Read it again - some divisions are doing very well, some have serious problems. TW is a conglomerate of different uncoordinated businesses. Shareholders don't seem to be gaining anything by having them under one common corporate umbrella. The promised 'synergy' has not been realized. Broken up, some will excel and some will sink, but shareholders will have much more visibility as to which are the stars and which are the dogs, and can adjust their holdings accordingly.
Gates: His promise: Longhorn, the next version of the Windows operating system, will make malicious software (malware) that gets onto computers without the users' knowledge 'a thing of the past'.
In unrelated news, Longhorn will no longer support networking, removable media, keyboards, or mice.:-)
I've lived on the east coast, Ohio, and Texas. I've also traveled quite a bit by train through Europe. In the northeast, distances between major cities are relatively short, population density is high, and once at a destination, local public transit is available. The Boston - Washington corridor is ideal for high speed trains and Amtrak has taken some tentative (some would say 'botched') steps in this direction. The Boston - Atlanta corridor might even make sense for high speed rail.
In Ohio, there have been proposals for YEARS about high speed trains connecting Cincinnati, Columbus, and Cleveland. It's gotten some support in the legislature, but is unlikely to ever happen. The right of way is not a major problem, as a high speed line could parallel I-71 for most of the distance. Money is an issue, as a long high speed line would be expensive, but the main problem is politics.
The legislators from the 3C cities would support it, but that would not be enough to pass funding. In order to gain support, the line would need to have stops in as many legislative districts as possible. This would assure that 1) costs would become astronomical, and 2) the high speed line would have so many stops that it would no longer be high speed.
In Texas, there was much talk of a line connecting San Antonio, Austin, and Dallas / Fort-Worth. The political problem was somewhat of an issue, but two problems proved insurmountable - opposition from two groups. The first is ranchers whose land would be bisected by the high speed line. They'd gain no benefit and the value of their property would be reduced. But the main problem was that there already is high-speed connections between San Antonio, Austin, and Dallas / Fort Worth. It's provided by a major Texas employer with considerable political clout - Southwest Airlines.
I really have enjoyed rail travel in Europe, and would love to see the US cris-crossed with high speed bullet-train or mag-lev routes. Best of all would be to integrate air and high-speed train travel, by having stops at major airports, and coordinating air and train schedules. Then high speed trains could be used for intermediate distances, and air for long distance travel. I don't expect this to happen in my lifetime, if ever.
In similar situations I just handed over my stuff.
Nobody was hurt, I was protected (insured) so I did not lose anything. One of the thieves was later caught.
In the US where people own guns, most burglaries occur while the homeowner is out. The burglar risks setting off an alarm system, but this is a lesser risk than an armed homeowner.
In Britain, gun ownership is severely restricted. Robberies while the homeowner is home are rapidly increasing. The criminal then does not have to deal with an alarm system, and knows that the homeowner is not armed. In several recent cases the homeowner was killed or injured by the burglar.
All of which will be moot in a year (if the British ratify the EU constitution). Then the BBC will answer to Brussels. Of course it will have to change it's name to the EUBC.
The government has no right to tell the BBC how to act. The TAX PAYERS should do that, that's us not them.
Last time I checked the British government is elected by the citizens of Britain. Are you suggesting a switch from representative to direct democracy? Hope you have a lot of time to spend at the ballot box.
Early versions of Unix (circa early '80's) running on PDP-11's split application memory into Instruction and Data space. Instruction space was the programs instructions and data included static, stack, and heap space. Data space was not executable. So a buffer overrun could result in a core dump (GPF) but not a security violation. Please keep this in mind, when MS is issued a patent on their novel DEP scheme.
High-tech companies should avoid appointing CEO's who's educational backround is in Medieval History.
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I don't understand why anyone except a small group of enthusiasts would still play PC games. Sure, there's a better interface and higher resolution. But, game installation is generally a true pain - install the game, update the drivers, download the patches, fiddle with the game options, rinse, repeat. Then there's the constant need to install new upgraded hardware (like a new $250 video card) to play tne next version of a game.
Contrast with purchasing a console, hooking it up to the TV, popping in the game and playing. New hardware (consoles) appear periodically (like XBox2, PS/3) but upgrade cycle is a lot less frequent than that required for PC games, and hassle factor is much lower. Add to that the fact that most game makers now develop for consoles first, and it's hard to justify the continual upgrade cycle to support PC gaming.
In most other countries, the loser of a law suit pays their own legal expenses AND the legal expenses of the winner. That's not the case in the US, where trial lawyers can play law suit lotto. You lose, doesn't cost anything to play again.
Great point! As long as processor speed kept increasing, developers could be sloppy with code - and faster processors would result in large monolithic single threaded apps running faster and faster. With new chips getting more parallel rather than raw higher clock speed - the advantage shifts to more sophisticated multi-threaded apps. So Web servers will get faster, but (most) conventional office apps will not. Companies may even have to invest in tuning their code.
Microcenter is a local store here. I've had pretty good success dealing with them on returns and other issues. You bought the laptop and the extended warranty from them. I'd expect them to be able to do something for you.
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Read it again - some divisions are doing very well, some have serious problems. TW is a conglomerate of different uncoordinated businesses. Shareholders don't seem to be gaining anything by having them under one common corporate umbrella. The promised 'synergy' has not been realized. Broken up, some will excel and some will sink, but shareholders will have much more visibility as to which are the stars and which are the dogs, and can adjust their holdings accordingly.
So you have a bunch of disjoint units some doing well and some doing poorly. Were I a shareholder I'd want to see the whole thing broken up.
Gates: His promise: Longhorn, the next version of the Windows operating system, will make malicious software (malware) that gets onto computers without the users' knowledge 'a thing of the past'.
