GM will NOT own Ferrari or Maserati. As part of GM's purchase of 20% of Fiat Auto, Fiat SpA has the right to force them to buy the remaining 80% by 2004. This is Fiat Auto ONLY, and does not include any portion of Ferrari/Maserati. GM, however, DOES own Opel, Holden, and Saab, and have stakes in Fuji (Subaru), Isuzu, and Suzuki.
Mercedes does not own Chrysler. Mercedes is a car brand, not a company. Daimler and Chrylser merged, forming Daimler-Chrysler. (Although some would say that this was a diguised Daimler-Benz buyout). They currently have a rather large stake in Mitsubishi, and they have assumed some upper-management control to help Mitsu recover from some of the recall scandals that they have been involved in, but they do not own them. They also have a stake in Hyundai, (they call it "strategic partner"), and they own Smart and Maybach.
Ford has a 25% or so stake in Mazda, and a sizeable portion of Mazda vehicles are rebadged or rebodied Fords. In addition to the others you mentioned, Ford also owns Aston Martin.
In addition to the others, Volkswagen AG also owns Bentley and Skoda. They do not own Rolls Royce, that half of the old Rolls/Bentley was sold to BMW.
BMW owns Mini, and will be assuming control of the Rolls-Royce name in 2003.
Proton owns Lotus.
Renault pretty much owns Nissan, and also has control of Volvo's heavy truck division
I won't even get started on the obvious domestic brands within the larger companies, or the "luxury" wings of the Japanese companies.
There has been a TON of mergers and acquisitions in the car business in the past few years, and that trend will likely continue. However, there are still a bunch of car companies out there that are still "by themselves", like Porsche and Alfa-Romeo. I suppose it remains to be seen whether or not they get snapped up by the big 5 or not,....
Most of the real "performers" as you call them, write and develop their own music. And if you think music isn't art, then I don't think you really know what an artist is.
No, it wasn't. What was declared illegal was the use of their LEGALLY OBTAINED monopoly power to attempt to gain monopoly share in other markets, like the web browser.
Hey, this adds a whole new dimension to the game. How about a DC hooked up to a wireless base station of some sort, hooked up somewhere NEAR a building? If it's not secured properly, all you'd need to do is sniff out the SSID, and you wouldn't even need physical access!
one does not have the right to yell "Fire!" in a crowded theater,....
Okay, let's pick this apart again. Yelling "fire" in a theatre isn't a RIGHTS issue. When you're in a movie theatre, you are on PRIVATE PROPERTY. When you're on private property, you are expected to follow the rules and regulations set forth by those that own that property.
So let's reiterate, bad argument.
As for "hatespeech against the blessed mother", fuck you. People like you are the reason freedom of speech is FIRST on the bill of rights. In the US, I have the right to say "the Virgin Mary is a whore" if I choose to. I could also say that Hitler was right, and blacks should still be slaves. Whether or not you happen to agree is irrelevant, in the US, I still have the right to SAY it.
And for your last point, if I recall correctly, it was deemed legal for the website you mentioned, (it is a website, it lists names and addresses of abortion providers, and gleefully "crosses" them out when the person is killed), to exist, and it's still out there.
I know this is going to sound like a broken record, but do try to be educated if you're going to post. Otherwise, just post as an AC and talk about your poop's odor or something.
They're out there. Most listening booths just have the flavor of the week selections in them, which suxors, but places like Fred Meyer and some Tower stores have the real ones. Only bitch about Fred Meyer is that they forbid listening access to "Explicit" CDs. Nuts to them. I won't buy a CD that I haven't listened to, and I certainly won't pay more than $12 for a single CD. Last NEW CD I bought was Korn, but I only paid $10 for it.
So many people are spouting "support the artist!", that I'll just put my response here:
You want to support the artist? Don't buy the fucking album, GO SEE THEM LIVE. Artists get fuck-all for album sales, unless they're Metallica. They do get a lot of money from shows.
Let's be realistic. I think it's pretty likely that they'll opt for standard-sized CD's that will hold 27GB of data. They're just demonstrating that they could make something that small that holds that much data IF THEY WANTED TO. When you get right down to it, this is more a "DVD2" standard than anything else.
