Well, this is just great. I have had such horrible customer service issues with Comcast, topped off by their disrespect for my browsing privacy, that I switched my Internet service to the phone company's DSL. Now that they've changed the policy, I am stuck with slower service. Bah.
Although, now that I think about it, they probably would have invaded my privacy some other way. Once a crook, always a crook.
Of course, but in the near term, we won't be able to get past the use of this virual democracy by less than honest people to exploit those less fortunate or more trusting. It's the nature of individuals, and unfortunately, monopolies. If Microsoft didn't see a broader world where they owned the architecture, connecting clients, and all of your traffic data, why would they go through the trouble of pushing the.NET standard? They wouldn't of course. And consider what PRIVACY might mean in that future. Your surfing patters, like it or not, can be collected in an aggregate for and sliced and diced however they please.
Why stop at the "prove it" reasoning? What if our national security depended on opening Microsoft's code? The Edge Report has posted an interesting article talking about the national security implications of closed source software. While the infiltration of Microsoft by Al Qaeda may have been only a rumor, the article explores a world where this could happen. And guess what? We're living in it. It closes with a powerful statement: "Closed source software vendors, in the name of National Security: Open your Code!".
$9.4 Billion isn't a shocking number, especially when you consider the major things that have happened this year. You, of course, have Xbox, PS2, and Gamecube driving huge sales dollars.
On the PC side, you have crazy things happening, like Wolfenstein Shipping over 1 Million Copies. Then you think about the gross dollars being generated on SINGLE games, it's staggering. Consider now a published like Activision has dozens in its portfolio.
Look also at the franchise opportunites these games present. The Sims and its add-ons held spots 1, 2, 8, and 9 on the Top Selling U.S. PC Games for the week of January 5th.
In Korea, there's a $300 Million market for cybercafes. What are we spending our money on? Games, apparently.
And consider this: now that Xbox is in the livingroom, there's an entertainment platform ready for expansion in many MANY households now. The industry is only going to grow.
For more information on modular robots, and the 1993 research done at Stanford University on polypod, the bot that preceeded Xerox PARC's polybot, visit The Edge Report, which has posted a brief follow-up to the Slashdot article.
Typically, restrictive covenants apply to employees who leave to start similar businesses. The rules are pretty straightforward as to what you can, must, cannot, and must not do. A few guidelines:
1. Establish the time period covered, both during and after employment;
2. Identify the "protectable interest" which the document is meant to protect such as "trade secrets," technology, methods, customer lists or other proprietary information;
3. Identify an activity to be restricted, or alternatively, the geographic restriction (or alternatively the customer/route restriction);
4. Set forth the "reasonable" and "necessary" reasons for the covenant (e.g. protecting trade secrets developed at considerable expense which provide the employer with a competitive edge over others in the field);
5. Be signed by both the employee and the employer;
6. Be dated; and
7. Be periodically updated as required by changing circumstances.
But absolutely DO NOT trample first-amendment rights. That's ALWAYS a no-no!
The Edge Report has posted an interesting article talking about the national security implications of closed source software. While the infiltration of Microsoft by Al Qaeda may have been only a rumor, the article explores a world where this could happen. And guess what? We're living in it. What exactly is in the Microsoft Windows code? Who knows? It closes with a powerful statement: "Closed source software vendors, in the name of National Security: Open your Code!".
Yeah, sure, we're online. But how safe are most of the schmucks running M$ products? The Edge Report has posted an interesting article talking about the national security implications of closed source software. While the infiltration of Microsoft by Al Qaeda may have been only a rumor, the article explores a world where this could happen. And guess what? We're living in it. It closes with a powerful statement: "Closed source software vendors, in the name of National Security: Open your Code!".
We might be able to learn from this example. Along these lines, The Edge Report has posted an interesting article talking about the national security implications of closed source software. While the infiltration of Microsoft by Al Qaeda may have been only a rumor, the article explores a world where this could happen. And guess what? We're living in it. It closes with a powerful statement: "Closed source software vendors, in the name of National Security: Open your Code!".
