I sure hope this doesn't gain traction. If you will notice one of the previous posts discussed the matter of actually owning a copy of the content. I don't believe for a moment that I speak for all consumers, but I personally don't want someone else regulating when, how, and how long I can watch the program for. What happens when Time Warner gets a court order to block access to their servers for violating who-knows-what-regulation? You can kiss "your" content goodbye. I like storing stuff on my computer. That way it's under my direct control.
This whole move towards centralized data storage on all fronts is troubling. One point of storage = one point of failure/control. Bye bye freedom. We hardly knew ye (coincidentally, I just did a search for this phrase on Google and the first result was an article about Tivo...spooky).
Welcome to the real world where Apple no longer uses proprietary hardware (or very little). ATI makes the video card for the iMac. Intel makes the processor. Micron makes the RAM (and possibly ROM) chips. Some obscure, Korean, third-party, hardware manufacturer makes everything else (just like in your PC). So, unless ATI hasn't released the drivers for their Radeon X1600 then it should be fairly easy to get WinXP to work with "Apple's" hardware. The only big difference is the TPM chip. Shoot, with all the people booting Mac OS X natively on random PC hardware, it shouldn't be a big logical leap to grasping the concept that booting WinXP (or any Windows for that matter) on a Macintel is only a matter of time.
OSX boots on PC. Win boots on PC. OSX boots on Mac. Should not Win boot on Mac?
No. Saying that A is like B is saying that A is like B. Saying that A is like B is the same as C is like D is just bad logic. You would first have to prove that A and C are equal and then that B and D are equal. That's why analogies don't work.
...because new media is railways and we're canals...
More like "new media is the Internet and we're TV and Radio, and we all know how that's going to turn out". The only parties that decry new media are those that don't understand the Internet. Apple understands it. That's why iTunes is so successful. Microsoft understands it. That's why Xbox Live is so successful. Most other companies just don't understand it.
Why did the GP get modded +5 insightful for spouting off ill-informed opinions when Parent is sitting at a +2 for telling the truth. Oh right, slashdot...
This happened a long time ago...
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How is this news? I know for a fact that the IE7 beta has been floating around the net since at least the release of the Longhorn (now Vista) beta last year.
You're missing the point. XPe offers OEM manufacturers the ability to install whatever components of XP they want. From experience, the installer allows you to hand pick which components get installed and which ones don't, unlike the Pro/Home installs that install everything. It reminds me more of going through a Linux install. You only have to install the minimum system components necessary to get the job done. That's why it's marketed as XP Embedded. You can whittle the size down pretty small. I think the install I saw being done of XPe fit in 128 MB (that included a custom GUI and use of part of the 128MB as system RAM). I know that's not very impressive for you Linux people out there, but that's pretty impressive from a Windows XP standpoint.
Try the TweakUI app for Windows XP from Microsoft. It allows you to change what folder the system points to for most of your "special" folders. It provides other functionality too. Very cool.
First off, when the L.A. Times says "sources tell us", it's a little more reliable than your typical rumour site or ZDnet blogger.
Why? Because they get paid?
Secondly, look at Google's efforts to port stuff like the Google toolbar to Firefox.
Uh...they already had it on IE. How does porting it to Firefox make it any more likely that they're developing an OS?
...Picasa...
Google bought Picasa. Maintenance and updates are done in-house now, but the original concept and look-feel was done by another company several years ago.
The only OS that can be spyware and virus-free is one that's installed on a computer that's never turned on. If there's code running on a computer, someone somewhere will figure out how to break it. It's just a matter of time.
Seamless desktop-Internet application, where most applications either are already web applications or hook into web applications.
Have you looked out your out-bound traffic lately? Many if not most applications connect to some kind of web service or server somewhere. Even seemingly mundane applications like text-editors and such have built-in access to the network stack. If you want seamless, try any current version of a Microsoft Office product and click on the Help icon. Poof! It displays help from an online repository.
Worry-free online storage and backup of all documents, email, etc.
Huh...I thought that Apple had already pioneered this with.Mac.
A stream of new applications and regular upgrades that are all performed by Google, with no hassle to the user
Ever used YaST? How about the Update Control Panel under OS X? Have you turned on automatic updates under Windows XP?
