I don't see what's wrong with Rip/Mix/Burn. The record companies have weasled the gubmint into levies on CDR/DVD-R media, MP3 Players etc.; so I pay for the right to R/M/B even if I don't often excersize that right.
I say to the Record Gorillas: If you want to collect the levies on media, shut the hell up if I decide that I'm going to use what I've already paid for.
I think they see the big $$ up front costs. Our 2 servers + software came to just over $1M. But they service over 400 users. Yearly the licensing comes to about $40k, including hardware service contracts. To do the same thing in the MS world, you'd need individual servers for each app/function, but you'd also need more than 1 admin. Yearly would be over $300k for licensing, plus admins.
I think some places get scared at the up front costs, not realizing they'll pay more in the long run. Personally, I think these big black monstrosities are much cooler than some rack mounted beige box.:-)
Running off 1 AS/400
And:
* Sales Force Automation (CRM)
* Customer Service Automation (CRM)
* eCommerce
* Web Servers
* Messaging (mail servers)
Running off another AS/400. Our software for the first is custom made for us by a company in California, but everythinng gets entered into it. It's very propriatary to our industry, and it does everything from front line customer service, to billing. It'll even create invoices in PDF format and email them directly to the customer from within the app.
If you want to shrink everything, think about AS/400. They're really good workhorses. Disclaimer: I don't work for IBM, but I used to.
I heard a reporters comment on Canada Tonight this evening. She was talking about Saddam Hussein being given the opportunity to step down and seek asylum in a neutral country, for which he wouldn't be charged for war crimes. She related that statement to the Iraqi people's point of view, like someone asking for our PM to step down and seek refuge in another country, and I was like - YEA! DoItDoItDoItDoIt!
There is no pending legislation, because IT PASSED.
I find in the records from last session:
Copyright Act
Administration, Minister of Canadian Heritage,
C-337 (Gagnon, C.)
C-11
Other Business No. 10 C-32
C-48
Other Business No. 4
C-337 (Gagnon, C.)
Sections 30.8(8) and 30.9(6) see Copyright-Ephemeral recordings/pre-recorded recordings
Section 31 see Broadcasting-Redistribution
Does "freedom of the press" trump the "right to a fair and expedient trial"?
IMO, no. Not ever. The right of the accused comes before my right to know. I want to know, but I can wait.
The details of the trial are made public, just not while the trial is in session
See my answer above. If the details of the pre-trial hearings are made public, it violates the rights of the accused. Furthermore, it may complicate the trial, and this trial has to be by the book. If Canada had the death penalty, this guy would fry. Slowly.
This man has a right to a fair trial. "Innocent until proven guilty" is still a way of life here in Canada, unlike in the US media where it's "He's a murderer, string him up". For examples, see Gary Condid.
This is the pre-trial phase, and in order to ensure there is a fair and unbiased populace from which to draw jurors, there is a ban on publication of evidence until trial time. This is quite normal here.
Canada has it's own laws, our Judges don't cave in to American Media. The US media has a choice - don't publish details, or be barred from the court room.
One thing I always loved about OS/2 was 'palettes'. Fonts, colours, backgrounds could be stored in a palette and dropped on to a window, and that window (and only that one) would change according to the pallette.
I always wondered why no other OS I'd seen had anything like it.
I'd tend to agree with you in general. As always though, I feel there are exceptions to this. There's bound to be someone who came from the Apple side of thing and got their RHCE knowing nothing of the Windows world.
I don't think however it's because the person with the RHCE knows more about Windows, just they are more willing to try anything, and therfore have experemented more with Windows than a bookfed MCSE. They most likely understand O/Ss better, therefore are able to be plunked down in front of any O/S and learn it.
What some people would consider valuable may be worthless to others. How valuable is a RHCE in a Windows only shop? Or an Apple only shop? How valuable is a CCNA in an ISP?
People are ranting that certifications are worthless, only because they a) Don't cover material needed in a particular occupation or profession, or b) Can't tell you what kind of a person or company you are dealing with.
I know many companies engineer the cartridges to fit their printer in just such a way as to provide the best image. Recylers make the cartridge just to fit, and most of the time they don't provide a good image, or start to drop toner after a few hundred images, etc.
When that happens, the user blames Lexmark, and Lexmark gets the bad name. If the printer sucks with only Lexmark parts in it, then it's Lexmarks' fault.
I live in Northern Canada, and believe it or not, some lakes aren't even frozen over yet, and by this time of the year it's -40C. We havent even got below -20C for more than a couple of days. In my youth, I remember 4' - 5' high snowdrifts. So far this "winter" you'd be hard pressed to get your boots covered. Yesterday and today were record setting days across the province. Some places broke their all time high for the month of January, by several (10) degrees C.
We're suffering a major drought now and people who study the environment tell us that we'll need 2 years of record hard precipitation to get the ground moisture back to normal.
