That's partly true. But it is a fact that certain groups cry fowl when the money they are used to getting starts going away.
In this case, there's not a strong case for saying that the papers are bringing in less money because of CL, but they're certainly out making hay about it. Somewhat similar situation with the record industry. Profits are down (or maybe they're not) and the reason MUST be that people are downloading illegal copies, not that the music is crap and no one wants to buy it. Certainly, there is a bit of each at work, but making a statement about losing $50M to a web site is pretty bold.
Yet another example of fundamental changes happening to some market segment, and the displaced groups crying. How many times have we seen this?
I can't wait for the NPIA (news paper industry association - there has to be one, right?) to start kicking in doors with the FBI trying to quash the rouge, free exchange of want-ads.
What many people fail to realize is that when you mass distribute the *same* image (ie. CD). So long as that is the case, copy protection is always going to fail horribly.
Sadly, its these big operations that are making the industry groups crack down hard. I am somewhat in awe at the effort that was clearly put into this. Now that we have that terrorism thing behind us, we've moved on to more important things.
They say they're dealing with it, but I really have to wonder how they slow to a resonable speed to land. It seems to me that the "pilot" would be moving at a good clip most of the time. Maybe they have a way to modify the aerodymanics of the wings to slow down + add lots of lift, like flaps on an airplane.
Cool stuff, though. I won't be trying it.
IT doesn't make sense that Wal Mart would continue to hold the Jan 1 deadline when they can't even get it working. If it isn't 100% reliable (or closer to it, anyway), both Wal Mart and all their suppliers would have to maintain two inventory tracking systems (old one + new rfid). With that much volume, that is no small thing.
Granted, that is normally how the bugs are worked out - you put it in and force the technology providers to keep working on it until it hits the 98%+ accuracy range.
Anyone know of other good projects to do with old laptops? I've got about 4 in various states of disrepair, mostly not working, but the screens on all of them are good.
It's been costing me about $35 to fill up my TL, though the past week it gotten back down under $30. The thing only drinks premium. I should've asked before I walked out with it...
You have to remember that they're not designing cars for cheap bastards.
The reality is that people like fast and powerful cars. Most of the afv/hybrib/electric cars to date have been pretty weak. If someone were to include an adequate amount of battery storage and substantial enough electric motors, your electric/hybrid car could leave just about anything else in the dust, in the quarter mile. It's certainly not going to win endurance races, but how often in real driving conditions do you use the full output potential of your car for more than getting up to highway+ speed.
I know I was certainly sold on the TL because of the power, and I could see going with a hybrid so long as the performance were there.
Should this really be a suprise?
Why do you think stores offer "mail-in rebates"? Because NO ONE SENDS THEM IN. Or at least a substantially small number as to still be wildly profitable.
People like to think they're getting a good deal, but when it comes time to send in the paperwork, it doesn't happen.
This comair story is all I'm seeing getting press. I think its a lot bigger than that.
My sister flew Delta on Dec 23rd from Detriot to Atlanta. Plane was 2 hours late, but no big thing. Waited 5 hours for her luggage, with no dice. By the time we got in line for luggage services, there were at least 600 people in the line already.
Talking to other passengers from 10+ different flights from different cities, no one got their luggage that night. Apparently, it wasn't just Atlanta - the local news in Tampa and Detroit had segments on how the airports had taken over parts of taxiways to sort through seas of bags that didn't make it on to planes.
It's been 2 days, and Delta has no idea where the stuff from that flight is. I'm guessing it isn't just Comair that got hit by some computer problems.
It seems like most of the rest of the civilized world has already adopted hardware tokens of some sort for online banking security, but here in the good ole USA, we're yet again behind the times.
My fear is that each bank would adopt a different technology to implement this, and I would be keeping track of 7 different tokens right now. OTOH, that is not a bad price to pay for better security of my money and lower fees, etc. on my bank accounts.
The reality is that, depite the big inconvenience, US banking customers who are victimized aren't feeling a lot of pain. Banks here are priding themselves on how quickly they restore your money if someone wipes out your account. As such, there isn't a big demand from customers for a higher level of security, so the inconvenience caused by moving to a token-based system will likely not be very successful, unless something changes.
I admin'd an ace server for a long time, in an org that had multiple groups running them. It is true that you can use an RSA token on many ace domains - buuut the problem is largely organizational. Even within the same company, it was sometimes hard to get the seed files back and forth.
Each customer will need to provide their seed file to each new back. *IF* banks were able to settle on all using the same technology (RSA/ACE), most certainly all of them would have different policies on pins, etc, rendering it a pretty confusing thing for customers. Don't underestimate the problems that would cause.
