See if this shortened version makes any more sense. This version should contain 66% fewer words.
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But with to for processing, was to. In, all sudden, your out blue yellow.
This one-time film film business 8-station in four.
If find film, offered year, it a. I and Nikon one back F lines, will. The in one-use will be one-shots christmas, probably order gas bottles. Pay front, swap for this full.
Glorious photography, dip to developer, it's.
Wow! I bet it will take AOL at least a month to fill that space.
Seriously though, as with other things cheaper technology makes new things possible. There was a time when marketing via telephone was prohibitively expensive, now it is very inexpensive (do not call lists notwithstanding).
If this technology catches on I'm sure the marketing department will see to it we all get tons of crap we don't necessarily want.
Have you even seen the current edition? Fair to say it is a bit of a departure from their standard format, and IMHO is hilarious on so many levels. In many ways a biting sarcasm of where we are (okay, might be) headed given policies of the current US administration.
If there is a power outage, then it comes down to whom they can blame.
I think this is my favorite part. SOP is to appoint a panel and narrowly define their charge. Extra points if the committee doesn't have subpoena power.
After a year or so, the panel finds that no single person is to blame, and that the "culture" needs to change. They write a report. Maybe people read it. The report goes on a shelf. Nobody loses their job. Eventually, things will hit the fan again and a new panel can be appointed. Witness the Challenger and Columbia reports.
The 9/11 panel is one of the few to have any kind of follow through, and they are doing on their own.
I think you're semi-joking, but this does make me wonder. Why not just write the passwords on a new bill (whatever denomination, lower is probably better) and spend the $50.
Maybe I'm being naive, but assuming the bill was spent at a relatively high-volume location (e.g., gas station, grocery store), the bill would circulate and within a few hours would be difficult to trace back to you or I. So it has a password on it...without a corresponding user name a link to specific system (e.g., web site) I can't see this does much good. The password could be to a bank account or to a zip file on some hard drive. Even if it is found and could be linked back to a given user, the user could have changed their password in the mean time.
In many ways, this is analgous to finding a key in the street. What is anyone really going to do with it? Start looking for locks and trying the key in every lock?
I have a laptop computer from Ohio Arts, but every time I turn it upside down the screen goes blank. I also wish it had a keyboard...it isn't easy trying to factor large numbers with just the two knobs.
He also says that he doesn't think Microsoft should be involved in most public policy issues.
Sorry Steve, but social responsibility is part of running a business. This is especially true for monopolies. Also interesting that they are willing to stake out the moral ground when it comes to intellectual property and freedom to innovate, but lack courage/conviction when it comes to other issues.
Bet me it won't. We were supposed to use the shuttle to get to Skylab, but we were a little late there. We're currently not using the shuttle to get to Hubble and fix it/push it around.
I don't know if this will catch on or not, and I don't really care.
What bugs me about this is that MS is the largest software company in the world, with a huge research budget, and one of their best ideas is to come up with an alternative to existing de jure standard. Is this really the best use of R & D resources?
Come on people, there are real and interesting problems to be solved in software development and usability...use your powers for good.
IANADoDPS (I Am Not A Department of Defense Procurement Specialist), but as far as I know General Dynamics was the orginal contractor for the F-16, even dating back to the YF-16 days. Rockwell's big project at the time was the on-again/off-again B-1 bomber.
I actually saw one of these last night...a semi-transparent graphic that was displayed when I fast-forwarded through the commercials on "24". It wasn't as annoying as I thought it would be, but at the same time I don't remember what movie they were promoting.
First, awesomely thoughtful, insightful, and informative post.
I can see how the cost might not be $1.00 per show, but shouldn't it be less than or equal to to the $4.00 or $5.00 Blockbuster charges for a movie rental?
Also, wouldn't it be possible for a new series to be developed that bypasses the studio altogether? What would prevent Bad Robot (production house behind Alias and Lost) from maintaining the production rights and distributing via Tivo or DirectTV without going through one of the traditional networks? Networks were great when you needed a transmitter in each market in order to broadcast your programming, but it seems that technology has evolved such that traditional networks *could* be made irrelevant.
Is Kyoto the solution? Almost certainly not. It is better than doing nothing, in the sense that other countries can sign on at a later date, and it paves the way for more aggressive targets down the road. The important thing is to get started and set aside all the FUD & hype about how "Kyoto countries" will collapse.
