If Microsoft does one thing well, it's check out the competition. I think M$ should dump Windows altogether and join in the Linux effort. Their pre-Vista user-friendliness research could really benefit The Community. And that would benefit M$ in the form of good PR.
Of course, Microsoft doesn't care about the customer or other companies as much as they care about making money off of them. That attitude really clashes with the general attitude of the Linux distros and developers out there.
Sadly, Microsoft might just need a new leader in order for this to happen. Gates is much like Castro in that respect. He would either have to retire or die first. (Buy-out is way out of the question)
Microsoft started out as a software company. They produced a desktop operating system, office productivity software and Server applications to make office life a bit easier. Apple did the same with less success. Now, every time I hear about Microsoft cutting into new markets where they have no business, I can't help but be embarrassed for them.
Microsoft really has no business making things like the Zune and Sync. It's not their core competency to make personal, consumer products. They're just not as good as Apple (in relation to the Zune) or car stereo companies (in relation to the Sync).
Unfortunately, Microsoft's pockets are too deep to take a lesson from failed products. Now I understand why they didn't cut their losses with the Zune months ago and stop pushing it as an iPod killer.
If I were The Romantics, I would be flattered and take it as a complement that people are still willfully listening to my music... let-alone featuring it in a very popular game.
So far, from my layman's perspective, my Tivo can pwn burst for some of its products. Ahh the business circle of lawsuits... or was it life. I'm not sure here.
You can edit your preferences to not include kdawson in the stories you get. He does have a terrible track record as far as quality goes. I wouldn't be surprised if kdawson was just a common login name at/. that the admins use just to get our goats.
I, for one, have used different email clients and have ended-up back at webmail. I like the fact that all of my email conversations are now searchable online and everything that I change can be viewable at any computer terminal hooked into the internets. My habits for emailing are as simple as a quick reply here or there, archiving all of the comment reply stuff I get from slashdot and the occasional passing of useful information to someone that I can't contact otherwise. The only drawback I can see to using webmail is that I don't get all those little widgets that come with an email client. Of course, I can live without those anyway.
They do have the attractiveness of not having cords or other extraneous things that confuse users ...and 80% of the people who have laptops where I work demand a mouse within the first few days of having the laptop because they refuse to get used to the touchpad.
Step 1: Find a neighbor who is cool and possibly technologically challenged and see if he would be cool if you used some of his bandwidth for a while. Promise free computer services if he is a tough nut to crack.
Step 2: Get a wireless router supported by DD-WRT.
Step 3: Download the haxor'd firmware from DD-WRT and configure your supported device as a wireless bridge.
Step 4: Enjoy the internets!
Step 5: To show your appreciation to your neighbor, get him a supported router and do the same thing with it so you both have a fail-over connection to the series of tubes!
It's not so much how much is there (plenty by-the-way), but how long it will last before refueling. In a breeder reactor, the Uranium is broken-down into another fissile isotope which is then broken-down into another fissile isotope. Only about 5% of the original mass remains as a solid when the reactor would need refueling.
"There is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be obtainable. It would mean that the atom would have to be shattered at will." - Albert Einstein
That might be nice and all for the first owners, but what about the guy who owns it when it's 7 years old and electronic components are starting to fail? Here's the difference between my car and said model of car:
My car:
PCM dies - get a new one
ABS Computer dies - Get a new one
Airbag controller dies - Get a new one
Other car:
PCM dies - get a new one
ABS Computer dies - Get a new one
Airbag controller dies - Get a new one
Brake pedal dies - YOU DIE!
I had a car once that had an electrical failure on the highway. (Poverty wheels. Who would have known!?) I was able to go from 70 to 0 and pull over to the side of the road as easy as when the car was functioning normally. This car did have ABS. ABS is just a little helper system. The brakes work fine without it.
One concern with the device is that it could cause an accident if a car is disabled and a driver loses steering control. Most all vehicles just use power steering to assist with steering. You can drive a car without it. Just remove your power steering belt once and go for a drive. It isn't easy, but it can be done. And the faster a perp is going, the easier it would be to control the vehicle.
With that said, if the steering somehow could not be controlled with the PCM disabled, I smell lawsuit. This computer killer thing would also disable any other computerized device... like airbags.
Interesting concept of putting comic books online. But nothing beats having a hard copy. That just takes me back to being a kid and getting excited when a new issue came out.
If someone was leaching all of my bandwidth to the point of me not being able to get my email with something like BitTorrent, I would be absolutely pissed!
As it seems from the summary, the companies who fell prey to this malfeasance either don't have IT departments or the budget to support one. I used to work for a company that was an outsourcing service provider for companies' IT needs. It's surprising how many well-established companies don't want to put the resources into a dedicated IT department let alone a special division for auditing the computerized processes and systems that keep the business afloat.
That got me to think of the old urban legend that every so often a highway is supposed to be perfectly flat to act as a landing strip. This of course is bullocks for the time being, but I can see a lighter aircraft than what we have today landing on a public motorway.
The tail fins kinda remind me of a '57 Chevy. I noticed thespecs on the transition mentioned a 100hp engine. Will that engine drive both the prop and the wheels? If so, my mom's neon would leave this thing in the dust.
In all, I see this as a largely impractical vehicle. I would have a good laugh if I saw a car with wings folded vertically going down the highway.
