Take a look at the county breakdown. The three counties with "Los Angeles" in the name have 0% of their precints reporting so far. San Francisco also has 0% of the precints voting so far. Both of these areas have a lot of people, and a lot of them will be voting Gore.
"Now, we were sure that Gore had won Florida, but now it seems not so certain. Wait! This just in! We have just received word that an unexpected third party write-in candidate by the name of... (off-microphone)...Shawn Fanning, I repeat Shawn Fanning has carried Florida. We at the broadcast station are not sure what..."
I must agree with you. Law enforcement agencies need to be able to work together to prevent abuses of the Internet, such as child porn. Hacking into a bank and changing account info should be something they can work together to prosecute. Yes, it's difficult and complicated. Yes, it can be improved. That doesn't mean they shouldn't be working on a solution.
This is almost exactly what I tell people who are asking what to buy. Often, I'll even draw a simple graph for them showing some of the processor speeds and prices. In a reply, Lumpy pointed out the importance of a cutting edge motherboard, so other components can be upgraded. This is not a bad idea, considering that motherboards prices don't skyrocket at the high end quite like processors do.
At the risk of sounding off-topic (to those who don't read the articles) , let me comment on something:
The article states that Nullsoft and WinAmp are now owned by AOL. I think I'll be looking for another player to download now.
Whenever AOL buys something, the obnoxious factor of that product or service starts to creep up. Case in point: WinAmp nagging me, almost EVERY TIME I start it, asking if I want to upgrade to a new version (with no real new features, except ones meant to advertise in an underhanded way (search for [Time Warner] music, etc.) I don't mind hearing about a new version, but if I don't want it, leave me alone! WinAmp had such a good reputation, I decided to overlook this issue, but now that I know who is behind it, I know it's all downhill from here. So, I'll be happily shopping elsewhere.
At the heart of the problem: Information Collection.
Marketers touted it continually as a favor to consumers. Give them what they want. Target things to them. What they don't realize is just because I buy their product doesn't mean they're doing me a favor. Just because I see a product I want doesn't mean this. And especially when you engage in the standard marketing practices of deception and trying to use the customer for everything you can, are you not doing me a favor. I had even begun trusting Amazon.com. But their prices were usually higher than other stores, so I'd get things elsewhere. Amazon is going to have to try even harder for my business now. Companies just don't understand that trustworthiness is everything. Real trustworthiness.
The corinthians web site really does suck. There's practically nothing there. The tough thing with these disputes is determining whether the owner is really trying to do something legit or is just putting token material online for squatting purposes. In this case, since he (supposedly) hadn't heard of the soccer team when he put the site up, he should (in spite of the suckiness of his site) have the right to keep it.
Finally, Intel is breaking away from 33 mhz increments for its chips. It was ok when the 133 was followed by 166, with about a 20% mhz difference. But later we were seeing 833, 866, 900, etc., with differences of less than 4%. Factor in Amdahl's law, and that was a fairly useless distinction.
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Take a look at the county breakdown. The three counties with "Los Angeles" in the name have 0% of their precints reporting so far. San Francisco also has 0% of the precints voting so far. Both of these areas have a lot of people, and a lot of them will be voting Gore.
Maybe they are predicting using demographics. Maybe they've received info for rural districts, but not urban ones.
They said they realized they were missing information for several districts.
Actual excerpt from tonight's television news:
"Now, we were sure that Gore had won Florida, but now it seems not so certain. Wait! This just in! We have just received word that an unexpected third party write-in candidate by the name of... (off-microphone)...Shawn Fanning, I repeat Shawn Fanning has carried Florida. We at the broadcast station are not sure what..."
Another 20 years, and I'll wear this computer on my wrist.
I must agree with you. Law enforcement agencies need to be able to work together to prevent abuses of the Internet, such as child porn. Hacking into a bank and changing account info should be something they can work together to prosecute. Yes, it's difficult and complicated. Yes, it can be improved. That doesn't mean they shouldn't be working on a solution.
He created the Internet! In seven days, if I remember right.
or does this article have 200 posts saying the exact same thing?
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Be different, just like everyone else.
This is almost exactly what I tell people who are asking what to buy. Often, I'll even draw a simple graph for them showing some of the processor speeds and prices. In a reply, Lumpy pointed out the importance of a cutting edge motherboard, so other components can be upgraded. This is not a bad idea, considering that motherboards prices don't skyrocket at the high end quite like processors do.
At the risk of sounding off-topic (to those who don't read the articles) , let me comment on something:
The article states that Nullsoft and WinAmp are now owned by AOL. I think I'll be looking for another player to download now.
Whenever AOL buys something, the obnoxious factor of that product or service starts to creep up. Case in point: WinAmp nagging me, almost EVERY TIME I start it, asking if I want to upgrade to a new version (with no real new features, except ones meant to advertise in an underhanded way (search for [Time Warner] music, etc.) I don't mind hearing about a new version, but if I don't want it, leave me alone! WinAmp had such a good reputation, I decided to overlook this issue, but now that I know who is behind it, I know it's all downhill from here. So, I'll be happily shopping elsewhere.
You're just jealous because They are successful, aren't you?
Be careful how you use that word. For many, successful means more than having money or power.
electrons from Maxtor will be much less reliable.
"The dog ate my homework" will be an old excuse. Soon we'll have much better ones.
Rambus
At the heart of the problem: Information Collection. Marketers touted it continually as a favor to consumers. Give them what they want. Target things to them. What they don't realize is just because I buy their product doesn't mean they're doing me a favor. Just because I see a product I want doesn't mean this. And especially when you engage in the standard marketing practices of deception and trying to use the customer for everything you can, are you not doing me a favor. I had even begun trusting Amazon.com. But their prices were usually higher than other stores, so I'd get things elsewhere. Amazon is going to have to try even harder for my business now. Companies just don't understand that trustworthiness is everything. Real trustworthiness.
Buy the CD, they said
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What a nasty plan!
So that's Nasa's plan: give cancer to the Martians so they'll be begging for mercy when we send a manned ship.
Groove-V. It has a certain ring to it.
By strict, binding law, This posted Haiku must be Kept confidential!
How big was that monolith by Jupiter anyway?
The corinthians web site really does suck. There's practically nothing there. The tough thing with these disputes is determining whether the owner is really trying to do something legit or is just putting token material online for squatting purposes. In this case, since he (supposedly) hadn't heard of the soccer team when he put the site up, he should (in spite of the suckiness of his site) have the right to keep it.
True. Too much late night Haikuing can be detrimental...
Finally, Intel is breaking away from 33 mhz increments for its chips. It was ok when the 133 was followed by 166, with about a 20% mhz difference. But later we were seeing 833, 866, 900, etc., with differences of less than 4%. Factor in Amdahl's law, and that was a fairly useless distinction.
...a whole new meaning to space junk.
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