I'm sure Microsoft has some plan for assimilation (this is not meant to be a troll or a flame). Hopefully this doesn't turn out like J# where Microsoft put in their own proprietary libraries that developers built on thinking they were building Java applications that could run on any JVM.
This frustration is leading to behaviors that could jeopardize IT security, as well as compliance initiatives.
Any good sysadmin knows that if you make the password policy to strick you could actually be worsening your security situation. People will start sticking their passwords under their keyboards or on their monitors.
The real questions is, will BitTorrent help the MPAA accept the fact that we are now in the 21st century? Apple got the music industry to accept this fact - sort of.
...Federal Communications Commission overstepped its authority in mandating that all consumer electronic devices capable of receiving digital television signals incorporate support for the flag, the media industry has been working on getting Congress to enact the flag.
Wow, all consumer devices capable of receiving digital television signals? That is very open ended legislation. I hope this only applies to over-the-air signals? Even so, I think it's too much.
That is the idea behind BlogPulse, Technorati and Google Blog Search. They're supposed to help us sort out the good stuff from the crap just like search engines help us sort out relevant web sites from crappy ones. How successful they are at this is up for debate.
I was wondering how this works if you need more than the 800x480 resolution built-in monitor. However, I checked the specs and you can get video out of up to 1280x1024 VGA. It would be nice if it had DVI out.
It may not really matter much to Apple. They may have plans to make it irrelevant what HD DVD format wins if they come out with an HD Video version of iTunes.
It has consistently been my position that technologies like "Digital Rights Management" are less about preventing piracy, and more about finding new ways to nickel-and-dime customers.
This is so true. Also, one thing that doesn't come up a lot is how much of this money actually makes it back to the artists? Artists have to constantly audit the record labels to get their fare share. They're not just nickel-and-diming the customers, they're nickel-and-diming the artists on the other end.
That is the argument at hand: Toner argued that political activity on the Internet fails to meet the campaign finance law's threshold to stop corruption or the appearance of corruption. Toner urged Congress to pass a law that pre-empts the court's action and ensures that the Internet remains exempt from campaign finance rules.
I tend to agree with Toner. Blogs written by citizens that are read by other citizens choosing to view them don't seem to have anything to do with "campaign finance".
Millions of units selling at a loss would undermine their overall profits.
My point was that Apple has benefited from much more than just the direct profit on the iPods. You are absolutely right that their shareholders would not let them sell something that does not make a profit.
Even if Apple didn't turn a profit on the iPod the benefit to the Apple brand from the iPod has been huge. People will be more likely to by other Apple products because Apple is "cool" again.
I use Verizon as well. I don't think the price is unreasonable. However, I do think the customer service is horrible. The sad thing is that Verizon probably has the best customer service of the cell phone companies (at least here in the US). When I moved and wanted to change my cell phone number and plan I had to wait over an hour at the local Verizon store for someone to help me. Could anybody write a virus that causes so called "customer service" representatives to actually provide customer service? That would be more useful.
"We watch China," one official said. "They've had 45 successful launches since 1996. They will be a very robust and potent competitor in the future, and we want to make sure we understand who they are and how they're emerging in this business. They look at us; we look at them."
It's interesting to watch the Linux market mature. With IBM putting so many resources behind Linux of course HP is going to want to continue to work with Red hat.
Wow, they're getting really good at pissing people off. Are they trying to make sure that nobody wants to buy music from them? Looks like desperate moves to save their way of doing business instead of going with the flow and embracing new technology.
Great, I just downloaded FireFox the other day. Supposedly it has built-in updating capabilities. Does anybody know if this is just for patches or will it update to the new version automatically?
Slashdot Mirror
I'm sure Microsoft has some plan for assimilation (this is not meant to be a troll or a flame). Hopefully this doesn't turn out like J# where Microsoft put in their own proprietary libraries that developers built on thinking they were building Java applications that could run on any JVM.
This frustration is leading to behaviors that could jeopardize IT security, as well as compliance initiatives.
