Certainly the history books shall forever remember such great and tragic events as the Nazi movenment, Women's suffrage, the Civil Rights Movement, and perhaps most of all, the great HDTV Technology March.
Clearly this *is* a call to arms - and a necessary one at that. Leave no man or woman responsible left to stand!
(Read: I agree you guys should bitch about this - it's not fair.. but let's not compare it true moments in history..)
Apple is absolutely a software company. iTunes, iMovie, iDVD, DVD Studio Pro, Final Cut Pro, iPhoto, AppleWorks.
All *very* important to Apple's strategy. Without Apple's groundbreaking software, the hardware sales would be hurt quite a bit.
My neighbors bought iMacs for the house. They don't care about Photoshop. What sold them was the idea of iMovie and iTunes. That's what sells a ton of people.
Apple's a 60/40 hardware-software company, I'd say.
Apple's buttonless, (beautiful), optical mouse has been great for me. They say Macs are more productive computers because of the user interface.. I agree.. but I must admit I wasted a lot of time originally just looking at this thing.. it's weird.. the inside of it appears to "float". You can't tell this in pictures but in 'real life' it seems to float. It reminds me of mercury actually, in a sense. The Apple logo inside, especially, floats within it. It's a really great mouse.. and it's connected to a G4 tower, so that ain't bad either!
Wow, I'm talking about *nothing* and I've still developed a paragraph! Much like my english papers. I'm done now...
I've been on waiting lists for DSL or cable service for about years now. First @HOME, then Earthlink, and now also Comcast Cable. I live in a relatively higher-income area and every neighbor I've spoken with says that he or she would be interested in this service too.
But it's useless. Despite repeated phone calls, Comcast and Earthlink still say service in my area is "a year or two out". This is pathetic, truly.
They say it's "too expensive" to branch out into new areas -- but surely it's less expensive then not reaching new customers! I wish there were a solution. Europe's way ahead in wireless technology, too.
I'm buying one of those new iMacs. They're amazing. But you know what? I'll still only have a 56k modem to use with it. Something's not right with that.
How is what I said redundant when I was one of the very first posts? I was one of the first five, easily, because I posted right when the article was and when it had 0 comments. I think some people just like to use their moderator points. That's rediculous.
Sports games are different, there's only so far you can go in the way of "new features." But the graphics continue to improve, gameplay in 2K2 is really great, it's fast, it's fun. There are improvements that are made. Just compare them to PS1 football games.;-)
Anyway, the thing you love best about FF, I hate the most. My whole problem with FF is that they DO keep everything basically the same, and these "interesting twists" simply aren't enough to keep me playing for another six sequels.
They ARE sequels, contrary to what you say. The game engines are very much related, if not the same, the graphics are the same (though improving based ont he console), and the gameplay is very similar. Changing up characters and the plot doesn't make it a new, unique game, when you feel like despite such changes, you're sitll playing the same game.
Nevertheless, I do have respect for Square.. because despite the fact I no longer like the game at all, they are extremely successful and should continue to be. Just cause ONE of their customers (me) so far has defected doesn't really matter.:-)
Final Fantasy has, over the years, become a bit stale. I suppose it can be expected ten or however many sequels later.
Multiplayer would be great, though. It would really let the game shine. Let's hope they can get it right the first time, though. I'm looking forward to other multiplayer games, though. Being able to hook up my PS2 (which I just bought and love) to a multiplayer version of Sega NFL 2K2. Network playoffs! Awesome! WarCraft III for PS2!;-)
Still.. one problem remains. I can't get cable modem service where I live! So i suppose it's all for nothing. I doubt these games would play all that great over some 56K hookup, and I do NOT put up with lag. It ruins the experience.
We'll see what happens, but for now, I just don't care because the technology isn't accessible anyway.
The Barbarians Are At the Gate!
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A great line from Barbarians at the Gate
"If this is a prank, it certainly is an elaborate one."
"Well I don't mind one of those, do you? Just for a change?"
--
Sorry, I'd love for it to be true... but I know Apple, and this just doesn't seem like Apple design. There are a ton of technical details as to why this thing is a hoax. To me, it just doesn't FEEL right,a nd that's reason enough to be hopeful but speculative.
And if it can play MP3s I'm gonna be really pissed, cause I'm charging my iPod as we speak...
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That's just because OUR currency is the only currency really WORTH being counterfeitted.
