I mount my tablet to my dashboard, and when I get where I'm going, I can take it with me. Others are doing the same thing: Some pictures in this thread.
Here's a hypothetical situation for you: You buy a new digital camera, and are unaware that there is currently a $100 rebate available for that camera. If I fill out the rebate form, and mail it in at my own expense, would you say that that $100 is mine, or yours?
Nevermind the fact that you probably don't want to lose your job over a PDA.
"Please write your 'comments' on the back of a blank check made payable to 'Michael Powell, Chairman, FCC', and hand deliver the self-addressed envelope behind the 7-11 at 4th and Main next Saturday at 2 AM."
802.1x (note that this is a protocol for access control -- the "x" is not a wild card) solves the authentication problem. Then you're free to use whatever encryption scheme that you'd like on your packets. No need to deal with the limitations of the infrared band.
Well, actually his max speed will be high up and near the earth the atmosphere will have slowed him down to terminal velocity.
Well, actually he'll be at terminal velocity for nearly the entire time... Terminal velocity is dependant on the density of the atmosphere. You'd think that someone that posted a link to a page which defined "terminal velopcity" would have at least read the definition...
Yes, but the assumption that is made when a company increases shareholder value is that the company is actually doing something that increases the gdp of the entire country.
No one that knows anything about capitalism and/or the Stock Market makes this assumption. If MS makes SQL Server 21.3% spiffier than ORACLE, and as a result steals 21.3% of ORACLE's market share while not growing the market at all, MS has increased its sales, and decreased the sales of ORACLE. Now, if as a result of this ORACLE's stock drops 5% and MS's rises 5%, MS has just increased shareholder value while not affecting the GDP. Duh.
shareholders should reward that kind of thing.
"Should"? Shareholders "should" invest their money in whatever gets them the best return, if they know what's good for them. Or maybe they "should" just give me all their money. Yeah.
You end up with one person getting rich by selling high valued stock, while another person (who buys that stock) gets poor.
Yeah, that sucks. Maybe we should switch to some kind of "communal" system where everyone earns exactly the same wage, no matter what job they do. And the "Central Government" can decide who does what particular job.
I would suggest that we as a society demand that people play by the rules.
The rules which society expects it's members to obey are called laws, and there're reasons that the idealistic principles you're talking about aren't on the books.
In summary, I recommend picking up a book on Macroeconomics, or catching the excellent "Commanding Heights" series on PBS, in order to reacquaint yourself with Capitalism. Capitalism "works" (to what extent is arguable), because it expects people to act selfishly. And there's just no stopping that.
A more interesting story title would have been "Wired Messaging for Bacteria". As far as I know, no bacterial colony has been caught setting up and using a wired telecommunications network. (The pond-scum at Qwest have gotten close, but they're certainly not there yet.)
Huh? The object "oriented file system" and device synchronization are related only in the sense that you could theoretically build sync on top of an OOFS.
And this comment is scored up to 4? You guys have been trading your mod points to the trolls for porn again, haven't you.
It's not at all surprising that the DOJ is arguing for the settlement... after all, they developed it (in conjunction with MS). Otherwise, it wouldn't be a settlement.
I know I'm working in vain here (michael and timothy love nothing more than to spin stories), but a more suitable title might have been "DOJ explains decision to settle" or "More MS anti-trust coverage".
It's easy to get 85% accuracy. Make 100 predictions about the next 100 years. Make 85 of them statements such as, "By 2050, the computers will be faster." Make the other 15 really far-out stuff like "2020: Flying cars" to keep the technophile's interest.
Submit story to slashdot through electronic psuedonym (hotmail), and watch your hit counter spin!
I love it when people can't tell the difference between "I hate it" and "It sucks."
These statements are equivelant. Implicit in the phrase, "It sucks." is the phrase, "In my opinion." since there is no objective measure of "suckiness".
Yes, you do get somewhere. Check your manual. You get a 90 day return policy on the xbox and all associated hardware and titles. Some stores try and sleeze out of it, but they have to accept the return.
If you shop at BackOfTruck, Inc., take your cellphone when you go to return it. If they give you shit, call up MS and put them on the phone. Of call before hand.
My questions is how can a company wake up one morning and discover that they will have no where near the number of units on hand they said they would and will need to push a launch date back.
Well, say, for instance, that the company woke up one morning to learn that a group of terrorists has blown up the wtc, throwing the shipping and airline industries into chaos and destabilizing the world economy and geopolitical climate.
That could probably have some impact on their ship schedule, although if they busted their collective ass, they might be able to keep the delay two a week or less.
Metamath does not claim to teach you mathematics, just as reading the kernel source code does not teach you how to use Linux, but there can be a certain satisfaction in just knowing it is there.
This is weird: You have to use your product commercially in order to get a trade mark, but even if you're using a name non-commercially you can be forced to stop using it.
But that's the problem, isn't it? If I can get a metallica mp3 from your machine, then the RIAA could easily make the case that you were storing illegal content on your machine and should be charged for that, regardless of whether or not you were actually listening to the music.
So, in Freenet, one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch.
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I mount my tablet to my dashboard, and when I get where I'm going, I can take it with me. Others are doing the same thing: Some pictures in this thread.
