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Great - now all we need is a 385,000km cable to attach to it... oh and to shift the moon into a geo-stationary orbit so that the cable doesn't end up getting tangled - dang...
A penny per page does not present a large barrier to the payer, and it pays a nice amount to the Web site. Depends on whether the site is doing anything you can't get eleswhere. I would say that paying 1 penny for a Google search will be acceptable to most people since its so much better than any other search engine. You have to pay extra for a premium service in any other field, as long as they reinvest the cash and stay sufficiently ahead of the game then it could work.
But as for paying a penny to read something on CNN (or any other news site). If you buy the print copy of the Sunday Times (UK) you get about 500 pages (counting all the supplements) for 50p, and the quality of the journalism is far higher - so suddenly it doesn't look such good value.
I would also be concerned that it would persuade to many sites to split long articles into piddly little sections so that they get more money - there are quite enough people doing this already just because they mistakenly think it makes them easier to read.
Just a thought - If the House of Congress passes legislation that classifies DoS attacks as terrorist activity - how would they view a site being slashdotted?
Will we see a day when the Feds come knocking on Taco's door?
Firstly of course they *should* replace it, its a flawed design.
Whether they are under any obligatino to replace it depends on where you live.
In the UK under the Sale of Goods Act, if a product is sent back for a warranty repair for the same reason on 3 separate occasions then the supplier is obliged to replace it with a completley new product or an equivalent model, or to refund the purchase price (and the customer can choose which option, not the vendor)
You should check with trading standards in your area.
Two planes have smashed into the World Trade Centre towers in New York and a third into the Pentagon in what is being described as the worst terrorist attack in history.
Both the 1,360-ft towers have now collapsed. More than 50,000 people work in the complex.
There are also reports of an explosion at Capitol Hill and of a fourth hijacked aircraft heading towards Washington.
A separate fire forced the evacuation of the White House.
Reports are coming in that another large plane has crashed south of Pittsburgh.
Hijack
It is reported two United Airlines passenger planes were hijacked shortly before the first plane struck the Trade Centre in Manhattan.
One was thought to be a 737 capable of carrying more than 100 passengers. The other was confirmed as an American flight 11 from Boston to Los Angeles. A Boeing 767 can carry up to 269 people.
A third plane has slammed into the Pentagon just outside Washington DC parts of the complex collapsed after fire engulfed the building. Much of the complex is in flames.
Gaping hole
The first plane smashed into the top stories of one of the Trade Centre's towers, leaving two gaping holes in the side.
Minutes later another aircraft approached, turned in the air and crashed into the lower storeys of the second tower - the footage was seen live on TV stations around the world.
The second explosion engulfed several floors.
A person who answered the phone on the trading floor at interdealer-broker Cantor Fitzgerald, located near the top of the World Trade Center, said: "We're f***ing dying," then hung up. There was screaming and yelling in the background. A follow up call was not answered.
"This has got to be one of the most horrendous terrorist attacks perhaps ever perpetrated," terrorism expert Chris Yates told Sky News.
Flights grounded
At least 1,000 people have been reported injured. The 110-storey towers are in lower Manhattan.
All flights to the US have been diverted to Canada. All flights in the US have been grounded. Telephone lines to New York are all down.
President Bush was in Florida at the time of the attacks but is now returning to Washington.
More follows .
Last Modified: 15:44 UK, Tuesday September 11, 2001
Firstly i would like to point out that i don't read LT, i haven't seen any of the postings in question and i haven't read the apology posted on the site.
However, when was the last time you heard Bill Gates or Steve Balmer apologise for all the letters they pay people to write for the Freedom to Innovate Network?
Its true that two wrongs don't make a right - but lets get this in perspective - if we were talking about a corporate portal run by a major software vendor instead of an open source website, this issue would not even be discussed.
I have a friend who works in publishing - she's on the web, she has email, she has Acrobat Reader, I don't doubt that she has eBook Reader as well.... so what's the format she insists all submissions are sent to her in?...
