Rove is probably gearing up for the 2008 campaign, and doesn't need the distraction of living in the Whitehouse. Needless to say he will probably be pulling the strings from behind RNC curtains, where the Democrats and the public can't identify him, even if they can still smell him.
Lastly, he has been messing with the machinery of government for seven years (rememeber governments runs on rules, regulations and people, not laws). Interesting to see what trap doors, loop holes and minefields he has left behind for future governments. Of course he and his friends will know them all, and use them to their advantage, while leading their enemies into ambushes for decades to come. In the end the Republicans will be running the country for decades.
By default, once I see inaccuracies or crap in those copyright warnings I disregard all of it. As a Canadian, the FBI is as important to me as the RCMP is to Americans. If the copyright warning specifically mentions Canada (and not as an after thought) then I will pay attention.
The American media should be more than aware of the fables like Chicken Little, and Crying Wolf.
Google can outbid the Telcos on key regions, and then leverage it to get what they want. The telcos all share anyway so if one gets what they want, chances are they have to play nice because another telco will have something they need.
Google doesn't have anything the telcos want today. It is Google who needs the telco's networks to get to the end user. If Google manages to get a single choice region like LA or New York or alternately everything else, it can deal with the telco's and side step the FCC.
Typical reaction. Something goes wrong, blame the user.
After all you and your staff would never mess up, your high status, reputation and salaries are at stake. The fact that you have outstanding trouble tickets, perform patches and upgrades without testing are coincidental.
So something goes wrong, you blame the user, remove them and claim problem solved. In the background you quietly find the problem and fix it (as part of routine maintenance). Your reputation is intact and all is good with the world. If only their were no users it would all be perfect.
The GSM spec allows for a type of cell called a pico-cell. Pico-cells are very low power and allow your cell phone to act like a cordless phone, and route calls throught your landline. Never seen one in north america, but I think Nokia offers it in Europe. Problem is different frequencies and I think it needs an ISDN connection.
Although many Hollywood writers should be arrested for the crap they put on the screens, I don't see anyone getting upset about all PG & R rated stuff.
Would this school would arrest Shakespeare and Stephen King if they were students?
I agree that we should never help criminals find their targets, etc. The issues are that we do not trust the authorities. Politicians and bureaucrats have their own agendas and hide behind veils of secrecy when challenged. Even worse, most of them are hypocrites. As an example police and politicians with chauffeurs never worry about getting speeding tickets.
In an airport situation, I could see the cameras tracking you from the checkin counter to your gate. As soon as you identified yourself to a person or kiosk it would know where you should be going and watch you if you strayed. It would also notice things like people who meet and talk but did not arrive together or leave together. On city streets it would look for cars and people, and start to build correlation databases (i.e. Mrs. X's son always visits on Sundays).
Get used to it. The technology is only going to get smarter, and eventually the street lights will know where you are going and change accordingly. When you deviate it will issue and alert and require you to file a report.
I personally have no problem being watched as long as I can watch back. It would be interesting to know where the politicians are at 2 AM.
Once upon a time Bill Gates commented that hiring the best developers did two things for M$. 1) M$ had the best. 2) Everyone else didn't.
Personally I suspect that all of this development at Google means that M$ can't just pick one idea and counter it. There are hundreds and they don't know which ones are real threats.
Is this part of Google's strategy - decoy projects? Confuse the competition until they deploy their killer app?
Or maybe it's the idea that if you have hundereds (thousands?) of Google employee's with post-grad degrees spending ~400 hours a year (1000 employees -> 400,000 hours -> 200 man years), one will eventually deliver a M$ crushing killer app?
Me thinks Balmer just wants someone to tell him what to compete against. Paranoid yet Steve?
I'm scarred. The USA might impose sanctions, tarrifs and duties against our biggest exports. Those being oil, lumber and cattle. Wait they already do that. Okay they can go after Hollywood North. Nope the Governator is on that. Textiles? Gone to Mexico. Car production? Ditto. They could invade! Just as soon as they get out of Iraq, invade and get out of Iran, and deal with North Korea. I will pass this on to my grandkids as a 'Tale of the Bushites'.
