This would be an excellent market strategy if you made little profit in the first place. However, for an already successful company like google, this would only cut into their revenue. I see this only as a desperate attempt by yahoo to save their market share.
Heh, it starts to matter when thousands (if not millions) of dollars are involved. They guy made money, and if he lied doing, does it matter? What if you bought it? Boohoo, you were duped. The publisher made a big buck off of it too. Boo hoo, you were duped.
With this much money involved, there will be something done. Some lawyers eyes grew big the instant they heard this news. Count on it, money runs the world. Perhaps fact-checking will stop becoming too costly...
There's virtually an infinite amount of time left in the universe (regardless of what theory you follow, this stuff will be here forever). I think that in that time, something will happen. Close your mind like that, and it pretty much becomes impossible. Think about it, before they were invented, things like human flight, space flight, electric lightbulbs, and a score of other devices had lots of sceptics. Quantum mechanics had a lot of sceptics (Einstein included). Perhaps we're going about it wrong, and in the future, we might find a better way. There too many different things that haven't been tried yet. Don't speak to soon.
Over 100%? If Microsoft has somehow managed to have it's software generate over 100% of its profit, it deserves it! It's finally pioneering into new territory! Huzzah! It has done what no other company has done before!
Ok, ok, let me get this straight: The server is the computer, and the server is the razor blade that is on the razor, which is the software. So, the computer, which is the server, which is the razor blade, runs the software, which is the razor. I'm confused. Either Sun is trying to shave using the handle as the blade and the blade as a handle, or I missed something...
Wouldn't it be nice if phones were so cheap that after a year or two of use you wouldn't mind tossing and picking up a new one for a few dollars?
Kind of like watches and solar calculators are nowadays. Wasn't it only a few decades ago that those things were pretty pricy? I won't know: that's before my time.
People buy a PC, it comes with Windows. They don't associate paying $ with the OS
Well, free-ness is a big factor for people. People's eyes grow big when they compare Photoshop ($600+) to Gimp or Final Cut ($1200+) to Cinerella or Alias (where's that infinity sign?) to Blender. Sure, sometimes they're not as powerful, but the average user frankly won't stumble upon that problem until later, when they've become advanced enough that they can work around it. The best example for me is 3ds max. Watching some tech demo's i became enthralled with 3d. Problem, I'm a high school student with very little income. What do i do? I think, well, i'll save up. I find blender, think "cool, i'll use this until i get 3ds max". I get sucked into the community, see the amazing work people have done and now, that money in the bank is waiting for something else.
I agree that there should be more killer apps for Linux, but remember, there are. There's the Apache server program (thats the best example), Cinerella, Rosegarden, and that's ignoring all the cross platform programs. Cross-platform programs are good in that they inform everyday users to the presence of OSS.
The RIAA won't care if someone wins a dismissal. The defendant had to pay for a lawyer and spend time fighting the case. As long as they sell the tech community on the idea that infringement will cost you something if you refuse to settle they still win, at least idealogically.
This is one reason that I'm considering persuing a career as a lawyer. I would work pro-bono for cases like this, just to make a point idealogically (and get famous??). The RIAA is screwing enough people over as it is (the artists, for one). Plus, a pro-bono case every now and then wouldn't hurt your finanances much (an average lawyer gets paid about 50 dollars to an hundred an hour, compared to the average engineers $35)
I've heard that they give defendants a list of files...but how do they know the contents of these files? If I upload something called yesterday.mp3 how do they know it isn't a recording of me singing the song?
Well, if you're doing that, you're still doing copyright infringment. You're using the lyrics and melody of "Yesterday". You'd be caught by the this material is not distributable in any form...blah blah blah clause.
yes, I know. I was actually refering to another challange (I don't remember what it's called), where independent inventors are to make a car, and drive it across the US (latitude, not longitude) They don't have any extra teams. It's usually a one man job.
It takes a lot of work to build one of these cars. Plus, using them is a lot of work. Think of it this way: you're out in blazing sunlight, no fans or ac (would be using too much extra power, which you can't afford). You start as soon as your car will start (a few minutes after the crack of dawn) and keep going until your car's battery runs down. You don't stop at a hotel because, most probably, there isn't one where you stop. These guys are really building the future. And I respect that.
