I think Thompson should begin with Barbie and Ken, not Sims. You can have full interactive nudity with them, in real life. The naked skin is even included in the retail package.
If and ad stands still in the corner, it doesn't bother me. If an ad blinks and flashes, makes noise or is generally in the way or distracting, I adblock the whole ad site. The most annoying ones are those flash ads that extend over the text and you have to click them away. Of course, popup ads are also very annoying so I've blocked them all.
"Do you view internet ads as different from say, TV ads?" Yes I do, as I can block them if I don't want them.
"What about in a magazine?" Magazine ads aren't put in the middle of an article, they don't flash or make sound, you aren't forced to read an ad before you read an article, they don't take your time if you don't want and you don't have to wait for them to load. So, they don't bother me at all.
That game is fun until you try to actually produce something and get sued by a bunch of litigious bastards for using their idea.
"Hey, I just got a great business idea, let's patent a flying machine which utilises aerodynamics. We'll just wait for the Wright brothers to actually invent the aeroplane and then sue them."
No. It's not about how you output it. It's about the internal calculations: For example, create a 8-bit gradient and afterwards increase the contrast a lot. You'll see banding. If you use 16 bits, you won't see banding.
Well, if they are the ones responsible for the mess shouldn't they be the ones fixing it? Of course, antivirus programs don't really fix the underlying problems but MS can't really rewrite the OS and offer it as a free update, can they?
The bigger companies can't just go and sue each other without fear of countersuits, as they're all infringing other companies' patents. A small company doesn't need anything else than money and a patent to go sue-happy. If they don't produce or do anything, they don't infringe any patents so they can happily litigate everyone. No need to fear patent countersuits.
Now, that's what I call useful business. They can create abstact ideas, go to stealth mode, wait for the others to actually implement "their" ideas and then sue them.
I don't understand how should people have to pay for copying music to a different format. It's like paying the shoe factory for the right to paint the shoes pink even if they've already been paid for.
It's amazing how people's rights are taken away and replaced with international markets.
I found the whole IP thing completely ridiculous. Why shouldn't an employee be allowed to create software for himself on his free time without the rights going to the company? Especially if the software doesn't have anything to do with the specific company.
Hooray for IP capitalism!
They are only regulating using the name Linux. So you can create an own Linux distro called "Aussiex", just don't call it "Aussie Linux" and you don't have to pay anything.
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Or we could all just switch to Linux, BSD and OSX, which is not going to happen.
I think Thompson should begin with Barbie and Ken, not Sims. You can have full interactive nudity with them, in real life. The naked skin is even included in the retail package.
At which point does television come in?
"Do you view internet ads as different from say, TV ads?"
Yes I do, as I can block them if I don't want them.
"What about in a magazine?"
Magazine ads aren't put in the middle of an article, they don't flash or make sound, you aren't forced to read an ad before you read an article, they don't take your time if you don't want and you don't have to wait for them to load. So, they don't bother me at all.
"Hey, I just got a great business idea, let's patent a flying machine which utilises aerodynamics. We'll just wait for the Wright brothers to actually invent the aeroplane and then sue them."
You can draw the outlines by using "Stroke Selection" from edit menu.
I don't think they have Windows binaries available, you probably have to compile from source.
No. It's not about how you output it. It's about the internal calculations: For example, create a 8-bit gradient and afterwards increase the contrast a lot. You'll see banding. If you use 16 bits, you won't see banding.
PNG does support 16 bits/channel. The biggest holdback for me is that Gimp still doesn't. :|
Hopefully Vista will be less prone to viruses.
I'd be rolling on the floor laughing but I'm afraid that someone might have patented it and sue me for patent infringement, so I won't. :
Parasites, indeed.
The bigger companies can't just go and sue each other without fear of countersuits, as they're all infringing other companies' patents. A small company doesn't need anything else than money and a patent to go sue-happy. If they don't produce or do anything, they don't infringe any patents so they can happily litigate everyone. No need to fear patent countersuits.
Now, that's what I call useful business. They can create abstact ideas, go to stealth mode, wait for the others to actually implement "their" ideas and then sue them.
>> And no one wants to pick up the ball....
Ever heard of EXA, the new acceleration architecture for Xorg?
Yeah, it's not the amount of megapixels, it's how you use them.
:P
If I want a blurry and grainy 2Mpx picture, I take a 640x480 one, scale it up and add random noise.
I don't understand how should people have to pay for copying music to a different format. It's like paying the shoe factory for the right to paint the shoes pink even if they've already been paid for.
It's amazing how people's rights are taken away and replaced with international markets.
I found the whole IP thing completely ridiculous. Why shouldn't an employee be allowed to create software for himself on his free time without the rights going to the company? Especially if the software doesn't have anything to do with the specific company. Hooray for IP capitalism!
From the music I hear on radio I think that the industry already has an automatic music generator. ;)
But the Americans have longer travel distances.
And the gas taxes can be used for public good.
Well, they're using someone else's bandwith and work in advertising themselves without acknowledging him at all.
For us who don't want to install an entire OS just to be able to see a video, this is a great day.
But does she weigh as much as a duck?
They are only regulating using the name Linux. So you can create an own Linux distro called "Aussiex", just don't call it "Aussie Linux" and you don't have to pay anything.
Let's hope that their many years of hard work pay off!
Perhaps cool, but utterly pointless. I can't see how this is improving anything.
Perhaps if it ran Linux?