The internet has allowed dysfunctional individuals to create communities and reinforce their dysfunctional behavior. For instance tech savvy individuals with no life can get together and...
I agree - not too hard to set up your own jabber server with an SSL connection. If you REALLY want to be secure, you won't rely on someone elses server.
I read an article in the Wall Street Journal a few years back that a substantial portion of the US health care dollar goes to just two areas:
1) Malpractice insurance / lawsuits - including malpractice insurance overhead, lawyers, and "defensive" medicine. 2) "Final" care - medical care (usually in a hospital) during the last few weeks of someones life.
Neither candidate is addressing either of these issues.
Leo Laporte's TWiT (named after the flagship show "This Week in Tech") network at twit.tv. It includes downloadable audio casts and streaming video. I listen to it on my daily commute. Two good ones are FLOSS Weekly with Randall Schwartz and Security Now with Steve Gibson. I was just listening to FLOSS weekly today -- they had a KDE developer on discussing the latest developments.
Nokia has a line of small devices that do the same thing. The 770 (which I use) and 800 have on-screen keyboards, the 810 has a slide-down keyboard. The access the internet via WiFi or a bluetooth connection on a phone.
Border agent: What is your reason for traveling today. Geek: I'm talking to a company about fault-tolerant servers ... and in this Powerpoint you'll notice that the two processors are running in lock-step. Whereas, this comparator here looks at these two pairs of CPU's .... Border agent: You may go. Geek: Wait! This is the interesting part... Border agent: For the love of God, please go!
Seinfeld Look Alike: Ever notice that Churros and shoes are funny... Mac: Who's that guy? PC: I hired him for $10 million to distract people from noticing how bad Vista is. Mac: Is it working? Seinfeld Look Alike: Ever notice how funny commercials about nothing are... PC: Not really...
I use WinXP (w. NTFS) for a PVR app. It works... BUT I have a serious problem with fragmentation. Very noticeable during video playback. I added a scheduled task to defrag once a week (along w. a weekly reboot). I also need to make sure that I never fill the drive too full.
Why do we still need a "music industry"? What value do intermediaries add? In the days of physical music distribution, they produced and distributed media to retailers. They bribed###### marketed the music through limited and expensive marketing channels (radio and later television). That's all changed. It's time for musicians and consumers to tell the industry "Thank you, your services are no longer required".
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The internet has allowed dysfunctional individuals to create communities and reinforce their dysfunctional behavior. For instance tech savvy individuals with no life can get together and ...
Better schools mean better paychecks
This is true, but with top schools costing $50 - $60K per year, it's rather hard to justify an investment of $200K+ for most potential careers.
I voted for Kodos.
Today's Woot has a new Acer net book for $289 with no subsidy. The downside - smallish three cell battery.
I agree - not too hard to set up your own jabber server with an SSL connection. If you REALLY want to be secure, you won't rely on someone elses server.
I read an article in the Wall Street Journal a few years back that a substantial portion of the US health care dollar goes to just two areas:
1) Malpractice insurance / lawsuits - including malpractice insurance overhead, lawyers, and "defensive" medicine.
2) "Final" care - medical care (usually in a hospital) during the last few weeks of someones life.
Neither candidate is addressing either of these issues.
Leo Laporte's TWiT (named after the flagship show "This Week in Tech") network at twit.tv. It includes downloadable audio casts and streaming video. I listen to it on my daily commute. Two good ones are FLOSS Weekly with Randall Schwartz and Security Now with Steve Gibson. I was just listening to FLOSS weekly today -- they had a KDE developer on discussing the latest developments.
Nokia has a line of small devices that do the same thing. The 770 (which I use) and 800 have on-screen keyboards, the 810 has a slide-down keyboard. The access the internet via WiFi or a bluetooth connection on a phone.
The source code is here.
The UI for the new "Instant-On Windows" is a black screen with the text "C:\>".
I lost track, is this an even or odd Star Trek movie?
Border agent: What is your reason for traveling today. ...
Geek: I'm talking to a company about fault-tolerant servers
...
and in this Powerpoint you'll notice that the two processors are running in
lock-step. Whereas, this comparator here looks at these two pairs of CPU's
....
Border agent: You may go.
Geek: Wait! This is the interesting part
Border agent: For the love of God, please go!
Does it come with Angelina Jolie wearing an eyepatch? Are they going to do helicarriers next?
Admittedly digital music is a luxury. But the economy is doing so well that people won't mind spending a little more on their music. Oh, wait ...
IBM has more influence with Apple than Joe Random Developer. What a surprise ...
how often does someone reboot a Linux box, that this even enters into it?
I guess you don't own a Linux laptop.
Why not put a Coca-Cola bottling plant next door. :~)
Seinfeld Look Alike: Ever notice that Churros and shoes are funny ... ... ...
Mac: Who's that guy?
PC: I hired him for $10 million to distract people from noticing how bad Vista is.
Mac: Is it working?
Seinfeld Look Alike: Ever notice how funny commercials about nothing are
PC: Not really
I use WinXP (w. NTFS) for a PVR app. It works ... BUT I have a serious problem with fragmentation. Very noticeable during video playback. I added a scheduled task to defrag once a week (along w. a weekly reboot). I also need to make sure that I never fill the drive too full.
The iStone!
The phone version of the IPebble.
Since it enables mobility, it should be called a "Mobile Suit". Now if we can only find enough Gundanium alloy.
Oh yea! I bet the Neanderthal's didn't have the iPhone!
Just stone Blackberry's.
Why do we still need a "music industry"? What value do intermediaries add? In the days of physical music distribution, they produced and distributed media to retailers. They bribed###### marketed the music through limited and expensive marketing channels (radio and later television). That's all changed. It's time for musicians and consumers to tell the industry "Thank you, your services are no longer required".
That's OK, I'm not watching the 2008 (aka '1936') Olympics.