Opera is the best browser out there and has been for years, but no one was buying it so they first gave free coupons away for it here on Slashdot a couple months back. Then they enjoyed the press so figured let's just give it away for free with no ads.
Granted, Firefox is excellent but Opera has been amazing for at least half a decade and is useable on everything from PCs to cell telephones.
I've used Rational(tm) before and thought it was great at what it claimed to do. Much like UNIX(tm) and GNU/Linux(tm) applications, it did one thing and it did it well.
Now, combining Rational with Eclipse(tm) should make the latter even better!
The algorithms involved are surely interesting, yet must also be incredibly difficult to implement.
I know they typically search for skin tones and then the outline of a body and compare the percentage of skin to the surface area of the entire body to determine if the individual is clothed.
"Because continuing InnoDB development is critical to upcoming versions of MySQL, and development of a database engine requires more than simply GPL'd code. In the past, Heikki Tuuri's company Innobase has been eager to develop InnoDB specifically for MySQL's needs, because MySQL was in a sense the only "platform" it ran on. But that's not likely to be true in the near future, or at the very least, not necessarily true.
I do know there are at least several developers at MySQL AB who are intimately familiar with the InnoDB code, but I don't know if there are enough to fork the code and continue its development in the same vein as before. Frankly I will be surprised if this doesn't slow down 5.x development at least a little, while MySQL AB shuffles people around to get them up to speed." -- Jamie
I'm reminded of the Barenaked Ladies song "It's All Been Done" (or something like that).
It really has though. We've had "complex" music with chordal progressions for 500+ years now and there's only so many way to play a G major then a D major then a C major chord. There's probably 1,000,000+ ASCAP songs with just those 3 chords and perhaps an E minor thrown in for good measure.
That's fine though. I'm a musician and I love music first and foremost because it's fun and aurally stimulating. Way behind in 2nd is the science behind it, but even that is interesting because there's so much good juicy physics (yeah I'm a geek!).
I'm a professional software guy and I bet you are too.
Slashdot itself has a groupthink just like any other community. Amish folk dislike electricity. Daily Kos dislikes Republicans. And we the Slashdotters generally dislike Microsoft and the RIAA.
So yeah, you're right to an extent, but Patrick Ross has the right to give his RIAA-biased opinions just as much as you have the right to give your software/Linux/techie-biased opinion.
They are getting MUCH more restrictive with how and what you can record.
Also, considering that there's free and open source software out there (http://www.mythtv.org/) that turns any PC into a PVR, TiVo's backs are against the wall and recently they have been breaking things and limited what you can do with the shows you record.
They also recently added more commercials/advertisements that show up when you FF/RW.
Just a heads up. I know my one friend is wary he paid so much for a lifetime subscription, and other friends are sick of paying $13+ a month for a crippled PVR.
Rob simply took out the link to your personal site instead of Slashdotting it into obliteration which probably would give you an extra $50 or $100 to pay your webhost this month assuming you don't have unlimited bandwidth.
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Opera is the best browser out there and has been for years, but no one was buying it so they first gave free coupons away for it here on Slashdot a couple months back. Then they enjoyed the press so figured let's just give it away for free with no ads.
Granted, Firefox is excellent but Opera has been amazing for at least half a decade and is useable on everything from PCs to cell telephones.
I've used Rational(tm) before and thought it was great at what it claimed to do. Much like UNIX(tm) and GNU/Linux(tm) applications, it did one thing and it did it well.
Now, combining Rational with Eclipse(tm) should make the latter even better!
The algorithms involved are surely interesting, yet must also be incredibly difficult to implement.
I know they typically search for skin tones and then the outline of a body and compare the percentage of skin to the surface area of the entire body to determine if the individual is clothed.
People like us who are asked to make games typically strive for an experience that's as close to reality as possible.
None of the crimes you see in violent video games don't exist, i.e. this stuff happens all the time in cities.
So these "steps" you think should be taken -- what's the purpose? Are you denying reality?
There's nothing in Grand Theft Auto that doesn't happen every day in Southern California.
If it offends you, do something about the real crimes that occur, don't take it out on videogame makers.
So stock up before they are made illegal.
Most of us are capable of hacking to some extent, whether it be via hardware add-ons or reverse engineering software.
