Then surely the key is not to get the current package list and md5 check from the same mirror that you download from.
If source 1 says package x should be this version and with this md5 sum then a mirror offering a different version and different md5 sum shouldn't be trusted automatically.
I don't think it would be too difficult to make the packaging system more robust than it is at present.
i love my 701 it's battery life is good enough and its small enough to carry anywhere I'm out of town 5 days a week theres a place with internet access but very limited software, but luckily they don't mind me plugging one of the monitors into my EEE.
They would have some nice pc's but they are running XP in 384 Meg of ram so dispite being pentium4 extremes at 3ghz+ my EEE runs rings round them. the eee is quite happy running with a 1280x whatever external monitor.
even net access is easy with 3 doing mobile internet for £5 a month I can just plugin a usb bluetooth dongle its not hspda but thats available for £10 a month and also works on ubuntu.
Occassionally i do need to use windows but i have a 2000 install which takes about 2gb on an sd card which i run in virtualbox.
however the screen can be small for some things which is where the 900 series wins.
I think the 1000 is a bit too big and the hdd is a backwards step. if you need more storage plug in an external drive mostly its not needed.
i wouldnt get a 1000 but the 900 series is tempting
The thing is those couple of pieces of code could have been developed far beyond your original intention
The article writer mentions himself that he has code out from 15 years ago that is available -although totally useless.
And that surely is the key difference between bsd and gpl code. bsd code gives you a snapshot of a code base, GPL code evolves as it gets refined and reused and refactored.
something that starts small with gpl can snowball just look at rms 's printer driver.
think about this, using skydiving as an example would you want to be chased around the internet by skydiving adverts just because you once declared an interest in it. Actually it could be worse a lot worse.
Targeting ad's on the basis of your search words, seems reasonable you might actually be interested in some of what advertisers have to offer.
going on to profile people and target individuals really isn't a welcome development.
with google your not paying for ad impressions you pay for clicks and they can get very expensive. As an Advertiser it makes no sense to target you continually. i'm advertising a b&b in blarney. Is there any point at all to advertise to you because you stayed at a b&b in blarney. It's the 1000's of impressions which net results, because its what you are looking for at the time.
I'm struggling to get a b&b a place on the web and unfortunately i've seen too many site's which want money for a link on some of the most horrible sites going. unfortunately googles site ranking depends to a large extent on links to determine the price of advertising.
I only wish i knew enough people who would put a link to www.phelansguesthouse.com on their site without wanting a pound of flesh.
The directories tend to either want large quantitys of cash to give a link, the worst for that so far wanted $2000 to link or are charging 10% of a room cost for pretty much showing you the link.
when a site is taking a 10% deposit from you for a random b&b the actual b&b owners see nothing of that, you just paid to see the advert.
google is quite horrible in what it does to its small advertisers daily it raises rates and gives less traffic.
at the moment i have very few links to www.phelansguesthouse.com i'd really appreciate it if anyone would care to add a link on their site and if you want i will add a link back if you want it. phelans is a great place and i really would welcome your support. Even more so we would welcome you to come stay with us in blarney. thanks for reading and thanks even more for linking if you do.
you really could make a difference.
actually the 68000 cpu was 16 bit as in the a1000,a2000 a500(+) and a600
The aga amiga's a1200 a4000 and cd32 had at least 68020 processors which were 32bit (hence cd32)
The a4000 had the 68030 or 68040 processors as standard I think the cdtv was a 68000 processor and the a3000 had a 68030 if you take into account after market boards then there were 68060 processors as well and also ppc processors
Google women painted as cows and you will find a couple of images in the image search.
ones from a blog entitled what men think of women.
Basically it appears that some of this stuff is funny stuff but you wouldn't want to watch with your small kids. The painted cow women pictures seem related to an article discussing men's views about women, seeing women as meat. (for some reason firefox kept shutting down every time i tried to access the blog where the image was located, this is more worrying.)
The judge apparently had some mp3's on his site which might be breaches of copyright. If the riaa's making available applied then he could be in trouble. Since in theory his site was public. However wasn't that "making available" ruling shot down in another court?
If this is as extreme as the site got, then it's more pg than adult in content.
