Did you try Safari/Win? I just did, and in 5 secs flat I noticed the following: no resizing from all sides (although it popped up taller than the screen height), no Alt-D to get to the address bar, no Ctrl-Enter to fill-in www.*.com. Maybe Alt-D is not the end of the world, but no edge-resizing? is there a WinXP port of KHTML/WebKit written by actual windows devs?
That's how Macs behave; only the lower-right corner of a window can be used for re-sizing. It's one of the little mac-isms that some people aren't too crazy about.
Personally, I see no need to reproduce such behavior on Windows. After all, when in Rome...
Something to consider about opening your source up...
Some open-source developers make money by working on their open source code. They contract for companies that use their code, developing features for hire. (I think this is how some Apache developers make their living, but I'm not sure.)
If your "box" is commodity hardware and your software is easily reproducable, you might find that an open approach to your proprietary software is worth considering.
Get real! This is life. The benefits of open WiFi far outweigh the risks. Hell, I've used lots of anonymous connections in a pinch (most recently to look up the default IP of my radio, to configure it).
Here are my reasons:
I have information on my network that I'd like to keep private.
I don't trust Windows on any kind of open network; I fear the day when some virus spreads by hopping through open access points.
I'm still not quite comfortable that my Macs are secure. (I've been using them for less then a year.)
I have five computers that are always connected to the network, plus 3 VMs that are always connected to the network, plus another VM that is occasionally connected to the network, plus another 2 computers that are occasionally connected to the network. My router isn't smart enough to know which are mine and which get low priority.
Finally, and this is the kicker: I buy my bandwidth for ME, my roommate, and my guests. I don't want our Skype calls interrupted by three cheapos living in my apartment building who are about to pull 1-gig downloads.
No, you are really wrong.
The point behind guaranteed delivery is that the ISP will not blacklist your domain/ip address regardless of how many spam reports they receive. This is the whole point behind goodmail.
I just spend hours in a meeting discussing this very topic. Our company was blacklisted by AOL because too many people reported our email as spam (it's all mail that they opted in for -- default is out). The result was all of AOL delivery was blacklisted. Eventually we got it fixed, but the next tier to the solution is to pay GoodMail $$ to effectively certify our domains as legitimate senders and they pay AOL a portion of their proceeds to guarantee permanent whitelist status no matter what the users do.
The only criteria that AOL has leveled against us is if someone tags our email as spam, we have to remove them from the mailing list. But I don't know if this will change or not with the introduction of GoodMail into our mail delivery system.
You should remove ANYONE from your mailing list who says you're SPAM. It's important to remember that the reciever, not the sender, defines what SPAM is.
I recieve SPAM from many legitimate companies that think that I opted in to their lists. For example, Macromedia continues to SPAM my work email, even though I've clicked on their unsubscribe list. (Their emails are legitimate marketing that I don't care to read.) Honda asked for my email when I bought my car, without any indication of an "opt-in" list, and continues to SPAM me even though I've clicked on un-subscribe many times. The company that handles my student loans sends me a SPAM about once a month, even though my preferences are to not recieve marketing emails.
Thus, even though Marcromedia, Honda, and my student loan company think that they're not sending SPAM, because I've directly expressed that their marketing emails are unwanted, they are SPAMMING me.
Thus, when a customer marks you as SPAM, it means that you're sending SPAM, because in this case, the customer is always right.
I'd be amazed if any album other than classical music were made without compression
I always thought classical needed some careful compression, specifically because some instruments have peaks that are VERY high.
I would also think that something like "The Planets" would get compressed during a radio or TV broadcast. Large differences between loud and soft typically are smoothed out for the sake of people with $20 B&W Zeniths and Yugo car stereos.
The thing I never understood was that the fruit was meant to give 'knowledge of good and evil,' allowing them to choose between good and evil. Before eating the fruit, they were only capable of good, and yet were naked. After eating the fruit, they were still naked, but now they realised being naked was 'evil,' and so they must have been doing 'evil' while they were only capable of 'good.'
I've always interpreted the "Tree of Knowledge" to be symbolic of what makes us human, when compared to animals. We seek knowledge, then we enhance our lives, and then we realize that our wonderful knowledge is causing horrible harm.
For example, knowledge of physics lead to nuclear bombs. Knowledge of gunpowder lead to killing people. Knowledge of internal combusion engines lead to global warming.
This is an attempt to become John Smith's Landlord. (John Smith is one of the classic philosophers who defined capitalism.) In his book "The Wealth of Nations," he defined the landlord as a class of people who collected rent as an attempt to live without doing work. Now, Intellectual Weapons is trying to figure out a way to use the legal system so they can gain income without doing real work.
