"Man hard drives vs. optical discs.... what is he thinking."
Well maybe that while the big dogs get into a knock down fight about the "next thing"! 'Blue Ray vs whatever' there's money to be made in a media that's dropping in price like a stone? (50c a gig soon believed to be under 25C a gig w/ terabyte size drives)
Did you read the whole article?
I'd pay the kind of money he's talking about for 40 movies a month of my choice. ($100 startup delivers the disk, then $20 a month to trade the drive out for a new one full of movies.) Of course this is all speculative stuff for him, but could be done w/ todays tech while we await the next big thing in whatever DRM'd optical disc standard is next in line.
Hell's bells man, what if their is no clear standard for say, 4 years? Want to go buy 2 sets of video/media players again? (vhs/beta)
Sure it's speculation, but it's not quite as useless as you make it out to be at least imho.
Comes from the sealed bid auction that lowers (substantially) the usual profit taking for the IPO backer?
from an article on slate: "Google's IPO price will thus be set naturally by all interested market participants, not artificially by underwriters. Google--and not well-connected investors--will receive the full benefit of investors' enthusiasm for the stock. To add insult to the injury of the chastened investment bankers, Google has decreed that it'll only pay a 3 percent underwriting fee."
http://slate.msn.com/id/2104415
Check it out.
If you buy into the gist of the article (google is running the ipo to maximize *their* profit, not the banker/investment firms) then you could see the Playboy article in two ways.
1. The articles coming out at this point to screw the IPO and prevent the profit loss and possible sea change a sucessful IPO of this sort could lead to. ~ underwriters win
2. The article is coming out early and screws the IPO which allows google to back off this ipo until the storm of bad press passes. ~ google wins.
Eh maybe it's just me, but if I had a 3 meter tall inhuman thing spitting glowing globes of plasma at me I just don't see *not* backing up and unloading on the thing.
Of course your point about the style is valid, and everyone likes a different kind of game. (but can you see id going tactical?... me neither.../brain hurting/)
I just don't see how you could realistically sneak up on your average denizen of Hell & take it down a la' Hitman for example.
Also it's not like you could hold imps hostage against the behavior of the higher demons. Negotiation seems to be moot w/ any of these things but maybe there's more backstory we haven't seen yet.
Anyway, I for one welcome this return to hell and am trotting over to worstbuy for a video card upgrade to better enjoy it.
I mean, it obvious they really care about the contract. It's obvious many users are not _as_ interested in waiting for the contract to be reexamined.
So they move Sarge while agreeing to discuss it at a later date.
When's the last time you saw something this internally important to a project drag a project down in flames? How many other non and for profit organizations have torn apart/forked or become non productive over such a dispute?
It's a nice compromise and I'm glad they're willing to be so reasonable about it.
As far as being out of touch, hey slow and steady is still a winning strategy for those willing to wait. *
~G
* glances at apt source.list for all the lovely unstable bits.. I'm not one who likes waiting tho' ^_^
... Some digital archeologist will unearth that site and be very dissapointed in trying to recreate all the lovely standards mentioned in the pictures.
Why? Except for the eternal optimists hanging onto SCO stock, no one cares.
We're all just quietly waiting for the corporate equivalent of the sound of quick fried mosquito as SCO hits the Big Blue bug zapper.
It's not a totally useless article though. It will serve as a great "See this? don't depend on this behavior as a business model, mmmkay?" warning in years to come.
Find an advisor as widely intrigued by different things as you are who is open to a bit of tinkering with your schedule.
Blow away the core courses the first year or so.
Then use that advisor to fine tune a program for you.
It's a bit of work but your best bet of gaming a system not set up to deal with you.
And remember, once you have the degrees you feel you require; you can then do whatever you want afterwords.
Oh. one more thing interships, preferrably with someplace unique, and don't forget, th really important point of going through college isn't absorbing the information. The important point of going to college is learning how to interact w/ your peers, if you can find any.
Good luck,
G
p.s. If your really, really bright? watch "Real Genius", it's funny; but there's some lessons in their too.
