The fact they're STILL making Netburst based processors just sickens me. Give it up already and go P6 or something new. I mean if they put half the money they put into the netburst into the P6 designs of late they'd already have a 2.5Ghz P6 core that would give AMD a run for their money.
Agreed. What ever happened to Intel leading the pack? Their processors are bloated, slow, and quite unfortunately behind the curve.
Personally, I find zealotry towards any browser annoying. Fact is that people use different browsers. It's not rocket science to code cross-browser and still be standards compliant.
I mean, yeah, Firefox is vastly superior to IE, but I wouldn't make a website that was incompatible with either.
I never said it was right or wrong, just that it fell in line with what other patents mainly are.
Not to mention that the "recipie" is not just flour and sugar. It deals carefully with controlling the properties of the chemical reactions of the beans and the yeast. That said, I am against this being patented.
One recipie for chocolate chip cookies may be better than the next, but that doesn't mean that the person with the better recipie should recieve a patent on chocolate chip cookies. So in that line of thought, fermented coffee should not be something that others may not dable in.
That, or one could also spin this as "Microsoft was stupid and didn't make enough units, thus dissapointing many children come Christmas morning. Way to f up again, Microsoft."
The Internet is an entirely new medium for which copyright laws as they were written prior to its creation do not adequately address its operation and functionality.
I think it's even more than this. Whatever happened to information wants to be free? Time and again has it been proven that giving people access to information copying techniques (photocopiers, tape decks, vcrs) does not stifle sales, kill innovation, or ruin industries. Those industries continue to grow. The same goes for books.
But the kicker is (as is mentioned above) that Google isn't giving you the whole book! They are simply giving you the best means possible to find art that exists and is available to you - as a citizen, or as a consumer.
This isn't about what Google is doing - the fundamentals are all pretty damn sound. Google Print will mostly likely drive huge sales increases. Rather, this is about power and control. The people who own the copyrights (rarely the authors) want to be able to say no because it makes them feel powerful and important. Tough luck. The sooner we wrestle some of the power out of the hands of these "copyright holders" who continually push to suppress artisitic innovation from becoming the property of the collective public (Bono act) and are always hoping that unlimited copyrights are just around the corner, control of information is power and they will do anything to hold on to it.
He already did start banging his head against the desk... but some legal actions in progress are keeping him from delving too deep into this new product and its shady owners.
Rare, huh? Rare like Haley's Comet. My parent's thought I was too young to wake me up in the middle of the night to see the comet. Now I'll have to wait until I'm over 80 to see it.
Better take a look at Mars this time. Don't really feel like waiting until I'm 60,027 to see it again.
Hmm... if I could hijack this "prisionrape.com" I may be able to make a killing, and get that mansion in Tijuana the girlfriend has been asking about...
I mean, hell, I'll be in Mexico. I'll be safe from prosecution, right?
for the freedom to modify and fix problems instead of being at the whim of any other vendor.
<a**hole>
Right, then you're just at the whim of bulletin boards, lack of documentation, lack of drivers, lack of vendor support...
</a**hole>
I don't mean to sound like an ass, but freedom I think is probaby the least of it. At this point, servers are moved to Linux for the software offerings and stability. Desktop users switch for curiosity and the freedom to dabble. I think that "freedom to modify and fix problems" is more related to those of us who actually understand to a certain degree the underpinnings of an OS and are able to get into the guts of the Linux OS. As for the actual "fixing" - that's limited to an even smaller group of coders.
At this point, Linux is for the computer-compitent-curious, and that's all, I think. (Please pardon my inability to spell.)
Now now... study after study has proven that continuing employee training not only boosts employee know-how, but also employee morale, motivation, efficiency, innovation, and tenure. It also keeps employees on top of their game, better preparing the company as a whole for the inevitable business methodology changes that come with doing business.
In addition to creating the rocket, we will have to create a CEV; A crew exploration vehicle.
Just determining which company to give it to, will cost NASA some 1-2 billion.
In what world is $1-2 billion for an RFP/bid process even remotely acceptable or fathomable?
I have to agree with the AC (who probably posted AC to avoid the karma-killing modding I'm about to get) but there was zero reason to introduce a character and concentrate AT ALL on his sexuality aside from PC inclusion bullshit. I'm so tired of every show having to have one gay, or bisexual, or transgendersexualmanwoman character just to please the PC engine in Hollywood (or your country's local film/TV industry.)
Queer as Folk, for instance, was a show about sexuality. So fine, having characters of differing sexual preference is expected, necessary even. Dr Who isn't - or at least, wasn't - created to break down any boundries. The character's inclusion was an afterthought by someone trying so desperately to appear progressive.
Dish's content providers aren't too keen on the idea of DVR technology, let alone something like this that would seem to encourage time shifting even more.
I'm laughing over here - it's not Dish's content providers, it's just content providers. The RIAA, MPAA, *IAA has tried to stop every single time-shifting device ever created. Comcast/Dish love DVRs - it's an extra $10/month for every unit. Consumers love DVRs because they allow them to express their fair-use rights. But content providers?
