I don't understand these crazy non-car analogies. You see, it's like trying to use diesel to power an electric car: it might work well for other things, but for this engine it just won't work.
So now that we see more than one side to reality it's called an alternate reality? No, like in real life, people hold multiple points of view. Different people will reflect on truths differently and have different things to say about it. If they have seemingly opposite views, they could still be both right. For example, nuclear power can be both safe and dangerous, and nobody is comletely right. Or they could simply have a different background and have a different perspective based on different values. Stop trying to paint everything as black and white. There is always a third option. The only way something is not reality is if you're sectioning off reality and trying to say some things are real and some aren't valid. That's when you're nuts.
But adding an information storage and retrieval system to a mathematical formula is not very innovative. Information storage and retrieval systems have been combined with mathematics for centuries. Just look at math books and adding machines.
I like my co-workers and we get along fine on the job, and the atmosphere is light enough already. Why do I need lunch to do that? I'd rather have more free time after work. Better yet, make lunch optional so you don't have the pressure either way.
Not only are Cisco devices over-priced from the beginning, they are somehow not liable for the problems they might have when vulnerabilities are discovered. Fixes are only available after Cisco is paid for them and, once again, the fixes come without guarantees as well.
But I thought the reason to go with proprietary solutions was accountability? And what does all that certification mean if it doesn't come with a guarantee?
Your story is very nice and does show why the government is useful, when it is *serving its citizens*.
But how many of those things in your daily routine required you to present an ID? You even used legal tender to pay so you don't need a credit/debit card. So, in the context of this story, why does it help us and keep us safe to have an internet ID?
The guy who made this thing said the luxury toilet market is "coming back to the u.s."... was it ever here, or is this just his desperate attempt of getting everyone on his bandwagon? His toilet has a touch screen, FM radio, speakers, aux in jack, heated footrest/seat and ambient lighting (your bathroom doesn't have enough lights already?). Isn't that a far cry from what's already available? His toilet costs about $6300. Other toilets (skip to 1:30) have similar features and cost 12-15 times less. He's just another fraudster, inventing a high priced market where there doesn't need to be one. I call slashvertisement.
Please set an example for the rest of the world in this regard. This definitely needs to be recognized and upheld if we wish to maintain the integrity and usefulness of the internet.
Sometimes developers live in a bubble so long that they really have no way of comparing what they just did to what everyone else is doing, there's just a huge built-in bias. Brad Wardell seems pretty level-headed (then again, he did switch his games to DRM after denouncing its use for many years), maybe he just believes way too much in what he was working on. Maybe it's stupidity, not malice, but either way you're right in that his statements should be taken with a grain of salt.
We're constantly beating land-based speed records, making trains that run faster, providing access to sub orbital space flights, and so we are actually enabling more people to travel faster. Even if top flight speeds are not being broken, the total amount of human beings going faster is rising and perhaps the speed of the average person is increasing.
If Apple wants to lock things away, how does going public help? Would the public shoot themselves in the foot by improving the protection on Apple's tools? Would the public help perfect DRM to keep the important stuff locked away from themselves? Or would we just take it and do what *we* want with it? Opening everything may be for the ultimate good, but that's not what Apple cares about. So of course they're going to go with obscurity. Which for-profit businesses are altruistic?
Yep, now I wish I hadn't wrote my comment. Oh well. Fuck it, TFA's usually filled with ads and there's usually far more insight and information in the comments. Otherwise I wouldn't include slashdot in my daily readings, I'd just subscribe to news feeds. Yes, digging through the slashdot comments is more stimulating to me than reading editorials by half-wits. I don't know what that means in general, but to me it means I need better reasons to RTFA most of the time when it comes to the subject of 'news'.
It definitely has, thanks to the revolution of the wiki. If it weren't for that, the internet would have jumped the shark. Wikis truly brought us Web 2.0 as far as users are concerned. It's a shining example of how the internet is truly interactive and collaborative, and it's one of the few methods that consistently upholds the basic principles of what the web should be. OSS has also proliferated and grown thanks to the internet, and has in turn enabled better services from a wider variety of non-commercial entities. The spirit behind phenomenons such as OSS has also permeated the web, for example we have creative commons content, massive public domain efforts. We also have a brilliant distribution methods that peers independent producers with massive commercial business. Hopefully the internet will continue to uphold equality, freedom, creativity, sharing, and collaboration.
I look forward to the future when I have 36 different online storefront applications on my PC. Each one sending me emails, billing information, sales updates, and advertising in my face. When I turn on my computer there will be 36 different splash screens and I'll be greeted by 36 friends lists and 36 different updates will download and then I will see 36 different changelogs asking me to agree to the 36 new EULAs and I will have to click 36 different checkboxes and press 36 different OK buttons. I will enjoy looking for the best prices across 36 different apps and backing up my games and savegames in 36 different ways. In the far (but bright) future, I might even have to pay 36 different monthly fees. I will also have 36 different usernames/passwords to remember, and 36 different sets of rules for account/computer activation/deactivation, as well as how many times I can download and install my games. I will also get to pay for this in 36 different ways (Credit/PayPal/Cyclos/Ploids). Brilliant, I can't wait.
