I always thought that the American destruction of the cities in lieu of building sprawl was stupid, but then I realized that there really was one good reason for doing it that way. The suburbs were built in the cold war, and suburbs are much harder to nuke. Luckily, suburbs are widely being shown to be a failure. You mention checking out the pretty girls by the fountain, how about having any incidental contact with anyone ever? Suburbs are a nightmare of tinted windshields and road rage, hour long commutes and no pride of place. In the misguided attempt at "safety" we have given away our humanity. Now there's a nice eulogy for America.
I have fooled around with debugging borked boxes a lot over the years, and the time I had RAM problems was the most perplexing. I found it very hard to diagnose. Even after having gone through that, I am not clear what symptoms would point to bad RAM. Anybody have any light to shed?
Most of that stuff can be done with two mice. Why hasn't anyone implemented that yet?
Because all innovation in the computer industry comes from the field of pornography.
but in order for the market to work and content to move into the digital age and away from physical media, there has to be DRM
I have always had such a strong reaction against DRM that any future with DRM has always seemed distopian to me. I tend to think that eventually the entire concept will be discredited, because customers will choose with their dollars products that can be played on all their devices, and artist will choose to ally themselves their customers. It is just a matter of people seeing what the geeks already know; that there is power in not getting locked into a single system. However, there are such strong interests fighting for DRM, that I also admit that it's possible that in the end, that the future will require some sort of DRM. But if I am to concede that possibility, it then becomes clear to me that new laws are needed, protecting the user's rights. If copyright holders are to be allowed to use a technical solution for protecting against unfair use, then they must be prevented from hindering fair use. there should be provisions for expiration of DRM concurrent with copyright and whatnot, but there is nothing wrong with reasonable use of DRM for protecting intellectual property in a manner consistent with appropriate precedents and law.
I agree with this, but there is a lot of hand waving in that "and whatnot." Society has a lot of work to do hammering out exactly where the boundaries between fair and unfair are. It's not even clear to me that a fair technical solution is possible. How would software know your intentions when you copy that file? Are you just making a backup for your own use, or are you going to sell it?
...customers start leaving in droves
That would be great in an ideal world, but the only reason Bell Death thinks they can get by with this is their (partial) monopoly.
But yes, if you have an option, drop the assholes.
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* Googles "bikini with integrated solar cells" *
If you want to travel light speeds, you have to convert yourself into light first.
Hundreds of LEDs? Why, you could make a 10 X 10 pixel display with that.
Can you imagine a Beowolf cluster of those?
I always thought that the American destruction of the cities in lieu of building sprawl was stupid, but then I realized that there really was one good reason for doing it that way. The suburbs were built in the cold war, and suburbs are much harder to nuke.
Luckily, suburbs are widely being shown to be a failure. You mention checking out the pretty girls by the fountain, how about having any incidental contact with anyone ever? Suburbs are a nightmare of tinted windshields and road rage, hour long commutes and no pride of place.
In the misguided attempt at "safety" we have given away our humanity. Now there's a nice eulogy for America.
Sounds delicious, but does it really have more fiber?
Actually you immigrate to a country, emigrating implies going FROM a country. Use it correctly and the women flock around you at parties.
I have fooled around with debugging borked boxes a lot over the years, and the time I had RAM problems was the most perplexing. I found it very hard to diagnose. Even after having gone through that, I am not clear what symptoms would point to bad RAM. Anybody have any light to shed?
no link?
the reliability may increase as much as tenfold
I think ten-fold may be an exaggeration, but I could believe an eight fold increase.
Release it with a big BETA label. Let your customers find the bugs.
The solution is to evolve. All we need to do is keep sending people up there, and eventually somebody will survive, and they can continue the species.
Oui, I have a slow accent, too. I got it when I was ascending the space escalator.
You are thinking of the Space Escalator.
Most of that stuff can be done with two mice. Why hasn't anyone implemented that yet?
Because all innovation in the computer industry comes from the field of pornography.
Tyler Durden is the narrator.
Soylent Green is people.
Dr. Malcolm Crowe is dead.
The Planet of the Apes is Earth.
Rosebud was a sled.
You've already missed a great promotional opportunity. You got posted to ask slashdot without a link to the product page. D'oh.
"I wish I had said that."
"You will, you will."
-Oscar Wilde (or maybe Monty Python)
but in order for the market to work and content to move into the digital age and away from physical media, there has to be DRM
I have always had such a strong reaction against DRM that any future with DRM has always seemed distopian to me. I tend to think that eventually the entire concept will be discredited, because customers will choose with their dollars products that can be played on all their devices, and artist will choose to ally themselves their customers. It is just a matter of people seeing what the geeks already know; that there is power in not getting locked into a single system.
However, there are such strong interests fighting for DRM, that I also admit that it's possible that in the end, that the future will require some sort of DRM. But if I am to concede that possibility, it then becomes clear to me that new laws are needed, protecting the user's rights. If copyright holders are to be allowed to use a technical solution for protecting against unfair use, then they must be prevented from hindering fair use.
there should be provisions for expiration of DRM concurrent with copyright and whatnot, but there is nothing wrong with reasonable use of DRM for protecting intellectual property in a manner consistent with appropriate precedents and law.
I agree with this, but there is a lot of hand waving in that "and whatnot." Society has a lot of work to do hammering out exactly where the boundaries between fair and unfair are. It's not even clear to me that a fair technical solution is possible. How would software know your intentions when you copy that file? Are you just making a backup for your own use, or are you going to sell it?
...customers start leaving in droves
That would be great in an ideal world, but the only reason Bell Death thinks they can get by with this is their (partial) monopoly. But yes, if you have an option, drop the assholes.