These products are the result of having $40 Billion to play with. You would have thought they could do something more useful with all that money. Like maybe give it back to the customers, shareholders, with some set aside for a large bonus for every employee?
What about brains? I might use my brain to think up a new way to defeat copy protection. I guess I'll just have to report to the nearest re-education center to have that fixed.
The eMate died because Steve Jobs killed it. When Steve kills something, it dies dead. Forever. (Except the Newton, which died for our sins, and will one day be resurrected.)
I worked briefly in the IT department of my University, and while there, I talked to the guy whose main job is filtering spam. I get 5-10 spam each day, and I was curious just how much he was filtering. Turns out that without the filters, I'd be receiving 100-200 spam per day. Holy Shit.
(Although, if, for one week, ISPs and Universities stopped blocking spam, it would get to the top of the political agenda really fast...)
Sorry, I just had this mental picture of thousands of geeks in ragged clothes getting off the boat in New York harbor, and Rusty trying to round them all up and keep them in line.
In most cases I would agree with you, but the DVP does some weird curvy things once you get south of Don Mills Road, all the way into downtown. If you don't know the curves, you could easily end up upside-down in the river valley before you know what happened.
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How is this offtopic?
What kind of crack are the moderators smoking today? (And where can I get some?)
I seem to recall a story about two guys who drove down the Don Valley Parkway (4 lane highway connecting Downtown Toronto to the suburbs) side-by-side at the speed limit (90km/h). They were ticketed for obstructing traffic. I guess you just can't win.
Thats nothing. Apple is working on 112Mbps
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Apple has reportedly demonstrated a 112Mbps version of its Airport
wireless networking technology for educators in certain West Coast US
locations, in anticipation that the new standard, which is up to ten times
faster than the current Airport and can sustain original Airport speeds at
distances upwards of 50% greater than today's devices. Release dates vary
between reports, but the general consensus is Apple will release at least a
partial implementation of this technology at Macworld New York this
summer, just in time for the 2002-2003 school year buying season.
Canadians of course! You never know when some pesky Canadians on a training exercise in Afganistan will suddenly turn their weapons on an American F16.
Those golf balls, if they managed to escape the moon's gravity, would probably have been caught up in the earth's gravity. If they managed to escape the earths gravity, they still would not have gone very far out, because of the Sun's gravity. Any real physics people know better? I'm talking out of my ass here
Don't forget a GPS (Global Positioning System) antenna, so you can find your way home.
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I would argue that the further back you send them, the morelikely it is they will fcsk up the timeline. You send someone back 6M years, and they step on a bug that is the ancestor to all humanity (or all bugs, or whatever). The further back you go, the more significant the little things are.
The free market fails to account for the fact that most people are stupid, and will buy whatever crap everyone else is buying.
The thing you need to remember is that Microsoft broke the law. If they firebombed Netscape's HQ, it would be easier, because we would all see that they were clearly lawbreakers. The problem is, the laws they broke are not as simple as "Thou shalt not kill", but are still laws. The reason those (Anti-trust) laws exist, is to promote and enhance Capitalism, since a monopoly is almost never the best case for consumers, even one that came about naturally.
Even if Microsoft did nothing wrong, and came into a monopoly situation purely by making the best product, I would still argue that their monopoly situation is bad for consumers, since competition would keep them on their toes.
As it stands, not only did MS use illegal and immoral means to achieve their monopoly position, but they did so with what most intelligent professionals agree are pretty crappy products.
Bottom line: You can't always rely on consumers to make the right choice. Even if you could, it would still be essential to make sure that they always *have* a choice.
Every time the President addresses congress, one member of cabinet stays away, in case the Capitol blows up. I used to think that was absurd, someone in government was a little off their rocker with that policy. After 11 Sept 01, I realized that a 747 into the Capitol could easily wipe out the entire US Government... then I realized that this was exactly what Washington needed. Nuke all those brain-dead politicians, and find us a batch that won't pass crap like the DMCA, and the SSSSSSCA
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These products are the result of having $40 Billion to play with. You would have thought they could do something more useful with all that money. Like maybe give it back to the customers, shareholders, with some set aside for a large bonus for every employee?
http://www.theonion.com/onion3734/god_clarifies_do nt_kill.html
Not only is it funny, but also deeply insightful, even for an atheist like me.
