Here's an alternate article which might shed some light:
"Unlike pressed original CDs, burned CDs have a relatively short life span of between two to five years, depending on the quality of the CD,"[...]The problem with hard drives, he said, is not so much the disk itself as it is the disk bearing, which has a positioning function similar to a ball bearing.[...]Gerecke (a physicist and storage expert at IBM Deutschland GmbH) suggests using magnetic tapes, which, he claims, can have a life span of 30 to 100 years, depending on their quality.
Which raises a few questions:
1. Even if a 1000 backups are made today, unless each successive backup (say) 2-5 years from now includes _all_ the information from today, those original 1000 backups are quite useless.
2. Having been a victim of HD fluid bearing loss (from a brand new Maxtor drive only lasting 16 months), even HD(s) aren't reliable.
3. As long as item 1 is handled by ever increasing storage capacities, it's not an issue. However, redundancy doesn't stop at 2 (hd -> CD). It's better to have a long term solution like magnetic tapes (or other) imo.
File name:/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer. so Shockwave Flash 9.0 r31
...and I _still_ have to use a 32-bit IE for flash content on XP. OSS beat Microsoft in this case. I wouldn't be surprised if 64-bit support on linux by Adobe followed (by themself or a 3rd party dev).
I was wondering what that groove (road) was myself. When stuck in Tyrone, you can see two Rover wheel tracks. But in the last panorama, only one - maybe spirit was so happy after getting unstuck, it started celebrating by playing some Snoop Dog and flipping the switches to ride on one side.
The fact that youtube is making a concerted effort to remove that content shows good faith. The fact that youtube needs the protection of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (probably moreso than any other online provider)...
which offers some protection to sites that do not necessarily control the content their customers are posting and, more important, do not know what's being added to their sites. Viacom says YouTube knows. I say Viacom is shooting itself in the foot.
...and that Viacom itself has been shown to be tagging youtube material like that "Steakhouse" home video some slashdotter linked to from a journal entry a while ago.
Lance is right - Viacom is shooting themself in the foot here. What do you expect googletube to do? Viacom themself can't identify their own material properly. What judge wouldn't take that into account? I reckon (a compromise) by some change to googletubes upload policy will help settle this out of court.
According to Hawking, the origin of the universe can be depicted as bubbles in a steam in boiling water. Small bubbles that appear and then collapse represent mini universes that expand only to disintegrate.
With all due respect Mr. Hawking, calculate the number of permutations necessary for just _one_ of those bubbles to account for the perfect symbiosis between entropy, gravity, mass, and everything else which keeps this Universe and life intact after an expulsion from the birth canals of mother void. My belief is that time itself (even given sufficient spans of Infinity) in no way could account for such an equilibrium. Call me a Skeptic. Call me a Believer. Either way, I can dream just as well as the next physicist.
Yes, sir. I opted for the crank one instead though. It shines for hours over minutes. It looks a lot like this one, and the radio like this. Great emergency tools to have either way. I used my crank flashlight on an overnight crickedy old train ride from Shanghai to Beijing last year - perfect for reading and playing shadow puppets.
A Return of the Jedi reference. Well done, sir. Well done.
Since most cultures these days have mastered fire, personally, I'd pack a few bottles of A1 steak sauce and throw a little seasoning on a random villager standing nearby me and the fire pit. Point to that guy and have the chief take one lick from his arm - that poor guy gets the skewer up his bum, and now you've started yourself a profitable business enterprise trading up for monkey fur and choice native women. And perchance the chief is more loyal to his own, I say douse yourself with A1 steak sauce and go out with style.
I would also suggest a crank turned radio and flashlight - get them at Radio Shack. I have them both in my car, and never need battery replacements. My flashlight for example was cranked over four months ago, and the rechargeable battery is still holding the charge. For the radio, just pull out the little handle and make a steady turn for 2 minutes - you get about 45 minutes hands free OTA action from it.
