...fiddling with my HP8590 spectrum analyzer bought via the internet....
You can keep your 100 Dollar wifi-thingy
My baby can do so much stuff the owners of a 100 Dollar wifi-spy can dream about
It can scan everything realtime (I do mean REAL-TIME) oh...and did I mention it can scan
the WHOLE darn spectrum...not just the Wi-Fi spectrum? And yes...it's still realtime
and it's from the 80's and didn't cost an arm and a leg.
I'd say it's better with a 1000 Dollars worth of real results rather than 100 dollars of promises!
"We making pogless" - says Japanese esteemed scientist No-Me.MOri.ee
"I had Ramen!" - shouted his co-worker Sacka-poo-poo.
"Incledible, watta braktru! Wuld muste knowe nowe!"
"Wait! Baka! I can no remembe watta in this"
"Baggaroos #"%!""
Unfortunately the interview ended in a good old geriatric fight at a traditional karaokebar - so who knows - maybe they'll remember it some day!
Steve's a genious, and if he indeed does this - then he has done it again!
A little backround for my "cheering" of this idea:
Apple is known for 2 things:
- Design
- Stability
Nintendo is one of the most "solid" game-console creators in the world, even today.
They might not be massive like Sony, but they know both style and entertainment.
This is totally in-line with Apple's main philosophy: functionality and desirability!
...we'd be better off with those retro-5-in-one joysticks that already come with classic arcade games that you now can pick up for 5 dollars - Hardware and games included + approval from the original companies.
So therefor everything they do is okay, right? Wrong! If you've learned anything from history you will know basic greed, if you can do it - you do it, if you can get away with it - you do it, and if it earns you and your kids millions, you really don't care about the others - because they think you're good...they buy your stuff...and die early, who cares as long as you earn millions. Stupid cows will grass even if it's made out of plastic. Just look at the burger (fast-food industry) Sure..it pays your paycheck if you work there, but at what price? Worlds largest collection of fat kids and future heartattacks. There's your business analogy right there.
My point is - you cannot stop monitoring of the private sector or leave them alone for a second - if you do, failure of our social system is imminent because it's eventually controlled by greed. And I'm not saying that business and greed is a bad thing - but history shows that we really can't control our greed, seriously! In a perfect world perhaps.
Secondly, what you are saying, fundamentally, for lack of a better word, is very... communist. You are, essentially saying, that you can trust the government alot more than you can trust private companies. I disagree with that, in most cases.
Well, you're allowed to think, feel and express that opinion - thats the beauty of democracy. Unfortunately you don't state WHY you disagree - which would be quite a bit more useful for a discussion rather than "you're wrong - commy!".
You are incorrect in your analysis of our "control" of the government versus our control of the private sector.
It's important in a discussion to be specific. I cannot see where in my previous post I actually presented you with an analysis - I did however express an opinion based on my personal observation and experience, I would not go so far as to say it's an analysis. It's a detail - I know, but important.
You do have a huge amount of control over corporations (in general), with your wallet. In that respect, where free markets apply, the people are a far better control on the private sector then they are on the government.
Agree and Disagree! I agree because as you - I too feel that we have certain control over products demand etc. with
our wallets. Disagree because government is elected in a democracy and anyone can start a business and study loopholes and profit from it. Transfer-pricing is an excellent example on how the private sector simply abuse loopholes regarding law (at least they do that over here - and I'm not in the USA mind you), and all the well-known big companies does this. In our country that results in ZERO TAXES and therefor zero mutual benefits for our country, but we do have increased health problems due to the fast-food industry - and of course - people COULD stop this by just denying their products - but they won't! That's why we have a law, so we can make sure that the companies don't get away clean with cheating by using inferior ingredients, bad chemicals, and much more. It's not as easy as such.
The standard Slashdot response will link "evil corporations" and "non-competitive" and "cronyism" and "profiteering" and all these other strawmen in regards to certain lobby-friendly markets like oil or telecommunications..
Is it just me or do you have something against "Slashdotters"? They're just average people just like you and me - discussing issues of our everyday lives - albeit a bit technical sometimes - but still. Maybe "Slashdotters" like
me seem a bit biased against "corporate" "the-system" etc. if you look at it from a business point of view - maybe we're even a bit naive at some times, but you know - it's all in the discussion and real-life concerns, that's a good thing - embrace, learn - and improve. Why do people worry? There's always a reason.
The government where elected by you and me to protect (duh) You and me. Of course, that's the textbook answer. But of course we should have our own politicians checked out now and then - you can't trust anyone really, but you have to (otherwise you'll go insane).
