I thought one of the reasons to migrate to IPv6 was to pump up the number of IP's available. If tis is true, we may not need NAT each device be it a computer, Wii, or Tivo could have it's own dedicated IP.
" Mozilla was reported making roughly $70MM for 2006" I'm curious how in the heck did it make that much? More power to them if this is true, but I thought the only way to make money in the FOSS arena was via support lines.
As for competition I dont think it's the same as in the closed source world. In FOSS, there might be friendly competition, but that just drives a better product.
Interesting, will have to dig further. I do remember reading that multiple channels could exist on the same frequency, and each would be using a really really low bitrate, so agree it might turn out to be worse than FM quality even if digital.
I'm curious if HDradio will also have RDS streams.
I agree for the most part, but there has been a recent push toward HDRadio. I'm still a little fuzzy on the technical details, but it seems nifty once you get past the marketing.
A year ago, people were arguing "why should I pay $15-$20 for a Cd when I only want 1-2 songs, because musicians suck now adays only have 1-2 good songs" so iTunes starts up. You can buy that one or two songs and save the "crappy filler songs tax". People were happy but didnt like the DRM (which I agree with).
So not they're removing the DRM, increasing the quality of the encoding and only adding $0.30 to it. Now people are crying "why should I pay $0.30 more when I can buy the CD for less".... *shakes head* if you want a complete CD then buy the CD, if you want 1-2 songs buy it online.
I'm not flaming it's just a perfect example of you can't always make everyone happy.
For me this sounds great. When an artist I really like comes out, I grab the CD at a local store, if it's a one hit wonder I hear on the radio, I'll buy the one song online.
How is this not a good thing?
No this isn't a flame, just frustrated when people ask for things, get it, then complain against their own argument.
I dont know about anyone else here, but its nice to see something positive happening now. This is at least something in the right direction. Now if we can get CSPAN to do the same.
In a perfect world software would meet it's requirements perfectly. But because of politics, timing, money, or just overlooking a single character in the source, bugs do and will happen.
Just the way the world works. Same thing goes for anything. If your TV breaks, you take it to be repaired or get a new one.
"at which point you can remove the link after you've profited from it."
So under this philosophy it's ok to put a movie on your website, get a lot of money in google ads or whatever ad format, then wait for the cease and desist to take it down and keep your money?
I agreed with him a little up till this point. The patent and copyright system is a bit borked, but what he suggests is just wrong. *shakes head*
I'm curious why it was patented and then let go for free if that's the case. Patents are extremely expensive, and each year are more and more expensive. Just doesnt make sense to patent something so simple, and pay all that money for nothing.
I agree, guess my point was moot. I agree a Aquafied version of OO would be nice to fit into the system better and look prettier. Guess my main point was, if you (like me) didn't want to dish out a ton of money for MS Office and needed to use.doc and.xls then OO was at least a good and free option before.
Anyway I'm glad to see the announcement.
From my understanding of the term native, it refers to a program that is compiled for the host hardware and bound to host libraries and not requiring any kind of emulation or abstract translation layer. X is native to OS X, so I think it still stands. It might not be as pretty as Aqua but it's not like you're using Virtual PC or Parallels to run a Windows version.
I use to have a dual G4 machine 5 or so years ago when OS 10 came out and it ran Open Office.
I think the big problem is that it used the X interface instead of Aqua, so maybe that's what they're concerned about. But from a user perspective I had no problem using just the plain ol' X11R6 version.
Think it was via Fink.
I'm not sure about NTFS but I know a big issue with permission issues is within the FAT filesystem itself.
Anyone who can read FAT can read any file by any user and execute any program.
One thing nice about any SysV/BSD based OS is that the fs has builtin features that describe who and what can be done with each file.
Though NTFS might have fixed this, not sure since I dont use it.
This could be a nice way of distributing movies. Personally I wouldn't mind paying $3-4 for a movie with a little ad at the beginning (can always fast forward). But for a song it would suck to be in the middle and hear "Buy x-product today".
Are they claiming that IP in Windows doesnt matter when the software is being pirated, and that the Asian versions of Windows aren't really made by them, but a copy?
Thought Windows made/supported a full Asian version.
One thing I'd like to build is a lirc device that also acts as a power switch. So you can use a remote control to also turn the computer on. This could be useful for things such as a Myth box.
They can always design dedicated hardware to interface into it. New cell phones? game units? all able to use a propietary YouTube like thing. Possibility it seems at least.
I checked the website, and Flex seems to be a bundle of different packages. The retail is over $700. Is that what they are open sourcing or just the SDK? Bottom line, can you use it without the 700 package? Kinda like how you can download the.Net framework and write apps without needing Visual Studio
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I thought one of the reasons to migrate to IPv6 was to pump up the number of IP's available. If tis is true, we may not need NAT each device be it a computer, Wii, or Tivo could have it's own dedicated IP.
