Remember when cable TV was born? It was supposed to end ads on TV because you were paying for the subscription instead of getting free. I did pay for it for awhile but guess what? The ads didn't stop. I, like many many people I know, would be extremely willing to pay for (and I mean top dollar) quality entertainment that is ad free. I do in fact, I spend roughly $2000 a year helping to fund my local NPR station and a local radio station know as KEXP. I'm preparing to drop the KEXP however, rmostly because many of their current shows are begining to suck and I no longer really listen.
Would I pay for an internet news feed? Yes, in fact I pay for a couple. Would I pay for TV? I would if I was offered the ablity to pick which stations I get and those stations were adless. I can think of four staions I would pay for eagerly, provided those were the ONLY stations I received, the NASA channel, Comedy Central, Cartoon Network and my local Spanish language station. But, they don't offer me this. I would pay what I'm asked to pay for 2000 some odd channels, that I never watch, just for these 4. Will we ever see this? No, we won't. If you think the only reason they run ads is to pay for content, you are dead wrong.
Perhap, just hear me out, they don't use Tivo and actually get permission to use those clips? I know, it's far fetched with a budget as small as theirs probably is. After all, it's not like two of the most popular cable shows around would be able to get a few releases signed. You're right, they more than likely use Tivo and "steal" the content instead.
We in the OSS Community understand that you have needs. We have needs too, so it isn't difficult to empathize. We see that you desire custom email client/server software. Well, that will be very easy to achieve. I can in fact give you a great example of how to make this happen for you. Do what I did! It's really simple and requires no special training or even education. What you do is you go to your favorite bookstore (remember to support your locally owned businesses, they like you, are the backbone of your community) and purchase a book on how to program. That's what I did, and it worked great! I started with just one manual, and I was well on my way to having the custom designed audio synthesis software I'd always dreamed about.
Or, you could hire a programmer to do it for you, but you'd lose the rich and fulfilling experience of "pulling yourself up by your bootstraps". Remember, if you're a lazy bastard who expects other people to do things for them out of the goodness of their hearts when you don't even ask nicely, the terrorizorists win.
P.S. If you'd asked instead of insulted, perhaps someone would have pointed you to some OSS that already does what you ask.
From everything I've read (I may be misinformed) the Conroe stuff will still be 32bit. If so, then I'll stick to AMD. If not, then I'll price out dual-socket Conroe boards, if none are on the market I'll stick with AMD. If they are on the market, I'd probably wait a year or so till the price comes down. If in that year or so AMD releases something better...
Not a test of the martial law, a test of our reaction to "incompetence" allowing thousands of poor people to die needlessly. Most of the country thinks Katrina was handled badly, fact. However, most of the country also sat on their hands and watched people die while it was happening.
"Held without trials, already happens in the UK and Northern Ireland which the US helped sponsor. It was called "internment". Europe has free speech rights. If you dont like the US, move. Its a big world."
Wait, you seem to be saying that you like not having free speech and that being held without charges and without trial are things you enjoy and don't want to see changed. If that's the case I can't see why you don't leave the US yourself and move to a country with a totalitarian dictator. My country was founded on ideals of promoting freedom, not limiting freedom.
Actually, one of the ACs that replied to my original post was almost astute. I'm not saying that the 64bit is god, I'm saying they are apples and oranges, or as the AC put it, sedans and 18 wheelers. If you try driving an 18 wheeler to drop your kids at school every morning (or any other everyday type task) you will notice a loss of performance compare to a sedan preforming the same task. On the other hand, try hauling 8 tons of import goods 2000 miles 4 times in a month with the sedan and you'll see that the 18 wheeler way out prefoms performing that task.
My confusion is in why the people testing the sedan decided to put it against the 18 wheeler. It makes no sense.
I never mentioned speed at all. I do happen to run a lot of apps that make heavy use of the larger address space. Anyone who needs raw number smashing power will snort the same way I did when I read that they tested the Core Duo against any 64bit processor. Afterall, how many multi-socket rackmount Core Duo servers are on the market at the moment? None. Yes, this is the chip that will grace the desks of many an office worker, but popular has never meant superior.
I'm just baffled why they tested a 32bit chip against a 64bit chip. It makes zero sense to even bother.
"So, is the idea that this would also be folded into tracking Google Ads on the same blogs, and aid in further sifting through the click-throughs to bid up AdSense keywords?"
Of course that's the idea, but it will be done in a way that makes it look like a neat little nice-to-have-thingy that everyone and their sister will put on their blog. Google is an advertisment company. That's all they are and all they ever will be. Even the "Do No Evil" thing is marketing. Every thing they do is design to make them money and make them seem benevolent, so that they can keep making money.