I'm no longer naive, there was a time when I believed that everyone was inherently good at heart - even with a tough background and much hardship trough life. "Good" is a definition - and personally I believe that if you have a clean closet, clean morals, privacy, decency and do the "odd-wrong-thing" now and then...because you're only human after all - you'll be fine - and all your buddies will be fine too, because they know you.
Sounds like a cliche doesn't it? Well - it really is that simple. I know - because I've been both good and bad, I prefer good -and deep down inside of me - I still believe in "good" as a main principle of life, but I ain't naive no more.
When things go bad - is when someone has something to gain on being a criminal. In my eyes we should watch over where private individuals have too much access over our information, not the government. The government can change because of us - we can elect and vote anytime. It's harder to do that with a company - especially if we don't know what's going on behind the curtains (metaphorically speaking...this could be the net..etc). In government we have a certain control - we can always get in on what it is and what's going down in toon-town, so if there's something we don't like - we either speak up, or get rid of the elements we think are sinister by voting and democracy.
Again - your eyes should be peeled on the private sector, that's an entirely different ballpark!
Fraunhofer invented the mp3 codec afaik...when everyone where hooked
on it - they decided it was time to charge a fee for it, kind of
like giving away free drugs to make the victims dependent and then
charge heftily for it.
Why should Adobe be anything different? It's all business.
They make you dependent on.PDF by making the customers and printers
you need to contact...totally reliant on the.pdf format. And when
the time is right.... when EVERYONE needs it... BRING ON THE LAWSUITS!
That's why software like OpenOffice etc. should use and develop their
own formats - and somewhat support it for the professionals so everyone
technically could benefit from it, and thus become as useful and as
popular as the.PDF format has become.
Greed does not dictate opensource and GPL software - only individual freedom of choice - hiring everyone who have the knowhow - and not the product itself. This is very contradictary to the traditional "business way" of doing things, it will take some time to get acknowledged...and get accustomed to - especially for businesses who really DEPEND on reliability and not so much idealism.
I think it's excellent with all these updates. Firefox if absolutely worth the attention.
Before Firefox - our local banking etc. where only accepted on Internet Explorer and nothing else, leaving out Mac and Linux users. Today Firefox is so respected that our country's Largest Bank support it!
You place the user in front of a TV, the user turns it on
and watches TV for hours, just like the average Joe out there.
What's that got to do with Linux you might ask?
Answer: Everything! Windows = Idiotbox, it works, it has
got excactly what the neighbours got. Mr. Johansen the worker
bee knows it and so does his beer drinking buddy Mr. Svanson.
Svanson and Johansen are good friends, they exchange DVD's and
when Johansen bought a game for his kid - naturally...Svansons
kid gets a copy.
When Johansen is online doing some home-banking, he's expected
to use Internet-Explorer by the bank (god knows why..but just humor me)
it works!
Svanson got the idea that Linux must be all the rage because he heard
someone using it somewhere and he got a free cd, he lost all his data
being the average schmoe he is...and forgot to back up. Oh well..
he's in Linuxland now and all's well.
Johansen! This is Svanson here, guess what? I've installed Linux!
Johansen doesnt really give a sh*t but being Svansons beer-buddy
he hops on over to share some DVD's. What the H*ll? The DVD isn't
playing. Whats this? Linux? Yeah...it needs some sort of DeeeeCeesssS
something... (gulping beer).. What? You nerding now? F*ck this..
I've got better things to do Saturday night, remove that crap
and lets see some movies.
Now... this was just an example, take it from me - I've been using
Linux for over 8 years now (10 maybe)... and I've only got Linux
installed on ALL my computer. But it has taken quite some years and
quite some HAIR-pulling to get anything to do what I want for my
creature comforts...mp3 support, DVD region-free playbacks, Nvidia-3D
gaming, Audigy-2 support, Obscure-web-cams, IN-Sane scanners etc....
not to mention the night that it took to get the new WIDE-Screen 1680-1050
up and running with editing etc/X11/xorg.conf with an entirely new
modeline with numbers enough to scare the bajezuz outta "Svanson".
And you know what? Slashdotters had the very same discussion 5 years
ago - and probably will the next 5....and...5...and...5 and so on.
Because Linux will NEVER be for the ORDINARY MAN - ever!
You can candy-wrap Ubuntu-PCLinux,LinSpire,WinSpire,GIN-and-tonic-Spi re
all you want - call it Linux for People...Linux for idiots...call it
what you want.
Linux is TOO radically different from the "Average-Joe-mindset".
In Linux you're expected to do stuff by THINKING...and no matter
how SMART you and I make the systems.... won't help Poor Svanson.