If we assume Indiana Jones will act his age (as played by Harrison Ford) then period of the film will be approximately 20 years after the last movie (~1938). In Hollywood time that could be anywhere from 1955-1965 depending on the desired historical backdrop and Fords makeup. In that time period we had the beginnings of the cold war, the beginning of the Vietnam era, the beginnings of the space race as well as the birth of the CIA & KGB. Prof. Jones would probably finishing his career in academia with an eye to retirement (his relic hunting days probably over at 65, remembering that life expectancy in the 50/60s was under 70, but that never stopped Hollywood). If Lucas and Spielberg want to be interesting they would return to Central/South America and the civilizations of the Aztec, Maya, etc. where we met Indiana Jones and the Bowling Ball of Doom and discovered his dislike of snakes. Through in some ex-Nazis in South America (ala Boys from Brazil), the KGB, CIA, lost cities in the rain forest, lasers (Sun God & Temple of the Sun), and maybe even some aliens (crystal skull). Lucas could even revitalize Jones if he finds the Fountain of Youth.
was never convicted in criminal court. The IRS got him in tax court for not paying taxes.
So justice had there try. Now its TSA's turn. Next the IRS will look over his finances looking for undeclared paypal donations for his defence, student loan fraud, etc. Next the army will conscript him under some secret law, and send him to Iraq. If they still can't get him there is always the RIAA & MPAA.
1) Develop new weapon. 2) Deploy weapon during a civil war. 3) Watch insurgents develop counter measures via trial and error. 4) Insurgents publish counter measure globally. 5) Return to step 1.
1. He can't be bought. In America Bill buys you. 2. He plays to win.
While at M$ he made it the biggest software company on the planet.
His foundation is the biggest as well.
As president of the USA he will make it #1. 3. He can't be worse than last few presidents. 4. At least he has a vision of curing the world of disease and poverty. 5. Already the 1st stop for foreign heads of state. 6. Has his own western 'Whitehouse'. 11.He can use a computer. 8. Bill would pick Steve Wozniak for VP to piss off Steve Jobs. 9. Can get the federal government the friends and family rate on M$ products. 10.He will be the first visible minority (billionaire & geek) to be president.
Isn't this kid guilty of copyright infringement for recording the teacher/pastor's lecture/sermon? The teacher could therefore sue the kid, and have the evidence thrown out.
BTW. How can you go to hell if you don't believe in the Christian universe (and therefore Jesus). Is their an atheist's universe with a seperate hell? Maybe the various deities and non-dieties contracted out the management of their hells to some contractor (like Halliburton).
The CRIA (Canada's RIAA, or more correctly the multinational IAA as they represent no Canadian artists, producers or studios) hasn't been suing Canadians because of the tariff on CD already makes us pay for being music pirates (the CRIA/RIAA says so). The CRIA convinced the government to put the tariff in place over a decade ago, and the CRIA knows it will get its hiney kicked if it is tested it in court.
Remember there are two time changes per year, spring & fall.
The problem is that you have to deal with systems that get it wrong - twice. So next year in March you deal with the systems that should have changed but didn't, and then in April, the systems that shouldn't change but did. True, they should have been dealt with in March, but their is a reason Murphy's Law exists.
The obvious question is why move to Vista? In the short term Windows XP is supported until the 2012 (or later). The corporate world won't start serious migration until 2008-2009. That guarantees a steady supply of apps for XP through 2010-2011.
So that gives everyone at least 5 years to wean themselves off of Windows. If you really need Microsoft Office, it is available on MAC OSX.
As I am pretty sure others are thinking the same thing. Chances are good the M$ will change their tune if the upgrade from XP to Vista is slow, especially if upgrade to Office 2007 are equally slow.
When mini's came along they said mainframes were irrelevant. When PC's came along they said mini's were irrelevant. The irrelevance of UNIX based OSes is repeated often. M$ claims Linux is an irrelevant fad, and everyone is waiting for M$ to become irrelevant. During the dot-com boom, they said the web would rule, and PC's were irrelevant.
Will Windows become irrelevant? Not likely, although some versions (like Windows 2.x, etc.) may become a foot note in history.
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Rove is probably gearing up for the 2008 campaign, and doesn't need the distraction of living in the Whitehouse. Needless to say he will probably be pulling the strings from behind RNC curtains, where the Democrats and the public can't identify him, even if they can still smell him.
Lastly, he has been messing with the machinery of government for seven years (rememeber governments runs on rules, regulations and people, not laws). Interesting to see what trap doors, loop holes and minefields he has left behind for future governments. Of course he and his friends will know them all, and use them to their advantage, while leading their enemies into ambushes for decades to come. In the end the Republicans will be running the country for decades.