On another note, does anyone know of a similar competition using hydrogen feul?
Would a small number of humans not be able to take these out from a distance using existing technology, such as an EMP or directed microwave?
I hate whenever someone mentions this. Both of these weapons (at this time) are impossible to properly implement. The concept of the EMP is popularized by movies and the like, but is not really acheivable with anything short of an enormous explosion (such as a nuclear bomb). If you set up giant electro-magnet, hooked directly up to a..let's say a fusion reactor (which has yet to be invented), then you could have a viable reusable device that could incapacitate a city. For smaller areas, you could use a device similar to an MRI, which would have an extremely small effective radius (if you can get that close, might as well use more conventional methods), plus you'd have to remember that fields aren't directional. Any devices you were using (gps, radios) would all have to be magnetically sheilded. Then, of course, you could magnetically sheild the robot.
Directed microwaves are EXTREMELY impractical. The only reason why your microwave at home can heat things up is because the wave is reflected back and forth thousands of times, increasing the amount of molecules that one wave will excite. Even then, it takes minutes to do what you want. In a combat situation, that is out of the question.
Also, what happens if someone hacks the controlling mechanism and turns them against the Koreans?
I dont think our existing technology is going to be powerful enough for something this complex.
Darth Vader:I find your lack of faith...disturbing.
What if u dig a trench all the way across the North/South Korea border? Will these become useless in an invasion?
I don't really understand what you're saying, but isn't that what the DMZ is for?
I, for one, like my pc. Network pc's have lots of problems. First off, there's performance. Bandwidth is a REAL limiting problem. Plus, LAN parties are pretty much out the window. I mean, who wants ping at a LAN party? There'll already be enough network traffic for just the game, and now you have to further bog down the network (I realize that if companies developed games to be specifically played on network computers, this problem would be eliminated, except that they won't, because, as of right now, the market for that audience is too small. Most home users don't have a network computer.) Next, there's security issues. With a pc, you turn off your computer, and your files aren't going anywhere (unless someone has physical access to the box). Network pc? Unless you have no connection to the internet, given enough time, any security will crack. (this should be solved through regular updates, but if you're not the admin, what are YOU going to do about it?)
Web applications- I'm not sure to what extent this term means, but I'm assuming that if he mentions eBay, Yahoo, Google, and Amazon, he means access to email, news, and shopping. Email is useful, and so is news and shopping...in America. I'm getting this feeling that his genius plan of bringing these services to Sub-Saharan Africa isn't going to work. Promoting of oss is great and all, but he's forgotten one teensy-weensy problem. These programs run on pc's.
Being able to go up and talk to the pilots as a kid? and they gave you those little wings.
I think I have a few of those still lying around. I remember when they used to be made out of metal, not the cheap plastic ones. I think you can still get the wings, but not personally from the pilot.
How long until someone hacks these devices and starts sending false alarms? Terrorists wouldn't have to actually hijack planes anymore! Just stuff the devices in someone's baggage with a timer on them. They're non-explosive, so they wouldn't be sniffed out, and I'm sure they could disguise them. All you need is a power source and the transmitter. Think of how easy it would be to freeze airlines. I hope they really make an effort to make sure that these things are secure.
I just wanted to point out that the idea is not all to shabby, if not it's suggested implementation. Having a peice of common software that designers and developers (who are separate) can use could reasonably cut some time during the entire process of making some sort of application. I'm not very familiar with the interaction that goes on between devs and designers, but being able to refer to common aspects of a program could help (I don't see how it'd hurt).
I not saying we should deliver trucks of money to Redmond for this, but the idea isn't awful (perhaps an OSS version?)
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This would be an excellent market strategy if you made little profit in the first place. However, for an already successful company like google, this would only cut into their revenue. I see this only as a desperate attempt by yahoo to save their market share.
Heh, it starts to matter when thousands (if not millions) of dollars are involved. They guy made money, and if he lied doing, does it matter? What if you bought it? Boohoo, you were duped. The publisher made a big buck off of it too. Boo hoo, you were duped. With this much money involved, there will be something done. Some lawyers eyes grew big the instant they heard this news. Count on it, money runs the world. Perhaps fact-checking will stop becoming too costly...