I HAVE heard that MCE 2006 was supposed to support CableCARDs, but recently MS announced that they weren't releasing a new MCE until Longhorn. ** cough **
Thus you can use one prepared SQL statement and fill in the variables upon execution. This saves a hell lot of time (depending on your database system, some systems are slow either way).
This "abstraction" has been handled for a lot of us at the database level for some time. In all of our projects (some close to 100k lines of code, not huge but not small) there is no SQL in the actual compiled software. It exists in stored procedures in the database itself. These procedures run nice and fast, and "abstract" queries from the software. Software asks for a set of data, ANSI (or T/P)SQL that the software has no care or knowledge about save the name and params, executes on the DB side.
IMHO, queries generated automatically by Rails - Ruby or Python - will never be able to be quite as efficient as writing them yourself. Love stored procs - cmon MySQL 5! (and yay Postgres, MS SQL, Oracle, etc...)
Why shouldn't the maker of the software secure their software?
Securing their software means making it impossible for viruses to infect Windows to begin with. This strategy accepts that viruses will happen, and tries to play clean-up, in a space where there is obviously already a great solution.
Guy #1: "Leibovitz, Phederson, Yushuvayeva"--
Guy #2: Whatever happened to Ellis Island changing people's names so we can say them?
Well said indeed. In fact, I'd be interested in knowing if the RIAA had any issues with the switch from AM to FM? What about shortwave - that sure isn't "relatively small range" of broadcast. You can't just say "it's better quality, so things are different." There is no guideline anywhere for what quality is considered a different product. "Near CD" is bullshit - what is "CD" quality? Just because something is broadcast in 192kbps or 320kbps doesn't mean it's better. It simply means it's closer to the quality captured in the original recording - and if that sucks, so does the 320kbps digital version of it.
Socks. Lots of socks. Wet feet = disease, discomfort. Bring plenty of socks.
Incidentally, my father lived in (and evacuated) Slidel, the very place you may be going. He says some of it is ok, some of it is a nightmare. No electricity yet, but most everyone who is down there trying to clean up their homes are staying in shelters, so you may be in shelters while down there. That probably means you'll be around crowds of people, especially while sleeping. Might wanna put a lock on your bag? Also make sure you make copies of any important documents you'll be taking with you - license, CCs, etc.
So, no hardware supports is officially yet, but with Vista you can watch it on you pc (under reduced resolution anyway)...
no hardware save almost all HDTVs made these days, as well as the HD-DVD and (rumored) BluRay. this is much bigger than just PCs - your TVs, cable boxes, cable cards, etc, will all include HDCP of some sort (and most TVs with HDMI input already do support it.)
of course, you could go shopping before the MPAA starts with the lawsuits...
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The fact they're STILL making Netburst based processors just sickens me. Give it up already and go P6 or something new. I mean if they put half the money they put into the netburst into the P6 designs of late they'd already have a 2.5Ghz P6 core that would give AMD a run for their money.
Agreed. What ever happened to Intel leading the pack? Their processors are bloated, slow, and quite unfortunately behind the curve.
Personally, I find zealotry towards any browser annoying. Fact is that people use different browsers. It's not rocket science to code cross-browser and still be standards compliant.
I mean, yeah, Firefox is vastly superior to IE, but I wouldn't make a website that was incompatible with either.
Not to mention that the "recipie" is not just flour and sugar. It deals carefully with controlling the properties of the chemical reactions of the beans and the yeast. That said, I am against this being patented.
One recipie for chocolate chip cookies may be better than the next, but that doesn't mean that the person with the better recipie should recieve a patent on chocolate chip cookies. So in that line of thought, fermented coffee should not be something that others may not dable in.
That, or one could also spin this as "Microsoft was stupid and didn't make enough units, thus dissapointing many children come Christmas morning. Way to f up again, Microsoft."
No?
I think it's even more than this. Whatever happened to information wants to be free? Time and again has it been proven that giving people access to information copying techniques (photocopiers, tape decks, vcrs) does not stifle sales, kill innovation, or ruin industries. Those industries continue to grow. The same goes for books.
But the kicker is (as is mentioned above) that Google isn't giving you the whole book! They are simply giving you the best means possible to find art that exists and is available to you - as a citizen, or as a consumer.
This isn't about what Google is doing - the fundamentals are all pretty damn sound. Google Print will mostly likely drive huge sales increases. Rather, this is about power and control. The people who own the copyrights (rarely the authors) want to be able to say no because it makes them feel powerful and important. Tough luck. The sooner we wrestle some of the power out of the hands of these "copyright holders" who continually push to suppress artisitic innovation from becoming the property of the collective public (Bono act) and are always hoping that unlimited copyrights are just around the corner, control of information is power and they will do anything to hold on to it.
Remember what Pat Schroeder, the former Colorado congresswoman and head of the AAP said:
God forbid.
He already did start banging his head against the desk... but some legal actions in progress are keeping him from delving too deep into this new product and its shady owners.
Too bad, he sure knows how to whip them doods.
Better take a look at Mars this time. Don't really feel like waiting until I'm 60,027 to see it again.
