You see - to your average joe, an mp3 player is an ipod - they no more understand the difference between an ipod and *generic mp3player* then they do the difference between kleenex and tissues.
Then I must ask why then is Apple selling the hell out of iPods when the average joe doesn't know the difference and could easily buy a generic mp3 player at Wal-Mart? While I agree that Joe 6-pack usually doesn't have a clue in the case of the iPod he seems to see something there he likes enough to pay extra for it.
Washington- The DOJ today demanded that REALLYCOOLWEBAPP.COM turn over all of the files that have been created with their hugely popular suite of online office programs. The company is being forced to turn over the files so authorities can find out who wrote, "President H. Clinton is a big fat poopy head."...
You complain that the writer for Wired (along with the editor and fact checker who looked over this) should have caught something like this. I, for one, am comfortable with giving them the benefit of the doubt. I mean, they aren't opthamologists or anything.
It's the lead of the story. They are a major magazine. They should have fact checkers especially when phrases like "super vision" are used and the person using it is a guy that is trying to sell something that will give it to you.
What floors me is how Blum, who is an opthamologist, couldn't explain it.
Worst.Opthamologist.Ever.
I couldn't agree more. It kinda puts a intellectual taint on the whole thing.
There was a time when Wired was a OK place to get tech news. That time is ended.
To quote the first graph of the TFA. "... About twice a year, he would encounter a patient whose eyesight was better than 20/20. Such cases of super vision were a phenomenon that Blum and the science of opthalmology couldn't explain."
We all know that 20/20 means the test subject can see at 20 ft what a person of normal vision can see at 20 feet. We also know there are a lot of people who can't see as well as a person with normal vision. Is it so much of a strech of the imagination that there will be some people who do see better than normal to call it super vision?
As long as the Software is not using the trade mark BitTorrent within its name, it should not be affected. And many have names distinct names... (like Azureus)
I don't think using it in the name of the product has a thing to do with it. The first paragraph of the description of your link reads...Azureus implements the BitTorrent protocol using java language and comes bundled with many invaluable features for both beginners and advanced users:
If all of these companies are coming up with these ideas and circulating "white papers" among themselves with the intent of setting industry wide pricing hos is that not a violation of antitrust laws.
But, as this IS SlashDot, and it IS easier to skim the headlines than to read the article, reactions like this should be expected.
Mea Culpa. I didn't read the article that the original poster cited but I did read the origianl post and it clearly read...
"A librarian at Brandeis University forced the FBI to obtain a warrant to seize computers used to send threats."
This would be the equivalent to me calling the police that someone has broken into my home and then my wife not letting them in without a warrant. Brandeis University was the victim of the crime that had been committed. For and employee to not then help in anyway she could in the investigation is stupid.
Had this been in any other business other than a University the woman would have been fired before they could have gotten the warrant.
Far better to have a professional doing a professional job, than have a zealot who may get erratic if he views his beliefs to be under attack. Emotion is the enemy of prescision.
But would you want someone who is not neutral but supports the other side's position?
I almost had sex with Farrah Faucett when I was 13 and she and I were in the same airport (JFK).
Almost = we were both there and I certainly thought about it.
They make a Windows-compatible (at least Vista-compatible) PC that runs their own OS. While I doubt the majority of Mac buyers will be dual-booting their machines, it is now entirely possible. THAT is a news story because no such computer has really existed before.
Does it exist now? I looked around on the Apple site and can find no claim that the computer will be dual bootable or for that matter capable of booting any version of Windows. I know that the pre-release versions of OSX for intel were able to be loaded and even dual booted on current intel machines but do we know that the Apple hardware will be able to run Windows Vista? That is without a lot of hacking that the average joe isn't capable of?
Or a better solution - how about the FCC itself fades into history?
Insightful my ass. I agree the FCC has no business TRYING to regulate the internet. BUT, while anarchy may sound like loads of fun there are some places where it just won't work. The radio spectrum is one of them. So as long as we are using it we will need the the FCC, or something very much like it, to play traffic cop.
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You see - to your average joe, an mp3 player is an ipod - they no more understand the difference between an ipod and *generic mp3player* then they do the difference between kleenex and tissues.
Then I must ask why then is Apple selling the hell out of iPods when the average joe doesn't know the difference and could easily buy a generic mp3 player at Wal-Mart?
While I agree that Joe 6-pack usually doesn't have a clue in the case of the iPod he seems to see something there he likes enough to pay extra for it.
Ultimately I believe this glorification of violence will make our world a much more brutal place to live .
The stats have been quoted throughout this thread. So repeat after me... "Violent crime is down, violent crime is down,..."
So is that what this kid's problem is? He's not playing with his parents?
No he's just your average Windows user. But is all seriousness can anybody who speaks that language tell what he is so worked up about?
The HR community is showing it as yet another work time related use of the internet. http://www.hrhero.com/audio/blog/?K793A
trading non DRM-copliant devices now equals trading firearms and drugs.
You do realize that in most of the 50 United States that the selling and trade of firearms is legal?
