I've personally never thought - during all this suggestion from various websites - that the Music industry will ever die. In fact, I just think that the current status is a precursor to it revamping itself and embracing the digital era.
The more I read things like this though, the more it seems the downfall of such companies could actually happen. I kinda like it, too. It rumbles in my belly...
Look, Microsoft are never going to go away. They're far too big for that. They'll get smaller, sure, but they'll always be here. The sooner people realise this, the sooner we can all get on with writing decent software.
Bluray: Why would I spend hundreds of pounds on a technology that would render my DVD collection (of around 100 DVDs) obsolete with no real gain? Will my TV be compatible?
HD-DVD: My existing collection is compatible, great. Now, let's look at the price....ouch.
I'm sitting it out until I can get a HD-DVD player from the web for less than 100 quid. Why do Sony insist on making formats that are incompatible with others? They've lost before (Mini-disc, which was a potentially excellent format), so I hope they'll lose again.
I think that "love" is too much of a word for it. Infatuated or having "a crush" would be more appropriate. It's going to be something carnal and not with meaning. It would take a long time for us humans to develop enough intelligence in robots for us to have a "meaningful relationship" with them.
In programming, there are a million and one ways to do the same thing. There is no right or wrong, only good & bad. I've seen some damn shocking code over the past few years, and I've written my fair share too. It's swings and roundabouts, it's up to you to learn from your mistakes and push yourself as a programmer to better your code quality. Keep in mind that what you right is what people use, and it's the difference between "computers suck" and "hey, that was cool!".
And as the first reply said, someone will always criticise your code. Decent programmers know this and still do their best.
Perhaps. I personally see it as a reference to the stereotypical management types that have pointy hair and were still breast-feeding when half of the people here were learning C.
Think of it as a mockery on management people, i.e. those who don't really have a clue about the technical side of things, but somehow manage to dictate the technical what decisions are made within an organisation.
You should be teaching them what the industry dictates, surely. With the exception of The GIMP, I don't think you've got much choice. If you're teaching them the older versions, it's likely to be more useful to them if they later on get work in the industry that use the newer versions of that software. As opposed to them learning a different GUI, and potentially different software-based concepts.
Not entirely sure this is the best place to be asking, anyway.
I think they're better off than taking the iPhone route. The issue with iPhones is that you've only really got a subset of customers (albeit a very large one), and it's unlikely to grow beyond that. With an open platform, I think Verizon are covering a much larger customer-base. That and the added fact that anything with Google on it is likely to sell well.
I tend to think both theories of intelligence are true. To me, all people have a level of natural intelligence, that can be both improved and extended through hard work and challenging the brain.
What might be interesting to know is the affect trauma, abuse or bad upbringing may have on 'natural intelligence'. I don't think the article covers this.
Won't be much Turkey consumption in Britain on Christmas day. The H2N1 Bird-flu virus has caused mass culling of many types of birds. See here for more info.
Indeed. I was going to post the same thing. I'm absolutely shocked they could be so careless. Apparently, it was sent via normal post, without recorded delivery. There's a full summary from the BBC on Alistair Darling's announcement here.
Of particular interest is the fact that it was sent twice. Once again, by recorded delivery, after the initial package was lost in transit.
Everything about Firefox 3.0 beta 1 is fast. The download package is small which means that it comes in fast, the installation is fast, the browser fires up fast, pages and tabs open fast, the browser shuts down fast, and the uninstall process is fast and painless.
I've never come across one of these ads. In fact, I rarely get ads as I use the Adblock Plus plugin for Firefox. This just gives even more reason to ban advertisements entirely. Thanks!
I find it truly astonishing that in today's world, a collection of Industry-leading corporations (i.e. the members of the MPAA) can even have the slightest affect on something so distant in relation to its primary purpose - that a collection of movie companies can affect the outcome of the nation's further educational establishments.
I've been an avid Radiohead fan for years now, and when I saw this I was delighted someone had stepped up and realised the change in the state of the music industry. I paid 5 quid for it, and I did so to say "good idea, I'm willing to pay" and I don't regret one penny of it.
Kudos to Radiohead, and I hope those fat cats at the RIAA and related Music Labels take heed.
You don't need to spend hours writing a bloody bot for this. I tried Second Life out last week, and this was one of the first things I came across. Because I found the movement a little different, I was accidentally walking into people/on their toes, which in most cases resulted in them complaining about their 'personal space' and/or privacy.
I love how "Try as it might, the future of Blockbuster is bleak, at best" and "Sure, the company still enjoys revenue that climb into the billions of dollars" are used in the same sentence. I couldn't define contradiction better if I tried.
I think someone's getting a little carried away. Blockbuster are huge, and they're not just in the US. Calm down and sleep on it.
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I've personally never thought - during all this suggestion from various websites - that the Music industry will ever die. In fact, I just think that the current status is a precursor to it revamping itself and embracing the digital era.
