Funny indeed. Could you please clarify precisely how that title is misleading, the title being "President blocked surveillance probe"? As I understand it, the President (one George W Bush) refused to give appropriate security clearance to investigators who were attempting to probe into this matter, as it were. How is that anything other than blocking the investigation?
I am so proud today to be an American, where the rule of law.... errr..... I mean.... What I mean is......
Yeah, and just think, maybe the Iraqis will someday live in a free and democratic state just like the USA, where they too will have the right to be spied on by the NSA.
I'm curious where you got that information from. I browed through Yahoo finance quickly and didn't see that explained anywhere. You'd think Yahoo at least would have that kind of information;)
After looking at this video of the Nokia E61 that someone above mentioned it would appear that it is capable of doing what you ask. Found it online for about $500-550 (Canadian dollars).
Not quite. By your logic, it is a violation of the GPL to download a GPL'ed program without the source (that is, you download the binary and not the source, even though the source is available):
3. You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it, under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following:
a) Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable source code, which must be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or,
Umm, no, I didn't - that's located in the defition section, and that certainly does not modify all the above (aside from defining academic purposes). The terms still only refer to patent and copyright grants - it has nothing to do with the license. You do not lose the ability to use the software by not attending an academic insituation.
Since I was ambushed with this distinction before (and rightly so, might I add) when I spoke (rashly) about the GPL applying to use and not just distribution, I thought I would point this out here as well. Of course, there is no double-standard at work.
We have about a dozen blackberries in my office, most a little over a year old. At this point, only about half of them are able to actually receive calls (thought most still receive email fine). I'm not trying to say that the Q is better (I've never used one) but it's pretty bad in my mind when the Blackberry can be used as a benchmark for reliability. Perhaps there is an inverse relatioship between feature set and longevity? I can't wait for the PC-quivalent cell phone that has to be replaced every month (nor can Motorola, I imagine).
If the US had a mobile phone market where you could use the same handset with any provider perhaps you would start seeing phones offered to please the end-user.
Well, for any carrier using GSM this is pretty trivial. Switching providers can be as easy as swapping SIM cards. To do so though your phone needs to be 'unlocked', which typically means you aren't buying it directly from carrier as they tend to lock the phones they sell so they can only be used on their network (though it's possible to get these unlocked). This is a little unfair, imho, but most phones you buy from carriers are heavily discounted off of MSRP, so it's a pretty straightforward tradeoff. Either buy a phone from the carrier and use it with them, or buy a phone from a third party and use it with whichever provider you want.
The last two phones I bought (GSM) were both unlocked and I had no issues moving from Fido to Rogers (in Canada). I also chose each of those phones because I didn't like any of the offerings of the carriers. I don't think it's as easy to switch with CDMA (could be wrong) and I don't know which US carriers use GSM (T-Mobile at least, I believe) but what you're describing is _far_ from impossible.
Of course it'd be nice if cell companies both offered this monstrocity of a money pit and the el-cheapo phones that companies like Moto make as well. You know, that whole "free market" thingy...
Hunh? What are you talking about - have you ever looked into buying a cell phone? The vast majority of phones offered by the phone companies are 'el-cheapo' phones. By simply going to the Verizon wireless website I'm bombarded with an offer for a phone that's only $9.99 (with contract). How much cheaper do you want?
Honestly, I remember playing Mario 2 and thinking "What the hell were they smoking when they made this game? Killing enemies with turnips you pull out of the groun? Red potions that take you to a mirror world? How does this fit between 1 and 3?". This actually explains a lot.
Also, I don't know why they thought we couldn't handle the real one - all the best gamers are in North America;)
The only thing is, MySpace didn't get created as a way to gather free footage for an ad campaign or to push apparel sales on kids.
Is it just me, or is that what this site already is? I actually looked at one of the 'hubsters' (shudder) and it seemed completely 100% staged. Are there any real 'kids' on this site? Can you even make your own site/have it listed there at all? I would tend to agree with the AC above - I actually think Myspace is better (uh oh, end of the world).
Sure, if I'm putting together a blog for myself security may not be my top priority and in a situation like this the "I'm too lazy and this is a pain in the ass" excuse is fine (just dont complain if things go wrong).
However, it's an alltogether different story if you're doing professional web development - the "I'm lazy" excuse doesn't cut it when you're developing something commercially. It is your job to make a functional application and a (large) part of that is making it resilient towards exploits. How pretty your app is doesn't mean squat if every 14 year old script kiddie can have his way with it.
(A) Copyright Grant- Subject to the terms of this license, including the license conditions and limitations in section 3, Microsoft grants you a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free copyright license to reproduce the software, prepare derivative works of the software and distribute the software or any derivative works that you create, solely for academic purposes.
