You say corporate America doesn;t get it only because you DO! The only area that Corporate America will get it is when it affect their pocketbook. As soon as they can't spend the cash for the new version they will consider alternatives.
However I would suggest that YOU do not get it. Being a Windows user since 3.1 days, I can say when I attempted to close my life from the MS Juggernaught, I was stuck for days. I was reading and re-reading things to get them to work.
IBM endorsement means nothing. IBM is a technical company. Would one of these users replace Access with Oracle? You are comparing Apples to pears. Alot alike but not the same thing.
People here get all GEEKED up over the fact that someone has Linux running on a wristwatch and how it shows just how powerful it is. Yet when I tried to use Red Hat for the first time the ability to send/receive e-mail, type out a memo, or a number of other things was totally changed under the new found OS.
Don't assume because YOU HAVE IT, that they should all get it the same way you do.
That was my point that is something that is agreed on by both sides...
/flame on
As for the Faith being associated with a lost city...I have no idea where you came up with anyones faith being based on that. You are living proof of evolution...You were not hatched, your dad wacked off into a jug, corked it and threw it out in the Sunlight.
My comment was only to say, its a possible explaination. As for my faith...I will leave that to myself and let you worry about it a little longer.
We know our good allies CHina will avoid this like the plague and we will still get movies on DVD in China Town while the movie is still at theatres....
I know I am putting my Karma at risk here, with all the Athiest Mods, but creationist out there would probably point to this as possible ruins form the flood.
That would be a significant enough event. Not to mention most creationist believe that at one time the continents were together etc...
I may be off here, but seems like it only locks the machine from viewing the disks that are rated higher than the limit you set. IE. Password allows me to watch PG13+ but without PG13-
This may lose a few Karma points but dammit its worth it....
I am SICK AND TIRED of people using ART as a license to be idiots! I have the right to watch what I want, when I want, and HOW I want. How many of these directors are in this because of the ART of directing? Few if any. They are going for that all mighty dollar and make choices that give it to them. Sure you have the Oliver Stones that try to make every movie a political statement, but its only used to make the statement into hartd cold cash.
Stop using ART as your excuse for being an ASS! If I want to watch a movie without being subjected to language/nudity, or other material that I may object to, I will.
If you really feel this strong about the artist intent, then no more scene jumping on the DVD. No more slow/fastforward/pause etc. If the artist wanted you to see the movie that way they would have made it that way ahead of time.
Uh Yes they do. I can show you the actual MODELS on the intel website. They are intel made. I had to do alot of work to get an old Dell 233 working with a celeron. Dellwouldn;t support it but the motherboard was made by intel and I was able ot get drivers from their website that would do it.
Yes Intel chipsets but also YES to the boards as well.
Seems to me they use Intel Motherboards. Not saying they the best way to go as I prefer to build my PC from ground up, but they do NOT manufacture their own motherboards.
Growing up in Houston there was always a buzz about NASA and space travel. I mean in school several times a year Astronauts came in to basically make a sales pitch to get kids interested in the space program.
However the days of the heralded Names has been lost and forgotten. Why else would NASA have brought back John Glenn? They are seeking an identity that has continued to fade and came dangerously close to being lost with the Challenger loss.
Side note: When I was in 3rd or 4th grade they were telling me when I was 30 I would be taking vacations to the moon. All I can say is they had better hurry cause they have 3 years.
Sang to the same tune as "this old man" or Barney's " I love You"
I love you, You love me,
We chased Barney up a tree,
Got tha Buck shot out and let it roar!
NO MORE PURPLE DINOSAUR...
I think back to a movie about a Savant(Rainman)...Seems that they want us all to be autistic and wonder aimlessly figuring calculations in our head...Meantime i get my palm out of my pocket protector, pull my half keyboard and go about it the old fashioned way....
I am accepting donations for more bow-ties and a new pair of coke bottle glasses.
Having worked for 2 different failed dot BOMBS that were based on an advertisment business model, I think its safe to say that advertisment online has been grossly overestimated regardless of how you approach it.
For years there has been a difference in how advertisers approached their buyers. INFOMERCIALS go for the BUY NOW OR MISS OUT. Coca-Cola goes for the NAME NAME NAME. When you think softdrink think COKE. BUD WEIS EERRRRR...etc.
