Its just because the IT field is an esoteric area and easily targeted. You never hear people try to pass legislation to prevent the plumbers from making overtime, etc. Even though they get a good deal of money per hour, and I'm sure a great deal in overtime. Its basically pick out a job that most people don't understand, and feel they get paid too much. Doesn't make sense to me.
Yeah, my school is pretty much the same. I actually do tech support for my housing area, and they have told us that WiFi routers are illegal in the dorms. They say this, because they hope to deploy their own routers in the future, and if they can stop the uprising of rogue hotspots now, when they do deploy, it should be much easier to maintain. And again, as others have said, this is pretty much uninforceable without active measures.
The matter of the fact is, is that if this causes too many problems, people will just leave the state, or stop producing software. Then when the Govenor realizes that his tax is not working, or that he is causing a brain drain effect, he will wisen up. Taxing something as amorphous as custom software is a great folly, and honestly, people will not stand for it.
In a non-home setting, this device could work really well as a video surveilance setup. I mean B&W vid @ low res, you could channel 7-sources into it, and keep a great deal of informatio stored. Now I am sure thats not the purpose of this, but that is the only thing I can think of, for seven tuners at one time. Unless you really want to watch every station's take on a presidential message, im sure the slight camera angles make all the difference in the world;)
Patents ensure money for the creator, for a given period of time, so that they work they put into their product, is returned. Normally monitarily. With Open Source, they do not really create for $$ but just so they can use their software when they are done. I understand now as F/OSS is hitting mainstream there are going to be come conflicts between the two ideals of closed and open. But honestly, the open source community is full of people unhappy with current programs, and creating their own. If people start patenting their products, it will kill the ability to create different choices, and choice is the power of OSS. I am not sure how this will affect the situation, but I cannot see it as being good at all. Throwing money into F/OSS is only grounds for making more conflict, not helping the open source development model.
Thats if the people are teachable, you still have those people who think the moon landing was faked, and then some people do not trust the government all together. I realize that this may seem extreme, and maybe a lil OT, but honestly, I think a private corporation reaching space will do a better job of teaching. Like X-Prize for instance.
That definately will decrease backup time, I mean with dual layer coming out, and if the speeds keep increasing for drives, this could become a viable realtime backup solution, especially using a disc changer. Im not saying it will be blazing, but for smaller companies, it could definately help cut costs. Just seems very cool.
Artificial Intelligence. I mean robots, space missions, even just regular things are all cool, but Artificial intelligence would enhance them all. It would allow for more unmanned space flights, and lessen the amount of direct attention necessary for some given projects. Not to say that we are to rely on AI solely, but that it can be a great aide in what NASA is trying to do, and it would help other realms of science as well.
As stated in a previous article, I think, Intel has been running the PIV name for a long, long time,(in computer years), and now with AMD64 coming out, people will see the PIV as old, and the AMD as new, even if things are comparable. Consumers are extremely superficial (Speaking from sales experience). I think this may just help Intel get some more umph into their line, before 64-bit hits critical mass.
That they fire the employees, and not cancel the show. The show has potential, and could be better spent than running tech support for beginner users. Think of a tv show, that was somewhat equivalent to slashdot, a discussion of new ideas, and even some conflict. The show could even be hosted by a F/OSS and a MS person.
in theory, but exposing your equipment to the elements, vibrations, and possible accidents, and even theft. Good lord its New York. I mean maybe in cars, like CB radio-style. But by bike, ehhh... I would be a lil afraid for my own property.
I was wondering if anyone knew if this model has line in encoding for audio sources. I know the Iriver 3xx, 5xx, and 8xx have the line in encoding, and ogg support, and the 3xx series has linux support with a firm ware upgrade. I am just am considering that a key factor, and this seems tempting, if it was able to procure that feature. Well that and price too. All the iriver series @ 256MB are about $180. Anyone have information on this?