My point is essentially this: If you make Linux the Idiot-Box
Linux won't be Linux anymore, you've cloned Windows.
(and the DS Lite looks like what the Lynx (c|sh)oulda been, down to the 'one cart for all'..)
Very true! The lite DOES have some caveats though...such as protruding
GBA cartridges:/
About the Atari: the only pants with pockets large enough for either the skateboard or the stereo chunk varieties.
LOL, yeah. I bought the FIRST version, that one kind of resembled the design of a skateboard too, maybe on purpose? At that time I was actually *geeky* enough to have a jacket that could fit it, but it was a monster.
Peelboy:I'm not sure about 40 hours either, but I dunno. I've never let my SP die all the way and it just blows me away how long that thing lasts. 40 hours though?
No, the SP lasts about 15 hours for me, but the old GB lasted between 40-50 hours, didnt have any backlight though, but it beat the color competition (Sega, Atari. etc.) simply because it lasted longer.
jbellis about PSP & GBA: It's smaller than the original GBA form factor.
Yes, but the GBA was a LOT lighter and not that deep, the PSP weighs so much in your pocket that it looks kind of...weird... with that "lump" dragging your clothes down;) They DID however create the Cool small SP - and finally the Micro. Picture a Micro PSP.
Biggest, fastest isn't always the best. Portable is an entirely different area than your basic console at home.
Picture this: Your're on the train, the train doesnt have a power-outlet and you've been playing your PSP for hours...naturally draining it's batteries to the last bit - in just 2-3 hours. Furthermore the PSP is bulky beyond belief, huge screen...sure! Coolness factor - WOW! But it sucks batteries because of the spinning disc and the backlight.
Let's take a look at what the winners of portable gaming knows, they know stuff that the rest of them dont - saving on power, not on the entertainment! A Nintendo DS lasts for at least 10 hours (with 2 backlit screens!) and the older Nintendos lasted up to 40 hours - straight! Now that's more like it, always there - ready to play.
I remember my "superior" Atari-Lynx, can you belive it? 16-bit, 4096 colors and games that would beat the living sh*t out every competitor around at the time, but it FLOPPED! Why? It drained the batteries after 1.5 hours, people simply didnt use it.
Nintendo knows it (and thats why they're now launching the DS-lite, smaller - more portable - better lights...and still pretty cool 3D).
In short: Learn from experience (even if others) - make your handhelds simple, entertaining and last forever.
I remember fondly my first encounter with 3D graphics, from the TRON movies, man - that was many years ago, the SGI computers was the no.1 on my wishlist as a kid - but a machine like that where WAY too expensive, and thats where the Commodore Amiga came and stole our hearts, all of a sudden - 3D became affordable, SGI did'nt belive in "3D-for-everyone" and I believe that would be the main reason for their demise.
You've got to put your belief in the little guy on the street if you want to survive, being boss - playing big, with the big - will only work until the rest of us grow up. And we did, but SGI didn't invest in our future together, if they did - we would have embraced them without as much as a seconds hesitation, but if you keep selling to the elite party (those with WAY too much money) you're out of tune with the development.
(For those too thick to read between the lines - it simply ment, they didn't follow the times)
I'm no Google activist by any means, but if there's one impression that
google has given me is that they're so anti-child-porn as any search engine could ever get!
Even with SafeSearch Off (with their picture search facility) you can't find a singe image like that (not that I'm searching - mind you), but my experience with searching for literally anything - I've yet to come across something even remotely related to child-pron with this search facility, that I have to give them.
I'm old enough to remember the days of the Altavista search engine - and that one where relatively uncensored - so you'd stumble across the odd weird-off image now and then, but google? Nah! These people specialize in keeping such images off the engine.
However - that said - I also think that google strives to be the ultimate search engine, and therefor will have some issues on censoring just about anything. Even with thousands of people working for them - it would be literally impossible to control EVERYTHING streaming trough the net, so if anything slips by - it's most likely through the text-search and NOT the IMAGE search (they're pretty thourough - try it yourself...it's even work safe in SafeSearch OFF)
I'll be the first one to Blame Google for just about anything, but for them to make profits of Child Pron? Nope - not even by an unforseen loophole. These guys take such stuff VERY seriously - that I have to give them!
...you can use a network packet monitor, and there's two ways to
get your hands on such a device - the cheap...and the expensive way, the expensive way being the safest one (A hardware network monitor = hardware device to look and monitor what's going in/out of your ethernet connection directly connected to your "whatever" device)
or
Do the same thing by rigging a second computer, also known as a network monitor. Set up a Linux box...and monitor & control all the ports & packets being delivered to your network, and if you do your homework - you will "know" if that application you just downloaded and executed...truly is honest...and "doesn't phone home...like E.T"... he he he..