Any good sysadmin knows that if you make the password policy to strick you could actually be worsening your security situation. People will start sticking their passwords under their keyboards or on their monitors.
The real questions is, will BitTorrent help the MPAA accept the fact that we are now in the 21st century? Apple got the music industry to accept this fact - sort of.
...Federal Communications Commission overstepped its authority in mandating that all consumer electronic devices capable of receiving digital television signals incorporate support for the flag, the media industry has been working on getting Congress to enact the flag.
Wow, all consumer devices capable of receiving digital television signals? That is very open ended legislation. I hope this only applies to over-the-air signals? Even so, I think it's too much.
That is the idea behind BlogPulse, Technorati and Google Blog Search. They're supposed to help us sort out the good stuff from the crap just like search engines help us sort out relevant web sites from crappy ones. How successful they are at this is up for debate.
It is the only computer you need.
I was wondering how this works if you need more than the 800x480 resolution built-in monitor. However, I checked the specs and you can get video out of up to 1280x1024 VGA. It would be nice if it had DVI out.
It may not really matter much to Apple. They may have plans to make it irrelevant what HD DVD format wins if they come out with an HD Video version of iTunes.
Or how about, "Reading Slashdot, Worse Than Marijuana".
This would be pretty cool combined with the VirtuSphere.
It has consistently been my position that technologies like "Digital Rights Management" are less about preventing piracy, and more about finding new ways to nickel-and-dime customers.
This is so true. Also, one thing that doesn't come up a lot is how much of this money actually makes it back to the artists? Artists have to constantly audit the record labels to get their fare share. They're not just nickel-and-diming the customers, they're nickel-and-diming the artists on the other end.
Mr. Upchurch can tell you how the judge has ruled on similar motions versus his peers.
So why couldn't the judge or those who review the judge's work use this data to identify potential problems in the judges decisions?
That is the argument at hand:
Toner argued that political activity on the Internet fails to meet the campaign finance law's threshold to stop corruption or the appearance of corruption. Toner urged Congress to pass a law that pre-empts the court's action and ensures that the Internet remains exempt from campaign finance rules.
I tend to agree with Toner. Blogs written by citizens that are read by other citizens choosing to view them don't seem to have anything to do with "campaign finance".
Millions of units selling at a loss would undermine their overall profits.
My point was that Apple has benefited from much more than just the direct profit on the iPods. You are absolutely right that their shareholders would not let them sell something that does not make a profit.
Even if Apple didn't turn a profit on the iPod the benefit to the Apple brand from the iPod has been huge. People will be more likely to by other Apple products because Apple is "cool" again.
I use Verizon as well. I don't think the price is unreasonable. However, I do think the customer service is horrible. The sad thing is that Verizon probably has the best customer service of the cell phone companies (at least here in the US). When I moved and wanted to change my cell phone number and plan I had to wait over an hour at the local Verizon store for someone to help me. Could anybody write a virus that causes so called "customer service" representatives to actually provide customer service? That would be more useful.
How long would it take 50,000 monkeys at 50,000 typewriters to crack this?
"We watch China," one official said. "They've had 45 successful launches since 1996. They will be a very robust and potent competitor in the future, and we want to make sure we understand who they are and how they're emerging in this business. They look at us; we look at them."
personal video recorders, video-on-demand
Sounds like TiVo is going to have some more competition.Slashdotters my start dumping TiVo but I think it will be awhile before the mainstream catches on to this or cares.
It's interesting to watch the Linux market mature. With IBM putting so many resources behind Linux of course HP is going to want to continue to work with Red hat.
Is there a "Redundant" option to moderate stories with?
Wow, they're getting really good at pissing people off. Are they trying to make sure that nobody wants to buy music from them? Looks like desperate moves to save their way of doing business instead of going with the flow and embracing new technology.
I want one. How much does it cost?
Great, I just downloaded FireFox the other day. Supposedly it has built-in updating capabilities. Does anybody know if this is just for patches or will it update to the new version automatically?
Is this a new hidden strategy for Microsoft. Clone their developers? Oh wait, they're not emulating the developers, nevermind.