I'm a dreamer I envision a day when the truth is the only acceptable and legal form of advertising.
We can't even get truthful and accurate reviews of products from professionals let alone bloggers, platform fanatics & zealots or consumers who purchased but don't actually understand the products. Even a straight 'specs vs. specs' comparison isn't valid on these devices where applications can be more important than the platform they run on.
Truth in advertising would be a good start but there's so much other crap to wade through that even knowing the 'truth' about a product won't be enough to make a truly informed decision.
In Chile. If the servers are not in Chile then this law doesn't apply.
That was worded poorly. If the traffic doesn't originate in Chile then it is subject to arbitrary and/or discriminatory blocking or throttling before it gets to Chile.
a Law that guarantees that any Internet user will be able to use, send, receive or offer any content, applications or legal services over the Internet, without arbitrary or discriminatory blocking
In Chile. If the servers are not in Chile then this law doesn't apply.
I think it means two things:
1) They are a big enough player that they can supply Apple with key components for a widely distributed product.
2) If they sell to Apple they probably sell something to other large handset makers.
Document your cheat codes! Only proper documentation will help the later generations when the XBox 'Retro Edition' is released and they need the cheat codes.;-)
Seriously, document your code, your processes, etc. You never know when you'll need to go back to it... or someone will accuse you of 'misappropriating' your data or ideas and you'll be able to prove them wrong. You can't teach these good habits too early.
You had me going until you said he "simply unplugged the cable". We both know a dissed and powerful nerd would have cut the cable in a classic display of nerd rage.;-)
That's sounds very scary. Who defines what "nice" is? You assume that people are good and won't redefine "nice" to "anything I don't like".
You mean like those who have mod points on/.?
The problem with the somewhat narrow-minded "let's just go vigilante on the bad guys and forget all laws" approach is that it can (and will) be easily abused.
I guess it would require us to pick our poison. Deal with an ISP that gets to deny access if they think you're doing something wrong (besides exceeding undefined bandwidth limits, running a small web server at home, etc) or deal with botnets flooding the internet with spam, malware and all the associated traffic it generates (which uses up some of that precious bandwidth).
It could get messy if a large backbone provider cut off access to a large or mid-sized ISP because they didn't cut off access to someone leasing a block of IP's that didn't cut off access to a company with infected computers.
Replace "send out spam" with "store pirated media" and "command and control server" with "torrent-indexing website", and you essentially have the same argument for not interfering with their operations.
True, but the 'R' in RIAA doesn't stand for 'Researcher'...
What you're looking for is the B-Team, a team of anti-botnet soldiers of fortune on the run from the RIAA after being branded as criminals for a "download they didn't commit."
I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this, but your little 'story' is very reminiscent of the ABC After School Special "When Good Dogs Do Bad Things (And Hard Time) For Good Reasons". Be on the look out for a little 'invitation' to a court party being held in your honor thrown by the ASSAA and their affiliated legal teams.;-)
Kodak will forever be remembered as the 'Xerox' of digital photography. They had it, they had it first and they shelved it. They would have had all the early patents on digital photography, image formats, etc. They could have changed the game, but instead they clung to their entrenched mindset.
We would have got it sooner if someone in Kodak management had 'green-lighted' the posting of it rather than waiting for someone else to reinvent the approval;-)
What we can learn from this is there's a lot of technology we've have had sooner if industrial design and packaging was a priority, rather than just getting something working for a cool demo, and assuming observers would understand the potential.
This is a load of crap. It is the lack of vision of supervisors and management that keep these type of "engineering exercises" from making it out of the lab. The day we limit ourselves to the "how it works" people for "everything that can be done with it" is the day we stop innovating. Sometimes things start in the lab and creep out into the marketplace and other times ideas grow in the mind of individuals and they ask the people in the lab to "make it happen". You don't always need to "see the future" to be able to create it.
The end-goal is to create a hybrid inexpensive 3D printer that can be easily reconfigured for 2D laser cutting, providing powerful making tools to the desktop
3D printer and a laser cutter? I'm no office machine expert but I don't think I want a printer capable of transforming into a laser cutter... I've seen the Twilight Zone and this doesn't end well.
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I'm a dreamer I envision a day when the truth is the only acceptable and legal form of advertising.
We can't even get truthful and accurate reviews of products from professionals let alone bloggers, platform fanatics & zealots or consumers who purchased but don't actually understand the products. Even a straight 'specs vs. specs' comparison isn't valid on these devices where applications can be more important than the platform they run on.
Truth in advertising would be a good start but there's so much other crap to wade through that even knowing the 'truth' about a product won't be enough to make a truly informed decision.
Slashdot: Stop being slaves and turn off your TV!
Homer: Never! The answer to life's problems aren't at the bottom of a bottle, they're on TV!
In Chile. If the servers are not in Chile then this law doesn't apply.
That was worded poorly. If the traffic doesn't originate in Chile then it is subject to arbitrary and/or discriminatory blocking or throttling before it gets to Chile.
a Law that guarantees that any Internet user will be able to use, send, receive or offer any content, applications or legal services over the Internet, without arbitrary or discriminatory blocking
In Chile. If the servers are not in Chile then this law doesn't apply.