Good point. Sony claims 90% of PS3 users have watched a BR movie. If the PS3 is in large part responsible for driving these BR title sales, I'd say Microsoft gambled and is currently losing by backing HD DVD with no Xbox integration.
This report would seem to indicate it's the PS3 winning the battles in the early stages of this format war - moreso than standalone players.
FT Arstechnica article,
As of the end of 2006, only 695,000 consumers owned either a Blu-ray or HD DVD player. 270,000 of those were HD DVD players; the other 425,000 were Blu-ray. The overwhelming majority of Blu-ray players are PS3s--only 25,000 standalone Blu-ray players had been sold at year-end. Just over half of the HD DVD players sold were Xbox 360 add-ons.
Recognition? No. I take that back. Verification. Proof that the "linux is not desktop ready" argument can be retired.
Isn't it enough that OEMs will ship a PC with no OS installed?
It can, as Mark suggested by changing the business model and dropping a linux CD in the box.
There's just too many flavors and dickitry and infighting in the linux world, and I guarantee what Dell pre-installed on their boxes wouldn't be "the linux I want".
Does anyone really think (the majority of) linux users _ultimately_ care what distro flavor gets preloaded? That's not what motivates some of these responses. I would argue that Dell could just as easily preload their own linux distro - Dellinux (a fork off Ubuntu tailor made for Dell hardware).
Pre-installing Windows makes sense from a volume licensing standpoint[...]But (most) distros are free, so whats the big deal? Install ubunto or gentoo or whatever by yourself.
I agree. Actually, it's a bonus getting Windows for so cheap. Then, slap some linux loving on it at your own leisure. Win! Win!
FTA, concerning fussiness and Dell offering a matrix of possibilities,
This is an expensive proposition
I disagree. 1. That linux fussiness (in part) stems from being traditionally locked in with just one OS - Windows (and all it's caveats of operation). 2. Now, Dell has a wealth of options and alternatives, and can retool and craft a new profitable business model. Compare that with lockin. 3. Mark assumes Dell has to offer the entire Matrix to _appease_ that fussiness -> expense. 4. The fussiness (in large part) comes from no OEM linux supplied vendor. Period. Pick any distro or make your own. From 2, you could just as easily save money by offering NO support agreement, NO cost of OS distribution, and/or a LOT of cost savings by even offering older unsold Dell models collecting dust in the warehouses, which traditionally, linux has supported older hardware very well.
What Mark calls "fussiness", I'm willing to bet most linux users would agree is no different than bolting on all kinds of applications to a standard windows install - various AVs, skins, music players, firefox, etc. Sure, you have KDE or Gnome fanbois, but honestly, does anyone really think Dell limiting it to just that one DE will deter most migrating from Windows to linux to begin with? "Dude, you're getting linux certified Dell hardware."
Yes, siree. Cross country? Now you're talking. I remember the good old days of cross country. My high school coach (a priest) would grab us by the throat if he caught us jumping the spillway for a shortcut around the 10 mile lake. I swore that old boy had cammys and hid behind trees. Later, soon after joining the Army, everyone, and I mean everyone left there with a BMI to rival a gorilla. We all ate like horses at the chow hall too, and probably ate a few horses as well. I know for sure we had rabbit one day. Anyways, this study gave me a good belly ripping laughter. Strap a duffle bag and a few sand bags to your back each morning for PT and watch yourself Ally McBeal with 17 inch guns overnight. If that don't work, shove a tape worm into a Taco Bell burrito or a Twinkie - got mine back in 88 I think. Yes, sir. Exercise without motivation is like fetching your paper at 4 AM butt naked. Who would really care? Or really notice?
I'll be the first to admit I have several DVD/CD copies of most of my media collection.
Just for the sake of this discussion: If I have two lamps - one in my den and the other in the bedroom - and only one light bulb, would it be acceptable for me to clone another light bulb so I can have light in both places?