Live and learn kids.
What's really going on is the effect of the public community.
OpenSource, GPL, Musicians and Bands offering their music for free MP3 download, Linux - free OS, Blender, Gimp, OpenOffice...all free software that are comparable to commercial versions are a part of a HUGE new revolution that have literally SNEAKED upon the commercial industry, and because of their own onslaught on people...threatening legal users with DRM, SpyWare and restrictions....haunting people down for just being "people" - have brought fire to this revolution.
Because of this revolution, more and more people will witch to free alternatives, and the "biggies" didnt even see it coming for all their own greed and hysteria.
The way we exchange services - will change forever.
teaching is actually a very difficult skill to master. One thing it forces you to do is to recast your ideas in many different ways. Doing that you'll probably gain all kinds of new insights.
Very true! I've been a teacher for many years at a private school on the subject of arts and animation & 3d modeling. Amusingly enough - it's usually the absolutely blank students that are the best students because I had their 100 % devoted attention while those who where cluttered with previous knowledge where too busy with the things they knew - to learn something new.
Lots of belief systems outside of science recognize the same principle. Most martial arts don't consider you a master until you teach.
Both true and untrue. True because you martial arts example would be correct, untrue because it simply doesn't apply to every area. Some of our teachers are considered industry drop-outs rather than masters, simply because it was (for them) easier to teach rather than perform.
After all, ideas are ONLY useful if they can be shared.
So true, unfortunately the medical industry doesn't agree with us. I miss the days where ideas, formulas and inventions where shared happily amongst us for further development. Today we're restricted to death about copyright infringements and lawsuits up our alley for literally anything. Hence - why I'm such a big fan of opensource, but that's another discussion.
Learning accepted theories does not limit your thinking. Accepting accepted (or not accepted) theories limits your thinking. It also seems to me that the pseudo-scientsts are the worst for this -- they come up with their pet theory and then defend it to the death with a the-world-is-crazy-but-not-me attitude.
The most dangerous thing you (and I) can do in a situation where we're trying to explain something is to go "personal" with things. This is not needed for the discussion and is irrelevant. I'd agree with you if you met someone who constantly dismissed your theories or simply would not level to you (or at least try to do this). This is also "noise" because you have a party that tries to "seem smart" rather than focus on the actual issue. I really don't like people like that myself. So of course I want to explain it as simple as possible, it's perhaps a limitation of mine when I'm not able to. The theories themselves can be reproduced. An example. I've recently (well over 6 years actually) invented an entirely new CPU concept. I've discussed the concept with a trusted few who have found it astonishing, and so simple that it's somewhat hard to understand it hasn't been done before. So yes - some results of this thinking CAN be explained simple
But how do you transfer this way of "thinking" to someone else aka explaining it simple? That in turn - is not so simple, at least not for me.
A mind that IS capable of thinking beyond the accumulated human knowledge, at this point of time is not human. (No computer we've built so far can do this either as it has been built on Plato's principles), so what you are likely to end up with are countless disordered systems, one for every "mind", namely chaos.
I know and somewhat agree with your point - because I understand the frustration of this. The most frustrating moments for me when it comes to this - is people who don't release themselves from accepted theories, lack of "playing-along". You can't possibly discover something beyond the existing base knowledge if you don't free yourself from these once in a while.
I'm going to tell you something that you (and others) will probably think
"kook" over, perfectly fine - it's your right. But the no.1 reason today's CPU's are so slow and bottlenecked is due to the fact that for the most part you'd be right in your observation of people, kooks (chaos) versus accepted science. Remember - once we explain our science - it becomes accepted science. We could invent an entirely new CPU that works better and can be made with our existing limitations and even work 10 x the speed we have today - just based on this thinking alone. (I know this - because I've invented one) Wether you believe this or not is irrelevant for the discussion. But it is hopefully helping "us" in communicating the idea of thinking beyond what we know. I learned something entirely new from it, can't guarantee that others would agree.
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...fiddling with my HP8590 spectrum analyzer bought via the internet....
/Me *hugs* his REAL spectrum analyzer ;)
You can keep your 100 Dollar wifi-thingy
My baby can do so much stuff the owners of a 100 Dollar wifi-spy can dream about
It can scan everything realtime (I do mean REAL-TIME) oh...and did I mention it can scan
the WHOLE darn spectrum...not just the Wi-Fi spectrum? And yes...it's still realtime
and it's from the 80's and didn't cost an arm and a leg.
