But you want the FCC to mandate that your cable provider provides an option that works with every TV so that you don't need a set top box.
Actually that seems reasonable. Are you saying that it's too much to ask for a public service to follow some sort of digital emissions standard?
The FCC seems capable of enforcing an emission standard for OTA broadcasts... wait I forgot large cable companies contribute to political campaigns - never mind.
Let's be honest, if Nintendo charged any higher for the Wii then the product would fail. It is only an incremental upgrade from the Gamecube with a new type of controller. Nintendo knows exactly how much their Gamecube was worth due to the fact that they had to lower the price to $99 just to stay in the game console market more than a few years back.
Anyway, does it really matter what people spend there own money to purchase for themselves? I'm used to seeing sour grapes on these boards. I don't like the iPhone because... well because I don't like Apple... boo hoo. I don't like Windows because Bill Gates is the devil... I don't like Linux because it is a unfinished product and a huge time sink...
But wait, maybe the real reason is "I'm bored, so I will start a flame war on Slashdot"... Yep I think this is the main reason. Not that Steve Jobs is a cunning capitalist, or that the iPhone was bad.. Nope because you were bored, and decided to try to flame something that you would finally have someone to talk to...
While we are being honest... I replied to you because I was bored and everybody else is asleep... LOL
Yea and the ghost of Mother Theresa was standing next to him...
It was still his account of the events... Do you really think it would be self incriminating?
You do not have the right to play Devil's Advocate when the rule of law is supposed to be "innocent until proven guilty." Looking suspicious does not warrant an arrest.
You're right, the law is supposed to be "innocent until proven guilty." Being arrested doesn't mean your guilty, that is established if there is enough evidence to convict you in a court of law.
All we have to go on is the alledged victim's account in his personal blog. He could have purposely left out incriminating details like "a CC employee saw me do something, notified management and followed me out to the car, and a nearby cop saw the commotion and came to investigate."
Hell, how do we even know this event actually took place?
It sounds like the guy was also very very rude and combative, well, cops are trained to react to that in a certain way.
This is not a justification. The cop was wrong, he should be trained properly, and he should know what to do in a situation like this. Now he (and perhaps the taxpayers there) will pay the price for improperly detaining someone.
IANAL -- Without taking a side on the issue (I really don't care that much), acting combative and rude will give a police officer probable cause that you have something to hide. A courtroom is a place to argue your case, not the parking lot. He would have faired better if he politely refused to show ID, explained why he refused, and try to reason with the officer. If the officer doesn't agree then he has no choice but to ask for a hearing on the matter. Politics aside, you do not want to get in a "I said vs. he said" argument. If the officer suspects you did something wrong, he will look for a way to search your person. This will likely involve looking for some disorderly conduct charge to gain access. Your best bet is to not provide that ammunition. While on the subject (again IANAL), it is true that we don't have to carry official ID. It is also true, that we can not hinder an investigation. The guy may not needed to show ID, but he did have to identify himself and answer any question the officer had truthfully. Of course without video tape, we have little choice but to draw our own conclusions with so little hard facts. Personally I tend to doubt the story told by a combative personality since they do tend to embelish...
I know it is the norm around here to rally against the evil corporation, but let me play devil's advocate. A store manager would not risk making such a serious accusation unless he thought he had reasonable belief that the guy stole something. Maybe the guy was acting suspicious, then on top of that was a total dick when walking out the door. Who knows - Maybe he was guilty. He had a partner (remember he was a passenger) so in all of the fuss his friend ditched the merchandise. Anyway, we will never know. All we will ever know is that if this guy was in fact guilty, he didn't get caught with the evidence.
At any rate, I doubt any lawsuit resulting from this incident would be a "slamdunk" against Circuit City or the officer.
Nevermind that you throw away something that you paid for. If I had to pay an MS Tax, I would make a recovery disk before wiping the hard disk. I may never use that OS but I at least didn't throw away something I (was forced to) paid for.
Zealotry aside, one day you may need that Vista for a quick and dirty project. Who knows, maybe someone else needs it (one less sell for your apparent enemy).
They can update the install image on the assembly line without having to toss out outdated CDs. This gives the manufacturer the ability to provide the end-user the latest production
version of their pre-installed OS.