Thus far none of pure dot coms(not the brick and mortar that have a website to back them up) companies have found a way to breech that gap.
The only way I see anything changing online is for the "permission based marketing" to take over. Example: You know I am interested in puchasing a product because in a survey etc I told you so. You are partnered with a company that sells or distributes that product. You send me an ad because I told you that you could and its a product I am wanting more infomation on. Past that its a dark deep bottomless money pit that ALOT of venture capital money helps make deeper and darker.
Razzious Domini
I admit it. I worked for a company that spammed people often. They got alot of business from it thus they continued to do it.
Some of your arguments are flat out IGNORANT though. First off anyone in the US that says "I have to pay for ISP access so I shouldn't have to pay for spam" is talking without thinking. If you are paying per e-mail you receive, paying for extra bandwidth from spam etc. Go get yourself a new ISP. If you can't figure out how to FILTER your mail, then read that HELP FILE. If paying for access is what you are saying is the point, then get a P.O. BOX and file charges against all the unsolicited mail you recieve at that box since you have to pay anually for it(the P.O. Box).
People continue spamming for 1 reason. They get results. I know of a long distance company that gets 75% of its customers via SPAM. Why would they want to stop that?
If you read the numbers its not that many people that really are concerned about SPAM. The ones that are ANTI SPAM are just vocal about it.
Do I like spam? NO
Do I want the government to regulate it HELL NO!
You people talk through both sides of your mouth. You say no to more gevernemtn except when it helps your cause.
I know I run the risk of losing some GREAT Karma points with this, but I am so excited I had to risk it.
Last night I finally did it. I bought Redhat and installed it. I allowed it to delete Windows and decided to learn it I would need to be thrown to the wolves.
Why am I posting this? Well cause this is the only place I visit where anyone would care about that. Razzious Domini
GATES GRANT!!!!! Bill gates gives them the machines and lots of them.
As I stated in a previous post I have been working with libraries and their technology upgrades or nongrades as some are and recently their hardware has increased DRASTICALLY....Mostly from GATES and most the machines are limited by Billy boy as to what can be installed on them. Razzious Domini
I have worked for the last 5 years in the software industry geared specifically for Public Acess Machines ESPECIALLY Public Libraries.
For years the Libraries have had a MOTTO "ACCESS FOR ALL". Saying that I don't think any parent or "NORMAL" person wants a small child accessing goatse.cx or other porn type sites.
I have supplied Public Libraries with filtering software that allows them to decide what types of material they want to filter. Some have chosen not to pursue it til now due to the legislation, but most do agree it needs to be monitored.
I would say that 95%+ of librarians I talk to say that they have had problems with patrons accessing pornographic material in very open and easily viewed areas from the library.
I have YET to see ANY SOFTWARE PRODUCT that the Republicans or Democrats have sanctioned or developed to AID in filtering. To suggest that its a political thing with what sites are filtered and what sites are not is flat out ignorant. 99% of the software filters that libraries use the LIBRARY chooses the filtering procedure. I just attended a large Trade Show in DC last week where I saw the first filter specifically designed for libraries that used 3rd party filters and they were using the same ones we all are familar with (Netnanny, Cybersitter etc.) with their own interface. Razzious Domini
A kid is in a courtroom and the
prosecutor says."farmer Hiram and 3 of his friends saw you steal that goat"
kid in trial says. "so I have 3 friends that didn't see me steal it"
How many creationist out there will view the study the opposite way? Scientist have an INCREDIBLE ability to take whatever information out there and to shape it to fit their belief. Razzious Domini
Bottom line a true creationist doesn't need any genetic proof of their belief. The belive that God created it and that is sufficient for them. To the ones that seek proof, they view such similarities as "a mark of ownership". They would say well since God created the animals, and everything else, the same building blocks were used here, so sure there are simularities.
Most creationist feel evolutionist use evolution as a way to dispell the idea of a diety(with the acknowledgement of a diety you then have to make a decision as to what you will do with it.)
