Knowing that the opposition has a weapon that will blind you if your eyes are open, who wants to be the one to carry the stinger missles? Soldiers already have some fear and will want to run. Now they will want to cower and shield their eyes as well on a flyover.
Oh, when I read this first I thought that Microsoft was distributing the Nimda code as one of thier sample projects. That would be cool, a virus creation wizard. This reminds me of the story a while back about someone modifying a virus to check for security holes so the could be filled.
Will the cable companies not charge for overuse if:
1. The downloads are made by children? If my son makes tons of 900 calls the phone company will throw out the charges, what about here?
2. If a new, unpatchable secutity flaw comes out and my machine is exploited and used in a DDoS attack or ping flood, do I have to pay for that bandwidth? It is Microsoft's software at fault not me!
I helped a client sign up with Time Warner business class cable. Once installed a line filter was installed to remove all signals except for Internet services.
Retail stores need an equivalent of K12 Linux for POS systems. If it is easy enough businesses will adopt it. Using something "like" LinuxPOS this could be done. In fact I am sure there has to be something like this already out there. There are all-in-one systems, like Beetle POS, but this is not open source.
I worked as a consultant for a school district here in Wisconsin. I ran the PC Network but all the student data was in a program running on an AIX box with DB2. The company has terrible front end package and were releasing bug fixes every week. Oh, did I mention that a district with approximately 7500 students was paying $250,000 a year for the luxury of using crappy software? They had to because the ones that work cost three times as much.
There is a huge market for OSS or even low cost software that can run the school district.
IF, this would get off the ground everyone would benefit just by reducing local school taxes.
The FBI can deploy carnivore whenever and wherever but if I (as a private citizen) deployed a device that could tap the government's email I would be tried for treason.
This sort of reminds me of the phrase, "would you use that language in front of your Grandmother?"
If the Fed's cannot say "fsck yeh" then they should not be able to deploy carnivore without a specific court order. More so, additional "intelligence" (we all know email is full of intelligent thought) that is gathered, but not specifically relevent to the court order, should be termed as illegal search if it is collected and analyzed.
Why would this not be a good thing? With all MS bashing aside. The gov't could tell MS that "yes we will use your passport if:"
1. It is open source to meet security standards.
2. The tecnology can be used from any platform.
3. Security is first priority.
Setting a standard could be good for all of us. I would not mind having a set user identification system, user privacy issues aside, for ecommerce reasons.
Actually, it is several books. The strongest point made, perhaps, are that
1) Sales are initially very strong, then fade fast
2) In the middle of the fading period, if the title is made available free online, sales inexplicably rise.
1) The publisher hypes the book and the advertising leads to sales.
2) Sales increase after his site is slashdotted.:)
IBM especially cannot compete when you factor in the labor costs of their employees. The Asian market can produce a better product for less because they get away with paying their workers next to nothing. That does not fly in the US and therefore IBM cannot compete.
This does not mean that IBM is not going to manafacture items for other companies anymore. Contract manufacturing has a built in margin and still produces profit.
How did you get so lucky to have such a smart young girl. I worked as a consultant for a school district and their high school students actually believed the floppy drive was made to hold skittles.
Your comment works sometimes but you are wrong with this issue. Compuware is sueing IBM based on allegations that IBM could not compete and therefore cheated and copied intellectual property to improve their own product. IBM went on and increased their market share by bundling their applications (some of which contain allegedly copied code) and professional services with their hardware and software.
Compuware may not be the bohemoth of Big Blue but they ARE the leader in mainframe programming tools for Big Blue. The lawsuit has surfaced because they don't want to become the next Netscape; being forced to lose market share due to a monopoly similar to the browser wars.
But will the T615 drop in price? If so I only have a few days to get mine back to Best Buy:)
Seriously, With the release of Palm's newest the T615 was equally priced with the m515. If Sony's new model drives the price down on the T615 Palm is stuck again with a sub-par highend color device. I would prefer to see the T615 get closer to the m130's price of $279.
