Problem is, there were not 80 guilty parties in the Enron case. The situation was much more ambiguous than the news media leads on. I'm a business student here in Texas and we've looked at this extensively. I would say that there were at most only one or two people involved who would meet the definition of 'fraudulent intent' There may be many more guilty of errors of omission.
To the above point - the cost benefit equation certainly works in favor of the perpetrator. Steal millions, spend a few years in jail = a pretty good salary. But I reiterate, unless this type of activity is chosen as a profession, that is not the thought process these people are going through. They see an opportunity, rationalize that they are not doing something wrong, and don't expect to get caught.
The error in your reasoning is the presumption that increased jail terms will deter this type of crime. Research shows that the vast majority of people who commit crimes like this don't think they'll get caught. It's highly unlikely they are even aware of what the potential sentence may be, so making it larger doesn't help.
well you see son, UHF was this movie... probably never should have been made, but it was and there's no going back now.
funny though how the struggle of the small station in UHF mirrors the previous article about webcast royalties. The more things change, the more they stay the same...
should sic weird al on the RIAA, now that'd be fun...
hrm, toss in voice-over-ip, and this is the 3G network... seems it would be much more flexible than the existing 3G systems in other countries as well.
looks like he hacked his odometer, not his speedometer. Odometers click off the miles, speedometers tell you how fast yer goin'.
I read the post and envisioned a flash sequence of speedometer readings - ooh look, he's back up at 85 again... doh must've been pulled over, we're stopped.
I happen to live in Austin and frequent the Drafthouse Theater. It typically shows rare and indie film, with the occasional flashback such as Animal House. While it's nice to be able to get some greasy food whilst viewing, the main attraction is the buckets o' beer - might even make queen of the damned enjoyable to watch. As such, you may wish to think twice before toting your $$$ laptop into a darkened room full of boozed up movie-goers. IMHO.
be-os failed because it was too hard to pirate. linux, bsd, etc... are holding on because you can try them for free. think about it, if you wanted to try the new MS OS, you'd just borrow a copy and give it a roll -> instant widespread adoption of new products -> then people will buy them, cuz they're already using them and know they meet their needs, or at least suck less than the old version. If Be wanted widespread adoption, they should have pulled an Internet Explorer. Not like they were making any money anyway...
Think outside the keyboard
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Virtual Keyboard
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· Score: 2, Interesting
The coolest thing about this is not emulating an old fasion 101/4 key keyboard, it's the potential to input in new, creative ways.
If you want to re-define your keyboard to be basketball shaped, have at it. There is some potential for great ergonomic improvements here.
Also, think of the potential for virtual instruments, art, the possibilities are endless.
Given all this, I hope they leave the interface open, so everyone can contribute.
Why is it that companies insist on charging so much more for larger drives? The difference between the 20G model and the 80G model is 264 dollars - There is no way the drive itself cost that much more. The same thing was true of the eMpeg - the bigger drive was almost a thousand dollars more there. Until marketers of MP3 devices start to price rationally, savvy customers are just going to ignore them. Profit margin doesn't mean much if you can't get revenues in the first place...
Little econ review - demand is a function, it's a relationship between price and quantity. It is typically inverse, thus the higher the price the lower the _quantity demanded_. There is plenty of demand out there, I'd love to have an empeg for my car. Problem is at the price they're charging, I'm not willing to buy one. If they want to make money off the thing, they need to reduce their costs to a sufficient level they can sell the device for a price that a sufficient number of people are willing to pay. Then, maybe they can cover their expenses and turn a tidy profit - not by banking on rich audiophiles and techno-geeks burning their money irrationally. If any group of consumers behaves rationally, it ought to be the educated ones...
Pending regulatory approval, the new company will hold a 19% share of the global PC market. Dell comes in second at 13%. Also interesting HP-Compaq will hold a 37% share of the market for high-end servers. With such a 500 pound gorilla on the field, it would definitely be nice for them to emphasize Linux support.
The big loser in the deal - Lexmark. Compaq had been one of their largest customers for bundled printers.
From the article:
"A third aspect of the new project will be to determine if lasers can be used in the presence of drilling fluids. In most wells, thick fluids - called "drilling muds" - are injected into the borehole to wash out rock cuttings and keep water and other fluids from the underground formations from seeping into the well. The technical challenge will be to determine whether too much laser energy is expended to vaporize and clear away the fluid where the drilling is occurring. "
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Dixie Chicks
<flame suit on>
I thought you said to say the product didn't support terrorism?
Problem is, there were not 80 guilty parties in the Enron case. The situation was much more ambiguous than the news media leads on. I'm a business student here in Texas and we've looked at this extensively. I would say that there were at most only one or two people involved who would meet the definition of 'fraudulent intent' There may be many more guilty of errors of omission.
To the above point - the cost benefit equation certainly works in favor of the perpetrator. Steal millions, spend a few years in jail = a pretty good salary. But I reiterate, unless this type of activity is chosen as a profession, that is not the thought process these people are going through. They see an opportunity, rationalize that they are not doing something wrong, and don't expect to get caught.
