Actually the power issue is a fair comment. But give it time. Everything goes through an "awkward, insuffient" phase. And mobile phone companies are always looking to new ways to get people to upgrade to the latest bling bling. They'll eventually get it right.
It's obvious music playing is being folded into Phones, as with alot of PDA functions and cameras.
All these functions stuffed into one gadget, with built in convenient way of exchanging data between users.
An extra gadget in the pocket is just a nuicance. It's still early days, but give it a year or so and the point of carrying a stand-alone MP3 player will just disappear.
Maybe we need a UN Resolution issued that Demands that Microsoft comply with the W3 standard, immediately cease production of Browsers of Mass Destruction, and open its sourcecode to UN Code Inspectors.
That just sounds odd. You can't negotiate cheaper prices in the USA for electrical goods?
In Australia, paying the ticket price of household stuff... hi-fi equipment, fridges, dvd players, beds... is just silly. Even individually, you can haggle the price down. It's common practice to offer to buy a number of times for a bigger discount.
If you used a Smart Mob to bring in even a dozen buyers at one time, you'd be able to get a good price cut. I'm tempted to try it out.
You mean those Hard Disks using old Parallel ATA ribbon cables?
How long will it be until all PCs are using SATA, and the interface disappears, and you are scrounging through second hand dealers for parts that work.
And then Flash Memory storage is quickly expanding, starting to take over situations that HDs used to be used for....
Just focusing on something important to the Hearts of Slashdotters... bitching about Microsoft. I remember about a year ago MS did a big TV ad blitz for Windows XP, and in it they showed some Soccer ("Football") coach bragging that he was running some software to analyse his opponents tactics.
Damn it's frustrating reading this kind of stuff when you know someone who has a disease like this.
My pop has ALS, and I read stuff about cures for Mice all the time, with the 5 to 10 year plan to develop the cure for humans. And of course he can't politely wait that long.
All kinds of nasty conditions seem to be on the verge of a cure.... in 5 years time.
I hate toolbars. From Google, Yahoo, eBay, SaveNow or anyone else.
If I am fixing a spywared infected computer, then part of my cleanup is to remove the toolbars. They take up screen realestate, provide rarely used features.
You have friends, relatives, workmates... they say "Somethings wrong with my PC". And because you are a leet computer dude, you fix it for them happily, with a bit of pride in your own abilities. Doing a something nice for a friend.
But they keep on coming back. You find that your kindness means you have a small collection of PCs in the spare room to be debugged from various people.
It's then that you start to get peed off. You realise it's gotten beyond a bit of friendly help and it's eating into your life too much. It's even damaging your relationship with those people. You resent them laying the burden on you, they get upset that you've taken a month to give back their PCs.
So you try and say "No".... but, it means that out there is some PC that can't connect to it's ADSL or something. The PC nerd in you can't handle that sort of bug in a computer that is in your "network". It hurts.
The only reason I can imagine for this, is that you always have it on you. It's never forgotten at home, you never have to remember to put it on in the morning.
So it's for forgetful people.
As someone said, it brings up the issue of upgrading it when inevitably it becomes old tech every few years.
So... why not install it into a pair of stylish earrings, or a "rebellious" nose, eyebrow or bellybutton ring?
Flashback indeed. My Comp Sci classes back in 1993 tried to use Eiffel to teach OO. But the compiler was very clunky and slow and unhelpful to newbie programmers. So we went back to learning Smalltalk.
A nice enough language... essentially putting Asserts before and after your code in each function if I dimly remember. Which aint a bad thing.
At the time it got swamped by the far less elegant, and far more complex, C++.
Another smart language, but you know you aint gonna write anything longterm and large scale in it.
Currently if you hit a car, or a person, it's your responsibility and you pay for repairs, or go to court if you are sufficiently irresponsisble. And we sort of accept that's the way cars work.... now and again someone is going to stuff up and mistakes are going to be made.