:-)
In unrelated news, Longhorn will no longer support networking, removable media, keyboards, or mice.
Why would I pay for any NY Times news story when I can get the same story direct from the source for free.
I've lived on the east coast, Ohio, and Texas. I've also traveled quite a bit by train through Europe. In the northeast, distances between major cities are relatively short, population density is high, and once at a destination, local public transit is available. The Boston - Washington corridor is ideal for high speed trains and Amtrak has taken some tentative (some would say 'botched') steps in this direction. The Boston - Atlanta corridor might even make sense for high speed rail.
In Ohio, there have been proposals for YEARS about high speed trains connecting Cincinnati, Columbus, and Cleveland. It's gotten some support in the legislature, but is unlikely to ever happen. The right of way is not a major problem, as a high speed line could parallel I-71 for most of the distance. Money is an issue, as a long high speed line would be expensive, but the main problem is politics.
The legislators from the 3C cities would support it, but that would not be enough to pass funding. In order to gain support, the line would need to have stops in as many legislative districts as possible. This would assure that 1) costs would become astronomical, and 2) the high speed line would have so many stops that it would no longer be high speed.
In Texas, there was much talk of a line connecting San Antonio, Austin, and Dallas / Fort-Worth. The political problem was somewhat of an issue, but two problems proved insurmountable - opposition from two groups. The first is ranchers whose land would be bisected by the high speed line. They'd gain no benefit and the value of their property would be reduced. But the main problem was that there already is high-speed connections between San Antonio, Austin, and Dallas / Fort Worth. It's provided by a major Texas employer with considerable political clout - Southwest Airlines.
I really have enjoyed rail travel in Europe, and would love to see the US cris-crossed with high speed bullet-train or mag-lev routes. Best of all would be to integrate air and high-speed train travel, by having stops at major airports, and coordinating air and train schedules. Then high speed trains could be used for intermediate distances, and air for long distance travel. I don't expect this to happen in my lifetime, if ever.
Do not underestimate the power of the proprietary side of the source!
Bah! I, for one, welcome our new Go'auld overlords.
Oh, I get it - it's a reference to that TV show - "Wormhole Xtreme".
ISP's should sign this agreement, just as soon as the recording industry signs a code of conduct drafted by musicians. :-)
True. On the other hand -- and I'm not sure if you've noticed -- but your state is infested with Texans.
Much worse than that - the state (particularly around Austin) - is infested with Californians.
In similar situations I just handed over my stuff.
Nobody was hurt, I was protected (insured) so I did not lose anything. One of the thieves was later caught.
In the US where people own guns, most burglaries occur while the homeowner is out. The burglar risks setting off an alarm system, but this is a lesser risk than an armed homeowner.
In Britain, gun ownership is severely restricted. Robberies while the homeowner is home are rapidly increasing. The criminal then does not have to deal with an alarm system, and knows that the homeowner is not armed. In several recent cases the homeowner was killed or injured by the burglar.
All of which will be moot in a year (if the British ratify the EU constitution). Then the BBC will answer to Brussels. Of course it will have to change it's name to the EUBC.
The government has no right to tell the BBC how to act. The TAX PAYERS should do that, that's us not them.
Last time I checked the British government is elected by the citizens of Britain. Are you suggesting a switch from representative to direct democracy? Hope you have a lot of time to spend at the ballot box.
My sincere apologies - I meant no offense to anyone except the former CEO of HP.
Early versions of Unix (circa early '80's) running on PDP-11's split application memory into Instruction and Data space. Instruction space was the programs instructions and data included static, stack, and heap space. Data space was not executable. So a buffer overrun could result in a core dump (GPF) but not a security violation. Please keep this in mind, when MS is issued a patent on their novel DEP scheme.
High-tech companies should avoid appointing CEO's who's educational backround is in Medieval History.
I don't understand why anyone except a small group of enthusiasts would still play PC games. Sure, there's a better interface and higher resolution. But, game installation is generally a true pain - install the game, update the drivers, download the patches, fiddle with the game options, rinse, repeat. Then there's the constant need to install new upgraded hardware (like a new $250 video card) to play tne next version of a game.
Contrast with purchasing a console, hooking it up to the TV, popping in the game and playing. New hardware (consoles) appear periodically (like XBox2, PS/3) but upgrade cycle is a lot less frequent than that required for PC games, and hassle factor is much lower. Add to that the fact that most game makers now develop for consoles first, and it's hard to justify the continual upgrade cycle to support PC gaming.
What were we discussing?
If English wasn't the world's Lingua Franca, what else would it be? :-)
In most other countries, the loser of a law suit pays their own legal expenses AND the legal expenses of the winner. That's not the case in the US, where trial lawyers can play law suit lotto. You lose, doesn't cost anything to play again.
It's some sort of primitive RSS interface for a group blog. :-)
Great point! As long as processor speed kept increasing, developers could be sloppy with code - and faster processors would result in large monolithic single threaded apps running faster and faster. With new chips getting more parallel rather than raw higher clock speed - the advantage shifts to more sophisticated multi-threaded apps. So Web servers will get faster, but (most) conventional office apps will not. Companies may even have to invest in tuning their code.
Microcenter is a local store here. I've had pretty good success dealing with them on returns and other issues. You bought the laptop and the extended warranty from them. I'd expect them to be able to do something for you.
I recall seeing in the early Unix kernel a comment on a particularly hairy piece of code:
/* You are not meant to understand this */
Also, several comments to the effect that a particular piece of code was a kludge.
Let's not forget that she and managers like her also helped make Lucent what it is today. Oh, wait ...