And no point trying to get it before you get it pushed to you?
The Over-The-Air update is a staggered rollout. But, the manual method that I wrote about here let's you avoid the wait. That said, it also seems to only be for the Nexus One now. Can't find a Droid update yet.
I just watched the Ubiquity video again for the first time in years to refresh my memory. It's pretty awesome. But it's also a pretty major project that Mozilla can't really do themselves. Web sites need to implement "verbs" for it to work. And browsers other than Mozilla need to implement it too.
That said, I hope it comes back to life and improves. Hey, maybe this/. post will entice some readers to become Ubiquity developers. Maybe Google can help too and bring it to Chrome - and I don't mean as an extension, but a built in feature (Firefox too). If it's built-in, as opposed to an add on, more users will have access to it and web site developers will have a bigger audience to code verbs for.
I always thought Apple should buy TiVo's patents and tech and rebrand the failed AppleTV. Apple has the cash, marketing position, and design gurus to make an amazingly elegant, easy to use device integrated with beautiful TVs and screens, with all the backend apps to add value (iTunes integration, iMovie, etc.), and TiVo has the all the original patents that Apple could afford to defend. And Apple could turn into the big bullies themselves against the cable companies, especially if they can lobby for net neutrality legislation.
Seems like a perfect marriage to me.
That would be nice. But, unfortunately, Apple seems to perceive live TV as a competitor to the iTunes store's selection of movies and TV shows.
If you consider a vacuum to be the absence of air pressure, then it is still a vacuum - there are no air or other molecules/atoms/hadrons inside the vacuum. But if you imagine a clear glass bottle with all of the air sucked out of it, the fact that you can hold it up in the air and see through it tells you that light particles (photons) are moving into the bottle (through the glass), entering and exiting, before hitting your eye. Photons are the force carrying particles for the electromagnetic force.
I was so excited for the prospect of having the Olympics in Chicago. One of the venues was literally just going to be across the street from my condo. But if you look at the bid details on Rio's site (http://www.rio2016.org.br/en/) and Chicago's site (http://www.chicago2016.org/). Rio's was more complete - and more honest about what they need to do.
Most notably to me, Chicago failed to address transit improvements. Transit plans have been critical in recent past Olympic bids. Venues are far apart. There needs to be a fast and efficient way to get from venue to venue. Rio promised a new high speed train linking all of the venues. You could go from beach volleyball to basketball in 30 minutes or less on a modern, efficient train.
In Chicago, there's no proposal for improving the decrepit state of Chicago's train systems. In fact, they actually had the nerve to claim that the atrocious Amtrak service is actually an asset (http://www.chicago2016.org/our-city/transportation/rail.aspx).
Chicago transit is horrible. Some of the train lines are over 100 years old. It's not good enough for the Olympics.
As it is, traffic grinds to a standstill on surface roads and train platforms crowd to dangerous levels when smaller events like the 4th of July or the Taste of Chicago food festival occur. The Olympics would dwarf anything that Chicago has ever seen. It would be a traffic (and security) nightmare. And they largely ignored it and ignored suggestions from people like myself who tried to make that and other suggestions.
The growth is coming from several directions. First, the number of searches done with the core search product is ever increasing as the Internet grows around the world. Secondly, they keep on finding new products to throw in front of users like GMail and Google Maps. If someone starts using Google for multiple services, that's a lot of adds that they can show an individual person. And e-mail is something that many users check several times a day - hence several more opportunities for Google to show ads to someone.
The stock price is very high. But if they keep on making money hand over fist, they might actually be worth the price. It's a very different situation from the 1990's when companies that were losing money had multi-billion dollar market capitalizations.
I saw Texas Instruments use the same term to describe the resolution of their newest Digital Light Projection (DLP) movie theater system. What does "2k" (or "4k") refer to? Horizontal lines of resolution? Vertical Lines?
It just seems stupid and non-descriptive to use terms like this when the full resolution can be lucidly and easily expressed with two numbers and an "x" - 1920x1080.
I was recently scouring HDTV television makers' web sites and noticed that even 1080i is hard to find. Most of the monitors that I saw that claimed to be "full high definition" weren't full high definition. They only showed up to 720p (1280x720), though some showed odd resolutions like 1366x768. (What are the extra lines for?)
Zenith wasn't alone. I couldn't find a single plasma or DLP monitor with true 1080i/p resoution. I think I managed to find one LCD with 1080i, but that was about it.