(B) Patent Grant- Subject to the terms of this license, including the license conditions and limitations in section 3, Microsoft grants you a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free patent license under licensed patents to make, have made, use, practice, sell, and offer for sale, and/or otherwise dispose of the software or derivative works of the software, solely for academic purposes.
(emphasis mine)
As this only deals with patent and copyright grants I don't see anything here that would prevent you from _using_ it if you didn't attend an academic institution. It basically just seems to say that it cannot be used for commercial gain. Top points (obviously +5 informative) for stretching this into something related to a letter Bill Gates wrote 30 years ago.
Do you expect laptop CPUs to somehow consume a fixed percentage of desktop CPU power? Or how else do you get this sort of assumption?
Oh, I would agree that it's an assumption - but I think I fairly reasonable one. What I'm basing it off of, though, is that while energy drain is not a huge concern for desktops, it is for laptops. Therefore, one would expect that the extra engineering spent on making a mobile version would be focused on making it even more efficient than the desktop.
Besides, if laptop CPUs can be engineered for low power with high performance, why wouldn't you want to use the same chips on desktops/servers as well?
For the same reasons you don't (usually) today - energy efficiency isn't as big of a deal on the desktop and because those chips tend to be more expensive.
Everything else aside, that was the one thing that interested me the most about the review - the fact that the new conroes are allegedly going to be consuming about half as much power as current desktop chips. Why is this important? Well, if such gains can be made on the desktop, I'm _really_ looking forward to the laptop chips. Maybe the 7hrs claimed battery life by laptop manufacturers will actually be accurate in the near future.
Agreed. I enjoy how users are 'protected' from phising/spam/advertising by this service by getting more ads! It's like pushing someone out of the way of a speeding car and then punching them in the face.
The main advantage appears to be that they will prevent you from opening known phising sites. In terms of being faster, I'm not sure how they would be faster than my ISP since my ISP's DNS servers are presumably much closer to my machine than theirs. Any idea how they could make claims like that?
Also, though the summary mentions foiling spammers, I saw nothing about that in the article. From the sound of the post, I thought this was something like SPF even though that doesnt seem to be the case at all.
Actually, having done so more research that estimate of mine was way overboard. Apple's market share is apparently more like 2%. Who knows what that would be if they either a) sold their OS seperate from hardware (and presumably supported a wider range) and/or b) sold generic hardware.
I actually have been considering a mac for the past couple years - the 12" iBooks and powerbooks were rather tempting. However, at the time I could not justify the extra money for something with less raw power. I actually ended up getting a dell laptop.
At present, the price points are actually a bit different. The macbook is actually very competetively priced, which I think will help their marketshare quite a bit. Of course, what I think will happen and what you think will happen is fairly moot - so far it hasn't helped their market share, which is still very low. Macs may give a lot of people that warm, fuzy feeling, but not many more people are buying them.
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Funny indeed. Could you please clarify precisely how that title is misleading, the title being "President blocked surveillance probe"? As I understand it, the President (one George W Bush) refused to give appropriate security clearance to investigators who were attempting to probe into this matter, as it were. How is that anything other than blocking the investigation?
Yeah, and just think, maybe the Iraqis will someday live in a free and democratic state just like the USA, where they too will have the right to be spied on by the NSA.
I'm curious where you got that information from. I browed through Yahoo finance quickly and didn't see that explained anywhere. You'd think Yahoo at least would have that kind of information ;)
Lets not forget that Google is essentially an advertising company. I, for one, would not use an Adsense laden OS even if it was free.
Omg, another Bryan! It must be destiny.
After looking at this video of the Nokia E61 that someone above mentioned it would appear that it is capable of doing what you ask. Found it online for about $500-550 (Canadian dollars).
Not quite. By your logic, it is a violation of the GPL to download a GPL'ed program without the source (that is, you download the binary and not the source, even though the source is available):
(source)That's obviously rediculous. Both licenses obviously deal with distribution and not the act of simply getting a copy for yourself.
Umm, no, I didn't - that's located in the defition section, and that certainly does not modify all the above (aside from defining academic purposes). The terms still only refer to patent and copyright grants - it has nothing to do with the license. You do not lose the ability to use the software by not attending an academic insituation.
Since I was ambushed with this distinction before (and rightly so, might I add) when I spoke (rashly) about the GPL applying to use and not just distribution, I thought I would point this out here as well. Of course, there is no double-standard at work.
For some video footage of the phone, see this on Google video.
We have about a dozen blackberries in my office, most a little over a year old. At this point, only about half of them are able to actually receive calls (thought most still receive email fine). I'm not trying to say that the Q is better (I've never used one) but it's pretty bad in my mind when the Blackberry can be used as a benchmark for reliability. Perhaps there is an inverse relatioship between feature set and longevity? I can't wait for the PC-quivalent cell phone that has to be replaced every month (nor can Motorola, I imagine).