E-Machines (and others) usually include the required number of blank media for the end-user to create an off-line version of the restore image.
Maybe I misunderstood the intended market, but why would Tivo be interested in this?
A better solution would to have another CPU running the "secure" functions and have it service the needs of a larger CPU that runs the GPL code (this aux CPU behaves as an ASIC). Keep in mind, I am talking about low power CPU like the smaller PowerPC or ARM.
It would be cheaper per unit since it would eliminate any run time license fees from the hypervisor provider.
It could be more power efficient since the hardware designer wouldn't have to bump up to a larger CPU model to accommodate running two virtual machines.
It would be more secure since the secret code would reside wholly within the auxiliary CPU and the main CPU running the GPL code would only pass messages (eg. Function calls) via a defined protocol.
It would be a more modular approach that allows different product designs to share the same auxilary CPU.
It would be GPL3 friendly, while keeping content providers happy.
New? SpaceShipOne is an evolutionary step toward space. It is similar in design to the Bell X-1 that was developed back in 1945. This fact doesn't take anything away from Rutan's venture, just that by limiting the engineering objective to light loads (passengers) to sub-orbital flight allows him to revisit an abandoned design.
Don't forget that having a local presence made all Gateway purchases subject to both state and local sales taxes. This gave them a final cost disadvantage when compared to Dell that didn't have such tax requirements.
Of course, ARM doesn't run native x86... and that's pretty much the only reason there's such a large market for these Via x86 chips. It's also the reason you never see them in deeply embedded systems where people don't really care so much about what ISA you're running.
You pretty much hit the nail on the head, but some embedded people care about ISA. I've been working with the PC104 form factor for a number of years now, and this platform is biased toward x86 due to the ISA bus. Right now, I am using a PPC405gpr because of its power savings compared to a similarly powered x86 but the CPU card that I have to use interfaces the PPC to the ISA with a PIIX4 south bridge.
I'd have to still do something like this on the x86 platform but there are more turnkey solutions that support that arrangement. (Note: Not all required DAQs have transitioned to PC104+ which is PCI based).
Now on my "simple" embed projects, I don't use the ISA and things are much simpler and PPC and ARM are always the first candidates for the design.
In Alabama (Mobile County at least), you have to print and sign your name to the voter log at the ballot machine. It doesn't take much to figure how you voted by comparing the paper tape with the voter log.
You are correct about the Internet being based on the TCP/IP model. This makes sense due to that fact that the OSI model was not created until 1977.
The OSI Model added the presentation and session layers, and renamed the "Internet Layer" to the "Network" to make the model more generic.
The TCP/IP Model can be mapped to the OSI Model, since TCP/IP Model defines all the layers except for the presentation and session layers.
The two are not mutually exclusive. The wikipedia article that you linked for the TCP/IP model appears to be biased in favor of DARPA, who probably took exception to an outside organization making a more generic model. The TCP/IP Model reflected the goal of DARPANET which was to provide a network connection between many geographically diverse hosts. Applications was outside the scope of the project, so it was probably more convenient for them to lump any layers outside their network into a single "Application Layer".
Anyway, the OSI Model is more appropriate today. For example a VPN can be inserted between an application and the a network, without requiring modifications to either, thus warranting another layer which the TCP/IP Model does not have. This is why the OSI Model is taught in school rather than the TCP/IP Model (referring to another politically motivated comment made within the wikipedia article that you referenced).
The point the Grandparent Post was making is that the Internet follows this layered approach and any layer can be updated without seriously affecting any layer above or below it. Therefore calling the need for a Japanese Internet project into question. However, the motives are clear when you look at the political side of the Internet.
Anyway, I was trying to walk the fine line between roasting someone with a really low UID (484) (you might belong on/. Welcome to the party) and correcting someone who was almost correct but just wrong enough to bother me.
What does a low UID signify besides being able to remember a username and password longer than most? I used to have a low UID, but needed to make a new UID since I lost my password and my original email account has long disappeared and been forgotten too. Sometimes a UID is just a UID. Don't let a low UID intimidate you. Statistically speaking if 75% (made up number) of slashdot were experts and above-average individuals, that would leave 250 3-digit UIDs for the not so bright but strongly opinionated.
