Well, we do have other problems. ACTA is still on the table, and Bill C-61 is about to pop up again soon. We've recently been blamed by the US as the major source of film piracy.
Isn't Sony being consumer friendly one of the signs of the coming apocalypse? I don't know about you guys, but I'm going to start hoarding food and weapons.
Apple's not really much better than IBM, for a lot of the same reasons (expensive, restrictive, closed). They're also similar in that a big part of their business is selling based on their name, not their products, although Apple is _much_ better in that regard than IBM. Apple however, doesn't buy competing, superior products and drive them in into the ground.
It's possible that because of a lack of knowledge of where the information is actually stored, they thought they were actually removing the blogs, not just his tools, and if some 'unfortunate accident' were to happen to the equipment, the critical information would be gone.
I recently abandoned my Palm OS device for a new phone, and one requirement was that it be able to run Android (there are no native Android devices in Canada yet). I'm hoping it's not too late in the race to stop the iPhone doing to the mobile market what Wintel did to the PC market.
I (almost) hope patents keep the music companies from doing the obvious and releasing their own games. Of course, they'll probably use a model where you need to pay every time you play the song.
A more accurate description would be "no knowledge... executing on the mainframe" other than the fact it's many times more expensive than it needs to be. Seriously, having virtual machines running on a mainframe will work fine up until you actually need to run many VMs that actually need some processor. They're at least an order of magnitude more expensive than running on blades.
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Well, we do have other problems. ACTA is still on the table, and Bill C-61 is about to pop up again soon. We've recently been blamed by the US as the major source of film piracy.
It's also snowing.
Isn't Sony being consumer friendly one of the signs of the coming apocalypse? I don't know about you guys, but I'm going to start hoarding food and weapons.
Apple's not really much better than IBM, for a lot of the same reasons (expensive, restrictive, closed). They're also similar in that a big part of their business is selling based on their name, not their products, although Apple is _much_ better in that regard than IBM. Apple however, doesn't buy competing, superior products and drive them in into the ground.
I'm still hoping for a Cisco buyout.
It's sad that it's gotten to the point where it's easy to believe it's true.
It's possible that because of a lack of knowledge of where the information is actually stored, they thought they were actually removing the blogs, not just his tools, and if some 'unfortunate accident' were to happen to the equipment, the critical information would be gone.
I for one welcome our new foosball playing, robotic overlords.
It's sad to see Sun go down.
I was hoping Cisco might be interested in them.
I'm guessing they mainly sell them to people that have had to use DB2.
You should have used your real name. This will now have be known as "Anonymous Cowards Law". Think of the fame and fortune you could have had.
"Not everything is some conspiracy to infringe on your rights." That's what they want you to think.
It's purely a political 'pissing contest'.
I'm sure they're just patenting this so others can't. Otherwise it would be just ... evil.
Parent is correct. You only missed "Get off my lawn", and "Young whippersnappers". Put down the laptop and go back to watching Matlock.
And there's the marketing campaign ... "Tastes great! Less Filling!"
That would be 'C Octothorpe Point Net' you insensitive clod.
Stop hanging around SlashDot, or you may be waiting forever.
But they're not science degrees.
I'm sure they'll start rolling the products into their 'wonderful' WebSphere line. Like I always say, there's nothing to fear but WebSphere itself.
will be made of stone, and use a small bird with a stone tablet as a processor.
It may be interesting as an approximation, but people really should know who their good workers are without these tools.
It would be more appropriate to say they "SONYed" it than added DRM. It's the more generic term.
I recently abandoned my Palm OS device for a new phone, and one requirement was that it be able to run Android (there are no native Android devices in Canada yet). I'm hoping it's not too late in the race to stop the iPhone doing to the mobile market what Wintel did to the PC market.
I (almost) hope patents keep the music companies from doing the obvious and releasing their own games. Of course, they'll probably use a model where you need to pay every time you play the song.
You vastly overestimate their processing power. If you took a couple of those zeros away you'd still have problems.
A more accurate description would be "no knowledge ... executing on the mainframe" other than the fact it's many times more expensive than it needs to be. Seriously, having virtual machines running on a mainframe will work fine up until you actually need to run many VMs that actually need some processor. They're at least an order of magnitude more expensive than running on blades.