Just using a standard Xbox remote receiver with a DirecTV RCA remote and it works very well, but an RF remote with a keyboard on the back? That's perfect. Ever since I saw the Boxee box I wanted to get one just so I could have the remote, but this is even better. The only other thing I could ask for on this remote would be a trackpoint -- or even better -- an analog slider a-la PSP/3DS that works as a trackpoint.
You can still use CD rippers in the UK if it is a personal recording. Why wouldn't you be able to turn a CD you personally made into MP3s? Now, a CD you don't hold the copyrights to, that's another story.
I don't get it, why don't politicians get paid minimum wage and refuse all other income/gifts? The position of influence is a privilege, the paycheck is not the goal of such a position. If you're repulsed by the position because of the paycheck, then you don't belong there. And if politicians don't believe that minimum wage is enough for them to live off of, then let them raise it.
It's completely clear that this is Samsung expressing their opinion about their own product, which is advertizing, not astroturf.
If it's completely clear, then why are the article authors, the post submitter, and many of the comment posters confused? Why is it fabricated such that the average viewer who didn't do hours of research to familiarize themselves with the context of the ad, would get confused about the ad?
Is metered billing ever accurate? It seems like the only reason companies want to do this is to grab more cash than they should actually be getting. The onus is on the customer to check, but many don't know how without referring to the ISP's own utility which would just report the inaccurate data anyway. This makes it seem like a scam.
This law would be superfluous anyway, it's already illegal to distribute and sell anything copyrighted without consent. Trying to pass this bill is wasting taxpayers' money.
I don't run a supported platform so I can't test IE9, but anything that shrinks the IE6/IE7 userbase is just fine with me. I'm happy that MS is keeping up their focus on browser development ever since Firefox lit a fire under their ass, and Chrome lit a fire under both their asses. What up Opera. Good job everyone.
Who said anything about reverse engineering for your own benefit? What about getting your product fixed for a reasonable price? You could take an out-of-warranty appliance (TV, radio, microwave oven, washer/dryer) in to a electronics repair shop and get it fixed up when the original manufacturer discontinued service, or maybe you just wanted a better price even if it voided your original warranty, and the repair shop would provide their own warranty plan so you could just take it back to them. What's wrong with doing the same with an iPad or whatever else you want?
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I don't understand these crazy non-car analogies. You see, it's like trying to use diesel to power an electric car: it might work well for other things, but for this engine it just won't work.
So now that we see more than one side to reality it's called an alternate reality? No, like in real life, people hold multiple points of view. Different people will reflect on truths differently and have different things to say about it. If they have seemingly opposite views, they could still be both right. For example, nuclear power can be both safe and dangerous, and nobody is comletely right. Or they could simply have a different background and have a different perspective based on different values. Stop trying to paint everything as black and white. There is always a third option. The only way something is not reality is if you're sectioning off reality and trying to say some things are real and some aren't valid. That's when you're nuts.
But adding an information storage and retrieval system to a mathematical formula is not very innovative. Information storage and retrieval systems have been combined with mathematics for centuries. Just look at math books and adding machines.
I like my co-workers and we get along fine on the job, and the atmosphere is light enough already. Why do I need lunch to do that? I'd rather have more free time after work. Better yet, make lunch optional so you don't have the pressure either way.
Because if you use innuendo, you must be a fucking deviant. Normal people never do it. Whoops.
Not only are Cisco devices over-priced from the beginning, they are somehow not liable for the problems they might have when vulnerabilities are discovered. Fixes are only available after Cisco is paid for them and, once again, the fixes come without guarantees as well.
But I thought the reason to go with proprietary solutions was accountability? And what does all that certification mean if it doesn't come with a guarantee?
Your story is very nice and does show why the government is useful, when it is *serving its citizens*.
But how many of those things in your daily routine required you to present an ID? You even used legal tender to pay so you don't need a credit/debit card. So, in the context of this story, why does it help us and keep us safe to have an internet ID?
The guy who made this thing said the luxury toilet market is "coming back to the u.s."... was it ever here, or is this just his desperate attempt of getting everyone on his bandwagon? His toilet has a touch screen, FM radio, speakers, aux in jack, heated footrest/seat and ambient lighting (your bathroom doesn't have enough lights already?). Isn't that a far cry from what's already available? His toilet costs about $6300. Other toilets (skip to 1:30) have similar features and cost 12-15 times less. He's just another fraudster, inventing a high priced market where there doesn't need to be one. I call slashvertisement.
Please set an example for the rest of the world in this regard. This definitely needs to be recognized and upheld if we wish to maintain the integrity and usefulness of the internet.
Sometimes developers live in a bubble so long that they really have no way of comparing what they just did to what everyone else is doing, there's just a huge built-in bias. Brad Wardell seems pretty level-headed (then again, he did switch his games to DRM after denouncing its use for many years), maybe he just believes way too much in what he was working on. Maybe it's stupidity, not malice, but either way you're right in that his statements should be taken with a grain of salt.
