As the Senator's webmaster, I can tell you he doesn't read his podcasts. He does have communications staff and researchers as all Senators do, but he gets the point of podcasts and prides himself not reading from a prepared statement.
The usual process is he decides what to talk about that week, writes down a few bullet points and then I hit record. Occasionally he'll have supporting docs as well if there are statistics or quotes he wants to use, but in general it's an extemporaneous podcast.
Take yesterday's podcast for example, he didn't have any staff in his meeting with the President, so it doesn't make sense that someone else would write what the meeting was about just for him to read it.
For the podcasts he recorded from the Middle East, I set up a Skype Voicemail account that he called and I pulled it off with Audio Hijack Pro.
I worked for USWest during the time Qwest took them over. Before the "merger", I believe Microsoft owned a 5% stake in Qwest. As a result, most of Qwest products were MS based. It also meant the painful transition from Netscape browsers/calendars to Outlook for all the US West folks. Luckily I left before that happened.
But when it came to relaunch the website, our Netscape/Solaris infrastucture was much more stable - so all the Qwest content went there. Uptime has dramatically improved.;)
To get to the point though, Qwest does not care about web services, all they care about is using their bandwidth. The ASP service, Qwest.net (formerly USWest.net) are only tools to sell more fiber. Since Microsoft is a big invester, fine, they'll use Microsoft products. As long as it gets traffic moving across their lines, they don't care.
Someone mentioned earlier that Qwest and Qwest.net are different companies. This is true, but only for regulation purposes. Joe Nacchio is still in charge of both.
1) Microsoft gets to voice their opinion again in another forum, without actually responding. (I hope he is formulating responses to Bruce's questions right now. I'd love to read them)
2) We already discussed it here, but... One hand is waving and flapping away, drawing all the attention (GPL is a virus). The other hand is slipping in an authentication monopoly (Hailstorm).
Hopefully the mainstream media will start to realize that Microsoft is giving them spin rather than answers. Any day now.
Right now I can buy a copy of Hannibal by Thomas Harris from Half.com for $2.98, which normally retails for $27.95. Now if I go to Amazon, it retails for $22.36, with the used version going for $6.99. They should be writing letters to Half.com!
Amazon is not doing anything new. It's using the Internet to provide a marketplace for buyers and sellers (Hello, Ebay here), with a small handling fee. I'm sorry if the dead tree model gets slapped around a bit, but the Internet allows information to spread more efficiently and that's all it's doing here.
Instead of looking how this will hurt them in the next 6 months, authors should be looking 6 YEARS ahead. The Internet is not going away, and trying to put artificial mechinisms in place are futile (make them scroll down for the link?!). Authors should find ways to use the Internet to connect with their readers, hype their dead tree versions, release sample chapters, something besides whining. Adapt people, things are just starting to get good.
My understanding was that Sony sold there machines at cost ($299) and made their money from licensing. Microsoft is going to sell their box at cost just to get market share, money coming from services and future upgrades.
If the Indrema machine is selling for the same price, with roughly the same hardware, where does the money come from? Not a troll, actually just curious.
becomes todhyo69MO (Not really my slashdot password:-) This (or any other consistent scheme) can be very effective and relatively uncrackable - as long as you don't tell anyone your scheme.
Slashdot Mirror
TWiT: This Week in Tech (former Tech TV Screensavers)
dl.tv (former Tech TV Screensavers)
diggnation (again, former Tech TV Screensavers)
CreativeCOW.net (Digital Media)
Shields and Brooks (Newshour Political Podcast)
NPR Technology (collected stories about tech from the previous week)
KCRW's The Treatment
Ricky Gervais (BBC's The Office, Extras)
As the Senator's webmaster, I can tell you he doesn't read his podcasts. He does have communications staff and researchers as all Senators do, but he gets the point of podcasts and prides himself not reading from a prepared statement.
The usual process is he decides what to talk about that week, writes down a few bullet points and then I hit record. Occasionally he'll have supporting docs as well if there are statistics or quotes he wants to use, but in general it's an extemporaneous podcast.
Take yesterday's podcast for example, he didn't have any staff in his meeting with the President, so it doesn't make sense that someone else would write what the meeting was about just for him to read it.
For the podcasts he recorded from the Middle East, I set up a Skype Voicemail account that he called and I pulled it off with Audio Hijack Pro.
Plug: Subscribe to the podcast with iTunes or with your favorite podcast client(rss feed).
"After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box."
-- Italian Proverb
I worked for USWest during the time Qwest took them over. Before the "merger", I believe Microsoft owned a 5% stake in Qwest. As a result, most of Qwest products were MS based. It also meant the painful transition from Netscape browsers/calendars to Outlook for all the US West folks. Luckily I left before that happened. But when it came to relaunch the website, our Netscape/Solaris infrastucture was much more stable - so all the Qwest content went there. Uptime has dramatically improved. ;)
To get to the point though, Qwest does not care about web services, all they care about is using their bandwidth. The ASP service, Qwest.net (formerly USWest.net) are only tools to sell more fiber. Since Microsoft is a big invester, fine, they'll use Microsoft products. As long as it gets traffic moving across their lines, they don't care.
Someone mentioned earlier that Qwest and Qwest.net are different companies. This is true, but only for regulation purposes. Joe Nacchio is still in charge of both.
Asked for comment, Sun's Scott McNealy responeded: 'WE put the "dot" in quantum-dot nanoswitches!'
It's nice to see John Lee Hooker and Bob Marley, instead of some of the lesser (no) talent folks:Lycos Top 50
"Could somebody with access to koffice.org remove all information about and links to Killu, please?"
They're already using the Killu nickname on the mail list. It kinda grabs your attention.
1) Microsoft gets to voice their opinion again in another forum, without actually responding. (I hope he is formulating responses to Bruce's questions right now. I'd love to read them)
2) We already discussed it here, but... One hand is waving and flapping away, drawing all the attention (GPL is a virus). The other hand is slipping in an authentication monopoly (Hailstorm). Hopefully the mainstream media will start to realize that Microsoft is giving them spin rather than answers. Any day now.
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Right now I can buy a copy of Hannibal by Thomas Harris from Half.com for $2.98, which normally retails for $27.95. Now if I go to Amazon, it retails for $22.36, with the used version going for $6.99. They should be writing letters to Half.com! Amazon is not doing anything new. It's using the Internet to provide a marketplace for buyers and sellers (Hello, Ebay here), with a small handling fee. I'm sorry if the dead tree model gets slapped around a bit, but the Internet allows information to spread more efficiently and that's all it's doing here. Instead of looking how this will hurt them in the next 6 months, authors should be looking 6 YEARS ahead. The Internet is not going away, and trying to put artificial mechinisms in place are futile (make them scroll down for the link?!). Authors should find ways to use the Internet to connect with their readers, hype their dead tree versions, release sample chapters, something besides whining. Adapt people, things are just starting to get good.
My understanding was that Sony sold there machines at cost ($299) and made their money from licensing. Microsoft is going to sell their box at cost just to get market share, money coming from services and future upgrades.
If the Indrema machine is selling for the same price, with roughly the same hardware, where does the money come from? Not a troll, actually just curious.
I started using the last 4 characters of a domain name, reversing that, and appending my usual password:
:-)
slashdot.org --> hdot --> todh
usual passwd --> yo69MO
becomes todhyo69MO (Not really my slashdot password
This (or any other consistent scheme) can be very effective and relatively uncrackable - as long as you don't tell anyone your scheme.
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