Your way makes a ton (tonne?) of sense, and I don't know why we in the US don't do things that way. It has been said that the best tax code is one that is simple and stable, and it seems that ship sailed a long time ago as far as the US is concerned. Not only does the code change from year to year, there are also at least three levels (local, state, federal), and the code changes at each level every year. I would much prefer a simple tax on everything (similar to the one you describe), since it is generally more efficient that the curent patchwork. Think about the time and effort that went in to the subpoena effort, the collection effort, the ensuing court cases, yada yada yada. Simplifying the tax code would mean that states and municipalties would get their money, and efforts such as this tax collection scheme could be redirected to "real" crimes.
Whenever I hear that it will be "expensive" to meet the targets set forth in the Kyoto accord I wonder if people made the same argument against factories in the late 1800's. Sure, it was a lot of work to shift to an industrial economy, but in the end what we have is (usually) more efficient than the previous model. Likewise, it was expensive to set up lines of communication that basically cover the globe, but this has created whole new economic sectors and enabled dramatic increases in productivity. Who knows what innovations we will see as a result of research and development associated with a "cleaner" economy. In some ways becoming "cleaner" is much like space exploration...is it expensive? Yes. Is it beneficial? Yes. Can we enumerate all the benefits at the outset? Probably not. Should we do it? Yes.
why wouldn't these companies go after the cell phone providers instead?
I think the reason you don't see more of this is that there have been similar mergers that worked out poorly for all involved. I think IBM & Rolm may be the most relevant example, although the whole Time Warner/AOL/Turner fiasco is similar. Qualcomm used to make a Palm-based smartphone and sold it to Kyocera, and I don't think it has been heard from since.
I'm not saying it wouldn't be a good idea for Apple or others to try this, but I think there is such a poor track record of mergers among companies that tried to get into the hardware telephony business that this would be a tough sell.
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See if this shortened version makes any more sense. This version should contain 66% fewer words.
The happened film news 1978 minicams started, and saying both. We color the I splash the drain. frezzolini their would controlled to that know of pack. But with to for processing, was to. In, all sudden, your out blue yellow. This one-time film film business 8-station in four. If find film, offered year, it a. I and Nikon one back F lines, will. The in one-use will be one-shots christmas, probably order gas bottles. Pay front, swap for this full. Glorious photography, dip to developer, it's.I think you mean 43.
I think you mis-spelled, "This one time, in band camp...."
20 billion of these discs
Wow! I bet it will take AOL at least a month to fill that space.
Seriously though, as with other things cheaper technology makes new things possible. There was a time when marketing via telephone was prohibitively expensive, now it is very inexpensive (do not call lists notwithstanding).
If this technology catches on I'm sure the marketing department will see to it we all get tons of crap we don't necessarily want.
The trip back, priceless
Why not just make smoke detectors with better batteries?
Is it seriously the case that the most efficient smoke detector design needs a new 1960s-era battery once a year?
They just did:
CNN has an interesting article about the just-released Windows XP N....
Have you even seen the current edition? Fair to say it is a bit of a departure from their standard format, and IMHO is hilarious on so many levels. In many ways a biting sarcasm of where we are (okay, might be) headed given policies of the current US administration.
I think this is my favorite part. SOP is to appoint a panel and narrowly define their charge. Extra points if the committee doesn't have subpoena power.
After a year or so, the panel finds that no single person is to blame, and that the "culture" needs to change. They write a report. Maybe people read it. The report goes on a shelf. Nobody loses their job. Eventually, things will hit the fan again and a new panel can be appointed. Witness the Challenger and Columbia reports.
The 9/11 panel is one of the few to have any kind of follow through, and they are doing on their own.
I think you're semi-joking, but this does make me wonder. Why not just write the passwords on a new bill (whatever denomination, lower is probably better) and spend the $50.
Maybe I'm being naive, but assuming the bill was spent at a relatively high-volume location (e.g., gas station, grocery store), the bill would circulate and within a few hours would be difficult to trace back to you or I. So it has a password on it...without a corresponding user name a link to specific system (e.g., web site) I can't see this does much good. The password could be to a bank account or to a zip file on some hard drive. Even if it is found and could be linked back to a given user, the user could have changed their password in the mean time.
