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How do you classify something as 10x safer than something else? Do they expect 10x less people to die, 10x less frequent explosive disasters, or are the events themselves 10x less dangerous, meaning astronauts could survive?

Jerry
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Storagetek has had some pretty good products, but I can't see how this acquisition is going to help either company in the long term.

I used to be a big Sun supporter but they seem to be stuck in neutral lately.

A merger with EMC or Quantum would have made a lot more sense than this.

Jerry
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Storagetek has had some pretty good products, but I can't see how this acquisition is going to help either company in the long term.

I used to be a big Sun supporter but they seem to be stuck in neutral lately.

A merger with EMC or Quantum would have made a lot more sense than this.

Jerry
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Storagetek has had some pretty good products, but I can't see how this acquisition is going to help either company in the long term.

I used to be a big Sun supporter but they seem to be stuck in neutral lately.

A merger with EMC or Quantum would have made a lot more sense than this.

Jerry
http://www.syslog.org/

Storagetek has had some pretty good products, but I can't see how this acquisition is going to help either company in the long term.

I used to be a big Sun supporter but they seem to be stuck in neutral lately.

A merger with EMC or Quantum would have made a lot more sense than this.

Jerry
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Because it was settled and not ruled upon, there is no case law that other lawyers can reference from this outcome.

I don't think the GPL can declare any court victories until a judge actually rules in it's favor.

It is good to see that the SAE came to their senses, though.

Jerry
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Most all software has serious bugs, and the up-tick in firefox bug was as predictable as the sun rising. The real key is going to be in how the bugs are dealt with.

Jerry
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I really wasn't referring at all to the effectiveness of the search engines, only the number of people that appear to me to be using them. I also have found yahoo to be better when I'm seriously trying to find something.

Jerry
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Why do companies like yahoo and msn continue to fund their search engine initiatives? I know that they want to kick google to the curb for search engine mindshare, but it's not happening. If you run a website, take a look at your stats. Mine are roughly 99% google and 1% is made up from yahoo, msn and the others.

I think the search engines are primarily a vehicle to bring traffic to their sites, and intersperse some ads in the mix. The cost of ads, being driven by the number of views, can't be all that large of a revenue stream for yahoo et. al., at least as far as the search engine is concerned.

Am I missing something?

Jerry
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Sadly, the only people that are gaining anything, even when MS loses anti-trust cases, are the lawyers. I don't see this one getting that far, though.

I'm guessing that the only real downloads a Wine user would be making are updates for Office, correct? I'm drawing a blank on what else it could be. I haven't had the time to read my MS office EULA yet, but I'm guessing it doesn't specifically call out that it has to be run on Windows. That doesn't mean that MS has to provide you support if you're not. This is an automated incarnation of what has happened for years:
me> I need support
support> You're computer case isn't blue, is it?
me> yes, it is, thanks for asking
support> We don't support our software on computers with blue cases. Thanks for calling.
me> argh!
I think we've all been in that boat at one point or another.

Jerry
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They have to dust-off the old 'anti-netscape' playbook now. FF has risen to a level where MS is very concerned about losing momentum and support for their proprietary IE extensions. I know many software vendors have it on their near term road maps to inter-operate with Firefox (they don't now, due to the use of proprietary extensions in IE). MS really hasn't had to deal with any competing products taking up market/mind share so quickly in the past.

Jerry
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I think they only used lc_r on the 4.11 release test. For 5.3 they used the new KSE and the older LinuxThreads.

I did expect KSE to do better against LT, though. KSE has been sold as being lighter weight and faster than LT.

Jerry
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This is a good time to start this, with the micro btx form factor gear coming out, and whatnot. It's not going to be acceptable to have a particularly noisy unit, so cooling is going to be a problem, particularly with the later processors and video cards. My x800 throws off as much heat as the rest of my computer put together.

Jerry
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It's interesting that this is happening in the wealthiest county in Michigan. Of course, since the bottom fell out of the auto industry, that's not saying much.

I do like this quote:
"Patterson also wants to help bridge the digital divide by helping lower-income residents get computers if they don't have the means to buy one. Partnering with private businesses and foundations, the county would offer free or low-cost computers to people willing to take training classes."

I can't WAIT till we have tens of thousands of newly vulnerable and unmanaged computers to be harnessed by the spammers, DOSers and other bad people. Not a valid reason not to do this, but the point is to push out the accessibility to those of lower means, like people who can't afford AV subscriptions, personal firewalls, etc.

I do think Internet access is becoming much more commoditized and if you're not on it, you are at a severe sociatal disadavantage. Think of all those poor people who don't know the joys of fark and slashdot!

Jerry
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In the future, People for the Ethical Treatment of Artificial Intelligence (PETAI) will be decrying the horrific violence that millions (maybe billions) of people inflict on AI's every night whilest gaming.

At some point, you know this is going to be an issue.

Jerry
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This probably makes a lot of sense from a support perspective. I've got to believe that most of the calls that support people get are related to the 397 spyware apps competing for keystrokes on the customer's computer.