This really was just a site for him to keep random stuff on that he might want to access later. he kept court rulings on there as well and why not. sometimes there are things you want to keep handy be it a court ruling a funny video clip or a step by step for using a particular linux command.
really this is a political hatchet job on the judge, it could be just to sell papers, or an attempt to discredit him by his enemies.
try googling Rebecca Loos masturbating a pig on The Farm.
While I don't know what was going on exactly in the judges photo this was broadcast on Ch4 in the uk (probably after 9 pm) on a regular terrestrial tv channel.
so 'cavorting' with a sexually aroused animal, given that a dog can get turned on by his owner scratching his ears probably isn't as obscene as what was legally broadcast in the uk.
also was that the sum total of pictures on the site or a small percentage of 'humorous' pictures found on the site.
context is everything.
http://www.word-gems.com/humor.herriot.html (text only) but peter davidson (a former dr who) had the dubious pleasure of recreating this scene for sunday evening tv -arm up a cows vagina no less.(bbc)
plus countless comedic video clips of animals humping anything in numerous home video shows or the bbc news website with pictures of a seal trying to hump a penguin
The judges pic's may be quite tame indeed. but i guess when janet jackson's nipple popped out at the superbowl causing a major incident, standards may vary.
I already cut back from the largest package since virgin couldn't provide a noticeable improvement.
I may just cut back some more just because Virgin are doing this. Many other users will cut back because the p2p was why they had a high bandwidth package, revenues for virgin media may drastically decline.
Costs of providing the service might decline too admittedly, thus this may increase profits with less net usage going on.
However Virgin could provide some form of video and audio streaming package ala net flicks giving a legal alternative for thier customers and a revenue stream for participating media companies.
Although alternatively there is always the option of visiting a local market where you can get 3 dvd's packed full of content for a tenner.
sneaker net revisited I guess.
On the other hand open source alternatives to popular pirated software might see an increase in uptake so not all bad.
Hot Spot's always seem a bit pricey for what you get.
however now i have a connection where ever I go since I got a skypephone from 3 I am not that keen on the contracts but as pay as you go its great buy £10 top up convert £5 for internet access (£2 would get you tv for the month) which leaves £5 for calls.
go into the connectivity menu choose bluetooth modem or usb (bluetooth works fine for ubuntu) and i just use pppd call gprs in the terminal and my laptops connected.
They also do a linux friendly usb dongle with hispeed internet (1gb a month for £10) but for light use the skype phone is great plus skype to skype calls are free for 5000 minutes talk time or 10,000 texts.
so really i am not bothered where i drink my coffee, using codes, and portals is no longer an issue.
sorry if i sound like a raving advert for 3 but really in the uk you can not do better than their mobile data service.
T-mobile here does web'n'walk for £7.50 a month but it really is web only.
Buying music obviously does make sense for the tracks that you know you enjoy, but then we only know a small fraction of what music is out there and being able to just click on a track and play it, would be convenient.
obviously if you really enjoy a particular track or album you can buy it at any time. in fact there is no reason you couldn't buy via the music service as a cd or mp3 download.
The real difference is you would be able to listen to anything any number of times without infringing copyright and and the music industry gets a revenue stream. It's also quite trivial to ensure Artists are rewarded according to the popularity of the music they produce.
It is not so much a service for individuals but for family's, it's really an insurance so that the RIAA and such like do not sue you for your childrens downloads. For this alone it could be worth having.
obviously both the public and the music industry require some convincing, what other way forward is there? The law suits do very little to reduce piracy, when they do impact individuals they are devastating.
Music and film on demand seem to be a good compromise. Both the film and music industry need to make money to continue and piracy will always be around, by meeting the demand the entertainment industry gets a new stream of revenue and piracy becomes less of a problem.
If something is available for "free" (that is, already covered in the cost of your broadband package) why seek an illegal alternative?
If your not subscribing to the service, your fair game, to the current tactics being used. However it is reasonable to believe that a good proportion of home broadband users would prefer to be certain they would not be the target of an industry lawsuit.
Do you see the advantages now to this kind of a system?
