the supreme court will see some sense, and realize that it's not hte ISPs job, no more than it's the phone company's job to prevent people from using the phone to talk about drugs.
We DO use proper latin plurals of some latin words.. but in latin, Virus had no plural, it was a mass-plural itself, ie "slime" or "pestilence" or "mold". They didn't know about what we now call viruses... so there is no reason at all to call it virii. It's not a word.
It's thier own fault. I'm sorry. Google doesn't OWE them anything. They aren't paying google.. google is indexing the web, not promoting their business.
People who do all kinds of work and fuss over how to perfectly optimize their page so they will get a higher google ranking than all their competitors... they need to understand that there are no rules in the game they are playing.
IT's also common sense that, if Google is what makes or breaks your business, you should understand all the risks involved.
Many of those in central/south america object ot the use of "American" to mean those from the US... as do us Canadians, often.. though we are too laid back to care.
You can call yourself American if you want..
The rest of us, who are not from the US of A, and feel "American" is not specific enough, often refer to Americans online as "USians"... it's not at all meant in any derogatory way. If you can't handle it.. tough.
"Is this the beginning of a trend where companies recognize that the quality offered by relocation to cheaper centers around the world doesn't result in customer appreciation and better quality?"
Why do we need a trend? Companies always evaluate how things are working. Pretend you were just hired at Company X, who recently outsourced to India. You are now VP of Support operations, it's your call. Are you going to just move all operations back to the US upon starting your job, just because some other company did? How are you going to explain the quadrupling in cost to the rest of the executive? The board? Good luck. Now, if you can demonstrate that an unacceptable percentage of customers did not get the support you required them to get, you have a reason.
You are going to analyze costs, analyze the quality of service, listen to what the customers are saying.. and make that decision. No "Trend' is necessary.
If moving your support operations overseas results in cheaper service, with acceptable quality, however you decide to define that in your business goals, then it's a viable option. IF that quality turns out ot be below what you want, you move to change it... it's not like these companies outsource just for the hell of it, you know.
I listen on some nice $800 Grado headphones.. and I can tell you,
On the best of gear, professionals can't tell which track is original, between high bitrate mp3 and uncompressed.
You might, side by side, be able to hear slight differences, and tha'ts if you are on really good gear, and have really good ears (I have really good gear, and fairly good ears, and I sure can't tell)
I'd be willing to bet, for instance, you couldn't tell the difference yourslef. I know I can't.
Second... he wasn't judging headphone quality. Very, very few people out of the portable market use Etys, for a variety of obvious reasons (price, comfort, isolation). Yes, I know they can be comfortable. Yes, they are worth it if you like pure sound. Yes, sometimes you want lots of isolation.
BTW, your ER-4P is not that accurate, it actually enhances bass response for portable listening.. it's ety's jump into the portable market.
Ask anyone who knows me, I love headphones... it's what I predominantly use, all day, every day... but you are forgetting something.
Many of the tracks people listen to were made to listen to on speakers, not headphones. They are not binaural recordings, desgined for 100% stereo isolation you get with headphones (Unless you use amps with crossfeed, that's another story).
Studios often use speakers, not headphones, for mastering. It's more true to what the end user hears.. so before you go claiming your headphones give more perfect sound... think again.
So don't go saying headphones are the absolute bomb in listening.. they are certainly not. They do not necessarily provide the listening experience that was intended.
That said.. my grados are more revealing than any speakers I've ever had, or seen anywhere near the same price range. When I listen to even my mp3s on speakers here and there, I can hear defninite things that are missing, compared to when I use my grados.
When I go from my desk to my iPod with it's apple headphones.. I can certainly hear how constrained it is. It's night and day.
What I'm saying is twofold. - There is still a case for speakers. - 360kbps mp3 and friends are not as low quality as you think. Take a track you like, make a good quality 360kbps mp3, and 256, and the raw track. Turn the mp3s back into wavs.
Then get a friend to mix them up and burn you an audio CD, in no particular order, so you have no way of knowing which track is which (let your friend keep track). Heck, do this with a few songs.
Then sit down with your gear, and listen. Write down which you think is which. In fact, get your friend to also double up on some. I bet, statistically, you can't tell.
Further.. the portable gear you are listening on is no where near good enough quality for you to hear the differences we are talking about anyway... especially in the noisy environment we are used to listening in.
Ultimately, my network will connect to someone elses however we decide to do so.. and the same will happen with large networks.
The Internet is not a governed, closed system... we pay attention to what the IANA and others do only because they make logical decisions that everyone basically agrees to follow. The only way they can govern is by making good decisions.. their power only comes from cooperation.