All replys are "reply with history" often with screenshots as company policy and due to the complexity of the job. (3rd level insurance support w/ story problems galore)
I have a personal storage quota of 75 megs, the mailbox I save to has a personal storage quota of 75 megs. (personal space? about 7% and holding, corporate box? 90-100% at all times)
They cannot share, or transfer any storage quota from one user or resource to another.
They will not buy *any* new drive space.
They will not examine *any* redistribution of present drive shares. (like oh I dunno, *USAGE*)
And the first warning we get that the drive is filling (about 3-4X a week) is the cannot write to drive warning.
We delete somewhere in the neighborhood of 90 megs a week of pontentially subpeonable documentation and there is no plans in place, or even spoken of to correct this. (don't ask, don't tell)
Save it to a local drive? No that would violate security protocols.
Slashdot Mirror
Looks dangerous...
~G
(sorry couldn't resist)
"Man hard drives vs. optical discs.... what is he thinking."
Well maybe that while the big dogs get into a knock down fight about the "next thing"! 'Blue Ray vs whatever' there's money to be made in a media that's dropping in price like a stone? (50c a gig soon believed to be under 25C a gig w/ terabyte size drives)
Did you read the whole article?
I'd pay the kind of money he's talking about for 40 movies a month of my choice. ($100 startup delivers the disk, then $20 a month to trade the drive out for a new one full of movies.) Of course this is all speculative stuff for him, but could be done w/ todays tech while we await the next big thing in whatever DRM'd optical disc standard is next in line.
Hell's bells man, what if their is no clear standard for say, 4 years? Want to go buy 2 sets of video/media players again? (vhs/beta)
Sure it's speculation, but it's not quite as useless as you make it out to be at least imho.
~G
If your only exposure to the guy is through news reports he may come off as a little arrogant, but damn: read the blog.
He's got a lot to back up that confidence, really insightful on a lot of things, and yet not afraid to admit where he's clueless.
Impressive dude.
~G
It's about time that dog gets disciplined.
~WDM
Comes from the sealed bid auction that lowers (substantially) the usual profit taking for the IPO backer?
from an article on slate:
"Google's IPO price will thus be set naturally by all interested market participants, not artificially by underwriters. Google--and not well-connected investors--will receive the full benefit of investors' enthusiasm for the stock. To add insult to the injury of the chastened investment bankers, Google has decreed that it'll only pay a 3 percent underwriting fee."
http://slate.msn.com/id/2104415
Check it out.
If you buy into the gist of the article (google is running the ipo to maximize *their* profit, not the banker/investment firms) then you could see the Playboy article in two ways.
1. The articles coming out at this point to screw the IPO and prevent the profit loss and possible sea change a sucessful IPO of this sort could lead to. ~ underwriters win
2. The article is coming out early and screws the IPO which allows google to back off this ipo until the storm of bad press passes. ~ google wins.
Or it's just a coincidence.
Interesting thought though.
~G
Eh maybe it's just me, but if I had a 3 meter tall inhuman thing spitting glowing globes of plasma at me I just don't see *not* backing up and unloading on the thing.
... me neither ... /brain hurting/)
Of course your point about the style is valid, and everyone likes a different kind of game. (but can you see id going tactical?
I just don't see how you could realistically sneak up on your average denizen of Hell & take it down a la' Hitman for example.
Also it's not like you could hold imps hostage against the behavior of the higher demons.
Negotiation seems to be moot w/ any of these things but maybe there's more backstory we haven't seen yet.
Anyway, I for one welcome this return to hell and am trotting over to worstbuy for a video card upgrade to better enjoy it.
~G
Cool, thanks for the correction.
Now I gotta start saving for a hardware upgrade.
~G
Umm... idsoftware.com that is. Doh.
~G
(just don't want to slashdot whoever owns id.com)
I thought Doom3 didn't have multiplayer?
*runs to check id.com*
~G
I mean, it obvious they really care about the contract. It's obvious many users are not _as_ interested in waiting for the contract to be reexamined.
So they move Sarge while agreeing to discuss it at a later date.
When's the last time you saw something this internally important to a project drag a project down in flames? How many other non and for profit organizations have torn apart/forked or become non productive over such a dispute?
