I am wondering how much the rights for UNIX System V will go for at the liquidation auction. IBM certainly has the deep pockets to win any bidding war.
They should change their motto to "We do less evil than everyone else". We would need some proof of this. The cynic in me is waiting for some story to break involving the credit card companies, travel agencies, book stores and the government.
If the bandwidth was meant for customers only then the coffee shop should have configured their equipment to express that the bandwidth was for customers only. Instead, possibly out of incompetence, they configured their equipment to express that the bandwidth was for anyone and everyone. This comment illustrates my point exactly. Dishonest people, who think they can rip other people off of their goods/services, but because there wasn't a sign, they can claim ignorance and put the onus on the company to have to produce a sign to tell the next person, "For Customers Only". The slippery slope of this moral ground is dangerous and should be avoided at all costs.
Even worse, the guy now has a felony conviction on his record, which will probably make it very hard for him to get many jobs, loans, or anything else where they do a background check on you. He's basically had his life ruined because he was using a free service that the coffee shop was willingly providing (and advertising!) as a free service for anyone who wanted it!
The parking lot of a store is meant for customers, that is why many of them have to put up signs to remind people of this, because we have stupid people and laws to protect them from themselves if a sign was not present to tell the person what they should have known already.
Okay, so the store had a free WiFi. Clearly, this was meant to draw in customers. This guy was not only taking up a parking spot meant for customers, but he was using bandwidth meant for customers. Yes, he is a thief and deserved to be punished. The fine and community service seems a tad high, but then again, this could become a slippery slope. A precedent needs to be set.
Though, if the poster would prefer to stick with "well, that is what we grew up knowing", then continue to also believe we only 10% of our brain and that leeches help with "issues of the blood."
*shrug*
Apple lied in their ad. In America, you get punished for false advertisement (if you get caught, that is). Apple should suck it up, pay a fine and correct their ads with an end note explaining only simulate millions of colors.
This particular situation isn't about competition. Coopetition is needed. Intel is just mad they weren't invited to the party so they could get free press from the situation, so they are stepping in with their stupid fat fingers and gumming up the keyboard with their dripping transfat-laden corporate policies.
There is ZERO market in providing cheap PCs to poor people. There is no profit beyond paying the bills of the company.
Again, Intel is just trying to generate press, "Look at us! Look at how great we are! We are trying to help the poor!"
Intel would be more advise to give money to the OLPC project so the per-system cost could be lowered. Team work is needed here, not competition.
This is certainly good news for Win95 and Win98 users. For a minute there, they thought they were going to have to upgrade, but with the future Windows OSes no longer competing for the 32-bit space, the market share for even Win2k should now become stable.
In my brief experience with an IBM AS/400 (before it was renamed), it seemed like my old company was paying as much annual licensing and support fees as the system originally cost. The software we ran got more expensive as the system went faster. I never quite understand that pricing scheme, since the software didn't actually do anything NEW.
There doesn't have to be a trick. Amazon is late to the party, so they are trying to play this up as much as possible. I like to call it "Viral Marketing". They are playing the DRM-FREE card, but, so is everyone else now. Meh. Is this really news? Amazon has always been about expanding what if offers. This is simply another product.
What might make this special, though, is if charge less than 99 cents or less. That iTunes is charging 30 cents more for DRM-free is a crock. "Look, it is DRM-free, surely that is worth 30 cents more?!" Um, no, it isn't.
I am not the tarket market here, though. I only buy used CDs and have never purchased an MP3. The pricing of new CDs is still too high for my tastes and 99 cents for one song is far too expensive.
Maybe if my money was going to a charitable cause, I might pay 99 cents. I am curious, though, with MP3 over the net distro being the future, what is holding more artists back from being indie and reaping more profit on their own hard work?
It's sad how every article about hybrids always focuses on how many years it takes to save enough gas to pay fro the added cost of the car. That's not what it is about! Especially not if you use the gas prices in a country where said price is held artificially low!
It's about how much more we could do by using technology in a sensible way rather than spending it on finding ways to allow every Joe to accelerate a 7 ton monster truck 0-60 in under 4 seconds!
