Actually there is a JPEG successor: JPEG2000, a wavelet coder, but it never took off. I personally think there are two reasons:
1) Well JPEG is good enough for most people. The efficient implementations are vast. There is little need for change for both the consumer and the industry.
2) Patent issues.
So even JPEG2000 is not yet accepted, will this new format work? TFA says it requires less computationally power. Do anyone have any benchmarks?
Are there any idiots who gets his stock advice from anonymous posters on a forum? So he posted those and what? People bought Whole Foods stocks? People should be smart enough not to care about those postings.
Nope I am not confused, I know what I am saying. If some guys spent hours to create a software (or any intellectual property), of course it should be protected and using it without their permission is indeed stealing. No need to play with words.
After all, we are not talking about patenting 'one click shopping' or such silly things. A full system of code must be protected if the author wants so.
Sure it is stealing. Check dictionary "Steal: To take (the property of another) without right or permission." It doesn't have to be physical. Besides if they print the code on a paper, there you go, it is physical now:)
I bet when MS is born, it looked like what Google looks like know. Wait another 5-10 years (or until next big thing) and Google will be an old and (possibly) evil company for many.
While browsers can't even properly show non-english alphabet, this doesn't seem to be a good a idea. My native language contains many special characters and I usually end up deciphering the emails sent by mom to me, because along the way, servers replace these characters with funny things.
If you put your pictures online, everyone can see it, copy it, and (gasp!) even draw funny a mustache on your face. If you want to post your pictures online, use passwords, restrict the access. It is amazing that people whine about privacy when they have no regard about their own.
> Your life isn't that interesting.
Of course not... but my credit card numbers on the statements are...
> How do you know USPS didn't lose any mail?
You missed the point. If that mail is delivered to these guys, then it is not lost. There is now a second stage. They may lose mail. Also there is another step of USPS, once you want some of your mail delivered to you.
> If you wanted all your mail delivered physically, then don't use this service.
Again you missed the point. I don't want all the mail. If I want to have anything physical then I have wait it to be delivered. It doesn't matter one or one thousand.
Who is opening and scanning the mail? Automated machines? How do I know they don't read my mail? How do we know that they don't lose any mail? Also wouldn't there be an additional delay before I get my mail (wait to be scanned and then wait to be delivered to you physically)?
it almost seems that voice calls are the least-used function of most phones
And it almost seems that the author of this article has no clue about what he writes. Except capturing a few (bad looking) pictures with my phone, I don't use it for anything else but talk to someone. Actually I wish there were a small phone with excellent reception, battery life and a reasonable price. Almost all phones in the market is full of junk and very expensive. What the cell phone companies give for free is either brick sized or bad quality.
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1. Scare people that internet is going down (OMG! OMG!) 2. Sell software & hardware 3. Profit!
Ears maybe... Butt maybe... but legs? huh?
Can you see the potential if they equip this thing with brown note as well?
Thank you for posting about Wubi. Seems to be a great tool. I didn't know it.
Actually there is a JPEG successor: JPEG2000, a wavelet coder, but it never took off. I personally think there are two reasons: 1) Well JPEG is good enough for most people. The efficient implementations are vast. There is little need for change for both the consumer and the industry. 2) Patent issues. So even JPEG2000 is not yet accepted, will this new format work? TFA says it requires less computationally power. Do anyone have any benchmarks?
microsoft... open source... oxymoron
So I guess IKEA finally got into computer business:)
FYI, Britanicca is not a collection of popular culture or slang terms. It is an encyclopedia.
Are there any idiots who gets his stock advice from anonymous posters on a forum? So he posted those and what? People bought Whole Foods stocks? People should be smart enough not to care about those postings.
I may be wrong but didn't 'froogle' (now product search) die for the same reason?
Nope I am not confused, I know what I am saying. If some guys spent hours to create a software (or any intellectual property), of course it should be protected and using it without their permission is indeed stealing. No need to play with words. After all, we are not talking about patenting 'one click shopping' or such silly things. A full system of code must be protected if the author wants so.
Sure it is stealing. Check dictionary "Steal: To take (the property of another) without right or permission." It doesn't have to be physical. Besides if they print the code on a paper, there you go, it is physical now :)
I bet when MS is born, it looked like what Google looks like know. Wait another 5-10 years (or until next big thing) and Google will be an old and (possibly) evil company for many.
While browsers can't even properly show non-english alphabet, this doesn't seem to be a good a idea. My native language contains many special characters and I usually end up deciphering the emails sent by mom to me, because along the way, servers replace these characters with funny things.
Who didn't see this coming? PS: I am waiting Mark Cuban's fireworks show for celebration :)
Am I the only one who kinda freaks out every time he sees this 'bug' picture? Can't slashdot have a cuter bug image?
I used it first time and you can't even plot a graph. Why would someone use this?
How do you find a computer from its IP address? I would understand MAC address but how do you do it from the IP address?
And it leads to old math tricks, computer 'hacks' being video taped, put online. It looks like content pollution to me.
If you put your pictures online, everyone can see it, copy it, and (gasp!) even draw funny a mustache on your face. If you want to post your pictures online, use passwords, restrict the access. It is amazing that people whine about privacy when they have no regard about their own.
What about if I don't use my company mail, but Gmail or Yahoo Mail when I am at work. Do they have to track those as well? If so, how?
> Your life isn't that interesting. Of course not... but my credit card numbers on the statements are... > How do you know USPS didn't lose any mail? You missed the point. If that mail is delivered to these guys, then it is not lost. There is now a second stage. They may lose mail. Also there is another step of USPS, once you want some of your mail delivered to you. > If you wanted all your mail delivered physically, then don't use this service. Again you missed the point. I don't want all the mail. If I want to have anything physical then I have wait it to be delivered. It doesn't matter one or one thousand.
Who is opening and scanning the mail? Automated machines? How do I know they don't read my mail? How do we know that they don't lose any mail? Also wouldn't there be an additional delay before I get my mail (wait to be scanned and then wait to be delivered to you physically)?
IP TV will solve the problems.
it almost seems that voice calls are the least-used function of most phones
And it almost seems that the author of this article has no clue about what he writes. Except capturing a few (bad looking) pictures with my phone, I don't use it for anything else but talk to someone. Actually I wish there were a small phone with excellent reception, battery life and a reasonable price. Almost all phones in the market is full of junk and very expensive. What the cell phone companies give for free is either brick sized or bad quality.