Not true at all and the nation's founders knew it. Liberty is meant to inhibit the government's ability to outright restrict freedom, but it is inevitable that governments progressively chip away at citizen's rights over time. One of the founders (I forget which one off hand, I think Benjamin Franklin) was asked -- and I'm paraphrasing -- "Do we have freedom now?" and replied "Yes, for as long as we can keep it."
The masses almost always value security over freedom until they have so little of either a revolution is born.
In order to make access free to people in San Francisco, Google will use revenue generated from local advertisements to pay for access to the EarthLink network.
Hopefully Google does this much better than previous attempts at ad-driven internet acess.
And on a related note, is anyone else getting pissed off at the slashdot flash ads that are writing themselves over the page? I can adblock them, but seriously, do the admins think these ads are a good idea on a site that routinely rips on them? Someone's been drinking the crazy juice.
Isn't that effectively what they are doing? If they didn't put their own search engine in as default, they could be collecting cash from others.
Exactly. The economic term for this is an 'opportunity cost.' I'm sure Google would pay a ton of money to be listed as the default search engine on IE, but Microsoft decided that it's worth more to them to set their own search engine as the default, thus forgoing cash profit.
As long as you have the option to override the default search engine, I don't see what the problem is.
That sort of test is illegal in America. They can't ask the 'if you were a vegetable, what vegetable would you be' sort of questions. The fact that it's not legal doesn't mean it doesn't happen though.
This is not about IE bing a POS, this is about changing the way all plugins and non-javascript interactive content and plugins work. It's just that Microsoft is the only one to have been sued so far. You can bet that all other browser manufacturers that support any plugins will also be sued if the verdict is not overturned.
This is a patent that was filed in 1994, and granted in 1998. Since the Netscape browser has only been around since '94 and I'm not sure if plug-ins existed before that, this could get very ugly for all browser creators. Of course, there's no guarantee that the original patent filing contained anything about plug-ins (although I don't see that it's been amended since the original filing).
The XML is received from the server with an XMLHttpRequest. Granted, the server has to be feeding properly typed XML (header should specify xml explicitly). You get raw text back as well just in case the headers weren't specified properly so you can handls that situation, rather than be left with nothing.
Besides, AJAX is a methodology for creating dynamic content. You're free to come up with your own methodology that doesn't use XML to transmit/receive data and call it AJA, and people who are not using XML for some part of the process aren't actually implementing AJAX in the first place.
The reason it feels awkward creating an AJAX solution has to do with the status of Javascript as a programming language. Sure there's a core structure to it that all browsers implement consistently, but lots of things, including XMLHttpRequest and xml processing, are done differently by every browser, requiring all sorts of custom checks. You can deal with this by creating your own object which encapsulates the behaviors you need (javascript is actually really good at this), but it's lutzy and time consuming until you create a library of objects that you're used to.
Javascript's inability to play well across different browsers isn't any different than C or C++. You can't compile a C program for a Windows box and then run it on a Mac. You have to compile it differently for each architecture. The difference here is that, in theory, javascript is supposed to run on everything in the same way. Until that happens (really until 5-10 years after that happens so the number of incompatible browsers becomes a tiny fraction of the market), AJAX will feel clutzy to develop in without first creating (or obtaining) some non-standard framework to hide the handling of the inconsistancies.
That's why they pay Web Developers the big money....oh wait. D'oh!
You always age at the same rate since age is a measure of the time passed (for you) with respect to the date of your birth. Relativity does not make you age slower, it just makes it appear so to people who did were not experiencing the same flow of time as you.
As for this story, it's moronic. It's like saying 'If you sit in a microwave for 3 days, that negates the effect of the thimbleful of SPF 1 suntan lotion you put on.' Duh. Show me someone who experienced a perceived loss of 7 years time to people on earth due to relativity (preferably travelling somewhere far away from a massive source of radiation such as THE SUN) and tell me what happens then. The whole premise of the claim made here is just stupid.
Games will never make it to this level for quite a few reasons.