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hmmm what? Re:Picture of bills with US bill
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> When a country can't control its own monetary policy, it is more likely a symptom of a serious problem, not a cause.
Huh?
Wouldn't the "serious problem" be the cause?
I thought everything happened because of a cause. Isn't that the definition of cause?
If they REALLY opened everything up, they wouldn't have a product to sell.
Get real and live with the fact that Apple's giving developers a LOT of open source data - but for them to open every technology, open the Mac and everything else is rediculus and stupid.
This is the future of open source -- partial and profitable.
My office is now 100% Window-less as of about 6 months ago, but we're instead 100% Mac OS X (currently 10.1). It's great. I don't miss Windows at all, and the myth that you "can't get applications for the Mac" is such a load of cr@p.
In fact, the new Office for Mac OS X is, in my opinion, much BETTER than the Windows version.
Networking has been faster, too, and that's important to us. You'd never believe it, but it's cheaper too. No more calling for technical support or having someone on duty to fix problems with our systems. You just don't need it with a Mac because the hardware and software is so well integrated.
The machines themselves have been CHEAPER for us. $1199 iMacs as clients and G4s to handle some of the heavier loads. It's worked great.
And by the way... that 22" Apple flat screen is not only beautiful for working with, but it impresses customers too. I know it seems like a detail, but people have gotten the impression we're an upscale successful business because they see those screens and comment on them.
I know I seem like a troll ranting about this or that, but I just want to get the word out, because I'm a very pleased Apple customer... and I'm laughing at myself for ever having used Windows for so long.
Announcing iSlink-Ginger.com! Oooh!
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Year One:
Something wicked this way comes...
Year Two:
It's called... mysteriously... IT... Ooooh!!!
Year Two and a Half:
Remember Gilligan's Island? It's now called GINGER. Ooooh! But does it REALLY have to do with the classic TV show? Or doesn't it? Wait to find out! Oooooh!
Year Three:
It's a "human moving device." Ooooh what could that mean? Ooooooh!
Year Three and a Month:
Europeans think it's a really good idea! So does Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos! Ooooooooh!
Year Three and two Months:
Oooooooohh!!!
Year Three and three Months:
It's been cancelled.... no just kidding, it's still gonna come out! Tricked 'ya! What is it what is it what is it come on guess!! Ooooh!
Year Three and four Months:
The inventor of this also invented... the slinky!! Ooooh! Is it a slinky scooter? A slinky flying car? A slinky Jetsons-mobile? Is it George Jetson himself playing with a slinky AND Ginger? Ooooh!
The day it comes out:
Good Morning America!
It's a... well... it's a used Moped, to be perfectly honest.. autographed by Ginger from Gilligan's island, comes with an iPod, a gift card to amazon.com, and has a slinky logo on it. It costs $3000 and runs on double-A's that last 3 minutes... so..
Come, fell Slashdotters! We must stop these scientists and our fellow readers for discussing extracting kinetic energy from black holes!
Instead, we must focus on more realistic goals:
1. Building giant solar structures on top of our homes!
2. Trying to run our SUVs using corn!
3. Convince ourselves that wind mills are actually doing anything for us!
Come! Unite! Ignore the energy crisis and come up with silly ideas!
Ooh, i forgot one.
4. Believe that Americans might actually CONSERVE! Hhaahhaha!
Sorry -- it's too bad being cynical didn't produce a significant amount of energy.;-)
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All of this cell phone text messaging technology is aburdly stupid. It's useless, in my opinion.
Instead of wasting time on this useless capability, we should really be investing in new voice recognition technologies.
What a crazy idea!
I say "Remember to pick up kids" into my cell.
On the screen, a note is saved reading "Remember to pick up kids"
Just like when I speak to my Power Mac: "Empty trash" -- WHOA, my trash is emptied! I know it's complex technology, but believe me, headway can be made I am sure.
I have to wait until march to play Civ III on my Mac?
Screw that. Excuse me, but if you're not commit to the Mac or have a product available at the same time or no more than a few weeks behind Windows, I'm not spending $50 to say, "Yes, I agree with being treated as second and put on the backburner for months."
Hey Sid, kiss my @$$, okay? I love Civ, but it's not an integral part of my life, so I won't be playing it anymore.
I'm very glad we have IT like you out there, then. Again, I'm certainly not saying it's all bad -- hopefully it's in the GREAT minority. But I've had about 4 experiences where IT has been a major failure -- for stupid reasons.
