I wonder if there are any realistic estimates on how long it will take to properly digest the data that has been sent back by these robots. The original estimate was for the rovers to survive 90 days and they figured that the data received would occupy planteary scientists for years to come. The data they have now ought to occupy scientists for decades.
People seem to want to own copies of programming and are willing to pay to do so. Look at the large market in DVDs of television programs, some of which are heavily syndicated and aired frequently (like Seinfeld and Friends -- they never seem to be off-air). A downloadable version of programs is the next logical step. When the video iPods were released I forsaw this exact scenario. The use of iTunes will help this along, since there is brand recognition and folks will 'trust' the source and be willing to download it.
This could eventually spell disaster for marketing in the traditional sense but not for a while. I don't expect consumers will tolerate downloads thatr have ads embedded since they are paying a proce for that content. However, there will still be a demand for live-to-air programming for a long time. I can't imagine downloading the SuperBowl and watching it after the fact. Things like this will preserve television in its current form (or thereabouts) for the foreseeable future, I think.
However, I have to say, being able to download Lost and watch it at my convenience is a very tempting propect.
IBM is a big and profitable company. Sure they sell consulting services now, but they are still a hardware company. The PowerPC is an IBM product and they still install and support big iron systems. They are not on the desktop much anymore but they are hardly withered and faded.
I can get my hands on an 'old' P3 (about 1GHz) system for free. Would this distro be good? I've used mondern distros on older hardware before and I found they ran slow and I became frustrated with it.
But if they want to force the issue, I'm thinking that we should "remind" our foreign allies that a country with our military might cannot and will not be forced. If need be, I highly recommend that the US resign from the UN and see how long it holds together without our monetary support.
The US does not pay their UN dues.
The miltary might of the US is already over taxed by US foreign polocy. Declaring war on Europe would be a disaster.
The UN could force the issue by urging all countries to trade oil on the Euro. American should really wake up to the idea that countries like China and Saudi Arabi have you by the balls. They only need to squeeze and you be on your knees.
I think that MS does understand the importance of the internet. However, they were trying to lockdown the user experience of it and stiffle web development until they could figure out how to exert a full monopoly there. They have not updated IE for years, this is so the web experience still sucks for so many people. Firefox showed that need not be so and MS took notice. IE 7 is coming soon.
MS will be hard pressed to THIS threat because it represents a total departure from how they view software. They need apps to be discrete and installed chucks of code. This new 'on-demand' stuff is a big problem for them. Even is they chose to give away Office, why would someone want to wast Hard Drive space with a hufe suite when they can get it streamed as needed?
There are a couple of companies in this market already. Apple is not trying to create the market as you say. They are competing in it. The PSP is a portable video player. It seems to me that Apple is trying to use widespead acceptance of iTunes as a way of getting a leg-up in this market. The PSP has those stupid (I forget the format) disks that you have to buy in a store (or at least order on-line). With a video iPod it will all be downloaded content.
It is pretty much well established in the west to refer to to China (the big one) as the People's Republic of China and Taiwan as the Republic of China. This may be offensive to China or Taiwan, I can not attest to that, but it does seem to be the norm.
Indeed it is a bad day at Redmond. However, let's be cautious. Google does have a knack for producing damned good products but this represents a new paradigm in how people use computers. It will be a daunting task to convince people to change. Expect a torrential outpouring of FUD from Microsoft and others as they try and keep their grip on selling software in the 'traditional' way.
It seems to me that Google's brand recognition will be a hugem benefit in this endeavour, and I, for one, look forward to seeing how well it is adopted. My fingers are crossed that it might be a success. I am very interested to see how such a service will be embraced by the public.
To be fair, ESR has nothing to do with the coding of Linux. He is essentially an salesman. I think he has had some minor code accepted for a few apps, but never anything to do with the kernel. So, if ESR went to work at microsoft all that would happen to Linux is that there might be one less voice extolling its virtues. The whole notion of open-source it that its bigger than one-man. Of course ESR's obscene response to the recruiter would have us believe he was the cutting edge of the Linux revolution.
