We must absolutely protect our privacy, as it will come increasingly under attack. The war on terrorism will (in my opinion) never be won, and every time there is an attack, privacy will slip away more and more.
Ohh, and why the heck aren't there security guards on aeroplanes?
man you're so putting words into his mouth. None of the things you're claiming they say is actually said by them. Your arrogance is really sickening I find.
Uhh you have no clue what the Bootloader issue is, do you? The issue is that Microsoft's licence for PC manufacturers states that they are not allowed to pre-install a second OS next to a windows OS. Obviously Linux or Be could have achieved greater marketshare if Windows/Linux computers were available: It would mean the biggest barrier to using linux is removed: installation.
Yeah and although it's only windows at the moment, the developers claim they'll be supporting multiple platforms soon. From the news page:
You guys have been hammering my mail box about Direct Connect on alternative operating systems, so I thought I'd try to kill about one thousand birds with one stone by putting a news post up about the issue:P
In the near future I'm going to begin development of Direct Connect v2.0. I'll continue to update and maintain Direct Connect v1.0 as I do this. V2.0 will be designed from the ground up to be platform independent. Currently I have BeOS, Red Hat Linux 7.1 and Win2k installed on my development machine. I'm developing a new version of the hub software across all three operating systems concurrently to insure portability. When I wrap this up and have a cross platform hub solution available - I'll be being with the Direct Connect v2.0 client - which will be backwards compatible with the v1.0 clients.
I think the point is that a researcher shouldn't have to resort to submitting his work anonymously. Whatever happened to freedom of speech?
Plus anonymously, the researcher would be unable to get any credit for his work, and it would be impossible to discuss the work with peers. Also, it would probably become illegal to host the document.
So maybe posting anonymously could be a last resort, but not e very desirable one.
What are you talking about? What copyrights exactly has Napster violated? Exactly none. Napster users were the ones violating copyright, but you don't see the RIAA going after them.
It's the same situation here: these two brothers haven't violated any copyrights, so why on earth are they in prison? For allowing other people to communicate through their software.
Ok, but then clearly they must see a lot of growth opportunities in this area. Isn't that enough reason to make sure open-source has an answer to microsoft in this growth area?
What makes you think microsoft isn't pushing xp in europe and asia? They are a global company, with a global strategy. If we are to compete with them we must do so on a global scale too.
Ohh, one more thing. If web-services were really not significant, why would M$, in the words of bill gates, be making a bet the company shift towards them?
Maybe Microsoft has learned from the mistakes of Java. But, Java too is a moving target, and can also learn from it's own mistakes. It's not too late to put Java into the open-source equation. As the author says Java is no longer controlled by Sun. Companies like IBM, and suns partners won't sun to close it.
When I think of web services I think of software applications that are delivered over the net. You can't deny that there's a move away from dedicated PCs and towards many different kinds of devices. The whole notion of the ubiquitous internet. I'm thinking of advanced groupware applications, office applications, advanced user interfaces (voice,writing,etc). And all of these applications will need some kind of way to work together too.
Will Apache and PHP be enough to handle that? I don't know. Anyway I don't pretend to know all there is to know. Maybe someone explain it better than me.
So what, you feel that reading html pages will be the future of the internet. Applications over the web...blaah what a stupid idea. Actually you seem to be contradicting yourself when you say that PHP is working: isn't PHP used to create web services. Personally i haven't looked at J2EE much, but I think it's clear that PHP isn't much of a services strategy...its a scripting language.
The authors main argument wasn't the slight drop in Apache market share, it was the real fact that in the future, a simple web server will not be enough. Rather, a web services platform is what is needed. He feels that simply copying Microsofts strategy is no good (Mono, dotGnu)....it is actually making us look stupid: why would the Unix community need to learn from M$ how to make Servers. Traditionally the roles have been somewhat reversed. I agree with the Author that the Open Source community has no choice but to embrace Java. At least that way we will not simply be a M$ copycat.
I hope you meant re-rip, instead of convert, which would definitely not be a good idea. If you convert mp3s to oggs then you will hear the artifacts from the 2 lossy encoders.