Maybe the featured device is a printer that automatically obfuscates any important details!
If that's their new product they'll sell a million of them to governments around the world ;-)
The pics look like a blacked out iPad, iPhone and iWatch ... or HP Slate, Palm Pre and Casio digital watch. Either way I'm not holding my breath.
Intel's Atom chips are low power. They're not good for putting into smartphones?
They may be, but these are baseband chips (EDGE, GMS, etc) not the main CPU's.
Are there some Infineon chips now used for only smartphones that will show up in netbooks?
Not unless you want to hold your netbook up to the side of your head and use it to make a phone call ...
Do they run Linux? Do they run x86 instructions?
No.
Not unless And if not, will Intel sustain a product line that splits its main CPU culture away from x86?
Not everything Intel produces runs x86 instructions.
I think it means two things:
1) They are a big enough player that they can supply Apple with key components for a widely distributed product.
2) If they sell to Apple they probably sell something to other large handset makers.
Document your cheat codes! Only proper documentation will help the later generations when the XBox 'Retro Edition' is released and they need the cheat codes. ;-)
... or someone will accuse you of 'misappropriating' your data or ideas and you'll be able to prove them wrong. You can't teach these good habits too early.
Seriously, document your code, your processes, etc. You never know when you'll need to go back to it
You had me going until you said he "simply unplugged the cable". We both know a dissed and powerful nerd would have cut the cable in a classic display of nerd rage. ;-)
That's sounds very scary. Who defines what "nice" is? You assume that people are good and won't redefine "nice" to "anything I don't like".
You mean like those who have mod points on /.?
The problem with the somewhat narrow-minded "let's just go vigilante on the bad guys and forget all laws" approach is that it can (and will) be easily abused.
I guess it would require us to pick our poison. Deal with an ISP that gets to deny access if they think you're doing something wrong (besides exceeding undefined bandwidth limits, running a small web server at home, etc) or deal with botnets flooding the internet with spam, malware and all the associated traffic it generates (which uses up some of that precious bandwidth).
It could get messy if a large backbone provider cut off access to a large or mid-sized ISP because they didn't cut off access to someone leasing a block of IP's that didn't cut off access to a company with infected computers.
Replace "send out spam" with "store pirated media" and "command and control server" with "torrent-indexing website", and you essentially have the same argument for not interfering with their operations.
True, but the 'R' in RIAA doesn't stand for 'Researcher' ...
What you're looking for is the B-Team, a team of anti-botnet soldiers of fortune on the run from the RIAA after being branded as criminals for a "download they didn't commit."
I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this, but your little 'story' is very reminiscent of the ABC After School Special "When Good Dogs Do Bad Things (And Hard Time) For Good Reasons". Be on the look out for a little 'invitation' to a court party being held in your honor thrown by the ASSAA and their affiliated legal teams. ;-)
Kodak will forever be remembered as the 'Xerox' of digital photography. They had it, they had it first and they shelved it. They would have had all the early patents on digital photography, image formats, etc. They could have changed the game, but instead they clung to their entrenched mindset.
We would have got it sooner if someone in Kodak management had 'green-lighted' the posting of it rather than waiting for someone else to reinvent the approval ;-)
What we can learn from this is there's a lot of technology we've have had sooner if industrial design and packaging was a priority, rather than just getting something working for a cool demo, and assuming observers would understand the potential.
This is a load of crap. It is the lack of vision of supervisors and management that keep these type of "engineering exercises" from making it out of the lab. The day we limit ourselves to the "how it works" people for "everything that can be done with it" is the day we stop innovating. Sometimes things start in the lab and creep out into the marketplace and other times ideas grow in the mind of individuals and they ask the people in the lab to "make it happen". You don't always need to "see the future" to be able to create it.
Mr. Allen, a pioneer of computer software, didn't develop any of the technology himself but owns the patents.
So, he didn't buy them ... and didn't develop them ... so does that make him a bankrolling patent troll?
Sorry Sony, but you can't stop it now. Next stop: "Jail Break City, where people who bought your crap can enjoy it how they want".
Maybe a TV broadcast from Omicron Persei 8?
The Intel 80386, also known as the i386, or just 386,[1] was a 32-bit microprocessor introduced by Intel in 1985.
Apple from Wikipedia:
Established on April 1, 1976 in Cupertino, California, and incorporated January 3, 1977
Apples had 'cores' before 1985 ... heck, I seem to remember them as a kid back in the 60's. Rumor has it they go way back.
"I will google that on bing" (I've seen it somewhere)
If you can't remember where you saw it you could try Binging it on Yahoo ...
addresbook.com
You may want to go to Amazon (you know, that 'book' place) and buy a 'spelling book' (aka a 'dictionary'). Do you need their web address?
The end-goal is to create a hybrid inexpensive 3D printer that can be easily reconfigured for 2D laser cutting, providing powerful making tools to the desktop
3D printer and a laser cutter? I'm no office machine expert but I don't think I want a printer capable of transforming into a laser cutter ... I've seen the Twilight Zone and this doesn't end well.
You mean like an antibatteryotic?