Hmm... if I could hijack this "prisionrape.com" I may be able to make a killing, and get that mansion in Tijuana the girlfriend has been asking about...
I mean, hell, I'll be in Mexico. I'll be safe from prosecution, right?
<a**hole> Right, then you're just at the whim of bulletin boards, lack of documentation, lack of drivers, lack of vendor support... </a**hole>
I don't mean to sound like an ass, but freedom I think is probaby the least of it. At this point, servers are moved to Linux for the software offerings and stability. Desktop users switch for curiosity and the freedom to dabble. I think that "freedom to modify and fix problems" is more related to those of us who actually understand to a certain degree the underpinnings of an OS and are able to get into the guts of the Linux OS. As for the actual "fixing" - that's limited to an even smaller group of coders.
At this point, Linux is for the computer-compitent-curious, and that's all, I think. (Please pardon my inability to spell.)
Disclaimer: I run Linux and OSX.
Now now... study after study has proven that continuing employee training not only boosts employee know-how, but also employee morale, motivation, efficiency, innovation, and tenure. It also keeps employees on top of their game, better preparing the company as a whole for the inevitable business methodology changes that come with doing business.
Finally, a product announcement on Slashdot that just comes right out and says "hey, we're pimping a new product/release."
Don't forget to read the EULA before injecting these new little life forms into your body...
In what world is $1-2 billion for an RFP/bid process even remotely acceptable or fathomable?
I have to agree with the AC (who probably posted AC to avoid the karma-killing modding I'm about to get) but there was zero reason to introduce a character and concentrate AT ALL on his sexuality aside from PC inclusion bullshit. I'm so tired of every show having to have one gay, or bisexual, or transgendersexualmanwoman character just to please the PC engine in Hollywood (or your country's local film/TV industry.)
Queer as Folk, for instance, was a show about sexuality. So fine, having characters of differing sexual preference is expected, necessary even. Dr Who isn't - or at least, wasn't - created to break down any boundries. The character's inclusion was an afterthought by someone trying so desperately to appear progressive.
Don't worry, you can pass the time playing a game on your Phantom.
I'm laughing over here - it's not Dish's content providers, it's just content providers. The RIAA, MPAA, *IAA has tried to stop every single time-shifting device ever created. Comcast/Dish love DVRs - it's an extra $10/month for every unit. Consumers love DVRs because they allow them to express their fair-use rights. But content providers?
ha.
I HAVE heard that MCE 2006 was supposed to support CableCARDs, but recently MS announced that they weren't releasing a new MCE until Longhorn. ** cough **
High def TV/cable box make anything but the cable provider offered PVR unusable. Damned locked in technology, looks so good! (Comcast PVR sucks.)
This "abstraction" has been handled for a lot of us at the database level for some time. In all of our projects (some close to 100k lines of code, not huge but not small) there is no SQL in the actual compiled software. It exists in stored procedures in the database itself. These procedures run nice and fast, and "abstract" queries from the software. Software asks for a set of data, ANSI (or T/P)SQL that the software has no care or knowledge about save the name and params, executes on the DB side.
IMHO, queries generated automatically by Rails - Ruby or Python - will never be able to be quite as efficient as writing them yourself. Love stored procs - cmon MySQL 5! (and yay Postgres, MS SQL, Oracle, etc...)
Securing their software means making it impossible for viruses to infect Windows to begin with. This strategy accepts that viruses will happen, and tries to play clean-up, in a space where there is obviously already a great solution.
Well said indeed. In fact, I'd be interested in knowing if the RIAA had any issues with the switch from AM to FM? What about shortwave - that sure isn't "relatively small range" of broadcast. You can't just say "it's better quality, so things are different." There is no guideline anywhere for what quality is considered a different product. "Near CD" is bullshit - what is "CD" quality? Just because something is broadcast in 192kbps or 320kbps doesn't mean it's better. It simply means it's closer to the quality captured in the original recording - and if that sucks, so does the 320kbps digital version of it.
Socks. Lots of socks. Wet feet = disease, discomfort. Bring plenty of socks.
Incidentally, my father lived in (and evacuated) Slidel, the very place you may be going. He says some of it is ok, some of it is a nightmare. No electricity yet, but most everyone who is down there trying to clean up their homes are staying in shelters, so you may be in shelters while down there. That probably means you'll be around crowds of people, especially while sleeping. Might wanna put a lock on your bag? Also make sure you make copies of any important documents you'll be taking with you - license, CCs, etc.
Best of luck, and God speed.
Market penetration?
(before the flaming starts, it's a joke.)
Whatever it costs, is the interface better than the HD Rent-a-DVR from Comcast? Cause man, is that thing trash.
So, no hardware supports is officially yet, but with Vista you can watch it on you pc (under reduced resolution anyway)...
no hardware save almost all HDTVs made these days, as well as the HD-DVD and (rumored) BluRay. this is much bigger than just PCs - your TVs, cable boxes, cable cards, etc, will all include HDCP of some sort (and most TVs with HDMI input already do support it.)
of course, you could go shopping before the MPAA starts with the lawsuits...