Not all sports, and generally games are blacked out. I can stream all of the Pens games, except any when they're playing the Capitals. And the playoffs are all blacked out. Plus, there is no option for NFL or a lot of college football games that I want to watch.
Even if there were (non blacked out) options for all of the sports that I care about, I guarantee it would be more expensive than cable. Just look at how expensive the NFL package on DirecTV is.
You're making the (incorrect) assumption that these channels aren't blacked out. Everyone within a huge radius of DC cannot stream most major networks that carry the sports I care about. And we are out of range for an antenna.
This is what is keeping me on DirecTV. Most of the major networks are blacked out on streaming options in my area since I'm close to DC, so no go there. Granted, when we finally get the option to pick and choose channels and sports (that I care about) to stream, I'm sure the cost will be comparable (or much more). Either way, someone is getting my money. I just make sure to call once a year and threaten to switch to FIOS TV. That keeps costs in check somewhat.
You can wobble trillions of times a second, but that doesn't really matter. Bandwidth usage is driven by the baudrate of the signal. That's true regardless of your frequency band.
Actually, JohnMcCain.com uses Flash for video, and I can watch it fine on my Linux box. (To be fair, so does BarakObama.com.) Regardless, the site uses Silverlight, which is a bit ridiculous. Flash has been around for years, and works on most computers that you need video. Not that I care what they're saying anyway...
There are quite a few households I know of that haven't ever used e-mail. They mainly consist of grandparents or great grandparents that just don't have any need to learn computers. I'm not saying that older individuals can't or won't learn computers, it's might just not be as essential. Now, if this statistic is the same 20 or 30 years from now, then I'd be suprised. (Unless of course the aliens come down and teach us telekinesis or some crap like that.)
They don't take into consideration the increasing pressure that will be on you to continue that hitting streak, which may adversely affect your hitting ability.
But I thought most of Google's servers ran Linux? Does that mean that the Linux operating system is responsible for the creation of the search engine? I call BS...
Do you think Microsoft is the first company to pay for placements. Companies pay other forms of media for favorable reviews and the such. Now that blogging is becoming an ever more important aspect of amateur media, why shouldn't they get some of the perks too? (I'm not saying that I would do this myself, but we shouldn't crucify those that want to take a little bit of Microsoft's money. If they don't do it, someone else will!)
He is referring to the Vista operating system itself, installed off of a disk. He is not talking about security flaws in the extra crap that vendors such as Dell add.
The thing is that, since Linux and its components are open source, there are bound to be more bugs and security flaws found, because there are so many more eyes looking at the code. However, this does not mean that it is any less secure than Vista. If you look at the report, Linux distributions have fixed a much larger percentage of their bugs in the first 6 months. Microsoft, even though the number of flaws is under 50, has fixed only about half of those flaws, which Linux distributions fixed a much larger percentage in that time period.
Now, again, I am not saying that Linux is immune to security flaws and that Windows is the spawn of the devil. I am simply stating that you cannot look at just the number of flaws. I mean, if Windows was released Open Source, I would sincerely expect that there would be floods of security flaws found, and I'd bet my life on that.
What he's doing is taking the OS as it is installed. Vista and XP have so few programs installed by default. Ubuntu and OS X give you a ton of applications with the OS, so there are more opportunities for security flaws.
When it comes down to it, these reports, regardless of their outcome, say what the reporters want them to say. Security is a tricky thing, and every operating system is vulnerable. People should be focusing on better security practices rather than how many flaws there are. And companies should focus, not on how many flaws they have, but how quickly they can patch those flaws, expecially when they are the sole patchers in the case of proprietary operating systems.
By 2013, which will be how long it take Microsoft to make a new operating system, we will all have 64-bit processors anyway. Not that I really care anyway, since I use Linux...
This seems like perfectly decent information to ask. Personally, I would like to know the gender and sexual orientation of my roommate before I go into an apartment deal with them. I don't think it is the site's fault that people are abusing the information. Yes, they required the information. However, if you don't want to give it, then don't sign up!
Yeah... maybe you should reread the first line of the article description or actually visit the article web site. It's a _British_ publication that the article is written about. The author mentions the US once to comment on the number of students enrolled, but then focuses on the UK and western society as a whole. You should really read the articles before you go out flaiming...
that Mr. Ballmer is referring to "Linux" as a lump sum of the kernel and many applications. If he does point out patents, many of them will probably not be in the kernel, but other peripheral applications. Of course, I think he's full of it, but that's just my opinion.
Slashdot Mirror
Not all sports, and generally games are blacked out. I can stream all of the Pens games, except any when they're playing the Capitals. And the playoffs are all blacked out. Plus, there is no option for NFL or a lot of college football games that I want to watch. Even if there were (non blacked out) options for all of the sports that I care about, I guarantee it would be more expensive than cable. Just look at how expensive the NFL package on DirecTV is.