What is wrong with Joe wanting to accelrate a 7-ton monster from zero to 60 in under 4 seconds? Instead of dictating to these folks how they should drive, how about improving the technology to make such driving more efficient? Pair up electric motors with a few batteries on these 7-ton monsters that charge up specifically for the purpose of helping the vehicle accelerate its mass more efficiently than just the motor alone.
Here is my solution for all current and future cars. Nearly all car engines are now computer-controlled. The computer controls the air flow, fuel mix, timing, everything! Continue to market the cars with the big HP numbers, but on every dashboard, have a multi-mode selector. High MPG Mode would tell the computer to lean out the fuel mix. You get lower HP, but you get improved MPG for that commute. Need to tow something now? Switch to High HP Mode. Such a device would cost all of 10 cents to install since the engine already does this number trickery during its learning process.
No matter what the school does to the teachers, if I were one of the parents, the civil lawsuit against the teachers would be so large, the teacher's great-grandkids would still be paying the debt. All of the proceeds would go to paying the psychiatrists bills for all of the kids. These sort of events in a child's life can scar them for life.
I can honestly say that not a one of my teachers in college taught me anything either new or useful about computers. I was self-taught on everything Windows, of which the University didn't teach ANYTHING on at that time (1989 to 1994). Sure, they taught me how to use an out-dated command line on a mainframe. Meh.
No, I think the kids will do just fine. They will be teaching the teachers very shortly. The power of children is that their minds are not stuck with such ideas as "an expert required" to learn. And the kids will help each other learn. The adults would be well-advised to stay out of the way and not mess it up.
I thought just "not excessively racing the engine" saves gas, i.e. using cruise control, coasting, etc. Can't we just teach people to do this now? If you have to push on the gas to pass someone, does the chip say "nope, too much gas"? You appear to be trying to pass the car in front of you. Allow or Cancel?
When are we going to start seeing regular Slashdot postings outlining Linux or other free software security patch releases in the same accusatory tone that the monthly Microsoft security bulletin releases bring? No, I'm not trolling, but I'm getting sick of the clear bias Slashdot editors (and most readers) have when it comes to matters of Microsoft.
(I can feel my karma slipping away, but I couldn't take it anymore).
What? You thought that if you saved enough karma you could trade it in for a night with CowboyNeal or CmdrTaco? *grin* Even karma whores have to give up a few points occasionally.
"I understand this premise for something like myspace, or youtube, but surely myspace could have just started offering an easy interfact to upload pictures, and they would have taken over from photobucket? Or is photobucket used in so many other places? (I see imageshack everywhere, not photobucket)"
Think about your own use of internet services. When Google bought blogger.com, if you were a google user, did you switch? Over a billion images are hosted on PhotoBucket. Okay, so MySpace kludges in a picture feature, too. But, PhotoBucket still has those billions of images. Are users going to go through the effort of moving those pictures? Even if MySpace made it one-click? Probably not. That would mean having to re-edit links on pages, e-mail your friends of the change. Blah, blah blah. I think you see where I am going with this. MySpace could certainly try and grow their own photo storage, but this deal gives Newscorp billions of images NOW.
Users tend to stick with what worked for them yesterday. Switching is a pain.
Yes, buying in. Companies have been doing it for ages. Sometimes, it is cheaper to buy than build your own. It seems like this activity is expected in day and age of dot-coms. Investors are looking for these big buy-outs. Why did Google go public? Because their initial investors were pushing for it. Google was doing just fine as a private company. MySQL is going public for the same reason.
And beyond going public, getting bought is a huge pay day for those stock holders (or just the initial investors if the company is still private).
I feel sorry the employees at these companies, though. After this purchase, Photobucket may "reorganize to make its operation more efficient."
Oh, no hostility here, I am just pointing for all the world to google that the fact that this failed should not be a surprise to anyone. Designing, launching and managing a network of satellites is not cheap. American tax-payers are footing a very large bill for the rest of the world. Maybe if all of the nations kicked into financial assistance, the US Government wouldn't be so picky with its established network.
