Just because a code is generated using the hardware details doesn't mean it conveys any information about that hardware. Some sort of a hash value would be more useful, as it would generate mostly-unique codes, be more compact, and not contain any personal information.
I think the implication was that he could be biased about the validity of the way things are handled. There's a difference between "Hey, the way this group does things is a great idea!" and "Hey, the way this group does things is a great idea and by the way I'm a member of the group." So what he would actually be disclaiming is the position of an unbiased observer.
Yeah, but with a large central power generation facility it's much easier to increase efficiency and clean up waste. A car's internal combustion engine will generate a LOT more pollution per unit of energy than a power plant.
Not to mention that electricity can also come from cleaner sources like hydro or nuclear or whatnot.
They just haven't found the right outlet for reflecting the glory of God.
In the middle ages, the Christians built cathedrals that are works of art and Muslims preserved and expanded mathematical knowledge.
True. In fact, few people realize that we owe a great deal of modern civilization to the knowledge the Muslims preserved. Kind of makes you wonder what's changed since then that's turned major religion into a force for violence and opposition to progress.
You know, that's a very good point. Unfortunately, most major modern religions seem more interested in destroying things than building amazing new things.:(
Having someone to sue? Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't most commercial software packages basically include in their legal terms a clause that amounts to "This software will do as it pleases, if it blows up all your computers and kills your grandmother, don't come crying to us"? Or is that only the case for home consumer products?
And by rain down, I take it you mean burn up in the atmosphere?
You'd need to drop something a bit bigger than ball bearings, and if you want to actually hit a target smaller than a town reliably, you'll need some sort of guidance system.
As it stands, NASA gets miniscule amounts of funding compared to other, substantially less useful, government programs.
Not that scrapping the whole organization and restarting might not be a good idea, but its entire budget is a drop in the bucket of the debt or even other programs' budgets.
The next thing you know, laserbeams from outer space could fry anyone anywhere. And who is gonna handle it? The most violent nation in the world.
What, now middle-eastern countries are sending attack satellites up? When did this happen? Oh, wait...
Besides, laser strikes from space are a little more impractical than you seem to think. It's a little complicated.
Besides, who appointed the USA to be the supreme ruler of space?
Space is still a frontier area, and the rule in a frontier is and always has been that it goes to the person who gets there first and can defend that claim. If you don't like it, it's right overhead. Get there yourself. "Noone else can do X because I'm not interested in it" is not an objection that'll get you very far.
Surely disabling a satellite orbiting some other nation's (high) air space could be construed as an act of war similar to say, spyplanes in a foreign country's airspace?
Probably. Of course, just because people are putting it up there doesn't mean they're going to go shooting down other satellites for fun.
If you're referring to them not making profits on the PSP, that DOES make sense--if they take a per-unit loss to sell the systems for less, they're likely to sell MORE of the system, which will encourage more purchasing and more development for the system, and thus the licensing on the games makes them even more money than if they'd been selling the hardware at a better profit.
In an industry like console games, market share = profit.
Not that this really has much to do with the article--it seems that, if anything, anything that encourages more people to buy PSPs would be beneficial.
I wouldn't spend $gigabucks building new plant if I knew the government was going to force me to hand it over to competitors either.
Well, obviously. If you were a major corporation you wouldn't spend $gigabucks on a new plant anyways. You'd go begging to the government and they'd hand out tax dollars as corporate welfare to fund the plant.
Most of the griping here seems to be about the fact that the lines themselves were largely funded by tax money and built on public land. On the other hand, at least some people are saying that the ruling only applies to certain hardware, not the lines themselves, in which case 90% of the fuss is irrelevant nonsense...
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Wouldn't that be more like being able to know where a key is or whether you've pressed it, but not both? :)
Just because a code is generated using the hardware details doesn't mean it conveys any information about that hardware. Some sort of a hash value would be more useful, as it would generate mostly-unique codes, be more compact, and not contain any personal information.
...how many of those downloads are unique users, vs. prior users downloading a new version?
I think the implication was that he could be biased about the validity of the way things are handled. There's a difference between "Hey, the way this group does things is a great idea!" and "Hey, the way this group does things is a great idea and by the way I'm a member of the group." So what he would actually be disclaiming is the position of an unbiased observer.
Yeah, but with a large central power generation facility it's much easier to increase efficiency and clean up waste. A car's internal combustion engine will generate a LOT more pollution per unit of energy than a power plant.