But when cars start to make the decisions themselves, even if they do it much better than people and saving lives and property, then think of the legal Nightmares that car companies are bringing upon themselves.
It all becomes Toyotas Fault. They'll be sued into oblivion.
Right now, if you want to set up a website, you try for the.com, and your national address (.com.au), and the.biz, and if you have parts of your business that need it, you pick up the.org or the.net.
It doesn't simplify things, it complicates them.
If I was running a porn site, I'd be mad to soley rely on a.xxx domain. As others have said, it just makes it easy for ISPs to filter you out.
My theory is that the domain system should be simplified, rather than expanded. Down to.com,.edu.gov and.org... or even none at all. "politics.slashdot" and be done with it. Doesn't matter if it's slashdot.com or slashdot.org or slashdot.xxx
My ISP recently did this. Sent out the email, and is going to block ports as of April 1. But you can unblock yourself any time you like via their website.
ISPs, the good ones anyway, don't have to be draconian about this stuff. They can, and do, build in flexibility for people who have special needs.
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Actually the power issue is a fair comment.
But give it time. Everything goes through an "awkward, insuffient" phase. And mobile phone companies are always looking to new ways to get people to upgrade to the latest bling bling. They'll eventually get it right.
It's obvious music playing is being folded into Phones, as with alot of PDA functions and cameras.
All these functions stuffed into one gadget, with built in convenient way of exchanging data between users.
An extra gadget in the pocket is just a nuicance.
It's still early days, but give it a year or so and the point of carrying a stand-alone MP3 player will just disappear.
So... it's not a "Release Candidate".
It's still a Beta.
A Release Candidate is supposed to be something you'd Release, if no bugs turn up.
I find the reverse. When the flashdrive is attached to my keys, I don't forget to detatch it from the PC and take it home at night.
Google paid Fox nearly a BILLION dollars to provide Fox with a Search Engine? Isn't that kind of backwards?
Maybe we need a UN Resolution issued that Demands that Microsoft comply with the W3 standard, immediately cease production of Browsers of Mass Destruction, and open its sourcecode to UN Code Inspectors.
The Apple Fan tradition "You don't NEED a Two Button Mouse"
"I don't like anything on the Radio"
Personally I suspect that a radio offering free music goes against the wish of Apple that you pay for everything.
If they could get you to pay for a subscription to listen to the radio, that'd be a different kettle of fish.
That just sounds odd.
You can't negotiate cheaper prices in the USA for electrical goods?
In Australia, paying the ticket price of household stuff... hi-fi equipment, fridges, dvd players, beds... is just silly. Even individually, you can haggle the price down. It's common practice to offer to buy a number of times for a bigger discount.
If you used a Smart Mob to bring in even a dozen buyers at one time, you'd be able to get a good price cut. I'm tempted to try it out.
You mean those Hard Disks using old Parallel ATA ribbon cables?
How long will it be until all PCs are using SATA, and the interface disappears, and you are scrounging through second hand dealers for parts that work.
And then Flash Memory storage is quickly expanding, starting to take over situations that HDs used to be used for....
"There is no mass shuffling of money from the poor to the rich"
Unless they are in a factory making iPod Shuffles, of course.
Yeah, I've wondered about this.
A 10MP picture taken with a cheap lens and poor focus is still a blurry picture, just made up of more dots.
I wonder if it's worthwhile putting more MP in a camera that's intended to be cheap. All it does is eat up your memory.
Just focusing on something important to the Hearts of Slashdotters... bitching about Microsoft.
I remember about a year ago MS did a big TV ad blitz for Windows XP, and in it they showed some Soccer ("Football") coach bragging that he was running some software to analyse his opponents tactics.
Bloody buggy MS software.
"It's a Hardware Fault, not a Software bug."
(By favourite mantra, whenever something goes wrong at work)
Damn it's frustrating reading this kind of stuff when you know someone who has a disease like this.