I also have worked in an RF lab, and tested the office microwave ovens, which were definately cheap. They did have SOME leakage, but it was nowhere near the power of the wifi and similar signals we were working with.. extremely unlikely for it to cause inteference.
Yes, leakage happens around the door and window, but not if they are designed and built properly.
I'm not talking about courts, or the validity of SCOs claims.
I'm saying people should not be surprised when they encounter this view in the wild... a view that sets linux back, way back... a lot of otherwise smart technically people are convinced that, for legal reasons, it's not worth investigating.
Like Taoist philosophy.. a great leader leads without leading, a great ruler rules without ruling...
Linus does not necessarily view himself as a manager or leader, but he IS ONE, regardless, and a very highly successful one at that.
The OSS movement focuses on Linus as a centerpiece, a leader, whether he wants them to or not... When Linus speaks, people listen.. and very few actually disagree with him, at least openly.
Anti-Linux peple will say "Oh, you have this one guy who runs the kernel like a tyrant.. what if what he does doesn't match up with what big business wants?".. well, he's been doing alright for a decade, regardless of what his motives are, you can't argue that.
that's more than we can say for a great many guys with MBAs running billion dollar companies.
Linus coordinates more people in a really loose environment, and produces a heck of a product... go figure.
Yes, I realize it's not all his grand plan, but he is the focal point, the leader.
Look.. law enforcement snoops on phones because they can, not because from day 1 it was required by law to let them. Yes, there are rules in the US and elsewhre that require companies to make it easier for law enforcement to snoop.. but still.
Just because some form of communication exists does NOT mean you need to make it's contents available to the government upon request. You have the RIGHT to encrypt your communications, and keep them private, as do terrorists.
Seems to me CCNA always meant "I know my way around a cisco router, kind of", and did not at all mean "I am an internetworking expert"... that's what CCIE is for.
Email isn't a government service, nor a centraliized one.
Spam is an issue, and it will be dealt with technically at some point, and legally at others. It is easy enough to regulate under advertising laws.
Email will never be taxed, I"m sorry. you want to tax it, you go build and maintain your OWN email system and regulate it, then charge people to use it, and pay for it out of the profits.. otherwise, piss off.
You are totally correct, of course, but unfortunately that view is WIDELY believed by a great many people who are not already up to date.
I have sat down in person with people, to explain why this is not true, including going over the GPL in detail with them, line by line.. and they still don't buy it.. the FUD machine has them believing you CANNOT write proprietary software for linux.
a 32 bit machine working on 64 bit numbers involves multiple iterations of the same units... obviously a computer can work on arbitrary sized bit fields.. it can do 900 bit math, too.....
but at it's heart, it's doing 32 bit stuff.
Java might do this, but most unix clocks are 32 bit, and roll over in 2038.
Yeah, and launching an app is SOO hard. One click on that stickies icon works fine for me.
Yes, I use stickies for notes.
It's simple, and straightforward, and visually very easy to see your notes.
"OH NO, you have to launch an application"
Well, GOOD.. that's a basic premise of mac use, and it's easy for you to see what's going on, and what's not.. as opposed to having lots of weird configurable widgets.
As much as I believe yes, he did it at home, on his own time, with his own equipment, not using apple trade-secret knowledge, it should be his, not Apples... there is one point.
In a situation like this, even if you really believe you are in the clear, if you are a software developer for company X and you develop some software, on your own, at home, that fits in the same market that company X writes for, you would be very, very smart to ASK first, and get it in writing.
It still sucks, but it's good advice for the future.
Furthermore... What is wrong with apple. Make sure the employee DID do it completely on his own, not on work time, or using work resources, at least for the vast majority, I mean, don't penalize him because he brought it to work to show someone one day and ran it on a company computer.... and BUY it off him.
IT also depends on his job.. was his job to innovate and just design new stuff for Apple as he saw fit? Was he paid to work from home as well? Should he have known better?
Apple should have done the right thing, and bought it off him anyway.
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Exactly.
Further.. what, exaclty, is an IPS? If you and I hook our homes together via a dedicated wireless link, are we now an ISP? WHat if we all do it?
At it's heart, the Internet is just a bunch of stuff hooked together... you tax us too much one way, we'll find a cheaper way to connect together.
the supreme court will see some sense, and realize that it's not hte ISPs job, no more than it's the phone company's job to prevent people from using the phone to talk about drugs.
We DO use proper latin plurals of some latin words..
but in latin, Virus had no plural, it was a mass-plural itself, ie "slime" or "pestilence" or "mold". They didn't know about what we now call viruses... so there is no reason at all to call it virii. It's not a word.