Absolutely agreed. Along these lines, The Edge Report has posted an interesting article talking about the national security implications of closed source software. While the infiltration of Microsoft by Al Qaeda may have been only a rumor, the article explores a world where this could happen. And guess what? We're living in it. It closes with a powerful statement: "Closed source software vendors, in the name of National Security: Open your Code!".
Along the lines of a different side of the "security" issue, The Edge Report has posted an interesting article talking about the national security implications of closed source software. While the infiltration of Microsoft by Al Qaeda may have been only a rumor, the article explores a world where this could happen. And guess what? We're living in it. It closes with a powerful statement: "Closed source software vendors, in the name of National Security: Open your Code!".
Here's The Edge Report's last batch of pictures from LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in New York City. Set 6 - Veritas, Intel, hancom (they really like Commander Taco); Set 7 - AMD, Inferno, Linuxfund, Entertainment; Set 8 - Miscellaneous; Set 9 - Miscellaneous, Booth Babes, and New York City.
Older sets include: Set 1 - Walking in, CA, AMD, Red Hat; Set 2 - Ximian, IBM, Games, "The Tattoo Guy", MandrakeSoft; Set 3 -.orgs, Compaq, fsf, Sun; Set 4 - NuSphere, IBM, Caldera, Dice.com, Sony; Set 5 - Veritas, Sharp, Sun, O'Reilly, and Compaq's Game Show.
Here's The Edge Report's last batch of pictures from LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in New York City. Set 6 - Veritas, Intel, hancom (they really like Commander Taco); Set 7 - AMD, Inferno, Linuxfund, Entertainment; Set 8 - Miscellaneous; Set 9 - Miscellaneous, Booth Babes, and New York City.
Older sets include: Set 1 - Walking in, CA, AMD, Red Hat; Set 2 - Ximian, IBM, Games, "The Tattoo Guy", MandrakeSoft; Set 3 -.orgs, Compaq, fsf, Sun; Set 4 - NuSphere, IBM, Caldera, Dice.com, Sony; Set 5 - Veritas, Sharp, Sun, O'Reilly, and Compaq's Game Show.
Here's The Edge Report's last batch of pictures from LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in New York City. Set 6 - Veritas, Intel, hancom (they really like Commander Taco); Set 7 - AMD, Inferno, Linuxfund, Entertainment; Set 8 - Miscellaneous; Set 9 - Miscellaneous, Booth Babes, and New York City.
Older sets include: Set 1 - Walking in, CA, AMD, Red Hat; Set 2 - Ximian, IBM, Games, "The Tattoo Guy", MandrakeSoft; Set 3 -.orgs, Compaq, fsf, Sun; Set 4 - NuSphere, IBM, Caldera, Dice.com, Sony; Set 5 - Veritas, Sharp, Sun, O'Reilly, and Compaq's Game Show.
Here's The Edge Report's last batch of pictures from LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in New York City. Set 6 - Veritas, Intel, hancom (they really like Commander Taco); Set 7 - AMD, Inferno, Linuxfund, Entertainment; Set 8 - Miscellaneous; Set 9 - Miscellaneous, Booth Babes, and New York City.
Older sets include: Set 1 - Walking in, CA, AMD, Red Hat; Set 2 - Ximian, IBM, Games, "The Tattoo Guy", MandrakeSoft; Set 3 -.orgs, Compaq, fsf, Sun; Set 4 - NuSphere, IBM, Caldera, Dice.com, Sony; Set 5 - Veritas, Sharp, Sun, O'Reilly, and Compaq's Game Show.
Here's The Edge Report's last batch of pictures from LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in New York City. Set 6 - Veritas, Intel, hancom (they really like Commander Taco); Set 7 - AMD, Inferno, Linuxfund, Entertainment; Set 8 - Miscellaneous; Set 9 - Miscellaneous, Booth Babes, and New York City.
Older sets include: Set 1 - Walking in, CA, AMD, Red Hat; Set 2 - Ximian, IBM, Games, "The Tattoo Guy", MandrakeSoft; Set 3 -.orgs, Compaq, fsf, Sun; Set 4 - NuSphere, IBM, Caldera, Dice.com, Sony; Set 5 - Veritas, Sharp, Sun, O'Reilly, and Compaq's Game Show.