Paper of course, its easier to handle, it doesn't screw up your eyes, you can read it anywhere, and most importantly - it doesn't charge you money every time you pick it up.
You have to admit that they have a point, we do however have to be realistic - if making a site work on Netscape 3.0 is going to add a couple of weeks to your production schedule then someone has to pay for this time.
It all comes down to a question of what percentage of your audience is using a particular browser, and is that a significant enough percentage to justify the costs of supporting it?
There is a common mistake made here, which is to not read between the lines of statistics. if you go by stats such as Proteus then you will see that Netscape 3.0 is down to roughly 5% of the average audience. But ask yourself whether your client has an average audience? We did a project for a large educational publisher in the Uk, you need to take into account that a school is far more likely to be using older hardware and software than a corporation (for example).
Forcing people to upgrade will piss them off, with some really old hardware and software this may not be possible (if you're running Mac OS 7.5 or earlier you wont be able to install the latest version of IE and Netscape - are you going to force them to upgrade their OS as well - how about making them buy a new computer whilst you're at it?).
Lets be realistic - if you speak to telephone support from most software companies they will tell you that they support the current version + the last full release before that (ie Filemaker support v4 and v5), if you call them with a problem with version 3.0 they tell you to upgrade and then call them back. A policy such as this would be more realistic as it gives people a reasonable amount of time to upgrade when they want to - but avoids getting tied to old technology in the future.
I can't help wondering if Fiona Harvey and Marcus Gibson from FT.com have studied technology at any point in their life, or have even the most fundamental grasp of mathematics
"Possible applications for the memory include hand-held computers and mobile phones, which require large amounts of memory in a compact form. "
We are talking about 10.8 Terabyters - That works out at about a trillion SMS messages... now some people might call that overkill - even if the adverising agencies get really into SPAM SMS.
At the risk of offending those who do have fertility problems or are post menopausal, and might benefit from this sort of research if they want to have kids.... this planet does have a slight case of overcrowding already.
Shouldn't we be spending more money on making sure that we can support the current population before we investigate new ways of increasing it?
The UK government set up a group called Information Age Government Champions to deal with this very issue, to standardise their websites and improve interoperability etc etc.
Some people over here are saying its just hot-air - but they have at least done some homework before making their recommendations.
They want all government and public sector sites to use XML for interoperability, and they support the use of open standards (although they dont mention open source at this stage).
If you are a UK web-developer then you need to read their recommendations as they are now mandatory for the majority of government and public sector tenders.
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Great - now all we need is a 385,000km cable to attach to it... oh and to shift the moon into a geo-stationary orbit so that the cable doesn't end up getting tangled - dang...
A penny per page does not present a large barrier to the payer, and it pays a nice amount to the Web site.
Depends on whether the site is doing anything you can't get eleswhere. I would say that paying 1 penny for a Google search will be acceptable to most people since its so much better than any other search engine. You have to pay extra for a premium service in any other field, as long as they reinvest the cash and stay sufficiently ahead of the game then it could work.
But as for paying a penny to read something on CNN (or any other news site). If you buy the print copy of the Sunday Times (UK) you get about 500 pages (counting all the supplements) for 50p, and the quality of the journalism is far higher - so suddenly it doesn't look such good value.
I would also be concerned that it would persuade to many sites to split long articles into piddly little sections so that they get more money - there are quite enough people doing this already just because they mistakenly think it makes them easier to read.
Just a thought - If the House of Congress passes legislation that classifies DoS attacks as terrorist activity - how would they view a site being slashdotted?
Will we see a day when the Feds come knocking on Taco's door?
Firstly of course they *should* replace it, its a flawed design.
Whether they are under any obligatino to replace it depends on where you live.
In the UK under the Sale of Goods Act, if a product is sent back for a warranty repair for the same reason on 3 separate occasions then the supplier is obliged to replace it with a completley new product or an equivalent model, or to refund the purchase price (and the customer can choose which option, not the vendor)
You should check with trading standards in your area.