Caveat emptor. Be sure to check the resolution of an HDTV before agreeing to buy it.
This if the third or fourth different Apple rumor I read about today.
MacWorld Expo starts tomorrow. Rather than speculate (odd are, incorrectly), just wait the 24 hours until Steve Jobs speaks.
Oh. And the award for stupidest speculation goes to... An article in news.com makes a seemingly definitive statement about the specs of the new product. Then in the next paragraph says, "Then again, it could be something entirely different..."
I partially agree. There are many people who can pick out the difference between vinyl and CD. A CD (16-bit sample, 44.1KHz rate) tries to approximate the quality of a record, and does a very good job. But when you listen to music with a very wide dynamic range, such a classical or jazz, the old fashioned record does sound better. If the CD sample size were better, this would probably be a non-issue.
However, the death of the record should be near as DVD players start to come out with DVD-Audio and SACD compatibility. I just got a DVD-Audio player, which supports 24-bit samples, sampling rates up to 192 KHz, and up to six surround sound channels (CD's and records are just two stereo channels).
Basically, no human being can realistically say that the record is better than DVD-Audio (and probably SACD too).
Unfortunately, those in the electronics industry think that DVD-Audio and SACD have to fight some sort of a stupid format war. So most consumers will have to chose one player type over the other. A few smart companies, like Apex and Pioneer, know that they can just make DVD players that play both formats.
I'm not a lawyer, but I've used corporate attorneys to draft and discuss contracts with so here's my two cents. Perhaps the./ folks can arrange a 10 question interview with the Free Software Foundation's attorney for his views.
I also think this makes Microsoft in breach. MS is making a claim on behalf of a third party (the OEM). So it's up to Microsoft to enforce that their OEM knows about and honors the refund.
The OEM has its own agreement with Microsoft. And if that agreement does not force the OEM to provide refunds, then Microsoft does not have the right to make such a claim in the EULA.
Think about it. MS is trying to bind a third party in their license agreement that the third party didn't even agree to.
So if the resale agreement between MS and the OEM doesn't spell out the OEM's responsibility to process refunds on the Windows software only, then MS cannot legally make that claim in their EULA.
This sounds like very good grounds for a lawsuit against MS by their consumers. With a lawsuit, you can subpena the resale agreements with the OEMs to figure out who to really go after.
Wouldn't ripping the tracks from the CD into Ogg Vorbis defeat the track watermarking. I'm guessing that their watermarking technique is based on the properties of the MP3 algorithm, which would be diffrent in Ogg.
Do you remember when SprintPCS and other PCS companies started doing business? They belittled the cellular companies by making fun of their captive contracts. Now these bozos have forgotten and are now forcing their customers into being held hostage with their own contracts.
The ability to leave a customer-unfriendly provider for a better performing competitor should be a customer right. I can leave my cable or wired phone company at any time. So why can't I do the same with a wireless phone company.
It's not like there are any startup costs associated with setting up a new customer. Cell phone activation is totally computerized. Especially if you bought your phone (not a free phone), there's no loss to a wireless company when you leave. And therefore no reason to be held hostage.
This is awesome. But it looks like is has special requirements for power supplies and chassis.
Does anyone know of any compatible cases (preferably rack-mount with SCA hot swap bays) and power supplies for this baby?
That was a very cool demo. It kind of makes you wonder if Flash can be a total replacement for Java. It seems as though this is more than a "animation" tool, but also has a full programming language that can allow you to do anything.
Is this a correct assessment of Flash's capabilities?
And for it to be truly open, there would have to be more than third party file generators like the Perl modules that you refer to. There would also have to be 3rd party client/plugin implementations available. If you're in anyway constrained to Macromedia, then it's not open. Are there any non-Macromedia made plugins/players?
But, the next question: What's the difference between Flash and Shockwave? Macromedia seems to do a very poor job of explaining the difference. It seems like there's multiple products (and multiple plugins) using the same name.
I remember downloading the Shockwave plugin in order to view a certain site and found that I was still unable to do so. I had to go back to Macromedia's download page and get yet another plugin to get the site to work.
It's sad that document version control has to be as complicated (and expensive) as it is today. The problem with diffs of binary file formats can be solved if the data in the document were based on some standard that the version control system could understand - like a text-based XML format.
The day appears to be coming. Project-M is a document system that uses an XML file format and a database backend to store the document data. Content is then fully searchable, with a version control concept built-in! And I suppose anybody can write their own front end to manipulate the documents.
