The prizes model seems to be very labour intesive since it involves many autonomous groups working towards the same goal. If they are all working on the same thing, but not cooperating, then they are all working to overcome the same problems and only one group will get paid for it (the prize money).
This seems to me like potentially a very wasteful way of accomplishing a goal since many people will contribute a lot of work and never see any money for it.
To overcome this, perhaps NASA could consider breaking the prize money down to make sure that the most efficient way gets acknowleged as well as the quickest way.
Igorance is absolutely not an excuse. When you run a multinational corporation, regardless of it's industry, you must be personally satisfied that all applicable laws are satisfied.
If this was not the case, then a CEO would be able to hire executives which are explicitly told not to tell him if there are any legal concerns, in order to protect his ignorance defence in the future.
As it stands, CEOs are held responsible in order to make sure that they do all they can to avert disaster.
I understand that 100ths of a second makes it easier to compare lens speeds rather than properly reduced measurements. It was I who was being pendantic and siezing a cheap joke:)
It is sandwiched between two protective layers. It may be more fragile than conventional lenses, but it should be durable enough to be excellent value. The cost of adding analogue zoom and focus to such a cameraphone (and keeping it small) would otherwise be prohibitive.
Damn, I was really hoping it would be a Source update to TFC. I know it would be too much to ask for TF2, but I was also hoping for some news on how it's coming along, if at all.
Would it not be possible to construct a case from materials which absorb sound on the inside? This would definitely not be silent, and may increase the size of the media PC though.
Shuttle form-factor PCs fit the media centre niche quite well, and at a fair price and the newer cases are gorgeous.
Actaully, computer GUI design seems to follow conventions a lot better than consumer electronics. With consumer electronics I always have to fall back to RTFM in order to determine what the product is capable of and how to do it. Also, there are a large number of functions which are only available on the remote control only, the actual unit only or the on-screen menu only, which is very frustrating.
I regularly use KDE, OS X and Windows XP (my ecclectic home network) and find that a brief period of stumbing about is all that is necessary to aquaint the user with basic filesystem functions and get using apps.
Consistancy is more important than simplicity imo, although simplicity really helps first time users.
The Apple Developer Connection student developer discount has made a big difference in making Apple hardware an option for students.
I got my 20% off my 12" Powerbook, which meant I could throw in an iPod too. Apple know how to look after their customers. I don't think I'll be turning back to x86 laptops for a long time.
I must agree with what you have said. Here in the UK, Microsoft seem to be counteracting the proliferation of illegal copies of Office by making the ~£120 'Acadamic' version widely availabe in highstreet shops.
Obviously, this wouldn't affect their bread-and-butter sales to corporate users, but will at least get something from people who would otherwise use a pirated version. Most people will still use illegal versions, but if some of them invest in the Academic version then MS' litigation warchest can swell a little:P
I know a lot of people have issues with Gentoo's focus on having the user compile packages that they download using portage, but what would be wrong with simply developing Portage and increasing the availability of binary packages?
I must stress that the NHS is in a lot of trouble right now with staff shortages and poor equipment. If they were to take the hard long-term decision to switch to Linux now, even if there is only a small amount of retraining per worker it would cause *massive* disruption. I cannot emphasise enough how angry most people are with the NHS right now with the current waiting lists let alone staff being retrained in new software.
I would love to see a similar idea for books and print media. Printing/binding on request would save a LOT of storage and manufacturing costs, even if it does increase the cost of maufacturing each book.
Believe me, it's much better to use a data service such as GPRS to connect to the internet with your phone. It has completely displaced any interest in corporate wifi hotspots in my experience.
Slashdot was justified in reporting the article. Slashdot, as a tech blog, was merely reporting that a claim had been made. If it ignored this claim, it could be accused of having an IBM bias.
Slashdot does not claim to conduct primary journalism, it merely centralises interesting things that others have said. Which is fine by me.
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This seems to me like potentially a very wasteful way of accomplishing a goal since many people will contribute a lot of work and never see any money for it.
To overcome this, perhaps NASA could consider breaking the prize money down to make sure that the most efficient way gets acknowleged as well as the quickest way.
If this was not the case, then a CEO would be able to hire executives which are explicitly told not to tell him if there are any legal concerns, in order to protect his ignorance defence in the future.
As it stands, CEOs are held responsible in order to make sure that they do all they can to avert disaster.
I understand that 100ths of a second makes it easier to compare lens speeds rather than properly reduced measurements. It was I who was being pendantic and siezing a cheap joke :)
It is sandwiched between two protective layers. It may be more fragile than conventional lenses, but it should be durable enough to be excellent value. The cost of adding analogue zoom and focus to such a cameraphone (and keeping it small) would otherwise be prohibitive.
2/100ths of a second? That's much faster than those common-as-muck 1/50ths ones.
"(At current conversion rates, this would cost nearly $2,900.)" ...or £495 :P
Damn, I was really hoping it would be a Source update to TFC. I know it would be too much to ask for TF2, but I was also hoping for some news on how it's coming along, if at all.
Better than that, I just removed all my computer's fa CARRIER LOST
Shuttle form-factor PCs fit the media centre niche quite well, and at a fair price and the newer cases are gorgeous.
I'd actually pay $150 (about £100) for one of these, if Think Geek needs a profit...
The opportunity cost of playing a game could be that you can't go to the pub etc...
I regularly use KDE, OS X and Windows XP (my ecclectic home network) and find that a brief period of stumbing about is all that is necessary to aquaint the user with basic filesystem functions and get using apps.
Consistancy is more important than simplicity imo, although simplicity really helps first time users.
I got my 20% off my 12" Powerbook, which meant I could throw in an iPod too. Apple know how to look after their customers. I don't think I'll be turning back to x86 laptops for a long time.
I wish I kept all my modpoints just so I could -1: REDUNDANT all the 'less space than a nomad. Lame.' quotes :P
Obviously, this wouldn't affect their bread-and-butter sales to corporate users, but will at least get something from people who would otherwise use a pirated version. Most people will still use illegal versions, but if some of them invest in the Academic version then MS' litigation warchest can swell a little :P
I know a lot of people have issues with Gentoo's focus on having the user compile packages that they download using portage, but what would be wrong with simply developing Portage and increasing the availability of binary packages?
Are we going to install Longhorn in the first place? :P
This was modded Informative?! Excellent!
No, when Slashdot reports a story before it appears anywhere else, you know something's wrong with the world.
Don't use your megapixel camera phone to take pictures of school busses. You'll get lynched.
I must stress that the NHS is in a lot of trouble right now with staff shortages and poor equipment. If they were to take the hard long-term decision to switch to Linux now, even if there is only a small amount of retraining per worker it would cause *massive* disruption. I cannot emphasise enough how angry most people are with the NHS right now with the current waiting lists let alone staff being retrained in new software.
I would love to see a similar idea for books and print media. Printing/binding on request would save a LOT of storage and manufacturing costs, even if it does increase the cost of maufacturing each book.
Believe me, it's much better to use a data service such as GPRS to connect to the internet with your phone. It has completely displaced any interest in corporate wifi hotspots in my experience.
Talk about abbreviation collision. Their common linux context makes this a possible source of confusion in the future.
Slashdot does not claim to conduct primary journalism, it merely centralises interesting things that others have said. Which is fine by me.