I believe the driving force behind electronic ballots are (1) lower the amount of time it takes to post the unofficial election results, (2) eliminate any evidence that a vote has been tampered, and (3) make it impossible to have a recount.
When it comes to counting speed we need to remember that it's not official until the meeting of the electoral college (if my memory serves me right) which meets in December (41 days from the election). This need for speed is solely for the news industry's benefit. Everybody must know the results now! So let's give up accuracy and most importantly a paper trail in order to satisfy that need.
Hastily picking the winner also benefits the prevailing party, since no time is given to see who really wins. The election of 2004 was disrupted by the republicans fighting the recount in courts to stall the process as much as possible during the 41 days before the electoral college made the election official.
I also find the need for the opponent to concede an election ridiculous and have very little basis in the outcome. The argument that a candidate is not entitled to win an election because due some incorrect count he conceded is ridiculous. I don't care what political parties are involved, the concede crap is just cannon fodder... but I digress;)
Personally I like paper ballots that are darken the circle and scannable. I also believe inadvertent pencil marks should not invalidate a vote... or any other ridiculous rules that a state election official can come up with that favors their party.
The real problem with public education is that it has become the dumping ground for kids whose parents don't care and can't take the time to be engaged in their children's lives.
I don't think that is the only problem, and I'm getting tired of that propaganda being spread by the teachers union to deflect the blame away from their members.
Sure there are neglectful parents, but not in the large numbers that would correlate with the large percentages of students who are deemed ill-prepared for college (as announced in an NPR morning edition story two days ago concerning ACT scores).
Some of the blame can be shared by incompetent teachers and a teachers union that is quick to defend those teachers. I'm not saying all teachers are incompetent. What I am saying that there are problem teachers that have tenure and are hindering the education of our students. One of the reasons private schools can claim a better education environment (BTW rich parent can neglect too) is that they don't have to give teachers tenure and can maintain a quality staff.
Anyway, I didn't intend on belittling teachers but I wanted to deflect this stupid "it's all the parents fault."
Well, in hopes of keeping this comment from making the thread any more personal...
But first:
Nor do they justify your using the word "idiot".
I never called you an idiot. If you re-read my first post you'll see that comments, like the one you made, make you look like an idiot. Sure I was patronizing you, but face it nothing is more counter productive than a post saying "what do you expect?". Obviously he could expect an open source JVM, since nobody rushing to throw away their PPC Macs after they upgraded to Intel ones (especially the one running Linux on them). Didn't mean to hurt your feelings, however you didn't consider the feelings of the person you replied to. Enough said on that item.
We're talking about personal computers (in the broad sense); what's going on in the embedded world is a whole different thing. People don't play Java games on their TiVo.
Things have changes since the 70's. Computing is evolving toward appliances (iPod, iPhone, Treo, etc.) rather than desktop general computing. With wireless networking, people expect to take their computing/communications with them. So when I speak of embedded applications, I am not only talking about simple 8 bit chip applications (there is a SmartCard Java) but also mobile computing where power consumption is a concern.
So in response to you, while people may not currently play Java games on their TiVo nothing prevents this from becoming a reality. Many set-top machines uses Java. If you have digital cable, you may be using Java to look at the program listings. Oh and people play Java games on their cell phones... (*cough* embedded).
I'm guessing that it's wouldn't be terribly hard to make POWER software run on the POWER PC. But the fact is, nobody's taken the time to do it. Which was exactly my point: there isn't a lot of incentive to support PPC.
Also, I notice that the IBM JVM only support Java 5. Java 6 went GA almost a year ago, and was available in Beta long before that. So even a company with IBM's resources can't provide a JVM that runs the latest Java software. How can some OSS volunteer group hope to do so?
Why the vile comment? It makes you look like an idiot, especially when you're obviously wrong. Let me list the ways:
1. While PPC may be in your opinion obsolete on the desktop, it is still one of the platforms of choice for embedded applications. BTW, plenty of business cases for PPC too. I personally like the ppc405gpr for low power applications, and look forward to the ppc405ez when it becomes available. Tivo likes the PPC too, but I know Tivo is not exactly popular with the GPL guys.
2. We don't have to hold our breath, just download the JVM from IBM.
3. Linux being third-place is not necessarily a bad thing, considering the number of operating systems available out there...