This is a nice theory you have there, but it only works if there's other businesses to compete for your money. If the industry is controlled by a few huge players, they don't care what the consumers think, because there isn't anywhere else to go. When was the last time you got good customer service from "the" phone company?
Since I've actually done this before, I've got some other things you need to look at.
1. Proper coverage. There's lots of nasty things in apartment buildings that block signals, or attenuate it to the point where the connections get really lossy. You'll have to blanket the hell out of the area to get reliable connectivity, and then you'll run in to crosstalk problems.
2. Using a wireless solution will also mean an increase in latency. This will give people problems when playing online games.
3. Quality of equipment. I'm sure you've thought about this already, but while Linksys and most of the other wireless vendors are great for peer-to-peer wireless, they're going to suck for the kind of solution you want. I'd suggest Cisco or Lucent.
4. Expect problems. We attempted several wireless-to-desktop solutions, and none of them worked very well. We ended up scrapping them in favor of either wireless backbone, or trenching cable. It's also a real pain in the ass to do reliable wireless to a large area over public band, since there's so many things that operate in there and there's so many restrictions on how high you can boost the power on your signal.
As you mentioned, interference is a major problem. You'll run in to all sorts of stuff that'll kill the signal.
If what you want is good, fast service, you've got a couple of options. Personally, I'd scrap the wireless-to-desktop idea entirely, and run a dsl-over-telco solution, and stick the dslam for the DSL in the telco room. This will prevent people from stealing service, since you can have direct control over what ports are active. This is only really viable if you have a central demarc for all the phone lines on the property. An option if you don't have a central demark is to either run your own home runs to create a demarc (trenching cable is cheap, in most cases cheaper than the wireless solution would cost). You can then patch the wires that you had run on to the existing lines in each building, and get the service going that way. Another option is to mount mini-dslams at each building at the phone terminals (I know Tut Systems, for one, makes these), and run either an ethernet or wireless backbone to a central point where you have the uplink circuit.
Yes, but Netcape was free, and a piece of crap, BEFORE AOL bought it. They have since failed to do anything really meaningful with it that would draw customers away from IE. (Remember, if you want to take customers away from a competitor, you need BETTER, not just as good as). Why should Microsoft be forced to pay for AOL's bad business decisions?
This is rediculous! When I pay for music, I want to OWN the cd i paid for.
Who in their right mind would pay to rent a cd when they can buy it and own it forever? I know that when I go to blockbuster to pick up a DVD, i sure as hell won't buy it afterwards unless it's REALLY good.
Don't you get it? This is likely going to fail. They WANT this to fail. When it fails, they can turn around and say: "See, no one on this Inter-web wants to pay for music. They're all pirates. We need more laws to protect our interlectual property, and keep the evil hackers from stealing our music. Oh, and we're doing this to protect the ARTISTS." We all know by now that DVD region-coding, the DMCA, safeaudio, and all the crap has absolutely NOTHING to do with preventing piracy. It's all about controlling content. They want you to pay for the CD, pay again for the Mp3, and KEEP paying to make sure all of it works longer than a month.
I work for a DSL provider that just got started up again, and I think this is pretty damn funny, especially considering we've had several customers go to Cox and AT&T because "your prices are too high". I bet they're kicking themselves now, especially considering that AT&T is raising subscriber costs starting in January, even if they can get it working.
At least on the IOS systems, if you don't specify a password on vty 0 4, it won't let you telnet in to the router. Specifically, you'll get the following error "Password required, but none set". This will have no effect on the console port.
However, I've never looked at the command structure for a 675, so I don't know if it's the same. You could try removing the password, and quickly try to telnet to it to see if that works,...
Technically, I'd be violating the DMCA, not the UCITA. I guess I'll just have to inform my jury about "Jury Nullification" if/when I get put in to prison for it.
Reverse-engineering is outlawed in the DMCA, not UCITA. The UCITA just prevents you from selling OR GIVING AWAY software when you don't use it anymore, prevents you from getting your money back if they release a shitty product, and gives them the right to disable your software remotely for whatever reason turns them on. No big deal.
