citizens of the united states, every day of their life. It is called "bueracracy" (sp?) and it is the government of the united states.
...and the server at work just blew up. But can your boss contact you? Nope, Juno is using the phone line without your knowledge. You sleep contently until the next night, when you worry about where you are working next.
Apple will be able to compete with MS if they do this. It will give a majority of the non-Unix PC users a chance to choose their OS. Maybe MS would actually loose some business.
Yes, but this is a pretty simple concept...you get what you pay for. You would be saving money, but there are many downsides to it.
Joe Schmoe buys two CD's for $30. He now has two tangable pieces of property to listen to, take to his buddies place, take in the car or wherever, put on a shelf or throw at the wall and cook in the microwave.
Now, with Napster, you may get a lot of music for cheap...unlimited dl's for $30 possibly, but you really lose the flexibility of having that tangable property. You lose a lot of portabilty, even with portable mp3 players. But really, if you lose your harddrive to a power surge, etc, you loose your investment, unless you have them backed up on a CDR. So, in order to make it worth while IMHO, you need to invest in a CDR and a protable mp3 player. Also, don't forget a DSL or some other speedy internet connection just to make dl'ing worth while.
I just don't think the technology is mature enough yet.
I think that all commercials should be funny or slightly humorous to some degree. If I have to sit through endorsements, at least don't bore me to death. I found myself laughing quite a few times during the superbowl. For this reason, I think the advertisers did a pretty good job.
On another, slightly off-topic note, I think the half-time show was actually quite good. Even though it was a strange mix of performers, I liked the way they just got up on a stage, and did their music. There was no wierd flags, dancing, or strange interpretive art performances. Props to E*Trade for the half-time show.
I recently did a report on different types of power and their effects on the environment, economy, etc. One of the conclusions I came to in the report was that there would be very little research on alternative power production methods, because there was no market drive (i.e. our current methods are doing fine). Basically, whenever there is a fuel shortage scare, people freak out and goverments go crazy building nukes, hydro, etc. Well, that hasn't happened in awhile.
Basically, I think a power shortage will spark interest in building new plants and doing more power research, not a fuel shortage. It's strange, the energy is there, it exists, but converting it to a usable form (e-) seems to be a problem. Hopefully, the new Bush administration will address this problem.
My solution, more nukes baby! Hey, I live 30 miles from TMI, and I work 5 miles from it, and I'm still fine...I think. At least I don't glow in the dark:-)
Unfortunately, faults in engineering are all too common. How many ppl out there have taken a brand new car into the garage for a minor problem, right after buying it? And I think that the ISS is just a little more complex than a car. So, I think that a couple problems are definately allowable. What really sucks is that it had to happen with the life support systems, which could put a damper on the mission entirely.
What the ISS (or NASA) engineers need to work on is a quick way to get there. They need to figure out a way to launch a craft without months or weeks of preparation (i.e. at moments notice). That will be the only way that life in space will be probable.
Anyway, my props to all those who have made the ISS possible. They have tackled a major feat, and I hope that future missions to ISS are a success.
Slashdot Mirror
Looks like CNN.com has coverage on their front page as well. Enjoy!
A beowolf cluster of these!
No, but seriously, how about a dual processor version of the same computer, now that would be the fastest desktop PC in the world! Wow!
Ok, I'm gonna use this little space of the web to say what I want from a software company...I want a CD when I buy software, and I only want to pay for it once...I want it full featured!
I have to pay for my car payment, cell phone, student loans, etc on a monthly basis, I don't want to have to worry about paying for my software monthly too.
Usually, when I buy software, I ask myself...will I get good use out of this or will I end up upgrading it in the near future? If the answer is the latter then I look on.
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Still not used to 2001 yet... 2001-03-15 14:08:17
2000-03-15 14:08:17 Beware the ides of march
I really hate to say this, but...what if e-mail were controlled by the good old US gov't? Would corporations and institutions have the right to make us sign our lives over in silly EULAs? Or would there be more laws to protect us from such things. Personally, I wouldn't be afraid if the gov't had access to my e-mail...I'm a law abiding citizen. IMHO, it would definately be better than signing my life away to a corporation. I would feel more protected by the laws and regulations set out by the gov't. However, my opinion certainly differs from many, and I'm sure it could change someday too.
Basically, what I'm trying to get at here is a comparison.
Federal mail=hands off except for addressee
Would it be the same for e-mail?
Federal e-mail=hands off except for addressee
I would assume that mail coming to me via my companies mail room is hands off for them too...would it be the same for my e-mail coming through company servers, if the e-mail were federally controlled?
He must have some money in Napster...otherwise he wouldn't be interested in putting down Gnutella. Especially since Napster is charging now...they will be pulling in some revenue. My guess is he wants Napster to be sucessful, the only way to do that is to debunk the other free solutions. Will we see a put-down to opennap, etc soon?
Cowboy, we see everything on /. from Linux to Censorship to geeky coding contests etc. Of all the different geeky topics that are discussed on /. which ones do you enjoy reading about the most (if any), or which ones are you most involved with in your personal life during your free time?
What is the significance of 1000? Just a random number that sounds cool? How 'bout 2000?
