Cross-platform libraries can help with this in many of the aspects you mentioned. http://www.libsdl.org/ , for example. Supports BeOS too.
However, a problem with your idea, is that game developers often desire to optimize the performance of the game, and virtualization doesn't help things in that department. Would you enjoy as much if an abstraction layer between the game engine and your hardware made it run at 20fps?
You're missing the point. The article mentions that the webmaster got this message:
No pages from your site are currently included in Google's index due to violations of the webmaster guidelines. Please review our webmaster guidelines and modify your site so that it meets those guidelines. Once your site meets our guidelines, you can request reinclusion and we'll evaluate your site.
Which insinuates that there is a blacklist somewhere which contains talkorigins.org. It would not be a big deal to add an additional field to that listing which would allow for the following improved message:
No pages from your site are currently included in Google's index due to violations of the webmaster guidelines on http://www.talkorigins.org/index.html (and possibly elsewhere). Please review our webmaster guidelines and modify your site so that it meets those guidelines. Once your site meets our guidelines, you can request reinclusion and we'll evaluate your site.
See?
Sure, it would be "easier", but a useful feature is still a useful feature, and this is one that would be easy to implement.
I have a similar story. N64 users may have noticed that the joysticks get 'loose' over time with heavy use. Eventually, I called Nintendo to see if there was an easy way to fix this without buying four new controllers, and they mailed me four joystick units, as well as a sheet describing how to replace the old ones, for free.
Connect to the internet using Windows 95/98/NT/whatever's old nowadays.
Start the stopwatch.
Find out how many seconds it takes to get a virus.
Now, find the patch which resolves the vulnerability that said virus took advantage of. Can't find it? That's why people aren't able to run that version of Windows anymore!
I don't believe they intend to win the DRM war by developing some sort of unbreakable lock on their content, they just want to make it enough of a hassle to rip things that most people believe they're supposed to go out and buy another version of the same content each time they get a new device.
"The new companies will NOT be bound by the headstart that Microsoft has in existing companies."
You're forgetting that new companies will consist of people who worked for the old companies. They will take their Windows-specific knowledge with them, and will likely prefer to use that existing knowledge rather than try to learn a new environment.
Also worth considering is what qualifies a student for graduation. How do the requirements for North Dakota compare to those in New York? (I don't myself know, I finished HS in Missouri)
How would a meth problem make for good press? I don't see it being a real morale booster in most school districts.
Picture this scenario: Reformatting your computer, and not having to redownload drivers for your video card, since they're already on the card itself. All the OS needs is the 'translation layer'.
No, the Internet is robust and redundant.
In agreement: After all, the internet as a whole apparently had no problem forwarding a DDOS-sized burst of requests to BlueSecurity, it was just that they (or their ISP) were unable to handle this burst once it reached them.
Nicholas Negroponte, MIT Media Lab, April 4, 9-10am Bob Gatewood, athenahealth, April 4, 1:15-2:15pm Kevin Kettler, Dell, April 5, 9-10am Larry Augustin, VA Software, April 5, 1:15-2:15pm Bill Hilf, Microsoft, April 6, 9-10am
If anyone's looking for a simple, straightforward dictionary search that covers a wide variety of databases (including "The Devil's Dictionary" by Ambrose Bierce:D), I recommend giving dict.org a shot.
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Cross-platform libraries can help with this in many of the aspects you mentioned.
http://www.libsdl.org/ , for example. Supports BeOS too.
However, a problem with your idea, is that game developers often desire to optimize the performance of the game, and virtualization doesn't help things in that department. Would you enjoy as much if an abstraction layer between the game engine and your hardware made it run at 20fps?
You're missing the point. The article mentions that the webmaster got this message: No pages from your site are currently included in Google's index due to violations of the webmaster guidelines. Please review our webmaster guidelines and modify your site so that it meets those guidelines. Once your site meets our guidelines, you can request reinclusion and we'll evaluate your site. Which insinuates that there is a blacklist somewhere which contains talkorigins.org. It would not be a big deal to add an additional field to that listing which would allow for the following improved message: No pages from your site are currently included in Google's index due to violations of the webmaster guidelines on http://www.talkorigins.org/index.html (and possibly elsewhere). Please review our webmaster guidelines and modify your site so that it meets those guidelines. Once your site meets our guidelines, you can request reinclusion and we'll evaluate your site. See? Sure, it would be "easier", but a useful feature is still a useful feature, and this is one that would be easy to implement.
If you read the article, a backup is mentioned.
What's stopping the spider from returning the page on which a problem was encountered?
I have a similar story. N64 users may have noticed that the joysticks get 'loose' over time with heavy use. Eventually, I called Nintendo to see if there was an easy way to fix this without buying four new controllers, and they mailed me four joystick units, as well as a sheet describing how to replace the old ones, for free.
Get a stopwatch.
Connect to the internet using Windows 95/98/NT/whatever's old nowadays.
Start the stopwatch.
Find out how many seconds it takes to get a virus.
Now, find the patch which resolves the vulnerability that said virus took advantage of. Can't find it? That's why people aren't able to run that version of Windows anymore!
It's not like this is a contest. With cancer research, everybody wins.
I don't believe they intend to win the DRM war by developing some sort of unbreakable lock on their content, they just want to make it enough of a hassle to rip things that most people believe they're supposed to go out and buy another version of the same content each time they get a new device.
"The new companies will NOT be bound by the headstart that Microsoft has in existing companies."
You're forgetting that new companies will consist of people who worked for the old companies. They will take their Windows-specific knowledge with them, and will likely prefer to use that existing knowledge rather than try to learn a new environment.
Do you have a source for that quote? I think its neat, but am not finding it anywhere.
Who, exactly, would buy this? Is Sony *trying* to lose?
Also worth considering is what qualifies a student for graduation. How do the requirements for North Dakota compare to those in New York? (I don't myself know, I finished HS in Missouri)
How would a meth problem make for good press? I don't see it being a real morale booster in most school districts.
On a technical point: In place of metal detectors, they'd have bag searches for meth.
Everyone's got problems.
Picture this scenario: Reformatting your computer, and not having to redownload drivers for your video card, since they're already on the card itself. All the OS needs is the 'translation layer'.
No, the Internet is robust and redundant. In agreement: After all, the internet as a whole apparently had no problem forwarding a DDOS-sized burst of requests to BlueSecurity, it was just that they (or their ISP) were unable to handle this burst once it reached them.
Exhibit hall:
April 4: 10-5
April 5: 10-5
April 6: 10-4
Presentations:
Nicholas Negroponte, MIT Media Lab, April 4, 9-10am
Bob Gatewood, athenahealth, April 4, 1:15-2:15pm
Kevin Kettler, Dell, April 5, 9-10am
Larry Augustin, VA Software, April 5, 1:15-2:15pm
Bill Hilf, Microsoft, April 6, 9-10am
Park in the boonies and ride the T. The conference will be just off the Red Line this year.
The phone number for my domains points to a local pizza place.
But not nearly as large as 90%
I fail to see how giving Apple free advertising in a realm in which they are not competing is hurting their business.
But then again, I'm not a lawyer, and I hear they like lawsuits, so maybe I'm just not seeing the big picture.
If anyone's looking for a simple, straightforward dictionary search that covers a wide variety of databases (including "The Devil's Dictionary" by Ambrose Bierce :D), I recommend giving dict.org a shot.