Your web site accepts donations via PayPal, a US company. Your site is listed in Google, a US company. You post regularly on slashdot, a US website. Odds are that if you use the Internet, you rely on US-based Internet companies, and thus SOPA / PIPA will affect you.
Sorry for the bad news.
Sure this COULD happen to Apple, but I find it unlikely given their track record. The parent seems to imply Apple is near the edge of some non-innovating "inflection point" and offers only conjecture about the next iPhone as evidence.
-(Re)invented the home computer market
-(Re)invented the digital music market
-(Re)invented the mobile phone market
-(Re)Invented the mobile app market
-(Re)invented the tablet market
Like them or not, equating Apple to a non-innovating dinosaur like Kodak is about the worst analogy I have seen on/,... and that is saying something.
I think a huge reason (outside of obvious issues like UI and outages), is Android's / IOS's ability to connect DIRECTLY to your company's Exchange Servers essentially FOR FREE. I say essentially free, as there is some Exchange setup required, but the cost is one-time and small. Not only is this setup less costly, it is also more architecturally sound as it eliminates the Blackberry service's "middleman" between your device and your company's mail server.
I think a lot of the allure of overclocking is the challenge to see if it can be done.
CAR ANALOGY ALERT!!!
Its like squeezing an extra 2 hp out of your muscle car by modifying the exhaust or reprogramming the chip. Can you really notice the difference between 410 and 412 hp, and isn't 410 enough? No and Yes, but people cannot resist.
/ CAR ANALOGY
People like to tinker and push tech to the limits, which probably leads to progress in said tech. Overclocking of any sort will never die.
I can't help wondering just how could a piece of code, which presumable didn't test its' input data for validity before acting on it, become part of a modern jet's onboard software suit?"
News Flash: Bugs Happen. You tube for test flight crashes if you really want to be scared. Flying is still statistically safer than ever, and I will take a modern A330 over the archaic DC10 on a transcontinental flight any day.
I'm surprised there are people who think that we have the technology to program computers to make decisions about how to control things like airplanes better then a human being.
It has consistently been shown that Human factors are "currently the most common factor of aviation crashes."
The number of crashes in 1972: 3000+.... 2010: 1000+. Do you think the amount of technology has increased or decreased since 1972? How about the number of flights? The fact is computers have made flying safer, and any pilot will tell you that.
...Put their jobs on the line. Literally... If they cannot come up with a consensus, the committee members are fired / impeached immediately. We'll see how deep those lines in the sand really are.
Ironically ultimatums like this also work with fighting children: "You two get along or I'll turn this car right around!"
Speed: Email is at least 175,000 times faster (1 second for email vs ~2 days for snail mail, at best)
Environment: Considering paper use, delivery truck emissions, etc....How many times more environmentally friendly is eMail over snail mail? 100X, 10000X?
Cost: how much cheaper is sending an email rather than a letter...again tougher to quantify but it is orders of magnitude.
Reliability: What is the success rate of email vs snail mail?
I mean honestly we might as well be subsidizing a carrier pigeon service or telegraph technology.
No politician will downsize USPS due to the loss of jobs. I have to think we would be able to invest this money to more progressive endeavors, which would create some jobs (albeit not 500K of them)
and digital downloads have the secondary effect of entirely cutting out the popular market for second-hand films and games — a plus for publishers, but a big negative for the
I would contend that the only reason a second hand market even exists is a lack of a decent digital market.
The success of digitally-distributed music has shown us that if digital distribution is priced correctly and works with devices that makes sense to consumers, it will be a successful compliment to physical media. A side-effect is a reduced demand of physical media, and thus the second-hand market will decline.
You are forgetting about the other "great" corn product: Ethanol. Here we have a fuel that takes 29 percent more fossil fuel energy to produce than the end product generates. Do you think the harvesters and grain trucks run on ethanol?
Also, it doesn't make sense for consumers. My family rents land to farmers. All have ethanol-compatible pickups, but won't fill up with ethanol. Why? Because the mileage they get is so horrible, that the non-competitive price doesn't make sense. But they love the corn prices and subsities though!
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it gives me crystal-clear digital connection to my monitor, and unlike HDMI, it works every time without fail.
I have a pile of some serial ports and ISA slots that I'd like to sell. Interested?
Your web site accepts donations via PayPal, a US company. Your site is listed in Google, a US company. You post regularly on slashdot, a US website. Odds are that if you use the Internet, you rely on US-based Internet companies, and thus SOPA / PIPA will affect you. Sorry for the bad news.
Sure this COULD happen to Apple, but I find it unlikely given their track record. The parent seems to imply Apple is near the edge of some non-innovating "inflection point" and offers only conjecture about the next iPhone as evidence.
How is this +5? Over the past decades Apple has:
/, ... and that is saying something.
-(Re)invented the home computer market
-(Re)invented the digital music market
-(Re)invented the mobile phone market
-(Re)Invented the mobile app market
-(Re)invented the tablet market
Like them or not, equating Apple to a non-innovating dinosaur like Kodak is about the worst analogy I have seen on
I think a huge reason (outside of obvious issues like UI and outages), is Android's / IOS's ability to connect DIRECTLY to your company's Exchange Servers essentially FOR FREE. I say essentially free, as there is some Exchange setup required, but the cost is one-time and small. Not only is this setup less costly, it is also more architecturally sound as it eliminates the Blackberry service's "middleman" between your device and your company's mail server.
