Perhaps even more dangerous. Doctors and other emergency workers need to be accesible by cellphone. (And any other person who has an "on call" type of job. Howdy IT folks;-) )
A major reason you don't see jammers etc. in movie theatres for a bit is some people need their phones to work. Hopefully at somepoint we'll have smart phones that can be set to ring only for doctors etc. if desperately needed. If not, only allow phones to vibrate.
I responded in the last story that NPR surely was afraid that it's large audio file would be unfairly used by other sites. That is a legitamate fear.
I agreed, however, that I disagreed with such a blanket policy and that if it is backed up legally, it could cause massively bad things.
But I'd like to now say. Thanks Slashdot et all! We've forced NPR will to "do the right thing" which is tell its servers to block ALL "deep links" instead having a rarely-enforced policy to block the abusers!;-)
Wondering why NPR might do this?
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STOP! THINK! Why would NPR do this?
The reason is that NPR hosts high-bandwidth audio material and the website archives many of the shows. NPR doesn't care if you link to a text article, but if I create
www.bestofnpr.com
and then offer DIRECT links to the.ra files than NPR's got a problem. I can make money off of NPR's work and cost them a fortune.
You may agree or disagree with the policy, but at least understand that NPR has some pretty legetimate fears. Personally, though, I don't see this as a legitamate solution, but it's understandable.
Below, like, is my machine;-). Ok my CD-ROM is faster;-)
Windows® 98/ME/2000/XP: 400 MHz Pentium II or equivalent 128 MB of RAM 8 MB 3D video card (TNT, i810, Voodoo 3, Rage 128 equivalent or better) with DirectX® 8.1 support 700 MB HD space 4X CD-ROM drive
Macintosh® OS 9.0 or higher/ Mac OS X 10.1.3. or higher: 400 MHz G3 processor 128 MB of RAM 16 MB ATI Technologies or nVidia chipset 3D video card 700 MB HD space 4X CD-ROM drive
Recommended: 600 MHz processor 256 MB of RAM 32 MB 3D video card DirectX® 8.1 compatible sound card
I don't get why Cable/DSL providers don't start advertising the !@#$% out of 2+ computers per connection. If you push 1 computer only, you get people who are HEAVY users. It only makes sense to pay $50+ a month if you need LOTS of bandwidth. If you want two computers online at the same time, then broadband is the only way to go. Even if you just have 2 people doing light browsing. Sure buying a router is simple and so is setting it up, but the companies WON'T HELP YOU WITH IT. My parents would never go broadband if I wasn't seeting up their router. And don't try to convince me that knowing how to set up a router is too complicated to support. It's just silly to me that the broadband folks are so worried about multiple computers per connection. I know--they think they deserve more money per computer and don't want their Joe Schmoe customers to get used to getting it free. It's crap though. It costs them Megs Bandwidth + Cost to get the wires to your door. That's what they should charge you for.
IE is fabulous in Windows until you have a problem. Then you're pretty much sunk. I've recently encountered two IE bugs that have gone unfixed and they are pretty much showstoppers for me. The first (on my home machine)... IE would often not display images--there were a variety of complex temporary fixes, but I couldn't get it to work. Most problematic: to fix my IE I had to reinstall the OS. This is the largest problem with it's integration Uninstall/Revert to previous version wouldn't work because it broke my MS Outlook!
More recently, I have come across a bug that prevents IE from saving a photo as anything, but a BMP when the cache gets full (or something). This is a problem at work because I use IE to browse web accessible database of large image files.
For both CPU's I had to switch to Moz. Thankfully, it was there when I needed it. IE is still a pleasure to use... but only when it works.
My only complaint about the base is that all of the inputs are in the rear.... Why should I have to reach around to plug in my iPod? ....reply... Rotate the base. I tried this at the Apple Store, it works. Just turn the base slightly and you get easy access to the ports. Remember, the arm turns.
I can hear the tabloids blinking out of existence as we speak...
For a PUBLICATION such as a tabloid, what reason would they or should they be permitted to not sign such an agreement. The problem HERE is that USERS are posting the photos and Microsoft is removing them as requested.
Stefi Graf says Microsoft should promise that it will examine every photo and won't allow these pictures to be posted. This has very bad implications for user based public forums (I.E. everything must edited by the host company or it is liable for damages.
is over 8000 times greater than the fastest dial-up modem
I just LOVE sem-relevant comparisons!;-). And the fastest car on earth goes 8000 times faster than I crawl! Next time let's compare it to at least DSL!
You see the problem with such a disk is it's inability to be written to more than once. By the time the damn thing wrote 100GBs of data to the disk, the media would have been leaped over by new technology!
HaHaha! The Onion needs to hire this guy and put his article up immediately.
Headline suggestion: Horrible Customer Service Call Centers Complete World Takeover and Finally Invade Computer Industry
WTF?
How is this different from any other large bureaucratic corporation's customer service and why do we care about this personalized story that only has to do with Katz? (This is only relevant to ME if a large percentage of people have that problem and Katz... you didn't provide proof of that.)
That said, my story beats his anyway!
