There's something about this that I don't quite understand. Perhaps someone who IAL could set the record straight for me.
Wouldn't precedent only be set in the event of an actual judgement? SBC is probably hoping that the little guys will cave and agree to their liscensing terms, but a settlement doesn't actually set any precedent for a later case... at least that's what I thought.
Hey, I actually have a small bar in my (finished) cellar. My wife has an old Pentium 2 that's just about due to be replaced... It seems I've found the perfect use for it.
Behold, for this is a glorious moment! My life now has meaning!
What, are you stoned? Profit? AMD lost 274 million in just the last quarter. Yes their forthcoming chips look impressive on papaer, but they're not here yet.
Look, I like AMD products. I buy AMD processors. I want the company to do well as much as any AMD fanboy out there, but the they've been caught between an upswing in the performance of Intel products and a faltering CPU market. I know their products are more efecient to manufacture, but that hasn't been able to generate profit for the company overall.
Jeebus... I know the tech sites are a good read, but you should supplement them with a few business journals sometime.
For some reason, I'm reminded of a "Kids in the Hall" sketch with a high school teacher who was trying to convince his students he was hip: "Yeah, I drink, I've smoked pot, I've tried heroin. In fact I'm trying to... um... cut down on the number of times I try heroin each day."
Well, for ships insured by companies that are still around, anyway. Some of the wrecks go back 400 years. I wonder if Ye Olde Insurance Company of the Colony of New York (or perhaps New Amsterdam) still has offices in Manhattan.
Do you really think that many people use a different username and password for every login they have?
True, many people (foolishly) use the same username and password for multiple sites... but at least they have the ability to use different ones if they choose.
Well, that wouldn't be so bad, would it? I mean, there's no way their subpeonas, cease & disist letters, and whatnot would escape the gravitational pull of the black hole, so we would still be safe.
Oh... I dunno... maybe cite the dead tree version instead? If you cannot do this because the electronic publication has content that the paper version does not, then you wouldn't really be paying twice for the same content, now would you?
Hell, you don't even have to pay for the paper subscription... you see, there are these things called libraries (for the time being anyway) where they keep back issues of popular periodicals on microfilm.
I think specialized is the key word here. People might subscribe to a pay service that offers truly specialized content that's hard to find elsewhere and provides a sufficient amount of value.
The content provided by Time, People, and Teen People is neither difficult to find elsewhere nor particularly valuable.
I wonder how effective it would be to write to Bill Wyman the musician and let him know that his lawyers are basically making him look like an ass. True, it may not be (the musician) Wyman's fault, but he did hire the law firm to represent him, so he should bear some of the scorn as well... at least until the lawyers relent, or he fires them.
The article is kind of sketchy on details, but I just naturally assumed that there wouldn't be just one central voicemail to which all conversations are recorded... that would be rather tedious to sort out, wouldn't it? More likely, each tap had its own mailbox.
But like I said before, the article is kind of skimpy on details. Anyone find another source somewhere?
The current mindset that car manufacturers put into hybrid engine technology takes away its viability for use in sports cars and pickup trucks. (It's possible with hybrids, yes; but only possible if you put the right effort forth, which nobody appears to be doing, thus making it impossible.)
Errrrm... I think that's sorta what Toyota's announcement is about: "We're going to put forth the effort to do this."
The people who switched back to SUV's have done so (partly) because gasoline is once again (relatively) plentiful and cheap. Do you think this will always be the case?
Sure you see an awful lot of SUV's on the road, but you also see lots of Honda Civics, Toyota Corolla's, Mazda Protoge's, etc., etc. There will always be substantial market for such vehicles.
Hybrid technology has already reached the point of delivering levels of performance to the the combustion-only powerplants of the above mentioned vehicles... while delivering better mileage figures. Given another decade of research and development, I have confidence that hybrid (or biodiesel, fuel cell, etc) engines will be able to match the burly V-8's found in SUV's, trucks, and sports cars. Compared to the traditional internal combustion engine, these alternative technologies are still in their infancy, and they have already made impressive strides. Give it some time.
Indeed, I have bought a house, and I had to go through stupid amounts of credit checks and verifications to do so. But you know what? It wasn't always that way. My grandparents bought a house, too, long before there were computerized databases of consumer data being bandied back and forth through the ether. I think you'll find that mortgages predate credit information clearinghouses by a good stretch.