This completely undermines BB's business model.
I think a lot of the allure of overclocking is the challenge to see if it can be done.
CAR ANALOGY ALERT!!!
Its like squeezing an extra 2 hp out of your muscle car by modifying the exhaust or reprogramming the chip. Can you really notice the difference between 410 and 412 hp, and isn't 410 enough? No and Yes, but people cannot resist.
/ CAR ANALOGY
People like to tinker and push tech to the limits, which probably leads to progress in said tech. Overclocking of any sort will never die.
I can't help wondering just how could a piece of code, which presumable didn't test its' input data for validity before acting on it, become part of a modern jet's onboard software suit?"
News Flash: Bugs Happen. You tube for test flight crashes if you really want to be scared. Flying is still statistically safer than ever, and I will take a modern A330 over the archaic DC10 on a transcontinental flight any day.
I'm surprised there are people who think that we have the technology to program computers to make decisions about how to control things like airplanes better then a human being.
It has consistently been shown that Human factors are "currently the most common factor of aviation crashes."
The number of crashes in 1972: 3000+.... 2010: 1000+. Do you think the amount of technology has increased or decreased since 1972? How about the number of flights? The fact is computers have made flying safer, and any pilot will tell you that.
...Put their jobs on the line. Literally ... If they cannot come up with a consensus, the committee members are fired / impeached immediately. We'll see how deep those lines in the sand really are.
Ironically ultimatums like this also work with fighting children: "You two get along or I'll turn this car right around!"
Mario has been donning the skin of the tanooki since Super Mario 3 (1988). In this game he also donned the skin of a, ghasp, frog!. The horror!
I call this progress.
Speed: Email is at least 175,000 times faster (1 second for email vs ~2 days for snail mail, at best)
Environment: Considering paper use, delivery truck emissions, etc....How many times more environmentally friendly is eMail over snail mail? 100X, 10000X?
Cost: how much cheaper is sending an email rather than a letter...again tougher to quantify but it is orders of magnitude.
Reliability: What is the success rate of email vs snail mail?
I mean honestly we might as well be subsidizing a carrier pigeon service or telegraph technology.
No politician will downsize USPS due to the loss of jobs. I have to think we would be able to invest this money to more progressive endeavors, which would create some jobs (albeit not 500K of them)
Walking is not zero emission because we need food energy to move ourselves from place to place
And if your food energy is anything from Taco Bell, you are most definitely responsible for extra greenhouse gasses.... *badump bump ching*
I'm here all week.
Add to that list "Articles posted by the author of said article"....This one qualifies.
Isn't the whole kerfuffle these days because things like Twitter can beat "traditional" news sources to the punch?
Not impressive if /. is considered "traditional"... I got this story via carrier pigeon an hour ago :-).
This quote from his book "Refactoring" comes to mind:
"I deliberately try not remember anything I can look up, because I'm afraid my brain will get full"
Not coincidentally, I couldn't remember this quote verbatim...Or in which book Fowler wrote it....So I used Google to find the exact quote.
My favorite: http://www.homestarrunner.com/404
Looking back, This probably didn't help the relationship....or was a sign it was over.
...he has it.
...He must have compromising pictures of Taco or something: http://tech.slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=rsmiller510
There is only one person in the world who values my data enough to protect it properly, and that person is me.
I dunno...Google makes a lot of money with your data (if you use Gmail). I'm thinking they value money enough to keep your data protected.
I, for one, welcome our dupe posting overlords...I missed the original.
Would you say I have a 'plethora' of pinatas, Jeffe?
(for some reason I cannot link the article)
Unfortunately, Slashdot already has a patent for "Disabling copy-paste in certain browsers (e.g. Chrome)"
it actually is a product for dumb people, with lot of time to waste and no sense of worth.
coincidentally, the target democratic is extremely profitable.
...Which is a dumber waste of time:
A) Playing FarmVille
B) Commenting in a news site about an article about FarmVille. Anonymously.
I vote for C) Commenting about a comment about an article about FarmVille. I hate myself.
and digital downloads have the secondary effect of entirely cutting out the popular market for second-hand films and games — a plus for publishers, but a big negative for the
I would contend that the only reason a second hand market even exists is a lack of a decent digital market.
The success of digitally-distributed music has shown us that if digital distribution is priced correctly and works with devices that makes sense to consumers, it will be a successful compliment to physical media. A side-effect is a reduced demand of physical media, and thus the second-hand market will decline.
Why would games and movies be any different?
You are forgetting about the other "great" corn product: Ethanol. Here we have a fuel that takes 29 percent more fossil fuel energy to produce than the end product generates. Do you think the harvesters and grain trucks run on ethanol?
Also, it doesn't make sense for consumers. My family rents land to farmers. All have ethanol-compatible pickups, but won't fill up with ethanol. Why? Because the mileage they get is so horrible, that the non-competitive price doesn't make sense. But they love the corn prices and subsities though!
What a joke.