"It is the bits of these images we want to preserve, not the printed photos."
Agreed, but I have recorded CDRs that can no longer be read. Same for Iomega ZIP and JAZ disks (no drives). I have Apple DOS 5.25 floppies and 3.5 inch ProDos discs. Heck, I even have some tapes and an 8" floppy from a PDP-11. All containing "bits" that can no longer be retrieved by the average person.
Will your grandson stumble one day on a DVD-R in your attic labeled "family photos", but have no way to retrieve them?
All of my personal data, (including pictures,) is replicated among all of my computers using source code control, and I also run a nightly backup that copies everything to an external USB hard drive.
I think it's safe to say that by making a bunch of copies onto different computers and a USB hard drive, something will be readable by my grandchildren.
I personally think CAT5 will go away for home use. It's just pointless to make 30 runs of CAT5 all over a residential house for ethernet jacks that MIGHT get used in the future. I would expect a daisy-chain style network to work better in the home. Personally, I think a high-speed HomePNA network will eventually win due it its simplicity.
Anyway, if I were in your situation, I'd try to have a large closet, with good ventilation, near the center of the home. I'd also try to run a conduit near the center of the home as well. When I was in a fraternity house, we had a lot of conduits from the 1960s that we used to run networking throughout all four floors. Assuming that THE home networking standard will be something other then CAT5, by giving yourself easily-accessable conduit, you can upgrade with minimal headaches.
And you had to either pretty wealthy to use virgin tape or hope the previous recordings would be properly wiped. It's an analog medium with the main advantage that overdriving the inputs gives a nice effect ("warmth") - compared to early digital boxes who just clipped and truncated instead of dithered. Every time you have to play or record tape, it degrades a little bit; surely you know of the multitracking in Bohemian Rhapsody that went on and on until the tape was nearly transparent
A different way to say it is that many of the old analog systems have the digital equivilent of a fancy anti-aliasing filter. Today, this can be achieved with a software filter.
Or: Some music actually sounds better with a little bit of hiss, pop, and crackle.
Also, don't forget to mention that some of the primitive digital equipment in the 80s, combined with inexperienced engineers, lead to some lousy-sounding CDs when compared directly with their vinyl versions. For example, the first Green Day album sounded awful on CD, but it sounds great on vinyl. (They recently released a remastered version.)
Yes, ideally I would rip all my music to a lossless format. And ideally everything would be available on SACD at 2822 KHz rather than 44.1 KHz CDs. But that's just not practical with my 500+ album collection. It'd fill up my laptop's hard drive real quick and allow me to put only a fraction onto my iPod.
I use Windows Media Player with Windows Lossless. It automagically converts to a high-bitrate lossy WMA when I sync with my Nomad.
I bought a Wii. My only real complaint about the graphics is that it needs anti-aliasing. Granted, true HD-graphics would be nice; but anti-aliasing would make its graphics much smoother.
What the analyists don't understand is that the Wii was designed to be small and affordable, which is one of the reasons why it's so successful. Now, if Nintendo comes out with an HD-Wii for $250, I would definatly upgrade!
When he taught me physics, he used examples that included running around the auditorium, and rocket-powered VW-busses! On the first day of class, he demonstrated the value of a class cut by igniting $20 on a grill.
I actually had lunch with him in the same building that I saw Mit Romney in one of MA's Gubenatorial debates.
I have a motorolla DVR from Comcast. It does some of the stupidest things.
If you're watching a show, and it finishes recording a show on another channel, it displays a huge message on the screen that it just FINISHED recording a show. Why would I care? I only care that it started recording the show. What's more annoying is that it's hard to get rid of the message; it'll just sit there and obscure the show that I'm watching for 30 seconds!
The DVR is 2-tuner. Let's say I'm watching channel 2, and it's about to record shows on channel 2 and 3. It'll change the channel that I'm watching to 3, and start recording 2 in the background.
The DVR will also lock up when it gets transmissions from the network. When it does that, it queues up button presses. It's real annoying, because it'll fast-forward through half of a show and then start to skip around.
Whenever a show ends, it puts up a dialog where the default selection is to DELETE the show. If you're navigating a menu, and the dialog shows up right before you hit a button, you can accidentally delete the show.
Linux and other Open Source software projects almost unquestionably transgress patents owned both by Microsoft and others. This is not the real issue. The real question is, are these patents defensible? Or would they fall due to "prior art" or other well known / common patent flaws? And, if Microsoft and other patent holders revealed OSS patent transgression, would there be practical work arounds? Probably many of the patents would fail if challenged.
