I wonder if this push for a price increase is to put a dampner on the existing on-line players as they did with the CARP act a few years ago regarding streaming.
The problem, as the established media companies see things, with these new electronic outlets they have problems excerting their marketing influences to pimp their latest one-hit manufactured artist.
If they can put the breaks on things until *they* control the market then this is better for them. Its not really an issue concering margins as all the big players seem to be reporting big profits.
To an extent a moon shot is an extension of a ballistic missile programme. The space race of the 50's and 60's between the USSR and USA was partly a PR excersice to cover the massive developments needed for intercontinental missle technologies needed to maintain the status in the arms race.
It would be great if all this interest was purely for scientific and discovery purposes, but under the surface of any programme will be a significant component for the development of millitary technology.
I wonder if this push for a price increase is to put a dampner on the existing on-line players as they did with the CARP act a few years ago regarding streaming.
The problem, as the established media companies see things, with these new electronic outlets they have problems excerting their marketing influences to pimp their latest one-hit manufactured artist.
If they can put the breaks on things until *they* control the market then this is better for them. Its not really an issue concering margins as all the big players seem to be reporting big profits.
I think you are mistaken when it comes to bleeping this word, I've never seen this done and I'm British.
For non-US citizens we are somewhat shocked that a country that prides itself on free-speech can allow its television to be so watered down.
What the parent says about beeping is generally true, before 9:00pm all swear words on UK telly are beeped out, often with the mouth pixelated, but afterwards virtually anything goes.
For US TV virtually any form of gun-related violence is fine, but utter one swear word or show any form of sexual behaviour..... FCC gives the smack-down.
It's rather sad that often the US made films we see over hear are the censored versions, it's strange to hear actors shout 'you mummy forgetor', especially when you've seen the original film:)
The idea that we have only five senses comes from ancient times.
This is closer to what we have in the way of senses:
Touch Taste Temperature Time Sight Sound S mell Pressure? Kinasthetic ElectroMagnetic
A lot of the paranormal type things can be explained by the 10th sense, if birds are able to find magnetic north what can more sophisticated organisms detect?
But EM isn't something we directly expreience, so a lot of the BS paranormal stuff could be put down to the fact that we are receiving information from a source we are not fully aware of.
In a recent/. article about HP putting region codes in printer cartridges I suggested people email in complaints, and gave a direct link to Carly's feedback page.
Now I don't think too much credit can be held by one action, but do you think this might have been another round of bad PR she managed to generate for the company, and they finally got pissed at her? I know I sent in a strongly worded complaint about this move to her feedback page.
If it did then this is good, it shows that when there are anough pissed off geeks we can press for changes.....
Trolltech are a great company, and if this move helps spread OpenSource to the Windows platform (by making cross-platform coding easier) and helps promote Qt then this is a win-win all round.
I know some in the F/OSS community are weary of commercial involvement, but the Trolls have proved that they really get the GPL license.
Kudos for removing one of the last things people used to complain about their GUI toolkit, and if you can afford it - buy a license to help them keep going.
and it never occured to you to contact the vendor?
Whilst i can't speak for the article author, sometimes it doesn;t matter even if you do,
Just after the Google Exposes Web Surveillance Cams story a while back I came across a camera in an Airport that was wide open pointing at an area that in the UK would have you almost shot for filming.
I emailed both the airport and TSA to let them know about the security lapse, *nothing was done*. Apart from the auto 'Thanks, well be back in touch' form email I heard nothing back.
Sometimes you need to take these lapses to other outlets to make the point that a lot of times the people in charge of physical security have absolutly no clue about digital security.
So, sometimes the best way to expose this cluelessness is to make it open.
Your interpretation of the situation implies that you agree with the assessment
Nope.
Google is in a position where it needs to be careful regarding the minefield of copyright and trademark rules, world-wide.
What they are doing is the web equivalent of displaying items on the same shelf.
You are aware that some manufacturers control this? There was a case, not too long ago, where Levi's blocked the grey-importation of their jeans by leading UK supermarkets as it didn't fit the brands image to be stocked next to baked beans, they won.
As silly as this is for the consumer, we we are the ones who pay higher prices in the long run, those are the rules.
There are three choices, obey the rules, break the rules or change the rules. Google can only do option one or three.
In other words, google is a free resource and they have no right to bitch about what ads are shown along google searches for their trademark.
Normally I'd agree with you, but companies like Louis Vuitton *really don't care* about the Internet.
Being listed on Google or not will have virtually no impact. They are marketed in all of the high-fashion glossy mags, or seen with movie stars.
Trademark rules state a company *must* inforce its mark, otherwise it risks the term becoming generic, like Hoover, or Xerox.
I don't think Google are deliberatly guilty, the companies taking advantade of the targeted ads are. Perhaps Google just needs to rethink these 'spoiler ads'?
I think you are ignoring who the article author is.
For techies, building your own or going with not so mainstream manufacturers isn't a problem.
But for W. McDonald Buck, retired CTO of World Bank, he wants a big name, 1st tier manufacturer to supply his PC, not Joe Bobs PC Hardware Shack.
The point Buck makes is:
The boxes with Windows are less expensive than the boxes without.
