"potential to destroy the world and our civilization"... that not sound alarmist at all?
one would presume that our civilization is contained within the world, so i'm not sure why they got their copy written by the redundancy department of redundancy.
there are several potential disasters in this equation.
coal and oil are an ongoing, worldwide disaster.
gas is nearly as scary as nuke in the public eye - fracking is not the poster child of good PR at the moment.
renewables are a good supplement, but simply cannot make up the defecit if nuke and coal/oil/gas were abandoned.
so we're either heading for disastrous increase in average temperature, with associated chaotic weather changes, or we're heading for disaster through failure to provide adequate energy to supply our population, leading to war, famine, etc.
please tell me how this can be solved optimally? should perhaps emotion be put aside for a bit while we figure out just what the hell we're going to do to get out of this corner we've all built ourselves into?
emirates = hot hostesses and the option to watch the front-mounted camera on the entertainment system. with all the chaos of landing, it's comforting to know you're not going to run into the terminal.
true enough, but have you ever been stuck in the toilet when turbulence strikes? not fun.
having to change a baby during turbulence is quite fun, but a little scary (baby was fine - i was bouncing around and the little bugger was giggling at me).
minidisc was never good. the form factor was great, but the devices were flaky and not suitable for more than casual recording.
ATRAC was a train wreck of a format, and you couldn't transfer anything in native ATRAC, so transcoding happened at every step.
the software was woeful. just woeful. i had a better time simply using the directshow filters in graphedit.
it had a lot of potential, but it was kinda ruined. by the time Hi-MD hit the shelves, it was too late and the market had moved on.
btw, i have a Hi-MD recorder. used it once seriously... i think it still works, in which case it's a good thing for Sony... but i can plug a mic into my canon 550D and get similar results plus HD video.
Bear in mind that Stringer became CEO in 2005, and from what I understand Sony's perceived decline (in Slashdotters' view) began during the 1990s, so I doubt he's solely to blame.
maybe it's like an AA thing? it's only with Stringer that they realized they'd hit bottom.
tax write-off i reckon. they're negative gearing against their entertainment division, which is guaranteed to post a "loss due to piracy" figure in their taxes that exactly balances everything so they don't pay any tax.
Old Sony are still there - they make broadcast gear, and they do it well. even a cynical cnut like me has to concede that.
HDCAM (less resolution than HDV by pure samples, less than twice the bitrate of the standard-def DigiBeta, with only 4 audio channels) was a bit of a low point though, but HDCAM-SR made up for it.
has it occurred to you that there's many scientists in this world, and most of them work on different things?
if they ALL worked on what you thought was the most worthy cause, there'd be enough redundancy to warrant a big ol rant from you about wasted tax money and why can't they all work on different things...
i'll let my wife know as it'll slightly diminish her frustration with her iPad, which will indirectly effect me in her slightly raised level of satisfaction... less work for me in bed i suppose:)
i'm pretty sure you could buy the components and pop them all together. if the end result costs more, then what are you complaining about? just means MS are subsidizing, but you can always hit it with fdisk and save yourself some cash (and essentially get a copy of windows for negative bucks, to be used for whatever you wish).
i've never seen a day when you couldn't just buy hardware and install everything yourself... oh, wait, yes i have. you couldn't buy up mac bits and assemble a mac but install DOS on it.
Microsoft is the only company I can think of that actually tried to monopolize the internet.
better think a bit harder.
every company wants the internet to themselves. Google was probably the first to really go for it, then Facebook try to make their own internet locked off from the prying eyes of search engines... who knows, maybe Pinterest and Twitter will ally and raise an army?
the problem is - internet users own the internet. it's the 20th/21st century's ultimate gift to individual freedom. of course, you can't monetize the "free" in freedom, but many will try.
as far as MS goes... you could always install whatever you liked on your machine. Apple is not following that business model. they started with iOS, and they're rapidly porting the walled garden to their desktops as well (as they become less relevant as tablets, phones, etc become the preferred browsing platforms).
let's see how far you get installing Firefox, Opera or Chrome on an iPad....and just like with nations, our freedoms are being taken away under the guise of improved security.
in design, form must follow function, not dictate it.
Microsoft certainly didn't do it as well as they could, but at least they tried. Apple didn't even try.
i'd be happy if their updates just came with a simple "classic mode", or "expert mode" switch - i know "the masses" (whatever they are) are afraid of too much choice, but any feature will likely have a use, and removing it will likely inconvenience someone. less used features can be shifted out of sight, but should not be removed unless there's a very good reason and _notice_ of it.
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"potential to destroy the world and our civilization"... that not sound alarmist at all?
one would presume that our civilization is contained within the world, so i'm not sure why they got their copy written by the redundancy department of redundancy.
goddamn, i need 42 mod points.
there are several potential disasters in this equation.
coal and oil are an ongoing, worldwide disaster.
gas is nearly as scary as nuke in the public eye - fracking is not the poster child of good PR at the moment.
renewables are a good supplement, but simply cannot make up the defecit if nuke and coal/oil/gas were abandoned.
so we're either heading for disastrous increase in average temperature, with associated chaotic weather changes, or we're heading for disaster through failure to provide adequate energy to supply our population, leading to war, famine, etc.
please tell me how this can be solved optimally? should perhaps emotion be put aside for a bit while we figure out just what the hell we're going to do to get out of this corner we've all built ourselves into?
if it weighs the same as a bird... then it's made of wood!
emirates = hot hostesses and the option to watch the front-mounted camera on the entertainment system. with all the chaos of landing, it's comforting to know you're not going to run into the terminal.
true enough, but have you ever been stuck in the toilet when turbulence strikes? not fun.
having to change a baby during turbulence is quite fun, but a little scary (baby was fine - i was bouncing around and the little bugger was giggling at me).