SIDE NOTE: After reading the kansas article, nothing there inplied that the State education board used the Genome study in their decision. Razzious Domini
Regardless of terms used, the issue is the same. the RECORD labels are making it their business how its distributed...and they don't want NAPSTER to be one of their distribution sources. Razzious Domini
I know I run the risk of getting mod'd down here, but this has to be said. You people are all for LESS GOVERNMENT MORE FREEDOM except when it helps you. You want the goverment to tell people how to run their business?
I can't wait till I see the headline Senator Bygbawls has submitted a bill that would make it COMPULSORY for all software developers to submit their work to a board headed by Bill Gates to assure its free from virus or other harmful attacks and works properly with Windows.
You cry about too much involment and not enough freedom only when it serves you first.
First off Napster is to be praised for its ability to find some rare or bootleg tunes. BIGTIME props to Napster for that.
Bottom line though is you people seem to forget what it was like in the good ole days for us to pioneer this CRAZE that swept the net. I feel like I should be talking to (Grandkids here saying this) "When I was your age we had to search the web for FTP servers and download them the old fashioned way."
"I recall having access to a T1 at work when only the elite few had that and was running an MP3 site boasting 1 gig of tunes on a SCSI HD that was in a STATE OF THE ART P150 Dell server( I now have close to 20 gigs of MP3's)"
Sure Napster is/was great Gnutella although will continue to be trouble...We will all make it.
BTW if anyone wants to contact me, I will happily workl with you to upload my collection if you wanna open a site somewhere.
The argument of college bandwidth, alhthough many will hate me for saying it, is legit. I work for a company that installs network management softweare especially to Universities and the ones that have blocked Napster have seen a substancial amount of traffic drop. I do not know what the answer is, I can say I know several gamerz that HATE Napster etc for the amount of bandwidth they lose on campus. Poor guys probably have a Ping of 27 instead of 21
Glass! Long time no see.
My point is not the legalising MP3's...My point is finding advertisers will be tough. That has NOTHING TO DO WITH WRITING MY CONGRESSMAN... Razzious Domini
Covad pulled the disconnect stunt, although my DSL provider was not in finacial troubles. They and Covad had some dispute and I was left without service. I do know it was NOT finacial based on e-mail that was received from both parties.
I do know Covad did send out some e-mails with the DSL ISP I was using stationary. So to all the users it appeared it was from our ISP when in actuality it was from COVAD....I smell a lawsuit there.
I have worked for 2 failed DOT COMS that tried the whole personalized ads to people and they failed. In my opinion the concept is great. If we are going to have to see an ad why not make it something I am interested in. I just can't think of an advertiser that would "promote" illegal activity. I know immediatly people start on the IT SHOULDN'T BE ILLEGAL!!! FUCK METALICA etc. Fact of the matter is riht now it is illegal. We tried to create a website that had the word TOXIC in the domain and advertisers wouldn't touch it. Much less something this bold.
I can see it now roll papers with little McDonalds double arches on them, or Marriot hotel crack pipes.
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You say corporate America doesn;t get it only because you DO! The only area that Corporate America will get it is when it affect their pocketbook. As soon as they can't spend the cash for the new version they will consider alternatives.
However I would suggest that YOU do not get it. Being a Windows user since 3.1 days, I can say when I attempted to close my life from the MS Juggernaught, I was stuck for days. I was reading and re-reading things to get them to work.
IBM endorsement means nothing. IBM is a technical company. Would one of these users replace Access with Oracle? You are comparing Apples to pears. Alot alike but not the same thing.
People here get all GEEKED up over the fact that someone has Linux running on a wristwatch and how it shows just how powerful it is. Yet when I tried to use Red Hat for the first time the ability to send/receive e-mail, type out a memo, or a number of other things was totally changed under the new found OS.
Don't assume because YOU HAVE IT, that they should all get it the same way you do.
That was my point that is something that is agreed on by both sides...
/flame on
As for the Faith being associated with a lost city...I have no idea where you came up with anyones faith being based on that. You are living proof of evolution...You were not hatched, your dad wacked off into a jug, corked it and threw it out in the Sunlight.
My comment was only to say, its a possible explaination. As for my faith...I will leave that to myself and let you worry about it a little longer.
We know our good allies CHina will avoid this like the plague and we will still get movies on DVD in China Town while the movie is still at theatres....
