I'm a \. subscriber and saw this story about 2 minutes before it went live to the masses. In that time, I was able to successfully visit the site and register. By the time I logged in, however, the \. post had gone live, and the Stanford site stopped working altogether. So it was indeed \. that crashed the site, not YouTube.
One out of 10 ain't bad.
Of course, whatever they've made off their development of the CD and now what they'll make from Blu-Ray would (and probably will) pay for dozens more failed formats. Why is anyone's guess.
Have you ever seen the people who work at polling places? Most of them run about the same age as Rasputin and left the workforce before their offices had touchtone phones, never mind computers. Now imagine these people attempting to operate fairly complicated and very important computer equipment. Throw in some younger folks who were too dumb to get jobs at the DMV and that's your typical local Board of Elections.
Clearly something is wrong, but I don't think instantly blaming fraud is in order when there is such a real chance of simple incompetence.
What? It doesn't say that at all. The "testing" aspect of this test is to determine operational feasibility. They're looking at things such as fuel burn due to the added aerodynamic drag from the device, and reliability, to determine how often the systems will need maintenance.
A cheaper part isn't necessarily more likely to break -- it could just be one that produces a slightly lower quality image. Dell has a big enough customer base that they'll sell hundreds of these to people who don't have a clue about differences in display quality but will just buy it because it's the biggest monitor Dell offers.
The timing of this was not random...GM CEO Rick Wagoner is a keynote speaker at CES this weekend, and next weekend is their bread and butter, the Detroit Auto Show. Undoubtedly this was timed to create buzz for them at these events. It is a pretty cool idea, and I hope GM and their customers make the most of it. Bob Lutz seems like the kind of guy who would love this. But I also wouldn't be surprised if we never hear much about it again after the next couple of weeks.
"Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves. Here's Tom with the weather." --Bill Hicks
This isn't unique to iPhone. The beta of the latest version of Google Maps Mobile (except the Palm version) offers a "My Location" feature for non-GPS phones, and is also integrated with GPS.
It's a lot closer than that...MSFT's market cap is $330 billion vs. GOOG's $160 billion. A couple of weak quarters for MS, however, and that gap can narrow pretty quick. Still, more $$$ doesn't necessarily mean more capable of making a better product, nor does it mean more evil.
But where do legislators and credit card companies draw the line between a shady online pharmacy and a legitimate one like Express Scripts? Even with new regulations to prevent use by criminals and terrorists, it is still pretty easy to get a merchant account. When a merchant signs up for a card processing service they simply ask you what you're using it for...and they believe you. There's not much to prevent you from using the same account on a legitimate site and one that advertises PLEASE YOUR GIRLFRIEND TONIGHT. This is good for legitimate businesses because it requires very little time or hassle to get started selling. The more laws we have banning transactions from entire sectors of businesses, the more questions and verifications merchant processors will demand from new merchants, thereby discouraging entrepreneurship without necessarily hurting the bad guys.
If you build websites for a living, you're going to be homeless pretty soon. I don't know many customers who would agree to throw away 60% of their audience just because their web developer is tired of working harder to make it work for everyone.
While AT&T will be getting out of the payphone operating business, TFA explains that they will still sell service to independent operators. I think it's safe to speculate that most of the phones will be simply be sold to other operators, in place, not ripped down. It would be quite expensive to retrieve and dispose of 65,000 hunks of steel and plastic, whereas there are still companies who feel they can make money operating pay phones. Most valuable: street locations, whose back surfaces can be covered with high-profit eye-level billboards.
I work in a Manhattan building whose main tenant is one of the big four record companies. The looks of doom and despair you see on their employees' faces everyday make Milton from Office Space look like Rachel Ray. I think it's safe to assume that the office we sublease from them will add more to their bottom line this year than a new Ashlee Simpson CD.
The very-mainstream-Microsoft-is-a-big-advertiser Popular Mechanics has been a surprising proponent of open source for the past several months. They published a similar article a few months ago comparing mass market apps to their open source counterparts, and last week they began offering a Popular Mechanics-themed Ubuntu download!
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I'm a \. subscriber and saw this story about 2 minutes before it went live to the masses. In that time, I was able to successfully visit the site and register. By the time I logged in, however, the \. post had gone live, and the Stanford site stopped working altogether. So it was indeed \. that crashed the site, not YouTube.
One out of 10 ain't bad. Of course, whatever they've made off their development of the CD and now what they'll make from Blu-Ray would (and probably will) pay for dozens more failed formats. Why is anyone's guess.