The Edge Report has a new batch of pictures from LinuxWorld Expo in New York City. Set 4 - NuSphere, IBM, Caldera, Dice.com, Sony; Set 5 - Veritas, Sharp, Sun, O'Reilly, and Compaq's Game Show.
The last series were: Set 1 - Walking in, CA, AMD, Red Hat; Set 2 - Ximian, IBM, Games, "The Tattoo Guy", MandrakeSoft; Set 3 -.orgs, Compaq, fsf, Sun.
The Edge Report has a new batch of pictures from LinuxWorld Expo in New York City. Set 4 - NuSphere, IBM, Caldera, Dice.com, Sony; Set 5 - Veritas, Sharp, Sun, O'Reilly, and Compaq's Game Show.
The last series were: Set 1 - Walking in, CA, AMD, Red Hat; Set 2 - Ximian, IBM, Games, "The Tattoo Guy", MandrakeSoft; Set 3 -.orgs, Compaq, fsf, Sun.
The Edge Report has a new batch of pictures from LinuxWorld Expo in New York City. Set 4 - NuSphere, IBM, Caldera, Dice.com, Sony; Set 5 - Veritas, Sharp, Sun, O'Reilly, and Compaq's Game Show.
The last series were: Set 1 - Walking in, CA, AMD, Red Hat; Set 2 - Ximian, IBM, Games, "The Tattoo Guy", MandrakeSoft; Set 3 -.orgs, Compaq, fsf, Sun.
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Access2.ME also works with ad publishers to ensure minimum levels of compliance with user non-annoyance policies.
What's a first version kit go for second hand nowadays? I'm planning to put mine on Craigslist in anticipation of getting V2 in July.
Can this putty pick up the comics section from the local newspaper as it heals your bones? If not, I'm out.
The Edge Report has a review of the AMD Hammer Processor as well as a look inside AMD's server strategy going forward. The link is:
http://www.edgereport.com/article.php?sid=133
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Well, this is just great. I have had such horrible customer service issues with Comcast, topped off by their disrespect for my browsing privacy, that I switched my Internet service to the phone company's DSL. Now that they've changed the policy, I am stuck with slower service. Bah.
Although, now that I think about it, they probably would have invaded my privacy some other way. Once a crook, always a crook.
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Of course, but in the near term, we won't be able to get past the use of this virual democracy by less than honest people to exploit those less fortunate or more trusting. It's the nature of individuals, and unfortunately, monopolies. If Microsoft didn't see a broader world where they owned the architecture, connecting clients, and all of your traffic data, why would they go through the trouble of pushing the .NET standard? They wouldn't of course. And consider what PRIVACY might mean in that future. Your surfing patters, like it or not, can be collected in an aggregate for and sliced and diced however they please.
Scary? You bet.
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Why stop at the "prove it" reasoning? What if our national security depended on opening Microsoft's code? The Edge Report has posted an interesting article talking about the national security implications of closed source software. While the infiltration of Microsoft by Al Qaeda may have been only a rumor, the article explores a world where this could happen. And guess what? We're living in it. It closes with a powerful statement: "Closed source software vendors, in the name of National Security: Open your Code!".
http://www.edgereport.com/article.php?sid=135
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$9.4 Billion isn't a shocking number, especially when you consider the major things that have happened this year. You, of course, have Xbox, PS2, and Gamecube driving huge sales dollars.
On the PC side, you have crazy things happening, like Wolfenstein Shipping over 1 Million Copies. Then you think about the gross dollars being generated on SINGLE games, it's staggering. Consider now a published like Activision has dozens in its portfolio.
Look also at the franchise opportunites these games present. The Sims and its add-ons held spots 1, 2, 8, and 9 on the Top Selling U.S. PC Games for the week of January 5th.
In Korea, there's a $300 Million market for cybercafes. What are we spending our money on? Games, apparently.
And consider this: now that Xbox is in the livingroom, there's an entertainment platform ready for expansion in many MANY households now. The industry is only going to grow.
--
For more information on modular robots, and the 1993 research done at Stanford University on polypod, the bot that preceeded Xerox PARC's polybot, visit The Edge Report, which has posted a brief follow-up to the Slashdot article.
