It does and doesn't compare to something like a web site. For example, you have a site like CNN which is delivering the same information in a different format that you can otherwise get on TV. Now that information changes so much that they can get you to keep coming back for more every day. And they can also give you the information for free with included advertising. You could if you wanted to capture the video streams from the web site, or just simply record it with your TIVO or VCR.
Music on the other hand does not change quite so often. That video file or text file that you got from CNN will be something that you don't care about in a couple of days probably. Music on the other hand could still match your tastes 20 years from now.
The other thing, music is not really an abundant resource. I do not personally know anyone who has ever written their own song. But everyone I know has typed up info and posted or transmitted it on the internet at some point. Secondly, the quality of music varies greatly given the artist recreating it.
Record companies do need to change their expectations for profit in the new world of online media. Anyone with a web site can now transmit their own music to anyone in the world. Indie music is rising in this new environment, and big record companies are confused as to what to do about it.
It's simple competition, the big guys just don't like the new way of playing the game. Sink or swim record labels, lawsuits will not save you.
That one was proved a few races ago. I think it was in China when they launched something like that. I'm not sure if it was a manhole cover, but some kind of part of the road was lifted.
That's what I'm saying. The tires don't give enough mechanical grip without the aid of wings to give you that kind of cornering and braking. So, I think that it would be possible to drive it upside down for a time. But like someone mentioned, I'm not so sure that the engine can stay running while inverted.
But I disagree with the person who thinks that the tires would lose traction. You would have to be going at a high speed to be able to do this and with a high downforce configuration on the car. I don't believe that the tire's traction with the road would have an effect on maintaining the speed when you're already going 160+ MPH to be able to do this. They do have those fancy traction control systems. I don't believe that there is not a huge amount of torque being applied to be able to maintain that speed even with the amount of drag that would be generated by the wings. Now, accelerating at full throttle while inverted may be a problem though.
How about this for another question. If you reversed all of the downforce on a F-1 car would it be enough to lift off of the ground? Obviously you couldn't maintain it for long because the tires come off the ground, but do you think it could get air for a short distance?
It's true that you subtract the weight of the car at that point, but I still think that the force created by the wings is greater than what is needed to keep the car planted up on the ceiling.
It has to be true if they can corner or brake at greater than 1g, more like 3g to 4g. 1g being the force of gravity, which is enough to keep them on the ground normally. I don't believe that the tires are sticky enough that they hold you down that well.
This is another Intel marketing scam. Dell does this every 6 to 8 months now. There is some announcement that Dell is considering AMD, but at the last second decided that AMD just isn't good enough for some lame reason. Result: Dell gets better prices on cpus, etc, from their big buddy Intel.
IT can be a lot more than what you are pigeon holing it to be. The department including "software engineers", as you call yourself, is often as a whole called IT.
Anyway, who cares what IT people dress like if they are not the kind of IT people who deal with customers? Judging on appearances could land you a nice job in marketing though. Practice your ass kissing, it's probably your next "career path".
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You could be counted as literate just by being able to read road signs. Literacy does not necessarily have anything to do with books.
Except that the Shuffle sucks also. I don't see the point of a player with no screen. I like to be able to see what is currently playing without having to memorize every song I own.
The real problem I see with combined devices is battery life. Cell phones, digital cameras and MP3 players will inevitably combine into a single nice, easy to use device with plenty of storage space available, good quality camera with optical zoom and flash, and headphone/USB ports to use with standard headphones or plug into your car/home stereo. The real problem is that do you want to waste your cell phones battery time listening to music or taking pictures/videos instead of having your phone available when you might really need it later?
Of course, you could argue that instead of having multiple devices you just carry extra batteries.
Whatever, I'm waiting for the TV movie version of this book before I make a decision.
But seriously, I think this guy's major points are proven right here on Slashdot. A high percentage of the readers of Slashdot, relative to the general population, are video game players. I would also say that compared to other message boards I see around the internet there are more intelligent posts here. Of course my post rating threshold may just be set too high.
Cmdr is not a title anywhere, it's just an abbreviation for a title. I'm surprised it let you put that many consonants in a row though.
For some reason this whole topic reminds me of the Coalition to Liberate Itenerate Treedwellers, and Liberate Apes Before Imprisoning Apes. I know there's a joke in there somewhere... come on think, think.
Bottom line is that if a car maker sells a car with a defective part (the tires lugs were defective), and it passes shoddy Q&A, it is the maker's fault, not the assembly line guy.
That actually brings up another problem with blaming individuals. How do you decide who is really responsible. In most projects multiple people could be blamed in some way.
I'm currently a member of a class action suit against Ford for installing a crappy plastic intake manifold in my Mustang. I sure don't blame the assembly line guy for installing it that way. An engineer?... maybe, but more likely a bean counter is to blame. Same thing can happen with software. Blame the programmer? Blame the architect? Blame the Q/A? etc...
I agree completely. Maybe I shouldn't have replied at all... hehe.
The real problem exists in this for the freelance developer and small development companies trying to get started. Stiffled (sp?) innovation through lawsuits is just what this country needs.
Maybe they didn't have to focus over such a large distance. They could have attached the mirrors to the heads of teams of trained sharks. In effect the sharks would have freakin "lasers" on their heads.
Holding companies accountable for creating buggy software forces the companies that used to buy this software to develop it on their own to avoid the huge costs that would inevitably come from the insurance that the original development company is forced to get. You will then be looking for jobs at each company's internal IT department instead of the dying software development companies. Because it becomes cheaper for companies to hire developers and make their own software.
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This is horrible! What are Hannibal, B.A., and Murdoch going to do without Face?
What does indecency have to do with this? Am I going to be able to get just the indecent channels now?