We're constantly beating land-based speed records, making trains that run faster, providing access to sub orbital space flights, and so we are actually enabling more people to travel faster. Even if top flight speeds are not being broken, the total amount of human beings going faster is rising and perhaps the speed of the average person is increasing.
If Apple wants to lock things away, how does going public help? Would the public shoot themselves in the foot by improving the protection on Apple's tools? Would the public help perfect DRM to keep the important stuff locked away from themselves? Or would we just take it and do what *we* want with it? Opening everything may be for the ultimate good, but that's not what Apple cares about. So of course they're going to go with obscurity. Which for-profit businesses are altruistic?
Yep, now I wish I hadn't wrote my comment. Oh well. Fuck it, TFA's usually filled with ads and there's usually far more insight and information in the comments. Otherwise I wouldn't include slashdot in my daily readings, I'd just subscribe to news feeds. Yes, digging through the slashdot comments is more stimulating to me than reading editorials by half-wits. I don't know what that means in general, but to me it means I need better reasons to RTFA most of the time when it comes to the subject of 'news'.
It definitely has, thanks to the revolution of the wiki. If it weren't for that, the internet would have jumped the shark. Wikis truly brought us Web 2.0 as far as users are concerned. It's a shining example of how the internet is truly interactive and collaborative, and it's one of the few methods that consistently upholds the basic principles of what the web should be. OSS has also proliferated and grown thanks to the internet, and has in turn enabled better services from a wider variety of non-commercial entities. The spirit behind phenomenons such as OSS has also permeated the web, for example we have creative commons content, massive public domain efforts. We also have a brilliant distribution methods that peers independent producers with massive commercial business. Hopefully the internet will continue to uphold equality, freedom, creativity, sharing, and collaboration.
I look forward to the future when I have 36 different online storefront applications on my PC. Each one sending me emails, billing information, sales updates, and advertising in my face. When I turn on my computer there will be 36 different splash screens and I'll be greeted by 36 friends lists and 36 different updates will download and then I will see 36 different changelogs asking me to agree to the 36 new EULAs and I will have to click 36 different checkboxes and press 36 different OK buttons. I will enjoy looking for the best prices across 36 different apps and backing up my games and savegames in 36 different ways. In the far (but bright) future, I might even have to pay 36 different monthly fees. I will also have 36 different usernames/passwords to remember, and 36 different sets of rules for account/computer activation/deactivation, as well as how many times I can download and install my games. I will also get to pay for this in 36 different ways (Credit/PayPal/Cyclos/Ploids). Brilliant, I can't wait.
Doesn't Project Looking Glass use a lot of similar techniques? This in particular looks pretty much just like Cover Flow to me. Here's someone else who seems to think the same.
Just using a standard Xbox remote receiver with a DirecTV RCA remote and it works very well, but an RF remote with a keyboard on the back? That's perfect. Ever since I saw the Boxee box I wanted to get one just so I could have the remote, but this is even better. The only other thing I could ask for on this remote would be a trackpoint -- or even better -- an analog slider a-la PSP/3DS that works as a trackpoint.
You can still use CD rippers in the UK if it is a personal recording. Why wouldn't you be able to turn a CD you personally made into MP3s? Now, a CD you don't hold the copyrights to, that's another story.
I don't get it, why don't politicians get paid minimum wage and refuse all other income/gifts? The position of influence is a privilege, the paycheck is not the goal of such a position. If you're repulsed by the position because of the paycheck, then you don't belong there. And if politicians don't believe that minimum wage is enough for them to live off of, then let them raise it.
It's completely clear that this is Samsung expressing their opinion about their own product, which is advertizing, not astroturf.
If it's completely clear, then why are the article authors, the post submitter, and many of the comment posters confused? Why is it fabricated such that the average viewer who didn't do hours of research to familiarize themselves with the context of the ad, would get confused about the ad?
Is metered billing ever accurate? It seems like the only reason companies want to do this is to grab more cash than they should actually be getting. The onus is on the customer to check, but many don't know how without referring to the ISP's own utility which would just report the inaccurate data anyway. This makes it seem like a scam.
This law would be superfluous anyway, it's already illegal to distribute and sell anything copyrighted without consent. Trying to pass this bill is wasting taxpayers' money.
I don't run a supported platform so I can't test IE9, but anything that shrinks the IE6/IE7 userbase is just fine with me. I'm happy that MS is keeping up their focus on browser development ever since Firefox lit a fire under their ass, and Chrome lit a fire under both their asses. What up Opera. Good job everyone.
I've managed to avoid it for nearly a decade. I can't believe it was the old "color FreeCell bash script" that got me.
Who said anything about reverse engineering for your own benefit? What about getting your product fixed for a reasonable price? You could take an out-of-warranty appliance (TV, radio, microwave oven, washer/dryer) in to a electronics repair shop and get it fixed up when the original manufacturer discontinued service, or maybe you just wanted a better price even if it voided your original warranty, and the repair shop would provide their own warranty plan so you could just take it back to them. What's wrong with doing the same with an iPad or whatever else you want?