Bundled with FreeBSD still. Just a few weeks ago I played that until 1 in the morning...from the console -- xterm ruins the immersion into the underground world.
How much do you want to bet that Intel will also get a gentle slap on the wrist? And all of us paid more for CPUs than we should have for years, thanks to this collusion.
These executives don't believe in a free market, they believe in scamming their customers at every opportunity.
Oh but I'm sure that consumers will target Intel and Dell for boycotts to ensure that they know that their activities are unacceptable. Right?
Why isn't anybody commenting on the Intel side of this story? After all, they were the ones paying the bribes, or whatever you want to call that.
Having suffered from Intel's legal belligerence in the past, I know that they are pretty good at getting their will done. But, are not two parts required for this, er, illicit transaction to take place?
Strictly speaking, this article is less about anti-trust and more about shareholder abuse. The transaction itself is anti-trust -- what Dell did with it was the shareholder abuse for which the SEC fined Dell. In any case, Intel isn't getting of scott free from this, it seems. From the WSJ:
Dell first disclosed the SEC investigation into its accounting in 2006. The SEC, whose focus on the Intel payments came to light last month, alleged the payments from the chip maker were designed to ensure that Dell only bought microprocessors from Intel, not rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
Allegations about Intel's subsidies to Dell and other computer makers have figured prominently in a series of antitrust cases against Intel, including a case brought by the Federal Trade Commission that is expected to be settled soon. Intel has consistently denied wrong-doing in the cases, but paid $1.45 billion to settle a case brought by the European Union and $1.25 billion to settle an antitrust suit brought by AMD.
In addition to the above, there's a decent coverage map for Colorado Connection [colcon.org] here [colcon.org], but some of the repeaters (especially Durango) are missing from the map. Colorado Connection is one of the larger repeater systems in the state, consisting of almost twenty linked repeaters.
Googling around, I did note that ColCon map, but immediately disregarded it. In addition to leaving out Durango, the Estes Park repeater is clearly missing. Just doesn't seem like that great of a coverage map.
That is a good point, but the antenna tends to be fairly cumbersome. The process and results of working amateur satellites would make it a somewhat dangerous communication method on which to rely with in trouble in the wilderness...
Original poster indicated that his primary area of focus is coverage in the Colorado mountains. I do not have specific first-hand knowledge of the coverage area for amateur VHF/UHF in Colorado, but this repeater map could be a good reference, though it is dated 2006. It's authors indicate that a 2009 version is for sale in print.
A preliminary skimming indicates coverage in several mountain cities. I'm no radio engineer, but I would imagine that the Estes Park repeater would probably do him pretty good in Rocky Mountain National Park -- at least in the highlands...
The spreadsheets that I work with tend to be very wide -- it's nice to have the widescreen for that reason. On the other hand, the graphics card on my compute can rotate the display, so I can always have a very tall, narrow monitor for Word or whatever.
Yeah, great point. I thought the point of Chatroulette was to engage people -- if you're engaging them and telling them things about you that can be used in searching for your profile on facebook, well...my point is -- how is that a privacy flaw in Chatroulette? Chatroulette discloses three things:
1) Your city
2) What you look like
3) What you say
#1 is not enough on its own to identify you. #1 & #2 is not enough on its own to find your name on facebook. #3 is the smoking gun, apparently -- however, Chatroulette has nothing to do with that. What you say is up to you.
You will most likely need a few signal combiners, and few boxes as source and a distribution switch. you will need one box per channel you want to broadcast to your tvs.
Basic cable generally has like...60 channels, which means 60 boxes to cover all the channels. Since the guy only has 30 TVs, that doesn't make any sense and he's right back at square one. Could you pick and choose which channels to send out? Sure, but who wants to be the guy to pick which channels go out to all the city buildings? Kind of reminds me of when I had to select the company health plan...
It added several features...and they're turned off by default.
What about the icons in the bottom right and top right of the display? What about that silly and obtrusive notification window that pops up? I'd say those are new features that were enabled.
And according to the Register article linked, it slowed down the browser.
I didn't realize that the circle with the Windows logo in upper left was a menu for almost a month.
Just so you know, it's extremely common for folks migrating to Office 2007 to think the button in the top left is just a visual icon, not a button. I've seen it a dozen times just from my
Brown says, adding that users concerned about cost per page can buy 'XL' ink cartridges from HP that last two to three times longer. (Competitors do the same).
Collusion?
