The reason why no-one is going after AOL/TimeWarner is because they don't own 90+% of the desktop which they could use to leverage their other products.
People always forget that key point. Exxon is more than twice the size of Microsoft (actually, I thought it was more like 10x the size), but no one is going after them. Why? Because they don't control 90% of their market. Being big is not the issue here, being a monopoly is.
Indenting seems like a weak way of detecting cheaters. I have had a few profs do everything short of requiring us to keep a standard format. Two space indenting, put the curly-brace '{' on the same line as the "if", etc...
You were allowed to use your own format, but if it didn't work perfectly, god help you.
Instead of being "voted off the island," they can be "voted out the airlock." Add to that the fact that there's no ship on the other side of the airlock and this might not be such a bad idea after all.:)
Agreed. I'm willing to bet that most DMA members realized early on that spam will only serve to distance the customer from you, not the other way around.
Totally impossible? Come on now. We sent a man to the moon (that is, unless you believe those Fox shows), and you're telling me we can't put two chips on one board and make them play nice?:)
Granted, the cost would be huge, and the reason small, but that doesn't exactly meet the definition of impossible. Just pick one of the protocol's as the default, and put a BTU (Bus Translation Unit) on the board and let it talk to the other processor.
What I think would be really cool would be to have a MB that can take both Intel and AMD chips, like the old 486 boards. Even slicker would be one that could multiprocessor with both. Then the OS could send the apps that run mostly integer calcs over to the intel processor and apps that are FPU intensive over to the AMD processor. Man, that would be sweet.
(Yes, I know, I'm living in a dream world and this will never actually happen. Still, it'd be damn cool.)
They just simply stop traffic for random amounts of time, at random times.
I have RoadRunner here in Columbus, OH and I used to have something similiar to your problem. You may want to call tech support. They sent a tech out who noticed that whenever my traffic stopped the noise was higher than my signal. They then ran me new lines outside the apt and it's been great since. Maybe your lines just corroded and they need replacing. Just a thought.
Really? The last RR tech I had over said that we could have any number of computers per IP. We had 9 on when he came to run us new lines. He said one of their problems is with people hooking up all of their computers, and the modem, to the same hub, and other various bad networking that home people do. Basically if you have your network set up as you should they don't care.
He also said that he liked Linux users, though they are not officially supported, because he didn't have to hold their hand through every step. Start->run->winipcfg->etc...
I take it that you've never suggested to management that a bug, in the project you've been working on, be fixed, only to have that suggestion declined. That bug may have been completely harmless, and management may have been fully justified in saying ignore it. However, lawyers can use that information against you. That (plus several others that people here have pointed out) is why it is a good idea to destroy documents in a timely manner.
"Sure it sounds kinda creepy in an Orwellian sort of way - but if a corporation is not doing anything illegal, they should have nothing to hide."
Isn't that the same quote the government uses to constantly erode our privacy? There are many non-illegal things corporations would like kept from the public. Just as there are many non-illegal things the public would like kept from the government and corporations.
My roomie has the motion sickness one. He can't play FPS games for very long. Rather than try and ban all FPS games from the city, he just plays Black & White.:)
If you wanted to be a real pain in the ass, use a random number to decide whether or not you want to deny Yahoo visitors. You also wouldn't be as blatent. Rather, give 'em a pretty 404 error if they came from Yahoo and the random number hit.
I'm not saying that people should (or will) do this. It's just a more evil way of doing it.:)
other than The Mall, which is protected by tradition and capitalism
Funny you should say that. One of the malls in my home town was always plagued by gang violence. There were no extra laws passed to get the kids out of there. The mall was never closed because of the violence. People were so afraid to go there that most of the employees quit and shoppers went elsewhere. The mall closed only to lack of funds.
I agree with you. Had an arcade place or one of the so called "coffee bars" had the same amount of problems the city would have shut them down in a second.
Do you have any sources for your facts? I'm not disputing them, but next time I debate someone it'll be better to point out an actual report rather than "some guy on slashdot" as my proof.:)
I think that would be really cool. I'd love to have the latest RedHat CD mailed to me for free (even if it did say AOL/RedHat). I'd install all the RedHat part and leave out the AOL part, much like I do with Mozilla, Winamp, and ICQ now. AOL CDs would finally be useful for something other than making cool sparks in the microwave.
The 3DO (and I belive the CDi as well) was killed in large part because of the $500+ price tag when it came out in the early 90's. Lack of games didn't help it much either.
Though, the 3DO was all sorts of cool. I still have one. It had the ability to chain controllers so you could have multiple controllers with only one port on the console. Also, the Goldstar controllers had headphone jacks in them. They could handle full motion video while the SNES was popular, and had some pretty neat CD playing screen savers.
The 3DO was supposed to be saved by an external module that never came to be. That's one of the reasons people believe that if something (modem, hard drive, upgrade module, etc) didn't come with the console, it doesn't exist.
Saying "use this code at your own risk" is different than saying "do not use in a production environment." Microsoft would love for Linux developers to say do not use Linux in production environments. Microsoft would then point the PHB's to the disclaimer, and that "woooosh" sound you hear is the sound of Linux being wiped away and Windows installed.
On the other hand, Linux developers now already say "use this code at your own risk," but then again, so does Microsoft.
If you give away free apples at a fruit stand that happen to be tainted with bacteria, you can still be sued even if you didn't intentionally taint them.
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Any links for those stats? I know that more people die from bee stings than satellites, so I was wondering how the odds for a satellite were better.
The reason why no-one is going after AOL/TimeWarner is because they don't own 90+% of the desktop which they could use to leverage their other products.
People always forget that key point. Exxon is more than twice the size of Microsoft (actually, I thought it was more like 10x the size), but no one is going after them. Why? Because they don't control 90% of their market. Being big is not the issue here, being a monopoly is.