Direct link to the story is:
http://www.edgereport.com/article.php?sid=138
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Typically, restrictive covenants apply to employees who leave to start similar businesses. The rules are pretty straightforward as to what you can, must, cannot, and must not do. A few guidelines:
1. Establish the time period covered, both during and after employment;
2. Identify the "protectable interest" which the document is meant to protect such as "trade secrets," technology, methods, customer lists or other proprietary information;
3. Identify an activity to be restricted, or alternatively, the geographic restriction (or alternatively the customer/route restriction);
4. Set forth the "reasonable" and "necessary" reasons for the covenant (e.g. protecting trade secrets developed at considerable expense which provide the employer with a competitive edge over others in the field);
5. Be signed by both the employee and the employer;
6. Be dated; and
7. Be periodically updated as required by changing circumstances.
But absolutely DO NOT trample first-amendment rights. That's ALWAYS a no-no!
--
The Edge Report has posted an interesting article talking about the national security implications of closed source software. While the infiltration of Microsoft by Al Qaeda may have been only a rumor, the article explores a world where this could happen. And guess what? We're living in it. What exactly is in the Microsoft Windows code? Who knows? It closes with a powerful statement: "Closed source software vendors, in the name of National Security: Open your Code!".
http://www.edgereport.com/article.php?sid=135
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Here's a link to an article about the Hammer, and AMD's proposed server strategy, as explained at LinuxWorld Expo in NYC 2002.
http://www.edgereport.com/article.php?sid=133
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Yeah, sure, we're online. But how safe are most of the schmucks running M$ products? The Edge Report has posted an interesting article talking about the national security implications of closed source software. While the infiltration of Microsoft by Al Qaeda may have been only a rumor, the article explores a world where this could happen. And guess what? We're living in it. It closes with a powerful statement: "Closed source software vendors, in the name of National Security: Open your Code!".
http://www.edgereport.com/article.php?sid=135
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We might be able to learn from this example. Along these lines, The Edge Report has posted an interesting article talking about the national security implications of closed source software. While the infiltration of Microsoft by Al Qaeda may have been only a rumor, the article explores a world where this could happen. And guess what? We're living in it. It closes with a powerful statement: "Closed source software vendors, in the name of National Security: Open your Code!".
http://www.edgereport.com/article.php?sid=135
--
Absolutely agreed. Along these lines, The Edge Report has posted an interesting article talking about the national security implications of closed source software. While the infiltration of Microsoft by Al Qaeda may have been only a rumor, the article explores a world where this could happen. And guess what? We're living in it. It closes with a powerful statement: "Closed source software vendors, in the name of National Security: Open your Code!".
http://www.edgereport.com/article.php?sid=135
--
Along the lines of a different side of the "security" issue, The Edge Report has posted an interesting article talking about the national security implications of closed source software. While the infiltration of Microsoft by Al Qaeda may have been only a rumor, the article explores a world where this could happen. And guess what? We're living in it. It closes with a powerful statement: "Closed source software vendors, in the name of National Security: Open your Code!".
http://www.edgereport.com/article.php?sid=135
--
Here's The Edge Report's last batch of pictures from LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in New York City. Set 6 - Veritas, Intel, hancom (they really like Commander Taco); Set 7 - AMD, Inferno, Linuxfund, Entertainment; Set 8 - Miscellaneous; Set 9 - Miscellaneous, Booth Babes, and New York City.
.orgs, Compaq, fsf, Sun; Set 4 - NuSphere, IBM, Caldera, Dice.com, Sony; Set 5 - Veritas, Sharp, Sun, O'Reilly, and Compaq's Game Show.
Older sets include: Set 1 - Walking in, CA, AMD, Red Hat; Set 2 - Ximian, IBM, Games, "The Tattoo Guy", MandrakeSoft; Set 3 -
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Here's The Edge Report's last batch of pictures from LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in New York City. Set 6 - Veritas, Intel, hancom (they really like Commander Taco); Set 7 - AMD, Inferno, Linuxfund, Entertainment; Set 8 - Miscellaneous; Set 9 - Miscellaneous, Booth Babes, and New York City.
