The world is divided into two groups, the Willow devotees and those who cannot admit to themselves that they are Willow devotees.
I suppose Willow was ok for a pre-LoTR fantasy movie, but I hardly imagine there are really a lot of devotees. Interesting for featuring Val Kilmer, I guess. Actually, I can barely remember it.
Should I assume that you're in the denial group then?
Making "Whatever-killers" is a game for suckers. People should read "ReWork" by 37signals. You need to define the market, not let the market define what you do. That's what Apple did with the iPad -- it doesn't compete or "kill" netbooks, it's a whole different class of device in itself.
Agreed... my point is that there's not much point in even pretending to compete if your device is crap in comparison.
In order to be an Apple killer it must work BETTER than the Apple.
Not true. The iPod didn't work better than competing products, it looked better, and was marketed better. It was perceived as being easier although I think this is again marketing because it was easier to copy music to competing products (same as any USB drive) - but most non-technical people didn't know that.
You have to be able to show your WORKING gadget to a potential Apple customer and make them want yours more.
Now you understand how it works...(emphasis mine)
Oh I agree... it doesn't have to work better, but it had better be perceived to work better especially when put in the hands of opinion leaders.
The only way to beat Apple in the mobile space it to outcool them. (And right now I'm gonna go with "Good luck with that".
"No they didn't, the big difference between iPhone and OpenMoko is that OpenMoko is completely open, so anyone can extend it, while iPhone is closed and only licensed parties can write extensions. This is what uniqe about OpenMoko. Apple added glitter to iPhone, but there are other smart phones (maybe not as good, but I can't judge, it's a long wait till iPhone will be available in Europe) so nothing revolutionary about it. OpenMoko has philosophical feature - openess. So as a geek I know which one is the winner here:)"
How's that OpenMoko doing today?
How about those iPod killers?
Well they forgot to mention other difference between the iPhone and the (OpenMoko) Neo. The iPhone worked out of the box while the Neo shipped with hardware bugs and even a year later the best OS for it made the Apple ][ look stable.
In order to be an Apple killer it must work BETTER than the Apple. You have to be able to show your WORKING gadget to a potential Apple customer and make them want yours more.
Disclaimer I actually used a Neo as my phone for six months. Very cool geek toy, worst cellphone ever.
What does Adblock give you that NoScript doesn't? "filter subscriptions"? Why should I have to worry about a blacklist when NoScript allows me to decide if my "web experience" is less than it should be and THEN unblock something?
So it took about one day for the gullible Jordanians who initially believed the reports of aliens to gather evidence, refute those claims, and adjust their beliefs accordingly. Yet initial expression of the Islamic religion occurred about 14 centuries ago and they still believe in an imaginary being which controls events on earth. Why is that? Why such selective application of empiricism and reason?
Well Christianity has a 600 odd year lead on them and Judaism have another thousand so I'd be careful about casting the first stone on that particular issue.
My point - You cannot police Iraq with soldiers, unless you just don't care about guilt or innocence, life or death.
Which is exactly why the Canadian public is pushing to pull out of the combat role.
We're quite willing to put our best on the line to improve the world and have done so repeatedly and in far greater quantities per capita than anyone else and will probably continue to do so but Afghanistan may have completely undermined 50 years of effort establishing ourselves as "tough but fair" peacekeepers and made us a target.
Noone says that the US is the most brutal government (far from it), but when it does not practice what it preaches, scorn, derision and hatred ensues.
Exactly. The U.S. has set themselves a higher standard for morality and freedom for decades and for good reason. I have a great deal of respect for them because of it. When they fail to deliver, which they do, they should be called on it and have the issues aired out in public so they can do better next time.
We should expect people to fail from time to time and when they do it needs be recognized and compensated for so that it can be corrected and improved apon. Hiding such mistakes is as un-American as the communist manhunt was and carpet bombing and torture continues to be.
I'd like to think that this is not anti-American thinking, I think that the world would just like America to do what it does well even better and own up when it fails.
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I take that you count yourself amongst the unwashed masses, then?
Don't you? Or are you somehow better than the hoi palloi
?
Yes I'm a geek and a so called computer expert but that doesn't make me better than anyone else. What about you?
If you read the bill it ONLY refers to OPEN-NETWORK p2p which they define as
The term ‘open-network’, with respect to software, means a network in which--
(A) access is granted freely, without limitation or restriction; or
(B) there are little or no security measures in place.
What part of this is unreasonable in any controlled environment? Can you think of any corporation that would allow such a thing?
I wouldn't even let my kids run such a thing.
N.B. This clearly does not cover things bittorrent since you have to explicitly publish individual files to it.
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So, not every Christian is a Catholic, but every Catholic is a Christian.
I have a problem calling systemic pedophilia Christian. But then I also have a lot of trouble calling suicide bombers Muslim.
Perhaps we need a new generic category... idiot perhaps...
... there's nary a Chinese terrorist to be found...
Well not any more. And if you point one out he'll soon be un-findable too. This is the upside of dictatorship.
Flying a jet as a glider somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean is... shall we say... a less than ideal flight profile.
Anyone know of a successful mid-ocean un-powered jet landing?
Notes was a Lotus product.
Notes still is a Lotus product, Lotus has been a division of IBM for 15 years.
The world is divided into two groups, the Willow devotees and those who cannot admit to themselves that they are Willow devotees.
I suppose Willow was ok for a pre-LoTR fantasy movie, but I hardly imagine there are really a lot of devotees. Interesting for featuring Val Kilmer, I guess. Actually, I can barely remember it.