Did you perform a blind test (Meaning you did not know which version you were listening to) when you were listening?
I think it would be a good idea for a research project: ask 100 people to listen to different encoders, Ogg, Wma, Lame,etc, and ask them which sounds better. If we do that then we might have some scientific data so support the claim that Ogg is technically superior.
I agree with you that Multitasking can increase productivity. When I'm coding (mainly java) i like to run nedit, mozilla on the Java 2 Documentation, and ICQ to discuss problems with people. Don't tell me I'd be more productive without multitasking.
Hmm well I'm 21, and I still prefer Nintendo games over anything that's out on the PS2. If i want a really good storyline, I'll read a book. If I want to play a good game, I'll play Nintendo. Good games are open to all ages.
Hmm I use Morpheus all the time, and it's definitely better than Napster, at least to find the music I'm into (triphop, d&b, lounge). On Napster I could hardly ever find any of this kind of music. I tried bearshare a while back and personally wasn't impressed at all. Another program I've been very impressed with is Direct Connect although it's mainly for movies, not mp3s.
I'm also interested to see what Ian Clarke (founder of freenet) is doing with his startup Uprizer. Clarke has hinted that uprizer will provide some kind of compensation scheme for content producers. He envisions a system where it will become very easy to become a patron. So there could be 200,000 12-year old patrons supporting a band with their pocketmoney. I think that people really don't want to rip off the artists they love. However, in this day and age, there is simply no acceptable legal means of doing so on the internet.
Copyright infringement? Didn't Napster already try to sue the Offspring (band) for selling Napster t-shirts a while back?
Also, does Napster have any patents on the idea of p2p filesharing? Of course p2p is as old as the Internet itself, but still, patents have been given for more idiotic things, like the "download patent" being discussed today on/.
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No, there won't be armed guards on every bus. They will use technology to do something equivalent.
We must absolutely protect our privacy, as it will come increasingly under attack. The war on terrorism will (in my opinion) never be won, and every time there is an attack, privacy will slip away more and more.
Ohh, and why the heck aren't there security guards on aeroplanes?
man you're so putting words into his mouth. None of the things you're claiming they say is actually said by them. Your arrogance is really sickening I find.
HP and Compaq have probably been M$' biggest customers for the PocketPC. Who else did you think was going to get the first shot at the new version?
There is already a Nokia phone based on the Symbian OS: the Nokia Communicator.
The site was down when I was checking, so here is the Google Cache
Uhh you have no clue what the Bootloader issue is, do you? The issue is that Microsoft's licence for PC manufacturers states that they are not allowed to pre-install a second OS next to a windows OS. Obviously Linux or Be could have achieved greater marketshare if Windows/Linux computers were available: It would mean the biggest barrier to using linux is removed: installation.
You guys have been hammering my mail box about Direct Connect on alternative operating systems, so I thought I'd try to kill about one thousand birds with one stone by putting a news post up about the issue :P
In the near future I'm going to begin development of Direct Connect v2.0. I'll continue to update and maintain Direct Connect v1.0 as I do this. V2.0 will be designed from the ground up to be platform independent. Currently I have BeOS, Red Hat Linux 7.1 and Win2k installed on my development machine. I'm developing a new version of the hub software across all three operating systems concurrently to insure portability. When I wrap this up and have a cross platform hub solution available - I'll be being with the Direct Connect v2.0 client - which will be backwards compatible with the v1.0 clients.
I think the point is that a researcher shouldn't have to resort to submitting his work anonymously. Whatever happened to freedom of speech?
Plus anonymously, the researcher would be unable to get any credit for his work, and it would be impossible to discuss the work with peers. Also, it would probably become illegal to host the document.
So maybe posting anonymously could be a last resort, but not e very desirable one.
What are you talking about? What copyrights exactly has Napster violated? Exactly none. Napster users were the ones violating copyright, but you don't see the RIAA going after them.
It's the same situation here: these two brothers haven't violated any copyrights, so why on earth are they in prison? For allowing other people to communicate through their software.