Let's see...you forgot to mention automatic discovery of other network devices (Apple's Rendezvous), oh yeah and it could automatically detect your digital camera and download the pictures from it and as an added bonus it would delete the pictures from your camera when it's done (oh yeah, both iPhoto and Picasa do that)...
Sorry, I think you really missed the boat on this one...
The U.S. is a Republic, not a Democracy. However, we citizens of the U.S. can still try to vote for people who stand up for the values and luxuries we want to protect. The problem is that in order to vote for those types of candidates, those types of candidates have to run for office.
Shoot, I had matchbox cars when I was a kid that changed color when they were put in hot or cold water and this was in the late eighties (they were probably around before then). These German engineers should have talked to Mattel. They could have saved millions on research...
If they were still innovating like they did back in the days of the VCR and the Walkman
Yes, Sony introduced the Walkman to the world, but if you'll remember correctly they were the losing party in the VCR/BetaMax war. I guess you could claim that they were innovative with the Beta, but it doesn't appear to have gotten them anywhere.
No, because the official name is Microsoft Windows XP. This guy's software was called Windows Defender not Microsoft Windows Defender. As many have already pointed out (who's posts you apparently did not read) you yourself could create a product called MoneyT's Windows XP as long as it wasn't a computer product. Same thing applies to Internet Explorer (although you'd be hard pressed to come up with a product with that name that wasn't computer related), Office, Excel, Word, Outlook, Macintosh, ad nauseum. The point is, you can't copyright or trademark anything that is already in common usage.
Yes, because we all know that correlation does prove causation. Although I do think it would be great if we, as a culture, were turning our aggressions towards imaginary targets. However, I don't necessarily think that's the case. Maybe it has to do with the increasing de-socialization of society. In other words, less and less people are getting out and interacting with each other. There might be fewer violent interactions if the overall number of social interactions were also declining.
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I'd still stick with the PC for the freedom
Please explain.
I sure hope this doesn't gain traction. If you will notice one of the previous posts discussed the matter of actually owning a copy of the content. I don't believe for a moment that I speak for all consumers, but I personally don't want someone else regulating when, how, and how long I can watch the program for. What happens when Time Warner gets a court order to block access to their servers for violating who-knows-what-regulation? You can kiss "your" content goodbye. I like storing stuff on my computer. That way it's under my direct control.
This whole move towards centralized data storage on all fronts is troubling. One point of storage = one point of failure/control. Bye bye freedom. We hardly knew ye (coincidentally, I just did a search for this phrase on Google and the first result was an article about Tivo...spooky).
but will XBL downloads reach a plateau sooner?
Not confused, just ignorant. Thanks for the info.
There are many flaws in both arguments. You also bring up a good point: my argument needs to be qualified by external, supporting data.
Welcome to the real world where Apple no longer uses proprietary hardware (or very little). ATI makes the video card for the iMac. Intel makes the processor. Micron makes the RAM (and possibly ROM) chips. Some obscure, Korean, third-party, hardware manufacturer makes everything else (just like in your PC). So, unless ATI hasn't released the drivers for their Radeon X1600 then it should be fairly easy to get WinXP to work with "Apple's" hardware. The only big difference is the TPM chip. Shoot, with all the people booting Mac OS X natively on random PC hardware, it shouldn't be a big logical leap to grasping the concept that booting WinXP (or any Windows for that matter) on a Macintel is only a matter of time.
OSX boots on PC. Win boots on PC. OSX boots on Mac. Should not Win boot on Mac?
No. Saying that A is like B is saying that A is like B. Saying that A is like B is the same as C is like D is just bad logic. You would first have to prove that A and C are equal and then that B and D are equal. That's why analogies don't work.
...because new media is railways and we're canals...
More like "new media is the Internet and we're TV and Radio, and we all know how that's going to turn out". The only parties that decry new media are those that don't understand the Internet. Apple understands it. That's why iTunes is so successful. Microsoft understands it. That's why Xbox Live is so successful. Most other companies just don't understand it.
Why did the GP get modded +5 insightful for spouting off ill-informed opinions when Parent is sitting at a +2 for telling the truth. Oh right, slashdot...
How is this news? I know for a fact that the IE7 beta has been floating around the net since at least the release of the Longhorn (now Vista) beta last year.
...the fare is deducted from their phone bill.
So if you buy enough public transit tickets your phone usage is free?