Or to be more accurate:
It looks to me, however, like the Microsoft monopoly has such a stranglehold on the tier 1 manufacturers that it is now not possible for a corporate shopper to save money by avoiding Windows unless they are prepared to go outside the first tier...... Small businesses may buy computers this way if they have or hire somebody tech savvy to help them, but I don't think this is how your average homeowner buys, and I know it isn't how large companies buy.
Which is the main point he makes. The big players, including IBM, are still shills for the Microsoft tax.
Be careful even with warrany repairs. Mi iBook logic board died a few months ago and when I sent the iBook in for repairs it came back with a fubar'd hard drive. Apple UK said tough, it's not covered.
A recent fiasco has been the death of a range of iBook's due to a fault on the logic boards.
The fault has been serious enough for Apple to run a free repair programme, which has just been extended.
There have been a largenumber of complaints about the quality of the iBooks, and a lot of people aren't happy.
I'm less than happy with Apple UK's service after I sent myiBook in for a new board, and when I got it back the HD was dead. Apple UK have said tough about the drive, even though it was damaged whilst in for repairs.
Although they make some *really* nice kit, having been bitten by their Customer Support I think I'll go elsewhere for hardware, as you are locked into them.
You may make the same argument about the popularity of the Walkman range, they were popular because of the availability of unathorised copies of tapes and CD's.
Actually it's nothing to do about keeping prices lower in the US, it's about screwing others outside the US due to the exchange rate.
This is equvalent to DVD region coding, which benefits the studios, not the consumer. This move only benefits HP, the customers are done out of pocket regardless where they are.
Would you be happy to sit by if the exchange rate was reversed and it was a lot cheaper to import cartriges from the EU? Nope, you'd be (rightly) shouting your head off for a trade embargo!
Try and think beyond the "I'm all right Jack" mentality as these kind of lock-in technologies do not discriminate who they rip off and next time it could be you.
Gates, and Balmer, needs to keep the stock price moving up. And as "market leaders" there are more eyes on them than others. As soon as companies like Apple appear, to the street, to be making inroads into the mindshare we could reach the tipping-point where MSFT starts to fall fast.
The thing is, this price-point is to a real extent set by the record companies themselves.
It isn't in their collective interets to use new technologies to reduce costs (as often happens in other sectors) as this lowers the barriers for others to enter the marketplace.
Slashdot Mirror
So, might as well post my old comment.
I wonder if this push for a price increase is to put a dampner on the existing on-line players as they did with the CARP act a few years ago regarding streaming.
The problem, as the established media companies see things, with these new electronic outlets they have problems excerting their marketing influences to pimp their latest one-hit manufactured artist.
If they can put the breaks on things until *they* control the market then this is better for them. Its not really an issue concering margins as all the big players seem to be reporting big profits.
To an extent a moon shot is an extension of a ballistic missile programme. The space race of the 50's and 60's between the USSR and USA was partly a PR excersice to cover the massive developments needed for intercontinental missle technologies needed to maintain the status in the arms race.
It would be great if all this interest was purely for scientific and discovery purposes, but under the surface of any programme will be a significant component for the development of millitary technology.
The problem, as the established media companies see things, with these new electronic outlets they have problems excerting their marketing influences to pimp their latest one-hit manufactured artist.
If they can put the breaks on things until *they* control the market then this is better for them. Its not really an issue concering margins as all the big players seem to be reporting big profits.
I think you are mistaken when it comes to bleeping this word, I've never seen this done and I'm British.
:)
For non-US citizens we are somewhat shocked that a country that prides itself on free-speech can allow its television to be so watered down.
What the parent says about beeping is generally true, before 9:00pm all swear words on UK telly are beeped out, often with the mouth pixelated, but afterwards virtually anything goes.
For US TV virtually any form of gun-related violence is fine, but utter one swear word or show any form of sexual behaviour..... FCC gives the smack-down.
It's rather sad that often the US made films we see over hear are the censored versions, it's strange to hear actors shout 'you mummy forgetor', especially when you've seen the original film
The idea that we have only five senses comes from ancient times.
S mell
This is closer to what we have in the way of senses:
Touch
Taste
Temperature
Time
Sight
Sound
Pressure?
Kinasthetic
ElectroMagnetic
A lot of the paranormal type things can be explained by the 10th sense, if birds are able to find magnetic north what can more sophisticated organisms detect?
But EM isn't something we directly expreience, so a lot of the BS paranormal stuff could be put down to the fact that we are receiving information from a source we are not fully aware of.
Now I don't think too much credit can be held by one action, but do you think this might have been another round of bad PR she managed to generate for the company, and they finally got pissed at her? I know I sent in a strongly worded complaint about this move to her feedback page.
If it did then this is good, it shows that when there are anough pissed off geeks we can press for changes.....
Trolltech are a great company, and if this move helps spread OpenSource to the Windows platform (by making cross-platform coding easier) and helps promote Qt then this is a win-win all round.
I know some in the F/OSS community are weary of commercial involvement, but the Trolls have proved that they really get the GPL license.