Project-M kicks ass, but it's still vaporware of sorts and looks like it'll be expensive. Conglomerate looks like it'll be an open source alternative with much the same functionality - though maybe not as sophisticated.
Either way, the future of documentation needs to be XML-centric/server centric to really offer productivity gains for work groups in a corporate (and maybe even non-corporate) environment.
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I just updated the original post with instructions to get Flash. Basically, search for "flash 10.1" in the market.
And no point trying to get it before you get it pushed to you?
The Over-The-Air update is a staggered rollout. But, the manual method that I wrote about here let's you avoid the wait. That said, it also seems to only be for the Nexus One now. Can't find a Droid update yet.
I just watched the Ubiquity video again for the first time in years to refresh my memory. It's pretty awesome. But it's also a pretty major project that Mozilla can't really do themselves. Web sites need to implement "verbs" for it to work. And browsers other than Mozilla need to implement it too.
That said, I hope it comes back to life and improves. Hey, maybe this /. post will entice some readers to become Ubiquity developers. Maybe Google can help too and bring it to Chrome - and I don't mean as an extension, but a built in feature (Firefox too). If it's built-in, as opposed to an add on, more users will have access to it and web site developers will have a bigger audience to code verbs for.
I always thought Apple should buy TiVo's patents and tech and rebrand the failed AppleTV. Apple has the cash, marketing position, and design gurus to make an amazingly elegant, easy to use device integrated with beautiful TVs and screens, with all the backend apps to add value (iTunes integration, iMovie, etc.), and TiVo has the all the original patents that Apple could afford to defend. And Apple could turn into the big bullies themselves against the cable companies, especially if they can lobby for net neutrality legislation.
Seems like a perfect marriage to me.
That would be nice. But, unfortunately, Apple seems to perceive live TV as a competitor to the iTunes store's selection of movies and TV shows.
Try that query then look at the results. Compare the results from the query between google.cn and google.com. It's censored. Sad.
If you consider a vacuum to be the absence of air pressure, then it is still a vacuum - there are no air or other molecules/atoms/hadrons inside the vacuum. But if you imagine a clear glass bottle with all of the air sucked out of it, the fact that you can hold it up in the air and see through it tells you that light particles (photons) are moving into the bottle (through the glass), entering and exiting, before hitting your eye. Photons are the force carrying particles for the electromagnetic force.
I was so excited for the prospect of having the Olympics in Chicago. One of the venues was literally just going to be across the street from my condo. But if you look at the bid details on Rio's site (http://www.rio2016.org.br/en/) and Chicago's site (http://www.chicago2016.org/). Rio's was more complete - and more honest about what they need to do.
Most notably to me, Chicago failed to address transit improvements. Transit plans have been critical in recent past Olympic bids. Venues are far apart. There needs to be a fast and efficient way to get from venue to venue. Rio promised a new high speed train linking all of the venues. You could go from beach volleyball to basketball in 30 minutes or less on a modern, efficient train.
In Chicago, there's no proposal for improving the decrepit state of Chicago's train systems. In fact, they actually had the nerve to claim that the atrocious Amtrak service is actually an asset (http://www.chicago2016.org/our-city/transportation/rail.aspx).
Chicago transit is horrible. Some of the train lines are over 100 years old. It's not good enough for the Olympics.
As it is, traffic grinds to a standstill on surface roads and train platforms crowd to dangerous levels when smaller events like the 4th of July or the Taste of Chicago food festival occur. The Olympics would dwarf anything that Chicago has ever seen. It would be a traffic (and security) nightmare. And they largely ignored it and ignored suggestions from people like myself who tried to make that and other suggestions.
The growth is coming from several directions. First, the number of searches done with the core search product is ever increasing as the Internet grows around the world. Secondly, they keep on finding new products to throw in front of users like GMail and Google Maps. If someone starts using Google for multiple services, that's a lot of adds that they can show an individual person. And e-mail is something that many users check several times a day - hence several more opportunities for Google to show ads to someone.
The stock price is very high. But if they keep on making money hand over fist, they might actually be worth the price. It's a very different situation from the 1990's when companies that were losing money had multi-billion dollar market capitalizations.
Cool. What's your algorithm for figuring that out?
Siemens or Audiovox cards?
If any of these cards worked the Zaurus would be the killer mobile voice and data platform. I for once can ssh into our servers from Barnes & Noble.
It just seems stupid and non-descriptive to use terms like this when the full resolution can be lucidly and easily expressed with two numbers and an "x" - 1920x1080.