Ok, but then clearly they must see a lot of growth opportunities in this area. Isn't that enough reason to make sure open-source has an answer to microsoft in this growth area?
What makes you think microsoft isn't pushing xp in europe and asia? They are a global company, with a global strategy. If we are to compete with them we must do so on a global scale too.
Ohh, one more thing. If web-services were really not significant, why would M$, in the words of bill gates, be making a bet the company shift towards them?
Maybe Microsoft has learned from the mistakes of Java. But, Java too is a moving target, and can also learn from it's own mistakes. It's not too late to put Java into the open-source equation. As the author says Java is no longer controlled by Sun. Companies like IBM, and suns partners won't sun to close it.
When I think of web services I think of software applications that are delivered over the net. You can't deny that there's a move away from dedicated PCs and towards many different kinds of devices. The whole notion of the ubiquitous internet. I'm thinking of advanced groupware applications, office applications, advanced user interfaces (voice,writing,etc). And all of these applications will need some kind of way to work together too.
Will Apache and PHP be enough to handle that? I don't know. Anyway I don't pretend to know all there is to know. Maybe someone explain it better than me.
It might be small, but it's the biggest drop apache has seen in 5 years.
So what, you feel that reading html pages will be the future of the internet. Applications over the web...blaah what a stupid idea. Actually you seem to be contradicting yourself when you say that PHP is working: isn't PHP used to create web services. Personally i haven't looked at J2EE much, but I think it's clear that PHP isn't much of a services strategy...its a scripting language.
The authors main argument wasn't the slight drop in Apache market share, it was the real fact that in the future, a simple web server will not be enough. Rather, a web services platform is what is needed. He feels that simply copying Microsofts strategy is no good (Mono, dotGnu)....it is actually making us look stupid: why would the Unix community need to learn from M$ how to make Servers. Traditionally the roles have been somewhat reversed. I agree with the Author that the Open Source community has no choice but to embrace Java. At least that way we will not simply be a M$ copycat.
hehehe i have to say this is one funny thread :)
I hope you meant re-rip, instead of convert, which would definitely not be a good idea. If you convert mp3s to oggs then you will hear the artifacts from the 2 lossy encoders.
Did you perform a blind test (Meaning you did not know which version you were listening to) when you were listening?
I think it would be a good idea for a research project: ask 100 people to listen to different encoders, Ogg, Wma, Lame,etc, and ask them which sounds better. If we do that then we might have some scientific data so support the claim that Ogg is technically superior.
I agree with you that Multitasking can increase productivity. When I'm coding (mainly java) i like to run nedit, mozilla on the Java 2 Documentation, and ICQ to discuss problems with people. Don't tell me I'd be more productive without multitasking.
Hmm well I'm 21, and I still prefer Nintendo games over anything that's out on the PS2. If i want a really good storyline, I'll read a book. If I want to play a good game, I'll play Nintendo. Good games are open to all ages.
Hmm I use Morpheus all the time, and it's definitely better than Napster, at least to find the music I'm into (triphop, d&b, lounge). On Napster I could hardly ever find any of this kind of music. I tried bearshare a while back and personally wasn't impressed at all. Another program I've been very impressed with is Direct Connect although it's mainly for movies, not mp3s.
I'm also interested to see what Ian Clarke (founder of freenet) is doing with his startup Uprizer. Clarke has hinted that uprizer will provide some kind of compensation scheme for content producers. He envisions a system where it will become very easy to become a patron. So there could be 200,000 12-year old patrons supporting a band with their pocketmoney. I think that people really don't want to rip off the artists they love. However, in this day and age, there is simply no acceptable legal means of doing so on the internet.
Copyright infringement? Didn't Napster already try to sue the Offspring (band) for selling Napster t-shirts a while back?
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Also, does Napster have any patents on the idea of p2p filesharing? Of course p2p is as old as the Internet itself, but still, patents have been given for more idiotic things, like the "download patent" being discussed today on
Uhh like the Norwegian kid who wrote DeCSS you mean?