My question is - why do we as consumers make this exception for the electronic medium? Is it quite simply because we can, or because we have no cloning machines yet for other mediums?
The Census is equally important as voting. Special interest groups representing minority organizations work closely with state and local governments when they draw up political districts. What an awesome tool to hold those officials accountable and give other groups a voice - open access for everyone.
This is a non-point; what's the problem with Dell settling on one distribution, outsourcing the support to Novell/RH/etc?
Not only that - Dell could easily distribute their own linux OS forked off (say) Ubuntu. If only a _handful_ of Canonical paid developers can really make an easy to use linux box, why can't a multi billion dollar corporation do "better" on far fewer variances in hardware? It would be disingenuous for anyone to claim otherwise.
Just imagine a Dell modified adept updater running in the systray much like windows update - so simple for all their linux certified hardware (even more so than windows boxes). I would argue that on a Dell linux box you would never need to even touch a config file (Xorg or otherwise). Problem? Not only would Dell be selling hardware, but an OS too. Maybe they're not ready to put those gloves on just yet and step into the ring with Microsoft - it might raise a few investor eyebrows.
Since when did we have any rights to our identity on the internet? I must have been asleep on the couch next to a empty bottle of Vodka when that law got passed. You are right it was in poor taste, but which was worse - the newspaper or the people who identified him on video and turned him in?
Um, no. None of this needs to be sent back to Microsoft to determine which updates need to be downloaded.
I agree. Take any linux distro and their package manager for updates. I really do not see the need for WGA at all - especially since it worked quite well without it for all their other window releases. I remember Ubuntu catching some flack a while back when they had some process that transmitted back "most popular downloads" (when most users weren't even aware of it doing so). I believe currently you have to manually re-enable this.
Either way, I really don't mind that I'm exposing my navel to Bill or Ballmer. When I downloaded Visual Studio C# express a while back, I'm pretty sure I had to accept the WGA at the time. I'm not sure on that, so somebody correct me if I'm wrong. When I'm on win, I kick back into the click and forget mode, so I really don't remember at what point I accepted the WGA. Either way, I just wanted to check in and say "Hi Bill! How ya doing? I'm still here." (since I'm running linux right now and my normal WGA howdys won't be getting through).
wouldnt the terrorists just read the manufacturing plans like they glean the flying manuals
More than likely not. Boeing obviously even designed the plans to be internet proof - "Enlarge the picture to see how 'autoland' will work". I apparently wouldn't make a good terrorist, since I gave up after the twentieth click over it.
Exactly. The article hints at an aging populace, so I presume servants of some sort will be common place in nursing care centers. As depressing as this sounds, for those long periods when seniors have no visits from their family, a sentient emotionally equipped servant would be beneficial. Even dogs and cats have shown therapeutic effects in nursing homes.
[The air tight vacuum seal squeeks as the airlock pressure normalizes. Two astrominers take off their helmets.] Zapp: Just let me catch my breath. Perhaps these will clear my lungs... [Zapp unravels a square pack from his t-shirt sleeve] Zapp: Out-staaanding. Laramie Extra-tar now comes with cesnium-methyl-butate. [Zapp's eyes roll back as he takes a long drag] Zapp: Ahhh. Damn, that's smooooooth. [cough cough] Easy money baby. Another day, another euro. Troy: Don't kid yourself, Branny. My good looks paid for that moon buggy, and my talent filled it with gold nuggets. [Zapp laughs as a tar stained tooth drops from his mouth] Zapp: Gold? I thought that was cheese.
You don't persuade a business to do something by begging them to sell you something. You persuade them by buying that something from someone else who is quite happy to sell you that something.
Absolutely! But there is something to be said about shouting louder than all the others when it comes to marketing - Dell has a megaphone here. I think Dell is already _persuaded_ though by their interest in rolling out a linux desktop:
Unlike Dell, which depends largely on the desktop and corporate markets for sales, HP is cashing in on high-growth areas, including emerging markets, the consumer area, and laptops.
