Supporting the underdog is more than just a moral victory. It shows the current monopoly owner that they have to remain competitive with their products and prices, and so in the end it benefits the consumer.
FTA: "it has agreed to acquire Intermix Media Inc., which owns more than 30 e-commerce and media websites"
So MySpace is only one of 30 e-commerce sites owned by the acquired company. It's not reasonable to assume that MySpace is worth $580 million by itself.
If we're going to tackle this corporate jargon problem, team, we're going to have to leverage our core competencies. We're going have to be goal-oriented and results-driven.
I say we kick off our anti-buzzword action plan by hitting the ground running. Now, who's going to own the mid-level implementation plan for this milestone?
FWIW, Visual J++ was a great IDE, the first Java IDE with auto-complete and WAY snappier and more responsive than its competitors at the time, like JBuilder 3. It was also the first to have native compilation abilities if you didn't care about platform independence and just preferred the Java language over C++ etc.
Visual J++ only failed because MS decided to withdraw all support for Java in general, and stopped selling it altogether. It had nothing to do with a lack of market demand for the product.
Says one of New Line Cinema's lawyers FTA: "..there's a certain piggishness involved here. New Line already gave him enough money to rebuild Baghdad, but it's still not enough for him."
Why does it matter if he already has tons of money? How is that an argument to not give him what you owe him? You can rip him off because he's rich already?
I don't think that was the original intent. The new technology being introduced in this article is the scroll panel; that's what he's trying to explain. Why would the poster want to explain what a scroll wheel is? If that was his original intent, then that's even dumber than the original typo.
I don't think that was the original intent. The new technology being introduced in this article is the scroll panel; that's what he's trying to explain. Why would the poster want to explain what a scroll wheel is? If that was his original intent, then that's even dumber than the original typo.
Your name in the posting is a link that resolves directly to your email address.
Don't know what you're doing right now to reduce the spam, but maybe putting your email address on the front page of Slashdot is a step in the wrong direction.
Usually inventions only come about when the underlying technology is improved to the point where the new invention is feasible (i.e. made possible by faster processors, stronger steel, etc).
A look at the article reveals that the main components in this invention are a centrifuge to adjust pressure, and a battery to power said centrifuge. Both of these components have been around in usable form for decades at least.
I"ve got some good news and some bad news.Let's start with the good.... (tumble weed passes by)Ok, and now onto the badVD Decrypter 3.5.4.0 is the last version you"ll ever see.We hoped this day would never come, but it has, and I can promise you, nobody is more gutted about it than I am.
What started as a bit of fun, putting a GUI around some existing code, turned into something that I can only describe as 'part of me' - yes, I know that's sad;-) As I"ve recently been made aware (by a letter, hand delivered to my door, last Tuesday), due to some law that was changed back in October 2003, circumventing copy protection isn"t allowed.
Ok so it has taken a while (almost 2 years), but eventually "a certain company" has decided they don"t like what I"m doing (circumventing their protection) and have come at me like a pack of wolves. I"ve no choice but to cease everything to do with DVD Decrypter.I realise this is going to be one of those "that sucks - fight them!" kinda things, but at the end of the day, it"s my life and I"m not about to throw it all away (before it has even really started) attempting to fight a battle I can"t possibly win.
If 321 Studios can"t do it with millions, what chance do I have with £50?! As I"m sure most of you have already noticed, the site has been down for a few days. That surprised me as much as the next person (slight breakdown in communication), or I would have issued this statement on it directly.
So anyway, from this point forward, I"m no longer permitted to provide any sort of assistance with anything that helps people infringe the rights of "a certain company".That means, no more emails, no more forum posts, no PM"s, no nothing! END OF STORY.The domain name will be transferred over to the company by the end of the week (9th June, according to the undertakings I have to sign) so don"t email it thinking "Oh, I"ll just ask LIGHTNING UK! for support on this". You"ll not be getting the intended recipient and could be landing yourself in sh1t!
With 3.5.4.0 being the last version, it makes sense for everyone to disable the "check for new versions" feature, as obviously there won"t be any. Of course what I really mean is that you should all stop using the program out of respect for the company's rights.
Anyone hosting DVD Decrypter is advised to cease doing so immediately. I"ve the feeling they won"t stop with just me. I"m having to contact anyone I know of that is (at the very least, the "mirror" sites), and tell them to stop. Copies of those emails must also be sent to the solicitors so they can check I"m doing everything I"m supposed to. If I don't, I die.
It is of course down to the owners of those sites to react how they want to. It"s not my job to force you to do anything you don"t want to, I"m just giving you some friendly advice. Maybe it"s just me, but I see this as a bit of an "end of an era". I realise there are other tools, but there"s no telling how much longer they"ll last, and not only that, mine was the oldest! I"ve met loads of great people over the years and I want to take this opportunity to wish them every success for the future - yes DDBT peeps, that includes you lot! : "(I hope you"ve all enjoyed my contribution to the DVD scene and maybe I"ll see ya around sometime.