Nobody cares - Basically, people only care about a small subsection of games that they play and can understand. If someone never played a game, or hasn't at least watched some one play it a lot, any feats that a super-awesome player manages to accomplish are meaningless to the watcher. You have to understand something to appreciate it...it's the same with real world sports as well. People who don't play or watch golf regularly don't appreciate an amazing come-back shot from a bunker that lands 2 inches from the cup. It will be the same with games
Games last 4-6 years at best - Since new generations of games come out so fast, they don't have time to build up the massive fan base of real world sports that have been played for 100+ years for the most popular ones. Without the time to build a fan base, your left with reason #1
It doesn't pay to make 'super-pro' games - The market for a game that would show a significant visible difference between the abilities of pro gamers and casual gamers is pretty small. Few people want to play a game that takes the effort reqired to achieve pro gamer status, and if the difference is hugely significant, they will get tired of being slaughtered by the pro gamers. Notice how I said visible difference...while almost all games have significant differences in the skill levels of pro vs casual gamers, it's not very obvious to the un-trained eye. Back to #1
That said, the most likely chance for something like this to grow is as a side-feature to MMORPGs. They have a large enough base, and enough people who are willing to sink an inhuman amount of hours raising their 'kick' skill by 1 point. Make it extremely hard and time-consuming to raise levels (to a pro-level), and you have just emulated real-world athletic training. Make there be some intrinsic talent required (good hand/eye co-ordination) and you get a little closer. Now make a game that the lay-person can watch on a tv and be interested in and you have a chance, but with current gaming mechanics, I don't see this breaking through to the mainstream any time soon.
To strive against another or others to attain a goal, such as an advantage or a victory, usually with the help of other large companies who can force laws through Congress in order to protect corporate interests
use: That telecom company competed it's customers to death
with a sledgehammer
Not quite. More like an industry that wants to avoid being crippled by government regulation. Don't think that this group will be anything other than a mouthpiece for a few large game companies. Sometimes that will mesh with what gamers want, sometimes it wont.
I used to be a big fan of Sony products...back when they made stuff that lasted. I have a 12 year old Sony 5 disk CD changer that still works perfectly, even though I've moved almost 8-10 times with it. On the other hand, I have a Sony TV that is barely 3 years old and starting to flake out. I've also had to replace my PS2 because it was getting so that it couldn't read a disk to save its life, and within 18 months of original purchase. Granted, this seems to be a trend among most electronics manufacturers (selling disposable products at non-disposable prices), so I'm left wondering where to go for respectable quality electronics. (I say respectable quality meaning stuff that's plenty good for the average guy...not audio/videophile equipment)
It can also be mispronounced as 'blurry' since the e has been dropped. Doesn't that remind anyone else of GM selling the Chevy Nova in Mexico? ('No va' in Spanish translates to 'no go' or 'won't go')
I tried checking out the comet, but the server seems to have crashed. There's a big 'bandwidth exceeded for this month' message in the sky. Way to go/., you've ruined nature.
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I would hope they existed in at least 4+ (time, etc.). Otherwise you must be the fastest mouser in the world...too much pr0n for you.
The masses almost always value security over freedom until they have so little of either a revolution is born.
And on a related note, is anyone else getting pissed off at the slashdot flash ads that are writing themselves over the page? I can adblock them, but seriously, do the admins think these ads are a good idea on a site that routinely rips on them? Someone's been drinking the crazy juice.
Exactly. The economic term for this is an 'opportunity cost.' I'm sure Google would pay a ton of money to be listed as the default search engine on IE, but Microsoft decided that it's worth more to them to set their own search engine as the default, thus forgoing cash profit.
As long as you have the option to override the default search engine, I don't see what the problem is.
My mistake. I thought I remembered being told this during some 'job search' stuff I had back in college. Apparently I was wrong.
That sort of test is illegal in America. They can't ask the 'if you were a vegetable, what vegetable would you be' sort of questions. The fact that it's not legal doesn't mean it doesn't happen though.
Nah, the function names give it away. You should call them something like OmgPonies() and LOL()*.
* Of course, that's assuming 12 year old girls will be judging the competition. Function names like that raise huge flags with normal people
Mod parent up.
This is not about IE bing a POS, this is about changing the way all plugins and non-javascript interactive content and plugins work. It's just that Microsoft is the only one to have been sued so far. You can bet that all other browser manufacturers that support any plugins will also be sued if the verdict is not overturned.
This is a patent that was filed in 1994, and granted in 1998. Since the Netscape browser has only been around since '94 and I'm not sure if plug-ins existed before that, this could get very ugly for all browser creators. Of course, there's no guarantee that the original patent filing contained anything about plug-ins (although I don't see that it's been amended since the original filing).
The XML is received from the server with an XMLHttpRequest. Granted, the server has to be feeding properly typed XML (header should specify xml explicitly). You get raw text back as well just in case the headers weren't specified properly so you can handls that situation, rather than be left with nothing.
