...people and businesses thinking they need a
foo.com for everything, when bar.foo.com and xyzzy.foo.com would work just as well as bar.com and xyzzy.com.
First, what's easier to remember:
slashdot.org
slashdot.andover.net
The first one, I'd say. Especially for Ma & Pa Oneclick McNewbie. But that's not the only reason...
Say I wanted to host a porn site that featured nothing but really, freakishly tall women from all over the world, and I was going to call it something really witty like Amazon Nudes. By your reasoning, instead of going for www.amazonnudes.com, I should go for amazon.nudes.com, or nudes.amazon.com.
Assuming nudes.com exists, I might be able to work out an agreement with them. But I'm at their mercy, and have to pay what THEY ask for. My own.com name might be cheaper, and easier to remember. As for nudes.amazon.com... well, let's just say I don't like lawyers, and wouldn't invite them in by even TRYING to do that.
"There's a party," she said, "We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
Supposedly you have to have credentials. What credentials count?
"Credentials" means that you have a society or association made up of members of a profession, that polices said members in lieu of government regulation. Take engineers (at least here in Ontario) for instance. Engineers have the Association of Professional Engineers Ontario which governs engineering in this province. They issue certifications, restrict who can legally use the term "engineer", discipline their members, ensure that "accredited" learning institutions are up to snuff... that kinda thing.
There's also the medical society, I think psychologists have something similar... there's quite a few, and I'm sure I don't know a quarter of them.
Bottom line: if you start a (recognized) Computer Scientist Association and regulate your members, ensure they're fit to be members, etc., etc., you can call yourself a Professional.
Of course, all this is COMPLETELY academic if there isn't anyone ensuring that ONLY "Professional" groups can get a.pro TLD.
"There's a party," she said, "We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
I worked for a design and drafting consulting firm that specialized in a high-end (~$30K/seat) CAD system. Training was the only way to get anybody up to speed, and training wasn't cheap. So, my boss used a (successful) contract approach.
I was a full-time employee, but I had a contract with my boss. Essentially, were I to stay in his employ for 2 full consecutive years, I would get a $10K bonus at the end of it. Not bad. On top of that (not in the contrat, but it could have been) was regular, substantial raises as my value to him increased. For the first year I was getting $5K raises every 4 months or so. Admittedly, I started out at a fairly low rate of pay, but it quickly increased.
At the end of the 2 years, I got my bonus, and I had already paid for myself a few times over, including the bonus, the raises, and all the required training.
As your situation is slightly different, YMMV. However, you could restructure your department to work on a "contract" basis with raises and bonuses throughout the term of the contract. That way whoever stays gets more money, whoever doesn't stay gets the training but not the cash. Good luck!
"There's a party," she said, "We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
Like HAL, the Omniputer will, its backers claim, have an instinct to protect itself. 'If user errors start, and files get deleted, it will
start to repair itself, just as cells repair themselves,' said De Saram.
Great... someone has gone and taken that fscking MS Office paperclip, and turned it into HARDWARE!! Detects user errors? How the bloody hell will it know what are "errors"?? I can just see it now... I'll never be able to delete a certain file, no matter how hard I try...
If this thing runs Windows, I'm afraid I'm going to have to blow Sri Lanka up for the good of the World. Nothing personal, Sri Lanka.
"There's a party," she said, "We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
I love indirect light. What I've currently got is an incandescent torch light (but I find halogen to be much better) situated beside my computer desk. That way the wall behind the monitor isn't lit up too much, the ceiling behind me isn't lit up to produce glare, but I get a good amount of light on my work surface. Ideally I'd have my monitor in a corner, and the torch light behind the monitor. Your office will dictate what's best, but as long as the torch light is close to the monitor, you shouldn't get much (if any) glare.
Quite standardly, YMMV.
"There's a party," she said, "We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
Supposedly the first Thanksgiving lasted 3 days, and the main dish served was deer. You'd have to be a helluva good marketer to start getting people to give up fat, ugly, tasty bird and start eating Bambi every fall!