How many times does a vendor need to promise a fix, then delay it, before it's time to release it?
I've seen the online retailer rage first-hand...
It's thier own fault. I'm sorry. Google doesn't OWE them anything. They aren't paying google.. google is indexing the web, not promoting their business.
People who do all kinds of work and fuss over how to perfectly optimize their page so they will get a higher google ranking than all their competitors... they need to understand that there are no rules in the game they are playing.
IT's also common sense that, if Google is what makes or breaks your business, you should understand all the risks involved.
that is the view held by those IN the US.
Many of those in central/south america object ot the use of "American" to mean those from the US... as do us Canadians, often.. though we are too laid back to care.
You can call yourself American if you want..
The rest of us, who are not from the US of A, and feel "American" is not specific enough, often refer to Americans online as "USians"... it's not at all meant in any derogatory way. If you can't handle it.. tough.
Ask google for define:hegemony
"Is this the beginning of a trend where companies recognize that the quality offered by relocation to cheaper centers around the world doesn't result in customer appreciation and better quality?"
Why do we need a trend? Companies always evaluate how things are working. Pretend you were just hired at Company X, who recently outsourced to India. You are now VP of Support operations, it's your call. Are you going to just move all operations back to the US upon starting your job, just because some other company did?
How are you going to explain the quadrupling in cost to the rest of the executive? The board? Good luck.
Now, if you can demonstrate that an unacceptable percentage of customers did not get the support you required them to get, you have a reason.
You are going to analyze costs, analyze the quality of service, listen to what the customers are saying.. and make that decision. No "Trend' is necessary.
If moving your support operations overseas results in cheaper service, with acceptable quality, however you decide to define that in your business goals, then it's a viable option. IF that quality turns out ot be below what you want, you move to change it... it's not like these companies outsource just for the hell of it, you know.
I listen on some nice $800 Grado headphones.. and I can tell you,
On the best of gear, professionals can't tell which track is original, between high bitrate mp3 and uncompressed.
You might, side by side, be able to hear slight differences, and tha'ts if you are on really good gear, and have really good ears (I have really good gear, and fairly good ears, and I sure can't tell)
I'd be willing to bet, for instance, you couldn't tell the difference yourslef. I know I can't.
Second... he wasn't judging headphone quality. Very, very few people out of the portable market use Etys, for a variety of obvious reasons (price, comfort, isolation). Yes, I know they can be comfortable. Yes, they are worth it if you like pure sound. Yes, sometimes you want lots of isolation.
BTW, your ER-4P is not that accurate, it actually enhances bass response for portable listening.. it's ety's jump into the portable market.
Ask anyone who knows me, I love headphones... it's what I predominantly use, all day, every day... but you are forgetting something.
Many of the tracks people listen to were made to listen to on speakers, not headphones. They are not binaural recordings, desgined for 100% stereo isolation you get with headphones (Unless you use amps with crossfeed, that's another story).
Studios often use speakers, not headphones, for mastering. It's more true to what the end user hears.. so before you go claiming your headphones give more perfect sound... think again.
So don't go saying headphones are the absolute bomb in listening.. they are certainly not. They do not necessarily provide the listening experience that was intended.
That said.. my grados are more revealing than any speakers I've ever had, or seen anywhere near the same price range. When I listen to even my mp3s on speakers here and there, I can hear defninite things that are missing, compared to when I use my grados.
When I go from my desk to my iPod with it's apple headphones.. I can certainly hear how constrained it is. It's night and day.
What I'm saying is twofold.
- There is still a case for speakers.
- 360kbps mp3 and friends are not as low quality as you think. Take a track you like, make a good quality 360kbps mp3, and 256, and the raw track. Turn the mp3s back into wavs.
Then get a friend to mix them up and burn you an audio CD, in no particular order, so you have no way of knowing which track is which (let your friend keep track). Heck, do this with a few songs.
Then sit down with your gear, and listen. Write down which you think is which. In fact, get your friend to also double up on some. I bet, statistically, you can't tell.
Further.. the portable gear you are listening on is no where near good enough quality for you to hear the differences we are talking about anyway... especially in the noisy environment we are used to listening in.
Who's kidding who here?
Ultimately, my network will connect to someone elses however we decide to do so.. and the same will happen with large networks.
The Internet is not a governed, closed system... we pay attention to what the IANA and others do only because they make logical decisions that everyone basically agrees to follow. The only way they can govern is by making good decisions.. their power only comes from cooperation.
I also have worked in an RF lab, and tested the office microwave ovens, which were definately cheap. They did have SOME leakage, but it was nowhere near the power of the wifi and similar signals we were working with.. extremely unlikely for it to cause inteference.