Happy Birthday would be copyright infringement...
that's pwnage right there, i gotta admit.
it's still around, it's grown up and called "HDCAM-SR".
clients still ask for Betacam SP tapes.
Digibeta is practically the backbone of the entire world's standard-def broadcast chain - it's incredibly successful.
Betamax was just the consumer offshoot of the Beta family.
minidisc was never good. the form factor was great, but the devices were flaky and not suitable for more than casual recording.
ATRAC was a train wreck of a format, and you couldn't transfer anything in native ATRAC, so transcoding happened at every step.
the software was woeful. just woeful. i had a better time simply using the directshow filters in graphedit.
it had a lot of potential, but it was kinda ruined. by the time Hi-MD hit the shelves, it was too late and the market had moved on.
btw, i have a Hi-MD recorder. used it once seriously... i think it still works, in which case it's a good thing for Sony... but i can plug a mic into my canon 550D and get similar results plus HD video.
Bear in mind that Stringer became CEO in 2005, and from what I understand Sony's perceived decline (in Slashdotters' view) began during the 1990s, so I doubt he's solely to blame.
maybe it's like an AA thing? it's only with Stringer that they realized they'd hit bottom.
maybe they're on a 12 step program now?
maybe they'll bust again and we'll all suffer?
ask a good accountant, and they will make the richest in the world look like a pauper to the tax office.
tax write-off i reckon. they're negative gearing against their entertainment division, which is guaranteed to post a "loss due to piracy" figure in their taxes that exactly balances everything so they don't pay any tax.
umm... RED, Arri, Canon, Panasonic, Aaton...
if only JVC could give up their obsession with the DV format, they'd be well ahead.
Google are working their way up the hill, trying like hell to push past the fatarse Facebook in their way...
Old Sony are still there - they make broadcast gear, and they do it well. even a cynical cnut like me has to concede that.
HDCAM (less resolution than HDV by pure samples, less than twice the bitrate of the standard-def DigiBeta, with only 4 audio channels) was a bit of a low point though, but HDCAM-SR made up for it.
because the mice lack the Will to Power.
if the mice cannot defeat us, we are free to use them for our means until they can.
yes, this is the _only_ vector the virus spreads by.
bath house... seriously, are you still living in the '70s?
i'll cure your troll by feeding it...
has it occurred to you that there's many scientists in this world, and most of them work on different things?
if they ALL worked on what you thought was the most worthy cause, there'd be enough redundancy to warrant a big ol rant from you about wasted tax money and why can't they all work on different things...
Facebook has too much in the social space and a competitor would clean them up.
many have tried...
i would have loved Diaspora to be more than just dick pictures.
really? i hadn't looked that up.
i'll let my wife know as it'll slightly diminish her frustration with her iPad, which will indirectly effect me in her slightly raised level of satisfaction... less work for me in bed i suppose :)
ha?
i'm pretty sure you could buy the components and pop them all together. if the end result costs more, then what are you complaining about? just means MS are subsidizing, but you can always hit it with fdisk and save yourself some cash (and essentially get a copy of windows for negative bucks, to be used for whatever you wish).
i've never seen a day when you couldn't just buy hardware and install everything yourself... oh, wait, yes i have. you couldn't buy up mac bits and assemble a mac but install DOS on it.
Microsoft is the only company I can think of that actually tried to monopolize the internet.
better think a bit harder.
every company wants the internet to themselves. Google was probably the first to really go for it, then Facebook try to make their own internet locked off from the prying eyes of search engines... who knows, maybe Pinterest and Twitter will ally and raise an army?
the problem is - internet users own the internet. it's the 20th/21st century's ultimate gift to individual freedom. of course, you can't monetize the "free" in freedom, but many will try.
as far as MS goes... you could always install whatever you liked on your machine. Apple is not following that business model. they started with iOS, and they're rapidly porting the walled garden to their desktops as well (as they become less relevant as tablets, phones, etc become the preferred browsing platforms).
let's see how far you get installing Firefox, Opera or Chrome on an iPad. ...and just like with nations, our freedoms are being taken away under the guise of improved security.
i love apple as much as i love microsoft...
but point (d) applies as much to google as any of the foes sergey named (except governments - their cause is not as benign as money).
in design, form must follow function, not dictate it.
Microsoft certainly didn't do it as well as they could, but at least they tried. Apple didn't even try.
i'd be happy if their updates just came with a simple "classic mode", or "expert mode" switch - i know "the masses" (whatever they are) are afraid of too much choice, but any feature will likely have a use, and removing it will likely inconvenience someone. less used features can be shifted out of sight, but should not be removed unless there's a very good reason and _notice_ of it.