That "smell" device mentioned in the article that's supposed to hook up to a computer has been done. I recall hearing about devices like it more than once over the past few years. Here is one example and here is another. It's a lame idea.
Apple has already made a deal with Founder to bundle their PCs with iTunes, as mentioned on Slashdot before, and now Microsoft is teaming up with Sichuan Changhong Electric Appliances, who produce color televisions
Microsoft may be teaming up with Sichuan Changhong Electric Appliances to produce Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition Television Sets as a method for video distibution, in opposition to Apples move to be a method for music distribution.
I haven't tried out that feature on Slashdot, and I can't find anything in the FAQ on it. ICQ is also available on the Mac- does this mean that it can't do the same thing on a Mac through Safari? I haven't tried it so I don't know.
I think most of it looks nice, but it is still just a window manager, with windows that have 2D content. The windows themselves don't have any GUI improvements over older window managers. I think it would be more interesting if it somehow managed 3D content; for example, somehow representing filesystem navigation in 3D. Or if there's a window containing 3D rendering, the objects within that window would also rotate along with the window. It seems like overkill to to have such a fancy window manager. It would require significant hardware resources, depriving running programs of their use. A simpler window manager on a simpler hardware setup could run programs just as well. What I'd like to see is an actual 3D GUI.
Spending money in finding new ways to find oil and gas is cheaper then spending money to find a new alternative source of power and deliver it to the customer.
I think the problem is more of resistance from established industries to adopt new technology because they don't want to lose their source of revenue. Fuel cells have been around for a while, and I can recall some story about a (Japanese?) company coming up with a special tank for safely storing hydrogen for use with hydrogen-powered cars. I think it had something to do with aluminum somehow rendering the hydrogen non-volatile while in storage. I also saw a story on the news ages ago about a Japanese inventor who created an ultrasound washing machine that didn't need detergent, then read a rumor that he was bought out by chemical companies who saw this as a threat to their products. I know this is all conspiracy theory stuff, but it's not impossible.
I recall reading or hearing somewhere that providing eductaion for the poor, particularly women, had an indirect effect of reducing the birth rate. Having educations opened up their options for living, whereas if they were'nt educated alll they did was have children. Reducing the birth rate usually connotes teaching family planning and providing methods of birth control, which is hard to apply in some of the most problematic areas because of cultural and religious resistance to those ideas. Providing education would probably not find this kind of resistance. Plans to control population growth should include education rather than just providing birth control.
Actually, I was focusing more on the "New business models are required" bit. "Commodity" can have many meanings; not just a product that is directly sold, but also "That which affords convenience, advantage, or profit", which I presume can be indirectly. Free and open source software can be considered commoditised because it can facilitate profit indirectly without itself being sold.
I think that a different business model can be applied to the DRM debate, in the same way he talks about software. Just take radio and free-to-air television broadcasting for example. These are business models in which the end-user does not have to pay for content, yet the content providers still can profit.
In conclusion, software itself is no longer the primary locus of value in the computer industry. The commoditization of
software drives value to services enabled by that software. New business models are required.
This doesn't apply to software alone, but to all the DRM crap that is going on with the RIAA and MPAA. It could read "The commoditization of music drives value to services enabled by music". The business model for music should probably focus on these "enabled services" rather than the old "pay-per-use" method. I guess that's what is going on with the iTunes Music Store and the iPod.
You forgot the two most common buzzwords... scalable and robust.
They're in every blurb targetted at boardroom executives who'll collectively act like they understand something and will agree to pay for it, while individually being too embarassed to admit they don't even know what they're agreeing to.
The problem is that most devices that rely on Java like Cellphones don't have a large enough screen to make 3D really useable.
Perhaps you missed the 3-D Gaming on Your Cellphone story that appeared on Slashdot some time ago. Unfortunately, since it is old, the link in the story takes you to NYTimes.com's archive where you have to pay to view the article. Here is another copy, but no pictures.
Slashdot Mirror
I suppose this guy would know something about what that would be like.
The firm is testing an aroma dispenser which plugs into a computer and is controlled from the keyboard.
"Say you've got help desk staff who are getting tense and frustrated -- they can press a button to get an aroma to help calm them down," Knight said.
A case mod with a built-in bong would work much better.
That "smell" device mentioned in the article that's supposed to hook up to a computer has been done. I recall hearing about devices like it more than once over the past few years. Here is one example and here is another. It's a lame idea.
I thought it was the other way around- I thought OLE was a response to OpenDoc.
MicroSoft's challenge to Apple's iPod is the Microsoft Portable Media Center.
And just as the iPod synchronises with iTunes on a computer, the Portable Media Center synchronises with Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 on a computer.
And in the same way the iTunes Music Store can download music, the Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 Online Spotlight allows you to download music and videos.
