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These would be ideal for use in heavy lift space going airships. http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5025388/

Not to mention the design mentioned on this page... a long time ago.

If I recall correctly, as of 3 years ago when I was a junior in college, one windmill could power one house. A small house, at that. I don't think technology has improved substantially in the three years since.

It would have been helpful if you'd spent a few minutes with Google before posting. Wind turbines range in production capacity between 500kW and 6MW. For comparison, a 5MW wind turbine produces enough electric power for 1000 homes and that's after taking into account fluctuating wind conditions.

I suppose a 5kW wind turbine would be enough for one house. That's the eletrical production capacity of wind turbines back from 1890. That's right; wind turbines have been used to produce electricity since the late 1800s. They produced enough power back in 1890 to power a single house today.

Looks like they're still at it. http://www.kabewm.com/pages/pages/gallery/hotmail- still-using-unix12.php

That was true of their first attempt, however the same thing today generates the following: guaranteed bad hotmail/msn url

Now, it may depend on which server you encounter (that would not surprise me), but at least for me:

The page cannot be found
The page you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.

Please try the following:

* Make sure that the Web site address displayed in the address bar of your browser is spelled and formatted correctly.
* If you reached this page by clicking a link, contact the Web site administrator to alert them that the link is incorrectly formatted.
* Click the Back button to try another link.

HTTP Error 404 - File or directory not found.
Internet Information Services (IIS)

Technical Information (for support personnel)

* Go to Microsoft Product Support Services and perform a title search for the words HTTP and 404.
* Open IIS Help, which is accessible in IIS Manager (inetmgr), and search for topics titled Web Site Setup, Common Administrative Tasks, and About Custom Error Messages.

-Lucas

It seems to me Microsoft could use it to get into every box using IE that contacts msn.com
That's got to be at least a few.
I imagine they could just turn this into a wmf file and run whatever code they want on millions of PCs.

For constitutional purposes, the joint resolution passed with but a single dissenting vote by Congress on Sept. 14, 2001, was the equivalent of a formal declaration of war. The Supreme Court held in 1800 (Bas v. Tingy), and again in 1801 (Talbot v. Seamen), that Congress could formally authorize war by joint resolution without passing a formal declaration of war; and in the post-U.N. Charter era no state has issued a formal declaration of war. Such declarations, in fact, have become as much an anachronism as the power of Congress to issue letters of marque and reprisal (outlawed by treaty in 1856). Formal declarations were historically only required when a state was initiating an aggressive war, which today is unlawful.

And then you aren't even mentioning the recent MSNBC article about the five year MS/Apple software pact.

OTOH, if all they were doing is looking for jihadists, then I'm not going to march on Washington just yet. I'm concerned about the word 'terrorist' being expanded to include people who smoke weed, bitch about the government, and download .mp3s 'illegally'.

LAPD: Governor rode motorcycle illegally
Schwarzenegger, who hit car with son in sidecar, lacks proper license

According to news reports, Gov. Schwarzenegger was driving without a license to operate a motorcycle. "I don't need no stinkin' license" reported the governor. See MSNBC.

Not necessarily.

Sounds a bit like the "Sharing Folders" in Windows Live Messenger, the new MSN Messenger incarnation in beta now.

And I can safely say that you are the admin for a site called Xequted - or at least used to be before you got kicked off the team for attempting to force the team to do exactly what was outlined in Mr. Thompson's article. Oh, actually that was only one of the things that got you booted if memory serves?

Meanwhile you promote yourself at your blog over here:
http://spaces.msn.com/members/dce76
because no one wants to "hire" you.

I think you're just bitter. Enjoy your little world - your fifteen seconds of comments fame are now officially over.

Your issue reminded me of a statement in this article (see #14):

Poor distance vision is rarely caused by genetics, says Anne Barber, O.D., an optometrist in Tacoma, Washington. "It's usually caused by near-point stress." In other words, staring at your computer screen for too long. So flex your way to 20/20 vision. Every few hours during the day, close your eyes, tense your body, take a deep breath, and, after a few seconds, release your breath and muscles at the same time. Tightening and releasing muscles such as the biceps and glutes can trick involuntary muscles--like the eyes--into relaxing as well.

