That would bring about a few questions. How many would that require just to cover the entire United States? You state that it would be cheaper. How much do these autonomous drones cost a piece? What about the cost in terms of energy to keep charging and relaunching? What if they were to crash?
With so many required to cover the entire US or Metropolitan areas surely some would come down and certainly harm someone.
Just something to think about. I agree that this would make more sense, but before jumping on the bandwagon, think it out.
As living in a small city on the border who used to visit Canada often, Ottawa less than an hour away. Passports are an extremely un-welcomed trouble brought to us.
However, many, and I mean many, people get through the borders here will little to no interference. The real problem is the US Border Patrol, stopping everyone on everyday travels. I was stopped 4 times traveling the same route all the same day. They constantly harass you and think they have the absolute right to do whatever the hell they want. It really pisses me off. Not to mention the brand new SUVs they get EVERY year and I'm not exaggerating. What really suprises me is the boats that they use to patrol the St. Lawrence River. Semi-old, and do not stop and question anyone.
One more thing, they seem to hate all Americans that go across the border. They associate our foreign policy with every person. Don't expect to go over there and someone not to try to fight you because "You Americans are all the same." Maybe it's just me, but the more you stick to not having fun you will not have a problem.
Yes, but I have accounts with roch and twcny and can confirm that it happens with both (and has now for about a month), however business accounts are excluded.
Why not a wikipedia type summarization idea? User submitted summarizations etc. I do understand, that you would not want to use this summarization in court, or a published paper, but you get the idea.
Did OSU's attorneys even fight the subpoena though? It seems to me that the RIAA is up to its usual stunts playing the law. People must remember, the RIAA is not the police!
I agree with your statement mostly but it is such a pain in the ass to switch if everything worked for you fine. Consider that my credit card company had a web interface that I always used to make payments suddenly added a whole new flash interface that would not work with firefox/linux. It was the correct version of flash, so I figured it was the credit card company's fault
Long story short, I complained to the company and within a week or two it was fixed without me doing a thing. (no updates)
I am not in IT, but have a vague background of 3 medium size utility companies in my area. They all use Linux (SLES 9,Debian,Ubuntu) to power their web servers and all use VNC to connect (but do not know what it is called.) I have had to teach the IT people for those various companies how to configure and maintain the servers through the command prompts. None of them have ever ventured outside Windows GUI.
The sad reality is that 2 of those servers rely heavily on Gnome (VNC) for maintenance, since I have left they have outsourced the work. I think VNC is becoming the norm now, and at least make it an easy option without a whole lot of configuration.
I have to agree, my family has 2 hp notebooks each with a core 2 duo processor and 2gb of ram a piece. They are not identical but do take a ridiculous time to delete the smallest files.
Also perhaps they store what you have searched on before? It seems that when I have been searching lately it directs me to things around my area. Also caters to my system (Ubuntu). Maybe it's just me (being paranoid?) but is it possible they really personalize search?
We have 4 Laptops with 2 different wireless cards (N and G) and both have problems with associating with wireless networks. I believe wireless networkings is seriously broken in Vista.
I live on the St. Lawrence River and up until this summer had no coverage on the river itself, or close to it (on the highway along it) for at least 75 miles(GSM & CDMA). So you would be forced into roaming which it seems either the Canadian companies or the companies here would charge you up the a$$. Eventually Verizon and Cingular said no roaming charges into Canada, then built their own towers.
I disagree with the tagging effort. Although corrupt files happen I do not want to rely on one program's internal database.
1. What happens if the database is corrupted? (rather than just a few files) 2. How do I transfer said database to new program? (old program support withdrawn) 3. Transferring to devices would no longer support drag and drop to standard usb players.
Correct me anywhere I'm wrong, but I would love an extendable database that is universal to all programs.
My only question is that will these be needing more heatsinks or fans? Seems like if you spread it out a small heatsink would only be required but I am not an Engineer.
I agree that DRM is all around bad for media. But your statements saying that Jobs is completely sincere is untrue. If he was why hasn't he tried for Disney's entire movie collection to be rid of DRM. I mean he could do that easily since he has somewhat control over how this works unlike the Record Labels.
Also you previous statements saying that its hard for Apple to try some of their music DRM-free is utterly foolish with all you say is it is hard. Of course it's hard, everything is hard doesn't mean it isn't worth it. And saying they can already get DRM-free music from emusic.com. Most people have never heard of that and on top of that still aren't sure if it will work with their specific Ipod (MP3 Player).
I am an Apple fan in some what (I own a Ipod, MacBook Pro), but I don't see any action after his statements to believe that he was telling the truth. Take the actions necessary, spend the money, and sell some non-DRM'ed music and show the record companies your not kidding around. No more telling us what we want to hear and then bend the truth around it.
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That would bring about a few questions. How many would that require just to cover the entire United States? You state that it would be cheaper. How much do these autonomous drones cost a piece? What about the cost in terms of energy to keep charging and relaunching? What if they were to crash? With so many required to cover the entire US or Metropolitan areas surely some would come down and certainly harm someone. Just something to think about. I agree that this would make more sense, but before jumping on the bandwagon, think it out.