I think a price of suggested retail $325-$345 (street ~$300) would be wonderful. Sony would definitely steal the thunder from Palm on their newest releases.
Drug dealers hook kids on drugs by giving out free samples. This works because kids are gullible and want to be cool.
M$ can play this same game to increase their userbase but they are giving the candy away to the wrong crowd. CS students are the equivalent of the new "Just say no" generation of kids. They know the dangers of coding in Windows and will not subject themselves to the frequent crashes and eventual blue screens.
If M$ was smart they would move from the campus playgrounds to the hangouts of middle managers. Now here is a gullible bunch. With promises of increased productivity, outstanding support, and the salespitch of complete integration of eCommerce from online ordering to delivery status this group of backstabbing overachievers will try anything.
Of course it they will have to authorize the purchase of the new.NET server to best utilize the product. And they will have to convert their backend to SQL server for single sign-on to work. And they will have to use ISA server to actually attempt to secure the web servers...and they are hooked.
Batteries are designed around the product because batteries are a high margin item. Rehargeable items may then be produced at a smaller margin becuase the company knows replacement batteries, sold at 400% markup, will recap some of the profit margin.
What do you mean you don't need a 10 GHz system. How the hell do you think we are going to find ET with SETI at home by cranking out packets on our spare 386 systems?
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Knowing that the opposition has a weapon that will blind you if your eyes are open, who wants to be the one to carry the stinger missles? Soldiers already have some fear and will want to run. Now they will want to cower and shield their eyes as well on a flyover.
And I suppose they are just opening the outside door to cool the thing.
Oh, when I read this first I thought that Microsoft was distributing the Nimda code as one of thier sample projects. That would be cool, a virus creation wizard. This reminds me of the story a while back about someone modifying a virus to check for security holes so the could be filled.
Will the cable companies not charge for overuse if:
1. The downloads are made by children? If my son makes tons of 900 calls the phone company will throw out the charges, what about here?
2. If a new, unpatchable secutity flaw comes out and my machine is exploited and used in a DDoS attack or ping flood, do I have to pay for that bandwidth? It is Microsoft's software at fault not me!
I helped a client sign up with Time Warner business class cable. Once installed a line filter was installed to remove all signals except for Internet services.
Retail stores need an equivalent of K12 Linux for POS systems. If it is easy enough businesses will adopt it. Using something "like" LinuxPOS this could be done. In fact I am sure there has to be something like this already out there. There are all-in-one systems, like Beetle POS, but this is not open source.
Since there is no cockpit maybe they should paint one on the tail end to confuse our enemies' pilots. It works for fish with "eyes" on their tails.
No, that is not right. Your patches will download nightly by bluetooth and in the morning you will be presented with:
"There are critical updates available, would you like to install them now?"
You would answer yes, reboot the car, and then be stuck in the garage when the update fails...
I worked as a consultant for a school district here in Wisconsin. I ran the PC Network but all the student data was in a program running on an AIX box with DB2. The company has terrible front end package and were releasing bug fixes every week. Oh, did I mention that a district with approximately 7500 students was paying $250,000 a year for the luxury of using crappy software? They had to because the ones that work cost three times as much.
There is a huge market for OSS or even low cost software that can run the school district.
IF, this would get off the ground everyone would benefit just by reducing local school taxes.
Wow, now I will really know when looking at a georgeous woman if they are fake or real!
The FBI can deploy carnivore whenever and wherever but if I (as a private citizen) deployed a device that could tap the government's email I would be tried for treason.
This sort of reminds me of the phrase, "would you use that language in front of your Grandmother?"
If the Fed's cannot say "fsck yeh" then they should not be able to deploy carnivore without a specific court order. More so, additional "intelligence" (we all know email is full of intelligent thought) that is gathered, but not specifically relevent to the court order, should be termed as illegal search if it is collected and analyzed.