Apple has already made a deal with Founder to bundle their PCs with iTunes, as mentioned on Slashdot before, and now Microsoft is teaming up with Sichuan Changhong Electric Appliances, who produce color televisions
Microsoft may be teaming up with Sichuan Changhong Electric Appliances to produce Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition Television Sets as a method for video distibution, in opposition to Apples move to be a method for music distribution.
Digital Rights Management will have a whole new meaning. It won't just apply to copyright, but to human rights .
I haven't tried out that feature on Slashdot, and I can't find anything in the FAQ on it. ICQ is also available on the Mac- does this mean that it can't do the same thing on a Mac through Safari? I haven't tried it so I don't know.
Was ActiveX a response to OpenDoc? I forget which came first- CyberDog or Java.
What retard modded me Offtopic?
That's what a real 3D window manager should look like!
It's a 3D window managing system
I think most of it looks nice, but it is still just a window manager, with windows that have 2D content. The windows themselves don't have any GUI improvements over older window managers. I think it would be more interesting if it somehow managed 3D content; for example, somehow representing filesystem navigation in 3D. Or if there's a window containing 3D rendering, the objects within that window would also rotate along with the window. It seems like overkill to to have such a fancy window manager. It would require significant hardware resources, depriving running programs of their use. A simpler window manager on a simpler hardware setup could run programs just as well. What I'd like to see is an actual 3D GUI.
ok, now how many enjoy "Big juice box weekly"?
"Big Juice box weekly" sounds like the title of a porn mag, actually.
It's great to see fMRI getting some press
Yes. And thanks to the way this story was written, fMRI will always remind me of the hindquarters of a female monkey in estrus.
Spending money in finding new ways to find oil and gas is cheaper then spending money to find a new alternative source of power and deliver it to the customer.
I think the problem is more of resistance from established industries to adopt new technology because they don't want to lose their source of revenue. Fuel cells have been around for a while, and I can recall some story about a (Japanese?) company coming up with a special tank for safely storing hydrogen for use with hydrogen-powered cars. I think it had something to do with aluminum somehow rendering the hydrogen non-volatile while in storage. I also saw a story on the news ages ago about a Japanese inventor who created an ultrasound washing machine that didn't need detergent, then read a rumor that he was bought out by chemical companies who saw this as a threat to their products. I know this is all conspiracy theory stuff, but it's not impossible.
I recall reading or hearing somewhere that providing eductaion for the poor, particularly women, had an indirect effect of reducing the birth rate. Having educations opened up their options for living, whereas if they were'nt educated alll they did was have children. Reducing the birth rate usually connotes teaching family planning and providing methods of birth control, which is hard to apply in some of the most problematic areas because of cultural and religious resistance to those ideas. Providing education would probably not find this kind of resistance. Plans to control population growth should include education rather than just providing birth control.
It just sucks when you get the short end of the stick.
And it's not particularly flattering where they put it either.
Yeah, like how they lost the anti-trust case in the US
Actually, I was focusing more on the "New business models are required" bit. "Commodity" can have many meanings; not just a product that is directly sold, but also "That which affords convenience, advantage, or profit", which I presume can be indirectly. Free and open source software can be considered commoditised because it can facilitate profit indirectly without itself being sold.
I think that a different business model can be applied to the DRM debate, in the same way he talks about software. Just take radio and free-to-air television broadcasting for example. These are business models in which the end-user does not have to pay for content, yet the content providers still can profit.
and here is a picture of a chicken.
I saw the movie at a packed house Saturday night (complete with armed cops to control the non-violent protesters)
Did you see anyone walking up and down the aisles wearing night vision goggles?
... and it can set the time on your VCR too!
In conclusion, software itself is no longer the primary locus of value in the computer industry. The commoditization of software drives value to services enabled by that software. New business models are required.
This doesn't apply to software alone, but to all the DRM crap that is going on with the RIAA and MPAA. It could read "The commoditization of music drives value to services enabled by music". The business model for music should probably focus on these "enabled services" rather than the old "pay-per-use" method. I guess that's what is going on with the iTunes Music Store and the iPod.
You forgot the two most common buzzwords... scalable and robust .
They're in every blurb targetted at boardroom executives who'll collectively act like they understand something and will agree to pay for it, while individually being too embarassed to admit they don't even know what they're agreeing to.
Obligatory Conan O'Brien quote: "In the year two thousand... in the year two thousand..."
The problem is that most devices that rely on Java like Cellphones don't have a large enough screen to make 3D really useable.
Perhaps you missed the 3-D Gaming on Your Cellphone story that appeared on Slashdot some time ago. Unfortunately, since it is old, the link in the story takes you to NYTimes.com's archive where you have to pay to view the article. Here is another copy, but no pictures.