You could construe MS's statement as a threat. Or, it could be simply a caveat to investors i.e. - we have legal concerns that may force us to remove our product from Korea or delay Windows Vista deployment. MS has a legal obligation to warn investers of concerns that they know about that could effect the bottom line, and hence the stock price. To do otherwise invites class action suits.
"openness increases the trustworthiness, said Lu."
Might want to mention that to your government, Mr. Lu. On second thought, you might want to wait till you're out of the country before you mention that to your government.
Back in the 90's the law firm of Bill Lerach - Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach sued so many (mostly tecb) companies that his name became a verb. Miss your quarterly earnings, miss a product deadline, and you could count on two things - a stock price drop, and a 'shareholder' class-action suit from Bill Lerach.
Law suits against tech companies were so prevalent in the 90's, that Neal Stephenson made it part of a sub-plot in his brilliant novel 'Cryptonomicon'.
I'd be more concerned with the fact that the battery is soldered onto the unit! Of course, before the rechargable battery's worn out, you'll buy the IPod Pico... and a magnifying glass.
From Wikipedia: SGML is a descendant of IBM's Generalized Markup Language (GML), developed in the 1960s by Charles Goldfarb, Edward Mosher and Raymond Lorie.
Would be handy for supplying communications for emergency services. For instance, in the aftermath of a hurricane, or earthquake, this could be brought in to connect emergency service providers on the ground using battery or generator powered laptops / handhelds or VOIP phones. One of the problems during the aftermath of Katrina was landlines were down, almost all wireless phones were down (except for one or two spots) and the NOPD emergency comm system had failed.
I understand that in the early 1940's Germany had a pretty good rail system and was making remarkable progress with rocketry. Can't wait for the Slashdot retrospective on that.
I assume that it's mostly the French govt. pushing this. Perhaps they could develop their own alternative to the Internet. It could be run by the French telecom which could use telecom infrastructure and distribute some kind of network appliance to all of their customers. Oh, wait...
Years and years ago I read a great article by this title. Consider, that their are a small but finite number of smart students who have the potential to become scientists and engineers. Consider that they are smart enough to look at what is happening in the US. American society rewards people who can a) entertain the masses, b) move money around from one place to another while extracting a portion for themselves, or c) extract money from others via the legal system. Scientists and engineers must spend years in expensive and difficult training to qualify for their fields. Spend many hours a year keeping up with their fields. Work very long hours. Risk unemployment from changing corporate or government priorities. And worry about their career disappearing when industry decides to outsource overseas. So scientist / engineer vs. athlete / entertainer / financier / lawyer. For many smart students it's a no-brainer.
So all people are equal, but Journalists will be more equal than others. I am disturbed by the idea of granting special legal priveleges to one particular profession (unless the profession was programmers - that'd be cool!).
Yeah, but Microsoft defines 'interoperable' as 'able to work across a range of (current) Microsoft products'. So, by that definition XML with an embedded proprietary binary key is 'interoperable'.
I remember the following conversation over twenty years ago between a friend of mine from Bell Labs and an older neighbor in the aerospace industry.
Aerospace Neighbor (AN): So, do you work at Bell Labs too? Bell Labs Friend (LF): Yes, but I'm not a permanent employee, I'm just a temp. Aerospace Neighbor: Actually we're all just temps, some of us simply refuse to acknowledge it.
For many years, I didn't realize how true that was.
Here's a suggestion for the RIAA - replace all current music distribution channels with the following:
When you wish to listen to music, you proceed to an RIAA sponsored Listening Center that will be located in most major cities. You wait in a convenient line and then purchase a ticket specfiying which music selections you wich to listen to. After a brief detour through a metal detector and s search for recording devices by courteous staff (former mob enforcers), you proceed to an individual soundproof listening chamber. In the chamber, you are permitted to listen to each musical selection one time. Afterwards, you're free to leave provided you sign a legal document stating that you will not hum or sing any of the songs you've just heard.
Microsoft's innovation is the application of brilliant marketing tactics and envelope pushing legal tactics to the software industry. Microsoft is NOT a technology driven company, and woe the the technology driven software company that dares to go head-to-head with Microsoft. Their 'innovation' has been tremendously profitable to Microsoft, but if anything has hindered innovation in the software field.
Nobody expects Microsoft!! Our two weapons are Office and our Windows monopoly. Wait... three... our three weapons are Office, our Windows monopoly, and our fanatical devotion to Bill Gates... no... amongst our weapons are Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt, Office, our Windows monopoly, and our fanatical devotion to Bill Gates. Cardinal Balmer, bring out... the virtual machine!!