I for one, am going to buy a legal copy of "XP" (shudder, someone tell MS to get the D&D'ers out of marketing!) and then crack the authorization.
Why? The big reason is that this kind of stuff pisses me off. It's a real hassle for me to have bother with calling the nimrods at MS tech support (speaking from experience, I used to work in PSS) every time I make a "major" hardware change, (which is often), and prove to them that it's a "legit" copy. I fdisk and reformat every 2 or 3 months for God's sake! If they have a problem with that, whatever.
What is it with calling it Windows XP? What's next, Microsoft Outlook +3, trojan-slaying? (It's not a memory-leak, it's a "bag of holding"!) Where does the madness end?
Cisco should already have IPv6 support. (Don't quote me though, I remember seeing cisco boxes running it, but not recently enough to point at one). Microsoft already supports IPv6 through an extention to the protocol. There's a "developer" version available for W2K somewhere on the website, and Whistler (XP) has it built-in.
IP6 is basically an extension on IP4 anyway, as far as IP addresses are concerned, so the old IP addresses are still valid and recognized under IPv6.
It will get a push here REAL soon, as the v4 pool is getting really short, and with all the consumer devices flooding the market now that are Internet ready. NAT is helping bridge the gap right now between supply and demand on v4 IP's, but NAT sucks.
You have a good point here. Keep in mind, all the developers that have taken a look at the XBox code base have had nothing but good things to say about writing games for it. Compare that to the PS2, which has been described as being a "nightmare" to code for, and that's the nicest description I've heard.
No, they're simply doing their standard usability testing. It's not just "big" projects, like IE, Office, or Windows, they've also done this same thing for hardware products, games, and especially the multimedia titles (i.e.: encarta). Stop talking about things you know nothing about.
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Of course, doing what you suggest is now illegal, thanks to the DMCA.
GM will NOT own Ferrari or Maserati. As part of GM's purchase of 20% of Fiat Auto, Fiat SpA has the right to force them to buy the remaining 80% by 2004. This is Fiat Auto ONLY, and does not include any portion of Ferrari/Maserati. GM, however, DOES own Opel, Holden, and Saab, and have stakes in Fuji (Subaru), Isuzu, and Suzuki.
Mercedes does not own Chrysler. Mercedes is a car brand, not a company. Daimler and Chrylser merged, forming Daimler-Chrysler. (Although some would say that this was a diguised Daimler-Benz buyout). They currently have a rather large stake in Mitsubishi, and they have assumed some upper-management control to help Mitsu recover from some of the recall scandals that they have been involved in, but they do not own them. They also have a stake in Hyundai, (they call it "strategic partner"), and they own Smart and Maybach.
Ford has a 25% or so stake in Mazda, and a sizeable portion of Mazda vehicles are rebadged or rebodied Fords. In addition to the others you mentioned, Ford also owns Aston Martin.
In addition to the others, Volkswagen AG also owns Bentley and Skoda. They do not own Rolls Royce, that half of the old Rolls/Bentley was sold to BMW.
BMW owns Mini, and will be assuming control of the Rolls-Royce name in 2003.
Proton owns Lotus.
Renault pretty much owns Nissan, and also has control of Volvo's heavy truck division
I won't even get started on the obvious domestic brands within the larger companies, or the "luxury" wings of the Japanese companies.
There has been a TON of mergers and acquisitions in the car business in the past few years, and that trend will likely continue. However, there are still a bunch of car companies out there that are still "by themselves", like Porsche and Alfa-Romeo. I suppose it remains to be seen whether or not they get snapped up by the big 5 or not,....
Most of the real "performers" as you call them, write and develop their own music. And if you think music isn't art, then I don't think you really know what an artist is.
No, it wasn't. What was declared illegal was the use of their LEGALLY OBTAINED monopoly power to attempt to gain monopoly share in other markets, like the web browser.
Hey, this adds a whole new dimension to the game. How about a DC hooked up to a wireless base station of some sort, hooked up somewhere NEAR a building? If it's not secured properly, all you'd need to do is sniff out the SSID, and you wouldn't even need physical access!