Corporate entities are considered (in the USA) to have all the Rights of individuals. Whether you believe this to be morallly just or not, the fact remains that it is Google's logs (read: personal papers) that are being requested. Is that a violation of the 4th Amendment? As I stated in my post, it is up to the courts to decide.
If you have any opinion on the matter I suggest you mail your views to the Justice whom you voted for.
(Before you jump on a partisan bandwagon please cosider that the 4th Amendment (which is part of the United States Constitution) has been sworn under oath by the current president to be upheld(twice))
I've sent my support, in email form, to slashdot. I hope they agree to your idea. It is brilliant.
For the people, BY the people.
To paraphrase Tyler Durden(fictional), We monitor your networks, we update your computers, we make sure your emails get sent, we keep you safe from spam -- DO NOT FUCK WITH US.
(This post brought to you by a person who is responsible for submitting legal documents to several state's ECF electronic court filing systems)
I work for an attorney, though I myself am not a lawyer, and our firm handles what are know as section 1983 cases. Section 1983 deals with police misconduct. One of our current endeavors (pardon the the lack of details, too much info would reveal the client) involves a person who had an arrest warrant issued on them as part of a civil case. Such an issuing is illegal. There was a case pending but, given that it was civil and not criminal an arrest warrant being issued became grounds for liability on the part of the county the warrant was issued from. That being known, I would think (this is in no way to be taken as legal advise) that issuing a subpoena when no case is pending would be a gross violation of the 4th Amendment which states:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
So, in this case I would think Google has a good leg to stand on. They are being asked to hand over information with no probable cause.
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Normally I don't respond to ACs but this time...
Remember when cable TV was born? It was supposed to end ads on TV because you were paying for the subscription instead of getting free. I did pay for it for awhile but guess what? The ads didn't stop. I, like many many people I know, would be extremely willing to pay for (and I mean top dollar) quality entertainment that is ad free. I do in fact, I spend roughly $2000 a year helping to fund my local NPR station and a local radio station know as KEXP. I'm preparing to drop the KEXP however, rmostly because many of their current shows are begining to suck and I no longer really listen.
Would I pay for an internet news feed? Yes, in fact I pay for a couple. Would I pay for TV? I would if I was offered the ablity to pick which stations I get and those stations were adless. I can think of four staions I would pay for eagerly, provided those were the ONLY stations I received, the NASA channel, Comedy Central, Cartoon Network and my local Spanish language station. But, they don't offer me this. I would pay what I'm asked to pay for 2000 some odd channels, that I never watch, just for these 4. Will we ever see this? No, we won't. If you think the only reason they run ads is to pay for content, you are dead wrong.
Perhap, just hear me out, they don't use Tivo and actually get permission to use those clips? I know, it's far fetched with a budget as small as theirs probably is. After all, it's not like two of the most popular cable shows around would be able to get a few releases signed. You're right, they more than likely use Tivo and "steal" the content instead.
"Witness the power of the Geneva Convention Treaty."
That's the most depressing bit of irony I've read in weeks.
But so true.
Dear Business Community,
We in the OSS Community understand that you have needs. We have needs too, so it isn't difficult to empathize. We see that you desire custom email client/server software. Well, that will be very easy to achieve. I can in fact give you a great example of how to make this happen for you. Do what I did! It's really simple and requires no special training or even education. What you do is you go to your favorite bookstore (remember to support your locally owned businesses, they like you, are the backbone of your community) and purchase a book on how to program. That's what I did, and it worked great! I started with just one manual, and I was well on my way to having the custom designed audio synthesis software I'd always dreamed about.
Or, you could hire a programmer to do it for you, but you'd lose the rich and fulfilling experience of "pulling yourself up by your bootstraps". Remember, if you're a lazy bastard who expects other people to do things for them out of the goodness of their hearts when you don't even ask nicely, the terrorizorists win.
P.S. If you'd asked instead of insulted, perhaps someone would have pointed you to some OSS that already does what you ask.
P.P.S. Instead, you had to be an asshat.
From everything I've read (I may be misinformed) the Conroe stuff will still be 32bit. If so, then I'll stick to AMD. If not, then I'll price out dual-socket Conroe boards, if none are on the market I'll stick with AMD. If they are on the market, I'd probably wait a year or so till the price comes down. If in that year or so AMD releases something better...
...who knows?
Not a test of the martial law, a test of our reaction to "incompetence" allowing thousands of poor people to die needlessly. Most of the country thinks Katrina was handled badly, fact. However, most of the country also sat on their hands and watched people die while it was happening.
Not really all that laughable.
"Held without trials, already happens in the UK and Northern Ireland which the US helped sponsor. It was called "internment". Europe has free speech rights. If you dont like the US, move. Its a big world."