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If Microsoft does one thing well, it's check out the competition. I think M$ should dump Windows altogether and join in the Linux effort. Their pre-Vista user-friendliness research could really benefit The Community. And that would benefit M$ in the form of good PR.
Of course, Microsoft doesn't care about the customer or other companies as much as they care about making money off of them. That attitude really clashes with the general attitude of the Linux distros and developers out there.
Sadly, Microsoft might just need a new leader in order for this to happen. Gates is much like Castro in that respect. He would either have to retire or die first. (Buy-out is way out of the question)
Microsoft started out as a software company. They produced a desktop operating system, office productivity software and Server applications to make office life a bit easier. Apple did the same with less success. Now, every time I hear about Microsoft cutting into new markets where they have no business, I can't help but be embarrassed for them.
Microsoft really has no business making things like the Zune and Sync. It's not their core competency to make personal, consumer products. They're just not as good as Apple (in relation to the Zune) or car stereo companies (in relation to the Sync).
Unfortunately, Microsoft's pockets are too deep to take a lesson from failed products. Now I understand why they didn't cut their losses with the Zune months ago and stop pushing it as an iPod killer.
If I were The Romantics, I would be flattered and take it as a complement that people are still willfully listening to my music... let-alone featuring it in a very popular game.
So far, from my layman's perspective, my Tivo can pwn burst for some of its products. Ahh the business circle of lawsuits... or was it life. I'm not sure here.
You can edit your preferences to not include kdawson in the stories you get. He does have a terrible track record as far as quality goes. I wouldn't be surprised if kdawson was just a common login name at /. that the admins use just to get our goats.
Is there anyone else here who read the summary and thought "What the fuck?!"
Because you're overloading the 10 Base-T hub they're using to provide access to you and everyone else! The collisions! Oh the humanity!
I, for one, have used different email clients and have ended-up back at webmail. I like the fact that all of my email conversations are now searchable online and everything that I change can be viewable at any computer terminal hooked into the internets. My habits for emailing are as simple as a quick reply here or there, archiving all of the comment reply stuff I get from slashdot and the occasional passing of useful information to someone that I can't contact otherwise. The only drawback I can see to using webmail is that I don't get all those little widgets that come with an email client. Of course, I can live without those anyway.
I think that popping sound was my mind blowing from your comment. You sir, just made my day!
Step 1: Find a neighbor who is cool and possibly technologically challenged and see if he would be cool if you used some of his bandwidth for a while. Promise free computer services if he is a tough nut to crack.
Step 2: Get a wireless router supported by DD-WRT.
Step 3: Download the haxor'd firmware from DD-WRT and configure your supported device as a wireless bridge.
Step 4: Enjoy the internets! Step 5: To show your appreciation to your neighbor, get him a supported router and do the same thing with it so you both have a fail-over connection to the series of tubes!
It's not so much how much is there (plenty by-the-way), but how long it will last before refueling. In a breeder reactor, the Uranium is broken-down into another fissile isotope which is then broken-down into another fissile isotope. Only about 5% of the original mass remains as a solid when the reactor would need refueling.
"There is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be obtainable. It would mean that the atom would have to be shattered at will." - Albert Einstein
That might be nice and all for the first owners, but what about the guy who owns it when it's 7 years old and electronic components are starting to fail? Here's the difference between my car and said model of car:
My car:
PCM dies - get a new one
ABS Computer dies - Get a new one
Airbag controller dies - Get a new one
Other car:
PCM dies - get a new one
ABS Computer dies - Get a new one
Airbag controller dies - Get a new one
Brake pedal dies - YOU DIE!
I had a car once that had an electrical failure on the highway. (Poverty wheels. Who would have known!?) I was able to go from 70 to 0 and pull over to the side of the road as easy as when the car was functioning normally. This car did have ABS. ABS is just a little helper system. The brakes work fine without it.
Hell every car would turn into a brick with wheels!
With that said, if the steering somehow could not be controlled with the PCM disabled, I smell lawsuit. This computer killer thing would also disable any other computerized device... like airbags.
Interesting concept of putting comic books online. But nothing beats having a hard copy. That just takes me back to being a kid and getting excited when a new issue came out.
Venus is what happens when ManBearPig runs amok?! He needs stopped! Where are you Al Gore to save us?!
When TFA is not informative, seek the source. Enjoy.
If someone was leaching all of my bandwidth to the point of me not being able to get my email with something like BitTorrent, I would be absolutely pissed!
As it seems from the summary, the companies who fell prey to this malfeasance either don't have IT departments or the budget to support one. I used to work for a company that was an outsourcing service provider for companies' IT needs. It's surprising how many well-established companies don't want to put the resources into a dedicated IT department let alone a special division for auditing the computerized processes and systems that keep the business afloat.
A 1996 Neon weighs 1,995 lbs. I wonder what this car/aircraft hybrid weighs.
That got me to think of the old urban legend that every so often a highway is supposed to be perfectly flat to act as a landing strip. This of course is bullocks for the time being, but I can see a lighter aircraft than what we have today landing on a public motorway.
The tail fins kinda remind me of a '57 Chevy. I noticed thespecs on the transition mentioned a 100hp engine. Will that engine drive both the prop and the wheels? If so, my mom's neon would leave this thing in the dust.
In all, I see this as a largely impractical vehicle. I would have a good laugh if I saw a car with wings folded vertically going down the highway.