In many ways, this is analgous to finding a key in the street. What is anyone really going to do with it? Start looking for locks and trying the key in every lock?
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I have a laptop computer from Ohio Arts, but every time I turn it upside down the screen goes blank. I also wish it had a keyboard...it isn't easy trying to factor large numbers with just the two knobs.
Sorry Steve, but social responsibility is part of running a business. This is especially true for monopolies. Also interesting that they are willing to stake out the moral ground when it comes to intellectual property and freedom to innovate, but lack courage/conviction when it comes to other issues.
Bet me it won't. We were supposed to use the shuttle to get to Skylab, but we were a little late there. We're currently not using the shuttle to get to Hubble and fix it/push it around.
No reason to think anything will be different now
Since when is credibility important in news?
I don't know if this will catch on or not, and I don't really care.
What bugs me about this is that MS is the largest software company in the world, with a huge research budget, and one of their best ideas is to come up with an alternative to existing de jure standard. Is this really the best use of R & D resources?
Come on people, there are real and interesting problems to be solved in software development and usability...use your powers for good.
Don't like the price? Get charged with felony in California and you can get your DNA sampled for free (as in nothing left to lose) .
IANADoDPS (I Am Not A Department of Defense Procurement Specialist), but as far as I know General Dynamics was the orginal contractor for the F-16, even dating back to the YF-16 days. Rockwell's big project at the time was the on-again/off-again B-1 bomber.
I actually saw one of these last night...a semi-transparent graphic that was displayed when I fast-forwarded through the commercials on "24". It wasn't as annoying as I thought it would be, but at the same time I don't remember what movie they were promoting.
First, awesomely thoughtful, insightful, and informative post.
I can see how the cost might not be $1.00 per show, but shouldn't it be less than or equal to to the $4.00 or $5.00 Blockbuster charges for a movie rental?
Also, wouldn't it be possible for a new series to be developed that bypasses the studio altogether? What would prevent Bad Robot (production house behind Alias and Lost) from maintaining the production rights and distributing via Tivo or DirectTV without going through one of the traditional networks? Networks were great when you needed a transmitter in each market in order to broadcast your programming, but it seems that technology has evolved such that traditional networks *could* be made irrelevant.
Over the years I've recorded several minutes of silence. I guess I can finally start collecting copyright fees. Yipee!
Either some has meaning or it does not.
Is Kyoto the solution? Almost certainly not. It is better than doing nothing, in the sense that other countries can sign on at a later date, and it paves the way for more aggressive targets down the road. The important thing is to get started and set aside all the FUD & hype about how "Kyoto countries" will collapse.
Your way makes a ton (tonne?) of sense, and I don't know why we in the US don't do things that way.
It has been said that the best tax code is one that is simple and stable, and it seems that ship sailed a long time ago as far as the US is concerned. Not only does the code change from year to year, there are also at least three levels (local, state, federal), and the code changes at each level every year.
I would much prefer a simple tax on everything (similar to the one you describe), since it is generally more efficient that the curent patchwork. Think about the time and effort that went in to the subpoena effort, the collection effort, the ensuing court cases, yada yada yada. Simplifying the tax code would mean that states and municipalties would get their money, and efforts such as this tax collection scheme could be redirected to "real" crimes.
Whenever I hear that it will be "expensive" to meet the targets set forth in the Kyoto accord I wonder if people made the same argument against factories in the late 1800's. Sure, it was a lot of work to shift to an industrial economy, but in the end what we have is (usually) more efficient than the previous model. Likewise, it was expensive to set up lines of communication that basically cover the globe, but this has created whole new economic sectors and enabled dramatic increases in productivity. Who knows what innovations we will see as a result of research and development associated with a "cleaner" economy.
In some ways becoming "cleaner" is much like space exploration...is it expensive? Yes. Is it beneficial? Yes. Can we enumerate all the benefits at the outset? Probably not. Should we do it? Yes.
I think the reason you don't see more of this is that there have been similar mergers that worked out poorly for all involved. I think IBM & Rolm may be the most relevant example, although the whole Time Warner/AOL/Turner fiasco is similar. Qualcomm used to make a Palm-based smartphone and sold it to Kyocera, and I don't think it has been heard from since.
I'm not saying it wouldn't be a good idea for Apple or others to try this, but I think there is such a poor track record of mergers among companies that tried to get into the hardware telephony business that this would be a tough sell.