Wait, you seem to be saying that you like not having free speech and that being held without charges and without trial are things you enjoy and don't want to see changed. If that's the case I can't see why you don't leave the US yourself and move to a country with a totalitarian dictator. My country was founded on ideals of promoting freedom, not limiting freedom.
Actually, one of the ACs that replied to my original post was almost astute. I'm not saying that the 64bit is god, I'm saying they are apples and oranges, or as the AC put it, sedans and 18 wheelers. If you try driving an 18 wheeler to drop your kids at school every morning (or any other everyday type task) you will notice a loss of performance compare to a sedan preforming the same task. On the other hand, try hauling 8 tons of import goods 2000 miles 4 times in a month with the sedan and you'll see that the 18 wheeler way out prefoms performing that task.
My confusion is in why the people testing the sedan decided to put it against the 18 wheeler. It makes no sense.
I never mentioned speed at all. I do happen to run a lot of apps that make heavy use of the larger address space. Anyone who needs raw number smashing power will snort the same way I did when I read that they tested the Core Duo against any 64bit processor. Afterall, how many multi-socket rackmount Core Duo servers are on the market at the moment? None. Yes, this is the chip that will grace the desks of many an office worker, but popular has never meant superior.
I'm just baffled why they tested a 32bit chip against a 64bit chip. It makes zero sense to even bother.
Core Duo is a 32bit processor.
Athlon 64 X2 is a 64bit processor.
I care not how much power it uses or how well it runs Word or whatever else they are doing to test these things.
The Core Duo cannot do the same things the Athlon 64 X2 can. Largely because (gasp) it cannot run 64bit code.
What the hell is the point of this comparison?
Slim arguments come from slim hips. Your debating might come off a bit puffy.
They are just growing up and have better things to do than sit in front a screen wasting time making pixels kill each other all day.
Perhaps they've discover this thing called "Real Life".
Check floating isn't the same thing as expecting delays in check cashing.
Wrong.
In 2004 a law known as "Check 21" was passed and put into action.
Please read up on what check floating is and what the law "Check 21" does.
Under new law, floating checks no longer float
New law sinks 'check floating' practice
Check Floating
Yes, most people do think anything said in Latin is profound.
"So, is the idea that this would also be folded into tracking Google Ads on the same blogs, and aid in further sifting through the click-throughs to bid up AdSense keywords?"
Of course that's the idea, but it will be done in a way that makes it look like a neat little nice-to-have-thingy that everyone and their sister will put on their blog. Google is an advertisment company. That's all they are and all they ever will be. Even the "Do No Evil" thing is marketing. Every thing they do is design to make them money and make them seem benevolent, so that they can keep making money.
OK, you two are making me feel like a little kid when I started out feeling old. Thanks!
I remember paying $240 for parity 4mb ram. Each.
and Kathy Glick-Weil says, "Thanks, I think. I wish it didn't require the 'seriously' though."
Congress did not declare war, and last I checked, Al Qaeda is not a nation.
The only name that makes sense to me if Google is getting ready to roll out an OS (which I doubt) would be "Plex".
"Plex OS, by Google" would be it's formal name I'd bet.
sub . poe . na
n.
A writ requiring appearance in court to give testimony.
+5 Funny, or +5 Sad But True.
Either way, it's apt.
Corporate entities are considered (in the USA) to have all the Rights of individuals. Whether you believe this to be morallly just or not, the fact remains that it is Google's logs (read: personal papers) that are being requested. Is that a violation of the 4th Amendment? As I stated in my post, it is up to the courts to decide.
If you have any opinion on the matter I suggest you mail your views to the Justice whom you voted for.
(Before you jump on a partisan bandwagon please cosider that the 4th Amendment (which is part of the United States Constitution) has been sworn under oath by the current president to be upheld(twice))
You sir, are a true American.
I've sent my support, in email form, to slashdot. I hope they agree to your idea. It is brilliant.
For the people, BY the people.
To paraphrase Tyler Durden(fictional), We monitor your networks, we update your computers, we make sure your emails get sent, we keep you safe from spam -- DO NOT FUCK WITH US.
(This post brought to you by a person who is responsible for submitting legal documents to several state's ECF electronic court filing systems)
I work for an attorney, though I myself am not a lawyer, and our firm handles what are know as section 1983 cases. Section 1983 deals with police misconduct. One of our current endeavors (pardon the the lack of details, too much info would reveal the client) involves a person who had an arrest warrant issued on them as part of a civil case. Such an issuing is illegal. There was a case pending but, given that it was civil and not criminal an arrest warrant being issued became grounds for liability on the part of the county the warrant was issued from. That being known, I would think (this is in no way to be taken as legal advise) that issuing a subpoena when no case is pending would be a gross violation of the 4th Amendment which states:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
So, in this case I would think Google has a good leg to stand on. They are being asked to hand over information with no probable cause.
But I guess it's up to the courts to decide.