How can one check out the "Safety Net" website if they don't have internet access?
Stop! I am Bill Gates! We are Microsoft!
Hmmmm! That didn't work, let's try this again.
I AM BILL GATES! WE ARE MICROSOFT!
That didn't work either, try again.
I AM BILL GATES! WE ARE MICROSOFT! SURRENDER OUR TRADEMARK NOW!
Oh, damn it, here's a million bucks, now give us our trademark.
This thread is kinda offtopic, but I gotta comment anyway...
Mainly, we are talking about the difference between a necessity and a non-necessity. The large corporations can exist without buying and selling huge databases with "our" information...they can get it from the phone book if they really want it, it is public domain already. However, they cannot exist without electricity to run their business. In theory, the system works as long as their is not already a shortage with the item in demand, such as electricity or consumber databases for instance. Here in PA, deregulation is working great, but we have so much power that if company X goes outta business, company Y can pick up the slack without too much trouble. This was CA oversite...they were already overloading their grid.
"It's funny. Laugh." Which is just what the "authorities" should do. Geesh, stop worrying about stupid cars hanging from bridges and go out and catch some "real" criminals like murderers and rapists, etc. Doesn't anyone get a prank any more?
Agreed! What it all comes down to is the artist's choice of whether to make their music available, or to put their listeners through hell to get it. Personally, I believe that most "real" musicians will choose to go the simplistic way and make their music available on their own. The ones that decided to fold to the RIAA, etc, aren't really musicians, their corporations. Not to single out Metallica, but imagine bands with names like Metallica Inc.
Anyway, for any type of encryption scheme or licensing technology, there are always people willing to find a way around it. Sure, its illegal, but as long as I can get my music for free it doesn't matter. For this reason, I'm not worried.
Another interesting variant of these games is played by all citizens of the united states, every day of their life. It is called "bueracracy" (sp?) and it is the government of the united states.
...and the server at work just blew up. But can your boss contact you? Nope, Juno is using the phone line without your knowledge. You sleep contently until the next night, when you worry about where you are working next.
I wonder if the USPTO owns a patent on patenting? If not, I'd like to try that one. Any ideas on how to write it up?
Apple will be able to compete with MS if they do this. It will give a majority of the non-Unix PC users a chance to choose their OS. Maybe MS would actually loose some business.
Yes, but this is a pretty simple concept...you get what you pay for. You would be saving money, but there are many downsides to it.
Joe Schmoe buys two CD's for $30. He now has two tangable pieces of property to listen to, take to his buddies place, take in the car or wherever, put on a shelf or throw at the wall and cook in the microwave.
Now, with Napster, you may get a lot of music for cheap...unlimited dl's for $30 possibly, but you really lose the flexibility of having that tangable property. You lose a lot of portabilty, even with portable mp3 players. But really, if you lose your harddrive to a power surge, etc, you loose your investment, unless you have them backed up on a CDR. So, in order to make it worth while IMHO, you need to invest in a CDR and a protable mp3 player. Also, don't forget a DSL or some other speedy internet connection just to make dl'ing worth while.
I just don't think the technology is mature enough yet.
I think that all commercials should be funny or slightly humorous to some degree. If I have to sit through endorsements, at least don't bore me to death. I found myself laughing quite a few times during the superbowl. For this reason, I think the advertisers did a pretty good job.
On another, slightly off-topic note, I think the half-time show was actually quite good. Even though it was a strange mix of performers, I liked the way they just got up on a stage, and did their music. There was no wierd flags, dancing, or strange interpretive art performances. Props to E*Trade for the half-time show.
No sooner do the first post trolls appear and the site is slashdotted.
I'm going to start "The Inc." and sue everyone that uses the word "the".
I recently did a report on different types of power and their effects on the environment, economy, etc. One of the conclusions I came to in the report was that there would be very little research on alternative power production methods, because there was no market drive (i.e. our current methods are doing fine). Basically, whenever there is a fuel shortage scare, people freak out and goverments go crazy building nukes, hydro, etc. Well, that hasn't happened in awhile.
:-)
Basically, I think a power shortage will spark interest in building new plants and doing more power research, not a fuel shortage. It's strange, the energy is there, it exists, but converting it to a usable form (e-) seems to be a problem. Hopefully, the new Bush administration will address this problem.
My solution, more nukes baby! Hey, I live 30 miles from TMI, and I work 5 miles from it, and I'm still fine...I think. At least I don't glow in the dark
I've always wanted someone to sell a 100% transparent case. I could build one, but I'm too lazy.
Unfortunately, faults in engineering are all too common. How many ppl out there have taken a brand new car into the garage for a minor problem, right after buying it? And I think that the ISS is just a little more complex than a car. So, I think that a couple problems are definately allowable. What really sucks is that it had to happen with the life support systems, which could put a damper on the mission entirely.
What the ISS (or NASA) engineers need to work on is a quick way to get there. They need to figure out a way to launch a craft without months or weeks of preparation (i.e. at moments notice). That will be the only way that life in space will be probable.
Anyway, my props to all those who have made the ISS possible. They have tackled a major feat, and I hope that future missions to ISS are a success.