"There's a party," she said, "We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
Why not just use the standards used to represent inforamtion to wireless browsers to
send information to the handicapped and to those of us who would prefer (so very much) to see content rather than flash.
A keyboard-controlled web with a standard UI and no gawdy graphics.
No problem. You don't need any WAP software or new servers for this... all you need is LYNX!
Think about it - it strips off all the excess crap, would be very easy to navigate with the typical arrow buttons that already come on many phones and wireless devices... and best of all, to do it you'd get to load Linux on your wireless device of choice! I wonder if IBM and Nokia could work together on a Linux phone/radar detector...
"There's a party," she said, "We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
Fresh from my "Uncle John's Bathroom Reader" day-by-day calendar; there is no good reason to eat turkey on Thanksgiving, other than turkey producers marketed it really well.
Apparently the pilgrims didn't have turkey. But what did happen is many many years ago turkey producers decided to hype it as a "traditional thanksgiving dinner" because turkey was more profitable than any other meats.
I wonder if in 100 years the Pilgrims will be shown eating burritos..
"There's a party," she said, "We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
My suggestion to you is to put a hard disk in it, put QNX RTP on it, and tell her to keep it
Oh, no. I'm not going there. First, I'd have to hack it, which I could screw up as easily as anyone else. Then I've just pooched her unit. No good. If I manage to hack it correctly and get it working, I am FOREVER her personal tech support. If anything goes wrong, I have to figure out (from Ontario, Canada) what's happening (in California) and try to get her to fix it. No fuckin' way.
For about CDN$800 she can pick up a BRAND NEW Dell that puts my current box to shame, complete with tech support, warranty, software, and peace of mind. It's a price (that I'm not paying) that is well worth the investment, IMHO.
Besides, that'll mean she has a useless I-opener sitting around. And hey, Christmas is coming... [grin]
"There's a party," she said, "We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
You just so happen to be correct. And yes, DSL is available in MOST areas, through either Sympatico (Bell), Golden Triangle, Sentex, and probably a few others.
However, nothing in my hood. I checked the Bell HSE site, and Waterloo (at last check) was nowhere on the upgrade list, neither immediate nor future.
I don't get it... UW, WLU, RIM, MKS, Mitra, Waterloo Maple.. how is it we have the cream of the crop, yet I'm still using 56Kflex technology in our newest subdivision?? Bottom line: sucks to be me.
"There's a party," she said, "We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
Earlier this summer when I was visiting my inlaws, I mentioned to my mother-in-law that Circuit City had I-openers available for $99, which she could use to get e-mail, surf, etc. She was sick of waiting for pop-in-law to get off his duff and set up their spare laptop, so she got one.
(Please note, this is not an endorsement of the I-opener, especially as they're being discontinued.)
Well, guess what. She loved it. She got into the whole eBay thing, is sending e-mail all over the place, is throwing out her cookbooks because she can find all her recipes online (no joke!)... having a ball.
Four months later, she's thinking of getting rid of it. Why? Well, as great as it is, it's not a real browser. It can't do movie clips, I don't think it can do sound, and I wouldn't be at all surprised if it couldn't handle some websites. She's now thinking of getting an honest-to-goodness computer solely for the purpose of surfing. So I expect that she'll either get a bottom-feeder Dell for well under $1000, or I'll tell her to just get a remanufactured Pentium or something.
If I had any knowledge about Macs (she's used them before) I'd get her an old Mac, a modem, and a dialup account and let her go nuts. And I could probably do it for the price of an appliance, too.
"There's a party," she said, "We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
For all geeks across Canada I truely hope you manage to get rid of regulated
broadband.
You know what? You have more choice than I do.
I live in a South-Central Ontario community of 80000, with probably about half a million in the region. We're a high tech town, with TWO major universities, tons of high-tech spinoffs and other major player companies. I just moved into a brand new townhouse in what is being billed as the most expensive new community to live in. But I have only ONE choice for broadband.