Its their own fault for being so gullible. If there is no fire, no smoke, what's the rush?
So will people next be outlawed under the DMCA?
What about brains? I might use my brain to think up a new way to defeat copy protection. I guess I'll just have to report to the nearest re-education center to have that fixed.
So are you saying that it is equally possible that the change in the weather caused the planes to stop flying?
Without dividends, the whole stock market is just one big Pyramid Scheme.
Wow! I didn't realize that Steve Jobs posted to Slashdot!
The eMate died because Steve Jobs killed it. When Steve kills something, it dies dead. Forever. (Except the Newton, which died for our sins, and will one day be resurrected.)
(Although, if, for one week, ISPs and Universities stopped blocking spam, it would get to the top of the political agenda really fast...)
Sorry, I just had this mental picture of thousands of geeks in ragged clothes getting off the boat in New York harbor, and Rusty trying to round them all up and keep them in line.
In most cases I would agree with you, but the DVP does some weird curvy things once you get south of Don Mills Road, all the way into downtown. If you don't know the curves, you could easily end up upside-down in the river valley before you know what happened.
What kind of crack are the moderators smoking today? (And where can I get some?)
I seem to recall a story about two guys who drove down the Don Valley Parkway (4 lane highway connecting Downtown Toronto to the suburbs) side-by-side at the speed limit (90km/h). They were ticketed for obstructing traffic. I guess you just can't win.
Canadians of course!
You never know when some pesky Canadians on a training exercise in Afganistan will suddenly turn their weapons on an American F16.
Dude, be careful around that book. It can seriously fsck up your brain. A friend read it once, and it took 3 years to deprogram him.
Those golf balls, if they managed to escape the moon's gravity, would probably have been caught up in the earth's gravity.
If they managed to escape the earths gravity, they still would not have gone very far out, because of the Sun's gravity.
Any real physics people know better? I'm talking out of my ass here
Don't forget a GPS (Global Positioning System) antenna, so you can find your way home.
I would argue that the further back you send them, the morelikely it is they will fcsk up the timeline. You send someone back 6M years, and they step on a bug that is the ancestor to all humanity (or all bugs, or whatever).
The further back you go, the more significant the little things are.
Thanks for thanking the guy who thanked the guy who posted the link. I'll bet everyone on slashdot finds your expression of gratitude very Insightful
The thing you need to remember is that Microsoft broke the law. If they firebombed Netscape's HQ, it would be easier, because we would all see that they were clearly lawbreakers. The problem is, the laws they broke are not as simple as "Thou shalt not kill", but are still laws. The reason those (Anti-trust) laws exist, is to promote and enhance Capitalism, since a monopoly is almost never the best case for consumers, even one that came about naturally.
Even if Microsoft did nothing wrong, and came into a monopoly situation purely by making the best product, I would still argue that their monopoly situation is bad for consumers, since competition would keep them on their toes.
As it stands, not only did MS use illegal and immoral means to achieve their monopoly position, but they did so with what most intelligent professionals agree are pretty crappy products.
Bottom line: You can't always rely on consumers to make the right choice. Even if you could, it would still be essential to make sure that they always *have* a choice.
If you want to talk about should, they should either do what is best for shareholders, or shut the company down. (The latter would be my preference)
Wasn't there a Monty Python sketch about Finland?
Dead giveaway in the URL. news.com.com
Every time the President addresses congress, one member of cabinet stays away, in case the Capitol blows up. I used to think that was absurd, someone in government was a little off their rocker with that policy. After 11 Sept 01, I realized that a 747 into the Capitol could easily wipe out the entire US Government... then I realized that this was exactly what Washington needed. Nuke all those brain-dead politicians, and find us a batch that won't pass crap like the DMCA, and the SSSSSSCA