LIGHTNING UK! (Author of the once "Ultimate DVD Ripper", DVD Decrypter)"
Cthon98> hey, if you type in your pw, it will show as stars Cthon98> ********* see! AzureDiamond> hunter2 AzureDiamond> doesnt look like stars to me Cthon98> ******* Cthon98> thats what I see AzureDiamond> oh, really? Cthon98> Absolutely AzureDiamond> you can go hunter2 my hunter2-ing hunter2 AzureDiamond> haha, does that look funny to you? Cthon98> lol, yes. See, when YOU type hunter2, it shows to us as ******* AzureDiamond> thats neat, I didnt know IRC did that Cthon98> yep, no matter how many times you type hunter2, it will show to us as ******* AzureDiamond> awesome! AzureDiamond> wait, how do you know my pw? Cthon98> er, I just copy pasted YOUR ******'s and it appears to YOU as hunter2 cause its your pw AzureDiamond> oh, ok.
How about providing static IP addresses to DSL and cable modem users, so we can actually use simple DNS (or even just memorized IP addresses) to host things with servers in our living rooms? Seems to me that would be a huge value proposition for any ISP to its customers.
Misinterpretation of statistics. GDP per capita in India is $3,100 but what is the standard deviation? Here's a badly formatted PDF with more detailed numbers. You can see that roughly 30 million households have an income of $5000 or more. If they all bought pc's it would more than double the penetration in India.
Not to mention that PC penetration here did not occur last week, when computers were 1/20th of income. Penetration in the U.S. happened more than 10 years ago, when PC's were $3-4k and GDP was ~$25k.
The article is not written by a Google employee, nor did the author speak with anyone at Google. It's simply his analysis of the patent document filed by Google.
Also, at the bottom of the article after the author's name, there's a link to some search optimization service's website.
Having seen a special screening of the movie last night, I can tell you that Douglas Adams' face shows up in the movie. It's actually the very last thing you see before the credits roll.
Slashdot Mirror
Supporting the underdog is more than just a moral victory. It shows the current monopoly owner that they have to remain competitive with their products and prices, and so in the end it benefits the consumer.
I have no idea how good LiveVault's service actually is, but their advertisement starring John Cleese is damn funny, and anything but "cookie cutter".
Here: New Periodic Table
It's less cluttered and easier to read than the "Galaxy" version.
FTA:
"it has agreed to acquire Intermix Media Inc., which owns more than 30 e-commerce and media websites"
So MySpace is only one of 30 e-commerce sites owned by the acquired company. It's not reasonable to assume that MySpace is worth $580 million by itself.
If we're going to tackle this corporate jargon problem, team, we're going to have to leverage our core competencies. We're going have to be goal-oriented and results-driven.
I say we kick off our anti-buzzword action plan by hitting the ground running. Now, who's going to own the mid-level implementation plan for this milestone?
P.S. Props to Action Item, Superhero for inspiration.
FWIW, Visual J++ was a great IDE, the first Java IDE with auto-complete and WAY snappier and more responsive than its competitors at the time, like JBuilder 3. It was also the first to have native compilation abilities if you didn't care about platform independence and just preferred the Java language over C++ etc.
Visual J++ only failed because MS decided to withdraw all support for Java in general, and stopped selling it altogether. It had nothing to do with a lack of market demand for the product.
Says one of New Line Cinema's lawyers FTA:
"..there's a certain piggishness involved here. New Line already gave him enough money to rebuild Baghdad, but it's still not enough for him."
Why does it matter if he already has tons of money? How is that an argument to not give him what you owe him? You can rip him off because he's rich already?
I'm sure it's mentally convenient for you to lump all brown-skinned people into the same bucket, but you've got the wrong country.
Whoever modded you up is just as ignorant as you are.
I don't think that was the original intent. The new technology being introduced in this article is the scroll panel; that's what he's trying to explain. Why would the poster want to explain what a scroll wheel is? If that was his original intent, then that's even dumber than the original typo.
I don't think that was the original intent. The new technology being introduced in this article is the scroll panel; that's what he's trying to explain. Why would the poster want to explain what a scroll wheel is? If that was his original intent, then that's even dumber than the original typo.
The concept behind a scroll wheel is you simply move your finger in up, down, left and right directions to use the function.
I think you mean scroll panel, not scroll wheel. Does anyone even read these before posting them?
Your name in the posting is a link that resolves directly to your email address.
Don't know what you're doing right now to reduce the spam, but maybe putting your email address on the front page of Slashdot is a step in the wrong direction.
Then work nights.
Usually inventions only come about when the underlying technology is improved to the point where the new invention is feasible (i.e. made possible by faster processors, stronger steel, etc).
A look at the article reveals that the main components in this invention are a centrifuge to adjust pressure, and a battery to power said centrifuge. Both of these components have been around in usable form for decades at least.
" Hello world,
;-) As I"ve recently been made aware (by a letter, hand delivered to my door, last Tuesday), due to some law that was changed back in October 2003, circumventing copy protection isn"t allowed.