I'm biased toward Macs because I've had great experiences with them in newspapers and graphic designs and web design.. and now I'm having success in the field of Unix, too.
Again, my judgement isn't clouded, I simply pointed out a situation that involved a very stupid mistake where they bought Wintel boxes. The point wasn't so much the machines but rather the error made, to clarify.
I'm sure you're not overpaid if you're working 70 hours a week. You're a most humbly welcomed exception to the experiences I've had...
What we *really* need is a study of how many overpaid IT managers there are in existance, and study how much money you could save if you used people of logic and intelligence instead.
For example:
At a not-to-be-named newspaper in the northeast (where I may or may not work;) -- IT managers work with the budget guys to buy 1.5x more than they need. Why? Because they know that if they don't, managers will say the following year (when perhaps something new really IS needed) -- "Well, you didn't need that last year, so we won't put it in the budget."
The rest of the excise equipment is "borrowed" for months by employees. Titanium PowerBooks are the most frequent to go (though i can't blame anyone for that;)
Another IT example, this one bearing solely on the responsibility of the IT staff.
An IT manager at a sorta-major company grew up around Windows, and is very anti-Mac. So, when IT was given the power to decide what computers to buy this year, he went after Windows PCs.... for a graphics/web content company. The result? Employees who refuse to use the Windows systems, and instead use year-old Mac systems instead. When the employees wanted OS X installed, IT went ballistic because they'd "spent so much money" on new Windows and had planned to adopt XP early over a period of time.
You'd be surprised how easily and often this stuff happens. I'm not saying it's common, but I've heard so many stories -- of which those two I am personally related, unfortunately.
So, Windows or Unix?
How about whichever you want -- but do it efficiently and effectively. If Unix continues to receive support (esp. if Mac OS X continues to receive support -- and OS X Server), Windows and OS X will be very very similar feature-wise. And price-wise, too I'm sure (don't give the "Macs are 2x more expensive!"-routine. My $1299 iBook beats the heck out of a $1600 Dell laptop.. that is ugly, too).
Inevitably, it may very well to cleaning out some management and saving money that way. EFFICIENT Corporate America.
This might be the only way to get broadband out there faster. The way it is today, service providers are stuck in a corner. They know the demand is out there for broadband. People DO want it, for the most part. They also know that broadband (DSL, for example), has certain requirements like distance which can hinder performance.
So if I live too far from the main DSL switch building, too bad for me! Also, broadband is dependent on the physical characteristics of a customer zone. If I live in an area with old cable networks and nasty phone lines... that just adds to list of what must be upgraded.
So the service providers must be content for now in offering to the few. (I live in a very snazzy community with a lot of money. All of them would buy broadband, yet nobody can get it. So even with guaranteed customers (and hundreds of them), it still might not be profitable!)
Having municipal networks would really bring broadband out. I'm all for it. If we let the markets do it themselves, it'll take years. Not that municipal networks would suddenly spring up overnight, but they would guarantee more broadband (significantly so) and would guarantee a standard and central office from which others could branch themselves.
Having government doing stuff private businesses normally do can have very good effects in certain situations...
"Yet another corporate merger." I'm not insuating that remark was made in this way -- but so many people say that phrase with a sense of bitterness, and I just don't get it. It's the nature of the markets. Companies merge, so what?
Often people get layed off -- but if the companies don't merge, trust me, MORE people could get layed off (clearly in this case.. Compaq's been in BIG trouble for some time)
Call me a Capitalist Pig, but this is the way it goes, and it's not so horrible. I don't like Compaq, I don't like HP much... but I'm not cursing them because they're merging -- it's best for the market, and could turn out pretty good.
It's funny that (especially those from the 60's) despise corporations, and somehow fail to realize corporations provide us with jobs, health coverage, a place in which to feel pride, et cetera. Companies aren't evil.
If you want something to bitch about, bitch about the 50% divorce rates. Now THERE are some "comporate mergers / layoffs" in itself.
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I agree with this person wholeheartedly.
Certainly the history books shall forever remember such great and tragic events as the Nazi movenment, Women's suffrage, the Civil Rights Movement, and perhaps most of all, the great HDTV Technology March.
Clearly this *is* a call to arms - and a necessary one at that. Leave no man or woman responsible left to stand!
(Read: I agree you guys should bitch about this - it's not fair.. but let's not compare it true moments in history..)
