Hopefully this will launch a long drawn out feature war. Remember we are talking about Google and Microsoft here. They have their hands and are flush with so much cash that they can just outflank newspapers in so many ways by simply blocking entry or buying it out.
This is probably a good thing for the publishers and advertisers.
The new emerging Wii market can't simply be lumped into the same hardcore gaming market.
The Wii market is separate from 360 and PS3 so trying to figure out why Wii is outselling the PS3 and 360 doesn't work.
It's not simply about being a "Gamer" now. The way most Wii games work isn't in any way similar to the traditional gaming market. Stop treating it like the same thing.
Not everyone feels like getting off their ass and actually moving.
Software / Hardware security is not too difficult to achieve. If an admin is truly competent they will have no problem getting their lab workstations up and running cleanly and bug free with pretty solid security.
The issue is usually the idiot that becomes the victim of a well done social hack.
As usual, the company is only as strong as it's weakest link.
Wonder when AMD will buy a memory company or team up with them. It's pretty clear the knowledge of compressing a CPU down to size is being used in memory here.
Motivation is a requirement for a market based on capitalism to drive innovation.
It is possible to grant patents on software but the patent must be well defined and checked by someone who knows the industry and isn't just some office peon. We must all spend more resources for patent reform not by reforming the patent system but by simply pooling more resources into the system and giving it the resources it needs to truly make correct decisions on patents.
The amount of money given to the patent office as well as the time a patent is active should correlate to the amount of inventions (patents) there are per year. Since innovation has been accelerating the time a patent is active should go down while the patent office should get more money.
This will allow innovation to thrive. Eventually innovation will reach a critical mass where it doesn't even make sense to have patents but we're not there yet.
PS: My comment applies to all patent systems. Not just the UK. !:O
There is no and never will be (in the foreseeable future) a substitute for printed paper books. This is why people will continue to buy books and how publishers should be making money in this new economy.
This move makes sense but I wish they would stop making up random tricks like that whenever they damn well please. HTML 5 has a way to set render modes while being compliant.
At least their decision isn't going to mess with any other browsers.
As someone who works in a LAMP environment on the back end and a HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (Prototype.js) front end on a daily basis I have to say that I feel pretty confident in the fact that with the current technological tools at my disposal, I can build just about any page with the right people.
However, HTML 5 makes me excited purely on the basis that the new elements being introduced will speed up and increase my productivity to put out more and more high quality and interactive sites.
I can tell you this much: HTML 5 is a giant leap. HTML 5 won't be adopted over night but with it's high affinity towards binary multimedia content embedding it will certainly be pushed quicker then the previous HTML version ever were. There will be pressure on all the vendors to release a good browser for it as quickly as possible and as bug free as possible. This might force Microsoft to actually design a good browser since this would give them a fresh chance to do so as well. Furthermore, market forces are tending to push them towards that same goal so they probably will try.
For users this is amazing news because CSS 3 and JavaScript 2 are gonna be part of the same generation of web development. The possibilities for applications suddenly explode and the ways you can use this content will drive development.
Don't hate, celebrate. Good day for the Internet!:-D
It doesn't make sense to compare libraries to computer searches because the two haven't been around for the same amount of time.
Computer searches as a skill has only had maybe a decade or two to develop while the concept of a library has had generations to develop.
Kids these days simply give up thinking the result isn't there if the search query they entered wasn't giving the result they expected. This is a very obvious scenario when you realize most people (including the 90's generation) doesn't really know correct search syntax. Western education has also not cought-up with a correct method of teaching this vital skill either. This is the result. It will fix itself with time.
I'm pretty young compared to most of you guys (17 now) but I just had to throw in my two cents.
When I was a kid I would always mess around with technology. Not computers because at the time my parents could not afford it but I would be able to do stuff like Entertainment system hookups and I would play on my Sega Genesis.
When I was about 8 I finally got my first computer. It was a Toshiba Infinia with Windows 95 and 2 GB of hard drive space. 16 mb of ram and for the time a decent graphics card. 8 MB!!!
The guy that set the computer up installed Doom on the computer and I just started messing around straight away. I broke the computer atleast 10 times. Which now that I think about it, I simply messed up some setting and made it crash or something. The tech guy would always get really mad at me. Haha
At this point I've learned a lot of NT and *nix security and know quite a few languages. Just getting to this point was a lot of fun.
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This will work for plain text IRC connections but what if the bot is on an encrypted IRC connection?
While this is a step in the right direction it will be out maneuvered quickly.
Hopefully this will launch a long drawn out feature war. Remember we are talking about Google and Microsoft here. They have their hands and are flush with so much cash that they can just outflank newspapers in so many ways by simply blocking entry or buying it out.
This is probably a good thing for the publishers and advertisers.
Even if this is legislated does anyone truly believe it will have any impact?
The internet is creating a de-facto public domain. lol
Can we get a standalone USB Iris scanner for Photoshop?