In fiscal 2006, $25 million in hardware sales in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) were directly related to HP's Debian support.[...]HP support is set for the Debian Sarge release, which debuted in June 2005. Wade noted that HP is working toward certifying its hardware against the upcoming Debian Etch release, which is set for a 2007 rollout.
Dell may have a megaphone for all us linux users to rally around, but HP already has a small mob gathering around theirs.
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1. Even if a 1000 backups are made today, unless each successive backup (say) 2-5 years from now includes _all_ the information from today, those original 1000 backups are quite useless.
2. Having been a victim of HD fluid bearing loss (from a brand new Maxtor drive only lasting 16 months), even HD(s) aren't reliable.
3. As long as item 1 is handled by ever increasing storage capacities, it's not an issue. However, redundancy doesn't stop at 2 (hd -> CD). It's better to have a long term solution like magnetic tapes (or other) imo.
I was wondering what that groove (road) was myself. When stuck in Tyrone, you can see two Rover wheel tracks. But in the last panorama, only one - maybe spirit was so happy after getting unstuck, it started celebrating by playing some Snoop Dog and flipping the switches to ride on one side.
Lance is right - Viacom is shooting themself in the foot here. What do you expect googletube to do? Viacom themself can't identify their own material properly. What judge wouldn't take that into account? I reckon (a compromise) by some change to googletubes upload policy will help settle this out of court.
Yes, sir. I opted for the crank one instead though. It shines for hours over minutes. It looks a lot like this one, and the radio like this. Great emergency tools to have either way. I used my crank flashlight on an overnight crickedy old train ride from Shanghai to Beijing last year - perfect for reading and playing shadow puppets.
A Return of the Jedi reference. Well done, sir. Well done.
Since most cultures these days have mastered fire, personally, I'd pack a few bottles of A1 steak sauce and throw a little seasoning on a random villager standing nearby me and the fire pit. Point to that guy and have the chief take one lick from his arm - that poor guy gets the skewer up his bum, and now you've started yourself a profitable business enterprise trading up for monkey fur and choice native women. And perchance the chief is more loyal to his own, I say douse yourself with A1 steak sauce and go out with style.
I would also suggest a crank turned radio and flashlight - get them at Radio Shack. I have them both in my car, and never need battery replacements. My flashlight for example was cranked over four months ago, and the rechargeable battery is still holding the charge. For the radio, just pull out the little handle and make a steady turn for 2 minutes - you get about 45 minutes hands free OTA action from it.
This report would seem to indicate it's the PS3 winning the battles in the early stages of this format war - moreso than standalone players.
FT Arstechnica article,
FTA, concerning fussiness and Dell offering a matrix of possibilities,I disagree.
1. That linux fussiness (in part) stems from being traditionally locked in with just one OS - Windows (and all it's caveats of operation).
2. Now, Dell has a wealth of options and alternatives, and can retool and craft a new profitable business model. Compare that with lockin.
3. Mark assumes Dell has to offer the entire Matrix to _appease_ that fussiness -> expense.
4. The fussiness (in large part) comes from no OEM linux supplied vendor. Period. Pick any distro or make your own. From 2, you could just as easily save money by offering NO support agreement, NO cost of OS distribution, and/or a LOT of cost savings by even offering older unsold Dell models collecting dust in the warehouses, which traditionally, linux has supported older hardware very well.
What Mark calls "fussiness", I'm willing to bet most linux users would agree is no different than bolting on all kinds of applications to a standard windows install - various AVs, skins, music players, firefox, etc. Sure, you have KDE or Gnome fanbois, but honestly, does anyone really think Dell limiting it to just that one DE will deter most migrating from Windows to linux to begin with? "Dude, you're getting linux certified Dell hardware."