Apple is absolutely a software company. iTunes, iMovie, iDVD, DVD Studio Pro, Final Cut Pro, iPhoto, AppleWorks.
All *very* important to Apple's strategy. Without Apple's groundbreaking software, the hardware sales would be hurt quite a bit.
My neighbors bought iMacs for the house. They don't care about Photoshop. What sold them was the idea of iMovie and iTunes. That's what sells a ton of people.
Apple's a 60/40 hardware-software company, I'd say.
Apple's buttonless, (beautiful), optical mouse has been great for me. They say Macs are more productive computers because of the user interface.. I agree.. but I must admit I wasted a lot of time originally just looking at this thing.. it's weird.. the inside of it appears to "float". You can't tell this in pictures but in 'real life' it seems to float. It reminds me of mercury actually, in a sense. The Apple logo inside, especially, floats within it. It's a really great mouse.. and it's connected to a G4 tower, so that ain't bad either!
Wow, I'm talking about *nothing* and I've still developed a paragraph! Much like my english papers. I'm done now...
I've been on waiting lists for DSL or cable service for about years now. First @HOME, then Earthlink, and now also Comcast Cable. I live in a relatively higher-income area and every neighbor I've spoken with says that he or she would be interested in this service too.
But it's useless. Despite repeated phone calls, Comcast and Earthlink still say service in my area is "a year or two out". This is pathetic, truly.
They say it's "too expensive" to branch out into new areas -- but surely it's less expensive then not reaching new customers! I wish there were a solution. Europe's way ahead in wireless technology, too.
I'm buying one of those new iMacs. They're amazing. But you know what? I'll still only have a 56k modem to use with it. Something's not right with that.
How is what I said redundant when I was one of the very first posts? I was one of the first five, easily, because I posted right when the article was and when it had 0 comments. I think some people just like to use their moderator points. That's rediculous.
Sports games are different, there's only so far you can go in the way of "new features." But the graphics continue to improve, gameplay in 2K2 is really great, it's fast, it's fun. There are improvements that are made. Just compare them to PS1 football games. ;-)
:-)
Anyway, the thing you love best about FF, I hate the most. My whole problem with FF is that they DO keep everything basically the same, and these "interesting twists" simply aren't enough to keep me playing for another six sequels.
They ARE sequels, contrary to what you say. The game engines are very much related, if not the same, the graphics are the same (though improving based ont he console), and the gameplay is very similar. Changing up characters and the plot doesn't make it a new, unique game, when you feel like despite such changes, you're sitll playing the same game.
Nevertheless, I do have respect for Square.. because despite the fact I no longer like the game at all, they are extremely successful and should continue to be. Just cause ONE of their customers (me) so far has defected doesn't really matter.
Final Fantasy has, over the years, become a bit stale. I suppose it can be expected ten or however many sequels later.
;-)
Multiplayer would be great, though. It would really let the game shine. Let's hope they can get it right the first time, though. I'm looking forward to other multiplayer games, though. Being able to hook up my PS2 (which I just bought and love) to a multiplayer version of Sega NFL 2K2. Network playoffs! Awesome! WarCraft III for PS2!
Still.. one problem remains. I can't get cable modem service where I live! So i suppose it's all for nothing. I doubt these games would play all that great over some 56K hookup, and I do NOT put up with lag. It ruins the experience.
We'll see what happens, but for now, I just don't care because the technology isn't accessible anyway.
800 channels? Geez.
Time for a new t-shirt:
"Only 70 channels and loving it."
A great line from Barbarians at the Gate
"If this is a prank, it certainly is an elaborate one."
"Well I don't mind one of those, do you? Just for a change?"
--
Sorry, I'd love for it to be true... but I know Apple, and this just doesn't seem like Apple design. There are a ton of technical details as to why this thing is a hoax. To me, it just doesn't FEEL right,a nd that's reason enough to be hopeful but speculative.
And if it can play MP3s I'm gonna be really pissed, cause I'm charging my iPod as we speak...
That's just because OUR currency is the only currency really WORTH being counterfeitted.
;-)
> When a country can't control its own monetary policy, it is more likely a symptom of a serious problem, not a cause.
Huh?
Wouldn't the "serious problem" be the cause?
I thought everything happened because of a cause. Isn't that the definition of cause?
Oh well...
If they REALLY opened everything up, they wouldn't have a product to sell.
Get real and live with the fact that Apple's giving developers a LOT of open source data - but for them to open every technology, open the Mac and everything else is rediculus and stupid.