In allm liklihood this was a recruiter following up a lead. I'm sure he doesn't know who ESR is, like 99% of the world.
I think you need to re-examine your use of hard drives. I've never replaced one, ever. And I run my machine pretty hard. What on earth are you doing to cause total failure twice a year?
On the topic of the original post. 500GB is a lot of storage, semingly enough for the forseeable future of home users wanting space for digital pictures and songs. However, it may soon come to pass that DVDs are forsaken in lieu of downloaded versions of movies. There may come a day, say in five or six years, that/. runs a story of the 500TB hard drive to store you video library.
All of your points are valid. But you need to include countless digital photos to make sure that people think you know what it is you are talking about. Just like Anandtech.
Dude,
Sounds like you are not a professional musician. Those are the artists that rely on their art to make ends meet. They are also the ones who are making the stink over lost revenues. While it is refreshing to hear about someone who has a passion for music, it really is not applicable in this discussion.
Rockstar is the video game world equivalent of Marilyn Manson, Eminem, Bill O'Reilly and Ann Coulther. They make these games because they generate controversy. That is the intent all along. That way they get amazing coverage in the media and people get a good naughty vibe when buying the game. They are not going to stop making games like this as long as the activist groups keep going bananas with every new release.
I think its useful to point out that MS tries to be all things to everyone (with varying degrees of success) and it has not hurt them (yet).
Furthermore, tinkering is what OSS is built on. To say that tinkering with obscure harware/software is harming OSS is really rather foolish.
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I wonder if there are any realistic estimates on how long it will take to properly digest the data that has been sent back by these robots. The original estimate was for the rovers to survive 90 days and they figured that the data received would occupy planteary scientists for years to come. The data they have now ought to occupy scientists for decades.
He also asserts that understanding these phenomena better could help us harness the power of nature
At last, a coherent argument for global warming and climate change.
People seem to want to own copies of programming and are willing to pay to do so. Look at the large market in DVDs of television programs, some of which are heavily syndicated and aired frequently (like Seinfeld and Friends -- they never seem to be off-air). A downloadable version of programs is the next logical step. When the video iPods were released I forsaw this exact scenario. The use of iTunes will help this along, since there is brand recognition and folks will 'trust' the source and be willing to download it.
This could eventually spell disaster for marketing in the traditional sense but not for a while. I don't expect consumers will tolerate downloads thatr have ads embedded since they are paying a proce for that content. However, there will still be a demand for live-to-air programming for a long time. I can't imagine downloading the SuperBowl and watching it after the fact. Things like this will preserve television in its current form (or thereabouts) for the foreseeable future, I think.
However, I have to say, being able to download Lost and watch it at my convenience is a very tempting propect.
Also called Wizard's First Rule
"People are stupid. They will believe anything that they want to be true or fear to be true."
IBM is a big and profitable company. Sure they sell consulting services now, but they are still a hardware company. The PowerPC is an IBM product and they still install and support big iron systems. They are not on the desktop much anymore but they are hardly withered and faded.
Because the clones acted the same as IBM machines due to MS-DOS being in everything. Thus the PCs ere all compatable.
Having said that, I agree that IBM also had a very significanty role. However it would be dismissive to completely ignore Microsoft's part.
I can get my hands on an 'old' P3 (about 1GHz) system for free. Would this distro be good? I've used mondern distros on older hardware before and I found they ran slow and I became frustrated with it.
I appreciate any nuggets of wisdom.
In Soviet Russia Microsoft oppose patents.
Oh. Wait...
Forget it.
If you had a wife or a girlfrie....ah yes, Slashdot
/. and I have both!
I'm on
What I don't have is a solvent chequing account.
Why does Pizza come from Parlours?
What other parlours are there?
Beauty Parlours.
What else?
Why is a burger joint not a Hambuger parlour?
According to who, at this current point?
Wikipedia
Its not even like the US invented it, either...
I hope that was sarcasm? Because you may be surprised at what you find in the history of the internet's invention.
You'll find it was created by scientists of various nationalities working together to make something useful.
But if they want to force the issue, I'm thinking that we should "remind" our foreign allies that a country with our military might cannot and will not be forced. If need be, I highly recommend that the US resign from the UN and see how long it holds together without our monetary support.