Well, I have comcast for a cable provider (yeah, I know), and I get a whopping 14 HD channels. 6 of them are premium, which I don't subscribe to, 2 are sports, which I don't like, 2 are crappy "in-HD" showcase channels, leaving 4 local channels in HD. CBS, NBC, FOX and some other crap.
No discovery, no learning channel, no history channel. So 99.9% of what I watch (other than Cops) is still in NTSC).
With all the spam in here its starting to remind me of my inbox.
Anyway, I have a 9600 all-in-wonder, and I really really like the cable tv tuner deal. I desperately need to upgrade, but I am having a hard time parting with the built in tuner. I suppose these would be a good alternative.
Being associated with OSS and Linux is sexy right now. We're seeing this done in droves - Sun with Solaris, SAP DB, Nokia replacing IPSO with Linux, etc. It's the in thing to do right now.
I don't see how it is going to pan out in the long term for some of these companies, though.
MS has lots of components that they have started including over the years. From SUS, to MOM, and Media Player to solitare. Those applications, IMO, have the effect of raising the bar for other vendors. Those MS apps are just "adequate". They aren't particularly feature rich, flexible or tied into value-added services.
In the case of Media player v. Real, Real has to work harder to differntiate its product from MS to get people to actually use it. It's been my experience that Real hasn't had a big problem getting their client onto people's computers.
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In this case, there's not a strong case for saying that the papers are bringing in less money because of CL, but they're certainly out making hay about it. Somewhat similar situation with the record industry. Profits are down (or maybe they're not) and the reason MUST be that people are downloading illegal copies, not that the music is crap and no one wants to buy it. Certainly, there is a bit of each at work, but making a statement about losing $50M to a web site is pretty bold.
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I can't wait for the NPIA (news paper industry association - there has to be one, right?) to start kicking in doors with the FBI trying to quash the rouge, free exchange of want-ads.
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Cool stuff, though. I won't be trying it.
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Granted, that is normally how the bugs are worked out - you put it in and force the technology providers to keep working on it until it hits the 98%+ accuracy range.
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I may try to do something like this, though.
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You have to remember that they're not designing cars for cheap bastards.
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I know I was certainly sold on the TL because of the power, and I could see going with a hybrid so long as the performance were there.
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Everytime I try something like that, it is eligible for the trash bin.
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Why do you think stores offer "mail-in rebates"? Because NO ONE SENDS THEM IN. Or at least a substantially small number as to still be wildly profitable.
People like to think they're getting a good deal, but when it comes time to send in the paperwork, it doesn't happen.
Jerry
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My sister flew Delta on Dec 23rd from Detriot to Atlanta. Plane was 2 hours late, but no big thing. Waited 5 hours for her luggage, with no dice. By the time we got in line for luggage services, there were at least 600 people in the line already.
Talking to other passengers from 10+ different flights from different cities, no one got their luggage that night. Apparently, it wasn't just Atlanta - the local news in Tampa and Detroit had segments on how the airports had taken over parts of taxiways to sort through seas of bags that didn't make it on to planes.
It's been 2 days, and Delta has no idea where the stuff from that flight is. I'm guessing it isn't just Comair that got hit by some computer problems.
Jerry
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My fear is that each bank would adopt a different technology to implement this, and I would be keeping track of 7 different tokens right now. OTOH, that is not a bad price to pay for better security of my money and lower fees, etc. on my bank accounts.
The reality is that, depite the big inconvenience, US banking customers who are victimized aren't feeling a lot of pain. Banks here are priding themselves on how quickly they restore your money if someone wipes out your account. As such, there isn't a big demand from customers for a higher level of security, so the inconvenience caused by moving to a token-based system will likely not be very successful, unless something changes.
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Each customer will need to provide their seed file to each new back. *IF* banks were able to settle on all using the same technology (RSA/ACE), most certainly all of them would have different policies on pins, etc, rendering it a pretty confusing thing for customers. Don't underestimate the problems that would cause.
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Nah, probably a martian.
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Actually, I think all of the networks are crap. I just don't get ABC in HD, which is the one I would want to be in HD if I had the choice.
I'm with you on the Fox dig, though. Cops is the only thing they've got going for them.
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No discovery, no learning channel, no history channel. So 99.9% of what I watch (other than Cops) is still in NTSC).
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Anyway, I have a 9600 all-in-wonder, and I really really like the cable tv tuner deal. I desperately need to upgrade, but I am having a hard time parting with the built in tuner. I suppose these would be a good alternative.
Jerry
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I'm not going to say anything about the Britney Spears bit...
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I don't see how it is going to pan out in the long term for some of these companies, though.
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In the case of Media player v. Real, Real has to work harder to differntiate its product from MS to get people to actually use it. It's been my experience that Real hasn't had a big problem getting their client onto people's computers.
Jerry
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