Used to be I'd have a window to stare out when contemplating a real-world to computer translation problem. But 2 years ago I was moved into a cubicle and all I have to stare at is beige fabric. And I've noticed my eye sight has been getting worse.

Microsoft has been targeting 4.5 to 5.5 million units by the end of their fiscal year since the console was launched. Hell, you can find articles with those numbers in it before their launch; this one was published Nov 8th:
* http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9968123/from/RL.5/

This article combines a bunch of random quotes out of context, and strings them together with some out of context source information in an attempt to make it look like company officials are acknowleging missing theirs sales targets.

This doesn't mean that the sales targets have been hit or missed, just that the article is a piece of made up trash.

There were a tremendous number of people on the list that I'd never heard of, which suggests a fair amount of creativity when picking names. Where's John Carmack, who's building rockets? What about Bono, who's helping back elevation? Then there's Gabe Newell, who's work with Steam is slowly changing how game publishing is done.

Perhaps girls who lick PSPs are more interesting, but somehow less important than the above.

Well, apparently a lot of people are also getting their music from KaZaa et al. MSNBC says, "Some analysts expect Apple to have shipped 37 million iPods worldwide by the year-end, with about 10 million sold in the key Christmas quarter."

That would mean everyone who just got their new iPods have loaded a whopping 2 songs onto it. Who said 30GB wouldn't come in handy?

Assuming people are listening to 128Kbps mp3s on their digital audio players and assuming each song is approximately 4 minutes long it would require 8416 music tracks to fill up a 30GB iPod. This means that KaZaa also enjoyed brisk success with 42,000,000,000 downloads (assuming everyone filled up half their iPod with videos (no, I won't go into the videos right now))

He may be brittish, but he is building a spaceport in New Mexico for his Virgin Galactic space tourism venture. Again I say, *what* other country?

-everphilski-

And to make matters worse, these albums are likely to suck.
Remember This: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5226945/

Unless there's high demand for 'Entertainment Weekly's Greatest Hits of 1971' this is just going to be another inventory clean-out.

Planet Of The Apes - Social Commentary.

Martin Luther King - Import changer of society.

That would explain the recommendation if it were to come up on Amazon.com, but Walmart.com used a less intelligent linking system. From AFA (another f'ing article), Wal-Mart manually assigns DVDs to categories, and then will pass on the recommendation if you're browsing from the same category. So it has nothing to do with user habits.

Walmart does it yet again.

I know this was supposed to be funny, but it won't work.
Your Homeland Security is already opening private mail: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10740935/

This video corruption problem isn't only limited to the pro 6100 model line. There was also one other class action suit before this one: http://www.lieffcabraser.com/notebookcomplaint.htm Myself and a large number of others also have the problem on the 5105-Sxxx model line. Here is a huge thread on the issue: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=2 6673 Also a MSN group has been started to try and get a settlement for 5105 users here: http://groups.msn.com/TOSHIBA5105DISPLAYPROBLEM/me ssages.msnw If anyone else is having these issues on this model line (or for that matter other models not included in the two earlier class action suits please sign up!

Was there a 5100 lawsuit? The 5100 is the Canadian version of the 5105, and there are many upset owners here and here.

The *software* might be from Lockheed Martin, but the Navy deployed it, including the Microsoft components delivered by Lockheed Martin, in a production environment. The Navy deployed it, the Navy's ship stopped working (which I think is part of the definition of "system controls" - controls which determine whether or not the ship is working). No sense in blaming Lockheed Martin for that one...

And if you think Windows isn't used in banking ATMs, which handle both accounts and "real" money, perhaps you should consult with Google:

http://www.universal.com.sa/english/products-optev a-general-features.htm

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3675891/

(and there are many others...)

