If you're using those platforms then you deserve to be left in the dust. 99% of the world uses Windows, OS X, or some form of *NIX. It's easy to write platform intependent programs in C++, just as long as you don't use a GUI. Actully the best way to write platform independent code is (if possible) write the engine in ISO C/C++ whatever your favorite language is, then write a GUI client for each OS you wanna support, that interacts with the main engine of the program, which is platform independent.... Or just just Java. (That was a joke);)
You're right I'm sorry. It will never become a law. I over-estimated Congresses ability to just say no to stupidity. Someone who is in the RIAA or MPAA's pocket will surely propose this as a bill.
We all know that there is no way this will ever become a bill, but just the fact that the RIAA/MPAA are arrogent enough to propose such a bill is a slap in the face to everyone in America. We are in America aren't we?
WTF?! I am sooo sick of the RIAA and now the MPAA going to ridiculous lengths to try and save their cash flows. Can't they just give it a rest. The time for these organizations to die with a shred of dignity left is long gone. They can't stop me from encoding video I OWN onto MY iPod. The madness has got to stop. Please let it stop.
Naw I disagree. I'd like to think that the MPAA has more sense in it then the money-grubbing RIAA. For example the MPAA had to learn to deal with VCR's, and they did. Meanwhile the RIAA was having a heart attack over casette-tapes. Fsck the RIAA!!
Here is a crazy idea. How about when they auction off the analog tv spectrum to the highest bidder, then he/she/corporate entity turn around and continue to offer analog television be broadcast on this spectrum. It would work if the broadcasting stations all decided to defy the FCC. Just imagine how pissed off everyone is going to be when they are "forced" to upgrade to HDTV because big brother says so. Most people out there right now have no idea that they will have to switch by 2009 if they want to continue to watch broadcast tv in the US. (By the way that date has already been pushed back 3 times) Lots of people can't afford the HDTVs that are available today. Even the CRT ones currently cost $700 just for 27" displays. Lots of families own mulitple TVs, and they will all be obsoleted by 2009, good for watching DVDs and video games only. If you can't tell, I'm not a big fan of federally mandated changes in broadcast standards. BTW I know NTSC sucks big time as far as standards, but that's not the point here.
True that their hardware is quite overpriced, but that's what happens when you have a company that does everything "in house". The mac mini is reasonably priced, as well as the iMac G5, and even the ibooks. it is mostly the powerbooks and powermacs that are grossly overpriced.
Before I get flamed on this, I just wanna point out that there is a big difference between being an advocate and being a fanatic against Microsoft. Now you want to tell people not to use MS because the corporation is a pig... ok fine. I can agree that Windows is a poor operating system because of all the patches and the fact that it is based off of DOS, instead of a rock solid, open solution like *nix. That said, do you really expect your average user that "Just uses MS Word to edit lists, or if the list has two colums, use MS Excel" to have any clue about using Linux? Granted that in recent months the Linux world has gotten mush easier to handle, for example Ubuntu 5.10 installs like a dream, with 3D acceleration supported out of the box! But to your average user in general, having config scripts everywhere is just not reasonable. Linux is not ready for the masses. Sorry. Not yet anyway.
On the other hand you have Mac OS X, which IMO is a much more viable, and even preferred solution. "It just works" is so true. When you have the prettiest looking user interface of all time, and you build your own hardware (don't have to worry about drivers) and write your own software to work on it, not to mention a rock solid *nix base that's easy to use, then you have the perfect computing solution. Everybody is capable of running a Mac, and it has the perfect mix of *nix to make the geeks happy, and eye candy and functionallity to make anyone happy. OS X is your winner.
Awwwwww the big bad RIAA can't sue a 13 year old girl. Where is the justice for them? I'm gonna buy 10x as many cd's as I usually do this month, to help them make up for the leagal fees they lost. Don't worry RIAA. I got your back!
He's got a point about the Go menu. It is pretty pointless. Does anybody actually use it? I would like to see it disappear for the next version of Firefox Beta Deer Park.
Well I think the main reason we didn't just add to the wikipedia episodes is that we wanted a source that was specialized in dealing with just TV shows. Wikipedia is a melting pot for anything and everything, while the TV wiki will specalize in just TV shows. I'm not sure about domain names, as I am not one of the three mods, just a user.