I'm not a big believer in global warming being all our fault, but I do know it's going to be a real ugly summer on the western prairies.
And your response was quite uninformed as well...with the help of the Brits and Canadians.. was the key there.
PPCLI (Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry) was to be awarded a US Congressional Medal for its work in Afganistan, the first such honour since the PPCLI served in Korea. The JTF2 (Joint Task Force 2 - Canadian Commandos, comparing them to Navy Seals is comparing a Pit Bull to a German Shepard) were also given citations to their sniper squad for work done in southern Afganistan.
The US did not rely on it's friends, but it did get help. If you think you can go it alone, then you're absolutely insane.
A friend of mine got a job there doing a little programming (over me:( ) and the first thing they did was take his order for his new bike (no it wasn't a V-Rod).
He was given a tour of the factory two weeks after he started, and picked it up while he was there.
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Yup. Land of the free(zing), Home of the over taxed.
I say to the Record Gorillas: If you want to collect the levies on media, shut the hell up if I decide that I'm going to use what I've already paid for.
I think some places get scared at the up front costs, not realizing they'll pay more in the long run. Personally, I think these big black monstrosities are much cooler than some rack mounted beige box. :-)
We have:
* Databases
* Enterprise Network Management (Tivoli/Unicenter)
* Accounting (sometimes ERP usurps this)
* Order Entry
* Billing
* Inventory Management
* Manufacturing (MRP)
* Groupware (outlook, groupwise or notes)
Running off 1 AS/400 And:
* Sales Force Automation (CRM)
* Customer Service Automation (CRM)
* eCommerce
* Web Servers
* Messaging (mail servers)
Running off another AS/400. Our software for the first is custom made for us by a company in California, but everythinng gets entered into it. It's very propriatary to our industry, and it does everything from front line customer service, to billing. It'll even create invoices in PDF format and email them directly to the customer from within the app.
If you want to shrink everything, think about AS/400. They're really good workhorses. Disclaimer: I don't work for IBM, but I used to.
Oh. A speling nazi eh.
I find in the records from last session:
And I gave up crack hours ago.IMO, no. Not ever. The right of the accused comes before my right to know. I want to know, but I can wait.
The details of the trial are made public, just not while the trial is in session
See my answer above. If the details of the pre-trial hearings are made public, it violates the rights of the accused. Furthermore, it may complicate the trial, and this trial has to be by the book. If Canada had the death penalty, this guy would fry. Slowly.
So you don't believe in a persons right to a fair trial? What are you, a Nazi?
This man has a right to a fair trial. "Innocent until proven guilty" is still a way of life here in Canada, unlike in the US media where it's "He's a murderer, string him up". For examples, see Gary Condid.
This is the pre-trial phase, and in order to ensure there is a fair and unbiased populace from which to draw jurors, there is a ban on publication of evidence until trial time. This is quite normal here.
Canada has it's own laws, our Judges don't cave in to American Media. The US media has a choice - don't publish details, or be barred from the court room.
The link you refer to is Here right near the bottom.
Why not? The way everyone drives around here, I swear they lerned the rulz of da road ethier in Gran Turismo or Midtown Madness.
I always wondered why no other OS I'd seen had anything like it.
I don't think however it's because the person with the RHCE knows more about Windows, just they are more willing to try anything, and therfore have experemented more with Windows than a bookfed MCSE. They most likely understand O/Ss better, therefore are able to be plunked down in front of any O/S and learn it.
Value:
What some people would consider valuable may be worthless to others. How valuable is a RHCE in a Windows only shop? Or an Apple only shop? How valuable is a CCNA in an ISP?
People are ranting that certifications are worthless, only because they a) Don't cover material needed in a particular occupation or profession, or b) Can't tell you what kind of a person or company you are dealing with.
I know many companies engineer the cartridges to fit their printer in just such a way as to provide the best image. Recylers make the cartridge just to fit, and most of the time they don't provide a good image, or start to drop toner after a few hundred images, etc.
When that happens, the user blames Lexmark, and Lexmark gets the bad name. If the printer sucks with only Lexmark parts in it, then it's Lexmarks' fault.
We're suffering a major drought now and people who study the environment tell us that we'll need 2 years of record hard precipitation to get the ground moisture back to normal.
I'm not a big believer in global warming being all our fault, but I do know it's going to be a real ugly summer on the western prairies.
PPCLI (Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry) was to be awarded a US Congressional Medal for its work in Afganistan, the first such honour since the PPCLI served in Korea. The JTF2 (Joint Task Force 2 - Canadian Commandos, comparing them to Navy Seals is comparing a Pit Bull to a German Shepard) were also given citations to their sniper squad for work done in southern Afganistan.
The US did not rely on it's friends, but it did get help. If you think you can go it alone, then you're absolutely insane.
He was given a tour of the factory two weeks after he started, and picked it up while he was there.
I hear it the benefits really suck too :)