Why is there some preoccupation with sending out a message that is highly undecipherable even by humans? Shouldn't the message be very simple, needing almost no translation, other than the binary structure itself which is a challenge as well.
OK...5000 miles on train that can do 200 mph. A non-stop trip would take 5000/200=25 hours, and you're still in the most remote part of either Canada or Russia. How long does it take to fly from NY to Moscow?
What I'm getting at is this actually worth the $60M?
I'm affraid this will remain an industry secret..."oops we forgot to implement a version that the PC can use." In other words, you will be allowed to purchase CD's with whatever MP3's you want on them, except, only an RIAA accepted recording company can write and issue the CD's. So any MP3's that you dump onto a CD will not be readable in the new players.
At these speeds there are a lot of other things that need to be considered. For one, the board material will become an issue. Board designers will need to seek out alternate materials or design methods.
I'm not hyperlinking it because it did not work. Maybe they have a glitch in their search engine and it pulled up a link to an intranet site or maybe its just me. If anyone can get in, I'd like to know.
On another note, does anyone think that Sony's site is too flashy? What happened to simple websites that were easy to navigate?
Aren't there regulations governing the use of the 2.4 GHz frequencies? Isn't it illegal to use them unlicensed? I'm not a HAM operator but I am working toward my license and I was just wondering about the stipulations on this.
I thought gif was the license trap and png was the open-source or free version of gif, and is apparantly much better quality-wise and compression-wise???
Personally, I use Yahoo e-mail to give out to any company under the sun (site registrations, etc). Basically, it is my repository for junk mail. Every now and then when I am bored, I'll go read through the advertisments.
Anyway, I really can't see a need for this kind of service. I'm sure that most people that use Yahoo probably don't care about security anyway. But, for those who do, I'm sure they would want a service that the can definately trust, and will probably pay for it or use PGP.
Yahoo should offer SSL connections to compose mail now. That would kinda top of the security issues and offer the user a truly secure service.
I guess even the most secure methods even have holes though.
I wonder when semi companies will have to switch to alternate materials such as GaAs for chip manufacturing, and I wonder what the cost impact will be. Also, how about the guys making boards, will they eventually have to switch to alternate materials to reduce signal coupling, etc?
Patents are against the free market system. They just allow large companies to ensure their revenue stream. So, if Company A develops a product similar to Company B's product, then too bad for Company B. Company B should be able to find a way to improve their product or make it less expensive. Patents inhibit competition.
OK, I went over to trafficreport.com and really didn't see a majore interruption for Australia. There was a drop down to 12 for about 2 hours, but I doubt that was a major interruption. Maybe they have it figured out by now.
And have you ignored the fact that MS requires companies with site licenses to pay for their software *twice*? Once for the concenience of having it pre-installed, & once for blowing it away so that the tested, & corporate-approved version can be installed. A quick search on Gogle turned up this URL: http://www.canada.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2427307 .html
Inter esting point...but I think companies could probably purchase PC's without Office or even Doze pre-installed. I think this is just corporate BS, they are wasting their own money.
I have 2 phones with AT&T plans. I have found that the offer a very large local calling area (at least here in PA) and overall, the phone works just about anywhere you go. I have had trouble in some secluded areas. One of my plans gets something like 250 peak minutes and 500 weekend and off-peak minutes for $30.
I got the Nokia 5160 phone with the plan. It is a fairly nice phone that works with digital and analog systems. If the digital craps out, you have the analog to back it up, not always the case with a straight PCS plan.
Actually, I think its a great idea to a least have the option for low cost or free day care. Some smaller companies probably can't afford (or there isn't enough interest) to have their own day care, so it would make more sense to contract it out. However, not having it at all, leaves out those who could really, really use it.
Ideally, when if I ever have a family, I would like to stay home with my children and see them through their childhood. That will only happen if my wife can make enough money to support the family.
Gaming consoles have always been pretty cool. But now the PC is sortof taking over IMHO. When you can do everything a game console can, plus have internet connectivity for taking on your friends and write reports for school, you pretty much have everything you need. Why speed a couple hundred to have a game console (that is not upgradable and will eventually be put out by the next and better version) sitting around. Long live the PC!
I thought/. was all about computers, nerdy stuff like that. How do articles like this even make it. I submitted some really interesting things that geeks might be concerned with, do you think they got posted....Nooooo!
Anyway, if he really wanted to make a statement he should have turned down the nomination. It was uncalled for to make a statement in front of all those people. It really made the school look bad. For that, I think he deserves the punishment. Maybe suspension is a little harsh, but I think he deserves something.
I think it is meant to be a wake up call to the Linux and open source community. Whoever did write it, had many good points. Minus all of the, "Bill Gates really didn't write this" posts, there isn't much discussion of the content. Maybe that's because it is frighteningly true.
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Yes, and we all know that a BSoD is more common than a Seg Fault.
Add this T-shirt to the T-shirt site: "I'd rather see a seg fault than a BSoD"
Why is there some preoccupation with sending out a message that is highly undecipherable even by humans? Shouldn't the message be very simple, needing almost no translation, other than the binary structure itself which is a challenge as well.
OK...5000 miles on train that can do 200 mph. A non-stop trip would take 5000/200=25 hours, and you're still in the most remote part of either Canada or Russia. How long does it take to fly from NY to Moscow?
What I'm getting at is this actually worth the $60M?