Anyway it's Friday, so relax this weekend. You obviously need the rest.
Since ARC already had a special agreement with J&J for their logo, why not partner with J&J for special "Red Cross Edition" first-aid kits -- with part of the revenue going to ARC?
The logical reason could be that they could raise more money by allowing other companies to send proceeds from the sales of their products, rather than being beholden to the whims of a single corporation.
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Actually that seems reasonable. Are you saying that it's too much to ask for a public service to follow some sort of digital emissions standard?
The FCC seems capable of enforcing an emission standard for OTA broadcasts... wait I forgot large cable companies contribute to political campaigns - never mind.
I guess your mileage may vary...
I never had any problems with Word (except for some quicky format issues) and I write very large documents..
The Wii? You're comparing the iPhone to the Wii?
Let's be honest, if Nintendo charged any higher for the Wii then the product would fail. It is only an incremental upgrade from the Gamecube with a new type of controller. Nintendo knows exactly how much their Gamecube was worth due to the fact that they had to lower the price to $99 just to stay in the game console market more than a few years back.
Anyway, does it really matter what people spend there own money to purchase for themselves? I'm used to seeing sour grapes on these boards. I don't like the iPhone because... well because I don't like Apple... boo hoo. I don't like Windows because Bill Gates is the devil... I don't like Linux because it is a unfinished product and a huge time sink...
But wait, maybe the real reason is "I'm bored, so I will start a flame war on Slashdot"... Yep I think this is the main reason. Not that Steve Jobs is a cunning capitalist, or that the iPhone was bad.. Nope because you were bored, and decided to try to flame something that you would finally have someone to talk to...
While we are being honest... I replied to you because I was bored and everybody else is asleep... LOL
Yea and the ghost of Mother Theresa was standing next to him... It was still his account of the events... Do you really think it would be self incriminating?
You're right, the law is supposed to be "innocent until proven guilty." Being arrested doesn't mean your guilty, that is established if there is enough evidence to convict you in a court of law.
All we have to go on is the alledged victim's account in his personal blog. He could have purposely left out incriminating details like "a CC employee saw me do something, notified management and followed me out to the car, and a nearby cop saw the commotion and came to investigate."
Hell, how do we even know this event actually took place?
IANAL -- Without taking a side on the issue (I really don't care that much), acting combative and rude will give a police officer probable cause that you have something to hide. A courtroom is a place to argue your case, not the parking lot. He would have faired better if he politely refused to show ID, explained why he refused, and try to reason with the officer. If the officer doesn't agree then he has no choice but to ask for a hearing on the matter. Politics aside, you do not want to get in a "I said vs. he said" argument. If the officer suspects you did something wrong, he will look for a way to search your person. This will likely involve looking for some disorderly conduct charge to gain access. Your best bet is to not provide that ammunition. While on the subject (again IANAL), it is true that we don't have to carry official ID. It is also true, that we can not hinder an investigation. The guy may not needed to show ID, but he did have to identify himself and answer any question the officer had truthfully. Of course without video tape, we have little choice but to draw our own conclusions with so little hard facts. Personally I tend to doubt the story told by a combative personality since they do tend to embelish...
I know it is the norm around here to rally against the evil corporation, but let me play devil's advocate. A store manager would not risk making such a serious accusation unless he thought he had reasonable belief that the guy stole something. Maybe the guy was acting suspicious, then on top of that was a total dick when walking out the door. Who knows - Maybe he was guilty. He had a partner (remember he was a passenger) so in all of the fuss his friend ditched the merchandise. Anyway, we will never know. All we will ever know is that if this guy was in fact guilty, he didn't get caught with the evidence.
At any rate, I doubt any lawsuit resulting from this incident would be a "slamdunk" against Circuit City or the officer.
Nevermind that you throw away something that you paid for. If I had to pay an MS Tax, I would make a recovery disk before wiping the hard disk. I may never use that OS but I at least didn't throw away something I (was forced to) paid for.
Zealotry aside, one day you may need that Vista for a quick and dirty project. Who knows, maybe someone else needs it (one less sell for your apparent enemy).
E-Machines (and others) usually include the required number of blank media for the end-user to create an off-line version of the restore image.