Should I assume that you're in the denial group then?
No, they keep on writing anyway. It's like Vogon poetry.
Notes..... 'nuff said.
I though you were more of a willow devotee.
The world is divided into two groups, the Willow devotees and those who cannot admit to themselves that they are Willow devotees.
Making "Whatever-killers" is a game for suckers. People should read "ReWork" by 37signals. You need to define the market, not let the market define what you do. That's what Apple did with the iPad -- it doesn't compete or "kill" netbooks, it's a whole different class of device in itself.
Agreed... my point is that there's not much point in even pretending to compete if your device is crap in comparison.
In order to be an Apple killer it must work BETTER than the Apple.
Not true. The iPod didn't work better than competing products, it looked better, and was marketed better. It was perceived as being easier although I think this is again marketing because it was easier to copy music to competing products (same as any USB drive) - but most non-technical people didn't know that.
You have to be able to show your WORKING gadget to a potential Apple customer and make them want yours more.
Now you understand how it works...(emphasis mine)
Oh I agree... it doesn't have to work better, but it had better be perceived to work better especially when put in the hands of opinion leaders.
The only way to beat Apple in the mobile space it to outcool them. (And right now I'm gonna go with "Good luck with that".
"No they didn't, the big difference between iPhone and OpenMoko is that OpenMoko is completely open, so anyone can extend it, while iPhone is closed and only licensed parties can write extensions. This is what uniqe about OpenMoko. Apple added glitter to iPhone, but there are other smart phones (maybe not as good, but I can't judge, it's a long wait till iPhone will be available in Europe) so nothing revolutionary about it. OpenMoko has philosophical feature - openess. So as a geek I know which one is the winner here :)"
How's that OpenMoko doing today? How about those iPod killers?
Well they forgot to mention other difference between the iPhone and the (OpenMoko) Neo. The iPhone worked out of the box while the Neo shipped with hardware bugs and even a year later the best OS for it made the Apple ][ look stable.
In order to be an Apple killer it must work BETTER than the Apple. You have to be able to show your WORKING gadget to a potential Apple customer and make them want yours more.
Disclaimer I actually used a Neo as my phone for six months. Very cool geek toy, worst cellphone ever.
Yup... pretty pointless book all round.
If you want to make an PC from scratch, you must first create the universe.
Excellent reference, RIP Carl, we miss you buddy..
What does Adblock give you that NoScript doesn't? "filter subscriptions"? Why should I have to worry about a blacklist when NoScript allows me to decide if my "web experience" is less than it should be and THEN unblock something?
-1 clueless
*WHOOSH*
iStab, a translucent suicide booth with an interface to die for.
Cool... think it'll be out in time for Christmas?
So it took about one day for the gullible Jordanians who initially believed the reports of aliens to gather evidence, refute those claims, and adjust their beliefs accordingly. Yet initial expression of the Islamic religion occurred about 14 centuries ago and they still believe in an imaginary being which controls events on earth. Why is that? Why such selective application of empiricism and reason?
Well Christianity has a 600 odd year lead on them and Judaism have another thousand so I'd be careful about casting the first stone on that particular issue.
What does Citizen Kane have to do with it? Perhaps you meant H.G. Wells?
I'm wondering why this is informative... it should be funny.
My point - You cannot police Iraq with soldiers, unless you just don't care about guilt or innocence, life or death.
Which is exactly why the Canadian public is pushing to pull out of the combat role.
We're quite willing to put our best on the line to improve the world and have done so repeatedly and in far greater quantities per capita than anyone else and will probably continue to do so but Afghanistan may have completely undermined 50 years of effort establishing ourselves as "tough but fair" peacekeepers and made us a target.
Well said. I'd give you an insightful but I already commented.
Noone says that the US is the most brutal government (far from it), but when it does not practice what it preaches, scorn, derision and hatred ensues.
Exactly. The U.S. has set themselves a higher standard for morality and freedom for decades and for good reason. I have a great deal of respect for them because of it. When they fail to deliver, which they do, they should be called on it and have the issues aired out in public so they can do better next time.
We should expect people to fail from time to time and when they do it needs be recognized and compensated for so that it can be corrected and improved apon. Hiding such mistakes is as un-American as the communist manhunt was and carpet bombing and torture continues to be.
I'd like to think that this is not anti-American thinking, I think that the world would just like America to do what it does well even better and own up when it fails.
I take that you count yourself amongst the unwashed masses, then?
Don't you? Or are you somehow better than the hoi palloi
?
Yes I'm a geek and a so called computer expert but that doesn't make me better than anyone else. What about you?
Larry could be short for Larissa, she would also have to be black and ghetto
I must be missing something, Larissa is a Russian name.
Samba (SMB aka Microsoft Networking) qualifies as open-network by this definition.
Samba can be secured. ANY unsecured distributed file system would qualify, any secured one would not.
Come on people - federal security! Why the hell are they running MS OSes anyway?
The answer is yes. Though if you do a full audit I'm sure you'll probably find a working copy of just about every operating system ever developed.
That being said I'd be very surprised if Windows is anything less than 90% of the market.
The term ‘open-network’, with respect to software, means a network in which--
(A) access is granted freely, without limitation or restriction; or
(B) there are little or no security measures in place.
What part of this is unreasonable in any controlled environment? Can you think of any corporation that would allow such a thing?
I wouldn't even let my kids run such a thing.
N.B. This clearly does not cover things bittorrent since you have to explicitly publish individual files to it.