Not to mention that electricity can also come from cleaner sources like hydro or nuclear or whatnot.
I think that's in reference to Microsoft execs venting their frustrations by attacking iPods with hammers.
Apparently the little things are surprisingly durable. Or maybe MS uses crappy hammers.
"took the initiative in doing X" = congresscritter speak for "I threw lots of money at X"
:(
It's not a matter of dishonesty so much as politicians not speaking the same language as us commoners
Not fiddling is the key to good availability, and IT folk are nothing if not keen fiddlers. I fiddled today and broke stuff, and I know better.
:D
Hey, if it ain't broke, you haven't fixed it hard enough, eh?
Isn't the girlfriend's computer what Macs were created for? ;)
Oh, the idea WORKS. It's just a bit more complicated than he made it sound. :)
They just haven't found the right outlet for reflecting the glory of God.
In the middle ages, the Christians built cathedrals that are works of art and Muslims preserved and expanded mathematical knowledge.
True. In fact, few people realize that we owe a great deal of modern civilization to the knowledge the Muslims preserved. Kind of makes you wonder what's changed since then that's turned major religion into a force for violence and opposition to progress.
You know, that's a very good point. Unfortunately, most major modern religions seem more interested in destroying things than building amazing new things. :(
Having someone to sue? Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't most commercial software packages basically include in their legal terms a clause that amounts to "This software will do as it pleases, if it blows up all your computers and kills your grandmother, don't come crying to us"? Or is that only the case for home consumer products?
Shouldn't high-demand, nitty-gritty backend server stuff be where linux shines the MOST? Am I missing something here?
Since god knows linux certainly hasn't caught up with even Microsoft's subpar efforts in desktop end-user experience...
I would, except I can't figure out why anyone would NEED convincing. ;(
And by rain down, I take it you mean burn up in the atmosphere?
You'd need to drop something a bit bigger than ball bearings, and if you want to actually hit a target smaller than a town reliably, you'll need some sort of guidance system.
As it stands, NASA gets miniscule amounts of funding compared to other, substantially less useful, government programs.
Not that scrapping the whole organization and restarting might not be a good idea, but its entire budget is a drop in the bucket of the debt or even other programs' budgets.
The next thing you know, laserbeams from outer space could fry anyone anywhere. And who is gonna handle it? The most violent nation in the world.
What, now middle-eastern countries are sending attack satellites up? When did this happen? Oh, wait...
Besides, laser strikes from space are a little more impractical than you seem to think. It's a little complicated.
Besides, who appointed the USA to be the supreme ruler of space?
Space is still a frontier area, and the rule in a frontier is and always has been that it goes to the person who gets there first and can defend that claim. If you don't like it, it's right overhead. Get there yourself. "Noone else can do X because I'm not interested in it" is not an objection that'll get you very far.
Surely disabling a satellite orbiting some other nation's (high) air space could be construed as an act of war similar to say, spyplanes in a foreign country's airspace?
Probably. Of course, just because people are putting it up there doesn't mean they're going to go shooting down other satellites for fun.
Two of the biggest drives behind innovation are:
1) The military
2) Sex
The sooner we get both of those going into space, the sooner we'll get some decent progress in spaceflight technology.
If you're referring to them not making profits on the PSP, that DOES make sense--if they take a per-unit loss to sell the systems for less, they're likely to sell MORE of the system, which will encourage more purchasing and more development for the system, and thus the licensing on the games makes them even more money than if they'd been selling the hardware at a better profit.
In an industry like console games, market share = profit.
Not that this really has much to do with the article--it seems that, if anything, anything that encourages more people to buy PSPs would be beneficial.
The grammar of unexpected tells a tale to reader of mystery !
Indeed. I can't stand it when people say something "weighs" some amount of kilograms. Mass is not weight.
I wouldn't spend $gigabucks building new plant if I knew the government was going to force me to hand it over to competitors either.
Well, obviously. If you were a major corporation you wouldn't spend $gigabucks on a new plant anyways. You'd go begging to the government and they'd hand out tax dollars as corporate welfare to fund the plant.
Most of the griping here seems to be about the fact that the lines themselves were largely funded by tax money and built on public land. On the other hand, at least some people are saying that the ruling only applies to certain hardware, not the lines themselves, in which case 90% of the fuss is irrelevant nonsense...
Something like that. Also, our sun is far too puny to turn into a black hole itself.
Ha ha ha, that's pretty funny. It looks like you're trying to write science fiction--you probably don't want to quit your day job, though. ;)