Well, for any carrier using GSM this is pretty trivial. Switching providers can be as easy as swapping SIM cards. To do so though your phone needs to be 'unlocked', which typically means you aren't buying it directly from carrier as they tend to lock the phones they sell so they can only be used on their network (though it's possible to get these unlocked). This is a little unfair, imho, but most phones you buy from carriers are heavily discounted off of MSRP, so it's a pretty straightforward tradeoff. Either buy a phone from the carrier and use it with them, or buy a phone from a third party and use it with whichever provider you want.
The last two phones I bought (GSM) were both unlocked and I had no issues moving from Fido to Rogers (in Canada). I also chose each of those phones because I didn't like any of the offerings of the carriers. I don't think it's as easy to switch with CDMA (could be wrong) and I don't know which US carriers use GSM (T-Mobile at least, I believe) but what you're describing is _far_ from impossible.
Hunh? What are you talking about - have you ever looked into buying a cell phone? The vast majority of phones offered by the phone companies are 'el-cheapo' phones. By simply going to the Verizon wireless website I'm bombarded with an offer for a phone that's only $9.99 (with contract). How much cheaper do you want?
Honestly, I remember playing Mario 2 and thinking "What the hell were they smoking when they made this game? Killing enemies with turnips you pull out of the groun? Red potions that take you to a mirror world? How does this fit between 1 and 3?". This actually explains a lot.
Also, I don't know why they thought we couldn't handle the real one - all the best gamers are in North America ;)
Exactly - every time you delete a cookie an american flag bursts into flame.
Is it just me, or is that what this site already is? I actually looked at one of the 'hubsters' (shudder) and it seemed completely 100% staged. Are there any real 'kids' on this site? Can you even make your own site/have it listed there at all? I would tend to agree with the AC above - I actually think Myspace is better (uh oh, end of the world).
Sure, if I'm putting together a blog for myself security may not be my top priority and in a situation like this the "I'm too lazy and this is a pain in the ass" excuse is fine (just dont complain if things go wrong).
However, it's an alltogether different story if you're doing professional web development - the "I'm lazy" excuse doesn't cut it when you're developing something commercially. It is your job to make a functional application and a (large) part of that is making it resilient towards exploits. How pretty your app is doesn't mean squat if every 14 year old script kiddie can have his way with it.
I'm assuming you're talking about this?
(emphasis mine)As this only deals with patent and copyright grants I don't see anything here that would prevent you from _using_ it if you didn't attend an academic institution. It basically just seems to say that it cannot be used for commercial gain. Top points (obviously +5 informative) for stretching this into something related to a letter Bill Gates wrote 30 years ago.
Oh, I would agree that it's an assumption - but I think I fairly reasonable one. What I'm basing it off of, though, is that while energy drain is not a huge concern for desktops, it is for laptops. Therefore, one would expect that the extra engineering spent on making a mobile version would be focused on making it even more efficient than the desktop.
For the same reasons you don't (usually) today - energy efficiency isn't as big of a deal on the desktop and because those chips tend to be more expensive.
Booya! I just calculated the intensity of that burn to within 10 significant digits! Looks like the OP was wrong about technical skills being useless.
Everything else aside, that was the one thing that interested me the most about the review - the fact that the new conroes are allegedly going to be consuming about half as much power as current desktop chips. Why is this important? Well, if such gains can be made on the desktop, I'm _really_ looking forward to the laptop chips. Maybe the 7hrs claimed battery life by laptop manufacturers will actually be accurate in the near future.
Agreed. I enjoy how users are 'protected' from phising/spam/advertising by this service by getting more ads! It's like pushing someone out of the way of a speeding car and then punching them in the face.
The main advantage appears to be that they will prevent you from opening known phising sites. In terms of being faster, I'm not sure how they would be faster than my ISP since my ISP's DNS servers are presumably much closer to my machine than theirs. Any idea how they could make claims like that? Also, though the summary mentions foiling spammers, I saw nothing about that in the article. From the sound of the post, I thought this was something like SPF even though that doesnt seem to be the case at all.
I always thought that was meeting a Girl(tm).
Actually, having done so more research that estimate of mine was way overboard. Apple's market share is apparently more like 2%. Who knows what that would be if they either a) sold their OS seperate from hardware (and presumably supported a wider range) and/or b) sold generic hardware.
I actually have been considering a mac for the past couple years - the 12" iBooks and powerbooks were rather tempting. However, at the time I could not justify the extra money for something with less raw power. I actually ended up getting a dell laptop.
At present, the price points are actually a bit different. The macbook is actually very competetively priced, which I think will help their marketshare quite a bit. Of course, what I think will happen and what you think will happen is fairly moot - so far it hasn't helped their market share, which is still very low. Macs may give a lot of people that warm, fuzy feeling, but not many more people are buying them.