Damn, now I feel stupid. lol.
There's virtually an infinite amount of time left in the universe (regardless of what theory you follow, this stuff will be here forever). I think that in that time, something will happen. Close your mind like that, and it pretty much becomes impossible. Think about it, before they were invented, things like human flight, space flight, electric lightbulbs, and a score of other devices had lots of sceptics. Quantum mechanics had a lot of sceptics (Einstein included). Perhaps we're going about it wrong, and in the future, we might find a better way. There too many different things that haven't been tried yet. Don't speak to soon.
accounting for more than 100% of MS's profits
Over 100%? If Microsoft has somehow managed to have it's software generate over 100% of its profit, it deserves it! It's finally pioneering into new territory! Huzzah! It has done what no other company has done before!
Ok, ok, let me get this straight: The server is the computer, and the server is the razor blade that is on the razor, which is the software. So, the computer, which is the server, which is the razor blade, runs the software, which is the razor. I'm confused. Either Sun is trying to shave using the handle as the blade and the blade as a handle, or I missed something...
Wouldn't it be nice if phones were so cheap that after a year or two of use you wouldn't mind tossing and picking up a new one for a few dollars?
Kind of like watches and solar calculators are nowadays. Wasn't it only a few decades ago that those things were pretty pricy? I won't know: that's before my time.
People buy a PC, it comes with Windows. They don't associate paying $ with the OS
Well, free-ness is a big factor for people. People's eyes grow big when they compare Photoshop ($600+) to Gimp or Final Cut ($1200+) to Cinerella or Alias (where's that infinity sign?) to Blender. Sure, sometimes they're not as powerful, but the average user frankly won't stumble upon that problem until later, when they've become advanced enough that they can work around it. The best example for me is 3ds max. Watching some tech demo's i became enthralled with 3d. Problem, I'm a high school student with very little income. What do i do? I think, well, i'll save up. I find blender, think "cool, i'll use this until i get 3ds max". I get sucked into the community, see the amazing work people have done and now, that money in the bank is waiting for something else.
I agree that there should be more killer apps for Linux, but remember, there are. There's the Apache server program (thats the best example), Cinerella, Rosegarden, and that's ignoring all the cross platform programs. Cross-platform programs are good in that they inform everyday users to the presence of OSS.
The RIAA won't care if someone wins a dismissal. The defendant had to pay for a lawyer and spend time fighting the case. As long as they sell the tech community on the idea that infringement will cost you something if you refuse to settle they still win, at least idealogically.
This is one reason that I'm considering persuing a career as a lawyer. I would work pro-bono for cases like this, just to make a point idealogically (and get famous??). The RIAA is screwing enough people over as it is (the artists, for one). Plus, a pro-bono case every now and then wouldn't hurt your finanances much (an average lawyer gets paid about 50 dollars to an hundred an hour, compared to the average engineers $35)
I've heard that they give defendants a list of files...but how do they know the contents of these files? If I upload something called yesterday.mp3 how do they know it isn't a recording of me singing the song?
Well, if you're doing that, you're still doing copyright infringment. You're using the lyrics and melody of "Yesterday". You'd be caught by the this material is not distributable in any form...blah blah blah clause.
Remember that this technology is still pretty new. It'll get better eventually (most probably in hybrid form with maybe hydrogen).
yes, I know. I was actually refering to another challange (I don't remember what it's called), where independent inventors are to make a car, and drive it across the US (latitude, not longitude) They don't have any extra teams. It's usually a one man job.
It takes a lot of work to build one of these cars. Plus, using them is a lot of work. Think of it this way: you're out in blazing sunlight, no fans or ac (would be using too much extra power, which you can't afford). You start as soon as your car will start (a few minutes after the crack of dawn) and keep going until your car's battery runs down. You don't stop at a hotel because, most probably, there isn't one where you stop. These guys are really building the future. And I respect that.
On another note, does anyone know of a similar competition using hydrogen feul?
Would a small number of humans not be able to take these out from a distance using existing technology, such as an EMP or directed microwave?
