You forgot to very important companies.
ZAP is due to deliver their ZAP-X crossover utility vehicle in 2010 which is, first of all, nicely designed and offers a range comparable to any mid-size sedan.
There's also Phoenix who already produces reasonably priced EVs for fleets and plans on introducing consumer models next year.
but what prevented us from going any further with it was the pricing model that they decided to adopt - $5/node/month for access to the "dashboard" - the real-time monitoring software that they were developing for managing the networks.
$5 a month to be able to use the dashboard? Come on, really? And then Meraki changes the EULA and FORCIBLY updates the software on your piece of hardware which you actually are no longer using their software on. That's not fair, plain and simple.
That's not the problem. Clearly it's a waste of money. If criminals don't feel deterred to commit a crime if there's a camera watching them, by bother spending 200 million quid on the system? Couldn't that money be used to help cure the main causes of crime in the first place like homelessness and poverty?
What's the minimum wage in the UK? Maybe that could use a boost instead of the gov't could subsidize small businesses for a few years so that the shock isn't so great.
Indeed. $48/year actually equals out to $4/month. So why is the system access fee $6.95/month (PLUS TAX!!)?
And wtf, Bell just upped theirs to $8.95/month? I figured Bell getting the majority of their big markets deregulated was going to result in lower fees for their home phone service. Are they trying to offset it by upping the system access fee? I thought Teachers wanted to put Bell back on top? *sigh* I'm so confuzzled.
If I had mod points, I would definitely send some your way.
What you just mentioned coincides well with how the government is now looking into Michael Moore's trip to Cuba, even though it was on a journalistic endeavour for Sicko.
And clearly you're one of the people who even think that I would need a gun at home, which I don't. I have never owned one and also don't see the appeal in owning one, let alone the necessity.
Also, from the Charter of Rights and Freedoms:
2. Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms:
a) freedom of conscience and religion;
b) freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication;
c) freedom of peaceful assembly; and
d) freedom of association.
It's there in black and white in just the second point. The full text can be found here. I don't want the constitutional right to own a gone because I don't need or want a gun. Although there are plenty of Canadians, more per capita than the U.S. last time I checked, who have guns at homes. They just aren't handguns, but rifles.
Seriously, when are some of you smarter people going to just up and move to Canada?
Yes, yes I'm aware the application length and such isn't quite that easy. But let's face it, per capita we're generating more jobs, our dollar is doing great against yours, and some of your favourite companies (and potentially companies you work for) also have offices in Canada whether they be in a large city like Toronto, Calgary or Vancouver or in a smaller city like Waterloo.
Either that, or someone really needs to mount an organized, grassroots offensive against such bullshit.
Even to suggest the idea that businesses will eventually go all wireless is absolutely ludicrous. Cell phones can't replace a full blown PRI with 50 DID's on it, and cell phones also can't tie into a PBX yet in any way (except for calls being forwarded to your cell phone when you turn on your forwarding).
I sell Panasonic and Toshiba phone systems for a living, and I actually see the exact opposite of what this article is suggesting. A lot of upstart companies will start out by using a couple of cell phones at first, and then once they have 5 or 6 employees that actually need a phone on their desk and 3 business lines coming in, they call me and start looking at KSU/PBX phone systems.
On the other hand, watching everything eventually turn to VoIP IS a possibility and is something that all the phone system vendors are working towards. However I won't be recommending any business switch their landlines to VoIP service until they can guarantee QoS and an SLA to go along with it. netbuzz clearly has no idea what the business telecom world is like.
And in terms of being able to ignore the government... well, that depends on the government, doesn't it? Under your context, I believe many Chinese citizens should begin ignoring their government. Along with North Koreans and Iranians. But sadly that will likely just get you killed in any of those nations, especially the first two.
And goodness forbid you decide to convert to Christianity while living in Iran.
I'm thinking it would still be accountable to international laws, like those handed down by the UN. Plus it would also get them out of the pressure of being influenced by the Christian right and the government of the country it's based in.