You're making the (incorrect) assumption that these channels aren't blacked out. Everyone within a huge radius of DC cannot stream most major networks that carry the sports I care about. And we are out of range for an antenna.
This is what is keeping me on DirecTV. Most of the major networks are blacked out on streaming options in my area since I'm close to DC, so no go there. Granted, when we finally get the option to pick and choose channels and sports (that I care about) to stream, I'm sure the cost will be comparable (or much more). Either way, someone is getting my money. I just make sure to call once a year and threaten to switch to FIOS TV. That keeps costs in check somewhat.
You can wobble trillions of times a second, but that doesn't really matter. Bandwidth usage is driven by the baudrate of the signal. That's true regardless of your frequency band.
Darn! That lines up with the rumored release date of the Droid 3 ...
Apparently it ran into Megatron ...
Actually, JohnMcCain.com uses Flash for video, and I can watch it fine on my Linux box. (To be fair, so does BarakObama.com.) Regardless, the site uses Silverlight, which is a bit ridiculous. Flash has been around for years, and works on most computers that you need video. Not that I care what they're saying anyway ...
There are quite a few households I know of that haven't ever used e-mail. They mainly consist of grandparents or great grandparents that just don't have any need to learn computers. I'm not saying that older individuals can't or won't learn computers, it's might just not be as essential. Now, if this statistic is the same 20 or 30 years from now, then I'd be suprised. (Unless of course the aliens come down and teach us telekinesis or some crap like that.)
They don't take into consideration the increasing pressure that will be on you to continue that hitting streak, which may adversely affect your hitting ability.
I hope to God that it doesn't run Windows ...
This is a like a sick PR version of the Price is Right ... I bid $1 Drew!
"with its soon-to-be-customers Comcast, Disney, Microsoft, Pfizer, and UBS" I understand why it is said, but it is just very silly ...
I wish I would have done that 2 years ago ...
But I thought most of Google's servers ran Linux? Does that mean that the Linux operating system is responsible for the creation of the search engine? I call BS ...
Do you think Microsoft is the first company to pay for placements. Companies pay other forms of media for favorable reviews and the such. Now that blogging is becoming an ever more important aspect of amateur media, why shouldn't they get some of the perks too? (I'm not saying that I would do this myself, but we shouldn't crucify those that want to take a little bit of Microsoft's money. If they don't do it, someone else will!)
The sad thing is ... I'm sure half of the people reading this article will make their voting decision based upon it.
He is referring to the Vista operating system itself, installed off of a disk. He is not talking about security flaws in the extra crap that vendors such as Dell add. The thing is that, since Linux and its components are open source, there are bound to be more bugs and security flaws found, because there are so many more eyes looking at the code. However, this does not mean that it is any less secure than Vista. If you look at the report, Linux distributions have fixed a much larger percentage of their bugs in the first 6 months. Microsoft, even though the number of flaws is under 50, has fixed only about half of those flaws, which Linux distributions fixed a much larger percentage in that time period. Now, again, I am not saying that Linux is immune to security flaws and that Windows is the spawn of the devil. I am simply stating that you cannot look at just the number of flaws. I mean, if Windows was released Open Source, I would sincerely expect that there would be floods of security flaws found, and I'd bet my life on that.
What he's doing is taking the OS as it is installed. Vista and XP have so few programs installed by default. Ubuntu and OS X give you a ton of applications with the OS, so there are more opportunities for security flaws. When it comes down to it, these reports, regardless of their outcome, say what the reporters want them to say. Security is a tricky thing, and every operating system is vulnerable. People should be focusing on better security practices rather than how many flaws there are. And companies should focus, not on how many flaws they have, but how quickly they can patch those flaws, expecially when they are the sole patchers in the case of proprietary operating systems.
They launched the Facebook API months ago.
By 2013, which will be how long it take Microsoft to make a new operating system, we will all have 64-bit processors anyway. Not that I really care anyway, since I use Linux ...
This seems like perfectly decent information to ask. Personally, I would like to know the gender and sexual orientation of my roommate before I go into an apartment deal with them. I don't think it is the site's fault that people are abusing the information. Yes, they required the information. However, if you don't want to give it, then don't sign up!
The stories aren't funny. What's funny is how many people are posting comments thinking that they are real ...
No worries, we all make the same mistake! :)
Yeah ... maybe you should reread the first line of the article description or actually visit the article web site. It's a _British_ publication that the article is written about. The author mentions the US once to comment on the number of students enrolled, but then focuses on the UK and western society as a whole. You should really read the articles before you go out flaiming ...
that Mr. Ballmer is referring to "Linux" as a lump sum of the kernel and many applications. If he does point out patents, many of them will probably not be in the kernel, but other peripheral applications. Of course, I think he's full of it, but that's just my opinion.