Just because they use similar business practicies, they are colluding? If that's your standard, the following industries are colluding:
1) Airlines are colluding because many of them charge for handling your baggage. 2) The entire fast food industry is colluding because they all give you a discount when you buy a meal with a drink and fries. 3) Many public transportation agencies are colluding because riders get a discount on fares when they buy monthly passes.
(Incidentally - premium razor blades are one of THE biggest consumer ripoffs of all time. Every time you buy a Gillette Mach 3 cartridge, you're spending 3 dollars on 25 cents worth of materials that aren't really much better than a 30 cent disposable. The only thing cheap about cheap razors are the handles. The blades are as sharp as the expensive one at 1/10 the cost. Behold the power of marketing.)
I have shaved with cheap single blades that come in packs of twenty and I shave with the four-bladed fusion. I cannot get the job done with the cheap single blades. It's not marketing -- they are better.
You were detained for greater than 15 minutes for having a penny stuck in your shoe? What country was this? Was the penny protruding from the sole somehow or were these penny loafers?
They recognize that mastery of content is directly correlated with students sitting in a seat at the right time, and that provides success to the student and success to the school's mission.
The technology exists to make do this automatically, why not take advantage of that?
The technology exists to do a lot of things -- you probably wouldn't do all of them. Ever see Robocop?
Here's an idea -- let adults be adults. If they don't want to come to class, they don't have to come to class. If they aren't passing the tests but are coming to class, do they really deserve to pass? Last I checked, grades in classes were a measure of mastery of content, not sitting in a seat at the right time...
I'm sure they've thought of this, and it doesn't take much imagination to come up with a solution. If you didn't bring your card, write your name on the attendance sheet.
If you're going to have an attendance sheet, why not just have everyone fill it out?
I guarantee that if the prof announces that his approach toward the curve will be to adjust upward based on attendance, students will take the time to fill it out.
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Anyone know why exactly "Buddy Holly" was put on the disk? Seems like kind of a random video to toss on there.
Bundled with FreeBSD still. Just a few weeks ago I played that until 1 in the morning...from the console -- xterm ruins the immersion into the underground world.
How much do you want to bet that Intel will also get a gentle slap on the wrist? And all of us paid more for CPUs than we should have for years, thanks to this collusion.
These executives don't believe in a free market, they believe in scamming their customers at every opportunity.
Oh but I'm sure that consumers will target Intel and Dell for boycotts to ensure that they know that their activities are unacceptable. Right?
Why isn't anybody commenting on the Intel side of this story? After all, they were the ones paying the bribes, or whatever you want to call that.
Having suffered from Intel's legal belligerence in the past, I know that they are pretty good at getting their will done. But, are not two parts required for this, er, illicit transaction to take place?
Strictly speaking, this article is less about anti-trust and more about shareholder abuse. The transaction itself is anti-trust -- what Dell did with it was the shareholder abuse for which the SEC fined Dell. In any case, Intel isn't getting of scott free from this, it seems. From the WSJ:
Dell first disclosed the SEC investigation into its accounting in 2006. The SEC, whose focus on the Intel payments came to light last month, alleged the payments from the chip maker were designed to ensure that Dell only bought microprocessors from Intel, not rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
Allegations about Intel's subsidies to Dell and other computer makers have figured prominently in a series of antitrust cases against Intel, including a case brought by the Federal Trade Commission that is expected to be settled soon. Intel has consistently denied wrong-doing in the cases, but paid $1.45 billion to settle a case brought by the European Union and $1.25 billion to settle an antitrust suit brought by AMD.
In addition to the above, there's a decent coverage map for Colorado Connection [colcon.org] here [colcon.org], but some of the repeaters (especially Durango) are missing from the map. Colorado Connection is one of the larger repeater systems in the state, consisting of almost twenty linked repeaters.
Googling around, I did note that ColCon map, but immediately disregarded it. In addition to leaving out Durango, the Estes Park repeater is clearly missing. Just doesn't seem like that great of a coverage map.
That is a good point, but the antenna tends to be fairly cumbersome. The process and results of working amateur satellites would make it a somewhat dangerous communication method on which to rely with in trouble in the wilderness...
Ham radio is a HOBBY for people interested in communicating by radio, and the technical development of same.
Actually, the amateur bands are set aside for almost non-commercial, non-music, non-broadcast use whatsoever -- that's kind of the beauty of it...
Original poster indicated that his primary area of focus is coverage in the Colorado mountains. I do not have specific first-hand knowledge of the coverage area for amateur VHF/UHF in Colorado, but this repeater map could be a good reference, though it is dated 2006. It's authors indicate that a 2009 version is for sale in print.