No, we try to get rid of dictators that are in opposition of our interests. Don't kid yourself.
This is also known as a Smith and Wesson, if you use Pepsi instead of Coke.
one does not have the right to yell "Fire!" in a crowded theater,....
Okay, let's pick this apart again. Yelling "fire" in a theatre isn't a RIGHTS issue. When you're in a movie theatre, you are on PRIVATE PROPERTY. When you're on private property, you are expected to follow the rules and regulations set forth by those that own that property.
So let's reiterate, bad argument.
As for "hatespeech against the blessed mother", fuck you. People like you are the reason freedom of speech is FIRST on the bill of rights. In the US, I have the right to say "the Virgin Mary is a whore" if I choose to. I could also say that Hitler was right, and blacks should still be slaves. Whether or not you happen to agree is irrelevant, in the US, I still have the right to SAY it.
And for your last point, if I recall correctly, it was deemed legal for the website you mentioned, (it is a website, it lists names and addresses of abortion providers, and gleefully "crosses" them out when the person is killed), to exist, and it's still out there.
I know this is going to sound like a broken record, but do try to be educated if you're going to post. Otherwise, just post as an AC and talk about your poop's odor or something.
They're out there. Most listening booths just have the flavor of the week selections in them, which suxors, but places like Fred Meyer and some Tower stores have the real ones. Only bitch about Fred Meyer is that they forbid listening access to "Explicit" CDs. Nuts to them. I won't buy a CD that I haven't listened to, and I certainly won't pay more than $12 for a single CD. Last NEW CD I bought was Korn, but I only paid $10 for it.
So many people are spouting "support the artist!", that I'll just put my response here:
You want to support the artist? Don't buy the fucking album, GO SEE THEM LIVE. Artists get fuck-all for album sales, unless they're Metallica. They do get a lot of money from shows.
Let's be realistic. I think it's pretty likely that they'll opt for standard-sized CD's that will hold 27GB of data. They're just demonstrating that they could make something that small that holds that much data IF THEY WANTED TO. When you get right down to it, this is more a "DVD2" standard than anything else.
This is a nice theory you have there, but it only works if there's other businesses to compete for your money. If the industry is controlled by a few huge players, they don't care what the consumers think, because there isn't anywhere else to go. When was the last time you got good customer service from "the" phone company?
Since I've actually done this before, I've got some other things you need to look at.
1. Proper coverage. There's lots of nasty things in apartment buildings that block signals, or attenuate it to the point where the connections get really lossy. You'll have to blanket the hell out of the area to get reliable connectivity, and then you'll run in to crosstalk problems.
2. Using a wireless solution will also mean an increase in latency. This will give people problems when playing online games.
3. Quality of equipment. I'm sure you've thought about this already, but while Linksys and most of the other wireless vendors are great for peer-to-peer wireless, they're going to suck for the kind of solution you want. I'd suggest Cisco or Lucent.
4. Expect problems. We attempted several wireless-to-desktop solutions, and none of them worked very well. We ended up scrapping them in favor of either wireless backbone, or trenching cable. It's also a real pain in the ass to do reliable wireless to a large area over public band, since there's so many things that operate in there and there's so many restrictions on how high you can boost the power on your signal.
As you mentioned, interference is a major problem. You'll run in to all sorts of stuff that'll kill the signal.
If what you want is good, fast service, you've got a couple of options. Personally, I'd scrap the wireless-to-desktop idea entirely, and run a dsl-over-telco solution, and stick the dslam for the DSL in the telco room. This will prevent people from stealing service, since you can have direct control over what ports are active. This is only really viable if you have a central demarc for all the phone lines on the property. An option if you don't have a central demark is to either run your own home runs to create a demarc (trenching cable is cheap, in most cases cheaper than the wireless solution would cost). You can then patch the wires that you had run on to the existing lines in each building, and get the service going that way. Another option is to mount mini-dslams at each building at the phone terminals (I know Tut Systems, for one, makes these), and run either an ethernet or wireless backbone to a central point where you have the uplink circuit.