One reason Microsoft and other patent holders might not want to reveal the specific patents is that the OSS movement will challenge them rather than licene them, while many commercial groups will be inclined to do the opposite, license them and pay the patent holders a fee.
My guess with regard to the patent issue is that this is a defensive move to create a gentleman's agreement. Specifically, I get the impression that they're only going to use their patents against people who use patents against them. Thus, if they get hit by a patent troll, they'll hit the troll with enough patents to make the troll back down.
Also, if I have it on tape, shouldn't I be able to trade it in for CD, and same with VHS and DVD? Pay a small fee for the upgraded quality of the content, but still, I own the movie, so why do I have to buy it again?
No. Usually, tape, CD, VHS, and DVD are mastered differently, and all have costs associated with mastering. Thus, you can rightfully claim that you have a right to the tape master, but not the CD master.
The best way to explain this is to understand why many albums were "digitally remastered" when released on CD back in the 90s. Vinyl (and tape) have technical limitations that must be worked around in the mastering process. CD doesn't have these problems, thus someone can make a new mix that's closer to the artist's intentions. This new mix is different then the one you have on tape, and thus when you pay again to buy the CD, you're buying something new.
The same applies to albums that are released on DVD. They often contain a 5.1 mix, which is technically challenging (and expensive) to produce. They also contain digital artwork and menus that were not present on the CD.
I'll let you in on a little secret. Everyone wants highly-skilled labor to work hard for very little money. The people who complain that there aren't enough qualified workers in field X are just trying to find people who'll work hard at low pay.
Sometimes you just have to make an example of someone, and when you do you go for the harshest penalty you can for effect. Sucks to be them, but they shouldn't have done it.
Did you read TFA? The student who was suspended DIDN'T record the video. All he did was link to it. (He's pointing and laughing.) Essentially, the judge stated that the school needs to prove that he was involved in filming the video in order to justify suspending him.
Frankly, when "you just have to make an example of someone," you need to choose the right person. Suspending a kid who's doing the 21st century equivilent of pointing and laughing just makes the administration look as foolish as Mongzilla.
Now, when the school can get around to figuring out who actually made the video, then I'll agree that a 40-day suspension is justified.
Municipal wireless, using current WiFi technologies, is a half-baked idea. Realistically, wireless access points only have a range of about 20-30 feet. It works in homes, office buildings, hotels, and areas with dense pedestrian traffic... But, for the goal of having internet connectivity anywhere, a technology like WiMax or EVDO is more appropriate, because it'll actually work.
Laws like, "you should pay money for other people's work, if that's how they want to provide it"? What's stupid about that?
If you don't like Microsoft, fine - but saying that the laws are stupid because they want to charge for their work seems a little bit silly.
The problem is that Microsoft is charging too much for their software. What TFA demonstrates is that, in India, they are charging more then the market is willing to pay.
It's important to understand software development economics. From the standpoint of Microsoft, their development costs are the same for 100, 100,000, and 100,000,000, and 10,000,000,000 users. The distribution costs are minimal, and support can be negotiated for an additional fee. Assuming that Windows costs a billion dollars to develop, they could sell one billion unsupported liscenses for $5 and still earn four billion dollars of profit! (Well, maybe three billion, assuming that they still run Windows Update...)
Thus, expecting people in India to pay more then $100 for a Windows liscense is unreasonable.
I remember interviewing with a company that had a scheme to buffer trades so that they could reduce the cost to execute the trade. They explained the whole thing to me, and at the end, I said something to like, "doesn't it just make more sense to lower the cost of the trade?" What was funnier was that, even though the company was started to persue such a scheme, they never got into it!
If I were the founder of a startup, the last thing I would do is take the money of a VC. That money is heavily tainted. Taking it would be akin to committing suicide. The only way I would take it is if it came with a contract that clearly stated that I would remain in complete control of the company as if I had not taken the funds at all. And I doubt any VC would ever sign such an agreement.
With VC money comes VC experience, provided the startup chooses wisely, the experience is more valuable then complete control.
Another trick that worked for Google is that they took money from TWO VCs. This is the exception, not the rule.
Eight year round trips to Mars are never going to work. Name me one voyage that lasted longer than even one year without having to dock in some fashion.
We will never be able to fully explore, experiment and gather resources in out solar system if trips between planets take 5+ years. We need to look into saner proplusion systems that seperate the ground to orbit engine from the interplanetary engine. Even sci-fi shows seem to have grasped that fact.
I think we can figure out how to spend 8 years in space! Remember, the sail boats that Columbus used to come to America weren't very comfortable. I'd love to know how the Polynesians managed to cross to Hawaii.