Contrary to my somewhat flippant remark, I am not against all kinds of credit. If you default on your mortgage, the bank can always take your house. The concept of collateral allows the lending of money without perfect information about the borrower. What I object to is the ridiculous amount of consumer debt. This is primarily what I refer to when I say "spending money you don't have." If you default on your credit card payments, it's much harder for creditors to get any sort of recompense. What are they going to do? Force you to regurgitate all the nachos and beer you told Appu to charge to your credit card at the Stop-n-Shop?
But hey, there's still money to be made extending credit to as many folks as we can justify, and thus we have these monstrous database networks, credit reporting agencies and what have you so creditors can decide who gets pre-approved credit card offers in the mail and who does not (more likely, what the interest rate will be, since I know several people with horrible credit histories that still get these offers). Oh, and the privacy of your personal information be well and truly damned, by the way.
I'm not convinced that putting the brakes on all of this madness would harm the economy. I still buy plenty of stuff... clothes, electronics, food, you name it. But if there isn't enough money in the checking account, I save my money until there is. What a fucking concept.
I've always suspected that some parts critical for a given episode must be "planted" in the junkyard. Several episodes call for the teams to build some sort of motorized vehicle (for example a truck or boat of some kind). Obviously the show won't be quite as entertaining if the teams cannot salvage a working engine (or one that can be made to work with reasonable effort).
Are engines or other critical parts placed in the junkyard beforehand?
Heh. I actually remember seeing (or perhaps reading) an independant review of that "Hair-In-A-Can" stuff several years ago. The conclusion: the stuff actually sort-of works... as long as it's not raining.
Not to mention Sun childishly refusing to submit Java to standards bodies so they could maintain full control of the language. Here's a hint, Sun: it's either proprietary, or it's a standard. Pick one.
The whole MS/Sun Java fight is little more than two children fighting over a toy and smashing the toy in the process. This works out okay for MS, cuz they have a lot more toys in their box than Sun does. They'll just go play with.net for awhile while Sun sobs and whines in a corner.
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There's something about this that I don't quite understand. Perhaps someone who IAL could set the record straight for me.
Wouldn't precedent only be set in the event of an actual judgement? SBC is probably hoping that the little guys will cave and agree to their liscensing terms, but a settlement doesn't actually set any precedent for a later case... at least that's what I thought.
It gives me this nasty pit in my stomach.
No worries... it's supposed to.
Actually, I would hope that the judge appreciates it also. If not, I'm sure your fellow inmates will find it convenient, if not ironic.
Hey, I actually have a small bar in my (finished) cellar. My wife has an old Pentium 2 that's just about due to be replaced... It seems I've found the perfect use for it.
Behold, for this is a glorious moment! My life now has meaning!
What, are you stoned? Profit? AMD lost 274 million in just the last quarter. Yes their forthcoming chips look impressive on papaer, but they're not here yet.
Look, I like AMD products. I buy AMD processors. I want the company to do well as much as any AMD fanboy out there, but the they've been caught between an upswing in the performance of Intel products and a faltering CPU market. I know their products are more efecient to manufacture, but that hasn't been able to generate profit for the company overall.
Jeebus... I know the tech sites are a good read, but you should supplement them with a few business journals sometime.
Slashing the price of your product in a desperate bid to maintain market share is called losing, not winning.
For some reason, I'm reminded of a "Kids in the Hall" sketch with a high school teacher who was trying to convince his students he was hip: "Yeah, I drink, I've smoked pot, I've tried heroin. In fact I'm trying to... um... cut down on the number of times I try heroin each day."
Well, for ships insured by companies that are still around, anyway. Some of the wrecks go back 400 years. I wonder if Ye Olde Insurance Company of the Colony of New York (or perhaps New Amsterdam) still has offices in Manhattan.
Do you really think that many people use a different username and password for every login they have?
True, many people (foolishly) use the same username and password for multiple sites... but at least they have the ability to use different ones if they choose.
Well, that wouldn't be so bad, would it? I mean, there's no way their subpeonas, cease & disist letters, and whatnot would escape the gravitational pull of the black hole, so we would still be safe.
Q: What do you call a lawyer buried up to his neck in shit?
A: Not enough shit.
Oh... I dunno... maybe cite the dead tree version instead? If you cannot do this because the electronic publication has content that the paper version does not, then you wouldn't really be paying twice for the same content, now would you?
Hell, you don't even have to pay for the paper subscription... you see, there are these things called libraries (for the time being anyway) where they keep back issues of popular periodicals on microfilm.
I think specialized is the key word here. People might subscribe to a pay service that offers truly specialized content that's hard to find elsewhere and provides a sufficient amount of value.
The content provided by Time, People, and Teen People is neither difficult to find elsewhere nor particularly valuable.