If Santa Clara County isn't interested in having Google co-located with NASA, I'm sure other communities with NASA locations would be delighted to have Google as a member of the community. Here for instance.
Read a lot of misinformation on this thread. Properly designed, a fault tolerant machine should NOT require downtime to replace a failed component, as all components (including CPU modules) should be hot-pluggable. In general, a fault tolerant system should be able to shut down a single failed component and keep going without any noticable impact on processing. A cluster may require take some time to switch-over depending if it is a fail-over system, or may need to restore / restart / migrate a checkpointed task. Fault-tolerant systems and high-end clusters are generally expensive. Low end fail-over systems less so. Is is worth the cost? That depends entirely on the application - in particular; what is the cost / impact of down time? System availability is NOT solely dependent on the FT / Cluster box alone - redundant power, networking (including WAN and Internet connections), physical and network security must be considered. Finally, external events (like Hurricanes!!) must be considered - and a carefully crafted disaster recovery plan is a must.
Safety Cap wrote: Hey, I hear you can get some green powder that changes Water into GASOLINE...
It is possible to create a powder that mixes with water to create gasoline. Years ago, while taking Organic Chemistry in college, I learned about the Grignard reaction. This synthesis can produce a solid that when mixed with water can hydrolyse to produce a hydrocarbon.
Just two minor problems - 1) It also produces an alkali (such as KOH or NaOH) which would be bad for the engine and the environment, and 2) the initial synthesis starts with a hydrocarbon! TANSTAAFL
Slashdot Mirror
You could construe MS's statement as a threat. Or, it could be simply a caveat to investors i.e. - we have legal concerns that may force us to remove our product from Korea or delay Windows Vista deployment. MS has a legal obligation to warn investers of concerns that they know about that could effect the bottom line, and hence the stock price. To do otherwise invites class action suits.
Can you mount the detector on top of a handheld railgun??
"openness increases the trustworthiness, said Lu."
Might want to mention that to your government, Mr. Lu. On second thought, you might want to wait till you're out of the country before you mention that to your government.
Back in the 90's the law firm of Bill Lerach - Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach sued so many (mostly tecb) companies that his name became a verb. Miss your quarterly earnings, miss a product deadline, and you could count on two things - a stock price drop, and a 'shareholder' class-action suit from Bill Lerach.
Law suits against tech companies were so prevalent in the 90's, that Neal Stephenson made it part of a sub-plot in his brilliant novel 'Cryptonomicon'.
I'd be more concerned with the fact that the battery is soldered onto the unit! Of course, before the rechargable battery's worn out, you'll buy the IPod Pico ... and a magnifying glass.
From Wikipedia: SGML is a descendant of IBM's Generalized Markup Language (GML), developed in the 1960s by Charles Goldfarb, Edward Mosher and Raymond Lorie.
Not really (I've got 'Tetrix' on my Zaurus). But GREAT link!!
It's a great script, but we're really looking for something based on a video game
IT CAME FROM THE SKY!! THE MILITARY COULDN'T STOP IT. ONLY ONE LONE ECCENTRIC GENIUS KNEW WHAT TO DO!! IT'S TETRIS - THE MOVIE
That'll be one million dollars and ten percent of the gross please.
Would be handy for supplying communications for emergency services. For instance, in the aftermath of a hurricane, or earthquake, this could be brought in to connect emergency service providers on the ground using battery or generator powered laptops / handhelds or VOIP phones. One of the problems during the aftermath of Katrina was landlines were down, almost all wireless phones were down (except for one or two spots) and the NOPD emergency comm system had failed.
Yeah, either that, or on board the ISS Zathras activates "The Machine" to pull the ISS through time to aid the Minbari ... or to defeat Emeperor Pirk.
I understand that in the early 1940's Germany had a pretty good rail system and was making remarkable progress with rocketry. Can't wait for the Slashdot retrospective on that.
Oh! Excuse me, have I triggered Godwin's Law?
Fredoil wrote: in 1982, it was the first internet but national only.
ARPANET - 1969
UseNet - 1979
UUCPnet - 1981
BitNet - 1981
I assume that it's mostly the French govt. pushing this. Perhaps they could develop their own alternative to the Internet. It could be run by the French telecom which could use telecom infrastructure and distribute some kind of network appliance to all of their customers. Oh, wait ...
Years and years ago I read a great article by this title. Consider, that their are a small but finite number of smart students who have the potential to become scientists and engineers. Consider that they are smart enough to look at what is happening in the US. American society rewards people who can a) entertain the masses, b) move money around from one place to another while extracting a portion for themselves, or c) extract money from others via the legal system. Scientists and engineers must spend years in expensive and difficult training to qualify for their fields. Spend many hours a year keeping up with their fields. Work very long hours. Risk unemployment from changing corporate or government priorities. And worry about their career disappearing when industry decides to outsource overseas. So scientist / engineer vs. athlete / entertainer / financier / lawyer. For many smart students it's a no-brainer.
So all people are equal, but Journalists will be more equal than others. I am disturbed by the idea of granting special legal priveleges to one particular profession (unless the profession was programmers - that'd be cool!).
Yeah, but Microsoft defines 'interoperable' as 'able to work across a range of (current) Microsoft products'. So, by that definition XML with an embedded proprietary binary key is 'interoperable'.
I remember the following conversation over twenty years ago between a friend of mine from Bell Labs and an older neighbor in the aerospace industry.
Aerospace Neighbor (AN): So, do you work at Bell Labs too?
Bell Labs Friend (LF): Yes, but I'm not a permanent employee, I'm just a temp.
Aerospace Neighbor: Actually we're all just temps, some of us simply refuse to acknowledge it.
For many years, I didn't realize how true that was.
Here's a suggestion for the RIAA - replace all current music distribution channels with the following:
When you wish to listen to music, you proceed to an RIAA sponsored Listening Center that will be located in most major cities. You wait in a convenient line and then purchase a ticket specfiying which music selections you wich to listen to. After a brief detour through a metal detector and s search for recording devices by courteous staff (former mob enforcers), you proceed to an individual soundproof listening chamber. In the chamber, you are permitted to listen to each musical selection one time. Afterwards, you're free to leave provided you sign a legal document stating that you will not hum or sing any of the songs you've just heard.
Microsoft's innovation is the application of brilliant marketing tactics and envelope pushing legal tactics to the software industry. Microsoft is NOT a technology driven company, and woe the the technology driven software company that dares to go head-to-head with Microsoft. Their 'innovation' has been tremendously profitable to Microsoft, but if anything has hindered innovation in the software field.
Nobody expects Microsoft!! Our two weapons are Office and our Windows monopoly. Wait ... three ... our three weapons are Office, our Windows monopoly, and our fanatical devotion to Bill Gates ... no ... amongst our weapons are Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt, Office, our Windows monopoly, and our fanatical devotion to Bill Gates. Cardinal Balmer, bring out ... the virtual machine!!
If Santa Clara County isn't interested in having Google co-located with NASA, I'm sure other communities with NASA locations would be delighted to have Google as a member of the community. Here for instance.
Read a lot of misinformation on this thread. Properly designed, a fault tolerant machine should NOT require downtime to replace a failed component, as all components (including CPU modules) should be hot-pluggable. In general, a fault tolerant system should be able to shut down a single failed component and keep going without any noticable impact on processing. A cluster may require take some time to switch-over depending if it is a fail-over system, or may need to restore / restart / migrate a checkpointed task. Fault-tolerant systems and high-end clusters are generally expensive. Low end fail-over systems less so. Is is worth the cost? That depends entirely on the application - in particular; what is the cost / impact of down time? System availability is NOT solely dependent on the FT / Cluster box alone - redundant power, networking (including WAN and Internet connections), physical and network security must be considered. Finally, external events (like Hurricanes!!) must be considered - and a carefully crafted disaster recovery plan is a must.
Is Ms. Anderson the One?
Safety Cap wrote: Hey, I hear you can get some green powder that changes Water into GASOLINE ...
It is possible to create a powder that mixes with water to create gasoline. Years ago, while taking Organic Chemistry in college, I learned about the Grignard reaction. This synthesis can produce a solid that when mixed with water can hydrolyse to produce a hydrocarbon.
Just two minor problems - 1) It also produces an alkali (such as KOH or NaOH) which would be bad for the engine and the environment, and 2) the initial synthesis starts with a hydrocarbon! TANSTAAFL
AdeBaumann wrote: I say let the UN have it. It is the Internet after all, to be handled internationally. The US can keep AOL in exchange ...
How 'bout the US keeps the Internet, and the UN can have AOL.