I know a lot of people who would benefit from this type of watermarking.
It would certainly become useful on Art social networking sites like mine.
The new emerging Wii market can't simply be lumped into the same hardcore gaming market.
The Wii market is separate from 360 and PS3 so trying to figure out why Wii is outselling the PS3 and 360 doesn't work.
It's not simply about being a "Gamer" now. The way most Wii games work isn't in any way similar to the traditional gaming market. Stop treating it like the same thing.
Not everyone feels like getting off their ass and actually moving.
How can you expect the king of nerds explain to someone why everyone else (ie: normal people) don't wanna use Linux?
Software / Hardware security is not too difficult to achieve. If an admin is truly competent they will have no problem getting their lab workstations up and running cleanly and bug free with pretty solid security.
The issue is usually the idiot that becomes the victim of a well done social hack.
As usual, the company is only as strong as it's weakest link.
I don't think California was counted yet. She'll probably have the hundred. Though I wish Obama did win.
Who thinks Obama will be Hillary's VP?
It would certainly produce a powerful ticket (or vice versa).
Videocards need fast memory built onto the board itself.
Wonder when AMD will buy a memory company or team up with them. It's pretty clear the knowledge of compressing a CPU down to size is being used in memory here.
Motivation is a requirement for a market based on capitalism to drive innovation.
It is possible to grant patents on software but the patent must be well defined and checked by someone who knows the industry and isn't just some office peon. We must all spend more resources for patent reform not by reforming the patent system but by simply pooling more resources into the system and giving it the resources it needs to truly make correct decisions on patents.
The amount of money given to the patent office as well as the time a patent is active should correlate to the amount of inventions (patents) there are per year. Since innovation has been accelerating the time a patent is active should go down while the patent office should get more money.
This will allow innovation to thrive. Eventually innovation will reach a critical mass where it doesn't even make sense to have patents but we're not there yet.
PS: My comment applies to all patent systems. Not just the UK. !:O
There is no and never will be (in the foreseeable future) a substitute for printed paper books.
This is why people will continue to buy books and how publishers should be making money in this new economy.
Insert shameless promotional link here lol
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Does this really require yet another discussion?
If you're a 'good' web designer you design for all browsers. Not just the ones that have more then 10% of market share.
Also, the reason I said it won't effect other browsers is because meta tags are harmless and are meant to be made up.
However, I still find it to be "hackish". Still, it makes sense for those few simple reasons.
This move makes sense but I wish they would stop making up random tricks like that whenever they damn well please. HTML 5 has a way to set render modes while being compliant.
At least their decision isn't going to mess with any other browsers.
As someone who works in a LAMP environment on the back end and a HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (Prototype.js) front end on a daily basis I have to say that I feel pretty confident in the fact that with the current technological tools at my disposal, I can build just about any page with the right people.
:-D
However,
HTML 5 makes me excited purely on the basis that the new elements being introduced will speed up and increase my productivity to put out more and more high quality and interactive sites.
I can tell you this much:
HTML 5 is a giant leap.
HTML 5 won't be adopted over night but with it's high affinity towards binary multimedia content embedding it will certainly be pushed quicker then the previous HTML version ever were. There will be pressure on all the vendors to release a good browser for it as quickly as possible and as bug free as possible. This might force Microsoft to actually design a good browser since this would give them a fresh chance to do so as well. Furthermore, market forces are tending to push them towards that same goal so they probably will try.
For users this is amazing news because CSS 3 and JavaScript 2 are gonna be part of the same generation of web development. The possibilities for applications suddenly explode and the ways you can use this content will drive development.
Don't hate, celebrate. Good day for the Internet!
It doesn't make sense to compare libraries to computer searches because the two haven't been around for the same amount of time. Computer searches as a skill has only had maybe a decade or two to develop while the concept of a library has had generations to develop. Kids these days simply give up thinking the result isn't there if the search query they entered wasn't giving the result they expected. This is a very obvious scenario when you realize most people (including the 90's generation) doesn't really know correct search syntax. Western education has also not cought-up with a correct method of teaching this vital skill either. This is the result. It will fix itself with time.
I'm pretty young compared to most of you guys (17 now) but I just had to throw in my two cents. When I was a kid I would always mess around with technology. Not computers because at the time my parents could not afford it but I would be able to do stuff like Entertainment system hookups and I would play on my Sega Genesis. When I was about 8 I finally got my first computer. It was a Toshiba Infinia with Windows 95 and 2 GB of hard drive space. 16 mb of ram and for the time a decent graphics card. 8 MB!!! The guy that set the computer up installed Doom on the computer and I just started messing around straight away. I broke the computer atleast 10 times. Which now that I think about it, I simply messed up some setting and made it crash or something. The tech guy would always get really mad at me. Haha At this point I've learned a lot of NT and *nix security and know quite a few languages. Just getting to this point was a lot of fun.