**So begins the real reason for this post. To bitch about my own experiences!**
My favorite is when Verizon Avenue (a wholly owned subsidiary of Verizon that does DSL for Apt. buildings) broke my phone line. Ver Ave: "We don't fix phone line. Call Verizon" Me: But you BROKE IT and you ARE Verizon. You call. VA: Call Verizon Verizon: "We fix phones, but if we didn't break it, you pay." Me: "Sounds fine, since you broke it" Verizon: "Oh no, we weren't there we couldn't break it" Me: "Well I'm not paying. Verizon: Well, call your DSL service. Make them fix it or pay Me: (calls john katz. please bitch about ISP customer service on slashdot so i can bitch and be on topic Katz: No Prob!
This may or may not be a replacement for MS Word, but it certainly could be a replacement for winword. Opens almost instantly on my quasi-antique PII with a good feature set. It's won the right to sit on my HD for the right moment to come along and it's a shoe-in for my pentium laptop.
Well considering that 3 million Francs is about $400,000 and that Microsoft has about $40,000,000,000 on hand. That's about 100,000 straws. Now consider that Microsoft is still profitable. Average the amount of time to win lawsuits. Add money to "cash on hand". Repeat calculations.;-)
$400,000 doesn't even make Microsoft flinch. It's silly to even think about breaking the Camel's back in such a way.
The biggest mystery is the obscurity of the story until now. "It looks to me as if the whole U.S. press missed the story," says Joe Barr, a technology journalist who frequently writes for IDG's LinuxWorld.
So let me get this straight. Two weeks after Sept. 11 and in the middle of the anthrax attacksthe U.S. press missed a story about $400,000 fine issued (IN FRANCE) against Microsoft (with $40 Billion on hand) for putting unauthorized code in an obscure software package that it no longer owns (Avid). No shit. Really! They must be biased!
Estari Inc., a leader in providing digital document management solution software, will bring to market the patented dual-screen laptop in the fourth quarter of 2002.
Slashdot Mirror
Listen up!!!
;-)
Hemos:
"This was in the science section before - but worth the front page."
Moderate me redundant when people stop compaining that it was on slashdot yesterday!
Perhaps even more dangerous. Doctors and other emergency workers need to be accesible by cellphone. (And any other person who has an "on call" type of job. Howdy IT folks ;-) )
A major reason you don't see jammers etc. in movie theatres for a bit is some people need their phones to work. Hopefully at somepoint we'll have smart phones that can be set to ring only for doctors etc. if desperately needed. If not, only allow phones to vibrate.
Future: Good policy implemented poorly!
;-)
I responded in the last story that NPR surely was afraid that it's large audio file would be unfairly used by other sites. That is a legitamate fear.
I agreed, however, that I disagreed with such a blanket policy and that if it is backed up legally, it could cause massively bad things.
But I'd like to now say. Thanks Slashdot et all! We've forced NPR will to "do the right thing" which is tell its servers to block ALL "deep links" instead having a rarely-enforced policy to block the abusers!
STOP! THINK! Why would NPR do this?
.ra files than NPR's got a problem. I can make money off of NPR's work and cost them a fortune.
The reason is that NPR hosts high-bandwidth audio material and the website archives many of the shows. NPR doesn't care if you link to a text article, but if I create
www.bestofnpr.com
and then offer DIRECT links to the
You may agree or disagree with the policy, but at least understand that NPR has some pretty legetimate fears. Personally, though, I don't see this as a legitamate solution, but it's understandable.
Below, like, is my machine ;-). Ok my CD-ROM is faster ;-)
Windows® 98/ME/2000/XP:
400 MHz Pentium II or equivalent
128 MB of RAM
8 MB 3D video card (TNT, i810, Voodoo 3, Rage 128 equivalent or better) with DirectX® 8.1 support
700 MB HD space
4X CD-ROM drive
Macintosh® OS 9.0 or higher/ Mac OS X 10.1.3. or higher:
400 MHz G3 processor
128 MB of RAM
16 MB ATI Technologies or nVidia chipset 3D video card
700 MB HD space
4X CD-ROM drive
Recommended:
600 MHz processor
256 MB of RAM
32 MB 3D video card
DirectX® 8.1 compatible sound card
I don't get why Cable/DSL providers don't start advertising the !@#$% out of 2+ computers per connection. If you push 1 computer only, you get people who are HEAVY users. It only makes sense to pay $50+ a month if you need LOTS of bandwidth. If you want two computers online at the same time, then broadband is the only way to go. Even if you just have 2 people doing light browsing. Sure buying a router is simple and so is setting it up, but the companies WON'T HELP YOU WITH IT. My parents would never go broadband if I wasn't seeting up their router. And don't try to convince me that knowing how to set up a router is too complicated to support. It's just silly to me that the broadband folks are so worried about multiple computers per connection. I know--they think they deserve more money per computer and don't want their Joe Schmoe customers to get used to getting it free. It's crap though. It costs them Megs Bandwidth + Cost to get the wires to your door. That's what they should charge you for.