I'd say it's better with a 1000 Dollars worth of real results rather than 100 dollars of promises!
...what he had for lunch yesterday.
"We making pogless" - says Japanese esteemed scientist No-Me.MOri.ee
"I had Ramen!" - shouted his co-worker Sacka-poo-poo.
"Incledible, watta braktru! Wuld muste knowe nowe!"
"Wait! Baka! I can no remembe watta in this"
"Baggaroos #"%!""
Unfortunately the interview ended in a good old geriatric fight at a traditional karaokebar - so who knows - maybe they'll remember it some day!
Steve's a genious, and if he indeed does this - then he has done it again!
A little backround for my "cheering" of this idea:
Apple is known for 2 things:
- Design
- Stability
Nintendo is one of the most "solid" game-console creators in the world, even today.
They might not be massive like Sony, but they know both style and entertainment.
This is totally in-line with Apple's main philosophy: functionality and desirability!
Stroke of genious - I hope it's true!
...we'd be better off with those retro-5-in-one joysticks that already come with classic arcade games that you now can pick up for 5 dollars - Hardware and games included + approval from the original companies.
Ya got to do better than that Nintendo.
companies are who writes our paychecks...
So therefor everything they do is okay, right? Wrong! If you've learned anything from history you will know basic greed, if you can do it - you do it, if you can get away with it - you do it, and if it earns you and your kids millions, you really don't care about the others - because they think you're good...they buy your stuff...and die early, who cares as long as you earn millions. Stupid cows will grass even if it's made out of plastic. Just look at the burger (fast-food industry) Sure..it pays your paycheck if you work there, but at what price? Worlds largest collection of fat kids and future heartattacks. There's your business analogy right there.
My point is - you cannot stop monitoring of the private sector or leave them alone for a second - if you do, failure of our social system is imminent because it's eventually controlled by greed. And I'm not saying that business and greed is a bad thing - but history shows that we really can't control our greed, seriously! In a perfect world perhaps.
Secondly, what you are saying, fundamentally, for lack of a better word, is very... communist. You are, essentially saying, that you can trust the government alot more than you can trust private companies. I disagree with that, in most cases.
Well, you're allowed to think, feel and express that opinion - thats the beauty of democracy. Unfortunately you don't state WHY you disagree - which would be quite a bit more useful for a discussion rather than "you're wrong - commy!".
You are incorrect in your analysis of our "control" of the government versus our control of the private sector. It's important in a discussion to be specific. I cannot see where in my previous post I actually presented you with an analysis - I did however express an opinion based on my personal observation and experience, I would not go so far as to say it's an analysis. It's a detail - I know, but important.
You do have a huge amount of control over corporations (in general), with your wallet. In that respect, where free markets apply, the people are a far better control on the private sector then they are on the government.
Agree and Disagree! I agree because as you - I too feel that we have certain control over products demand etc. with our wallets. Disagree because government is elected in a democracy and anyone can start a business and study loopholes and profit from it. Transfer-pricing is an excellent example on how the private sector simply abuse loopholes regarding law (at least they do that over here - and I'm not in the USA mind you), and all the well-known big companies does this. In our country that results in ZERO TAXES and therefor zero mutual benefits for our country, but we do have increased health problems due to the fast-food industry - and of course - people COULD stop this by just denying their products - but they won't! That's why we have a law, so we can make sure that the companies don't get away clean with cheating by using inferior ingredients, bad chemicals, and much more. It's not as easy as such.
The standard Slashdot response will link "evil corporations" and "non-competitive" and "cronyism" and "profiteering" and all these other strawmen in regards to certain lobby-friendly markets like oil or telecommunications..
Is it just me or do you have something against "Slashdotters"? They're just average people just like you and me - discussing issues of our everyday lives - albeit a bit technical sometimes - but still. Maybe "Slashdotters" like me seem a bit biased against "corporate" "the-system" etc. if you look at it from a business point of view - maybe we're even a bit naive at some times, but you know - it's all in the discussion and real-life concerns, that's a good thing - embrace, learn - and improve. Why do people worry? There's always a reason.
...and it's news all over. Oh wait!
...rather than focus on the government.
Companies!
The government where elected by you and me to protect (duh) You and me. Of course, that's the textbook answer. But of course we should have our own politicians checked out now and then - you can't trust anyone really, but you have to (otherwise you'll go insane).