I"ve got some good news and some bad news.Let's start with the good.... (tumble weed passes by)Ok, and now onto the badVD Decrypter 3.5.4.0 is the last version you"ll ever see.We hoped this day would never come, but it has, and I can promise you, nobody is more gutted about it than I am.
What started as a bit of fun, putting a GUI around some existing code, turned into something that I can only describe as 'part of me' - yes, I know that's sad
Ok so it has taken a while (almost 2 years), but eventually "a certain company" has decided they don"t like what I"m doing (circumventing their protection) and have come at me like a pack of wolves. I"ve no choice but to cease everything to do with DVD Decrypter.I realise this is going to be one of those "that sucks - fight them!" kinda things, but at the end of the day, it"s my life and I"m not about to throw it all away (before it has even really started) attempting to fight a battle I can"t possibly win.
If 321 Studios can"t do it with millions, what chance do I have with £50?! As I"m sure most of you have already noticed, the site has been down for a few days. That surprised me as much as the next person (slight breakdown in communication), or I would have issued this statement on it directly.
So anyway, from this point forward, I"m no longer permitted to provide any sort of assistance with anything that helps people infringe the rights of "a certain company".That means, no more emails, no more forum posts, no PM"s, no nothing! END OF STORY.The domain name will be transferred over to the company by the end of the week (9th June, according to the undertakings I have to sign) so don"t email it thinking "Oh, I"ll just ask LIGHTNING UK! for support on this". You"ll not be getting the intended recipient and could be landing yourself in sh1t!
With 3.5.4.0 being the last version, it makes sense for everyone to disable the "check for new versions" feature, as obviously there won"t be any. Of course what I really mean is that you should all stop using the program out of respect for the company's rights.
Anyone hosting DVD Decrypter is advised to cease doing so immediately. I"ve the feeling they won"t stop with just me. I"m having to contact anyone I know of that is (at the very least, the "mirror" sites), and tell them to stop. Copies of those emails must also be sent to the solicitors so they can check I"m doing everything I"m supposed to. If I don't, I die.
It is of course down to the owners of those sites to react how they want to. It"s not my job to force you to do anything you don"t want to, I"m just giving you some friendly advice. Maybe it"s just me, but I see this as a bit of an "end of an era". I realise there are other tools, but there"s no telling how much longer they"ll last, and not only that, mine was the oldest! I"ve met loads of great people over the years and I want to take this opportunity to wish them every success for the future - yes DDBT peeps, that includes you lot! : "(I hope you"ve all enjoyed my contribution to the DVD scene and maybe I"ll see ya around sometime.
LIGHTNING UK!
(Author of the once "Ultimate DVD Ripper", DVD Decrypter)"
I always check both Netcraft and Alexa to get two independent data points, just to be on the safe side.
For the record, Alexa has them at #23.
http://www.alexa.com/data/details/?url=bbc.co.uk
Cthon98> hey, if you type in your pw, it will show as stars
Cthon98> ********* see!
AzureDiamond> hunter2
AzureDiamond> doesnt look like stars to me
Cthon98> *******
Cthon98> thats what I see
AzureDiamond> oh, really?
Cthon98> Absolutely
AzureDiamond> you can go hunter2 my hunter2-ing hunter2
AzureDiamond> haha, does that look funny to you?
Cthon98> lol, yes. See, when YOU type hunter2, it shows to us as *******
AzureDiamond> thats neat, I didnt know IRC did that
Cthon98> yep, no matter how many times you type hunter2, it will show to us as *******
AzureDiamond> awesome!
AzureDiamond> wait, how do you know my pw?
Cthon98> er, I just copy pasted YOUR ******'s and it appears to YOU as hunter2 cause its your pw
AzureDiamond> oh, ok.
How about providing static IP addresses to DSL and cable modem users, so we can actually use simple DNS (or even just memorized IP addresses) to host things with servers in our living rooms? Seems to me that would be a huge value proposition for any ISP to its customers.
Sarchasm - The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the recipient who doesn't get it.
Finally, a cure in sight...
Misinterpretation of statistics. GDP per capita in India is $3,100 but what is the standard deviation? Here's a badly formatted PDF with more detailed numbers. You can see that roughly 30 million households have an income of $5000 or more. If they all bought pc's it would more than double the penetration in India.
Not to mention that PC penetration here did not occur last week, when computers were 1/20th of income. Penetration in the U.S. happened more than 10 years ago, when PC's were $3-4k and GDP was ~$25k.
Hey, leave Wayne Newton out of this.
The article is not written by a Google employee, nor did the author speak with anyone at Google. It's simply his analysis of the patent document filed by Google.
Also, at the bottom of the article after the author's name, there's a link to some search optimization service's website.
"...causing MPL to fall from a presumed height of 40 meters (130 feet)...
From google:
40 meters = 131.233596 feet
Go go NASA metric conversion tables!
(yeah, i know, not the same mission)
It's great that Microsoft is working on cars that can't crash.
Now if they would only start working on the same thing for operating systems...
Having seen a special screening of the movie last night, I can tell you that Douglas Adams' face shows up in the movie. It's actually the very last thing you see before the credits roll.