By default, once I see inaccuracies or crap in those copyright warnings I disregard all of it. As a Canadian, the FBI is as important to me as the RCMP is to Americans. If the copyright warning specifically mentions Canada (and not as an after thought) then I will pay attention.
The American media should be more than aware of the fables like Chicken Little, and Crying Wolf.
Google can outbid the Telcos on key regions, and then leverage it to get what they want. The telcos all share anyway so if one gets what they want, chances are they have to play nice because another telco will have something they need.
Google doesn't have anything the telcos want today. It is Google who needs the telco's networks to get to the end user. If Google manages to get a single choice region like LA or New York or alternately everything else, it can deal with the telco's and side step the FCC.
Define your right to privacy.
In this instance the police have a database of where they saw your license plate, forever.
Would it be okay if they chipped your car, and require that it transmit your location. After all you have no expectation to privacy on public roads.
Typical reaction. Something goes wrong, blame the user.
After all you and your staff would never mess up, your high status, reputation and salaries are at stake. The fact that you have outstanding trouble tickets, perform patches and upgrades without testing are coincidental.
So something goes wrong, you blame the user, remove them and claim problem solved. In the background you quietly find the problem and fix it (as part of routine maintenance). Your reputation is intact and all is good with the world. If only their were no users it would all be perfect.
the spaceship that brought the first humans to earth. Or was it god? It's been so long.
I suppose this toy is smart enough not to nail you for receiving SMS messages?
What about Blackberrys? They are quite chatty.
GMs OnStar system uses cell technology. What about them?
I would rather see law makers think about what they do and allocate resources to enforce laws, and not expect technic-magically enforcement.
I for one pull over when I use my cell phone, and have no problem delegating to my spouse or teenagers if they are riding with me.
The GSM spec allows for a type of cell called a pico-cell. Pico-cells are very low power and allow your cell phone to act like a cordless phone, and route calls throught your landline. Never seen one in north america, but I think Nokia offers it in Europe. Problem is different frequencies and I think it needs an ISDN connection.
Although many Hollywood writers should be arrested for the crap they put on the screens, I don't see anyone getting upset about all PG & R rated stuff.
Would this school would arrest Shakespeare and Stephen King if they were students?
The size of the circuits and ability to penetrate materials makes this technology part of a future Tricoder type device.
I agree that we should never help criminals find their targets, etc. The issues are that we do not trust the authorities. Politicians and bureaucrats have their own agendas and hide behind veils of secrecy when challenged. Even worse, most of them are hypocrites. As an example police and politicians with chauffeurs never worry about getting speeding tickets.
In an airport situation, I could see the cameras tracking you from the checkin counter to your gate. As soon as you identified yourself to a person or kiosk it would know where you should be going and watch you if you strayed. It would also notice things like people who meet and talk but did not arrive together or leave together. On city streets it would look for cars and people, and start to build correlation databases (i.e. Mrs. X's son always visits on Sundays).
Get used to it. The technology is only going to get smarter, and eventually the street lights will know where you are going and change accordingly. When you deviate it will issue and alert and require you to file a report.
I personally have no problem being watched as long as I can watch back. It would be interesting to know where the politicians are at 2 AM.
Once upon a time Bill Gates commented that hiring the best developers did two things for M$.
1) M$ had the best.
2) Everyone else didn't.
Personally I suspect that all of this development at Google means that M$ can't just pick one idea and counter it. There are hundreds and they don't know which ones are real threats.
Is this part of Google's strategy - decoy projects? Confuse the competition until they deploy their killer app?
Or maybe it's the idea that if you have hundereds (thousands?) of Google employee's with post-grad degrees spending ~400 hours a year (1000 employees -> 400,000 hours -> 200 man years), one will eventually deliver a M$ crushing killer app?
Me thinks Balmer just wants someone to tell him what to compete against. Paranoid yet Steve?
I'm scarred. The USA might impose sanctions, tarrifs and duties against our biggest exports.
Those being oil, lumber and cattle. Wait they already do that.
Okay they can go after Hollywood North. Nope the Governator is on that.
Textiles? Gone to Mexico.
Car production? Ditto.
They could invade! Just as soon as they get out of Iraq, invade and get out of Iran, and deal with North Korea.