I quite like your idea, of a live CD, since it would be distributing a limited version of OSX so that people could try OSX on a particular system with little to no cost.
However it probably would not be difficult for Apple to be able to sell an unlock code to allow OSX to be installed from the same Cd/dvd image.
problem is while it is all possible, probably would make money for old rope for apple, it would take some persuasion to convince Mr Jobs it would be a good move.
Apple sells on exclusivity, and this would devalue that to an extent on the other hand most mac enthusiasts would see this as an inferior mac clone and social pressure to upgrade to a real mac would be there.
I don't think apple have the ambition to increase market share this aggressively, shareholders might.
That is probably why netflix doesn't seem bothered by people who rip the movies, all you finish up with is a bunch of ripped dvd's that sit and gather dust for the next few years.
As a netflix customer you are already a good customer of the entertainment industry. Many people do not buy or rent movies on any kind of regular basis, $180 a year from you is probably way above the average spend on movies by joe public.
I wouldn't be surprised that you go out for a movie once in a while, after all watching movies is one of your interests.
It probably wouldn't be a bad thing if ISP's bundled in a movie on demand or music on demand service in to a broadband package.
$15 a month seems a small price to pay to ensure you don't get in trouble, especially if you have kids that are likely to download movies.
I am not so sure if the music industry could get its collective head round this kind of model, but a regular income from what would be probably the majority of households isn't a bad alternative to the current situation.
wrong side of the world for you, but 3 do a usb hsdpa modem free on contract or £50 if its pay as you go. the data charges are the same for either £10 for 1gb £15 for 3gb and theres a 7gb monthly tarrif as well and they don't limit you to web pages only.
works well with eee running ubuntu.
alternately they have a skype phone for £40 (or free on contract)with 5000 minutes skype call time a month provided you top up £10 a month as you can use £5 of this for a months internet access. it works as a bluetooth modem on ubuntu or usb modem on windows. it's only 3g so relatively slow but it works fine on the EEE (windows tested, win2000 in Virtualbox) they even let you use the phone and data allowance on sister networks without roaming charges.
While i'm wary of getting a contract with 3 they are probably the best mobile data service provider in the uk.
However network coverage is quite hit and miss on the train it repeatedly dropped connection away from the stations.
For me with broadband at home the skype phone works good enough for me, for someone else with no regular broadband the hspda modem is better.
The standard battery on the EEE does at least 3 hours 5200mA after market batteries can be twice that capacity but i'm not so keen on the bulky designs.
The small screen size of the EEE 701, causes occasional problems, selecting compiz settings can be tricky, it's better to tab around the gui.
The 900 is an improvement but I still don't regret getting the 701.
I have had bigger laptops for years but only since having the EEE have I really got real mobile use out of a laptop.
If I think i need my extras, usb hard drives, cables, slimline dvd drive i take it about in a little dvd player bag. If I don't I just take it along with me. in a small leather case.
There is one option that didn't exist before, virtualisation.
Develop drivers for a VM like Virtualbox and you automatically support a wide range of diverse hardware, without the development costs of running native, the Mac experience within a VM machine would be consistent.
However It wouldn't be as good as a real mac and the natuaral upgrade path would be to a real Mac. The problem with the clones was superior performance at a better price. Of course people would buy a clone over the apple product when it was faster and cheaper than apple were offering.
The VM route doesn't compete against Apple hardware, real Apple hardware will result in a better eXperience than the VM resulting in improved Apple hardware sales.
It would be so easy to sell Taste the Apple eXperience, one bite will have you wanting more.
The VM experience would be a tool for apple to sell more mac's a completely different proposition to selling clones.
nobody needs to run microsoft software for all that they do but almost everybody does something which requires windows for them to be able to do it.
Linux isn't windows and so cannot fully replace it.
However there are good reasons not to use windows for all the tasks you do on a computer, so linux is going to co-exist alongside windows for a long time.
It is likely the percentage of pc users that are happy to run linux alongside windows will increase. Virtual machines will get better and make it easier to switch between operating systems as required.
For me the best blend currently seems to be ubuntu with a vm running windows 2000. Virtualbox has usb support that means even a lexmark printer can be connected and made to work, when required.