The US does not pay their UN dues.
The miltary might of the US is already over taxed by US foreign polocy. Declaring war on Europe would be a disaster.
The UN could force the issue by urging all countries to trade oil on the Euro. American should really wake up to the idea that countries like China and Saudi Arabi have you by the balls. They only need to squeeze and you be on your knees.
I think that MS does understand the importance of the internet. However, they were trying to lockdown the user experience of it and stiffle web development until they could figure out how to exert a full monopoly there. They have not updated IE for years, this is so the web experience still sucks for so many people. Firefox showed that need not be so and MS took notice. IE 7 is coming soon. MS will be hard pressed to THIS threat because it represents a total departure from how they view software. They need apps to be discrete and installed chucks of code. This new 'on-demand' stuff is a big problem for them. Even is they chose to give away Office, why would someone want to wast Hard Drive space with a hufe suite when they can get it streamed as needed?
There are a couple of companies in this market already. Apple is not trying to create the market as you say. They are competing in it. The PSP is a portable video player. It seems to me that Apple is trying to use widespead acceptance of iTunes as a way of getting a leg-up in this market. The PSP has those stupid (I forget the format) disks that you have to buy in a store (or at least order on-line). With a video iPod it will all be downloaded content.
It is pretty much well established in the west to refer to to China (the big one) as the People's Republic of China and Taiwan as the Republic of China. This may be offensive to China or Taiwan, I can not attest to that, but it does seem to be the norm.
Indeed it is a bad day at Redmond. However, let's be cautious. Google does have a knack for producing damned good products but this represents a new paradigm in how people use computers. It will be a daunting task to convince people to change. Expect a torrential outpouring of FUD from Microsoft and others as they try and keep their grip on selling software in the 'traditional' way.
It seems to me that Google's brand recognition will be a hugem benefit in this endeavour, and I, for one, look forward to seeing how well it is adopted. My fingers are crossed that it might be a success. I am very interested to see how such a service will be embraced by the public.
To be fair, ESR has nothing to do with the coding of Linux. He is essentially an salesman. I think he has had some minor code accepted for a few apps, but never anything to do with the kernel. So, if ESR went to work at microsoft all that would happen to Linux is that there might be one less voice extolling its virtues. The whole notion of open-source it that its bigger than one-man. Of course ESR's obscene response to the recruiter would have us believe he was the cutting edge of the Linux revolution. In allm liklihood this was a recruiter following up a lead. I'm sure he doesn't know who ESR is, like 99% of the world.
I think you need to re-examine your use of hard drives. I've never replaced one, ever. And I run my machine pretty hard. What on earth are you doing to cause total failure twice a year?
/. runs a story of the 500TB hard drive to store you video library.
On the topic of the original post. 500GB is a lot of storage, semingly enough for the forseeable future of home users wanting space for digital pictures and songs. However, it may soon come to pass that DVDs are forsaken in lieu of downloaded versions of movies. There may come a day, say in five or six years, that
If you don't want to see them perhaps they are not "Favourites" after all.
All of your points are valid. But you need to include countless digital photos to make sure that people think you know what it is you are talking about. Just like Anandtech.
Dude, Sounds like you are not a professional musician. Those are the artists that rely on their art to make ends meet. They are also the ones who are making the stink over lost revenues. While it is refreshing to hear about someone who has a passion for music, it really is not applicable in this discussion.
from the quite-possibly-the-worst-idea-ever dept.
Yep. Let's move on.
Rockstar is the video game world equivalent of Marilyn Manson, Eminem, Bill O'Reilly and Ann Coulther. They make these games because they generate controversy. That is the intent all along. That way they get amazing coverage in the media and people get a good naughty vibe when buying the game. They are not going to stop making games like this as long as the activist groups keep going bananas with every new release.
I think its useful to point out that MS tries to be all things to everyone (with varying degrees of success) and it has not hurt them (yet). Furthermore, tinkering is what OSS is built on. To say that tinkering with obscure harware/software is harming OSS is really rather foolish.