This sort of legislation is really annoying. It was coupled with Tsunami relief. What, is the President going to look like a jerk and not grant money for relief, just to avoid this act? Like everything he does, the Bush Haters would have twisted it around and blamed it all him anywho. Well, they will anyways, but this is not Bush's fault.
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I am wondering how much the rights for UNIX System V will go for at the liquidation auction. IBM certainly has the deep pockets to win any bidding war.
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. But, they must first be taught that history.
No that Linux is shipping from a major seller, can we now begin to complain about the Linux Tax on a PC?
"We have to charge a few dollars more because we had to take more time to create the Linux config. Not all of the hardware was supported."
The parking lot of a store is meant for customers, that is why many of them have to put up signs to remind people of this, because we have stupid people and laws to protect them from themselves if a sign was not present to tell the person what they should have known already.
Okay, so the store had a free WiFi. Clearly, this was meant to draw in customers. This guy was not only taking up a parking spot meant for customers, but he was using bandwidth meant for customers. Yes, he is a thief and deserved to be punished. The fine and community service seems a tad high, but then again, this could become a slippery slope. A precedent needs to be set.
"Since your eyes can only detect about 16,000 colors..."
Maybe your eyes, but according to actual medical research -- not unsubstantiated mythological numbers -- we can see millions of colors.
For more information, here is a handy link to site with all sorts of nifty data:
http://www.cis.rit.edu/mcsl/outreach/faq.php#q11
Though, if the poster would prefer to stick with "well, that is what we grew up knowing", then continue to also believe we only 10% of our brain and that leeches help with "issues of the blood."
*shrug*
Apple lied in their ad. In America, you get punished for false advertisement (if you get caught, that is). Apple should suck it up, pay a fine and correct their ads with an end note explaining only simulate millions of colors.
This particular situation isn't about competition. Coopetition is needed. Intel is just mad they weren't invited to the party so they could get free press from the situation, so they are stepping in with their stupid fat fingers and gumming up the keyboard with their dripping transfat-laden corporate policies.
There is ZERO market in providing cheap PCs to poor people. There is no profit beyond paying the bills of the company.
Again, Intel is just trying to generate press, "Look at us! Look at how great we are! We are trying to help the poor!"
Intel would be more advise to give money to the OLPC project so the per-system cost could be lowered. Team work is needed here, not competition.
Unrestrained access to/creation of information can be just as bad as filtering it.
This is certainly good news for Win95 and Win98 users. For a minute there, they thought they were going to have to upgrade, but with the future Windows OSes no longer competing for the 32-bit space, the market share for even Win2k should now become stable.
In my brief experience with an IBM AS/400 (before it was renamed), it seemed like my old company was paying as much annual licensing and support fees as the system originally cost. The software we ran got more expensive as the system went faster. I never quite understand that pricing scheme, since the software didn't actually do anything NEW.
Good move for the NYSE.
One could argue that the entire world is in a constant state of cyber-war.
There doesn't have to be a trick. Amazon is late to the party, so they are trying to play this up as much as possible. I like to call it "Viral Marketing". They are playing the DRM-FREE card, but, so is everyone else now. Meh. Is this really news? Amazon has always been about expanding what if offers. This is simply another product.
What might make this special, though, is if charge less than 99 cents or less. That iTunes is charging 30 cents more for DRM-free is a crock. "Look, it is DRM-free, surely that is worth 30 cents more?!" Um, no, it isn't.
I am not the tarket market here, though. I only buy used CDs and have never purchased an MP3. The pricing of new CDs is still too high for my tastes and 99 cents for one song is far too expensive.
Maybe if my money was going to a charitable cause, I might pay 99 cents. I am curious, though, with MP3 over the net distro being the future, what is holding more artists back from being indie and reaping more profit on their own hard work?
It's about how much more we could do by using technology in a sensible way rather than spending it on finding ways to allow every Joe to accelerate a 7 ton monster truck 0-60 in under 4 seconds!
What is wrong with Joe wanting to accelrate a 7-ton monster from zero to 60 in under 4 seconds? Instead of dictating to these folks how they should drive, how about improving the technology to make such driving more efficient? Pair up electric motors with a few batteries on these 7-ton monsters that charge up specifically for the purpose of helping the vehicle accelerate its mass more efficiently than just the motor alone.