2000 might even be a problem for Microsoft since its largely binary compatible with most windows software and it's light system requirements make it perfect for a vm.
Microsofts big assault against open document formats, is critical for them they need the inconsistencies that stop our data being fully portable.
Maybe they will be forced in to a position where they have to support importing and exporting however you can be sure they will do so as slowly as possible.
Linux isn't going to replace windows, just replace the need to do everything with windows.
it's not really that good a design to be honest. For a start the packaging is a lot more expensive as is the machinery to pack it. The cans have to be shipped to the factory to be filled and obviously its quite a complex assembly.
Compare this to the conventional bag plastic or aluminium its basically just a roll of film. The bag is formed as it is filled, as one is sealed it forms the bottom of the next packet in fact crisps are falling before there is actually a bag for them to go in. It's extremely fast and efficient and the mechanics are relatively simple.
The pringles can is purely for marketing purposes, and it's expensive to produce in comparison to your regular bag.
also the curve of the pringle determines how many fit in a can it's hard to get a mix which tastes good and fits in the can. The machine which fills the cans is limited to a maximum size 25% extra free can be a problem with larger sizes. for bagged crisps its largely a question of adjusting the desired weight and changing the weight marked on the bag.
I would hazard a guess the can may cost more than the product. On the other hand as a marketing tool the can is great, it makes the product distinctive and allows a higher price.
funny thing is crisps are made from fresh potato's and it is likely only a few hours from being in the field to being in a bag where pringles are from dried powdered potato which can be any age.
well if you really want to know, essentially pringles are reconstituted potato similar to instant mash. If I remember right its mainly dried potato powder and oil. A dough is made up which gets squeezed to the right thickness on a belt and then a roller cookie cuts the pringles out and the unused dough goes back into the hopper and is rolled out again. they are then fried, flavor added, and canned.
The recipe is all important since it controls both the flavor and the curve of the pringles. A big problem is that if they curve too much then you cant fit enough in a can (the machine couldn't handle bigger cans) and if the recipe was adjusted to make them flatter then the product tastes like cardboard.
It was a pretty cool machine to see in action.
things like quavers and wotsits are fried potato starch, without flavor they are like chewing on packing beads.
and finally low fat crisps are identical to regular crisps in every way right up to the flavor station where a lower fat flavor is added.
about 13% of the population can speak Spanish the second most common language in the USA. To be quite frank learning a second language expands the mind at least it seems bilingual people are not as narrow minded as the monolingual.
A blurring of cultures is a good thing, it saves lives and improves the quality of life. It's a good thing to be able to understand people are different accept that and not fear it and see it as a threat.
if this is based on the EEE then there are a few good points it might have inherited.
noise - the EEE is nearly silent in use. power consumption the EEE uses only 22 watts tops. how does that compare with your old desktop system?
pulling figures out the air lets say your desktop uses 250 watts and this uses 25 then thats 6 kw a day against.6kw or 2,190 kw a year against 219 a year using a figure like 10cents a kilowatt then your desktop has cost you $219 dollars and the eee desktop $21.90 close to $200 a year saving in power
As a small home server these are attractive features.
It could be a good mythtv frontend, music server. it has the wife acceptance factor built in.
It could be a good office pc as well, where demands are not that high.
maybe it should be the EEEE - add Eco-friendly into the mix.
eee with a usb modem works, tethering a htc universal works very slowly for uk users the three network has usb modem on pay as you go for 50 quid £10 gets you a gb of data. the usb modems free on contract but the data cost is the same they seem to open more ports than most
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Then surely the key is not to get the current package list and md5 check from the same mirror that you download from.
If source 1 says package x should be this version and with this md5 sum then a mirror offering a different version and different md5 sum shouldn't be trusted automatically.
I don't think it would be too difficult to make the packaging system more robust than it is at present.
well I guess that means that windows 3.11 has 5 years before all the patents expire if the gif patent is anything to go by.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_Interchange_Format
That still seems like too long but thats the deal with patents.
I thought the exclusivity granted by a patent had an expiry date and one that should be enforced.
i love my 701 it's battery life is good enough and its small enough to carry anywhere I'm out of town 5 days a week theres a place with internet access but very limited software, but luckily they don't mind me plugging one of the monitors into my EEE.