This is the future of open source -- partial and profitable.
My office is now 100% Window-less as of about 6 months ago, but we're instead 100% Mac OS X (currently 10.1). It's great. I don't miss Windows at all, and the myth that you "can't get applications for the Mac" is such a load of cr@p.
In fact, the new Office for Mac OS X is, in my opinion, much BETTER than the Windows version.
Networking has been faster, too, and that's important to us. You'd never believe it, but it's cheaper too. No more calling for technical support or having someone on duty to fix problems with our systems. You just don't need it with a Mac because the hardware and software is so well integrated.
The machines themselves have been CHEAPER for us. $1199 iMacs as clients and G4s to handle some of the heavier loads. It's worked great.
And by the way... that 22" Apple flat screen is not only beautiful for working with, but it impresses customers too. I know it seems like a detail, but people have gotten the impression we're an upscale successful business because they see those screens and comment on them.
I know I seem like a troll ranting about this or that, but I just want to get the word out, because I'm a very pleased Apple customer... and I'm laughing at myself for ever having used Windows for so long.
Year One:
Something wicked this way comes...
Year Two:
It's called... mysteriously... IT... Ooooh!!!
Year Two and a Half:
Remember Gilligan's Island? It's now called GINGER. Ooooh! But does it REALLY have to do with the classic TV show? Or doesn't it? Wait to find out! Oooooh!
Year Three:
It's a "human moving device." Ooooh what could that mean? Ooooooh!
Year Three and a Month:
Europeans think it's a really good idea! So does Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos! Ooooooooh!
Year Three and two Months:
Oooooooohh!!!
Year Three and three Months:
It's been cancelled.... no just kidding, it's still gonna come out! Tricked 'ya! What is it what is it what is it come on guess!! Ooooh!
Year Three and four Months:
The inventor of this also invented... the slinky!! Ooooh! Is it a slinky scooter? A slinky flying car? A slinky Jetsons-mobile? Is it George Jetson himself playing with a slinky AND Ginger? Ooooh!
The day it comes out:
Good Morning America!
It's a... well... it's a used Moped, to be perfectly honest.. autographed by Ginger from Gilligan's island, comes with an iPod, a gift card to amazon.com, and has a slinky logo on it. It costs $3000 and runs on double-A's that last 3 minutes... so..
....
Ooooooooohh!!!!!
Come, fell Slashdotters! We must stop these scientists and our fellow readers for discussing extracting kinetic energy from black holes!
;-)
Instead, we must focus on more realistic goals:
1. Building giant solar structures on top of our homes!
2. Trying to run our SUVs using corn!
3. Convince ourselves that wind mills are actually doing anything for us!
Come! Unite! Ignore the energy crisis and come up with silly ideas!
Ooh, i forgot one.
4. Believe that Americans might actually CONSERVE! Hhaahhaha!
Sorry -- it's too bad being cynical didn't produce a significant amount of energy.
All of this cell phone text messaging technology is aburdly stupid. It's useless, in my opinion.
Instead of wasting time on this useless capability, we should really be investing in new voice recognition technologies.
What a crazy idea!
I say "Remember to pick up kids" into my cell.
On the screen, a note is saved reading "Remember to pick up kids"
Just like when I speak to my Power Mac: "Empty trash" -- WHOA, my trash is emptied! I know it's complex technology, but believe me, headway can be made I am sure.
Only THEN will I buy these phones.
Instead of complaining, why don't you post that very story?
Also, that story is unconfirmed. It is not confirmed by the Afghanistan press that issued the interview, and it is unconfirmed by the U.S. government.
Yikes....
Eating Taco Bell at 2 am in the morning should be paid for through workman's comp.
I have to wait until march to play Civ III on my Mac?
Screw that. Excuse me, but if you're not commit to the Mac or have a product available at the same time or no more than a few weeks behind Windows, I'm not spending $50 to say, "Yes, I agree with being treated as second and put on the backburner for months."
Hey Sid, kiss my @$$, okay? I love Civ, but it's not an integral part of my life, so I won't be playing it anymore.
I'm very glad we have IT like you out there, then. Again, I'm certainly not saying it's all bad -- hopefully it's in the GREAT minority. But I've had about 4 experiences where IT has been a major failure -- for stupid reasons.
I'm biased toward Macs because I've had great experiences with them in newspapers and graphic designs and web design.. and now I'm having success in the field of Unix, too.