My pop has ALS, and I read stuff about cures for Mice all the time, with the 5 to 10 year plan to develop the cure for humans. And of course he can't politely wait that long.
All kinds of nasty conditions seem to be on the verge of a cure.... in 5 years time.
Right up there with Live Streaming of Radio.
"You can now listen to this Station Live on the Internet!" they proudly proclaim, as I listen to the radio station, live, while I drive my car.
"cartoons"
Well I've always had an urge to drop an anvil on someones head.
I hate toolbars.
From Google, Yahoo, eBay, SaveNow or anyone else.
If I am fixing a spywared infected computer, then part of my cleanup is to remove the toolbars.
They take up screen realestate, provide rarely used features.
Just pointing out that this is just wrong, 1999 style thinking.
There are a good number of solid, serious, Java desktop apps out there nowdays. Limewire for one.
You have friends, relatives, workmates... they say "Somethings wrong with my PC". And because you are a leet computer dude, you fix it for them happily, with a bit of pride in your own abilities. Doing a something nice for a friend.
But they keep on coming back. You find that your kindness means you have a small collection of PCs in the spare room to be debugged from various people.
It's then that you start to get peed off. You realise it's gotten beyond a bit of friendly help and it's eating into your life too much. It's even damaging your relationship with those people. You resent them laying the burden on you, they get upset that you've taken a month to give back their PCs.
So you try and say "No".... but, it means that out there is some PC that can't connect to it's ADSL or something. The PC nerd in you can't handle that sort of bug in a computer that is in your "network". It hurts.
Eyetoy, Singstar, the Dance mat games... they've been a Huge success for the PS2.
They're very social & parents like them because their kids aren't just staring blankly at a screen killing things. Heck, parents can even join in.
And the kids have fun too. The little buggers like to jump about and yell and carry on.
The only reason I can imagine for this, is that you always have it on you. It's never forgotten at home, you never have to remember to put it on in the morning.
So it's for forgetful people.
As someone said, it brings up the issue of upgrading it when inevitably it becomes old tech every few years.
So... why not install it into a pair of stylish earrings, or a "rebellious" nose, eyebrow or bellybutton ring?
Flashback indeed.
My Comp Sci classes back in 1993 tried to use Eiffel to teach OO. But the compiler was very clunky and slow and unhelpful to newbie programmers. So we went back to learning Smalltalk.
A nice enough language... essentially putting Asserts before and after your code in each function if I dimly remember. Which aint a bad thing.
At the time it got swamped by the far less elegant, and far more complex, C++.
Another smart language, but you know you aint gonna write anything longterm and large scale in it.
Currently if you hit a car, or a person, it's your responsibility and you pay for repairs, or go to court if you are sufficiently irresponsisble. And we sort of accept that's the way cars work.... now and again someone is going to stuff up and mistakes are going to be made.
But when cars start to make the decisions themselves, even if they do it much better than people and saving lives and property, then think of the legal Nightmares that car companies are bringing upon themselves.
It all becomes Toyotas Fault. They'll be sued into oblivion.
Yep.
.com, and your national address (.com.au), and the .biz, and if you have parts of your business that need it, you pick up the .org or the .net.
.xxx domain. As others have said, it just makes it easy for ISPs to filter you out.
.com, .edu .gov and .org... or even none at all.
Right now, if you want to set up a website, you try for the
It doesn't simplify things, it complicates them.
If I was running a porn site, I'd be mad to soley rely on a
My theory is that the domain system should be simplified, rather than expanded. Down to
"politics.slashdot" and be done with it. Doesn't matter if it's slashdot.com or slashdot.org or slashdot.xxx
My ISP recently did this.
Sent out the email, and is going to block ports as of April 1. But you can unblock yourself any time you like via their website.
ISPs, the good ones anyway, don't have to be draconian about this stuff. They can, and do, build in flexibility for people who have special needs.