Yup - Rogers or nothin'. No DSL (Bell has decided to ignore my community for now), just cable. I suppose I could count LOOK, but it's only fast one way, and still ties up a phone line.
So regulated, deregulated, I don't care - whatever gives me more choice is what I want!
"There's a party," she said, "We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
According to this press release Intel has abandoned their quirky, colourful disco-dancing techs in technocolour cleansuits. They've decided to get serious about selling their wares, and are trying to appeal to a broader, more intelligent audience.
They have George Foreman.
"There's a party," she said, "We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
This should be the right forum to propose a TLD that just came to mind:
.TXT
What's it for? It's a TLD specifically oriented towards browsers that cannot display graphics, tables, frames, etc., for things like lynx browsers (nice and fast, if klunky) and 'net-enabled appliances like phones and PDA's and such.
I know there's software out there that take a site and strips it down to the bare minimum for said devices/browsers, but wouldn't it be nice to have an entire TLD dedicated to these? A nice, direct method of publishing information without having to bother with cutesy web interfaces, animated GIFs, pop-up windows, and goatse.cx.
"There's a party," she said, "We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
.web is conspicously absent, even though it seems like a shoo-in
If anything, I would think it the first to get pitched, and the last to ever make it to be a TLD. Why? Well, can you be ANY more redundant? It's even worse that.ws for "web site".
OF COURSE it's a web site. OF COURSE it's on the web. How do you bloody well think you got to it? Archie? Gopher?? No, the WEB. Everyone knows it's the web. Everyone knows it's called a website. Sheesh.
"There's a party," she said, "We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
Under the agreement, Iridium Satellite LLC will purchase all of the
existing assets of Iridium LLC, including the satellite constellation,
the terrestrial network, Iridium real property and intellectual
property owned by Iridium LLC.
I've heard that despite costing billions, Iridium was disposable because of the tens of billions of dollars in related technology that was developed alongside of it, which basically paid for the experiment many times over. Investement recouped, next project please. No problem.
But is that going to happen again? Does Iridium Satellite LLC really want to use the system, or are they only able to get at the wonderful intellectual property through buying the whole damned thing? Is Iridium Satellite small enough that it can find profit where others thought it wasn't to be found before?
I'm kinda glad that they're staying up.. although it would have made some excellent viewing, watching each satellite plunge through the atmosphere...
"There's a party," she said, "We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
My mother and brother had invested in a.com that was doing very, very well. Stock price had tripled, and was heading North. So I took the gains from a previous investment and dumped it in there, expecting to double my money or something like that. Hah!
Well, when I bought it was close to $20, heading for $40. As of today, it's a penny stock, fluttering just under the dollar mark. While I did manage to buy more while it was sliding down to bring my average buy price down, it's still worth 10x less than what I paid for it.
What were other's experiences? Did you find that all.com enterprises were basically treated as pump-and-dump stocks, or did some actually manage to hang on to their worth, and actually back it up with something more substantial than a stock price?
All I know is, I'm looking at how to best use the loss. Sigh.
"There's a party," she said, "We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
how do you feel that the problem should be solved?
Simple. I know that personally, I would love to know what other browsers (other than lynx) there are out there that will do everything I need (banking, Java, encryption, POP/IMAP mail) and want (load quickly, be up-to-date, have no stupid default bookmarks, display images properly all the time, not suck, not be from Mirco$oft) it to do. This sounds like a problem for Open Source!
Seriously, are there any ALL platform browsers out there that are up to snuff? I (sadly) run NT 4.0 at home, and don't want to have to chuck everything I have out and switch over to *nix just to get away from the Netscape/IE bitchslapfest.
"There's a party," she said, "We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
do you want to be able to "trust" the health sites, or do you worry more about the innovation of the sites being quashed by an
organization?
Anyone taking advice from a web site and not their doctor gets exactly what they pay for. Of course, I have a slightly different view being in Canada where a doctor's visit doesn't cost me anything (except *@#%$! insane taxes). I'm all for sites that are a layman's version of the Merck Manual, but anything other than that, and you're being silly.