I will pass this on to my grandkids as a 'Tale of the Bushites'.
If we assume Indiana Jones will act his age (as played by Harrison Ford) then period of the film will be approximately 20 years after the last movie (~1938). In Hollywood time that could be anywhere from 1955-1965 depending on the desired historical backdrop and Fords makeup. In that time period we had the beginnings of the cold war, the beginning of the Vietnam era, the beginnings of the space race as well as the birth of the CIA & KGB. Prof. Jones would probably finishing his career in academia with an eye to retirement (his relic hunting days probably over at 65, remembering that life expectancy in the 50/60s was under 70, but that never stopped Hollywood). If Lucas and Spielberg want to be interesting they would return to Central/South America and the civilizations of the Aztec, Maya, etc. where we met Indiana Jones and the Bowling Ball of Doom and discovered his dislike of snakes. Through in some ex-Nazis in South America (ala Boys from Brazil), the KGB, CIA, lost cities in the rain forest, lasers (Sun God & Temple of the Sun), and maybe even some aliens (crystal skull). Lucas could even revitalize Jones if he finds the Fountain of Youth.
It takes you more than fifty years to profit from a song.
was never convicted in criminal court. The IRS got him in tax court for not paying taxes.
So justice had there try. Now its TSA's turn. Next the IRS will look over his finances looking for undeclared paypal donations for his defence, student loan fraud, etc. Next the army will conscript him under some secret law, and send him to Iraq. If they still can't get him there is always the RIAA & MPAA.
1) Develop new weapon.
2) Deploy weapon during a civil war.
3) Watch insurgents develop counter measures via trial and error.
4) Insurgents publish counter measure globally.
5) Return to step 1.
1. He can't be bought. In America Bill buys you.
2. He plays to win.
While at M$ he made it the biggest software company on the planet.
His foundation is the biggest as well.
As president of the USA he will make it #1.
3. He can't be worse than last few presidents.
4. At least he has a vision of curing the world of disease and poverty.
5. Already the 1st stop for foreign heads of state.
6. Has his own western 'Whitehouse'.
11.He can use a computer.
8. Bill would pick Steve Wozniak for VP to piss off Steve Jobs.
9. Can get the federal government the friends and family rate on M$ products.
10.He will be the first visible minority (billionaire & geek) to be president.
Isn't this kid guilty of copyright infringement for recording the teacher/pastor's lecture/sermon? The teacher could therefore sue the kid, and have the evidence thrown out.
BTW. How can you go to hell if you don't believe in the Christian universe (and therefore Jesus). Is their an atheist's universe with a seperate hell? Maybe the various deities and non-dieties contracted out the management of their hells to some contractor (like Halliburton).
The CRIA (Canada's RIAA, or more correctly the multinational IAA as they represent no Canadian artists, producers or studios) hasn't been suing Canadians because of the tariff on CD already makes us pay for being music pirates (the CRIA/RIAA says so). The CRIA convinced the government to put the tariff in place over a decade ago, and the CRIA knows it will get its hiney kicked if it is tested it in court.
Remember there are two time changes per year, spring & fall.
The problem is that you have to deal with systems that get it wrong - twice. So next year in March you deal with the systems that should have changed but didn't, and then in April, the systems that shouldn't change but did. True, they should have been dealt with in March, but their is a reason Murphy's Law exists.
Then you can repeat in October & November.
The obvious question is why move to Vista? In the short term Windows XP is supported until the 2012 (or later). The corporate world won't start serious migration until 2008-2009. That guarantees a steady supply of apps for XP through 2010-2011.
So that gives everyone at least 5 years to wean themselves off of Windows. If you really need Microsoft Office, it is available on MAC OSX.
As I am pretty sure others are thinking the same thing. Chances are good the M$ will change their tune if the upgrade from XP to Vista is slow, especially if upgrade to Office 2007 are equally slow.
When mini's came along they said mainframes were irrelevant.
When PC's came along they said mini's were irrelevant.
The irrelevance of UNIX based OSes is repeated often.
M$ claims Linux is an irrelevant fad, and everyone is waiting for M$ to become irrelevant. During the dot-com boom, they said the web would rule, and PC's were irrelevant.
Will Windows become irrelevant? Not likely, although some versions (like Windows 2.x, etc.) may become a foot note in history.