Maybe I misunderstood the intended market, but why would Tivo be interested in this? A better solution would to have another CPU running the "secure" functions and have it service the needs of a larger CPU that runs the GPL code (this aux CPU behaves as an ASIC). Keep in mind, I am talking about low power CPU like the smaller PowerPC or ARM.
It would be cheaper per unit since it would eliminate any run time license fees from the hypervisor provider.
It could be more power efficient since the hardware designer wouldn't have to bump up to a larger CPU model to accommodate running two virtual machines.
It would be more secure since the secret code would reside wholly within the auxiliary CPU and the main CPU running the GPL code would only pass messages (eg. Function calls) via a defined protocol.
It would be a more modular approach that allows different product designs to share the same auxilary CPU.
It would be GPL3 friendly, while keeping content providers happy.
Just wondering...
New? SpaceShipOne is an evolutionary step toward space. It is similar in design to the Bell X-1 that was developed back in 1945. This fact doesn't take anything away from Rutan's venture, just that by limiting the engineering objective to light loads (passengers) to sub-orbital flight allows him to revisit an abandoned design.
To quote Rutan about the space shuttle, is like quoting Lee Iacocca about General Motors...
Sure he has experience in the field, but you have to keep in mind he is trying to sell you his solution.
Don't forget that having a local presence made all Gateway purchases subject to both state and local sales taxes. This gave them a final cost disadvantage when compared to Dell that didn't have such tax requirements.
Ok. Conflicting acronyms (coupled with me obsessing over this DMA prob), but my point is still valid.
You pretty much hit the nail on the head, but some embedded people care about ISA. I've been working with the PC104 form factor for a number of years now, and this platform is biased toward x86 due to the ISA bus. Right now, I am using a PPC405gpr because of its power savings compared to a similarly powered x86 but the CPU card that I have to use interfaces the PPC to the ISA with a PIIX4 south bridge.
I'd have to still do something like this on the x86 platform but there are more turnkey solutions that support that arrangement. (Note: Not all required DAQs have transitioned to PC104+ which is PCI based).
Now on my "simple" embed projects, I don't use the ISA and things are much simpler and PPC and ARM are always the first candidates for the design.
So I'm suppose to feel sorry for someone who must serve a sentence he's been given? They could of been nice and gave him room-and-board in jail.
In Alabama (Mobile County at least), you have to print and sign your name to the voter log at the ballot machine. It doesn't take much to figure how you voted by comparing the paper tape with the voter log.
Pick yourself up a Citizen's Band radio and see how that compares with a regulated portion of the spectrum.
You are correct about the Internet being based on the TCP/IP model. This makes sense due to that fact that the OSI model was not created until 1977.
The OSI Model added the presentation and session layers, and renamed the "Internet Layer" to the "Network" to make the model more generic.
The TCP/IP Model can be mapped to the OSI Model, since TCP/IP Model defines all the layers except for the presentation and session layers.
The two are not mutually exclusive. The wikipedia article that you linked for the TCP/IP model appears to be biased in favor of DARPA, who probably took exception to an outside organization making a more generic model. The TCP/IP Model reflected the goal of DARPANET which was to provide a network connection between many geographically diverse hosts. Applications was outside the scope of the project, so it was probably more convenient for them to lump any layers outside their network into a single "Application Layer".
Anyway, the OSI Model is more appropriate today. For example a VPN can be inserted between an application and the a network, without requiring modifications to either, thus warranting another layer which the TCP/IP Model does not have. This is why the OSI Model is taught in school rather than the TCP/IP Model (referring to another politically motivated comment made within the wikipedia article that you referenced).
The point the Grandparent Post was making is that the Internet follows this layered approach and any layer can be updated without seriously affecting any layer above or below it. Therefore calling the need for a Japanese Internet project into question. However, the motives are clear when you look at the political side of the Internet.
What does a low UID signify besides being able to remember a username and password longer than most? I used to have a low UID, but needed to make a new UID since I lost my password and my original email account has long disappeared and been forgotten too. Sometimes a UID is just a UID. Don't let a low UID intimidate you. Statistically speaking if 75% (made up number) of slashdot were experts and above-average individuals, that would leave 250 3-digit UIDs for the not so bright but strongly opinionated.
I believe the driving force behind electronic ballots are (1) lower the amount of time it takes to post the unofficial election results, (2) eliminate any evidence that a vote has been tampered, and (3) make it impossible to have a recount.