Personally, I think the criminal tool law is a load of crap. I cannot name one single item that cannot be used as a criminal tool.
Indenting seems like a weak way of detecting cheaters. I have had a few profs do everything short of requiring us to keep a standard format. Two space indenting, put the curly-brace '{' on the same line as the "if", etc...
You were allowed to use your own format, but if it didn't work perfectly, god help you.
Instead of being "voted off the island," they can be "voted out the airlock." Add to that the fact that there's no ship on the other side of the airlock and this might not be such a bad idea after all. :)
I've seen what you are talking about. It only happens on some files, and I have always been able to get past it by simply cancelling the registration.
Here is a quick link to one of NASA's sites that talks about some of their product spinoffs. Not a lot of details, but interesting.
Agreed. I'm willing to bet that most DMA members realized early on that spam will only serve to distance the customer from you, not the other way around.
Totally impossible? Come on now. We sent a man to the moon (that is, unless you believe those Fox shows), and you're telling me we can't put two chips on one board and make them play nice? :)
Granted, the cost would be huge, and the reason small, but that doesn't exactly meet the definition of impossible. Just pick one of the protocol's as the default, and put a BTU (Bus Translation Unit) on the board and let it talk to the other processor.
What I think would be really cool would be to have a MB that can take both Intel and AMD chips, like the old 486 boards. Even slicker would be one that could multiprocessor with both. Then the OS could send the apps that run mostly integer calcs over to the intel processor and apps that are FPU intensive over to the AMD processor. Man, that would be sweet.
(Yes, I know, I'm living in a dream world and this will never actually happen. Still, it'd be damn cool.)
They just simply stop traffic for random amounts of time, at random times.
I have RoadRunner here in Columbus, OH and I used to have something similiar to your problem. You may want to call tech support. They sent a tech out who noticed that whenever my traffic stopped the noise was higher than my signal. They then ran me new lines outside the apt and it's been great since. Maybe your lines just corroded and they need replacing. Just a thought.
Sadly, probably both.
Really? The last RR tech I had over said that we could have any number of computers per IP. We had 9 on when he came to run us new lines. He said one of their problems is with people hooking up all of their computers, and the modem, to the same hub, and other various bad networking that home people do. Basically if you have your network set up as you should they don't care.
He also said that he liked Linux users, though they are not officially supported, because he didn't have to hold their hand through every step. Start->run->winipcfg->etc...
Reminds me of the Happy Fun Ball from Saturday Night Live.
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* Do not touch Happy Fun Ball * If Happy Fun Ball begins to smoke, run and seek shelter. * Do not bounce Happy Fun Ball *
I take it that you've never suggested to management that a bug, in the project you've been working on, be fixed, only to have that suggestion declined. That bug may have been completely harmless, and management may have been fully justified in saying ignore it. However, lawyers can use that information against you. That (plus several others that people here have pointed out) is why it is a good idea to destroy documents in a timely manner.
"Sure it sounds kinda creepy in an Orwellian sort of way - but if a corporation is not doing anything illegal, they should have nothing to hide."
Isn't that the same quote the government uses to constantly erode our privacy? There are many non-illegal things corporations would like kept from the public. Just as there are many non-illegal things the public would like kept from the government and corporations.
My roomie has the motion sickness one. He can't play FPS games for very long. Rather than try and ban all FPS games from the city, he just plays Black & White. :)
If you wanted to be a real pain in the ass, use a random number to decide whether or not you want to deny Yahoo visitors. You also wouldn't be as blatent. Rather, give 'em a pretty 404 error if they came from Yahoo and the random number hit.
:)
I'm not saying that people should (or will) do this. It's just a more evil way of doing it.
other than The Mall, which is protected by tradition and capitalism
Funny you should say that. One of the malls in my home town was always plagued by gang violence. There were no extra laws passed to get the kids out of there. The mall was never closed because of the violence. People were so afraid to go there that most of the employees quit and shoppers went elsewhere. The mall closed only to lack of funds.
I agree with you. Had an arcade place or one of the so called "coffee bars" had the same amount of problems the city would have shut them down in a second.
Do you have any sources for your facts? I'm not disputing them, but next time I debate someone it'll be better to point out an actual report rather than "some guy on slashdot" as my proof. :)
Hate to point out what should already be obvious, but Microsoft wasn't denying the IE team access to the API's.
I think that would be really cool. I'd love to have the latest RedHat CD mailed to me for free (even if it did say AOL/RedHat). I'd install all the RedHat part and leave out the AOL part, much like I do with Mozilla, Winamp, and ICQ now. AOL CDs would finally be useful for something other than making cool sparks in the microwave.
The 3DO (and I belive the CDi as well) was killed in large part because of the $500+ price tag when it came out in the early 90's. Lack of games didn't help it much either.
Though, the 3DO was all sorts of cool. I still have one. It had the ability to chain controllers so you could have multiple controllers with only one port on the console. Also, the Goldstar controllers had headphone jacks in them. They could handle full motion video while the SNES was popular, and had some pretty neat CD playing screen savers.
The 3DO was supposed to be saved by an external module that never came to be. That's one of the reasons people believe that if something (modem, hard drive, upgrade module, etc) didn't come with the console, it doesn't exist.
Saying "use this code at your own risk" is different than saying "do not use in a production environment." Microsoft would love for Linux developers to say do not use Linux in production environments. Microsoft would then point the PHB's to the disclaimer, and that "woooosh" sound you hear is the sound of Linux being wiped away and Windows installed.
On the other hand, Linux developers now already say "use this code at your own risk," but then again, so does Microsoft.
If you give away free apples at a fruit stand that happen to be tainted with bacteria, you can still be sued even if you didn't intentionally taint them.