The error in your reasoning is the presumption that increased jail terms will deter this type of crime. Research shows that the vast majority of people who commit crimes like this don't think they'll get caught. It's highly unlikely they are even aware of what the potential sentence may be, so making it larger doesn't help.
suit, counter-suit, defamation, damages for lost sales... not a lot of difference these days...
*knock knock*
Lady: Who is it?
A motorcycle
Lady: I didn't order a motorcycle.
A jet ski
Lady: Oh, ok, come on in
AAAAAAAAA!!!
A whole bunch of phones in one place, a local transmitter, hundreds, if not thousands of calls per minute...
Hrm, guess we found another way to research cell phone induced cancer rates...
Hope he's not planning on putting this cd together quickly... just /.'d all the mirrors for these pacakages real good.
wrap the headphone cord around an iron core and extract the signal from the inducted current...
viola
I re-installed PGP and generated a new key...
well you see son, UHF was this movie... probably never should have been made, but it was and there's no going back now.
funny though how the struggle of the small station in UHF mirrors the previous article about webcast royalties. The more things change, the more they stay the same...
should sic weird al on the RIAA, now that'd be fun...
Gives whole new meaning to "RAID array"
hrm, toss in voice-over-ip, and this is the 3G network... seems it would be much more flexible than the existing 3G systems in other countries as well.
tinted windows....
because of the pr0n or slashdot?
That's because the ATT of the early 60's got busted up into the companies that run much of our world today...
The baby bells, SBC, PacBell, etc...
Lucent...
not to mention the research the old ATT funded all over.
They did indeed invent much or our (techno at least) world.
looks like he hacked his odometer, not his speedometer. Odometers click off the miles, speedometers tell you how fast yer goin'.
I read the post and envisioned a flash sequence of speedometer readings - ooh look, he's back up at 85 again... doh must've been pulled over, we're stopped.
I happen to live in Austin and frequent the Drafthouse Theater. It typically shows rare and indie film, with the occasional flashback such as Animal House. While it's nice to be able to get some greasy food whilst viewing, the main attraction is the buckets o' beer - might even make queen of the damned enjoyable to watch. As such, you may wish to think twice before toting your $$$ laptop into a darkened room full of boozed up movie-goers. IMHO.
be-os failed because it was too hard to pirate. linux, bsd, etc... are holding on because you can try them for free. think about it, if you wanted to try the new MS OS, you'd just borrow a copy and give it a roll -> instant widespread adoption of new products -> then people will buy them, cuz they're already using them and know they meet their needs, or at least suck less than the old version. If Be wanted widespread adoption, they should have pulled an Internet Explorer. Not like they were making any money anyway...
If you want to re-define your keyboard to be basketball shaped, have at it. There is some potential for great ergonomic improvements here.
Also, think of the potential for virtual instruments, art, the possibilities are endless.
Given all this, I hope they leave the interface open, so everyone can contribute.
Problem is, what if it cost 21 trillion dollars to go get it?
Why is it that companies insist on charging so much more for larger drives? The difference between the 20G model and the 80G model is 264 dollars - There is no way the drive itself cost that much more. The same thing was true of the eMpeg - the bigger drive was almost a thousand dollars more there. Until marketers of MP3 devices start to price rationally, savvy customers are just going to ignore them. Profit margin doesn't mean much if you can't get revenues in the first place...
Little econ review - demand is a function, it's a relationship between price and quantity. It is typically inverse, thus the higher the price the lower the _quantity demanded_. There is plenty of demand out there, I'd love to have an empeg for my car. Problem is at the price they're charging, I'm not willing to buy one. If they want to make money off the thing, they need to reduce their costs to a sufficient level they can sell the device for a price that a sufficient number of people are willing to pay. Then, maybe they can cover their expenses and turn a tidy profit - not by banking on rich audiophiles and techno-geeks burning their money irrationally. If any group of consumers behaves rationally, it ought to be the educated ones...
my $0.02
also, the Wall Street Journal puts the value of the deal at $26 billion, not 25... Must be that new math...
Pending regulatory approval, the new company will hold a 19% share of the global PC market. Dell comes in second at 13%. Also interesting HP-Compaq will hold a 37% share of the market for high-end servers. With such a 500 pound gorilla on the field, it would definitely be nice for them to emphasize Linux support.
The big loser in the deal - Lexmark. Compaq had been one of their largest customers for bundled printers.
granted, difficult to setup, but oh the excution...
From the article:
"A third aspect of the new project will be to determine if lasers can be used in the presence of drilling fluids. In most wells, thick fluids - called "drilling muds" - are injected into the borehole to wash out rock cuttings and keep water and other fluids from the underground formations from seeping into the well. The technical challenge will be to determine whether too much laser energy is expended to vaporize and clear away the fluid where the drilling is occurring. "