.orgs, Compaq, fsf, Sun; Set 4 - NuSphere, IBM, Caldera, Dice.com, Sony; Set 5 - Veritas, Sharp, Sun, O'Reilly, and Compaq's Game Show.
Older sets include: Set 1 - Walking in, CA, AMD, Red Hat; Set 2 - Ximian, IBM, Games, "The Tattoo Guy", MandrakeSoft; Set 3 -
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Here's The Edge Report's last batch of pictures from LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in New York City. Set 6 - Veritas, Intel, hancom (they really like Commander Taco); Set 7 - AMD, Inferno, Linuxfund, Entertainment; Set 8 - Miscellaneous; Set 9 - Miscellaneous, Booth Babes, and New York City.
.orgs, Compaq, fsf, Sun; Set 4 - NuSphere, IBM, Caldera, Dice.com, Sony; Set 5 - Veritas, Sharp, Sun, O'Reilly, and Compaq's Game Show.
Older sets include: Set 1 - Walking in, CA, AMD, Red Hat; Set 2 - Ximian, IBM, Games, "The Tattoo Guy", MandrakeSoft; Set 3 -
--
Here's The Edge Report's last batch of pictures from LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in New York City. Set 6 - Veritas, Intel, hancom (they really like Commander Taco); Set 7 - AMD, Inferno, Linuxfund, Entertainment; Set 8 - Miscellaneous; Set 9 - Miscellaneous, Booth Babes, and New York City.
.orgs, Compaq, fsf, Sun; Set 4 - NuSphere, IBM, Caldera, Dice.com, Sony; Set 5 - Veritas, Sharp, Sun, O'Reilly, and Compaq's Game Show.
Older sets include: Set 1 - Walking in, CA, AMD, Red Hat; Set 2 - Ximian, IBM, Games, "The Tattoo Guy", MandrakeSoft; Set 3 -
--
Here's The Edge Report's last batch of pictures from LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in New York City. Set 6 - Veritas, Intel, hancom (they really like Commander Taco); Set 7 - AMD, Inferno, Linuxfund, Entertainment; Set 8 - Miscellaneous; Set 9 - Miscellaneous, Booth Babes, and New York City.
.orgs, Compaq, fsf, Sun; Set 4 - NuSphere, IBM, Caldera, Dice.com, Sony; Set 5 - Veritas, Sharp, Sun, O'Reilly, and Compaq's Game Show.
Older sets include: Set 1 - Walking in, CA, AMD, Red Hat; Set 2 - Ximian, IBM, Games, "The Tattoo Guy", MandrakeSoft; Set 3 -
--
The Edge Report has a new batch of pictures from LinuxWorld Expo in New York City. Set 4 - NuSphere, IBM, Caldera, Dice.com, Sony; Set 5 - Veritas, Sharp, Sun, O'Reilly, and Compaq's Game Show.
.orgs, Compaq, fsf, Sun.
The last series were: Set 1 - Walking in, CA, AMD, Red Hat; Set 2 - Ximian, IBM, Games, "The Tattoo Guy", MandrakeSoft; Set 3 -
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The Edge Report has a new batch of pictures from LinuxWorld Expo in New York City. Set 4 - NuSphere, IBM, Caldera, Dice.com, Sony; Set 5 - Veritas, Sharp, Sun, O'Reilly, and Compaq's Game Show.
.orgs, Compaq, fsf, Sun.
The last series were: Set 1 - Walking in, CA, AMD, Red Hat; Set 2 - Ximian, IBM, Games, "The Tattoo Guy", MandrakeSoft; Set 3 -
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The Edge Report has a new batch of pictures from LinuxWorld Expo in New York City. Set 4 - NuSphere, IBM, Caldera, Dice.com, Sony; Set 5 - Veritas, Sharp, Sun, O'Reilly, and Compaq's Game Show.
.orgs, Compaq, fsf, Sun.
The last series were: Set 1 - Walking in, CA, AMD, Red Hat; Set 2 - Ximian, IBM, Games, "The Tattoo Guy", MandrakeSoft; Set 3 -
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The Edge Report has posted a new crop of pictures from the event. Here's a list of all three sets.
Set One
Set Two
Set Three
More sets to come after our photography from today and Friday is processed.
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