You're missing the point. XPe offers OEM manufacturers the ability to install whatever components of XP they want. From experience, the installer allows you to hand pick which components get installed and which ones don't, unlike the Pro/Home installs that install everything. It reminds me more of going through a Linux install. You only have to install the minimum system components necessary to get the job done. That's why it's marketed as XP Embedded. You can whittle the size down pretty small. I think the install I saw being done of XPe fit in 128 MB (that included a custom GUI and use of part of the 128MB as system RAM). I know that's not very impressive for you Linux people out there, but that's pretty impressive from a Windows XP standpoint.
Try the TweakUI app for Windows XP from Microsoft. It allows you to change what folder the system points to for most of your "special" folders. It provides other functionality too. Very cool.
First off, when the L.A. Times says "sources tell us", it's a little more reliable than your typical rumour site or ZDnet blogger.
...Picasa...
.Mac.
Why? Because they get paid?
Secondly, look at Google's efforts to port stuff like the Google toolbar to Firefox.
Uh...they already had it on IE. How does porting it to Firefox make it any more likely that they're developing an OS?
Google bought Picasa. Maintenance and updates are done in-house now, but the original concept and look-feel was done by another company several years ago.
The only OS that can be spyware and virus-free is one that's installed on a computer that's never turned on. If there's code running on a computer, someone somewhere will figure out how to break it. It's just a matter of time.
Seamless desktop-Internet application, where most applications either are already web applications or hook into web applications.
Have you looked out your out-bound traffic lately? Many if not most applications connect to some kind of web service or server somewhere. Even seemingly mundane applications like text-editors and such have built-in access to the network stack. If you want seamless, try any current version of a Microsoft Office product and click on the Help icon. Poof! It displays help from an online repository.
Worry-free online storage and backup of all documents, email, etc.
Huh...I thought that Apple had already pioneered this with
A stream of new applications and regular upgrades that are all performed by Google, with no hassle to the user
Ever used YaST? How about the Update Control Panel under OS X? Have you turned on automatic updates under Windows XP?
Let's see...you forgot to mention automatic discovery of other network devices (Apple's Rendezvous), oh yeah and it could automatically detect your digital camera and download the pictures from it and as an added bonus it would delete the pictures from your camera when it's done (oh yeah, both iPhoto and Picasa do that)...
Sorry, I think you really missed the boat on this one...
No. I want my personal information safer. Once someone steals my personal information they can steal my money alot easier.
The U.S. is a Republic, not a Democracy. However, we citizens of the U.S. can still try to vote for people who stand up for the values and luxuries we want to protect. The problem is that in order to vote for those types of candidates, those types of candidates have to run for office.
Touché.
all prime are numbers
Indeed they are. (Obvious?)
Shoot, I had matchbox cars when I was a kid that changed color when they were put in hot or cold water and this was in the late eighties (they were probably around before then). These German engineers should have talked to Mattel. They could have saved millions on research...
Duplicate thread...check here for more amusing money/Xbox rantings.
That happened to one guy. He was 28. There are extreme cases that do not indicate an epidemic.
Good point. Funny thing is that Sony is still pushing proprietary formats on the general public.
If they were still innovating like they did back in the days of the VCR and the Walkman
Yes, Sony introduced the Walkman to the world, but if you'll remember correctly they were the losing party in the VCR/BetaMax war. I guess you could claim that they were innovative with the Beta, but it doesn't appear to have gotten them anywhere.
No, because the official name is Microsoft Windows XP. This guy's software was called Windows Defender not Microsoft Windows Defender. As many have already pointed out (who's posts you apparently did not read) you yourself could create a product called MoneyT's Windows XP as long as it wasn't a computer product. Same thing applies to Internet Explorer (although you'd be hard pressed to come up with a product with that name that wasn't computer related), Office, Excel, Word, Outlook, Macintosh, ad nauseum. The point is, you can't copyright or trademark anything that is already in common usage.
Yes, because we all know that correlation does prove causation. Although I do think it would be great if we, as a culture, were turning our aggressions towards imaginary targets. However, I don't necessarily think that's the case. Maybe it has to do with the increasing de-socialization of society. In other words, less and less people are getting out and interacting with each other. There might be fewer violent interactions if the overall number of social interactions were also declining.
Just my two cents.