If there's no tension for Wired to find while performing the interviews, why would Microsoft execs need so much coaching to make sure they "get their message across" and portray a consistent message. Doesn't make much sense to me. Clearly Microsoft's PR firm is pretty contradictory, much like Microsoft themselves.
It's a match made in hell, I tell ya! PR hell!
Are you kidding me? Hahaha...
I did HP tech support for US customers for 8 months here in Ontario, Canada. I'll do the outsourced company SOME good by not disclosing their name or exact location. =P
Anyway, this has ALWAYS been HP's policy.
"You bought a machine with Windows 98 on it? Okay. You still running 98? No? You loaded 2000? Oh, I'm sorry, call us back after you've loaded Windows 98 back on." *click*
HP's reasoning? That the hardware problem may have to do with the OS. After all, the OS *IS* the pathway between the software and the hardware, is it not? I'm not saying it's justified, but that's part of their stance on the issue.
You must drive like a maniac. I have a 2004 Chevrolet Aveo that I've put over 95,000km since December 2004 (and it only had 96km on it when I bought it... literally under 100km). With very non-religious 6,000 to 7,000km oil changes (because most of my driving is highway driving), and this last time I went just over 10,000km between oil changes because I put full synthetic in, my car is still in fantastic shape. Hell, I haven't even had to put new brakes on, and realistically I'm almost halfway into the engine's life (it's a Chevy after all).
What on Earth you're doing to your Honda's, I have no idea. I know people with Honda and Toyota cars that have lasted over 300,000km. Yes, they needed a bit of TLC once they got over 250,000 but still, what wouldn't?
What? Palm didn't create the Treo, Handspring did. If you don't know who/what Handspring is, then you need a history lesson.
Handspring was started in the late 90's by a few ex-Palm employees. The Handspring Treo took off and started beating Palm at their own game, so Palm bought them out a few years later and has basically trashed the name Treo since then.
The article asks the question "Where do you draw the line?" How about you draw the line where every other OEM draws the line? I worked for an HP tech support centre and we drew the line at "We only support whatever software and hardware came with the PC at the time of purchase." So if Dell were to preload OpenOffice, Firefox and VLC as some of the main components, then those are pieces of software Dell could support, along with the main core features/software that come with either KDE or Gnome (or Enlightenment if they felt so inclined).
To provide support further than that would be to provide far more support than they, HP, Gateway, etc. offer for Windows.
No! She didn't even have the decency to send a form letter! >:(
Although I'm betting she's having quite the time keeping her "inbox empty" after word about this got around!
I just sent Marsha Egan an e-mail telling her how dumb her suggestions/steps were. And in reality, that's exactly what they are... dumb.
I also offered to produce new websites for her though. =)
If Microsoft truly thought they had the best product available on the market, they wouldn't need to issue threats like these. If Windows Vista was truly revolutionary, if Windows Server 2003 was in fact the best server software to load everything onto (web, database, file servers and so on) then they could comfortably sit back and watch while Linux distros raced around trying to show that their products were truly better, when in fact they weren't.
Sadly for Microsoft, they are honestly started to lose marketshare (on a whole) and are beginning to freak out. That's why Steve Ballmer throws chairs, that's why they give gross discounts to governments who consider switching to open source software, that's why Microsoft tells Linux vendors to "respect their intellectual property" or risk being sued. And the reality is that Microsoft has a ridiculous amount of money, so they could bury many Linux/open source vendors with paper and simply watch that target close it's doors.
Absolutely it was a good call. Personally I'm sick and tired of parents assuming that organizations are going to take care of them and protect them from every single little thing that might hurt them or their family members, children included. If you can't teach your own children common sense on how to use a communication medium as volatiles as a website, then perhaps you shouldn't have an Internet connection in the first place.
Even if you have anti-virus, anti-spam, anti-spyware, anti-phising and pop-up blockers installed on your computer doesn't give you the right to click on that link that says "Anna Kournikova naked! Click here!" or to assume that anyone you meet on a site like MySpace.com is legit. You seriously wanna go ahead and meet someone in person? Do it in a public place and only after you've spoken to them for several months on end.