I'm affraid this will remain an industry secret..."oops we forgot to implement a version that the PC can use." In other words, you will be allowed to purchase CD's with whatever MP3's you want on them, except, only an RIAA accepted recording company can write and issue the CD's. So any MP3's that you dump onto a CD will not be readable in the new players.
Browsers should come with a feature that allows users to turn off pop-ups, but keep java enabled.
I really don't mind banner ads, but I would have to agree that pop-ups are just a little more than annoying.
Unfortunately, interconnect (materials, traces, connectors, etc) cannot support these data rates. The whole system would have to be supercooled.
At these speeds there are a lot of other things that need to be considered. For one, the board material will become an issue. Board designers will need to seek out alternate materials or design methods.
Con:
What about magnetically shielding the hardware so that magnetic fields from other devices can't erase the memory?
I did a search for "GLV" and this is what I came up with:
t e/104.html
http://www.sel.sony.com/SEL/corpcomm/news/corpora
I'm not hyperlinking it because it did not work. Maybe they have a glitch in their search engine and it pulled up a link to an intranet site or maybe its just me. If anyone can get in, I'd like to know.
On another note, does anyone think that Sony's site is too flashy? What happened to simple websites that were easy to navigate?
Aren't there regulations governing the use of the 2.4 GHz frequencies? Isn't it illegal to use them unlicensed? I'm not a HAM operator but I am working toward my license and I was just wondering about the stipulations on this.
I thought gif was the license trap and png was the open-source or free version of gif, and is apparantly much better quality-wise and compression-wise???
Cool...the graphics are in png. Very nice to see someone using that format.
png is to gif, as beta is to vhs
Personally, I use Yahoo e-mail to give out to any company under the sun (site registrations, etc). Basically, it is my repository for junk mail. Every now and then when I am bored, I'll go read through the advertisments.
Anyway, I really can't see a need for this kind of service. I'm sure that most people that use Yahoo probably don't care about security anyway. But, for those who do, I'm sure they would want a service that the can definately trust, and will probably pay for it or use PGP.
Yahoo should offer SSL connections to compose mail now. That would kinda top of the security issues and offer the user a truly secure service.
I guess even the most secure methods even have holes though.
I wonder when semi companies will have to switch to alternate materials such as GaAs for chip manufacturing, and I wonder what the cost impact will be. Also, how about the guys making boards, will they eventually have to switch to alternate materials to reduce signal coupling, etc?
Patents are against the free market system. They just allow large companies to ensure their revenue stream. So, if Company A develops a product similar to Company B's product, then too bad for Company B. Company B should be able to find a way to improve their product or make it less expensive. Patents inhibit competition.
OK, I went over to trafficreport.com and really didn't see a majore interruption for Australia. There was a drop down to 12 for about 2 hours, but I doubt that was a major interruption. Maybe they have it figured out by now.
And have you ignored the fact that MS requires companies with site licenses to pay for their software *twice*? Once for the concenience of having it pre-installed, & once for blowing it away so that the tested, & corporate-approved version can be installed. A quick search on Gogle turned up this URL: http://www.canada.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2427307 .html
Inter esting point...but I think companies could probably purchase PC's without Office or even Doze pre-installed. I think this is just corporate BS, they are wasting their own money.
Look at the time on the screen shot...for most programmers, the "day" is just beginning :-)
Would it be possible to send Mir away from earth, rather than toward it?
Also, I can see it now...the deep sea diving ships just waiting to scoop Mir from the sea..."Buy a piece of Mir!"
I have 2 phones with AT&T plans. I have found that the offer a very large local calling area (at least here in PA) and overall, the phone works just about anywhere you go. I have had trouble in some secluded areas. One of my plans gets something like 250 peak minutes and 500 weekend and off-peak minutes for $30.
I got the Nokia 5160 phone with the plan. It is a fairly nice phone that works with digital and analog systems. If the digital craps out, you have the analog to back it up, not always the case with a straight PCS plan.
Actually, I think its a great idea to a least have the option for low cost or free day care. Some smaller companies probably can't afford (or there isn't enough interest) to have their own day care, so it would make more sense to contract it out. However, not having it at all, leaves out those who could really, really use it.
Ideally, when if I ever have a family, I would like to stay home with my children and see them through their childhood. That will only happen if my wife can make enough money to support the family.
Gaming consoles have always been pretty cool. But now the PC is sortof taking over IMHO. When you can do everything a game console can, plus have internet connectivity for taking on your friends and write reports for school, you pretty much have everything you need. Why speed a couple hundred to have a game console (that is not upgradable and will eventually be put out by the next and better version) sitting around. Long live the PC!
I thought /. was all about computers, nerdy stuff like that. How do articles like this even make it. I submitted some really interesting things that geeks might be concerned with, do you think they got posted....Nooooo!
Anyway, if he really wanted to make a statement he should have turned down the nomination. It was uncalled for to make a statement in front of all those people. It really made the school look bad. For that, I think he deserves the punishment. Maybe suspension is a little harsh, but I think he deserves something.
Just my $0.02
Obviously they must not want anybody to know anything about their "service"...hence the redirect on thier site.
I think it is meant to be a wake up call to the Linux and open source community. Whoever did write it, had many good points. Minus all of the, "Bill Gates really didn't write this" posts, there isn't much discussion of the content. Maybe that's because it is frighteningly true.