I wish they would sell it. This is a great gift for the insensitive fool in your life.
Really? Which ones support 1080p?
For example, take a look at Zenith's plasma monitors.
Zenith wasn't alone. I couldn't find a single plasma or DLP monitor with true 1080i/p resoution. I think I managed to find one LCD with 1080i, but that was about it.
Caveat emptor. Be sure to check the resolution of an HDTV before agreeing to buy it.
MacWorld Expo starts tomorrow. Rather than speculate (odd are, incorrectly), just wait the 24 hours until Steve Jobs speaks.
Oh. And the award for stupidest speculation goes to ... An article in news.com makes a seemingly definitive statement about the specs of the new product. Then in the next paragraph says, "Then again, it could be something entirely different ..."
However, the death of the record should be near as DVD players start to come out with DVD-Audio and SACD compatibility. I just got a DVD-Audio player, which supports 24-bit samples, sampling rates up to 192 KHz, and up to six surround sound channels (CD's and records are just two stereo channels).
Basically, no human being can realistically say that the record is better than DVD-Audio (and probably SACD too).
Unfortunately, those in the electronics industry think that DVD-Audio and SACD have to fight some sort of a stupid format war. So most consumers will have to chose one player type over the other. A few smart companies, like Apex and Pioneer, know that they can just make DVD players that play both formats.
I'm not a lawyer, but I've used corporate attorneys to draft and discuss contracts with so here's my two cents. Perhaps the ./ folks can arrange a 10 question interview with the Free Software Foundation's attorney for his views.
I also think this makes Microsoft in breach. MS is making a claim on behalf of a third party (the OEM). So it's up to Microsoft to enforce that their OEM knows about and honors the refund.
The OEM has its own agreement with Microsoft. And if that agreement does not force the OEM to provide refunds, then Microsoft does not have the right to make such a claim in the EULA.
Think about it. MS is trying to bind a third party in their license agreement that the third party didn't even agree to.
So if the resale agreement between MS and the OEM doesn't spell out the OEM's responsibility to process refunds on the Windows software only, then MS cannot legally make that claim in their EULA.
This sounds like very good grounds for a lawsuit against MS by their consumers. With a lawsuit, you can subpena the resale agreements with the OEMs to figure out who to really go after.
Wouldn't ripping the tracks from the CD into Ogg Vorbis defeat the track watermarking. I'm guessing that their watermarking technique is based on the properties of the MP3 algorithm, which would be diffrent in Ogg.
The ability to leave a customer-unfriendly provider for a better performing competitor should be a customer right. I can leave my cable or wired phone company at any time. So why can't I do the same with a wireless phone company.
It's not like there are any startup costs associated with setting up a new customer. Cell phone activation is totally computerized. Especially if you bought your phone (not a free phone), there's no loss to a wireless company when you leave. And therefore no reason to be held hostage.
But why pay extra for it? If I'm correct, the music channels are inculded in the base price of sattelite TV. Why pay twice as much for digital cable?
Doesn't Yamaha make SCSI CDRs? You might also want to consider FireWire CDRs.
This is awesome. But it looks like is has special requirements for power supplies and chassis. Does anyone know of any compatible cases (preferably rack-mount with SCA hot swap bays) and power supplies for this baby?
Is this a correct assessment of Flash's capabilities?
And for it to be truly open, there would have to be more than third party file generators like the Perl modules that you refer to. There would also have to be 3rd party client/plugin implementations available. If you're in anyway constrained to Macromedia, then it's not open. Are there any non-Macromedia made plugins/players?
But, the next question: What's the difference between Flash and Shockwave? Macromedia seems to do a very poor job of explaining the difference. It seems like there's multiple products (and multiple plugins) using the same name.
I remember downloading the Shockwave plugin in order to view a certain site and found that I was still unable to do so. I had to go back to Macromedia's download page and get yet another plugin to get the site to work.
The day appears to be coming. Project-M is a document system that uses an XML file format and a database backend to store the document data. Content is then fully searchable, with a version control concept built-in! And I suppose anybody can write their own front end to manipulate the documents. Project-M kicks ass, but it's still vaporware of sorts and looks like it'll be expensive. Conglomerate looks like it'll be an open source alternative with much the same functionality - though maybe not as sophisticated.
Either way, the future of documentation needs to be XML-centric/server centric to really offer productivity gains for work groups in a corporate (and maybe even non-corporate) environment.
Which databases support replication and transactions?