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You forgot to very important companies. ZAP is due to deliver their ZAP-X crossover utility vehicle in 2010 which is, first of all, nicely designed and offers a range comparable to any mid-size sedan. There's also Phoenix who already produces reasonably priced EVs for fleets and plans on introducing consumer models next year.
This is true and should be modded up immediately.
$5 a month to be able to use the dashboard? Come on, really? And then Meraki changes the EULA and FORCIBLY updates the software on your piece of hardware which you actually are no longer using their software on. That's not fair, plain and simple.
That's not the problem. Clearly it's a waste of money. If criminals don't feel deterred to commit a crime if there's a camera watching them, by bother spending 200 million quid on the system? Couldn't that money be used to help cure the main causes of crime in the first place like homelessness and poverty?
What's the minimum wage in the UK? Maybe that could use a boost instead of the gov't could subsidize small businesses for a few years so that the shock isn't so great.
Indeed. $48/year actually equals out to $4/month. So why is the system access fee $6.95/month (PLUS TAX!!)?
And wtf, Bell just upped theirs to $8.95/month? I figured Bell getting the majority of their big markets deregulated was going to result in lower fees for their home phone service. Are they trying to offset it by upping the system access fee? I thought Teachers wanted to put Bell back on top? *sigh* I'm so confuzzled.
If I had mod points, I would definitely send some your way.
What you just mentioned coincides well with how the government is now looking into Michael Moore's trip to Cuba, even though it was on a journalistic endeavour for Sicko.
And clearly you're one of the people who even think that I would need a gun at home, which I don't. I have never owned one and also don't see the appeal in owning one, let alone the necessity.
Also, from the Charter of Rights and Freedoms:
It's there in black and white in just the second point. The full text can be found here. I don't want the constitutional right to own a gone because I don't need or want a gun. Although there are plenty of Canadians, more per capita than the U.S. last time I checked, who have guns at homes. They just aren't handguns, but rifles.
Seriously, when are some of you smarter people going to just up and move to Canada?
Yes, yes I'm aware the application length and such isn't quite that easy. But let's face it, per capita we're generating more jobs, our dollar is doing great against yours, and some of your favourite companies (and potentially companies you work for) also have offices in Canada whether they be in a large city like Toronto, Calgary or Vancouver or in a smaller city like Waterloo.
Either that, or someone really needs to mount an organized, grassroots offensive against such bullshit.
Even to suggest the idea that businesses will eventually go all wireless is absolutely ludicrous. Cell phones can't replace a full blown PRI with 50 DID's on it, and cell phones also can't tie into a PBX yet in any way (except for calls being forwarded to your cell phone when you turn on your forwarding).
I sell Panasonic and Toshiba phone systems for a living, and I actually see the exact opposite of what this article is suggesting. A lot of upstart companies will start out by using a couple of cell phones at first, and then once they have 5 or 6 employees that actually need a phone on their desk and 3 business lines coming in, they call me and start looking at KSU/PBX phone systems.
On the other hand, watching everything eventually turn to VoIP IS a possibility and is something that all the phone system vendors are working towards. However I won't be recommending any business switch their landlines to VoIP service until they can guarantee QoS and an SLA to go along with it. netbuzz clearly has no idea what the business telecom world is like.
Here's a better idea. You could download Netscape 8. It uses the IE and Firefox engines and allows you to switch between them whever you please.
Ta-da!
Fair enough, I understand.
And in terms of being able to ignore the government... well, that depends on the government, doesn't it? Under your context, I believe many Chinese citizens should begin ignoring their government. Along with North Koreans and Iranians. But sadly that will likely just get you killed in any of those nations, especially the first two.
And goodness forbid you decide to convert to Christianity while living in Iran.
I'm thinking it would still be accountable to international laws, like those handed down by the UN. Plus it would also get them out of the pressure of being influenced by the Christian right and the government of the country it's based in.