It's a nice compromise and I'm glad they're willing to be so reasonable about it.
As far as being out of touch, hey slow and steady is still a winning strategy for those willing to wait. *
~G
* glances at apt source.list for all the lovely unstable bits.. I'm not one who likes waiting tho' ^_^
... Some digital archeologist will unearth that site and be very dissapointed in trying to recreate all the lovely standards mentioned in the pictures.
~G
This could really help push Linux for schools and libraries. (who don't need the extra expense of the "secure" kiosk's their paying for now.)
~G
"Buyukkokten promised Affinity Engines that he wouldn't develop a competing social network service for Google. "
Not to be cynical, but did he sign any non compete clause or something? Because a simple promise won't really hold much water in court.
I hope this is the engineer rather than Google though, I'd hate to see them stubmel like that.
~G
Ok, Thanks for the clarfication.
~G
Assuming this doesn't happen to whole IP ranges, won't IPV6 lessen the potential impact of this?
One or two small subnets off the huge amount that will be available doesn't seem so bad, and could spur some interesting development/business plans.
Just a thought.
~G
"In another embodiment, the teller towers are arranged in a circle, semicircle, elongated circle, or oval."
What's next, patenting the concept of overhead cover?
"In another embodiment the roof will be formed of woven vegetable matter, or dried grass and mud."
If the process gets any looder why not just patent
the action of firing a neuron and cover all possible premuations of thought, then close the USPTO.
~G
...How little comment this generates.
Why? Except for the eternal optimists hanging onto SCO stock, no one cares.
We're all just quietly waiting for the corporate equivalent of the sound of quick fried mosquito as SCO hits the Big Blue bug zapper.
It's not a totally useless article though.
It will serve as a great "See this? don't depend on this behavior as a business model, mmmkay?" warning in years to come.
~G
The wide availability of 600k to coincide with Realplay finally not having buffer issues eh?
Neat trick.
Or is 600k just the streamspeed they've been aiming for the whole time.
G
Find an advisor as widely intrigued by different things as you are who is open to a bit of tinkering with your schedule.
Blow away the core courses the first year or so.
Then use that advisor to fine tune a program for you.
It's a bit of work but your best bet of gaming a system not set up to deal with you.
And remember, once you have the degrees you feel you require; you can then do whatever you want afterwords.
Oh. one more thing interships, preferrably with someplace unique, and don't forget, th really important point of going through college isn't absorbing the information. The important point of going to college is learning how to interact w/ your peers, if you can find any.
Good luck,
G
p.s. If your really, really bright? watch "Real Genius", it's funny; but there's some lessons in their too.
3 warnings?
Must be nice.
I field 250-320 emails a week.
All replys are "reply with history" often with screenshots as company policy and due to the complexity of the job. (3rd level insurance support w/ story problems galore)
I have a personal storage quota of 75 megs,
the mailbox I save to has a personal storage quota
of 75 megs. (personal space? about 7% and holding, corporate box? 90-100% at all times)
They cannot share, or transfer any storage quota from one user or resource to another.
They will not buy *any* new drive space.
They will not examine *any* redistribution of present drive shares. (like oh I dunno, *USAGE*)
And the first warning we get that the drive is
filling (about 3-4X a week) is the cannot write to
drive warning.
We delete somewhere in the neighborhood of 90 megs a week of pontentially subpeonable documentation and there is no plans in place, or even spoken of
to correct this. (don't ask, don't tell)
Save it to a local drive? No that would violate security protocols.
Grell
Hey enjoy the one of the few occasions you got to something first, right?
I don't suppose they'll archive it?
That would be nice.
^_^
G.
Yes,
mind bogglingly detailed step by step audio tho.
I'm waiting for the v/o to be drowned out by the scram jet.
Sweet feed though.
G.
but = Buy
... )
(got excited being first, so lame
G
.. for a Dollar.
Pretty much have to decorate the whole room around it though.
G
Excited.
Reading the article leaves you with a lot of "will, should, could" and no prototype.
And the $0.20 is a target to be reached, not an acheived goal.
What's Slashdot becoming, a free way to secure prior art against when companies actually has a patentable working model?
Grell