They would have some nice pc's but they are running XP in 384 Meg of ram so dispite being pentium4 extremes at 3ghz+ my EEE runs rings round them.
the eee is quite happy running with a 1280x whatever external monitor.
even net access is easy with 3 doing mobile internet for £5 a month I can just plugin a usb bluetooth dongle its not hspda but thats available for £10 a month and also works on ubuntu.
Occassionally i do need to use windows but i have a 2000 install which takes about 2gb on an sd card which i run in virtualbox.
however the screen can be small for some things which is where the 900 series wins.
I think the 1000 is a bit too big and the hdd is a backwards step. if you need more storage plug in an external drive mostly its not needed.
i wouldnt get a 1000 but the 900 series is tempting
The thing is those couple of pieces of code could have been developed far beyond your original intention
The article writer mentions himself that he has code out from 15 years ago that is available -although totally useless.
And that surely is the key difference between bsd and gpl code. bsd code gives you a snapshot of a code base, GPL code evolves as it gets refined and reused and refactored.
something that starts small with gpl can snowball just look at rms 's printer driver.
Your blocked from watching bbc streaming video because your not in the UK.
The technology is here your just not allowed access to it.
think about this, using skydiving as an example would you want to be chased around the internet by skydiving adverts just because you once declared an interest in it. Actually it could be worse a lot worse.
Targeting ad's on the basis of your search words, seems reasonable you might actually be interested in some of what advertisers have to offer.
going on to profile people and target individuals really isn't a welcome development.
with google your not paying for ad impressions you pay for clicks and they can get very expensive. As an Advertiser it makes no sense to target you continually. i'm advertising a b&b in blarney. Is there any point at all to advertise to you because you stayed at a b&b in blarney. It's the 1000's of impressions which net results, because its what you are looking for at the time.
I'm struggling to get a b&b a place on the web and unfortunately i've seen too many site's which want money for a link on some of the most horrible sites going. unfortunately googles site ranking depends to a large extent on links to determine the price of advertising.
I only wish i knew enough people who would put a link to www.phelansguesthouse.com
on their site without wanting a pound of flesh.
The directories tend to either want large quantitys of cash to give a link, the worst for that so far wanted $2000 to link or are charging 10% of a room cost for pretty much showing you the link.
when a site is taking a 10% deposit from you for a random b&b the actual b&b owners see nothing of that, you just paid to see the advert.
google is quite horrible in what it does to its small advertisers daily it raises rates and gives less traffic.
at the moment i have very few links to www.phelansguesthouse.com i'd really appreciate it if anyone would care to add a link on their site and if you want i will add a link back if you want it. phelans is a great place and i really would welcome your support. Even more so we would welcome you to come stay with us in blarney.
thanks for reading and thanks even more for linking if you do.
you really could make a difference.
thanks
John
actually the 68000 cpu was 16 bit as in the a1000,a2000 a500(+) and a600
The aga amiga's a1200 a4000 and cd32 had at least 68020 processors which were 32bit (hence cd32)
The a4000 had the 68030 or 68040 processors as standard I think the cdtv was a 68000 processor and the a3000 had a 68030 if you take into account after market boards then there were 68060 processors as well and also ppc processors
If you read the article and some of the attached comments you will find that the video is on you tube.
This version was swiped from fox and is censored so shouldnt be offensive to most people
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_it12C2UiE&feature=related
Google women painted as cows and you will find a couple of images in the image search.
ones from a blog entitled what men think of women.
Basically it appears that some of this stuff is funny stuff but you wouldn't want to watch with your small kids. The painted cow women pictures seem related to an article discussing men's views about women, seeing women as meat. (for some reason firefox kept shutting down every time i tried to access the blog where the image was located, this is more worrying.)
The judge apparently had some mp3's on his site which might be breaches of copyright. If the riaa's making available applied then he could be in trouble. Since in theory his site was public. However wasn't that "making available" ruling shot down in another court?
If this is as extreme as the site got, then it's more pg than adult in content.