The more I read things like this though, the more it seems the downfall of such companies could actually happen. I kinda like it, too. It rumbles in my belly...
Why does everyone hate Roland? :o
Look, Microsoft are never going to go away. They're far too big for that. They'll get smaller, sure, but they'll always be here. The sooner people realise this, the sooner we can all get on with writing decent software.
The average consumer would say the following.
Bluray: Why would I spend hundreds of pounds on a technology that would render my DVD collection (of around 100 DVDs) obsolete with no real gain? Will my TV be compatible?
HD-DVD: My existing collection is compatible, great. Now, let's look at the price....ouch.
I'm sitting it out until I can get a HD-DVD player from the web for less than 100 quid. Why do Sony insist on making formats that are incompatible with others? They've lost before (Mini-disc, which was a potentially excellent format), so I hope they'll lose again.
Right!
Is it just me, or is this concept really not that interesting? It's been posted several times, in various forms: http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/13/116201
Search result: http://hardware.slashdot.org/search.pl?tid=216
Seriously, I'm not going to have sex with a robot. Get over it!
There's me thinking the 'nsfw' tag on this article was just the /. crown trying to piss-off the guys who were trying to patent 'nsfw'. God, how wrong I was.
In programming, there are a million and one ways to do the same thing. There is no right or wrong, only good & bad. I've seen some damn shocking code over the past few years, and I've written my fair share too. It's swings and roundabouts, it's up to you to learn from your mistakes and push yourself as a programmer to better your code quality. Keep in mind that what you right is what people use, and it's the difference between "computers suck" and "hey, that was cool!".
And as the first reply said, someone will always criticise your code. Decent programmers know this and still do their best.
Perhaps. I personally see it as a reference to the stereotypical management types that have pointy hair and were still breast-feeding when half of the people here were learning C.
Think of it as a mockery on management people, i.e. those who don't really have a clue about the technical side of things, but somehow manage to dictate the technical what decisions are made within an organisation.
You should be teaching them what the industry dictates, surely. With the exception of The GIMP, I don't think you've got much choice. If you're teaching them the older versions, it's likely to be more useful to them if they later on get work in the industry that use the newer versions of that software. As opposed to them learning a different GUI, and potentially different software-based concepts.
Not entirely sure this is the best place to be asking, anyway.
I think they're better off than taking the iPhone route. The issue with iPhones is that you've only really got a subset of customers (albeit a very large one), and it's unlikely to grow beyond that. With an open platform, I think Verizon are covering a much larger customer-base. That and the added fact that anything with Google on it is likely to sell well.
Please lookup the word 'mixture' in your favourite official dictionary.
Thank you.
I tend to think both theories of intelligence are true. To me, all people have a level of natural intelligence, that can be both improved and extended through hard work and challenging the brain.
What might be interesting to know is the affect trauma, abuse or bad upbringing may have on 'natural intelligence'. I don't think the article covers this.
It's outside the Ludicrous rule of the United States Government.
Oh wait...out of the frying pan into the fire?
Won't be much Turkey consumption in Britain on Christmas day. The H2N1 Bird-flu virus has caused mass culling of many types of birds. See here for more info.
I hate Turkey anyway, always too dry.
Listen, Nintendo saw the N-Gage flump too...
Indeed. I was going to post the same thing. I'm absolutely shocked they could be so careless. Apparently, it was sent via normal post, without recorded delivery. There's a full summary from the BBC on Alistair Darling's announcement here.
Of particular interest is the fact that it was sent twice. Once again, by recorded delivery, after the initial package was lost in transit.
I meant ban it personally in my browser. Not on the whole of the web, you clod!
I've never come across one of these ads. In fact, I rarely get ads as I use the Adblock Plus plugin for Firefox. This just gives even more reason to ban advertisements entirely. Thanks!
I find it truly astonishing that in today's world, a collection of Industry-leading corporations (i.e. the members of the MPAA) can even have the slightest affect on something so distant in relation to its primary purpose - that a collection of movie companies can affect the outcome of the nation's further educational establishments.
I've been an avid Radiohead fan for years now, and when I saw this I was delighted someone had stepped up and realised the change in the state of the music industry. I paid 5 quid for it, and I did so to say "good idea, I'm willing to pay" and I don't regret one penny of it.
Kudos to Radiohead, and I hope those fat cats at the RIAA and related Music Labels take heed.
You don't need to spend hours writing a bloody bot for this. I tried Second Life out last week, and this was one of the first things I came across. Because I found the movement a little different, I was accidentally walking into people/on their toes, which in most cases resulted in them complaining about their 'personal space' and/or privacy.
Why was a bot used for this anyway?
I love how "Try as it might, the future of Blockbuster is bleak, at best" and "Sure, the company still enjoys revenue that climb into the billions of dollars" are used in the same sentence. I couldn't define contradiction better if I tried.
I think someone's getting a little carried away. Blockbuster are huge, and they're not just in the US. Calm down and sleep on it.