HOWEVER - I will concede that it would be an excellent idea to have some online general health pointers, explanations, tips, and such for less-developed countries. Only problem with that is why would you assume someone who doesn't have access to any sort of medical treatment would have access to a computer, let alone the Internet??
If this proposal does go through, I want to know: is the WHO going to certify and oversee my vet's website, or do we need a.vet, too?:-)
"There's a party," she said, "We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
Whst's wrong with.health.com? Why can't they just create a subdomain? Why do they need a topplevel domain?
The same reasons that www.[city].[state].us and www.[company].on.ca here in Ontario aren't used - they're not as easy to remember. They ain't hip. They're too long. Too confusing. The "alway September" masses out there have been conditioned to www.[insertdomainhere].com. I'd be surprised if some even knew that.org,.gov, or.edu even existed!
(Nit-picky side note: besides, it'd be.health.org, as the WHO is an Organization, no?)
Besides, why NOT give them a new TLD? It's just bits and bytes, it's all free. Or just give them.who instead (as.health is rather Western-centric).
"There's a party," she said, "We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
Although I have not used them in anger yet, I'm sure that any such campaign would end only in victory for myself. However, such destruction is unthinkable, so I have not yet pushed the button.
What I have in my desk are some samples from
Aero Rubber, specifically samples of their
rubber bands. Not impressed, you say? Take a look at the specs of the 4 samples I have:
3/4" wide, 52" circumference (unstretched)
3/4" wide, 72" circ. (")
3/4" wide, 92" circ. (")
1/4" wide, 40" circ. (")
The larger ones I can barely even start to stretch, and I'm a 6 footer with long arms!
Essentially, I could either flick my enemies with the biggest elastic band they've ever seen (I'm sure putting an eye out isn't hard at all for these things), or a better idea would probably to use these as a launching mechanism for other things like kooshes, stale doughnuts, fruit, empty paper boxes, and the like.
Just drop them an e-mail asking about them, and you're more than likely to get some samples in the mail. I didn't even ask, and I got a whole bunch. Oh, the power..
"There's a party," she said, "We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
Bollocks to all you naysayers out there. "Who would have use for such a card?" you ask? Well, me, dammit!
Yes, I have a few boxes in my basement that I could eventually work up into firewalls. However, that means that I have to:
Pick an OS
Ensure the hardware is compatible with said OS (if not, goto 1)
Pick a firewall
Learn how to configure both firewall and OS as to be secure
Find more precious space on my desk for ANOTHER full computer box
OTOH, I could shell out a few bucks, plunk this wonderful device into my computer, merrily surf on my way, and use those extra boxes for web servers or mail servers or something more fun. (Anybody ever OC a 386?)
Besides, there are TONS of folks out there who don't know the difference between a URL and an e-mail address that this is prefect for. They know they need security, so they can have their local computer store install one, and be a HELLUVA lot more secure than they would be otherwise.
"There's a party," she said, "We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
At my previous job, doing Pro/ENGINEER design work for a client, there were 3 of us in one room working on the same project (a dehumidifier). Of course, it would have been WAY too easy to give us network access right from the beginning. So we had what we called our "Sneaker Network". That is, compress, put it on a floppy, walk over to the other guy, let him copy and unzip, and ditto with the 3rd guy. Needless to say keeping track of various revisions was a pain in the ass.
For the cost of an 8 port 10 mbit hub, some $20 network cards and some wires, don't you think that would be a better solution??
"There's a party," she said, "We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
Slashdot Mirror
First, what's easier to remember:
- slashdot.org
- slashdot.andover.net
The first one, I'd say. Especially for Ma & Pa Oneclick McNewbie. But that's not the only reason...Say I wanted to host a porn site that featured nothing but really, freakishly tall women from all over the world, and I was going to call it something really witty like Amazon Nudes. By your reasoning, instead of going for www.amazonnudes.com, I should go for amazon.nudes.com, or nudes.amazon.com.