A preliminary skimming indicates coverage in several mountain cities. I'm no radio engineer, but I would imagine that the Estes Park repeater would probably do him pretty good in Rocky Mountain National Park -- at least in the highlands...
It took me entirely too long to get this joke. Wow -- I'm aging, eh?
The spreadsheets that I work with tend to be very wide -- it's nice to have the widescreen for that reason. On the other hand, the graphics card on my compute can rotate the display, so I can always have a very tall, narrow monitor for Word or whatever.
Yeah, great point. I thought the point of Chatroulette was to engage people -- if you're engaging them and telling them things about you that can be used in searching for your profile on facebook, well...my point is -- how is that a privacy flaw in Chatroulette? Chatroulette discloses three things:
1) Your city
2) What you look like
3) What you say
#1 is not enough on its own to identify you. #1 & #2 is not enough on its own to find your name on facebook. #3 is the smoking gun, apparently -- however, Chatroulette has nothing to do with that. What you say is up to you.
Why couldn't you get a few tuners for the channels you want to distribute
And who chooses which channels to distribute? Sounds like a thankless job...
You will most likely need a few signal combiners, and few boxes as source and a distribution switch. you will need one box per channel you want to broadcast to your tvs.
Basic cable generally has like...60 channels, which means 60 boxes to cover all the channels. Since the guy only has 30 TVs, that doesn't make any sense and he's right back at square one. Could you pick and choose which channels to send out? Sure, but who wants to be the guy to pick which channels go out to all the city buildings? Kind of reminds me of when I had to select the company health plan...
I refuse to get their digital box because I don't want Comcast always knowing what channel I'm watching...and wouldn't work with my DVRs.
What DVR do you have? Why couldn't that DVR manufacturer know what you're watching?
My point is that there are new features that were enabled by default. Doesn't matter if it's easily turned off.
It added several features...and they're turned off by default.
What about the icons in the bottom right and top right of the display? What about that silly and obtrusive notification window that pops up? I'd say those are new features that were enabled.
And according to the Register article linked, it slowed down the browser.
I didn't realize that the circle with the Windows logo in upper left was a menu for almost a month.
Just so you know, it's extremely common for folks migrating to Office 2007 to think the button in the top left is just a visual icon, not a button. I've seen it a dozen times just from my
Brown says, adding that users concerned about cost per page can buy 'XL' ink cartridges from HP that last two to three times longer. (Competitors do the same).
Collusion?
Just because they use similar business practicies, they are colluding? If that's your standard, the following industries are colluding:
1) Airlines are colluding because many of them charge for handling your baggage.
2) The entire fast food industry is colluding because they all give you a discount when you buy a meal with a drink and fries.
3) Many public transportation agencies are colluding because riders get a discount on fares when they buy monthly passes.
(Incidentally - premium razor blades are one of THE biggest consumer ripoffs of all time. Every time you buy a Gillette Mach 3 cartridge, you're spending 3 dollars on 25 cents worth of materials that aren't really much better than a 30 cent disposable. The only thing cheap about cheap razors are the handles. The blades are as sharp as the expensive one at 1/10 the cost. Behold the power of marketing.)
I have shaved with cheap single blades that come in packs of twenty and I shave with the four-bladed fusion. I cannot get the job done with the cheap single blades. It's not marketing -- they are better.
There's a pretty notable precedent.
You were detained for greater than 15 minutes for having a penny stuck in your shoe? What country was this? Was the penny protruding from the sole somehow or were these penny loafers?
Last time I checked oil companies were regulated pretty heavily. And yet it didn't work.
Are you suggesting that this happened because they were regulated just heavily enough?
They recognize that mastery of content is directly correlated with students sitting in a seat at the right time, and that provides success to the student and success to the school's mission.
What study shows that?
The technology exists to make do this automatically, why not take advantage of that?
The technology exists to do a lot of things -- you probably wouldn't do all of them. Ever see Robocop?
Here's an idea -- let adults be adults. If they don't want to come to class, they don't have to come to class. If they aren't passing the tests but are coming to class, do they really deserve to pass? Last I checked, grades in classes were a measure of mastery of content, not sitting in a seat at the right time...
I'm sure they've thought of this, and it doesn't take much imagination to come up with a solution. If you didn't bring your card, write your name on the attendance sheet.
If you're going to have an attendance sheet, why not just have everyone fill it out?
I guarantee that if the prof announces that his approach toward the curve will be to adjust upward based on attendance, students will take the time to fill it out.