Internet Explorer?
Why exactly would we have to use existing pipelines, This could essentially be made anywhere then stored/trucked/etc
As living in a small city on the border who used to visit Canada often, Ottawa less than an hour away. Passports are an extremely un-welcomed trouble brought to us.
However, many, and I mean many, people get through the borders here will little to no interference. The real problem is the US Border Patrol, stopping everyone on everyday travels. I was stopped 4 times traveling the same route all the same day. They constantly harass you and think they have the absolute right to do whatever the hell they want. It really pisses me off. Not to mention the brand new SUVs they get EVERY year and I'm not exaggerating. What really suprises me is the boats that they use to patrol the St. Lawrence River. Semi-old, and do not stop and question anyone.
One more thing, they seem to hate all Americans that go across the border. They associate our foreign policy with every person. Don't expect to go over there and someone not to try to fight you because "You Americans are all the same." Maybe it's just me, but the more you stick to not having fun you will not have a problem.
You son of a bitch! I thought I was wasting enough time reading slashdot, now you tell me this? Good Bye life! Hello Desktop Tower Defense!
Yes, but I have accounts with roch and twcny and can confirm that it happens with both (and has now for about a month), however business accounts are excluded.
Exactly, and why isn't Microsoft named? Xbox Live Subscription cards and points cards?
Why not a wikipedia type summarization idea? User submitted summarizations etc. I do understand, that you would not want to use this summarization in court, or a published paper, but you get the idea.
Did OSU's attorneys even fight the subpoena though? It seems to me that the RIAA is up to its usual stunts playing the law. People must remember, the RIAA is not the police!
I agree with your statement mostly but it is such a pain in the ass to switch if everything worked for you fine. Consider that my credit card company had a web interface that I always used to make payments suddenly added a whole new flash interface that would not work with firefox/linux. It was the correct version of flash, so I figured it was the credit card company's fault
Long story short, I complained to the company and within a week or two it was fixed without me doing a thing. (no updates)
P.S. This probably won't work in your case.
I am not in IT, but have a vague background of 3 medium size utility companies in my area. They all use Linux (SLES 9,Debian,Ubuntu) to power their web servers and all use VNC to connect (but do not know what it is called.) I have had to teach the IT people for those various companies how to configure and maintain the servers through the command prompts. None of them have ever ventured outside Windows GUI.
The sad reality is that 2 of those servers rely heavily on Gnome (VNC) for maintenance, since I have left they have outsourced the work. I think VNC is becoming the norm now, and at least make it an easy option without a whole lot of configuration.
I have to agree, my family has 2 hp notebooks each with a core 2 duo processor and 2gb of ram a piece. They are not identical but do take a ridiculous time to delete the smallest files.
Do I Work For You?
Also perhaps they store what you have searched on before? It seems that when I have been searching lately it directs me to things around my area. Also caters to my system (Ubuntu). Maybe it's just me (being paranoid?) but is it possible they really personalize search?
We have 4 Laptops with 2 different wireless cards (N and G) and both have problems with associating with wireless networks. I believe wireless networkings is seriously broken in Vista.
Boldly, Mostly?
I live on the St. Lawrence River and up until this summer had no coverage on the river itself, or close to it (on the highway along it) for at least 75 miles(GSM & CDMA). So you would be forced into roaming which it seems either the Canadian companies or the companies here would charge you up the a$$. Eventually Verizon and Cingular said no roaming charges into Canada, then built their own towers.
Great! Now I will have something to spend all those Pepsi Points on.
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Linux OS by the end of the year. Maybe they are serious.
Right now you can get a Gl from buy.com for $32 if you sign up for GoogleCheckout and get the $10 rebate from cisco.
I disagree with the tagging effort. Although corrupt files happen I do not want to rely on one program's internal database.
1. What happens if the database is corrupted? (rather than just a few files)
2. How do I transfer said database to new program? (old program support withdrawn)
3. Transferring to devices would no longer support drag and drop to standard usb players.
Correct me anywhere I'm wrong, but I would love an extendable database that is universal to all programs.
My only question is that will these be needing more heatsinks or fans? Seems like if you spread it out a small heatsink would only be required but I am not an Engineer.
In your logic, Duke Nukem Forever = (Insert religious figure here)
I agree that DRM is all around bad for media. But your statements saying that Jobs is completely sincere is untrue. If he was why hasn't he tried for Disney's entire movie collection to be rid of DRM. I mean he could do that easily since he has somewhat control over how this works unlike the Record Labels.
Also you previous statements saying that its hard for Apple to try some of their music DRM-free is utterly foolish with all you say is it is hard. Of course it's hard, everything is hard doesn't mean it isn't worth it. And saying they can already get DRM-free music from emusic.com. Most people have never heard of that and on top of that still aren't sure if it will work with their specific Ipod (MP3 Player).
I am an Apple fan in some what (I own a Ipod, MacBook Pro), but I don't see any action after his statements to believe that he was telling the truth. Take the actions necessary, spend the money, and sell some non-DRM'ed music and show the record companies your not kidding around. No more telling us what we want to hear and then bend the truth around it.