Yes, siree. Cross country? Now you're talking. I remember the good old days of cross country. My high school coach (a priest) would grab us by the throat if he caught us jumping the spillway for a shortcut around the 10 mile lake. I swore that old boy had cammys and hid behind trees. Later, soon after joining the Army, everyone, and I mean everyone left there with a BMI to rival a gorilla. We all ate like horses at the chow hall too, and probably ate a few horses as well. I know for sure we had rabbit one day. Anyways, this study gave me a good belly ripping laughter. Strap a duffle bag and a few sand bags to your back each morning for PT and watch yourself Ally McBeal with 17 inch guns overnight. If that don't work, shove a tape worm into a Taco Bell burrito or a Twinkie - got mine back in 88 I think. Yes, sir. Exercise without motivation is like fetching your paper at 4 AM butt naked. Who would really care? Or really notice?
I'll be the first to admit I have several DVD/CD copies of most of my media collection.
Just for the sake of this discussion: If I have two lamps - one in my den and the other in the bedroom - and only one light bulb, would it be acceptable for me to clone another light bulb so I can have light in both places?
My question is - why do we as consumers make this exception for the electronic medium? Is it quite simply because we can, or because we have no cloning machines yet for other mediums?
The Census is equally important as voting. Special interest groups representing minority organizations work closely with state and local governments when they draw up political districts. What an awesome tool to hold those officials accountable and give other groups a voice - open access for everyone.
Just imagine a Dell modified adept updater running in the systray much like windows update - so simple for all their linux certified hardware (even more so than windows boxes). I would argue that on a Dell linux box you would never need to even touch a config file (Xorg or otherwise). Problem? Not only would Dell be selling hardware, but an OS too. Maybe they're not ready to put those gloves on just yet and step into the ring with Microsoft - it might raise a few investor eyebrows.
Since when did we have any rights to our identity on the internet? I must have been asleep on the couch next to a empty bottle of Vodka when that law got passed. You are right it was in poor taste, but which was worse - the newspaper or the people who identified him on video and turned him in?
Pfft. My Atari 400 goes from SELECT to BOSS in 0.8.
Either way, I really don't mind that I'm exposing my navel to Bill or Ballmer. When I downloaded Visual Studio C# express a while back, I'm pretty sure I had to accept the WGA at the time. I'm not sure on that, so somebody correct me if I'm wrong. When I'm on win, I kick back into the click and forget mode, so I really don't remember at what point I accepted the WGA. Either way, I just wanted to check in and say "Hi Bill! How ya doing? I'm still here." (since I'm running linux right now and my normal WGA howdys won't be getting through).
Maybe not EXIF related, but there is an alternative solution.
Just for kicks. I made this ballmer one too. Personally, I'm still kind of partial to the gates borg icon myself. But, It was all in good fun.
Exactly. The article hints at an aging populace, so I presume servants of some sort will be common place in nursing care centers. As depressing as this sounds, for those long periods when seniors have no visits from their family, a sentient emotionally equipped servant would be beneficial. Even dogs and cats have shown therapeutic effects in nursing homes.
Zapp: Just let me catch my breath. Perhaps these will clear my lungs
[Zapp unravels a square pack from his t-shirt sleeve]
Zapp: Out-staaanding. Laramie Extra-tar now comes with cesnium-methyl-butate.
[Zapp's eyes roll back as he takes a long drag]
Zapp: Ahhh. Damn, that's smooooooth. [cough cough] Easy money baby. Another day, another euro.
Troy: Don't kid yourself, Branny. My good looks paid for that moon buggy, and my talent filled it with gold nuggets.
[Zapp laughs as a tar stained tooth drops from his mouth]
Zapp: Gold? I thought that was cheese.
Persuasion through HP purchases:Emerging markets? See below.
Tangible side benefits from HP linux rollout:Dell may have a megaphone for all us linux users to rally around, but HP already has a small mob gathering around theirs.