Pretty much the same thoughts I had.
I wonder how effective it would be to write to Bill Wyman the musician and let him know that his lawyers are basically making him look like an ass. True, it may not be (the musician) Wyman's fault, but he did hire the law firm to represent him, so he should bear some of the scorn as well... at least until the lawyers relent, or he fires them.
The article is kind of sketchy on details, but I just naturally assumed that there wouldn't be just one central voicemail to which all conversations are recorded... that would be rather tedious to sort out, wouldn't it? More likely, each tap had its own mailbox.
But like I said before, the article is kind of skimpy on details. Anyone find another source somewhere?
Well, yeah, I suppose they could figure out a way into the mailbox, but all they would hear are the conversations they've already had.
"I said what?!? To who?!? Ohhh, I'm so mad... just wait 'till I get my hands on me!
Dangit, you beat me to it. I was going to use "Can you pay me now?" though.
The current mindset that car manufacturers put into hybrid engine technology takes away its viability for use in sports cars and pickup trucks. (It's possible with hybrids, yes; but only possible if you put the right effort forth, which nobody appears to be doing, thus making it impossible.)
Errrrm... I think that's sorta what Toyota's announcement is about: "We're going to put forth the effort to do this."
The people who switched back to SUV's have done so (partly) because gasoline is once again (relatively) plentiful and cheap. Do you think this will always be the case?
Sure you see an awful lot of SUV's on the road, but you also see lots of Honda Civics, Toyota Corolla's, Mazda Protoge's, etc., etc. There will always be substantial market for such vehicles.
Hybrid technology has already reached the point of delivering levels of performance to the the combustion-only powerplants of the above mentioned vehicles... while delivering better mileage figures. Given another decade of research and development, I have confidence that hybrid (or biodiesel, fuel cell, etc) engines will be able to match the burly V-8's found in SUV's, trucks, and sports cars. Compared to the traditional internal combustion engine, these alternative technologies are still in their infancy, and they have already made impressive strides. Give it some time.
Indeed, I have bought a house, and I had to go through stupid amounts of credit checks and verifications to do so. But you know what? It wasn't always that way. My grandparents bought a house, too, long before there were computerized databases of consumer data being bandied back and forth through the ether. I think you'll find that mortgages predate credit information clearinghouses by a good stretch.
Contrary to my somewhat flippant remark, I am not against all kinds of credit. If you default on your mortgage, the bank can always take your house. The concept of collateral allows the lending of money without perfect information about the borrower. What I object to is the ridiculous amount of consumer debt. This is primarily what I refer to when I say "spending money you don't have." If you default on your credit card payments, it's much harder for creditors to get any sort of recompense. What are they going to do? Force you to regurgitate all the nachos and beer you told Appu to charge to your credit card at the Stop-n-Shop?
But hey, there's still money to be made extending credit to as many folks as we can justify, and thus we have these monstrous database networks, credit reporting agencies and what have you so creditors can decide who gets pre-approved credit card offers in the mail and who does not (more likely, what the interest rate will be, since I know several people with horrible credit histories that still get these offers). Oh, and the privacy of your personal information be well and truly damned, by the way.
I'm not convinced that putting the brakes on all of this madness would harm the economy. I still buy plenty of stuff... clothes, electronics, food, you name it. But if there isn't enough money in the checking account, I save my money until there is. What a fucking concept.
If the concept of spending money that one does not have is that critical to the economy, then it will likely collapse on it's own one day.
"House of cards" is a phrase that comes to mind... "smoke and mirrors" is another.
I've always suspected that some parts critical for a given episode must be "planted" in the junkyard. Several episodes call for the teams to build some sort of motorized vehicle (for example a truck or boat of some kind). Obviously the show won't be quite as entertaining if the teams cannot salvage a working engine (or one that can be made to work with reasonable effort).
Are engines or other critical parts placed in the junkyard beforehand?
Ummm... uhh... I wonder who owns that moon?
Heh. I actually remember seeing (or perhaps reading) an independant review of that "Hair-In-A-Can" stuff several years ago. The conclusion: the stuff actually sort-of works... as long as it's not raining.
Not to mention Sun childishly refusing to submit Java to standards bodies so they could maintain full control of the language. Here's a hint, Sun: it's either proprietary, or it's a standard. Pick one.
The whole MS/Sun Java fight is little more than two children fighting over a toy and smashing the toy in the process. This works out okay for MS, cuz they have a lot more toys in their box than Sun does. They'll just go play with .net for awhile while Sun sobs and whines in a corner.