You think that the car would have some sort of system to kill power upon impact, like link it with the airbag system, and possibly discharge the battery somehow. I mean honestly, a person life is more important that maintaining power during an accident, and I would rather it be over cautious and discharge prematurely, rather than not at all. Geez, technology just makes things more complicated
Well if you think about, Intel probably wants to be rid of windows. Its almost a love-hate relationship. Intel is powerful, just like Microsoft, and I am sure Microsoft isn't happy about powering another potential monopoly, something that might give it problems later. If anything Microsoft could be trying to possibly focus on AMD more. Like with the 64-bit desktop version, that come out, for winxp, but before intel got their processor out. Just a thought.
I feel that a key component to a distribution is a quality package management. This includes installation, dependency, and maintenance.
Though another key component of a good distro should be to have users compile their own kernels. I know this may shy away some n00bs, but it really streamlines the system, and gives the user a much better understanding of how things work. Which makes the install a little harder, but overall use a much more enjoyable experience. Plus think of the geek factor involved, you can impress your friends...
As a Highschool Student I did an entire project in Blender's 3D Engine. It essentially had the ability to navigate look around and view objects in all dimensions. While this may seem a little base, as it was, it was not too difficult for a 17 year old to pick up and run with.
It actually gets even deeper when you combine the python scripting with the game engine, as opposed to using the built in object functions. The games can get really complex, and with the inverse kinematic options for human body(mapping theh way the human joints move), it makes for some really interesting possibilities. Personally as I am learning python now, I may go back to the blender engine, and see what havoc I may be able to create.
Well at my school, the majority of the people with access to Internet2 are the Graduate Students, and I have a feeling they aren't spending their time file sharing (Though I could be majorly wrong, feel free to correct me). Ive thought about the abilities of Internet2, and the greatest things I could come up with were to instantly download ISO's for Linux Distributions, or massive amounts of source Code, or to trade a huge wealth of research. Im sure I am missing alot.
In my software engineering class, my teacher vehemently states that Requirements are the Enemy of Design. You need to have an idea of what you are doing for the project, but you honestly cannot know how much space it will take, how fast it will be, etc. Its sheer folly. And who isnt to say that a customer may realize that they want it differently as the process is going along.
Design is dynamic, always growing and changing. And the Open Source Community best represents this, because a project never ends, but continues to develop in a myriad of directions.
Remember when Mortal Kombat (or was it MK3, cant remember), but i'm pretty sure it was a politician in California who lost his top over the blood and gore in the video game. Remember how in later Mortal Kombat games you had the ability to turn off the blood? This could be seen as parallel to to Half-Life, in which you had the ability to lock people out of the game. I doubt Valve did this for the sole purpose of making the world a better place.
Well Honestly, you can create binary packages, if Gentoo does go Enterprise, that may not be too far off. Actually something i've considered personally, and think it would be a great idea is a compiling farm. If Gentoo gets enough funding they can create a system to use distcc to create custom packages on the fly for enterprise users. Or they could just present pre-customized, and pre-set useflags that are most common. Though I think the compiler farm would work the best, and then just distribute the binary packages.
Well on a side note, how much this holds for everyone else I do not know, but the College Board (AP) (they do highschool testing for college level courses in highschool) is switching their cirriculum to Java, instead of C++. From this effect a lot of colleges are now switching to Java to teach programming. At my collge the intro level courses are going to be phased over to java sooner or later (I think its next semester actually). If Sun is really going to die, then a large amount of people have put support into their dying product. I think that even if Sun struggles hardware wise, that its Java platform will continue on. Think of Sega, they went from hardware and game manufacturer to just game manufacturer. Why can't sun do the same?
"No one's done this before," Feinberg said. "It will be fun -- not for my client but for me professionally."
I wonder whose side the Attourney really is on.
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Its just because the IT field is an esoteric area and easily targeted. You never hear people try to pass legislation to prevent the plumbers from making overtime, etc. Even though they get a good deal of money per hour, and I'm sure a great deal in overtime. Its basically pick out a job that most people don't understand, and feel they get paid too much. Doesn't make sense to me.