Certainly, if our ancestors were able to figure out how to cross oceans using primitive technology, we can figure out how to cross space using primitive technology.
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That's how Macs behave; only the lower-right corner of a window can be used for re-sizing. It's one of the little mac-isms that some people aren't too crazy about.
Personally, I see no need to reproduce such behavior on Windows. After all, when in Rome...
Something to consider about opening your source up...
Some open-source developers make money by working on their open source code. They contract for companies that use their code, developing features for hire. (I think this is how some Apache developers make their living, but I'm not sure.)
If your "box" is commodity hardware and your software is easily reproducable, you might find that an open approach to your proprietary software is worth considering.
Here are my reasons:
You should remove ANYONE from your mailing list who says you're SPAM. It's important to remember that the reciever, not the sender, defines what SPAM is.
I recieve SPAM from many legitimate companies that think that I opted in to their lists. For example, Macromedia continues to SPAM my work email, even though I've clicked on their unsubscribe list. (Their emails are legitimate marketing that I don't care to read.) Honda asked for my email when I bought my car, without any indication of an "opt-in" list, and continues to SPAM me even though I've clicked on un-subscribe many times. The company that handles my student loans sends me a SPAM about once a month, even though my preferences are to not recieve marketing emails.
Thus, even though Marcromedia, Honda, and my student loan company think that they're not sending SPAM, because I've directly expressed that their marketing emails are unwanted, they are SPAMMING me.
Thus, when a customer marks you as SPAM, it means that you're sending SPAM, because in this case, the customer is always right.
I always thought classical needed some careful compression, specifically because some instruments have peaks that are VERY high.
I would also think that something like "The Planets" would get compressed during a radio or TV broadcast. Large differences between loud and soft typically are smoothed out for the sake of people with $20 B&W Zeniths and Yugo car stereos.
I've always interpreted the "Tree of Knowledge" to be symbolic of what makes us human, when compared to animals. We seek knowledge, then we enhance our lives, and then we realize that our wonderful knowledge is causing horrible harm.
For example, knowledge of physics lead to nuclear bombs. Knowledge of gunpowder lead to killing people. Knowledge of internal combusion engines lead to global warming.
This is an attempt to become John Smith's Landlord. (John Smith is one of the classic philosophers who defined capitalism.) In his book "The Wealth of Nations," he defined the landlord as a class of people who collected rent as an attempt to live without doing work. Now, Intellectual Weapons is trying to figure out a way to use the legal system so they can gain income without doing real work.
The monolith is at the bottom.
All of my personal data, (including pictures,) is replicated among all of my computers using source code control, and I also run a nightly backup that copies everything to an external USB hard drive.
I think it's safe to say that by making a bunch of copies onto different computers and a USB hard drive, something will be readable by my grandchildren.
I personally think CAT5 will go away for home use. It's just pointless to make 30 runs of CAT5 all over a residential house for ethernet jacks that MIGHT get used in the future. I would expect a daisy-chain style network to work better in the home. Personally, I think a high-speed HomePNA network will eventually win due it its simplicity.
Anyway, if I were in your situation, I'd try to have a large closet, with good ventilation, near the center of the home. I'd also try to run a conduit near the center of the home as well. When I was in a fraternity house, we had a lot of conduits from the 1960s that we used to run networking throughout all four floors. Assuming that THE home networking standard will be something other then CAT5, by giving yourself easily-accessable conduit, you can upgrade with minimal headaches.
A different way to say it is that many of the old analog systems have the digital equivilent of a fancy anti-aliasing filter. Today, this can be achieved with a software filter.
Or: Some music actually sounds better with a little bit of hiss, pop, and crackle.
Also, don't forget to mention that some of the primitive digital equipment in the 80s, combined with inexperienced engineers, lead to some lousy-sounding CDs when compared directly with their vinyl versions. For example, the first Green Day album sounded awful on CD, but it sounds great on vinyl. (They recently released a remastered version.)
I use Windows Media Player with Windows Lossless. It automagically converts to a high-bitrate lossy WMA when I sync with my Nomad.
I bought a Wii. My only real complaint about the graphics is that it needs anti-aliasing. Granted, true HD-graphics would be nice; but anti-aliasing would make its graphics much smoother.
What the analyists don't understand is that the Wii was designed to be small and affordable, which is one of the reasons why it's so successful. Now, if Nintendo comes out with an HD-Wii for $250, I would definatly upgrade!
George Phillies
http://www.phillies2008.org/When he taught me physics, he used examples that included running around the auditorium, and rocket-powered VW-busses! On the first day of class, he demonstrated the value of a class cut by igniting $20 on a grill.
