But if that's how i want to run my business, then who has the right to tell me otherwise?
The plain and simple reason is that MS can be (is) concidered a monopoly.
The legal demands on monopolies is (have to be) stronger than on smaller players.
I'm not misinformed, my perspective was mainly from a European point of view.
But neither in the US there seems to be a nation-wide rule to where the Segway can be used.
I fully agree the machine is fun but I was commenting on the horrible preparations of the market place by the 'Oh So Successful' marketing team.
And you'll probably agree it'll never work to mix it in on downtown sidewalks.
The biggest problem with contraptions like the Segway is the classification.
It's near impossible to (safely) classify it as a motor vehicle for road use and because of the engine it can never be used on a walkway.
If the manufacturer had put some of the commercial money in attempts to get it legally accepted they might have had a chance.
In Europe it's for all purpose banned from public roads or sidewalks, you can only run it on private property.
One of the few examples where it is used is by security personnel at Amsterdam airport, a private property.
The disabled prefer a little scooter so they can sit.
I don't know the answer to, "should we expect more crime?" because of the internet.
I do, there'll be less random crime 'cause of the better intelligence.
Modern internet enabled crime will be properly targetted, just the way the Il Capo di Capi always wanted it.
The trigger happy Slashdotters that recommend fake or real indications of arms in the house will be pleased to note that your local criminal is thankful for the warning and bring his own armor.
demand true equality in civil services and protection in poor neighborhoods/regions
We recently had two separate visitors, one a professor from New Jersey, the other a businessman from South Africa.
Whenever a car would drive by our house in the woods or the postman would come up the driveway they'd jump; "someone is there!", "what do they want of us?".
For us it'll be the neighbour, passer by's or indeed the postman, for them they were a potential threat.
The thought of going into town by bus scared the shit out of them; "what kind of people are on it?"
When we went by car they wanted the doors locked, we consider it odd to lock an occupied car, they they feel exposed.
Now who is living in a civilised country/society, us in Europe or them in SA or the USA?
Private input into the space industry is an inevitable part of it's future.
Finding of risk capital for novel ideas is possibly their biggest asset compared to traditional government projects.
But I somewhat less impressed by all the (tm) stuff in the Bigelow website; the phrases 'Fly your stuff', 'Out there', 'Life and death', 'By your command' and 'Multiverse' are now trade marks???
Just imagine Columbus having trademarked things like 'Go west' or 'The world is round'.
When this is the stuff that makes a commercial success of what so far primarily has been an engineering challenge I get suspicious.
It's bad enough one word can have dozens of meanings, but then you have cases like: Weigh, way, and whey.
Of course there's an elegant solution, get back to the original pronounciation of these words.
English once sounded like it's now written and that's how it's ment to be!
I wonder, do you think that some day television channels will be replaced by URLs of some sort?
In Europe they are; CNN = CNN, BCC 1 = BBC 1, RTL 2 = RTL 2.
Has nothing to do with the channel = frequency that' s being used in a particular place or by a particular cable company.
I understand there are still some old-time local stations in the US that go by names like "Channel 9", but they are local stations (and often have a new UHF frequency anyway).
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The US has strong armed most trading partners into adopting similar legislation.
It's usually not quite as brass as the original.
For example, over in the UK and here in Holland it's quite common to find large advertisements for 'Region Free' DVD players. Cable and digital broadcasters sell TIVO like recorders and advertise all these things that are so useful and forbidden in the US.
A different matter is that US customs would confiscate anything that would not comply with local laws, would the importer/ retailer still try he'd be liable.
The exeption is software, as it's very difficult to stop it at the border you will find US citisen using software that's only free outside of the USofA.
but if they are in the netherlands now, what is to stop the dutch police from doing the same thing?
The law.
And historical lessons, they show Dutch police first collects evidence with the aid of good old 'dd'.
Meaning generaly they leave the computers, servers and desktops, running untill at a later time the collected evidence could be used to actually shut down the operation being investigated.
'Just' a complaint from a private party is not enough to get an immediate shut down.
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The plain and simple reason is that MS can be (is) concidered a monopoly.
The legal demands on monopolies is (have to be) stronger than on smaller players.
Tibet, anyone?
The "from someone I trust" was in the context of this thread quite insightful.