I'm no longer naive, there was a time when I believed that everyone was inherently good at heart - even with a tough background and much hardship trough life. "Good" is a definition - and personally I believe that if you have a clean closet, clean morals, privacy, decency and do the "odd-wrong-thing" now and then...because you're only human after all - you'll be fine - and all your buddies will be fine too, because they know you.
Sounds like a cliche doesn't it? Well - it really is that simple. I know - because I've been both good and bad, I prefer good -and deep down inside of me - I still believe in "good" as a main principle of life, but I ain't naive no more.
When things go bad - is when someone has something to gain on being a criminal. In my eyes we should watch over where private individuals have too much access over our information, not the government. The government can change because of us - we can elect and vote anytime. It's harder to do that with a company - especially if we don't know what's going on behind the curtains (metaphorically speaking...this could be the net..etc). In government we have a certain control - we can always get in on what it is and what's going down in toon-town, so if there's something we don't like - we either speak up, or get rid of the elements we think are sinister by voting and democracy.
Again - your eyes should be peeled on the private sector, that's an entirely different ballpark!
Fraunhofer invented the mp3 codec afaik...when everyone where hooked on it - they decided it was time to charge a fee for it, kind of like giving away free drugs to make the victims dependent and then charge heftily for it.
.PDF by making the customers and printers .pdf format. And when
.PDF format has become.
...and get accustomed to - especially for businesses who really DEPEND on reliability and not so much idealism.
Why should Adobe be anything different? It's all business.
They make you dependent on
you need to contact...totally reliant on the
the time is right.... when EVERYONE needs it... BRING ON THE LAWSUITS!
That's why software like OpenOffice etc. should use and develop their
own formats - and somewhat support it for the professionals so everyone
technically could benefit from it, and thus become as useful and as
popular as the
Greed does not dictate opensource and GPL software - only individual freedom of choice - hiring everyone who have the knowhow - and not the product itself. This is very contradictary to the traditional "business way" of doing things, it will take some time to get acknowledged
I think it's excellent with all these updates. Firefox if absolutely worth the attention.
Before Firefox - our local banking etc. where only accepted on Internet Explorer and nothing else, leaving out Mac and Linux users. Today Firefox is so respected that our country's Largest Bank support it!
Way to go FIREFOX!.
Very know disease on slashdot!
The Idiot box is the Television set, okay?
i re
all you want - call it Linux for People...Linux for idiots...call it
what you want.
You place the user in front of a TV, the user turns it on
and watches TV for hours, just like the average Joe out there.
What's that got to do with Linux you might ask?
Answer: Everything! Windows = Idiotbox, it works, it has got excactly what the neighbours got. Mr. Johansen the worker bee knows it and so does his beer drinking buddy Mr. Svanson.
Svanson and Johansen are good friends, they exchange DVD's and when Johansen bought a game for his kid - naturally...Svansons kid gets a copy.
When Johansen is online doing some home-banking, he's expected to use Internet-Explorer by the bank (god knows why..but just humor me) it works!
Svanson got the idea that Linux must be all the rage because he heard someone using it somewhere and he got a free cd, he lost all his data being the average schmoe he is...and forgot to back up. Oh well.. he's in Linuxland now and all's well.
Johansen! This is Svanson here, guess what? I've installed Linux! Johansen doesnt really give a sh*t but being Svansons beer-buddy he hops on over to share some DVD's. What the H*ll? The DVD isn't playing. Whats this? Linux? Yeah...it needs some sort of DeeeeCeesssS something... (gulping beer).. What? You nerding now? F*ck this.. I've got better things to do Saturday night, remove that crap and lets see some movies.
Now... this was just an example, take it from me - I've been using Linux for over 8 years now (10 maybe)... and I've only got Linux installed on ALL my computer. But it has taken quite some years and quite some HAIR-pulling to get anything to do what I want for my creature comforts...mp3 support, DVD region-free playbacks, Nvidia-3D gaming, Audigy-2 support, Obscure-web-cams, IN-Sane scanners etc.... not to mention the night that it took to get the new WIDE-Screen 1680-1050 up and running with editing etc/X11/xorg.conf with an entirely new modeline with numbers enough to scare the bajezuz outta "Svanson".
And you know what? Slashdotters had the very same discussion 5 years ago - and probably will the next 5....and...5...and...5 and so on.
Because Linux will NEVER be for the ORDINARY MAN - ever!
You can candy-wrap Ubuntu-PCLinux,LinSpire,WinSpire,GIN-and-tonic-Sp
Linux is TOO radically different from the "Average-Joe-mindset".
In Linux you're expected to do stuff by THINKING...and no matter
how SMART you and I make the systems.... won't help Poor Svanson.