I need a smaller version of this technology to see who keeps stealing the damn stapler out of the copy room ...
Why would this not be a good thing? With all MS bashing aside. The gov't could tell MS that "yes we will use your passport if:"
1. It is open source to meet security standards.
2. The tecnology can be used from any platform.
3. Security is first priority.
Setting a standard could be good for all of us. I would not mind having a set user identification system, user privacy issues aside, for ecommerce reasons.
I knew someone was going to get this up before me...
Actually, it is several books. The strongest point made, perhaps, are that
:)
1) Sales are initially very strong, then fade fast
2) In the middle of the fading period, if the title is made available free online, sales inexplicably rise.
1) The publisher hypes the book and the advertising leads to sales.
2) Sales increase after his site is slashdotted.
IBM especially cannot compete when you factor in the labor costs of their employees. The Asian market can produce a better product for less because they get away with paying their workers next to nothing. That does not fly in the US and therefore IBM cannot compete.
This does not mean that IBM is not going to manafacture items for other companies anymore. Contract manufacturing has a built in margin and still produces profit.
How did you get so lucky to have such a smart young girl. I worked as a consultant for a school district and their high school students actually believed the floppy drive was made to hold skittles.
Check out Aberdeen. These are almost like build-your-own rackmount servers and are a lot better than Compaq prices.
Of course, these are only good if you are not using vendor supplied management solutions like Compaq's Insight Manager and Dell's OpenManage.
Now, a "Good enough" system can be had for $200, and the "I'll never need another" system can be had for $700.
Wow, I take it you do not plan on installing any MS products on your computer.
Your comment works sometimes but you are wrong with this issue. Compuware is sueing IBM based on allegations that IBM could not compete and therefore cheated and copied intellectual property to improve their own product. IBM went on and increased their market share by bundling their applications (some of which contain allegedly copied code) and professional services with their hardware and software.
Compuware may not be the bohemoth of Big Blue but they ARE the leader in mainframe programming tools for Big Blue. The lawsuit has surfaced because they don't want to become the next Netscape; being forced to lose market share due to a monopoly similar to the browser wars.
More information can be seen about the case at the following links:
MSNBC
Story on Compuware's site
Actual Legal Complaint [PDF]
Complaint summary [PDF]
But will the T615 drop in price? If so I only have a few days to get mine back to Best Buy :)
Seriously, With the release of Palm's newest the T615 was equally priced with the m515. If Sony's new model drives the price down on the T615 Palm is stuck again with a sub-par highend color device. I would prefer to see the T615 get closer to the m130's price of $279.
I think a price of suggested retail $325-$345 (street ~$300) would be wonderful. Sony would definitely steal the thunder from Palm on their newest releases.
Drug dealers hook kids on drugs by giving out free samples. This works because kids are gullible and want to be cool.
.NET server to best utilize the product. And they will have to convert their backend to SQL server for single sign-on to work. And they will have to use ISA server to actually attempt to secure the web servers...and they are hooked.
M$ can play this same game to increase their userbase but they are giving the candy away to the wrong crowd. CS students are the equivalent of the new "Just say no" generation of kids. They know the dangers of coding in Windows and will not subject themselves to the frequent crashes and eventual blue screens.
If M$ was smart they would move from the campus playgrounds to the hangouts of middle managers. Now here is a gullible bunch. With promises of increased productivity, outstanding support, and the salespitch of complete integration of eCommerce from online ordering to delivery status this group of backstabbing overachievers will try anything.
Of course it they will have to authorize the purchase of the new
Batteries are designed around the product because batteries are a high margin item. Rehargeable items may then be produced at a smaller margin becuase the company knows replacement batteries, sold at 400% markup, will recap some of the profit margin.
What do you mean you don't need a 10 GHz system. How the hell do you think we are going to find ET with SETI at home by cranking out packets on our spare 386 systems?
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