Assuming nudes.com exists, I might be able to work out an agreement with them. But I'm at their mercy, and have to pay what THEY ask for. My own .com name might be cheaper, and easier to remember. As for nudes.amazon.com... well, let's just say I don't like lawyers, and wouldn't invite them in by even TRYING to do that.
"There's a party," she said,
"We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
"Credentials" means that you have a society or association made up of members of a profession, that polices said members in lieu of government regulation. Take engineers (at least here in Ontario) for instance. Engineers have the Association of Professional Engineers Ontario which governs engineering in this province. They issue certifications, restrict who can legally use the term "engineer", discipline their members, ensure that "accredited" learning institutions are up to snuff... that kinda thing.
There's also the medical society, I think psychologists have something similar... there's quite a few, and I'm sure I don't know a quarter of them.
Bottom line: if you start a (recognized) Computer Scientist Association and regulate your members, ensure they're fit to be members, etc., etc., you can call yourself a Professional.
Of course, all this is COMPLETELY academic if there isn't anyone ensuring that ONLY "Professional" groups can get a .pro TLD.
"There's a party," she said,
"We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
I was a full-time employee, but I had a contract with my boss. Essentially, were I to stay in his employ for 2 full consecutive years, I would get a $10K bonus at the end of it. Not bad. On top of that (not in the contrat, but it could have been) was regular, substantial raises as my value to him increased. For the first year I was getting $5K raises every 4 months or so. Admittedly, I started out at a fairly low rate of pay, but it quickly increased.
At the end of the 2 years, I got my bonus, and I had already paid for myself a few times over, including the bonus, the raises, and all the required training.
As your situation is slightly different, YMMV. However, you could restructure your department to work on a "contract" basis with raises and bonuses throughout the term of the contract. That way whoever stays gets more money, whoever doesn't stay gets the training but not the cash. Good luck!
"There's a party," she said,
"We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
Great... someone has gone and taken that fscking MS Office paperclip, and turned it into HARDWARE!! Detects user errors? How the bloody hell will it know what are "errors"?? I can just see it now... I'll never be able to delete a certain file, no matter how hard I try...
If this thing runs Windows, I'm afraid I'm going to have to blow Sri Lanka up for the good of the World. Nothing personal, Sri Lanka.
"There's a party," she said,
"We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
Quite standardly, YMMV.
"There's a party," she said,
"We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
Supposedly the first Thanksgiving lasted 3 days, and the main dish served was deer. You'd have to be a helluva good marketer to start getting people to give up fat, ugly, tasty bird and start eating Bambi every fall!
"There's a party," she said,
"We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
No problem. You don't need any WAP software or new servers for this... all you need is LYNX!
Think about it - it strips off all the excess crap, would be very easy to navigate with the typical arrow buttons that already come on many phones and wireless devices... and best of all, to do it you'd get to load Linux on your wireless device of choice! I wonder if IBM and Nokia could work together on a Linux phone/radar detector...
"There's a party," she said,
"We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
Apparently the pilgrims didn't have turkey. But what did happen is many many years ago turkey producers decided to hype it as a "traditional thanksgiving dinner" because turkey was more profitable than any other meats.
I wonder if in 100 years the Pilgrims will be shown eating burritos..
"There's a party," she said,
"We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
Oh, no. I'm not going there. First, I'd have to hack it, which I could screw up as easily as anyone else. Then I've just pooched her unit. No good. If I manage to hack it correctly and get it working, I am FOREVER her personal tech support. If anything goes wrong, I have to figure out (from Ontario, Canada) what's happening (in California) and try to get her to fix it. No fuckin' way.
For about CDN$800 she can pick up a BRAND NEW Dell that puts my current box to shame, complete with tech support, warranty, software, and peace of mind. It's a price (that I'm not paying) that is well worth the investment, IMHO.
Besides, that'll mean she has a useless I-opener sitting around. And hey, Christmas is coming... [grin]
"There's a party," she said,
"We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
However, nothing in my hood. I checked the Bell HSE site, and Waterloo (at last check) was nowhere on the upgrade list, neither immediate nor future.