If there are bits, 0s and 1s, if there is data, basically if it is electronic, we can hack it.
Just like with all forms of audio/music Digital Rights Management (DRM), if I can hear it etc. you can't stop me from copying it.
Sure we have region codes now with standard DVD but it's easy to find a region-free player and discs.
Also, most of us can hack, and hacking DVD BIOS/software/players is pretty straightforward.
Thanks.
I do see this as an interesting idea.
I'm sure there are bugs/flaws now, but give it some time.
I personally love innovation and research.
Just imagine if all those who poo-poo'd the idea of the Internet/World Wide Web had their way.
The more "features" something has the more ways it can malfunction.
The last thing I want to break or perform improperly is a door handle/lock.
"Because continuing InnoDB development is critical to upcoming versions of MySQL, and development of a database engine requires more than simply GPL'd code. In the past, Heikki Tuuri's company Innobase has been eager to develop InnoDB specifically for MySQL's needs, because MySQL was in a sense the only "platform" it ran on. But that's not likely to be true in the near future, or at the very least, not necessarily true.
I do know there are at least several developers at MySQL AB who are intimately familiar with the InnoDB code, but I don't know if there are enough to fork the code and continue its development in the same vein as before. Frankly I will be surprised if this doesn't slow down 5.x development at least a little, while MySQL AB shuffles people around to get them up to speed." -- Jamie
All the movies Asia steal and pirate are from America.
;)
I hope they enjoy watching kung fu flicks 24/7
I'm reminded of the Barenaked Ladies song "It's All Been Done" (or something like that).
It really has though. We've had "complex" music with chordal progressions for 500+ years now and there's only so many way to play a G major then a D major then a C major chord. There's probably 1,000,000+ ASCAP songs with just those 3 chords and perhaps an E minor thrown in for good measure.
That's fine though. I'm a musician and I love music first and foremost because it's fun and aurally stimulating. Way behind in 2nd is the science behind it, but even that is interesting because there's so much good juicy physics (yeah I'm a geek!).
I would probably enjoy a 6 month stay with an Amish community.
I bet they get the occasional request for such a thing however, and I doubt they ever say "yes".
It's too bad though. I find myself becoming more wary of technology and all these so called "advances" and going back to basics.
Within 5 years I hope to own a home on 5+ acre piece of land. Then I'll get to try to "Amish" thing myself.
We're all biased.
I'm a professional software guy and I bet you are too.
Slashdot itself has a groupthink just like any other community. Amish folk dislike electricity. Daily Kos dislikes Republicans. And we the Slashdotters generally dislike Microsoft and the RIAA.
So yeah, you're right to an extent, but Patrick Ross has the right to give his RIAA-biased opinions just as much as you have the right to give your software/Linux/techie-biased opinion.
I enjoy a good conspiracy theory as much as the next guy, but post some proof.
Otherwise, you'll be modded troll/flamebait and ignored.
I wish we could return to an era of personal responsibility.
If anyone clicks your username it goes right to your domain.
Stop complaining. You still got a free advertisement for your crappy site and will get thousands of hits.
They are getting MUCH more restrictive with how and what you can record.
Also, considering that there's free and open source software out there (http://www.mythtv.org/) that turns any PC into a PVR, TiVo's backs are against the wall and recently they have been breaking things and limited what you can do with the shows you record.
They also recently added more commercials/advertisements that show up when you FF/RW.
Just a heads up. I know my one friend is wary he paid so much for a lifetime subscription, and other friends are sick of paying $13+ a month for a crippled PVR.
There's no need for you to complain.
Rob simply took out the link to your personal site instead of Slashdotting it into obliteration which probably would give you an extra $50 or $100 to pay your webhost this month assuming you don't have unlimited bandwidth.
You can get a great digital projector, receiver, speakers, and DVD player off of eBay, all reliable Japanese products, for about $1,000.
Why enforce unreasonable requirements upon the system such as "it must be a PC."?
The comment above it (http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=164383&cid=13 725051) states the exact same thing but in better terms.
So it'll do everything but be good at nothing?
No thanks. I'll stick to the UNIX/LINUX strategy of Do One Thing. Do It Well.
Task tray icon #147!
(Not as bad as my parents who have half their screen taken up by all the spyware crap running in the Tray).