Gosh, I'm glad I only live in a US colony (Australia) I thought Australia was a British colony? *confused* Isnt the queen on your coins like Canada?
Sweet, I've never actually used that, but if it'll help fund their work I'll use it instead of just using google.com as my homepage.
" Mozilla was reported making roughly $70MM for 2006" I'm curious how in the heck did it make that much? More power to them if this is true, but I thought the only way to make money in the FOSS arena was via support lines. As for competition I dont think it's the same as in the closed source world. In FOSS, there might be friendly competition, but that just drives a better product.
Interesting, will have to dig further. I do remember reading that multiple channels could exist on the same frequency, and each would be using a really really low bitrate, so agree it might turn out to be worse than FM quality even if digital. I'm curious if HDradio will also have RDS streams.
I agree for the most part, but there has been a recent push toward HDRadio. I'm still a little fuzzy on the technical details, but it seems nifty once you get past the marketing.
A year ago, people were arguing "why should I pay $15-$20 for a Cd when I only want 1-2 songs, because musicians suck now adays only have 1-2 good songs" so iTunes starts up. You can buy that one or two songs and save the "crappy filler songs tax". People were happy but didnt like the DRM (which I agree with). So not they're removing the DRM, increasing the quality of the encoding and only adding $0.30 to it. Now people are crying "why should I pay $0.30 more when I can buy the CD for less".... *shakes head* if you want a complete CD then buy the CD, if you want 1-2 songs buy it online. I'm not flaming it's just a perfect example of you can't always make everyone happy. For me this sounds great. When an artist I really like comes out, I grab the CD at a local store, if it's a one hit wonder I hear on the radio, I'll buy the one song online. How is this not a good thing? No this isn't a flame, just frustrated when people ask for things, get it, then complain against their own argument.
Perhaps this could be a good replacement for fiber.
I dont know about anyone else here, but its nice to see something positive happening now. This is at least something in the right direction. Now if we can get CSPAN to do the same.
In a perfect world software would meet it's requirements perfectly. But because of politics, timing, money, or just overlooking a single character in the source, bugs do and will happen. Just the way the world works. Same thing goes for anything. If your TV breaks, you take it to be repaired or get a new one.
"at which point you can remove the link after you've profited from it." So under this philosophy it's ok to put a movie on your website, get a lot of money in google ads or whatever ad format, then wait for the cease and desist to take it down and keep your money? I agreed with him a little up till this point. The patent and copyright system is a bit borked, but what he suggests is just wrong. *shakes head*
I'm curious why it was patented and then let go for free if that's the case. Patents are extremely expensive, and each year are more and more expensive. Just doesnt make sense to patent something so simple, and pay all that money for nothing.
I agree, guess my point was moot. I agree a Aquafied version of OO would be nice to fit into the system better and look prettier. Guess my main point was, if you (like me) didn't want to dish out a ton of money for MS Office and needed to use .doc and .xls then OO was at least a good and free option before.
Anyway I'm glad to see the announcement.
From my understanding of the term native, it refers to a program that is compiled for the host hardware and bound to host libraries and not requiring any kind of emulation or abstract translation layer. X is native to OS X, so I think it still stands. It might not be as pretty as Aqua but it's not like you're using Virtual PC or Parallels to run a Windows version.
I use to have a dual G4 machine 5 or so years ago when OS 10 came out and it ran Open Office. I think the big problem is that it used the X interface instead of Aqua, so maybe that's what they're concerned about. But from a user perspective I had no problem using just the plain ol' X11R6 version. Think it was via Fink.
I'm not sure about NTFS but I know a big issue with permission issues is within the FAT filesystem itself. Anyone who can read FAT can read any file by any user and execute any program. One thing nice about any SysV/BSD based OS is that the fs has builtin features that describe who and what can be done with each file. Though NTFS might have fixed this, not sure since I dont use it.
This could be a nice way of distributing movies. Personally I wouldn't mind paying $3-4 for a movie with a little ad at the beginning (can always fast forward). But for a song it would suck to be in the middle and hear "Buy x-product today".
Now I can buy my first Dell w/ Ubuntu loaded already for me *tears up* it's a beautiful day :)
I looked around the page and I really want one of these. However I dont see a method of actually buying one or the price.
Are they claiming that IP in Windows doesnt matter when the software is being pirated, and that the Asian versions of Windows aren't really made by them, but a copy? Thought Windows made/supported a full Asian version.
Amateur radio is a great backup system when all else fails in the arena of communication.
One thing I'd like to build is a lirc device that also acts as a power switch. So you can use a remote control to also turn the computer on. This could be useful for things such as a Myth box.
They can always design dedicated hardware to interface into it. New cell phones? game units? all able to use a propietary YouTube like thing. Possibility it seems at least.
I checked the website, and Flex seems to be a bundle of different packages. The retail is over $700. Is that what they are open sourcing or just the SDK? Bottom line, can you use it without the 700 package? Kinda like how you can download the .Net framework and write apps without needing Visual Studio