MS's system on the other hand is guaranteed to affect every user who upgrades, and to effect them in such a way that they lose all their music completely.

Not according to this help page for MSN Music:

Up to 5 computers can share one MSN Music account. Authorizing a computer allows it to play music that you have purchased from MSN Music...

De-authorization is your way to manage whether your music will be playable on a computer. You are able to authorize up to five computers at once to play your music collection. De-authorization takes that privilege away from the computer. You should de-authorize a computer when you are replacing it or when you no longer want to purchase or play your music on it...

You can re-authorize and de-authorize the computer as many times as you choose.

What about the meaning of "LLC"? Limited Liability Company

Like I said, "Corporations shield their owners from bankruptcy and civil courts (to an extent)." And note it's Limitied Liability Company, not Zero Liability Company.

Did anything actually happen after California's energy crisis?

You mean other than Enron going out of business, along with many of its competitors? And considering the fact that the energy crisis was created when idiot politicians decided to lift the limits off the price of wholesale energy, but kept the reins on the price of retail energy, it's not wonder the whole thing blew up. That crisis had more to do with socialist tampering with market than anything else.

What about the billions of profit gas company are reporting for last year after increasing gas prices because of "shortage"?

What about 'em? First, read this. Then consider the following breakdown of profit margin of companies mentioned in that article:
* Altria, maker of Marlboro Cigarrettes...22c per $
* Merck...25.3c per $
* Exxon Mobile...9.8c per $

If you think a company with profit margins that slim isn't competing heavily to get as many customers as possible, you have no understanding of market economics. Also, keep in mind that the profit margin at the pump is even tighter. Typically, gas station owners will make between one and two cents per gallon. At today's prices, that's a profit margin of about half a percent.

You can look up others here. Just plug in the company's ticker symbol, click on "Financial Results", and look at the net profit margin. Some other interesting ones:
* Wal-Mart...3.5
* Coca-Cola...22.8
* Google...24.7
* Yahoo...32.8(!!!)

So Google makes two and a half times as much as Exxon-Mobile on every dollar earned, and Yahoo makes a staggering three times as much (ten times as much as Wal-Mart, the pinacle of retail evil). Yeah, those evil oil companies, gotta watch out for them.

You mean one of these?

No, there are companies that are really firing people for smoking at home. Or refusing to take a smoking test.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6870458/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4213441.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/1657624.stm

Billy Boy has had his MSN music store around for around 2 years now and it has been, like MSN itself, a total failure. Now, Billy Boy, touched by the same infinite creative wisdom that produced Microsoft BOB, Clippy and Windows ME, brings out exactly the same fucking product under another brand, and, using exactly the same model as Napster and Yahoo and his other store, expects to win out with his "superior" product.

Billy Boy's new toy, not compatible with the most popular by far audio player, will only help Billy Boy to lose even more money than his current MSN venture does.

My only wish, Billy Boy, is that in a year or two, some journalist with real balls instead of the pants-shitting, brown-nosing creeps that pretend to be such these days, will play you back a recording of your words this day and force you to either admit to just how badly you erred, or to get you to walk out of the studio in tears.

Nintendo Europe corrected the figure to 'approximately 13 million', stating 'it has sold almost 3.5 million of the devices to European consumers'. http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/provider article.asp?Feed=AP&Date=20060105&ID=5393359

Their stock (GOOG) immediately jumped yesterday from $420 to $445 at the point of the GooglePC news release on slashdot. Today the stock price plateaued right when MSNBC announced http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10708514 that Google will bust at a $600 stock price when it can no longer maximize that same revenue source. To be honest I see no sign of stopping at $600.

True. What we need is something like Trantor - use the (negative) heat gradient from deep in the earth instead of the gradient in the oceans. Of course, we'll have to do more research drilling, but we're already getting close to the mantle!

--LWM

ps - no "think of the earthworms", please.

Late to the party, but here goes...