Here is my solution for all current and future cars. Nearly all car engines are now computer-controlled. The computer controls the air flow, fuel mix, timing, everything! Continue to market the cars with the big HP numbers, but on every dashboard, have a multi-mode selector. High MPG Mode would tell the computer to lean out the fuel mix. You get lower HP, but you get improved MPG for that commute. Need to tow something now? Switch to High HP Mode. Such a device would cost all of 10 cents to install since the engine already does this number trickery during its learning process.
No matter what the school does to the teachers, if I were one of the parents, the civil lawsuit against the teachers would be so large, the teacher's great-grandkids would still be paying the debt. All of the proceeds would go to paying the psychiatrists bills for all of the kids. These sort of events in a child's life can scar them for life.
Amen, brother. There were visually-poor web sites long before "Web 2.0" was coined.
I can honestly say that not a one of my teachers in college taught me anything either new or useful about computers. I was self-taught on everything Windows, of which the University didn't teach ANYTHING on at that time (1989 to 1994). Sure, they taught me how to use an out-dated command line on a mainframe. Meh.
No, I think the kids will do just fine. They will be teaching the teachers very shortly. The power of children is that their minds are not stuck with such ideas as "an expert required" to learn. And the kids will help each other learn. The adults would be well-advised to stay out of the way and not mess it up.
When are we going to start seeing regular Slashdot postings outlining Linux or other free software security patch releases in the same accusatory tone that the monthly Microsoft security bulletin releases bring? No, I'm not trolling, but I'm getting sick of the clear bias Slashdot editors (and most readers) have when it comes to matters of Microsoft.
(I can feel my karma slipping away, but I couldn't take it anymore).
What? You thought that if you saved enough karma you could trade it in for a night with CowboyNeal or CmdrTaco? *grin* Even karma whores have to give up a few points occasionally.
My thought drifted more towards the fact that space is HUGE. The likely hood of impacting ANYTHING but dust is remote.
Not having played the game, I was wonder how an RPG could be square, let alone the possibility that one could then also be circular, hexagonal, etc.
"I understand this premise for something like myspace, or youtube, but surely myspace could have just started offering an easy interfact to upload pictures, and they would have taken over from photobucket? Or is photobucket used in so many other places? (I see imageshack everywhere, not photobucket)"
Think about your own use of internet services. When Google bought blogger.com, if you were a google user, did you switch? Over a billion images are hosted on PhotoBucket. Okay, so MySpace kludges in a picture feature, too. But, PhotoBucket still has those billions of images. Are users going to go through the effort of moving those pictures? Even if MySpace made it one-click? Probably not. That would mean having to re-edit links on pages, e-mail your friends of the change. Blah, blah blah. I think you see where I am going with this. MySpace could certainly try and grow their own photo storage, but this deal gives Newscorp billions of images NOW.
Users tend to stick with what worked for them yesterday. Switching is a pain.
Yes, buying in. Companies have been doing it for ages. Sometimes, it is cheaper to buy than build your own. It seems like this activity is expected in day and age of dot-coms. Investors are looking for these big buy-outs. Why did Google go public? Because their initial investors were pushing for it. Google was doing just fine as a private company. MySQL is going public for the same reason.
And beyond going public, getting bought is a huge pay day for those stock holders (or just the initial investors if the company is still private).
I feel sorry the employees at these companies, though. After this purchase, Photobucket may "reorganize to make its operation more efficient."
Oh, no hostility here, I am just pointing for all the world to google that the fact that this failed should not be a surprise to anyone. Designing, launching and managing a network of satellites is not cheap. American tax-payers are footing a very large bill for the rest of the world. Maybe if all of the nations kicked into financial assistance, the US Government wouldn't be so picky with its established network.
This sort of legislation is really annoying. It was coupled with Tsunami relief. What, is the President going to look like a jerk and not grant money for relief, just to avoid this act? Like everything he does, the Bush Haters would have twisted it around and blamed it all him anywho. Well, they will anyways, but this is not Bush's fault.