Washington- The DOJ today demanded that REALLYCOOLWEBAPP.COM turn over all of the files that have been created with their hugely popular suite of online office programs. The company is being forced to turn over the files so authorities can find out who wrote, "President H. Clinton is a big fat poopy head."...
www.streamwired.com (It might seem like blatant avertising but its worth sharing, im not giving refferer urls)
Don't think of it as advertising. They don't advertise except for advertisers. You can't even find out what they offer without subscribing.
...meaning I have to reach around to the back of my PC, unplug my 4.1s and plug in the headphones.
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I had the same problem after Christmas when my wife bought me a nice set of headphones mainly because she got tired of BF2 pumping out of my Klipssch 2.1 speakers. This bothered me greatly until I was standing in line at Rat Shack a in mid January and the person in front of me was purchasing a peice of technology that when used with the volume control on the speakers allowed both to be attached at one time. http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?produ
... the company sets not only the year but the date hour minute and second that they are going to do something that they don't know can be done.
COUNTDOWN TO LIFT: April 12, 2018 12 years, 58 days, 6 hours, 25 minutes, 49 seconds
You complain that the writer for Wired (along with the editor and fact checker who looked over this) should have caught something like this. I, for one, am comfortable with giving them the benefit of the doubt. I mean, they aren't opthamologists or anything.
It's the lead of the story. They are a major magazine. They should have fact checkers especially when phrases like "super vision" are used and the person using it is a guy that is trying to sell something that will give it to you. What floors me is how Blum, who is an opthamologist, couldn't explain it.
Worst.Opthamologist.Ever.
I couldn't agree more. It kinda puts a intellectual taint on the whole thing.
From what the eye doctor said, this wasn't uncommon or super by any means.
Exactly, Wired sucks as a news organization.
There was a time when Wired was a OK place to get tech news. That time is ended.
To quote the first graph of the TFA. "... About twice a year, he would encounter a patient whose eyesight was better than 20/20. Such cases of super vision were a phenomenon that Blum and the science of opthalmology couldn't explain."
We all know that 20/20 means the test subject can see at 20 ft what a person of normal vision can see at 20 feet. We also know there are a lot of people who can't see as well as a person with normal vision. Is it so much of a strech of the imagination that there will be some people who do see better than normal to call it super vision?
As long as the Software is not using the trade mark BitTorrent within its name, it should not be affected. And many have names distinct names ... (like Azureus)
I don't think using it in the name of the product has a thing to do with it. The first paragraph of the description of your link reads...Azureus implements the BitTorrent protocol using java language and comes bundled with many invaluable features for both beginners and advanced users:
If all of these companies are coming up with these ideas and circulating "white papers" among themselves with the intent of setting industry wide pricing hos is that not a violation of antitrust laws.
But, as this IS SlashDot, and it IS easier to skim the headlines than to read the article, reactions like this should be expected.
Mea Culpa. I didn't read the article that the original poster cited but I did read the origianl post and it clearly read... "A librarian at Brandeis University forced the FBI to obtain a warrant to seize computers used to send threats."
This would be the equivalent to me calling the police that someone has broken into my home and then my wife not letting them in without a warrant. Brandeis University was the victim of the crime that had been committed. For and employee to not then help in anyway she could in the investigation is stupid. Had this been in any other business other than a University the woman would have been fired before they could have gotten the warrant.
Far better to have a professional doing a professional job, than have a zealot who may get erratic if he views his beliefs to be under attack. Emotion is the enemy of prescision.
But would you want someone who is not neutral but supports the other side's position?
Let's keep in mind that these guys are in Russia. US consumer protection laws really don't apply.
I almost had sex with Farrah Faucett when I was 13 and she and I were in the same airport (JFK). Almost = we were both there and I certainly thought about it.
They make a Windows-compatible (at least Vista-compatible) PC that runs their own OS. While I doubt the majority of Mac buyers will be dual-booting their machines, it is now entirely possible. THAT is a news story because no such computer has really existed before.
Does it exist now? I looked around on the Apple site and can find no claim that the computer will be dual bootable or for that matter capable of booting any version of Windows. I know that the pre-release versions of OSX for intel were able to be loaded and even dual booted on current intel machines but do we know that the Apple hardware will be able to run Windows Vista? That is without a lot of hacking that the average joe isn't capable of?
There is nothing to see here. It's an I-Pod in a box. All of us that have an I-Pod have seen it before. It is how it came from the store.
or does the player in the picture look remarkably big/clunky?
My God you're right. Why would they make it so damn big?
Both homophones...
Not that there is anything wrong with that.
Or a better solution - how about the FCC itself fades into history?
Insightful my ass. I agree the FCC has no business TRYING to regulate the internet. BUT, while anarchy may sound like loads of fun there are some places where it just won't work. The radio spectrum is one of them. So as long as we are using it we will need the the FCC, or something very much like it, to play traffic cop.
They only got $38 mil total for the Serenity movie, about $ 3/4 mil short of the public production costs.
Which they will more than make up for when it goes to DVD. So don't feel to sorry for them.