Two planes have smashed into the World Trade Centre towers in New York and a third into the Pentagon in what is being described as the worst terrorist attack in history.
Both the 1,360-ft towers have now collapsed. More than 50,000 people work in the complex.
There are also reports of an explosion at Capitol Hill and of a fourth hijacked aircraft heading towards Washington.
A separate fire forced the evacuation of the White House.
Reports are coming in that another large plane has crashed south of Pittsburgh.
Hijack
It is reported two United Airlines passenger planes were hijacked shortly before the first plane struck the Trade Centre in Manhattan.
One was thought to be a 737 capable of carrying more than 100 passengers. The other was confirmed as an American flight 11 from Boston to Los Angeles. A Boeing 767 can carry up to 269 people.
A third plane has slammed into the Pentagon just outside Washington DC parts of the complex collapsed after fire engulfed the building. Much of the complex is in flames.
Gaping hole
The first plane smashed into the top stories of one of the Trade Centre's towers, leaving two gaping holes in the side.
Minutes later another aircraft approached, turned in the air and crashed into the lower storeys of the second tower - the footage was seen live on TV stations around the world.
The second explosion engulfed several floors.
A person who answered the phone on the trading floor at interdealer-broker Cantor Fitzgerald, located near the top of the World Trade Center, said: "We're f***ing dying," then hung up. There was screaming and yelling in the background. A follow up call was not answered.
"This has got to be one of the most horrendous terrorist attacks perhaps ever perpetrated," terrorism expert Chris Yates told Sky News.
Flights grounded
At least 1,000 people have been reported injured. The 110-storey towers are in lower Manhattan.
All flights to the US have been diverted to Canada. All flights in the US have been grounded. Telephone lines to New York are all down.
President Bush was in Florida at the time of the attacks but is now returning to Washington.
More follows .
Last Modified: 15:44 UK, Tuesday September 11, 2001
However, when was the last time you heard Bill Gates or Steve Balmer apologise for all the letters they pay people to write for the Freedom to Innovate Network?
Its true that two wrongs don't make a right - but lets get this in perspective - if we were talking about a corporate portal run by a major software vendor instead of an open source website, this issue would not even be discussed.
Paper of course, its easier to handle, it doesn't screw up your eyes, you can read it anywhere, and most importantly - it doesn't charge you money every time you pick it up.
It all comes down to a question of what percentage of your audience is using a particular browser, and is that a significant enough percentage to justify the costs of supporting it?
There is a common mistake made here, which is to not read between the lines of statistics. if you go by stats such as Proteus then you will see that Netscape 3.0 is down to roughly 5% of the average audience. But ask yourself whether your client has an average audience? We did a project for a large educational publisher in the Uk, you need to take into account that a school is far more likely to be using older hardware and software than a corporation (for example).
Forcing people to upgrade will piss them off, with some really old hardware and software this may not be possible (if you're running Mac OS 7.5 or earlier you wont be able to install the latest version of IE and Netscape - are you going to force them to upgrade their OS as well - how about making them buy a new computer whilst you're at it?). Lets be realistic - if you speak to telephone support from most software companies they will tell you that they support the current version + the last full release before that (ie Filemaker support v4 and v5), if you call them with a problem with version 3.0 they tell you to upgrade and then call them back. A policy such as this would be more realistic as it gives people a reasonable amount of time to upgrade when they want to - but avoids getting tied to old technology in the future.
"Possible applications for the memory include hand-held computers and mobile phones, which require large amounts of memory in a compact form. "
We are talking about 10.8 Terabyters - That works out at about a trillion SMS messages... now some people might call that overkill - even if the adverising agencies get really into SPAM SMS.
Shouldn't we be spending more money on making sure that we can support the current population before we investigate new ways of increasing it?
They want all government and public sector sites to use XML for interoperability, and they support the use of open standards (although they dont mention open source at this stage).
If you are a UK web-developer then you need to read their recommendations as they are now mandatory for the majority of government and public sector tenders.