Yeah, my school is pretty much the same. I actually do tech support for my housing area, and they have told us that WiFi routers are illegal in the dorms. They say this, because they hope to deploy their own routers in the future, and if they can stop the uprising of rogue hotspots now, when they do deploy, it should be much easier to maintain. And again, as others have said, this is pretty much uninforceable without active measures.
The matter of the fact is, is that if this causes too many problems, people will just leave the state, or stop producing software. Then when the Govenor realizes that his tax is not working, or that he is causing a brain drain effect, he will wisen up. Taxing something as amorphous as custom software is a great folly, and honestly, people will not stand for it.
Safest spot in the war, is closest to your enemy... or so they say... MS... watch yourself
for (int x = 0; x 320;x++) for (int y = 0; x 249; y++) drawpixel(x,y,data[x,y]) What ever happened to the simpler times...
In a non-home setting, this device could work really well as a video surveilance setup. I mean B&W vid @ low res, you could channel 7-sources into it, and keep a great deal of informatio stored. Now I am sure thats not the purpose of this, but that is the only thing I can think of, for seven tuners at one time. Unless you really want to watch every station's take on a presidential message, im sure the slight camera angles make all the difference in the world ;)
Patents ensure money for the creator, for a given period of time, so that they work they put into their product, is returned. Normally monitarily. With Open Source, they do not really create for $$ but just so they can use their software when they are done. I understand now as F/OSS is hitting mainstream there are going to be come conflicts between the two ideals of closed and open. But honestly, the open source community is full of people unhappy with current programs, and creating their own. If people start patenting their products, it will kill the ability to create different choices, and choice is the power of OSS. I am not sure how this will affect the situation, but I cannot see it as being good at all. Throwing money into F/OSS is only grounds for making more conflict, not helping the open source development model.
Thats if the people are teachable, you still have those people who think the moon landing was faked, and then some people do not trust the government all together. I realize that this may seem extreme, and maybe a lil OT, but honestly, I think a private corporation reaching space will do a better job of teaching. Like X-Prize for instance.
That definately will decrease backup time, I mean with dual layer coming out, and if the speeds keep increasing for drives, this could become a viable realtime backup solution, especially using a disc changer. Im not saying it will be blazing, but for smaller companies, it could definately help cut costs. Just seems very cool.
Promise me whatever happens, you won't let Pauly Shore into the biosphere... The results could be dire
Artificial Intelligence. I mean robots, space missions, even just regular things are all cool, but Artificial intelligence would enhance them all. It would allow for more unmanned space flights, and lessen the amount of direct attention necessary for some given projects. Not to say that we are to rely on AI solely, but that it can be a great aide in what NASA is trying to do, and it would help other realms of science as well.
As stated in a previous article, I think, Intel has been running the PIV name for a long, long time,(in computer years), and now with AMD64 coming out, people will see the PIV as old, and the AMD as new, even if things are comparable. Consumers are extremely superficial (Speaking from sales experience). I think this may just help Intel get some more umph into their line, before 64-bit hits critical mass.
That they fire the employees, and not cancel the show. The show has potential, and could be better spent than running tech support for beginner users. Think of a tv show, that was somewhat equivalent to slashdot, a discussion of new ideas, and even some conflict. The show could even be hosted by a F/OSS and a MS person.
in theory, but exposing your equipment to the elements, vibrations, and possible accidents, and even theft. Good lord its New York. I mean maybe in cars, like CB radio-style. But by bike, ehhh... I would be a lil afraid for my own property.
I was wondering if anyone knew if this model has line in encoding for audio sources. I know the Iriver 3xx, 5xx, and 8xx have the line in encoding, and ogg support, and the 3xx series has linux support with a firm ware upgrade. I am just am considering that a key factor, and this seems tempting, if it was able to procure that feature. Well that and price too. All the iriver series @ 256MB are about $180. Anyone have information on this?