I actually had lunch with him in the same building that I saw Mit Romney in one of MA's Gubenatorial debates.
I have a motorolla DVR from Comcast. It does some of the stupidest things.
If you're watching a show, and it finishes recording a show on another channel, it displays a huge message on the screen that it just FINISHED recording a show. Why would I care? I only care that it started recording the show. What's more annoying is that it's hard to get rid of the message; it'll just sit there and obscure the show that I'm watching for 30 seconds!
The DVR is 2-tuner. Let's say I'm watching channel 2, and it's about to record shows on channel 2 and 3. It'll change the channel that I'm watching to 3, and start recording 2 in the background.
The DVR will also lock up when it gets transmissions from the network. When it does that, it queues up button presses. It's real annoying, because it'll fast-forward through half of a show and then start to skip around.
Whenever a show ends, it puts up a dialog where the default selection is to DELETE the show. If you're navigating a menu, and the dialog shows up right before you hit a button, you can accidentally delete the show.
My guess with regard to the patent issue is that this is a defensive move to create a gentleman's agreement. Specifically, I get the impression that they're only going to use their patents against people who use patents against them. Thus, if they get hit by a patent troll, they'll hit the troll with enough patents to make the troll back down.
Of course, I could be wrong.
No. Usually, tape, CD, VHS, and DVD are mastered differently, and all have costs associated with mastering. Thus, you can rightfully claim that you have a right to the tape master, but not the CD master.
The best way to explain this is to understand why many albums were "digitally remastered" when released on CD back in the 90s. Vinyl (and tape) have technical limitations that must be worked around in the mastering process. CD doesn't have these problems, thus someone can make a new mix that's closer to the artist's intentions. This new mix is different then the one you have on tape, and thus when you pay again to buy the CD, you're buying something new.
The same applies to albums that are released on DVD. They often contain a 5.1 mix, which is technically challenging (and expensive) to produce. They also contain digital artwork and menus that were not present on the CD.
I'll let you in on a little secret. Everyone wants highly-skilled labor to work hard for very little money. The people who complain that there aren't enough qualified workers in field X are just trying to find people who'll work hard at low pay.
Did you read TFA? The student who was suspended DIDN'T record the video. All he did was link to it. (He's pointing and laughing.) Essentially, the judge stated that the school needs to prove that he was involved in filming the video in order to justify suspending him.
Frankly, when "you just have to make an example of someone," you need to choose the right person. Suspending a kid who's doing the 21st century equivilent of pointing and laughing just makes the administration look as foolish as Mongzilla.
Now, when the school can get around to figuring out who actually made the video, then I'll agree that a 40-day suspension is justified.
Municipal wireless, using current WiFi technologies, is a half-baked idea. Realistically, wireless access points only have a range of about 20-30 feet. It works in homes, office buildings, hotels, and areas with dense pedestrian traffic... But, for the goal of having internet connectivity anywhere, a technology like WiMax or EVDO is more appropriate, because it'll actually work.
The problem is that Microsoft is charging too much for their software. What TFA demonstrates is that, in India, they are charging more then the market is willing to pay.
It's important to understand software development economics. From the standpoint of Microsoft, their development costs are the same for 100, 100,000, and 100,000,000, and 10,000,000,000 users. The distribution costs are minimal, and support can be negotiated for an additional fee. Assuming that Windows costs a billion dollars to develop, they could sell one billion unsupported liscenses for $5 and still earn four billion dollars of profit! (Well, maybe three billion, assuming that they still run Windows Update...)
Thus, expecting people in India to pay more then $100 for a Windows liscense is unreasonable.
(Of course, my numbers are open to debate.)
Quick! We need to hop onto the first spaceship that we can get our hands on! These poor aliens need to hear the good word of Jay-zusss the Chri-ist!
I remember interviewing with a company that had a scheme to buffer trades so that they could reduce the cost to execute the trade. They explained the whole thing to me, and at the end, I said something to like, "doesn't it just make more sense to lower the cost of the trade?" What was funnier was that, even though the company was started to persue such a scheme, they never got into it!
With VC money comes VC experience, provided the startup chooses wisely, the experience is more valuable then complete control.
Another trick that worked for Google is that they took money from TWO VCs. This is the exception, not the rule.
I think we can figure out how to spend 8 years in space! Remember, the sail boats that Columbus used to come to America weren't very comfortable. I'd love to know how the Polynesians managed to cross to Hawaii.
Certainly, if our ancestors were able to figure out how to cross oceans using primitive technology, we can figure out how to cross space using primitive technology.