Yes, leakage happens around the door and window, but not if they are designed and built properly.
Let's check the CIA world factbook...
US:
Government type:
Constitution-based federal republic; strong democratic tradition
did "republic" and "democracy" become mutually exclusive?
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http://www.google.com/search?q=define:republic&
The US is a republic. Eire is a republic. The soviet union was a bunch of republics. China is a republic.
Use the backup.
You have a firewall or other setup that lets you switch to a backup at most at the push of a button, right?
If not, you deserve those AOL disks.
I'm not talking about courts, or the validity of SCOs claims.
I'm saying people should not be surprised when they encounter this view in the wild... a view that sets linux back, way back... a lot of otherwise smart technically people are convinced that, for legal reasons, it's not worth investigating.
Right.. and that's what makes a great leader.
A great leader asks, and people do it becaues they BELIEVE in him, not because they have to. Leadership is about more than authority.
And when was it Linus tried to muster those resources, and failed? Just curious.. I don't recall it happening.
If Linus decided to ask for something outright, you can bet people would contribute.
Though not necessarily intentionally.
Like Taoist philosophy.. a great leader leads without leading, a great ruler rules without ruling...
Linus does not necessarily view himself as a manager or leader, but he IS ONE, regardless, and a very highly successful one at that.
The OSS movement focuses on Linus as a centerpiece, a leader, whether he wants them to or not... When Linus speaks, people listen.. and very few actually disagree with him, at least openly.
Anti-Linux peple will say "Oh, you have this one guy who runs the kernel like a tyrant.. what if what he does doesn't match up with what big business wants?".. well, he's been doing alright for a decade, regardless of what his motives are, you can't argue that.
that's more than we can say for a great many guys with MBAs running billion dollar companies.
Linus coordinates more people in a really loose environment, and produces a heck of a product... go figure.
Yes, I realize it's not all his grand plan, but he is the focal point, the leader.
Get real.
Look.. law enforcement snoops on phones because they can, not because from day 1 it was required by law to let them. Yes, there are rules in the US and elsewhre that require companies to make it easier for law enforcement to snoop.. but still.
Just because some form of communication exists does NOT mean you need to make it's contents available to the government upon request.
You have the RIGHT to encrypt your communications, and keep them private, as do terrorists.
I think maybe you are a troll, though.
Seems to me CCNA always meant "I know my way around a cisco router, kind of", and did not at all mean "I am an internetworking expert"... that's what CCIE is for.
what I already paid for.
Email isn't a government service, nor a centraliized one.
Spam is an issue, and it will be dealt with technically at some point, and legally at others.
It is easy enough to regulate under advertising laws.
Email will never be taxed, I"m sorry. you want to tax it, you go build and maintain your OWN email system and regulate it, then charge people to use it, and pay for it out of the profits.. otherwise, piss off.
You are totally correct, of course, but unfortunately that view is WIDELY believed by a great many people who are not already up to date.
I have sat down in person with people, to explain why this is not true, including going over the GPL in detail with them, line by line.. and they still don't buy it.. the FUD machine has them believing you CANNOT write proprietary software for linux.
Not the same thing, sorry
a 32 bit machine working on 64 bit numbers involves multiple iterations of the same units... obviously a computer can work on arbitrary sized bit fields.. it can do 900 bit math, too.....
but at it's heart, it's doing 32 bit stuff.
Java might do this, but most unix clocks are 32 bit, and roll over in 2038.
Yeah, and launching an app is SOO hard. One click on that stickies icon works fine for me.
Yes, I use stickies for notes.
It's simple, and straightforward, and visually very easy to see your notes.
"OH NO, you have to launch an application"
Well, GOOD.. that's a basic premise of mac use, and it's easy for you to see what's going on, and what's not.. as opposed to having lots of weird configurable widgets.
As much as I believe yes, he did it at home, on his own time, with his own equipment, not using apple trade-secret knowledge, it should be his, not Apples... there is one point.
In a situation like this, even if you really believe you are in the clear, if you are a software developer for company X and you develop some software, on your own, at home, that fits in the same market that company X writes for, you would be very, very smart to ASK first, and get it in writing.
It still sucks, but it's good advice for the future.
Furthermore... What is wrong with apple. Make sure the employee DID do it completely on his own, not on work time, or using work resources, at least for the vast majority, I mean, don't penalize him because he brought it to work to show someone one day and ran it on a company computer.... and BUY it off him.
IT also depends on his job.. was his job to innovate and just design new stuff for Apple as he saw fit? Was he paid to work from home as well? Should he have known better?
Apple should have done the right thing, and bought it off him anyway.