I find it somewhat ironic that I, as an American citizen, would be considering a move to England in order to keep my freedom,.....
Yes, but Netcape was free, and a piece of crap, BEFORE AOL bought it. They have since failed to do anything really meaningful with it that would draw customers away from IE. (Remember, if you want to take customers away from a competitor, you need BETTER, not just as good as). Why should Microsoft be forced to pay for AOL's bad business decisions?
This is rediculous! When I pay for music, I want to OWN the cd i paid for.
Who in their right mind would pay to rent a cd when they can buy it and own it forever? I know that when I go to blockbuster to pick up a DVD, i sure as hell won't buy it afterwards unless it's REALLY good.
Don't you get it? This is likely going to fail. They WANT this to fail. When it fails, they can turn around and say: "See, no one on this Inter-web wants to pay for music. They're all pirates. We need more laws to protect our interlectual property, and keep the evil hackers from stealing our music. Oh, and we're doing this to protect the ARTISTS." We all know by now that DVD region-coding, the DMCA, safeaudio, and all the crap has absolutely NOTHING to do with preventing piracy. It's all about controlling content. They want you to pay for the CD, pay again for the Mp3, and KEEP paying to make sure all of it works longer than a month.
I work for a DSL provider that just got started up again, and I think this is pretty damn funny, especially considering we've had several customers go to Cox and AT&T because "your prices are too high". I bet they're kicking themselves now, especially considering that AT&T is raising subscriber costs starting in January, even if they can get it working.
At least on the IOS systems, if you don't specify a password on vty 0 4, it won't let you telnet in to the router. Specifically, you'll get the following error "Password required, but none set". This will have no effect on the console port.
However, I've never looked at the command structure for a 675, so I don't know if it's the same. You could try removing the password, and quickly try to telnet to it to see if that works,...
Technically, I'd be violating the DMCA, not the UCITA. I guess I'll just have to inform my jury about "Jury Nullification" if/when I get put in to prison for it.
Reverse-engineering is outlawed in the DMCA, not UCITA. The UCITA just prevents you from selling OR GIVING AWAY software when you don't use it anymore, prevents you from getting your money back if they release a shitty product, and gives them the right to disable your software remotely for whatever reason turns them on. No big deal.
I for one, am going to buy a legal copy of "XP" (shudder, someone tell MS to get the D&D'ers out of marketing!) and then crack the authorization.
Why? The big reason is that this kind of stuff pisses me off. It's a real hassle for me to have bother with calling the nimrods at MS tech support (speaking from experience, I used to work in PSS) every time I make a "major" hardware change, (which is often), and prove to them that it's a "legit" copy. I fdisk and reformat every 2 or 3 months for God's sake! If they have a problem with that, whatever.
What is it with calling it Windows XP? What's next, Microsoft Outlook +3, trojan-slaying? (It's not a memory-leak, it's a "bag of holding"!) Where does the madness end?
Cisco should already have IPv6 support. (Don't quote me though, I remember seeing cisco boxes running it, but not recently enough to point at one). Microsoft already supports IPv6 through an extention to the protocol. There's a "developer" version available for W2K somewhere on the website, and Whistler (XP) has it built-in.
IP6 is basically an extension on IP4 anyway, as far as IP addresses are concerned, so the old IP addresses are still valid and recognized under IPv6.
It will get a push here REAL soon, as the v4 pool is getting really short, and with all the consumer devices flooding the market now that are Internet ready. NAT is helping bridge the gap right now between supply and demand on v4 IP's, but NAT sucks.
Great. So THIS is news, but SonicBlue acquiring empeg wasn't noteworthy either time I posted it. Thanks guys.
You have a good point here. Keep in mind, all the developers that have taken a look at the XBox code base have had nothing but good things to say about writing games for it. Compare that to the PS2, which has been described as being a "nightmare" to code for, and that's the nicest description I've heard.
No, they're simply doing their standard usability testing. It's not just "big" projects, like IE, Office, or Windows, they've also done this same thing for hardware products, games, and especially the multimedia titles (i.e.: encarta). Stop talking about things you know nothing about.