1/2 a mile (800 yards) to the shop and you need a taxi??
Man I know many of us are lard-assed hackers but this explains why!
Of course a top managers knows best how to delegate :)
But neither in the US there seems to be a nation-wide rule to where the Segway can be used.
I fully agree the machine is fun but I was commenting on the horrible preparations of the market place by the 'Oh So Successful' marketing team.
And you'll probably agree it'll never work to mix it in on downtown sidewalks.
It's near impossible to (safely) classify it as a motor vehicle for road use and because of the engine it can never be used on a walkway.
If the manufacturer had put some of the commercial money in attempts to get it legally accepted they might have had a chance.
In Europe it's for all purpose banned from public roads or sidewalks, you can only run it on private property.
One of the few examples where it is used is by security personnel at Amsterdam airport, a private property.
The disabled prefer a little scooter so they can sit.
I do, there'll be less random crime 'cause of the better intelligence.
Modern internet enabled crime will be properly targetted, just the way the Il Capo di Capi always wanted it.
The trigger happy Slashdotters that recommend fake or real indications of arms in the house will be pleased to note that your local criminal is thankful for the warning and bring his own armor.
Well, did you?
You seem to forget most civilisations don't recognise software patents.
Did you miss that this article is directed at the leadership of small businesses?
Bill and Steve have nothing to do with it.
Surely this is different to (I quote a CIC) 'the next terrer act'?
Let me single handedly compensate for that flaw :)
We recently had two separate visitors, one a professor from New Jersey, the other a businessman from South Africa.
Whenever a car would drive by our house in the woods or the postman would come up the driveway they'd jump; "someone is there!", "what do they want of us?".
For us it'll be the neighbour, passer by's or indeed the postman, for them they were a potential threat.
The thought of going into town by bus scared the shit out of them; "what kind of people are on it?"
When we went by car they wanted the doors locked, we consider it odd to lock an occupied car, they they feel exposed.
Now who is living in a civilised country/society, us in Europe or them in SA or the USA?
We claim Prior Art for The old "it's not a bug, it's a feature" ploy.
Please contact our legal department.
Private input into the space industry is an inevitable part of it's future.
Finding of risk capital for novel ideas is possibly their biggest asset compared to traditional government projects.
But I somewhat less impressed by all the (tm) stuff in the Bigelow website; the phrases 'Fly your stuff', 'Out there', 'Life and death', 'By your command' and 'Multiverse' are now trade marks???
Just imagine Columbus having trademarked things like 'Go west' or 'The world is round'.
When this is the stuff that makes a commercial success of what so far primarily has been an engineering challenge I get suspicious.
Maybe this will bring WinFS back on the board...
Not every nerd is born that way, most have a long path to reach their status.
And along the way they have to learn, even if through Slashdot.
Of course there's an elegant solution, get back to the original pronounciation of these words.
English once sounded like it's now written and that's how it's ment to be!
OK, probably never going to happen :)
But if you insist on using IE there'll be no way of avoiding some 'features' like this.
I see you didn't install a google bar.
Worst was it was a collegue's wife that made it...
In Europe they are; CNN = CNN, BCC 1 = BBC 1, RTL 2 = RTL 2.
Has nothing to do with the channel = frequency that' s being used in a particular place or by a particular cable company.
I understand there are still some old-time local stations in the US that go by names like "Channel 9", but they are local stations (and often have a new UHF frequency anyway).
The US has strong armed most trading partners into adopting similar legislation.
It's usually not quite as brass as the original.
For example, over in the UK and here in Holland it's quite common to find large advertisements for 'Region Free' DVD players. Cable and digital broadcasters sell TIVO like recorders and advertise all these things that are so useful and forbidden in the US.
A different matter is that US customs would confiscate anything that would not comply with local laws, would the importer/ retailer still try he'd be liable. The exeption is software, as it's very difficult to stop it at the border you will find US citisen using software that's only free outside of the USofA.
The law.
And historical lessons, they show Dutch police first collects evidence with the aid of good old 'dd'.
Meaning generaly they leave the computers, servers and desktops, running untill at a later time the collected evidence could be used to actually shut down the operation being investigated.
'Just' a complaint from a private party is not enough to get an immediate shut down.