Someone had to say it.
Anyway, where is the $$$ incentive in putting a free file format support into iPod? Apple wants to make money using their AAC, as they should. I'm afraid that ogg will never see iTunes or iPod compatibility, just like mp3 is disabled in Fedora Core, but for a much better reason. Money.
Good point. I think that not gathering information soley because the media format requires a particular product is a dumb idea. Not having access to that product is one thing, but refusing to use it simply because it's by Microsoft is idiotic.
--Shane what's up buddy! Group64 misses you.
Linux doesn't have the features that Longhorn was going to have, but dropped anyway. Besides the fact that Linux needs a tech savvy person to run it, (config scipts everywhere), the two major issues with it are 1) the 3d graphics acceleration support sucks the bone. And 2) The font rendering looks like ass. That should be enough to keep anyone away from it. If you want rock soild UNIX based goodness, plus Microsoft Office (the greatest office productivity suite around) and Adobe Photoshop (best image editor around). Plus 100% 3d graphic acceleration natively, then switch to Mac OS X. What other os can bring all that to you?
Their will be a hack to break the DRM the day after it is implemented. This is windowz wer're talking about here. Heck, even iTunes music store DRM was hacked with Jhymn. Same deal here. There are legal and moral issues associated with DRM. If you paid for a song legally, then you should legally be allowed to listen to it anywhere you want. I know the ToS says otherwise, but that is crap. This is America, and when you buy something for your own use, you are allowed to personally do whatever you want with it.
First, he was providing prescriptions for people that were not residents of NJ, which is illegal. Then he was providing people with prescriptions without evaluating them, which isn't recommend. Those are the "big no-no's"
That's correct. My grandfather had Parkinson's Disease, and it is idiopathic (of unknown cause). However I do know that Parkinson's, as well as all CNS Diseases are slowly progessive and horrible. Hopefully this research will indeed provide futher insights into Parkinson's like the article suggests.
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If you're using those platforms then you deserve to be left in the dust. 99% of the world uses Windows, OS X, or some form of *NIX. It's easy to write platform intependent programs in C++, just as long as you don't use a GUI. Actully the best way to write platform independent code is (if possible) write the engine in ISO C/C++ whatever your favorite language is, then write a GUI client for each OS you wanna support, that interacts with the main engine of the program, which is platform independent.... Or just just Java. (That was a joke) ;)
You're right I'm sorry. It will never become a law. I over-estimated Congresses ability to just say no to stupidity. Someone who is in the RIAA or MPAA's pocket will surely propose this as a bill.
And then they never worked on IE ever again. The End.
He's right. I have a portal too. http://randall.kicks-ass.org/wwwportal.html where are my millions of dollars? ;-)
We all know that there is no way this will ever become a bill, but just the fact that the RIAA/MPAA are arrogent enough to propose such a bill is a slap in the face to everyone in America. We are in America aren't we?
WTF?! I am sooo sick of the RIAA and now the MPAA going to ridiculous lengths to try and save their cash flows. Can't they just give it a rest. The time for these organizations to die with a shred of dignity left is long gone. They can't stop me from encoding video I OWN onto MY iPod. The madness has got to stop. Please let it stop.
Naw I disagree. I'd like to think that the MPAA has more sense in it then the money-grubbing RIAA. For example the MPAA had to learn to deal with VCR's, and they did. Meanwhile the RIAA was having a heart attack over casette-tapes. Fsck the RIAA!!
Here is a crazy idea. How about when they auction off the analog tv spectrum to the highest bidder, then he/she/corporate entity turn around and continue to offer analog television be broadcast on this spectrum. It would work if the broadcasting stations all decided to defy the FCC. Just imagine how pissed off everyone is going to be when they are "forced" to upgrade to HDTV because big brother says so. Most people out there right now have no idea that they will have to switch by 2009 if they want to continue to watch broadcast tv in the US. (By the way that date has already been pushed back 3 times) Lots of people can't afford the HDTVs that are available today. Even the CRT ones currently cost $700 just for 27" displays. Lots of families own mulitple TVs, and they will all be obsoleted by 2009, good for watching DVDs and video games only. If you can't tell, I'm not a big fan of federally mandated changes in broadcast standards. BTW I know NTSC sucks big time as far as standards, but that's not the point here.