Besides, AJAX is a methodology for creating dynamic content. You're free to come up with your own methodology that doesn't use XML to transmit/receive data and call it AJA, and people who are not using XML for some part of the process aren't actually implementing AJAX in the first place.
The reason it feels awkward creating an AJAX solution has to do with the status of Javascript as a programming language. Sure there's a core structure to it that all browsers implement consistently, but lots of things, including XMLHttpRequest and xml processing, are done differently by every browser, requiring all sorts of custom checks. You can deal with this by creating your own object which encapsulates the behaviors you need (javascript is actually really good at this), but it's lutzy and time consuming until you create a library of objects that you're used to.
Javascript's inability to play well across different browsers isn't any different than C or C++. You can't compile a C program for a Windows box and then run it on a Mac. You have to compile it differently for each architecture. The difference here is that, in theory, javascript is supposed to run on everything in the same way. Until that happens (really until 5-10 years after that happens so the number of incompatible browsers becomes a tiny fraction of the market), AJAX will feel clutzy to develop in without first creating (or obtaining) some non-standard framework to hide the handling of the inconsistancies.
That's why they pay Web Developers the big money....oh wait. D'oh!
You always age at the same rate since age is a measure of the time passed (for you) with respect to the date of your birth. Relativity does not make you age slower, it just makes it appear so to people who did were not experiencing the same flow of time as you.
As for this story, it's moronic. It's like saying 'If you sit in a microwave for 3 days, that negates the effect of the thimbleful of SPF 1 suntan lotion you put on.' Duh. Show me someone who experienced a perceived loss of 7 years time to people on earth due to relativity (preferably travelling somewhere far away from a massive source of radiation such as THE SUN) and tell me what happens then. The whole premise of the claim made here is just stupid.
I wonder if I can play games on Sun's system. Perhaps a nice game of chess? Or maybe Global Thermonuclear War?
Games will never make it to this level for quite a few reasons.
That said, the most likely chance for something like this to grow is as a side-feature to MMORPGs. They have a large enough base, and enough people who are willing to sink an inhuman amount of hours raising their 'kick' skill by 1 point. Make it extremely hard and time-consuming to raise levels (to a pro-level), and you have just emulated real-world athletic training. Make there be some intrinsic talent required (good hand/eye co-ordination) and you get a little closer. Now make a game that the lay-person can watch on a tv and be interested in and you have a chance, but with current gaming mechanics, I don't see this breaking through to the mainstream any time soon.
Taken from the Telecom dictionary:
compete
intr. v. competed, competing, competes
To strive against another or others to attain a goal, such as an advantage or a victory, usually with the help of other large companies who can force laws through Congress in order to protect corporate interests
use: That telecom company competed it's customers to death with a sledgehammer
Not quite. More like an industry that wants to avoid being crippled by government regulation. Don't think that this group will be anything other than a mouthpiece for a few large game companies. Sometimes that will mesh with what gamers want, sometimes it wont.
Some people take up to 5 moments to replace...because they have to train their Indian replacements.
Arrrr
Or maybe identity infringement.
Hey! Quit stealing my identity.
- Hugh
I used to be a big fan of Sony products...back when they made stuff that lasted. I have a 12 year old Sony 5 disk CD changer that still works perfectly, even though I've moved almost 8-10 times with it. On the other hand, I have a Sony TV that is barely 3 years old and starting to flake out. I've also had to replace my PS2 because it was getting so that it couldn't read a disk to save its life, and within 18 months of original purchase. Granted, this seems to be a trend among most electronics manufacturers (selling disposable products at non-disposable prices), so I'm left wondering where to go for respectable quality electronics. (I say respectable quality meaning stuff that's plenty good for the average guy...not audio/videophile equipment)
How else can you explain the massive success of the current crop of big-studio MMORPGs.
As long as a crash doesn't result in EA buying out every other developer in the world. (Or even half of them)
It can also be mispronounced as 'blurry' since the e has been dropped. Doesn't that remind anyone else of GM selling the Chevy Nova in Mexico? ('No va' in Spanish translates to 'no go' or 'won't go')
I tried checking out the comet, but the server seems to have crashed. There's a big 'bandwidth exceeded for this month' message in the sky. Way to go /., you've ruined nature.
Yeah, that means the UK averages ~ 93 million * 365 days = 33.945 BILLION text messages per year, which is almost 50 times the estimate for the US.
Maybe they already have been.