This really was just a site for him to keep random stuff on that he might want to access later. he kept court rulings on there as well and why not. sometimes there are things you want to keep handy be it a court ruling a funny video clip or a step by step for using a particular linux command.
really this is a political hatchet job on the judge, it could be just to sell papers, or an attempt to discredit him by his enemies.
http://www.tobyyoung.co.uk/440/how-long-before-zlist-stars-pay-to-get-on-tv.html
try googling Rebecca Loos masturbating a pig on The Farm.
While I don't know what was going on exactly in the judges photo this was broadcast on Ch4 in the uk (probably after 9 pm) on a regular terrestrial tv channel.
so 'cavorting' with a sexually aroused animal, given that a dog can get turned on by his owner scratching his ears probably isn't as obscene as what was legally broadcast in the uk.
also was that the sum total of pictures on the site or a small percentage of 'humorous' pictures found on the site.
context is everything.
http://www.word-gems.com/humor.herriot.html (text only) but peter davidson (a former dr who) had the dubious pleasure of recreating this scene for sunday evening tv -arm up a cows vagina no less.(bbc)
plus countless comedic video clips of animals humping anything in numerous home video shows or the bbc news website with pictures of a seal trying to hump a penguin
The judges pic's may be quite tame indeed. but i guess when janet jackson's nipple popped out at the superbowl causing a major incident, standards may vary.
That wire also cost's varying amounts.
I already cut back from the largest package since virgin couldn't provide a noticeable improvement.
I may just cut back some more just because Virgin are doing this.
Many other users will cut back because the p2p was why they had a high bandwidth package, revenues for virgin media may drastically decline.
Costs of providing the service might decline too admittedly, thus this may increase profits with less net usage going on.
However Virgin could provide some form of video and audio streaming package ala net flicks giving a legal alternative for thier customers and a revenue stream for participating media companies.
Although alternatively there is always the option of visiting a local market where you can get 3 dvd's packed full of content for a tenner.
sneaker net revisited I guess.
On the other hand open source alternatives to popular pirated software might see an increase in uptake so not all bad.
Hot Spot's always seem a bit pricey for what you get.
however now i have a connection where ever I go since I got a skypephone from
3 I am not that keen on the contracts but as pay as you go its great
buy £10 top up convert £5 for internet access (£2 would get you tv for the month)
which leaves £5 for calls.
go into the connectivity menu choose bluetooth modem or usb (bluetooth works fine for ubuntu) and i just use pppd call gprs in the terminal and my laptops connected.
They also do a linux friendly usb dongle with hispeed internet (1gb a month for £10) but for light use the skype phone is great plus skype to skype calls are free for 5000 minutes talk time or 10,000 texts.
so really i am not bothered where i drink my coffee, using codes, and portals is no longer an issue.
sorry if i sound like a raving advert for 3 but really in the uk you can not do better than their mobile data service.
T-mobile here does web'n'walk for £7.50 a month but it really is web only.
Buying music obviously does make sense for the tracks that you know you enjoy, but then we only know a small fraction of what music is out there and being able to just click on a track and play it, would be convenient.
obviously if you really enjoy a particular track or album you can buy it at any time. in fact there is no reason you couldn't buy via the music service as a cd or mp3 download.
The real difference is you would be able to listen to anything any number of times without infringing copyright and and the music industry gets a revenue stream. It's also quite trivial to ensure Artists are rewarded according to the popularity of the music they produce.
It is not so much a service for individuals but for family's, it's really an insurance so that the RIAA and such like do not sue you for your childrens downloads. For this alone it could be worth having.
obviously both the public and the music industry require some convincing, what other way forward is there? The law suits do very little to reduce piracy, when they do impact individuals they are devastating.
Music and film on demand seem to be a good compromise. Both the film and music industry need to make money to continue and piracy will always be around, by meeting the demand the entertainment industry gets a new stream of revenue and piracy becomes less of a problem.
If something is available for "free" (that is, already covered in the cost of your broadband package) why seek an illegal alternative?
If your not subscribing to the service, your fair game, to the current tactics being used. However it is reasonable to believe that a good proportion of home broadband users would prefer to be certain they would not be the target of an industry lawsuit.
Do you see the advantages now to this kind of a system?