IE is fabulous in Windows until you have a problem. Then you're pretty much sunk. I've recently encountered two IE bugs that have gone unfixed and they are pretty much showstoppers for me. The first (on my home machine)... IE would often not display images--there were a variety of complex temporary fixes, but I couldn't get it to work. Most problematic: to fix my IE I had to reinstall the OS. This is the largest problem with it's integration Uninstall/Revert to previous version wouldn't work because it broke my MS Outlook!
More recently, I have come across a bug that prevents IE from saving a photo as anything, but a BMP when the cache gets full (or something). This is a problem at work because I use IE to browse web accessible database of large image files.
For both CPU's I had to switch to Moz. Thankfully, it was there when I needed it. IE is still a pleasure to use... but only when it works.
My only complaint about the base is that all of the inputs are in the rear. ... Why should I have to reach around to plug in my iPod?
....reply...
Rotate the base. I tried this at the Apple Store, it works. Just turn the base slightly and you get easy access to the ports. Remember, the arm turns.
What is this? Sexual Innuendo day!?
The Washington Post's got a story up too: Article
I can hear the tabloids blinking out of existence as we speak...
For a PUBLICATION such as a tabloid, what reason would they or should they be permitted to not sign such an agreement. The problem HERE is that USERS are posting the photos and Microsoft is removing them as requested.
Stefi Graf says Microsoft should promise that it will examine every photo and won't allow these pictures to be posted. This has very bad implications for user based public forums (I.E. everything must edited by the host company or it is liable for damages.
(Above is incorrect). AOL 7 is NOT using gecko. AOL is testing gecko with a version of AOL 7, but the 2x million AOL members are still using IE.
is over 8000 times greater than the fastest dial-up modem
;-). And the fastest car on earth goes 8000 times faster than I crawl! Next time let's compare it to at least DSL!
I just LOVE sem-relevant comparisons!
You see the problem with such a disk is it's inability to be written to more than once. By the time the damn thing wrote 100GBs of data to the disk, the media would have been leaped over by new technology!
Headline suggestion: Horrible Customer Service Call Centers Complete World Takeover and Finally Invade Computer Industry
WTF?
How is this different from any other large bureaucratic corporation's customer service and why do we care about this personalized story that only has to do with Katz? (This is only relevant to ME if a large percentage of people have that problem and Katz... you didn't provide proof of that.)
That said, my story beats his anyway!
**So begins the real reason for this post. To bitch about my own experiences!**
My favorite is when Verizon Avenue (a wholly owned subsidiary of Verizon that does DSL for Apt. buildings) broke my phone line.
Ver Ave: "We don't fix phone line. Call Verizon"
Me: But you BROKE IT and you ARE Verizon. You call.
VA: Call Verizon
Verizon: "We fix phones, but if we didn't break it, you pay."
Me: "Sounds fine, since you broke it"
Verizon: "Oh no, we weren't there we couldn't break it"
Me: "Well I'm not paying.
Verizon: Well, call your DSL service. Make them fix it or pay
Me: (calls john katz. please bitch about ISP customer service on slashdot so i can bitch and be on topic
Katz: No Prob!
For God's Sake Go To College!
Some of us are just graduating now! You're young ass better stay out of my job market! You'll hear from me if you take my job! It's mine mine mine!
Please mode up! haha.
You're Uncle was a Senator. I'm quite postive he wasn't doing much thinking.
;-)
Acck. See what finals will do to you. I meant wordpad. replacement to wordpad. Off to bed!
This may or may not be a replacement for MS Word, but it certainly could be a replacement for winword. Opens almost instantly on my quasi-antique PII with a good feature set. It's won the right to sit on my HD for the right moment to come along and it's a shoe-in for my pentium laptop.
Please! Can we have more articles about improved light bulbs today. Light bulbs are rad!
Well considering that 3 million Francs is about $400,000 and that Microsoft has about $40,000,000,000 on hand. That's about 100,000 straws. Now consider that Microsoft is still profitable. Average the amount of time to win lawsuits. Add money to "cash on hand". Repeat calculations. ;-)
$400,000 doesn't even make Microsoft flinch. It's silly to even think about breaking the Camel's back in such a way.
The biggest mystery is the obscurity of the story until now. "It looks to me as if the whole U.S. press missed the story," says Joe Barr, a technology journalist who frequently writes for IDG's LinuxWorld.
So let me get this straight. Two weeks after Sept. 11 and in the middle of the anthrax attacksthe U.S. press missed a story about $400,000 fine issued (IN FRANCE) against Microsoft (with $40 Billion on hand) for putting unauthorized code in an obscure software package that it no longer owns (Avid). No shit. Really! They must be biased!
Asketh the article:
Estari Inc., a leader in providing digital document management solution software, will bring to market the patented dual-screen laptop in the fourth quarter of 2002.
Let's Play The "Get into Oracle's Head Game"!!
(Announcer) Mr. Ellison! You've just tricked Gray Davis into paying YOU $50 million taxpayer dollars he didn't have to. What are you going to do?
(Ellison) I'm going to Disney World! But first, I'm making sure this idiot gets re-elected.
$25K IS a drop in the bucket and $50 million is worth more to Davis politically than a 25K campaign contribution.
I thought 640KB was enough for anyone. Silly Gates.