If there's no tension for Wired to find while performing the interviews, why would Microsoft execs need so much coaching to make sure they "get their message across" and portray a consistent message. Doesn't make much sense to me. Clearly Microsoft's PR firm is pretty contradictory, much like Microsoft themselves. It's a match made in hell, I tell ya! PR hell!
Are you kidding me? Hahaha... I did HP tech support for US customers for 8 months here in Ontario, Canada. I'll do the outsourced company SOME good by not disclosing their name or exact location. =P Anyway, this has ALWAYS been HP's policy. "You bought a machine with Windows 98 on it? Okay. You still running 98? No? You loaded 2000? Oh, I'm sorry, call us back after you've loaded Windows 98 back on." *click* HP's reasoning? That the hardware problem may have to do with the OS. After all, the OS *IS* the pathway between the software and the hardware, is it not? I'm not saying it's justified, but that's part of their stance on the issue.
You must drive like a maniac. I have a 2004 Chevrolet Aveo that I've put over 95,000km since December 2004 (and it only had 96km on it when I bought it... literally under 100km). With very non-religious 6,000 to 7,000km oil changes (because most of my driving is highway driving), and this last time I went just over 10,000km between oil changes because I put full synthetic in, my car is still in fantastic shape. Hell, I haven't even had to put new brakes on, and realistically I'm almost halfway into the engine's life (it's a Chevy after all). What on Earth you're doing to your Honda's, I have no idea. I know people with Honda and Toyota cars that have lasted over 300,000km. Yes, they needed a bit of TLC once they got over 250,000 but still, what wouldn't?
What? Palm didn't create the Treo, Handspring did. If you don't know who/what Handspring is, then you need a history lesson.
Handspring was started in the late 90's by a few ex-Palm employees. The Handspring Treo took off and started beating Palm at their own game, so Palm bought them out a few years later and has basically trashed the name Treo since then.
The article asks the question "Where do you draw the line?" How about you draw the line where every other OEM draws the line? I worked for an HP tech support centre and we drew the line at "We only support whatever software and hardware came with the PC at the time of purchase." So if Dell were to preload OpenOffice, Firefox and VLC as some of the main components, then those are pieces of software Dell could support, along with the main core features/software that come with either KDE or Gnome (or Enlightenment if they felt so inclined). To provide support further than that would be to provide far more support than they, HP, Gateway, etc. offer for Windows.
No! She didn't even have the decency to send a form letter! >:( Although I'm betting she's having quite the time keeping her "inbox empty" after word about this got around!
I just sent Marsha Egan an e-mail telling her how dumb her suggestions/steps were. And in reality, that's exactly what they are... dumb. I also offered to produce new websites for her though. =)
If Microsoft truly thought they had the best product available on the market, they wouldn't need to issue threats like these. If Windows Vista was truly revolutionary, if Windows Server 2003 was in fact the best server software to load everything onto (web, database, file servers and so on) then they could comfortably sit back and watch while Linux distros raced around trying to show that their products were truly better, when in fact they weren't. Sadly for Microsoft, they are honestly started to lose marketshare (on a whole) and are beginning to freak out. That's why Steve Ballmer throws chairs, that's why they give gross discounts to governments who consider switching to open source software, that's why Microsoft tells Linux vendors to "respect their intellectual property" or risk being sued. And the reality is that Microsoft has a ridiculous amount of money, so they could bury many Linux/open source vendors with paper and simply watch that target close it's doors.
Absolutely it was a good call. Personally I'm sick and tired of parents assuming that organizations are going to take care of them and protect them from every single little thing that might hurt them or their family members, children included. If you can't teach your own children common sense on how to use a communication medium as volatiles as a website, then perhaps you shouldn't have an Internet connection in the first place. Even if you have anti-virus, anti-spam, anti-spyware, anti-phising and pop-up blockers installed on your computer doesn't give you the right to click on that link that says "Anna Kournikova naked! Click here!" or to assume that anyone you meet on a site like MySpace.com is legit. You seriously wanna go ahead and meet someone in person? Do it in a public place and only after you've spoken to them for several months on end.