It does and doesn't compare to something like a web site. For example, you have a site like CNN which is delivering the same information in a different format that you can otherwise get on TV. Now that information changes so much that they can get you to keep coming back for more every day. And they can also give you the information for free with included advertising. You could if you wanted to capture the video streams from the web site, or just simply record it with your TIVO or VCR.
Music on the other hand does not change quite so often. That video file or text file that you got from CNN will be something that you don't care about in a couple of days probably. Music on the other hand could still match your tastes 20 years from now.
The other thing, music is not really an abundant resource. I do not personally know anyone who has ever written their own song. But everyone I know has typed up info and posted or transmitted it on the internet at some point. Secondly, the quality of music varies greatly given the artist recreating it.
Record companies do need to change their expectations for profit in the new world of online media. Anyone with a web site can now transmit their own music to anyone in the world. Indie music is rising in this new environment, and big record companies are confused as to what to do about it.
It's simple competition, the big guys just don't like the new way of playing the game. Sink or swim record labels, lawsuits will not save you.
That one was proved a few races ago. I think it was in China when they launched something like that. I'm not sure if it was a manhole cover, but some kind of part of the road was lifted.
That's what I'm saying. The tires don't give enough mechanical grip without the aid of wings to give you that kind of cornering and braking. So, I think that it would be possible to drive it upside down for a time. But like someone mentioned, I'm not so sure that the engine can stay running while inverted.
But I disagree with the person who thinks that the tires would lose traction. You would have to be going at a high speed to be able to do this and with a high downforce configuration on the car. I don't believe that the tire's traction with the road would have an effect on maintaining the speed when you're already going 160+ MPH to be able to do this. They do have those fancy traction control systems. I don't believe that there is not a huge amount of torque being applied to be able to maintain that speed even with the amount of drag that would be generated by the wings. Now, accelerating at full throttle while inverted may be a problem though.
How about this for another question. If you reversed all of the downforce on a F-1 car would it be enough to lift off of the ground? Obviously you couldn't maintain it for long because the tires come off the ground, but do you think it could get air for a short distance?
It's true that you subtract the weight of the car at that point, but I still think that the force created by the wings is greater than what is needed to keep the car planted up on the ceiling.
Did that guy who shocked you with the electric ark get his ass kicked off camera? Come on now, what's a little electrocution between friends?
It has to be true if they can corner or brake at greater than 1g, more like 3g to 4g. 1g being the force of gravity, which is enough to keep them on the ground normally. I don't believe that the tires are sticky enough that they hold you down that well.
This is another Intel marketing scam. Dell does this every 6 to 8 months now. There is some announcement that Dell is considering AMD, but at the last second decided that AMD just isn't good enough for some lame reason. Result: Dell gets better prices on cpus, etc, from their big buddy Intel.
IT can be a lot more than what you are pigeon holing it to be. The department including "software engineers", as you call yourself, is often as a whole called IT.
Anyway, who cares what IT people dress like if they are not the kind of IT people who deal with customers? Judging on appearances could land you a nice job in marketing though. Practice your ass kissing, it's probably your next "career path".
You could be counted as literate just by being able to read road signs. Literacy does not necessarily have anything to do with books.
It all works out in favor of the geeks though. If these confused consumers give me some money I will be happy to tell them what to buy.
If you're buying the entire albumn why not just buy the CD?
Except that the Shuffle sucks also. I don't see the point of a player with no screen. I like to be able to see what is currently playing without having to memorize every song I own.
The real problem I see with combined devices is battery life. Cell phones, digital cameras and MP3 players will inevitably combine into a single nice, easy to use device with plenty of storage space available, good quality camera with optical zoom and flash, and headphone/USB ports to use with standard headphones or plug into your car/home stereo. The real problem is that do you want to waste your cell phones battery time listening to music or taking pictures/videos instead of having your phone available when you might really need it later?
Of course, you could argue that instead of having multiple devices you just carry extra batteries.
Whatever, I'm waiting for the TV movie version of this book before I make a decision.
But seriously, I think this guy's major points are proven right here on Slashdot. A high percentage of the readers of Slashdot, relative to the general population, are video game players. I would also say that compared to other message boards I see around the internet there are more intelligent posts here. Of course my post rating threshold may just be set too high.
Cmdr is not a title anywhere, it's just an abbreviation for a title. I'm surprised it let you put that many consonants in a row though.
For some reason this whole topic reminds me of the Coalition to Liberate Itenerate Treedwellers, and Liberate Apes Before Imprisoning Apes. I know there's a joke in there somewhere... come on think, think.
I'm currently a member of a class action suit against Ford for installing a crappy plastic intake manifold in my Mustang. I sure don't blame the assembly line guy for installing it that way. An engineer?... maybe, but more likely a bean counter is to blame. Same thing can happen with software. Blame the programmer? Blame the architect? Blame the Q/A? etc...
I agree completely. Maybe I shouldn't have replied at all... hehe. The real problem exists in this for the freelance developer and small development companies trying to get started. Stiffled (sp?) innovation through lawsuits is just what this country needs.
Give me some specific examples other than doctors and lawyers. That's all I've seen anyone mention in this thread so far.
Makes sense to me. Otherwise developers would be able to take their code with them when they leave the company.
It was around the same time they started growing oranges.
Maybe they didn't have to focus over such a large distance. They could have attached the mirrors to the heads of teams of trained sharks. In effect the sharks would have freakin "lasers" on their heads.
Holding companies accountable for creating buggy software forces the companies that used to buy this software to develop it on their own to avoid the huge costs that would inevitably come from the insurance that the original development company is forced to get. You will then be looking for jobs at each company's internal IT department instead of the dying software development companies. Because it becomes cheaper for companies to hire developers and make their own software.
Can I now sue Sun And Microsoft for creating development environments that allow me to write software with bugs in it.