I hate whenever someone mentions this. Both of these weapons (at this time) are impossible to properly implement. The concept of the EMP is popularized by movies and the like, but is not really acheivable with anything short of an enormous explosion (such as a nuclear bomb). If you set up giant electro-magnet, hooked directly up to a..let's say a fusion reactor (which has yet to be invented), then you could have a viable reusable device that could incapacitate a city. For smaller areas, you could use a device similar to an MRI, which would have an extremely small effective radius (if you can get that close, might as well use more conventional methods), plus you'd have to remember that fields aren't directional. Any devices you were using (gps, radios) would all have to be magnetically sheilded. Then, of course, you could magnetically sheild the robot.
Directed microwaves are EXTREMELY impractical. The only reason why your microwave at home can heat things up is because the wave is reflected back and forth thousands of times, increasing the amount of molecules that one wave will excite. Even then, it takes minutes to do what you want. In a combat situation, that is out of the question.
Also, what happens if someone hacks the controlling mechanism and turns them against the Koreans? I dont think our existing technology is going to be powerful enough for something this complex.
Darth Vader:I find your lack of faith...disturbing.
What if u dig a trench all the way across the North/South Korea border? Will these become useless in an invasion?
I don't really understand what you're saying, but isn't that what the DMZ is for?
XUL and AJAX apps over even entry-level residential broadband make you think you're almost using a local app.
:D
hmm, so does active x!
I, for one, like my pc. Network pc's have lots of problems. First off, there's performance. Bandwidth is a REAL limiting problem. Plus, LAN parties are pretty much out the window. I mean, who wants ping at a LAN party? There'll already be enough network traffic for just the game, and now you have to further bog down the network (I realize that if companies developed games to be specifically played on network computers, this problem would be eliminated, except that they won't, because, as of right now, the market for that audience is too small. Most home users don't have a network computer.) Next, there's security issues. With a pc, you turn off your computer, and your files aren't going anywhere (unless someone has physical access to the box). Network pc? Unless you have no connection to the internet, given enough time, any security will crack. (this should be solved through regular updates, but if you're not the admin, what are YOU going to do about it?)
Web applications- I'm not sure to what extent this term means, but I'm assuming that if he mentions eBay, Yahoo, Google, and Amazon, he means access to email, news, and shopping. Email is useful, and so is news and shopping...in America. I'm getting this feeling that his genius plan of bringing these services to Sub-Saharan Africa isn't going to work. Promoting of oss is great and all, but he's forgotten one teensy-weensy problem. These programs run on pc's.
Software tracked, mechanically aimed! Hax0r!!!!
All you'd need is the characteristic beeping. Now, instead of Counter-Strike scenarios for airsoft games, will we be seeing TFC scenarios too?
I wonder if the gun they used is rapid firing (refrains from downloading movie in order to save them some bandwidth).
hmm, I must be confused. Well, i guess it's an open beta now, because anyone can sign up (with their cellphone)
Being able to go up and talk to the pilots as a kid? and they gave you those little wings.
I think I have a few of those still lying around. I remember when they used to be made out of metal, not the cheap plastic ones. I think you can still get the wings, but not personally from the pilot.
How long until someone hacks these devices and starts sending false alarms? Terrorists wouldn't have to actually hijack planes anymore! Just stuff the devices in someone's baggage with a timer on them. They're non-explosive, so they wouldn't be sniffed out, and I'm sure they could disguise them. All you need is a power source and the transmitter. Think of how easy it would be to freeze airlines. I hope they really make an effort to make sure that these things are secure.
Well actually, Gmail's not in beta anymore. Just FYI
I just wanted to point out that the idea is not all to shabby, if not it's suggested implementation. Having a peice of common software that designers and developers (who are separate) can use could reasonably cut some time during the entire process of making some sort of application. I'm not very familiar with the interaction that goes on between devs and designers, but being able to refer to common aspects of a program could help (I don't see how it'd hurt).
I not saying we should deliver trucks of money to Redmond for this, but the idea isn't awful (perhaps an OSS version?)
And yet you found the need to bold AND italicize the first word of your comment :P
If you want a mp3 player that supports OGG you should check out the iAUDIO M3 and X5. They support FLAC too!
They also have a quite a few flash players that support OGG.