Here's a hypothetical situation for you: You buy a new digital camera, and are unaware that there is currently a $100 rebate available for that camera. If I fill out the rebate form, and mail it in at my own expense, would you say that that $100 is mine, or yours?
Nevermind the fact that you probably don't want to lose your job over a PDA.
"Please write your 'comments' on the back of a blank check made payable to 'Michael Powell, Chairman, FCC', and hand deliver the self-addressed envelope behind the 7-11 at 4th and Main next Saturday at 2 AM."
Security reviews? Is that all? It's not like that requires any in-depth knowledge of the operating environment. You're off the hook!
We need to first know where you work. Actually, just the IPs will be fine.
802.1x (note that this is a protocol for access control -- the "x" is not a wild card) solves the authentication problem. Then you're free to use whatever encryption scheme that you'd like on your packets. No need to deal with the limitations of the infrared band.
Do a search for "powerstrip" on download.com. For certain sure, you can use an ATI 8500, or GeForce 4 anything.
(Lots of other cards will work, but these are the only ones I can personally attest to.)
Well, actually his max speed will be high up and near the earth the atmosphere will have slowed him down to terminal velocity.
Well, actually he'll be at terminal velocity for nearly the entire time... Terminal velocity is dependant on the density of the atmosphere. You'd think that someone that posted a link to a page which defined "terminal velopcity" would have at least read the definition...
Oh, my. This just comes off as very naive.
Now, the points:
In summary, I recommend picking up a book on Macroeconomics, or catching the excellent "Commanding Heights" series on PBS, in order to reacquaint yourself with Capitalism. Capitalism "works" (to what extent is arguable), because it expects people to act selfishly. And there's just no stopping that.
IIRC, 802.1x will start showing up in PPC PDAs in the first quarter of next year, on a per manufacturer basis.
Until then, you don't get security, which means that you can't use your fancy device, for example, at Microsoft's corporate campus.
My employer requires 802.1x on our wireless network, so I'm not excited yet.
On balance, do you think obstinately refusing to use the norms of communication will make people perceive you as more, or less "professional"?
I read this: <tantrum>j00 n33d t0 t4k3 us l1nux d00ds s3r10usly!!!!</tantrum>, and I bet that's not what you were trying for.
A more interesting story title would have been "Wired Messaging for Bacteria". As far as I know, no bacterial colony has been caught setting up and using a wired telecommunications network. (The pond-scum at Qwest have gotten close, but they're certainly not there yet.)
The DFS shipped with win2k, and there were updates made available which allowed even NT4 and win95 to use DFS shares, IIRC.
Huh? The object "oriented file system" and device synchronization are related only in the sense that you could theoretically build sync on top of an OOFS.
And this comment is scored up to 4? You guys have been trading your mod points to the trolls for porn again, haven't you.
Correction:
Further, since MS pays its employees less than the industry average and compensate with employee stock options
I have a friend that works at MS. MS payed at 50% the industry average two years ago. Then they decided to move it up to the 65th percentile.
It's not at all surprising that the DOJ is arguing for the settlement... after all, they developed it (in conjunction with MS). Otherwise, it wouldn't be a settlement.
I know I'm working in vain here (michael and timothy love nothing more than to spin stories), but a more suitable title might have been "DOJ explains decision to settle" or "More MS anti-trust coverage".
First hand account. Japanese controller works with US Xbox.
It's easy to get 85% accuracy. Make 100 predictions about the next 100 years. Make 85 of them statements such as, "By 2050, the computers will be faster." Make the other 15 really far-out stuff like "2020: Flying cars" to keep the technophile's interest.
Submit story to slashdot through electronic psuedonym (hotmail), and watch your hit counter spin!
I love it when people can't tell the difference between "I hate it" and "It sucks."
These statements are equivelant. Implicit in the phrase, "It sucks." is the phrase, "In my opinion." since there is no objective measure of "suckiness".
Yes, you do get somewhere. Check your manual. You get a 90 day return policy on the xbox and all associated hardware and titles. Some stores try and sleeze out of it, but they have to accept the return.
If you shop at BackOfTruck, Inc., take your cellphone when you go to return it. If they give you shit, call up MS and put them on the phone. Of call before hand.
Well, say, for instance, that the company woke up one morning to learn that a group of terrorists has blown up the wtc, throwing the shipping and airline industries into chaos and destabilizing the world economy and geopolitical climate.
That could probably have some impact on their ship schedule, although if they busted their collective ass, they might be able to keep the delay two a week or less.
Just like sourcecode is useless to "most people."
Your point was addressed in the post itself:
Metamath does not claim to teach you mathematics, just as reading the kernel source code does not teach you how to use Linux, but there can be a certain satisfaction in just knowing it is there.
This is weird: You have to use your product commercially in order to get a trade mark, but even if you're using a name non-commercially you can be forced to stop using it.
We need bugtraq for our legal system.
But that's the problem, isn't it? If I can get a metallica mp3 from your machine, then the RIAA could easily make the case that you were storing illegal content on your machine and should be charged for that, regardless of whether or not you were actually listening to the music.
So, in Freenet, one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch.