Oh, I wish I had moderator points...I'd moderate this up as Informative.
This kinda of follow-the-money-trail is very instructive. Since the parent of Weather.com is deeply tied (psychologically and financially) to Linux success, it is definitely not surprising to see this adjustment take place.
I wonder if the SEC would be interested in hearing about this symbiotic relationship--especially because the switch from high-profile Sun to high-profile Linux was announced in such a broad, high-profile kind of way. Hmmmm. Given the phenomenon of any Linux-related announcement directly affecting the so-called Linux stocks (in a direct, but disproportionate way) could it be far from the truth to suppose a positive bounce in Redhat, et al, would not be a regretted effect of this timely announcement?
This relationship between Landmark Communications, Weather.com, Great Bridge, and RedHat needs to enjoy the intense light of day (and if it survives, all the better).
PayPal works very nicely. They had some negative comments on eBay's forums a while back, but that seemed to be due to growing pains. Now they've merged with other industry players and seem pretty strong.
That said, I have a couple of concerns:
How long will it be free?
How does their business model work if they are not charging the sender or the receiver the 2% to 3% charged by Visa/MC/et al?
If it stays free, what happens to balances due in case of bankruptcy?
In a bankruptcy, monies you have on balance are virtually lost and customers/vendors won't let
you off the hook should your payment be stuck in la-la land.
How long will the credit card companies and banks allow what is substantially a cash-advance to be made without the cash-advance fee added to the transaction.
PayPal said in the past that if your bank/credit card company adds a cash advance fee to a PayPal transaction
PayPal will pay for the cash advance charge. That's not sustainable in the post-Dot-(no-in-)Com(e) era.
What happens in case of a disputed charge, either against you as payer or payee?
PayPal's a great idea, and I've only had positive experiences myself, but these concerns are hanging over my head.
What I mean (now that I've ruined Trolls hope of... you know) is that Academy will antiquate itself by this action. Or, there will be a trivia question is 20 years as the following:
What would automatically disqualify a movie from being considered for an Academy Award at the turn of the century?
And the unbelievable answer that would cause people to verify the answer via Google on their wristwatch browser would be:
Screening it first on the Internet!!
Because by then there will not be another way of distributing movies (also, by then films will so passe...maybe even quaint to the point of a retro-popularity)
The bigger the box, the less likely someone is going to make it out the door with it stuffed under their shirt..
Excellent point. Even music CDs are attached to that plastic extender-thingy (that's the technical name, right??).
This is another point in favor of download-ware.
However, download-ware removes the need for Your Local Computer Store . Unless the Local Computer Stores get wise and have banks of computers available for testing Your Favorite Software Packages (oh, the maintenance!) and have a download kiosk for CD-R burning in the store (after your credit card is processed).
Hmmm... Try Before You Buy-Ware . Then the savvy computer stores will make these banks of computers high-speed monsters to illustrate your intense need for an upgrade or new system.
I am quite confident that more and more firms will make there software available via download
I agree. I have very little use for CD-ware now that I have broadband at home as well as office. Actually, CD-ware annoys me. (But I see the benefits of hard-copy; just I can make my own!).
And, since moving to OpenSource software packages, I have even less need for CD-ware.
My wife and I moved from Southern CA to Northwestern WA a couple years ago and we went through the regular proceedures to effect the new residency. Everything was pretty boring and uneventful until I had just completed the driver's license test. In WA you are given your driver's license on the same visit that you pass your test. Standing at the counter to pick it up I was informed that I would not be receiving it because I had my license revoked in New Jersey for DUI.
Huh?
A sense of dread came over me. Wow. What a binder I must have had! I guess it started in CA and I drove to NJ drunk, applied for and got a license (while blacked out), and then got caught in this drunken stupour, had my license revoked and returned to CA before detoxing...
Or they had made a mistake.
I told them I had never had a Driver's License in NJ, nor had I lived there, nor had I visited there, nor had I flown over the Garden State, nor had I visited a neighbooring state to NJ. Then they said, "But it's on your record." Wait. I asked, "What's the name on the revocation record?" Robert James Taylor. My name. I continued, "What's the birth date?" ____, __, 1967. My birth date, exactly. *Gulp* Once more, "What's the Social Security Number?" They didn't tell me, but they said it did not match.
*Whew* After that, the counter person conferred with a manager and returned to hand me my card.
I was never so happy to have a Social Security Number as right then.
By the way, somewhere in New Jersey there is a guy that shares my exact name and birth date but is a complete loser. Shape up! You're making me look bad!
If you know a 33 year-old (yes, I was born in the first 6 months of 1967) named Robert James Taylor, please pass this note on to him. Tell him, "Hi" and "Thanks for nothing" from me.
This was before Judge Penfield Jackson could hear the governement's request to by pass the lower courts and take the case to the Supreme Court.
I admire the unusual speed at which Slashdot presented the community extrodinaire with this breaking news story.
I just wish a spell-checker had been consulted prior to posting.
That aside aside I also recognize this as a victory for Microsoft, b/c each legal step before the end will delay the end and perhaps slow down the break-up rush. Who knows? A year from now, sentiment may change and the powers that be (then) may not enforce Penfield's decision.
I'm still betting that Microsoft pulls a marketing coup out of this somehow...
That ad...dominated the entire front page of the business section.
If the ad was on the ENTIRE front page, how was there a story below it?
This isn't hard to understand. Dominate implies more than one party is involved and the party in question is reigning supreme (or grabbing the most attention) amongst all parties. Loners can't Dominate -- they have no Domain to rule.
Slashdot Mirror
Hmmm...has Slashdot reverted some content serving to a pre-Exodus backup?
Inquiring minds want to know...
I really shouldn't use my +1 bonus ...
Note: http://www.google.com/search?q=Felipe+Hoffa+car+ke ys
is the URL above...
I can't complain about a search engine that ranks relevant things correctly (namely the page for my son -- which needs updating!).
This kinda of follow-the-money-trail is very instructive. Since the parent of Weather.com is deeply tied (psychologically and financially) to Linux success, it is definitely not surprising to see this adjustment take place.
I wonder if the SEC would be interested in hearing about this symbiotic relationship--especially because the switch from high-profile Sun to high-profile Linux was announced in such a broad, high-profile kind of way. Hmmmm. Given the phenomenon of any Linux-related announcement directly affecting the so-called Linux stocks (in a direct, but disproportionate way) could it be far from the truth to suppose a positive bounce in Redhat, et al, would not be a regretted effect of this timely announcement?
This relationship between Landmark Communications, Weather.com, Great Bridge, and RedHat needs to enjoy the intense light of day (and if it survives, all the better).
Like I said, I wish I had mod points.
Hmmm. I was thinking the same thing.
That said, I have a couple of concerns:
- How long will it be free?
- If it stays free, what happens to balances due in case of bankruptcy?
- How long will the credit card companies and banks allow what is substantially a cash-advance to be made without the cash-advance fee added to the transaction.
- What happens in case of a disputed charge, either against you as payer or payee?
PayPal's a great idea, and I've only had positive experiences myself, but these concerns are hanging over my head.Ok. Now THAT'S Funny!
It's Funny. Laugh?
I am.
And the average house price is $270k! Oh the Joy!
Do I sense another I-Opener in the making? ;)
Aha! That explains it. See, I live in LA County.... Have a look at the crime stats for our affluent neighboorhood.
Excellent point. Even music CDs are attached to that plastic extender-thingy (that's the technical name, right??).
This is another point in favor of download-ware.
However, download-ware removes the need for Your Local Computer Store . Unless the Local Computer Stores get wise and have banks of computers available for testing Your Favorite Software Packages (oh, the maintenance!) and have a download kiosk for CD-R burning in the store (after your credit card is processed).
Hmmm... Try Before You Buy-Ware . Then the savvy computer stores will make these banks of computers high-speed monsters to illustrate your intense need for an upgrade or new system.
I agree. I have very little use for CD-ware now that I have broadband at home as well as office. Actually, CD-ware annoys me. (But I see the benefits of hard-copy; just I can make my own!).
And, since moving to OpenSource software packages, I have even less need for CD-ware.
anoncoward/anoncoward works, too.
It's not the fall, it's the sudden stop.
forgot the link.
Gus Grissom's widow was against the restoration of the capsule. I guess her feelings were not taken into account.
Huh?
A sense of dread came over me. Wow. What a binder I must have had! I guess it started in CA and I drove to NJ drunk, applied for and got a license (while blacked out), and then got caught in this drunken stupour, had my license revoked and returned to CA before detoxing...
Or they had made a mistake.
I told them I had never had a Driver's License in NJ, nor had I lived there, nor had I visited there, nor had I flown over the Garden State, nor had I visited a neighbooring state to NJ. Then they said, "But it's on your record." Wait. I asked, "What's the name on the revocation record?" Robert James Taylor. My name. I continued, "What's the birth date?" ____, __, 1967. My birth date, exactly. *Gulp* Once more, "What's the Social Security Number?" They didn't tell me, but they said it did not match.
*Whew* After that, the counter person conferred with a manager and returned to hand me my card.
I was never so happy to have a Social Security Number as right then.
If you know a 33 year-old (yes, I was born in the first 6 months of 1967) named Robert James Taylor, please pass this note on to him. Tell him, "Hi" and "Thanks for nothing" from me.- extr_ordinaire
I should stick to simple words...That aside aside I also recognize this as a victory for Microsoft, b/c each legal step before the end will delay the end and perhaps slow down the break-up rush. Who knows? A year from now, sentiment may change and the powers that be (then) may not enforce Penfield's decision.
I'm still betting that Microsoft pulls a marketing coup out of this somehow...
At least it's better than the P.C. recycle bin (bleh) and the 'twilight zone'-ish black hole.
(Let the wars begin...) ;)
It is obvious that you used those extra moments to produce an actually clever headline, however.
There's just too many of us!! ;)
If the ad was on the ENTIRE front page, how was there a story below it?
This isn't hard to understand. Dominate implies more than one party is involved and the party in question is reigning supreme (or grabbing the most attention) amongst all parties. Loners can't Dominate -- they have no Domain to rule.
There is no "bug" in the story headline.
See: the definition:
dominate
v. dominated, dominating, dominates.
v. tr.
- To control, govern, or rule by superior authority or power: Successful leaders dominate events rather than react to them.
- To exert a supreme, guiding influence on or over: Ambition dominated their lives.
- To enjoy a commanding, controlling position in: a drug company that dominates the tranquilizer market.
- To overlook from a height: a view from the cliffside chalet that dominates the valley.
v. intr.- To have or exert strong authority or mastery.
- To be situated in or occupy a position that is more elevated or decidedly superior to others.
[Latin dominr, domint- to rule, from dominus, lord; see dem- in Indo-European Roots.]