My point is essentially this: If you make Linux the Idiot-Box
Linux won't be Linux anymore, you've cloned Windows.
...faces when they return to the shop to complain about their compasses showing the wrong direction.
(and the DS Lite looks like what the Lynx (c|sh)oulda been, down to the 'one cart for all'..)
:/
...weird... with that "lump" dragging your clothes down ;) They DID however create the Cool small SP - and finally the Micro. Picture a Micro PSP.
Very true! The lite DOES have some caveats though...such as protruding GBA cartridges
About the Atari: the only pants with pockets large enough for either the skateboard or the stereo chunk varieties.
LOL, yeah. I bought the FIRST version, that one kind of resembled the design of a skateboard too, maybe on purpose? At that time I was actually *geeky* enough to have a jacket that could fit it, but it was a monster.
Peelboy:I'm not sure about 40 hours either, but I dunno. I've never let my SP die all the way and it just blows me away how long that thing lasts. 40 hours though?
No, the SP lasts about 15 hours for me, but the old GB lasted between 40-50 hours, didnt have any backlight though, but it beat the color competition (Sega, Atari. etc.) simply because it lasted longer.
jbellis about PSP & GBA: It's smaller than the original GBA form factor.
Yes, but the GBA was a LOT lighter and not that deep, the PSP weighs so much in your pocket that it looks kind of
Biggest, fastest isn't always the best. Portable is an entirely different area than your basic console at home.
...sure! Coolness factor - WOW! But it sucks batteries because of the spinning disc and the backlight.
Picture this: Your're on the train, the train doesnt have a power-outlet and you've been playing your PSP for hours...naturally draining it's batteries to the last bit - in just 2-3 hours. Furthermore the PSP is bulky beyond belief, huge screen
Let's take a look at what the winners of portable gaming knows, they know stuff that the rest of them dont - saving on power, not on the entertainment! A Nintendo DS lasts for at least 10 hours (with 2 backlit screens!) and the older Nintendos lasted up to 40 hours - straight! Now that's more like it, always there - ready to play.
I remember my "superior" Atari-Lynx, can you belive it? 16-bit, 4096 colors and games that would beat the living sh*t out every competitor around at the time, but it FLOPPED! Why? It drained the batteries after 1.5 hours, people simply didnt use it.
Nintendo knows it (and thats why they're now launching the DS-lite, smaller - more portable - better lights...and still pretty cool 3D).
In short: Learn from experience (even if others) - make your handhelds simple, entertaining and last forever.
I remember fondly my first encounter with 3D graphics, from the TRON movies, man - that was many years ago, the SGI computers was the no.1 on my wishlist as a kid - but a machine like that where WAY too expensive, and thats where the Commodore Amiga came and stole our hearts, all of a sudden - 3D became affordable, SGI did'nt belive in "3D-for-everyone" and I believe that would be the main reason for their demise.
You've got to put your belief in the little guy on the street if you want to survive, being boss - playing big, with the big - will only work until the rest of us grow up. And we did, but SGI didn't invest in our future together, if they did - we would have embraced them without as much as a seconds hesitation, but if you keep selling to the elite party (those with WAY too much money) you're out of tune with the development.
(For those too thick to read between the lines - it simply ment, they didn't follow the times)
I'm no Google activist by any means, but if there's one impression that google has given me is that they're so anti-child-porn as any search engine could ever get!
Even with SafeSearch Off (with their picture search facility) you can't find a singe image like that (not that I'm searching - mind you), but my experience with searching for literally anything - I've yet to come across something even remotely related to child-pron with this search facility, that I have to give them.
I'm old enough to remember the days of the Altavista search engine - and that one where relatively uncensored - so you'd stumble across the odd weird-off image now and then, but google? Nah! These people specialize in keeping such images off the engine.
However - that said - I also think that google strives to be the ultimate search engine, and therefor will have some issues on censoring just about anything. Even with thousands of people working for them - it would be literally impossible to control EVERYTHING streaming trough the net, so if anything slips by - it's most likely through the text-search and NOT the IMAGE search (they're pretty thourough - try it yourself...it's even work safe in SafeSearch OFF)
I'll be the first one to Blame Google for just about anything, but for them to make profits of Child Pron? Nope - not even by an unforseen loophole. These guys take such stuff VERY seriously - that I have to give them!
...you can use a network packet monitor, and there's two ways to get your hands on such a device - the cheap...and the expensive way, the expensive way being the safest one (A hardware network monitor = hardware device to look and monitor what's going in/out of your ethernet connection directly connected to your "whatever" device)
or
Do the same thing by rigging a second computer, also known as a network monitor. Set up a Linux box...and monitor & control all the ports & packets being delivered to your network, and if you do your homework - you will "know" if that application you just downloaded and executed...truly is honest...and "doesn't phone home...like E.T"... he he he..