I quite like your idea, of a live CD, since it would be distributing a limited version of OSX so that people could try OSX on a particular system with little to no cost.
However it probably would not be difficult for Apple to be able to sell an unlock code to allow OSX to be installed from the same Cd/dvd image.
problem is while it is all possible, probably would make money for old rope for apple, it would take some persuasion to convince Mr Jobs it would be a good move.
Apple sells on exclusivity, and this would devalue that to an extent on the other hand most mac enthusiasts would see this as an inferior mac clone and social pressure to upgrade to a real mac would be there.
I don't think apple have the ambition to increase market share this aggressively, shareholders might.
That is probably why netflix doesn't seem bothered by people who rip the movies, all you finish up with is a bunch of ripped dvd's that sit and gather dust for the next few years.
As a netflix customer you are already a good customer of the entertainment industry. Many people do not buy or rent movies on any kind of regular basis, $180 a year from you is probably way above the average spend on movies by joe public.
I wouldn't be surprised that you go out for a movie once in a while, after all watching movies is one of your interests.
It probably wouldn't be a bad thing if ISP's bundled in a movie on demand or music on demand service in to a broadband package.
$15 a month seems a small price to pay to ensure you don't get in trouble, especially if you have kids that are likely to download movies.
I am not so sure if the music industry could get its collective head round this kind of model, but a regular income from what would be probably the majority of households isn't a bad alternative to the current situation.
wrong side of the world for you, but 3 do a usb hsdpa modem free on contract or £50 if its pay as you go. the data charges are the same for either £10 for 1gb £15 for 3gb and theres a 7gb monthly tarrif as well and they don't limit you to web pages only.
works well with eee running ubuntu.
alternately they have a skype phone for £40 (or free on contract)with 5000 minutes skype call time a month provided you top up £10 a month as you can use £5 of this for a months internet access. it works as a bluetooth modem on ubuntu or usb modem on windows. it's only 3g so relatively slow but it works fine on the EEE (windows tested, win2000 in Virtualbox) they even let you use the phone and data allowance on sister networks without roaming charges.
While i'm wary of getting a contract with 3 they are probably the best mobile data service provider in the uk.
However network coverage is quite hit and miss on the train it repeatedly dropped connection away from the stations.
For me with broadband at home the skype phone works good enough for me, for someone else with no regular broadband the hspda modem is better.
The standard battery on the EEE does at least 3 hours 5200mA after market batteries can be twice that capacity but i'm not so keen on the bulky designs.
The small screen size of the EEE 701, causes occasional problems, selecting compiz settings can be tricky, it's better to tab around the gui.
The 900 is an improvement but I still don't regret getting the 701.
I have had bigger laptops for years but only since having the EEE have I really got real mobile use out of a laptop.
If I think i need my extras, usb hard drives, cables, slimline dvd drive i take it about in a little dvd player bag. If I don't I just take it along with me.
in a small leather case.
It almost replaces my pda phone
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C62D54A5-183A-4A1E-A7E2-CC500ED1F19A&displaylang=en
might help it's a microsoft pda emulator and wm5 image. it might be good in wine or a vm.
There is one option that didn't exist before, virtualisation.
Develop drivers for a VM like Virtualbox and you automatically support a wide range of diverse hardware, without the development costs of running native, the Mac experience within a VM machine would be consistent.
However It wouldn't be as good as a real mac and the natuaral upgrade path would be to a real Mac. The problem with the clones was superior performance at a better price. Of course people would buy a clone over the apple product when it was faster and cheaper than apple were offering.
The VM route doesn't compete against Apple hardware, real Apple hardware will result in a better eXperience than the VM resulting in improved Apple hardware sales.
It would be so easy to sell
Taste the Apple eXperience, one bite will have you wanting more.
The VM experience would be a tool for apple to sell more mac's a completely different proposition to selling clones.
nobody needs to run microsoft software for all that they do but almost everybody does something which requires windows for them to be able to do it.
Linux isn't windows and so cannot fully replace it.
However there are good reasons not to use windows for all the tasks you do on a computer, so linux is going to co-exist alongside windows for a long time.