I don't get it... UW, WLU, RIM, MKS, Mitra, Waterloo Maple.. how is it we have the cream of the crop, yet I'm still using 56Kflex technology in our newest subdivision?? Bottom line: sucks to be me.
"There's a party," she said,
"We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
On second thought, nevermind. I don't want to see Michael Copland get his dirty Corel hands all over it... [shudder]
"There's a party," she said,
"We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
(Please note, this is not an endorsement of the I-opener, especially as they're being discontinued.)
Well, guess what. She loved it. She got into the whole eBay thing, is sending e-mail all over the place, is throwing out her cookbooks because she can find all her recipes online (no joke!)... having a ball.
Four months later, she's thinking of getting rid of it. Why? Well, as great as it is, it's not a real browser. It can't do movie clips, I don't think it can do sound, and I wouldn't be at all surprised if it couldn't handle some websites. She's now thinking of getting an honest-to-goodness computer solely for the purpose of surfing. So I expect that she'll either get a bottom-feeder Dell for well under $1000, or I'll tell her to just get a remanufactured Pentium or something.
If I had any knowledge about Macs (she's used them before) I'd get her an old Mac, a modem, and a dialup account and let her go nuts. And I could probably do it for the price of an appliance, too.
"There's a party," she said,
"We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
You know what? You have more choice than I do.
I live in a South-Central Ontario community of 80000, with probably about half a million in the region. We're a high tech town, with TWO major universities, tons of high-tech spinoffs and other major player companies. I just moved into a brand new townhouse in what is being billed as the most expensive new community to live in. But I have only ONE choice for broadband.
Yup - Rogers or nothin'. No DSL (Bell has decided to ignore my community for now), just cable. I suppose I could count LOOK, but it's only fast one way, and still ties up a phone line.
So regulated, deregulated, I don't care - whatever gives me more choice is what I want!
"There's a party," she said,
"We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
They have George Foreman.
"There's a party," she said,
"We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
- .TXT
What's it for? It's a TLD specifically oriented towards browsers that cannot display graphics, tables, frames, etc., for things like lynx browsers (nice and fast, if klunky) and 'net-enabled appliances like phones and PDA's and such.I know there's software out there that take a site and strips it down to the bare minimum for said devices/browsers, but wouldn't it be nice to have an entire TLD dedicated to these? A nice, direct method of publishing information without having to bother with cutesy web interfaces, animated GIFs, pop-up windows, and goatse.cx.
"There's a party," she said,
"We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
If anything, I would think it the first to get pitched, and the last to ever make it to be a TLD. Why? Well, can you be ANY more redundant? It's even worse that .ws for "web site".
OF COURSE it's a web site. OF COURSE it's on the web. How do you bloody well think you got to it? Archie? Gopher?? No, the WEB. Everyone knows it's the web. Everyone knows it's called a website. Sheesh.
"There's a party," she said,
"We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
- Under the agreement, Iridium Satellite LLC will purchase all of the
existing assets of Iridium LLC, including the satellite constellation,
the terrestrial network, Iridium real property and intellectual
property owned by Iridium LLC.
I've heard that despite costing billions, Iridium was disposable because of the tens of billions of dollars in related technology that was developed alongside of it, which basically paid for the experiment many times over. Investement recouped, next project please. No problem.But is that going to happen again? Does Iridium Satellite LLC really want to use the system, or are they only able to get at the wonderful intellectual property through buying the whole damned thing? Is Iridium Satellite small enough that it can find profit where others thought it wasn't to be found before?
I'm kinda glad that they're staying up.. although it would have made some excellent viewing, watching each satellite plunge through the atmosphere...
"There's a party," she said,
"We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
Well, when I bought it was close to $20, heading for $40. As of today, it's a penny stock, fluttering just under the dollar mark. While I did manage to buy more while it was sliding down to bring my average buy price down, it's still worth 10x less than what I paid for it.