Live and learn kids.
What's really going on is the effect of the public community.
OpenSource, GPL, Musicians and Bands offering their music for free MP3 download, Linux - free OS, Blender, Gimp, OpenOffice...all free software that are comparable to commercial versions are a part of a HUGE new revolution that have literally SNEAKED upon the commercial industry, and because of their own onslaught on people...threatening legal users with DRM, SpyWare and restrictions....haunting people down for just being "people" - have brought fire to this revolution.
Because of this revolution, more and more people will witch to free alternatives, and the "biggies" didnt even see it coming for all their own greed and hysteria.
The way we exchange services - will change forever.
It didn't happen to Linux - it won't happen to Apple.
Toothpain? No problem...Captain Caveman fix you good
Captain Caveman apply anesthetics so you dont feel pain (SLAM!)
...and your enemies even closer!
GUUUUUURL power!
... One STRONG Danish beer
and now even the monitor is PINK.
I mean c'mon - I've had like
Weeeee!!!!! OMG PONIES! Yes, I see PINK PONIES
A really fresh change from the usually Pink Elephants.
teaching is actually a very difficult skill to master. One thing it forces you to do is to recast your ideas in many different ways. Doing that you'll probably gain all kinds of new insights.
Very true! I've been a teacher for many years at a private school on the subject of arts and animation & 3d modeling. Amusingly enough - it's usually the absolutely blank students that are the best students because I had their 100 % devoted attention while those who where cluttered with previous knowledge where too busy with the things they knew - to learn something new.
Lots of belief systems outside of science recognize the same principle. Most martial arts don't consider you a master until you teach.
Both true and untrue. True because you martial arts example would be correct, untrue because it simply doesn't apply to every area. Some of our teachers are considered industry drop-outs rather than masters, simply because it was (for them) easier to teach rather than perform.
After all, ideas are ONLY useful if they can be shared.
So true, unfortunately the medical industry doesn't agree with us. I miss the days where ideas, formulas and inventions where shared happily amongst us for further development. Today we're restricted to death about copyright infringements and lawsuits up our alley for literally anything. Hence - why I'm such a big fan of opensource, but that's another discussion.
Learning accepted theories does not limit your thinking. Accepting accepted (or not accepted) theories limits your thinking. It also seems to me that the pseudo-scientsts are the worst for this -- they come up with their pet theory and then defend it to the death with a the-world-is-crazy-but-not-me attitude.
The most dangerous thing you (and I) can do in a situation where we're trying to explain something is to go "personal" with things. This is not needed for the discussion and is irrelevant. I'd agree with you if you met someone who constantly dismissed your theories or simply would not level to you (or at least try to do this). This is also "noise" because you have a party that tries to "seem smart" rather than focus on the actual issue. I really don't like people like that myself. So of course I want to explain it as simple as possible, it's perhaps a limitation of mine when I'm not able to. The theories themselves can be reproduced. An example. I've recently (well over 6 years actually) invented an entirely new CPU concept. I've discussed the concept with a trusted few who have found it astonishing, and so simple that it's somewhat hard to understand it hasn't been done before. So yes - some results of this thinking CAN be explained simple
But how do you transfer this way of "thinking" to someone else aka explaining it simple? That in turn - is not so simple, at least not for me.
A mind that IS capable of thinking beyond the accumulated human knowledge, at this point of time is not human. (No computer we've built so far can do this either as it has been built on Plato's principles), so what you are likely to end up with are countless disordered systems, one for every "mind", namely chaos.
I know and somewhat agree with your point - because I understand the frustration of this. The most frustrating moments for me when it comes to this - is people who don't release themselves from accepted theories, lack of "playing-along". You can't possibly discover something beyond the existing base knowledge if you don't free yourself from these once in a while.
I'm going to tell you something that you (and others) will probably think "kook" over, perfectly fine - it's your right. But the no.1 reason today's CPU's are so slow and bottlenecked is due to the fact that for the most part you'd be right in your observation of people, kooks (chaos) versus accepted science. Remember - once we explain our science - it becomes accepted science. We could invent an entirely new CPU that works better and can be made with our existing limitations and even work 10 x the speed we have today - just based on this thinking alone. (I know this - because I've invented one) Wether you believe this or not is irrelevant for the discussion. But it is hopefully helping "us" in communicating the idea of thinking beyond what we know. I learned something entirely new from it, can't guarantee that others would agree.