Wow, who would have thought that the day would come when I'd be willing to marry Janet Reno. (Oh well, --she's too late for that anyways.)
Even if MS does manage to reverse this, the damage to their public image has been done. It is one thing when a bunch of hackers in 1996 says that Microsoft is a monopoly and abuses its power. It's another thing entirely when a judge says the same thing before the international media. I'm betting that sales of Linux will pick up in a big way.
Hats off to the DOJ.
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I agree whole-heartedly on this. While our senators and house representatives generally support Taiwan, for some reason our president is more interested in business than ethics. For that matter, he has a track record of trying to go out and buddy-up to nations that are generally hostile to the US (He's doing this now with North Korea). He means well, but this is roughly the eqivalent of bending over in a prison-house shower. Given a good opportunity, certain rogue states which I won't name here would love to screw the United States up the you-know-where.
I hadn't thought of the RAM price issue in a Sino-Taiwan war; but then the point I'd like to make is that RAM prices shouldn't be people's first concern if something like a war or a quake happens in Taiwan. There are real, live people who have to go to work, make these RAM chips, and feed their families. If a disaster befalls Taiwan, Japan, China, Silicon Valley, or anywhere else, RAM prices should be our least concern. What about the people who live there?
I was rather suprised to see this make Slashdot, since it's certainly not the first aftershock of this magnitude. I've been in a number of earthquakes myself, including a magnitude 6 in Taiwan years ago. All three quakes were between 5.0 and 5.5, which really aren't all that bad. I was in a 5.1 in Seattle in '95. It startled everyone, broke a few windows, and that's about it.
For the uninformed: Magnitude 4 and below you are lucky if you feel at all unless you're standing on it. Magnitude 5: Gets your attention, but more of a jiggle than a jolt; might actually break a few things. Magnitude 5.5: Maybe worry about that, --more than a jiggle. Magnitude 6: Get in the doorway and pray the building doesn't collapse. Magnitude 7,8+: Hmm... What's worse, this or a small atomic bomb?
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Wow, who would have thought that the day would come when I'd be willing to marry Janet Reno. (Oh well, --she's too late for that anyways.)
Even if MS does manage to reverse this, the damage to their public image has been done. It is one thing when a bunch of hackers in 1996 says that Microsoft is a monopoly and abuses its power. It's another thing entirely when a judge says the same thing before the international media. I'm betting that sales of Linux will pick up in a big way.
Hats off to the DOJ.
You haven't learned much, have you?
I hadn't thought of the RAM price issue in a Sino-Taiwan war; but then the point I'd like to make is that RAM prices shouldn't be people's first concern if something like a war or a quake happens in Taiwan. There are real, live people who have to go to work, make these RAM chips, and feed their families. If a disaster befalls Taiwan, Japan, China, Silicon Valley, or anywhere else, RAM prices should be our least concern. What about the people who live there?
For the uninformed:
Magnitude 4 and below you are lucky if you feel at all unless you're standing on it.
Magnitude 5: Gets your attention, but more of a jiggle than a jolt; might actually break a few things.
Magnitude 5.5: Maybe worry about that, --more than a jiggle.
Magnitude 6: Get in the doorway and pray the building doesn't collapse.
Magnitude 7,8+: Hmm... What's worse, this or a small atomic bomb?