What were other's experiences? Did you find that all .com enterprises were basically treated as pump-and-dump stocks, or did some actually manage to hang on to their worth, and actually back it up with something more substantial than a stock price?
All I know is, I'm looking at how to best use the loss. Sigh.
"There's a party," she said,
"We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
Simple. I know that personally, I would love to know what other browsers (other than lynx) there are out there that will do everything I need (banking, Java, encryption, POP/IMAP mail) and want (load quickly, be up-to-date, have no stupid default bookmarks, display images properly all the time, not suck, not be from Mirco$oft) it to do. This sounds like a problem for Open Source!
Seriously, are there any ALL platform browsers out there that are up to snuff? I (sadly) run NT 4.0 at home, and don't want to have to chuck everything I have out and switch over to *nix just to get away from the Netscape/IE bitchslapfest.
"There's a party," she said,
"We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
Anyone taking advice from a web site and not their doctor gets exactly what they pay for. Of course, I have a slightly different view being in Canada where a doctor's visit doesn't cost me anything (except *@#%$! insane taxes). I'm all for sites that are a layman's version of the Merck Manual, but anything other than that, and you're being silly.
HOWEVER - I will concede that it would be an excellent idea to have some online general health pointers, explanations, tips, and such for less-developed countries. Only problem with that is why would you assume someone who doesn't have access to any sort of medical treatment would have access to a computer, let alone the Internet??
If this proposal does go through, I want to know: is the WHO going to certify and oversee my vet's website, or do we need a .vet, too? :-)
"There's a party," she said,
"We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
The same reasons that www.[city].[state].us and www.[company].on.ca here in Ontario aren't used - they're not as easy to remember. They ain't hip. They're too long. Too confusing. The "alway September" masses out there have been conditioned to www.[insertdomainhere].com. I'd be surprised if some even knew that .org, .gov, or .edu even existed!
(Nit-picky side note: besides, it'd be .health.org, as the WHO is an Organization, no?)
Besides, why NOT give them a new TLD? It's just bits and bytes, it's all free. Or just give them .who instead (as .health is rather Western-centric).
"There's a party," she said,
"We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
What I have in my desk are some samples from Aero Rubber, specifically samples of their rubber bands. Not impressed, you say? Take a look at the specs of the 4 samples I have:
- 3/4" wide, 52" circumference (unstretched)
- 3/4" wide, 72" circ. (")
- 3/4" wide, 92" circ. (")
- 1/4" wide, 40" circ. (")
The larger ones I can barely even start to stretch, and I'm a 6 footer with long arms!Essentially, I could either flick my enemies with the biggest elastic band they've ever seen (I'm sure putting an eye out isn't hard at all for these things), or a better idea would probably to use these as a launching mechanism for other things like kooshes, stale doughnuts, fruit, empty paper boxes, and the like.
Just drop them an e-mail asking about them, and you're more than likely to get some samples in the mail. I didn't even ask, and I got a whole bunch. Oh, the power..
"There's a party," she said,
"We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
Oh, nevermind. :)
"There's a party," she said,
"We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
Yes, I have a few boxes in my basement that I could eventually work up into firewalls. However, that means that I have to:
- Pick an OS
- Ensure the hardware is compatible with said OS (if not, goto 1)
- Pick a firewall
- Learn how to configure both firewall and OS as to be secure
- Find more precious space on my desk for ANOTHER full computer box
OTOH, I could shell out a few bucks, plunk this wonderful device into my computer, merrily surf on my way, and use those extra boxes for web servers or mail servers or something more fun. (Anybody ever OC a 386?)Besides, there are TONS of folks out there who don't know the difference between a URL and an e-mail address that this is prefect for. They know they need security, so they can have their local computer store install one, and be a HELLUVA lot more secure than they would be otherwise.
"There's a party," she said,
"We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."
For the cost of an 8 port 10 mbit hub, some $20 network cards and some wires, don't you think that would be a better solution??
"There's a party," she said,
"We'll sing and we'll dance,
It's come as you are."