...or until the power goes out. Whichever comes first.
True that their hardware is quite overpriced, but that's what happens when you have a company that does everything "in house". The mac mini is reasonably priced, as well as the iMac G5, and even the ibooks. it is mostly the powerbooks and powermacs that are grossly overpriced.
Before I get flamed on this, I just wanna point out that there is a big difference between being an advocate and being a fanatic against Microsoft. Now you want to tell people not to use MS because the corporation is a pig... ok fine. I can agree that Windows is a poor operating system because of all the patches and the fact that it is based off of DOS, instead of a rock solid, open solution like *nix. That said, do you really expect your average user that "Just uses MS Word to edit lists, or if the list has two colums, use MS Excel" to have any clue about using Linux? Granted that in recent months the Linux world has gotten mush easier to handle, for example Ubuntu 5.10 installs like a dream, with 3D acceleration supported out of the box! But to your average user in general, having config scripts everywhere is just not reasonable. Linux is not ready for the masses. Sorry. Not yet anyway. On the other hand you have Mac OS X, which IMO is a much more viable, and even preferred solution. "It just works" is so true. When you have the prettiest looking user interface of all time, and you build your own hardware (don't have to worry about drivers) and write your own software to work on it, not to mention a rock solid *nix base that's easy to use, then you have the perfect computing solution. Everybody is capable of running a Mac, and it has the perfect mix of *nix to make the geeks happy, and eye candy and functionallity to make anyone happy. OS X is your winner.
Awwwwww the big bad RIAA can't sue a 13 year old girl. Where is the justice for them? I'm gonna buy 10x as many cd's as I usually do this month, to help them make up for the leagal fees they lost. Don't worry RIAA. I got your back!
He's got a point about the Go menu. It is pretty pointless. Does anybody actually use it? I would like to see it disappear for the next version of Firefox Beta Deer Park.
Well I think the main reason we didn't just add to the wikipedia episodes is that we wanted a source that was specialized in dealing with just TV shows. Wikipedia is a melting pot for anything and everything, while the TV wiki will specalize in just TV shows. I'm not sure about domain names, as I am not one of the three mods, just a user.
Someone had to say it. Anyway, where is the $$$ incentive in putting a free file format support into iPod? Apple wants to make money using their AAC, as they should. I'm afraid that ogg will never see iTunes or iPod compatibility, just like mp3 is disabled in Fedora Core, but for a much better reason. Money.
Good point. I think that not gathering information soley because the media format requires a particular product is a dumb idea. Not having access to that product is one thing, but refusing to use it simply because it's by Microsoft is idiotic. --Shane what's up buddy! Group64 misses you.
It's lame of Creative to patent this interface. Lame ain't an MP3.
Linux doesn't have the features that Longhorn was going to have, but dropped anyway. Besides the fact that Linux needs a tech savvy person to run it, (config scipts everywhere), the two major issues with it are 1) the 3d graphics acceleration support sucks the bone. And 2) The font rendering looks like ass. That should be enough to keep anyone away from it. If you want rock soild UNIX based goodness, plus Microsoft Office (the greatest office productivity suite around) and Adobe Photoshop (best image editor around). Plus 100% 3d graphic acceleration natively, then switch to Mac OS X. What other os can bring all that to you?
Their will be a hack to break the DRM the day after it is implemented. This is windowz wer're talking about here. Heck, even iTunes music store DRM was hacked with Jhymn. Same deal here. There are legal and moral issues associated with DRM. If you paid for a song legally, then you should legally be allowed to listen to it anywhere you want. I know the ToS says otherwise, but that is crap. This is America, and when you buy something for your own use, you are allowed to personally do whatever you want with it.
haha you approve of crimes like this? I think you ment to say, "As much as I disprove of crimes like this..."
First, he was providing prescriptions for people that were not residents of NJ, which is illegal. Then he was providing people with prescriptions without evaluating them, which isn't recommend. Those are the "big no-no's"
That's correct. My grandfather had Parkinson's Disease, and it is idiopathic (of unknown cause). However I do know that Parkinson's, as well as all CNS Diseases are slowly progessive and horrible. Hopefully this research will indeed provide futher insights into Parkinson's like the article suggests.