Modern desktop drives have pussy magnets. This is hard drive that will attract woman with shave down below?
Have you ever seen the people who work at polling places? Most of them run about the same age as Rasputin and left the workforce before their offices had touchtone phones, never mind computers. Now imagine these people attempting to operate fairly complicated and very important computer equipment. Throw in some younger folks who were too dumb to get jobs at the DMV and that's your typical local Board of Elections. Clearly something is wrong, but I don't think instantly blaming fraud is in order when there is such a real chance of simple incompetence.
All seven members of the human race who use Office to open Corel fucking Draw files are partying hard tonight.
An upgrade? There aren't any American airliners with missile defense. The only commercial jets that have them belong to Israel's El-Al.
To my knowledge there are not any tall buildings outfitted with anti-aircraft missile systems. Do you know of any?
What? It doesn't say that at all. The "testing" aspect of this test is to determine operational feasibility. They're looking at things such as fuel burn due to the added aerodynamic drag from the device, and reliability, to determine how often the systems will need maintenance.
A cheaper part isn't necessarily more likely to break -- it could just be one that produces a slightly lower quality image. Dell has a big enough customer base that they'll sell hundreds of these to people who don't have a clue about differences in display quality but will just buy it because it's the biggest monitor Dell offers.
The timing of this was not random...GM CEO Rick Wagoner is a keynote speaker at CES this weekend, and next weekend is their bread and butter, the Detroit Auto Show. Undoubtedly this was timed to create buzz for them at these events. It is a pretty cool idea, and I hope GM and their customers make the most of it. Bob Lutz seems like the kind of guy who would love this. But I also wouldn't be surprised if we never hear much about it again after the next couple of weeks.
"Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves. Here's Tom with the weather." --Bill Hicks
On the other hand, the cyborg soldiers of the future will see Tux on the boot screen of the Land Warrior System currently under development.
This isn't unique to iPhone. The beta of the latest version of Google Maps Mobile (except the Palm version) offers a "My Location" feature for non-GPS phones, and is also integrated with GPS.
Safari has its own host of problems.
How much are the royalties going to be for each dollar bill in circulation?
It's a lot closer than that...MSFT's market cap is $330 billion vs. GOOG's $160 billion. A couple of weak quarters for MS, however, and that gap can narrow pretty quick. Still, more $$$ doesn't necessarily mean more capable of making a better product, nor does it mean more evil.
But where do legislators and credit card companies draw the line between a shady online pharmacy and a legitimate one like Express Scripts? Even with new regulations to prevent use by criminals and terrorists, it is still pretty easy to get a merchant account. When a merchant signs up for a card processing service they simply ask you what you're using it for...and they believe you. There's not much to prevent you from using the same account on a legitimate site and one that advertises PLEASE YOUR GIRLFRIEND TONIGHT. This is good for legitimate businesses because it requires very little time or hassle to get started selling. The more laws we have banning transactions from entire sectors of businesses, the more questions and verifications merchant processors will demand from new merchants, thereby discouraging entrepreneurship without necessarily hurting the bad guys.
If you build websites for a living, you're going to be homeless pretty soon. I don't know many customers who would agree to throw away 60% of their audience just because their web developer is tired of working harder to make it work for everyone.
While AT&T will be getting out of the payphone operating business, TFA explains that they will still sell service to independent operators. I think it's safe to speculate that most of the phones will be simply be sold to other operators, in place, not ripped down. It would be quite expensive to retrieve and dispose of 65,000 hunks of steel and plastic, whereas there are still companies who feel they can make money operating pay phones. Most valuable: street locations, whose back surfaces can be covered with high-profit eye-level billboards.
I work in a Manhattan building whose main tenant is one of the big four record companies. The looks of doom and despair you see on their employees' faces everyday make Milton from Office Space look like Rachel Ray. I think it's safe to assume that the office we sublease from them will add more to their bottom line this year than a new Ashlee Simpson CD.
Now that publishers have a financial incentive to do so, the TPP epidemic will only get worse.
Some Minnesota pols are way ahead of you... they are pushing for an Acela-style line to connect the metropolises Duluth and Minneapolis.
The very-mainstream-Microsoft-is-a-big-advertiser Popular Mechanics has been a surprising proponent of open source for the past several months. They published a similar article a few months ago comparing mass market apps to their open source counterparts, and last week they began offering a Popular Mechanics-themed Ubuntu download!