First, there's tons of great wine resources on the net to discuss wine as pointed out in another reply to your post. The Robert Parker board is probably the best all around, but there are some awesome smaller discussion boards as well like http://groups.msn.com/BordeauxWineEnthusiasts

Second, setting aside the relavant, but unanswerable questions revolving around the globalizations of wine, Mondovino sucked. The interviews with the winemakers was cool, but jeeze, what was with all the dogs and offtopic forays into facsisim, and bizaare music scoring?

Third, it's in no way suprising that Charles Shaw scored well at the wine event you mentioned. I looked it up, nearly all of the wines are of the mass-produced, under $25 category. Moreover, many of the best examples in this price category weren't represented. It's impressive that a $2 wine competes so favorably against more expensive competition, but lets not get carried away here, it's mostly inoffensive, but at this level I stick to beer unless I'm buying the wine (in which case there are lots of fantastic wines for under $25 or even $10 that are vastly better).

I've done a double blind tasting with Charles Shaw Cabernet against several other sub $10 wines. The judges (my family) were split between those who regularly enjoy high end wine, and those who stick to the sub $10 category almost exclusively. Guess what, it scored last or second to last (out of six wines) on the scorecards of all eight who participated. The results are pretty much meaningless though as CS makes a zillion cases of wine each year, don't pretend their's any kind of homogenity. Their obviously not blending it all together before bottling.

Lastly, we're a long way away from $2 100 point wines at walmart. For one, very few people enjoy what would be considered "good wine" by most wine geeks. Great Bordeaux is austere, dry, and powerfully tannic compared to the generic CA merlot most people enjoy. That makes it kind of a specialty item. Second, the generally accepted requirements for making great wine tend to preclude the possibility of making a limitless supply of 100 pointers. Nearly all 100-pointers come from very specific (and smallish) vineyard sites harvested at low yields under ideal weather conditions. These factors don't really lend themselves to the level of production required of a Charles Shaw or Mondavi Costal type wine, and certainly require more than $2 a bottle to make. The best we could hope for here is lots of pretty good wine for a reasonable price.

That is true, but advertisers have been known to pull money away from newspapers that don't print their version of the truth. For instance, General Motors pulled all of their advertising from LA Times after they printed an article criticizing the G6 and GM's business practices.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7424781/

If it (censorship, warrantless eavesdropping, sophistry-based policymaking) is good enough for America, it's good enough for China.

When I first started using RSS, I subscribed to yahoo, cnn (about 4 of their feeds), and abcnews news feeds. I was thinking, "I'll get multiple perspectives on major stories, and make comparisons". Ahh, the starry-eyed idealism of ignorance...

Then I learned the truth. The spin happens at journalist-time -- the talking heads (or the writers behind the talking heads, whatever) get their news from the same Associated Press feed, and spin it their own way. In internet-land, there's no talking head -- just the AP story (and inherently the bias of the original AP journalist).

If you're looking at AP news stories online, everyone is just reposting the same exact story verbatim anyway. And generally non-AP topics don't get covered by many different perspectives.

So you can cook both of your balls at once.

I know I feel safer. I visited a feed cattle farm while in college. There I was given the unsettling knowledge that farmers feed cows their own feces. Apparently, there's a lot of undigested food in their shit, and it would be wasteful to just throw that away. Now, I know, when I look down into the toilet and see undigested kernels of corn in my own feces, I think to myself, "Damn, I should save that for dinner tonight!" I stopped eating beef Dec 23, 2003.

Most countries have a noodle or spagetti type food that is considard ethnic to that region, however the earlyest record of a noodle-type food comes from China - 4,000 year old noodles were recently dug up at a archaeological site near the Yellow River in northwestern China. Check it out!

my question is, why do people believe these stories at face value?

Reminds me of that one chick that said she needed 20 grand to pay off expensive shopping sprees and then claimed the money poured in, that savekaryn website a few years back.