Kudos for removing one of the last things people used to complain about their GUI toolkit, and if you can afford it - buy a license to help them keep going.
Whilst i can't speak for the article author, sometimes it doesn;t matter even if you do,
Just after the Google Exposes Web Surveillance Cams story a while back I came across a camera in an Airport that was wide open pointing at an area that in the UK would have you almost shot for filming.
I emailed both the airport and TSA to let them know about the security lapse, *nothing was done*. Apart from the auto 'Thanks, well be back in touch' form email I heard nothing back.
Sometimes you need to take these lapses to other outlets to make the point that a lot of times the people in charge of physical security have absolutly no clue about digital security.
So, sometimes the best way to expose this cluelessness is to make it open.
Nope.
Google is in a position where it needs to be careful regarding the minefield of copyright and trademark rules, world-wide.
What they are doing is the web equivalent of displaying items on the same shelf.
You are aware that some manufacturers control this? There was a case, not too long ago, where Levi's blocked the grey-importation of their jeans by leading UK supermarkets as it didn't fit the brands image to be stocked next to baked beans, they won.
As silly as this is for the consumer, we we are the ones who pay higher prices in the long run, those are the rules.
There are three choices, obey the rules, break the rules or change the rules. Google can only do option one or three.
I'd like them to go with option three.
Normally I'd agree with you, but companies like Louis Vuitton *really don't care* about the Internet.
Being listed on Google or not will have virtually no impact. They are marketed in all of the high-fashion glossy mags, or seen with movie stars.
Trademark rules state a company *must* inforce its mark, otherwise it risks the term becoming generic, like Hoover, or Xerox.
I don't think Google are deliberatly guilty, the companies taking advantade of the targeted ads are. Perhaps Google just needs to rethink these 'spoiler ads'?
I think you are ignoring who the article author is.
For techies, building your own or going with not so mainstream manufacturers isn't a problem.
But for W. McDonald Buck, retired CTO of World Bank, he wants a big name, 1st tier manufacturer to supply his PC, not Joe Bobs PC Hardware Shack.
The point Buck makes is:
The boxes with Windows are less expensive than the boxes without.
Or to be more accurate:
It looks to me, however, like the Microsoft monopoly has such a stranglehold on the tier 1 manufacturers that it is now not possible for a corporate shopper to save money by avoiding Windows unless they are prepared to go outside the first tier...... Small businesses may buy computers this way if they have or hire somebody tech savvy to help them, but I don't think this is how your average homeowner buys, and I know it isn't how large companies buy.
Which is the main point he makes. The big players, including IBM, are still shills for the Microsoft tax.
Be careful even with warrany repairs. Mi iBook logic board died a few months ago and when I sent the iBook in for repairs it came back with a fubar'd hard drive. Apple UK said tough, it's not covered.
This incident has put me right off Apple.
The fault has been serious enough for Apple to run a free repair programme, which has just been extended.
There have been a large number of complaints about the quality of the iBooks, and a lot of people aren't happy.
I'm less than happy with Apple UK's service after I sent myiBook in for a new board, and when I got it back the HD was dead. Apple UK have said tough about the drive, even though it was damaged whilst in for repairs.
Although they make some *really* nice kit, having been bitten by their Customer Support I think I'll go elsewhere for hardware, as you are locked into them.
1 Gig RAM is showing up at £561.53 and the combo WiFI and Bluetooth kit is £103.88.
These prices are way out, be careful if you are placing an order!
You may make the same argument about the popularity of the Walkman range, they were popular because of the availability of unathorised copies of tapes and CD's.
Actually it's nothing to do about keeping prices lower in the US, it's about screwing others outside the US due to the exchange rate.
This is equvalent to DVD region coding, which benefits the studios, not the consumer. This move only benefits HP, the customers are done out of pocket regardless where they are.
Would you be happy to sit by if the exchange rate was reversed and it was a lot cheaper to import cartriges from the EU? Nope, you'd be (rightly) shouting your head off for a trade embargo!
Try and think beyond the "I'm all right Jack" mentality as these kind of lock-in technologies do not discriminate who they rip off and next time it could be you.
Email regarding advertising (marketing people will take notice about bad PR).. html
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/hpads/contactus
Email Carly (probably /dev/null but you never know).
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http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/execteam/email/fiorina/i
Don't thow up at the same time as shooting, it will spoil your aim.
I feel a great disturbance in the force..... It's as if a million bloggers cried out all at once..... and became silent.
And as you say, comparing MS to Apple over the same period shows Apple romping ahead.
Gates, and Balmer, needs to keep the stock price moving up. And as "market leaders" there are more eyes on them than others. As soon as companies like Apple appear, to the street, to be making inroads into the mindshare we could reach the tipping-point where MSFT starts to fall fast.
They've been around for a few years now. Companies like Metal Storm have their own smart handgun as well as their more well known technology.
*****
:)
It's easy to remember
IBM to give free access to 500 patents
CNet
And others
The thing is, this price-point is to a real extent set by the record companies themselves.
It isn't in their collective interets to use new technologies to reduce costs (as often happens in other sectors) as this lowers the barriers for others to enter the marketplace.
16/Yes Please!/Anywhere!!1one!