It is likely the percentage of pc users that are happy to run linux alongside windows will increase. Virtual machines will get better and make it easier to switch between operating systems as required.
For me the best blend currently seems to be ubuntu with a vm running windows 2000. Virtualbox has usb support that means even a lexmark printer can be connected and made to work, when required.
2000 might even be a problem for Microsoft since its largely binary compatible with most windows software and it's light system requirements make it perfect for a vm.
Microsofts big assault against open document formats, is critical for them they need the inconsistencies that stop our data being fully portable.
Maybe they will be forced in to a position where they have to support importing and exporting however you can be sure they will do so as slowly as possible.
Linux isn't going to replace windows, just replace the need to do everything with windows.
Try Tomato,,
it also has pie graphs which are quite handy if your traffic somehow isn't getting the rule you thought you set it too.
I usually assign bit torrent to class E and set limits for this class with a default priority of very low
I like dd-wrt but not for QOS for this tomato seems better.
english for a chip
an english chip is kind of a french fry but thicker
it's not really that good a design to be honest. For a start the packaging is a lot more expensive as is the machinery to pack it. The cans have to be shipped to the factory to be filled and obviously its quite a complex assembly.
Compare this to the conventional bag plastic or aluminium its basically just a roll of film. The bag is formed as it is filled, as one is sealed it forms the bottom of the next packet in fact crisps are falling before there is actually a bag for them to go in. It's extremely fast and efficient and the mechanics are relatively simple.
The pringles can is purely for marketing purposes, and it's expensive to produce in comparison to your regular bag.
also the curve of the pringle determines how many fit in a can it's hard to get a mix which tastes good and fits in the can. The machine which fills the cans is limited to a maximum size 25% extra free can be a problem with larger sizes.
for bagged crisps its largely a question of adjusting the desired weight and changing the weight marked on the bag.
I would hazard a guess the can may cost more than the product.
On the other hand as a marketing tool the can is great, it makes the product distinctive and allows a higher price.
funny thing is crisps are made from fresh potato's and it is likely only a few hours from being in the field to being in a bag where pringles are from dried powdered potato which can be any age.
well if you really want to know, essentially pringles are reconstituted potato similar to instant mash. If I remember right its mainly dried potato powder and oil. A dough is made up which gets squeezed to the right thickness on a belt and then a roller cookie cuts the pringles out and the unused dough goes back into the hopper and is rolled out again. they are then fried, flavor added, and canned.
The recipe is all important since it controls both the flavor and the curve of the pringles. A big problem is that if they curve too much then you cant fit enough in a can (the machine couldn't handle bigger cans) and if the recipe was adjusted to make them flatter then the product tastes like cardboard.
It was a pretty cool machine to see in action.
things like quavers and wotsits are fried potato starch, without flavor they are like chewing on packing beads.
and finally low fat crisps are identical to regular crisps in every way right up to the flavor station where a lower fat flavor is added.
The USA does not have an official language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_United_States
read the link for details.
about 13% of the population can speak Spanish the second most common language in the USA. To be quite frank learning a second language expands the mind at least it seems bilingual people are not as narrow minded as the monolingual.
A blurring of cultures is a good thing, it saves lives and improves the quality of life. It's a good thing to be able to understand people are different accept that and not fear it and see it as a threat.
if this is based on the EEE then there are a few good points it might have inherited.
.6kw or 2,190 kw a year against 219 a year using a figure like 10cents a kilowatt then your desktop has cost you $219 dollars and the eee desktop $21.90 close to $200 a year saving in power
noise - the EEE is nearly silent in use.
power consumption the EEE uses only 22 watts tops.
how does that compare with your old desktop system?
pulling figures out the air lets say your desktop uses 250 watts and this uses 25 then thats 6 kw a day against
As a small home server these are attractive features.
It could be a good mythtv frontend, music server. it has the wife acceptance factor built in.
It could be a good office pc as well, where demands are not that high.
maybe it should be the EEEE - add Eco-friendly into the mix.
eee with a usb modem works, tethering a htc universal works very slowly
for uk users the three network has usb modem on pay as you go for 50 quid £10 gets you a gb of data. the usb modems free on contract but the data cost is the same
they seem to open more ports than most