It problably also has to potential to cut down on spambots & other zombies residing on their network.

Jerry
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I can't wait to get behind someone on the freeway who is now videoconferencing while driving.

I do hope that the US can get it's collective head out of it's butt when it comes to wireless technology.

Jerry
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See the difference is that I'm working hard to be the guy buying the polo ponies.

Pretty depressing view of the world, there buddy. You might want to take a walk or something. It is true that governments will do what they want, the difference is that, for the most part, we are allowed to live our lives the way we want, while many others are not.

Jerry
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"This especially concerns pirated textbooks, electronic publications and illegal journals that will have negative influence on the youth. "

I'm more concerned about my kids getting run over by a tank because they disagree with the government, or contracting some fatal disease because the country runs around like nothing is wrong, than with textbooks, publications or journals.

Jerry
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That's all well and nice, but at the end of the day, its not about "doing the right thing", it's about "doing the right thing for MS shareholders". So long as MS deems the risk/reward ratio to favor continued movement towards shutting out pirates, this is going to continue. As soon as they see it causing a shift in attitude (and hence revenue) against them, they will change.

MS is not a dumb company. You don't have that market cap without having a horde of people analyzing all of the risks of a move like this.

Jerry
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The pirated versions will still be getting updates if the user of said software has auto-updates turned on. It's only when you manually run windows update that you get denied.

That may change in the future, however.

The reality is that almost no other commercial software vendor will provide you with updates if you aren't current on maintenance, let alone pirated the software in the first place.

Jerry
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Those should absolutely be banned! :)

Jerry
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How are people deciphering what the hell spam is tying to sell these days? What am I supposed to do with an email like this:
Subject: PharmaBGHZ8
Message:
Hurtnig?

At least with porn spam, you have something to look at.

Jerry
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Jerry
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Then again, 20 extra gigs of "Twin Peaks" sounds awfully compelling...

Jerry
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Jerry
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Jerry http://www.syslog.org/

I really do hope that this is turns into a viable solution for amputees. Combining this with the recent advances in nerve and motor control research should produce some very interesting products. I'm thinking a specialized appendage for using the mouse whilest I type. Then again, a USB port into the brain would be easier.

Jerry
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Then again, this problem doesn't work out so bad for the hardware manufacturers, now does it?

Jerry
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The problem is that there really isn't much value proposition left. Tivo has been riding on reputation while the market has been changing. That happens over and over in the business world, but I'm sad to see it happen to my beloved Tivo. Tivo seems to be trying to play catch-up by doing things like tivo2go, and find a new niche, like the partnership with netflix. In the end, I think they got too comfortable with the Directv partnership and they got dropped on their butts, and now they are trying to find their way again.

But that's just my take on them.

Jerry
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Tivo's recent actions have left me pretty convinced that they're lost. They don't seem to have a cohesive business plan on how they are going to fend off all the "generic" pvr/dvr's that come free with cable or satellite service, or for the onslaught of PC based solutions.

Tivo certainly has refinement and ease of use in its court, but I can see that eroding quickly. They are having to keep adding new features under the same pricing model just to stay competetive.

Long live Tivo...

Jerry
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Jerry
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Jerry
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In many areas, this is a big driver for convergance of different technologies - to be able to provide a "system" that does "something", not pieces that have to be put together. It's true that PCs have very tech centric marketing, but it is quite a bit better than it used to be - now you go out and buy a computer system with keyboard, mouse, printer, camera, monitor, etc etc. That used to not be the case, so I think there has been some level of improvement.

Jerry
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Jerry
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I'm glad to see that we've gotten our money's worth on this one.

Jerry
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I've been playing with tivo2go this morning and it seems pretty low-end.

Jerry
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Jerry KB8GIG
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Seriously, though, I can see this being useful as a protective layer, though there are already companies that offer that service. Its a clear plastic "bra" that you can peel off and replace when the front of your car gets nicked up.

Jerry
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Jerry
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Jerry
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The nice thing about some of the other alternative power systems is that they tend to be smaller scale and are backed up by the power grid or some other form of generation. If you have a 100MW kite system, it would be such a substantial source of power that providing a backup to it when there is no wind or the cable breaks, will not be trivial.

Jerry
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Jerry
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I suppose there isn't a whole lot of what I consider 'freeware' left, though, so it may be time to rethink my vocabulary.

Jerry
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Jerry
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What's more surpsing is that ISP's have not done more to stop being the source of spam (ala blocking port 25 outbound).

Jerry
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Jerry
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Jerry
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In this case, there's not a strong case for saying that the papers are bringing in less money because of CL, but they're certainly out making hay about it. Somewhat similar situation with the record industry. Profits are down (or maybe they're not) and the reason MUST be that people are downloading illegal copies, not that the music is crap and no one wants to buy it. Certainly, there is a bit of each at work, but making a statement about losing $50M to a web site is pretty bold.

Jerry
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I can't wait for the NPIA (news paper industry association - there has to be one, right?) to start kicking in doors with the FBI trying to quash the rouge, free exchange of want-ads.

Jerry
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