Again, my judgement isn't clouded, I simply pointed out a situation that involved a very stupid mistake where they bought Wintel boxes. The point wasn't so much the machines but rather the error made, to clarify.
I'm sure you're not overpaid if you're working 70 hours a week. You're a most humbly welcomed exception to the experiences I've had...
What we *really* need is a study of how many overpaid IT managers there are in existance, and study how much money you could save if you used people of logic and intelligence instead.
;) -- IT managers work with the budget guys to buy 1.5x more than they need. Why? Because they know that if they don't, managers will say the following year (when perhaps something new really IS needed) -- "Well, you didn't need that last year, so we won't put it in the budget."
;)
;-)
For example:
At a not-to-be-named newspaper in the northeast (where I may or may not work
The rest of the excise equipment is "borrowed" for months by employees. Titanium PowerBooks are the most frequent to go (though i can't blame anyone for that
Another IT example, this one bearing solely on the responsibility of the IT staff.
An IT manager at a sorta-major company grew up around Windows, and is very anti-Mac. So, when IT was given the power to decide what computers to buy this year, he went after Windows PCs.... for a graphics/web content company. The result? Employees who refuse to use the Windows systems, and instead use year-old Mac systems instead. When the employees wanted OS X installed, IT went ballistic because they'd "spent so much money" on new Windows and had planned to adopt XP early over a period of time.
You'd be surprised how easily and often this stuff happens. I'm not saying it's common, but I've heard so many stories -- of which those two I am personally related, unfortunately.
So, Windows or Unix?
How about whichever you want -- but do it efficiently and effectively. If Unix continues to receive support (esp. if Mac OS X continues to receive support -- and OS X Server), Windows and OS X will be very very similar feature-wise. And price-wise, too I'm sure (don't give the "Macs are 2x more expensive!"-routine. My $1299 iBook beats the heck out of a $1600 Dell laptop.. that is ugly, too).
Inevitably, it may very well to cleaning out some management and saving money that way. EFFICIENT Corporate America.
nahhhhh...
1. If you have never bought OS X, it is $129.
;) -- you can get it for free from them, while supplies last.
:-)
2. If you own Mac OS X Retail now, it is a $19.95 upgrade (*including* manuals, developer CDs, the works).
3. If you have an Apple Store near you (not store.apple.com
Well worth it -- OS X is truly amazing (even for the biased- impared
This might be the only way to get broadband out there faster. The way it is today, service providers are stuck in a corner. They know the demand is out there for broadband. People DO want it, for the most part. They also know that broadband (DSL, for example), has certain requirements like distance which can hinder performance.
So if I live too far from the main DSL switch building, too bad for me! Also, broadband is dependent on the physical characteristics of a customer zone. If I live in an area with old cable networks and nasty phone lines... that just adds to list of what must be upgraded.
So the service providers must be content for now in offering to the few. (I live in a very snazzy community with a lot of money. All of them would buy broadband, yet nobody can get it. So even with guaranteed customers (and hundreds of them), it still might not be profitable!)
Having municipal networks would really bring broadband out. I'm all for it. If we let the markets do it themselves, it'll take years. Not that municipal networks would suddenly spring up overnight, but they would guarantee more broadband (significantly so) and would guarantee a standard and central office from which others could branch themselves.
Having government doing stuff private businesses normally do can have very good effects in certain situations...
Of course that's really NOT funny, considering the subject matter.
Eh, I should lighten up.. You're right, this is all really funny. Ha ha. I'm chuckling, really.
"Yet another corporate merger." I'm not insuating that remark was made in this way -- but so many people say that phrase with a sense of bitterness, and I just don't get it. It's the nature of the markets. Companies merge, so what?
:-)
Often people get layed off -- but if the companies don't merge, trust me, MORE people could get layed off (clearly in this case.. Compaq's been in BIG trouble for some time)
Call me a Capitalist Pig, but this is the way it goes, and it's not so horrible. I don't like Compaq, I don't like HP much... but I'm not cursing them because they're merging -- it's best for the market, and could turn out pretty good.
It's funny that (especially those from the 60's) despise corporations, and somehow fail to realize corporations provide us with jobs, health coverage, a place in which to feel pride, et cetera. Companies aren't evil.
If you want something to bitch about, bitch about the 50% divorce rates. Now THERE are some "comporate mergers / layoffs" in itself.
My ranting is done.