Somehow I doubt her (or this million dollar webpage) made any money until they claimed they made a bunch of money and then told newspapers who then spread the word and then sites started paying for advertising (or in karyn's case, just sending money).

And for those of you thinking "naw, internet hoaxs dont happen, the newspapers are surely checking their bank accounts, etc", think again: this guy claimed this christmas lights were being turned off and on by visitors to his website and it turned out to be a hoax. Dozens of major online news sites reported the lights as real, it wasnt until a reporter showed up unannounced and called a friend online and told them to turned the lights off & on and it didnt work that they finally figured out the hoax.

You'd think lights being turned on & off over the internet would be the easiest to verify, but it didnt stop everyone and their mother from reporting it as 100% true. Makes you wonder how much of the news is true and how much is a hoax?

So there you have it, there are internet hoaxes and fakes and the online news media reports every little story as 100% true without doing any fact-checking to verify it's true. Therefore I call this million dollar homepage mythbusted!

my theory: about half the pixels are stuff he just threw up there for nothing, linking to mom-and-pop shops who will be happy to get any hits at all. Now that he's getting a ~750 million hits a day he's able to charge real money.

Between GW Bush saying "Will the highways on the Internet become more few?" and Kazakhstan banning Borat's website, is this really surprising?

I'm pretty much there with you.

There is no way that President Bush would ask, say, the NSA to do anything illegal is there?

And, although there may be a few renegades, there isn't much of official Washington that would use secrets for political gain.

But then there is the press which has recently developed some badly misplaced priorities, actively supporting and publicizing leaks of sensitive ongoing intelligence and military operations against the enemy over and over again. You would think it would be easy to understand that this harms our national security, yet much of the mainstream media passes over the issue in silence. On the other hand, they have endless energy and interest in a kerfuffle involving no crime.

Maybe the media will start taking the war more seriously if Al Qaeda makes significant progress in their announced goal of killing four million Americans. Or maybe not. If there are more successful large scale terrorist attacks in the United States, aided by the media's disclosure of on-going military and intelligence operations, I expect that the majority of the media won't engage in self-examination, but will rather most likely start banging the drums from the fever swamp. The fever swamp runs deep, and support for the President among the media is thin.

Well, if the other party gains power, maybe things will change... or maybe not.

Thank goodness we are a country where you can still engage in dissent against the mainstream.

You're in luck now: the FBI is thinking about lowering its standards for drug use. Figures.

To be sure, Darwin's theory of evolution is imperfect. However, the fact that a scientific theory cannot yet render an explanation on every point should not be used as a pretext to thrust an untestable alternative hypothesis grounded in religion into the science classroom or to misrepresent well-established scientific propositions.

I imagine the M$ equivalent will call the same sucky M$ code and explode the same way. No telling though, you might have to drum your fingers waiting for it to explode because they did not bother to make an index on the fly. No telling, but you can't win for losing.

We can be sure that Google will have a fix before M$ does. We can also be sure no other program on any other platform viewing the same information will have the same kind of problem.

Remember, the shills will tell us, it's all the user's fault.

8 times a day? Where does that happen?

Anyone who wants to know how MS thinks they will meet the challenge over the next year should check out Ray Ozzie's latest blog entry.

And that's exactly why it keeps happening and will keep happening until those getting sued do what some companies have done on patent claims: Team up and share legal expenses. As long as people roll over, it enables their behavior. Let someone else stand up to them, that's the ticket. But if we (the collective we, which obviously doesn't include you) don't make a stand against this behavior, it's going to start happening for other areas besides music sharing.

Too bad we the people don't have any representation in Washington. Because a government by the people would stomp all over the organization doing this, and the member companies funding it. But our government is too busy with really important things like helping Anna Nicole Smith get her money from an old guy's estate (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10606237/from/RL.1/) and running secret prisons in former Soviet block countries while spying on millions of innocent Americans. To Republicans those are more important than some single mom being strong-armed by major corporations.

Maybe not the online service, but is this the same "no more late fees" that they got sued for, or have they actually changed their ways?