You think that the car would have some sort of system to kill power upon impact, like link it with the airbag system, and possibly discharge the battery somehow. I mean honestly, a person life is more important that maintaining power during an accident, and I would rather it be over cautious and discharge prematurely, rather than not at all. Geez, technology just makes things more complicated
Well if you think about, Intel probably wants to be rid of windows. Its almost a love-hate relationship. Intel is powerful, just like Microsoft, and I am sure Microsoft isn't happy about powering another potential monopoly, something that might give it problems later. If anything Microsoft could be trying to possibly focus on AMD more. Like with the 64-bit desktop version, that come out, for winxp, but before intel got their processor out. Just a thought.
I feel that a key component to a distribution is a quality package management. This includes installation, dependency, and maintenance. Though another key component of a good distro should be to have users compile their own kernels. I know this may shy away some n00bs, but it really streamlines the system, and gives the user a much better understanding of how things work. Which makes the install a little harder, but overall use a much more enjoyable experience. Plus think of the geek factor involved, you can impress your friends...
As a Highschool Student I did an entire project in Blender's 3D Engine. It essentially had the ability to navigate look around and view objects in all dimensions. While this may seem a little base, as it was, it was not too difficult for a 17 year old to pick up and run with.
It actually gets even deeper when you combine the python scripting with the game engine, as opposed to using the built in object functions. The games can get really complex, and with the inverse kinematic options for human body(mapping theh way the human joints move), it makes for some really interesting possibilities. Personally as I am learning python now, I may go back to the blender engine, and see what havoc I may be able to create.
Well at my school, the majority of the people with access to Internet2 are the Graduate Students, and I have a feeling they aren't spending their time file sharing (Though I could be majorly wrong, feel free to correct me). Ive thought about the abilities of Internet2, and the greatest things I could come up with were to instantly download ISO's for Linux Distributions, or massive amounts of source Code, or to trade a huge wealth of research. Im sure I am missing alot.
In my software engineering class, my teacher vehemently states that Requirements are the Enemy of Design. You need to have an idea of what you are doing for the project, but you honestly cannot know how much space it will take, how fast it will be, etc. Its sheer folly. And who isnt to say that a customer may realize that they want it differently as the process is going along. Design is dynamic, always growing and changing. And the Open Source Community best represents this, because a project never ends, but continues to develop in a myriad of directions.
Remember when Mortal Kombat (or was it MK3, cant remember), but i'm pretty sure it was a politician in California who lost his top over the blood and gore in the video game. Remember how in later Mortal Kombat games you had the ability to turn off the blood? This could be seen as parallel to to Half-Life, in which you had the ability to lock people out of the game. I doubt Valve did this for the sole purpose of making the world a better place.
Well Honestly, you can create binary packages, if Gentoo does go Enterprise, that may not be too far off. Actually something i've considered personally, and think it would be a great idea is a compiling farm. If Gentoo gets enough funding they can create a system to use distcc to create custom packages on the fly for enterprise users. Or they could just present pre-customized, and pre-set useflags that are most common. Though I think the compiler farm would work the best, and then just distribute the binary packages.
Well on a side note, how much this holds for everyone else I do not know, but the College Board (AP) (they do highschool testing for college level courses in highschool) is switching their cirriculum to Java, instead of C++. From this effect a lot of colleges are now switching to Java to teach programming. At my collge the intro level courses are going to be phased over to java sooner or later (I think its next semester actually). If Sun is really going to die, then a large amount of people have put support into their dying product. I think that even if Sun struggles hardware wise, that its Java platform will continue on. Think of Sega, they went from hardware and game manufacturer to just game manufacturer. Why can't sun do the same?
"No one's done this before," Feinberg said. "It will be fun -- not for my client but for me professionally." I wonder whose side the Attourney really is on.