When it comes to counting speed we need to remember that it's not official until the meeting of the electoral college (if my memory serves me right) which meets in December (41 days from the election). This need for speed is solely for the news industry's benefit. Everybody must know the results now! So let's give up accuracy and most importantly a paper trail in order to satisfy that need.
Hastily picking the winner also benefits the prevailing party, since no time is given to see who really wins. The election of 2004 was disrupted by the republicans fighting the recount in courts to stall the process as much as possible during the 41 days before the electoral college made the election official.
I also find the need for the opponent to concede an election ridiculous and have very little basis in the outcome. The argument that a candidate is not entitled to win an election because due some incorrect count he conceded is ridiculous. I don't care what political parties are involved, the concede crap is just cannon fodder... but I digress ;)
Personally I like paper ballots that are darken the circle and scannable. I also believe inadvertent pencil marks should not invalidate a vote... or any other ridiculous rules that a state election official can come up with that favors their party.
I don't think that is the only problem, and I'm getting tired of that propaganda being spread by the teachers union to deflect the blame away from their members.
Sure there are neglectful parents, but not in the large numbers that would correlate with the large percentages of students who are deemed ill-prepared for college (as announced in an NPR morning edition story two days ago concerning ACT scores).
Some of the blame can be shared by incompetent teachers and a teachers union that is quick to defend those teachers. I'm not saying all teachers are incompetent. What I am saying that there are problem teachers that have tenure and are hindering the education of our students. One of the reasons private schools can claim a better education environment (BTW rich parent can neglect too) is that they don't have to give teachers tenure and can maintain a quality staff.
Anyway, I didn't intend on belittling teachers but I wanted to deflect this stupid "it's all the parents fault."
Well, in hopes of keeping this comment from making the thread any more personal...
But first:
I never called you an idiot. If you re-read my first post you'll see that comments, like the one you made, make you look like an idiot. Sure I was patronizing you, but face it nothing is more counter productive than a post saying "what do you expect?". Obviously he could expect an open source JVM, since nobody rushing to throw away their PPC Macs after they upgraded to Intel ones (especially the one running Linux on them). Didn't mean to hurt your feelings, however you didn't consider the feelings of the person you replied to. Enough said on that item.
Things have changes since the 70's. Computing is evolving toward appliances (iPod, iPhone, Treo, etc.) rather than desktop general computing. With wireless networking, people expect to take their computing/communications with them. So when I speak of embedded applications, I am not only talking about simple 8 bit chip applications (there is a SmartCard Java) but also mobile computing where power consumption is a concern.
So in response to you, while people may not currently play Java games on their TiVo nothing prevents this from becoming a reality. Many set-top machines uses Java. If you have digital cable, you may be using Java to look at the program listings. Oh and people play Java games on their cell phones... (*cough* embedded).
Java6 isn't really an issue (maybe IBM is waiting to see what happens with OpenJava) since Java6 apps aren't widely used yet. As for being able to run Java on PPC here is a link http://www.yellowdog-board.com/viewtopic.php?t=158 1&sid=4c349bb1bc422cb54a968bb97535feeb of a volunteer helping someone else with Java.
I'd be hard press to name a software vendor that is not paying attention to Linux... Even Microsoft is paying attention.
Yes I did, while criticizing how you expressed them..
LOL
Maybe abrasive is a more appropriate term...
Wish I could mod the parent post up...
Why the vile comment? It makes you look like an idiot, especially when you're obviously wrong. Let me list the ways:
1. While PPC may be in your opinion obsolete on the desktop, it is still one of the platforms of choice for embedded applications. BTW, plenty of business cases for PPC too. I personally like the ppc405gpr for low power applications, and look forward to the ppc405ez when it becomes available. Tivo likes the PPC too, but I know Tivo is not exactly popular with the GPL guys.
2. We don't have to hold our breath, just download the JVM from IBM.
3. Linux being third-place is not necessarily a bad thing, considering the number of operating systems available out there...
Anyway it's Friday, so relax this weekend. You obviously need the rest.
The logical reason could be that they could raise more money by allowing other companies to send proceeds from the sales of their products, rather than being beholden to the whims of a single corporation.