I know I am putting my Karma at risk here, with all the Athiest Mods, but creationist out there would probably point to this as possible ruins form the flood.
That would be a significant enough event. Not to mention most creationist believe that at one time the continents were together etc...
Just a thought...
I may be off here, but seems like it only locks the machine from viewing the disks that are rated higher than the limit you set. IE. Password allows me to watch PG13+ but without PG13-
/flame on
This may lose a few Karma points but dammit its worth it....
I am SICK AND TIRED of people using ART as a license to be idiots! I have the right to watch what I want, when I want, and HOW I want. How many of these directors are in this because of the ART of directing? Few if any. They are going for that all mighty dollar and make choices that give it to them. Sure you have the Oliver Stones that try to make every movie a political statement, but its only used to make the statement into hartd cold cash.
Stop using ART as your excuse for being an ASS! If I want to watch a movie without being subjected to language/nudity, or other material that I may object to, I will.
If you really feel this strong about the artist intent, then no more scene jumping on the DVD. No more slow/fastforward/pause etc. If the artist wanted you to see the movie that way they would have made it that way ahead of time.
/flame off
Uh Yes they do. I can show you the actual MODELS on the intel website. They are intel made. I had to do alot of work to get an old Dell 233 working with a celeron. Dellwouldn;t support it but the motherboard was made by intel and I was able ot get drivers from their website that would do it. Yes Intel chipsets but also YES to the boards as well.
Seems to me they use Intel Motherboards. Not saying they the best way to go as I prefer to build my PC from ground up, but they do NOT manufacture their own motherboards.
Growing up in Houston there was always a buzz about NASA and space travel. I mean in school several times a year Astronauts came in to basically make a sales pitch to get kids interested in the space program.
However the days of the heralded Names has been lost and forgotten. Why else would NASA have brought back John Glenn? They are seeking an identity that has continued to fade and came dangerously close to being lost with the Challenger loss.
Side note: When I was in 3rd or 4th grade they were telling me when I was 30 I would be taking vacations to the moon. All I can say is they had better hurry cause they have 3 years.
Razzious Domini
Sang to the same tune as "this old man" or Barney's " I love You"
I love you, You love me, We chased Barney up a tree, Got tha Buck shot out and let it roar! NO MORE PURPLE DINOSAUR...
Razzious Domini
I think back to a movie about a Savant(Rainman)...Seems that they want us all to be autistic and wonder aimlessly figuring calculations in our head...Meantime i get my palm out of my pocket protector, pull my half keyboard and go about it the old fashioned way....
I am accepting donations for more bow-ties and a new pair of coke bottle glasses.
Razzious Domini
Having worked for 2 different failed dot BOMBS that were based on an advertisment business model, I think its safe to say that advertisment online has been grossly overestimated regardless of how you approach it.
For years there has been a difference in how advertisers approached their buyers. INFOMERCIALS go for the BUY NOW OR MISS OUT. Coca-Cola goes for the NAME NAME NAME. When you think softdrink think COKE. BUD WEIS EERRRRR...etc.
Thus far none of pure dot coms(not the brick and mortar that have a website to back them up) companies have found a way to breech that gap.
The only way I see anything changing online is for the "permission based marketing" to take over. Example: You know I am interested in puchasing a product because in a survey etc I told you so. You are partnered with a company that sells or distributes that product. You send me an ad because I told you that you could and its a product I am wanting more infomation on. Past that its a dark deep bottomless money pit that ALOT of venture capital money helps make deeper and darker.
Razzious Domini
I admit it. I worked for a company that spammed people often. They got alot of business from it thus they continued to do it.
Some of your arguments are flat out IGNORANT though. First off anyone in the US that says "I have to pay for ISP access so I shouldn't have to pay for spam" is talking without thinking. If you are paying per e-mail you receive, paying for extra bandwidth from spam etc. Go get yourself a new ISP. If you can't figure out how to FILTER your mail, then read that HELP FILE. If paying for access is what you are saying is the point, then get a P.O. BOX and file charges against all the unsolicited mail you recieve at that box since you have to pay anually for it(the P.O. Box).
People continue spamming for 1 reason. They get results. I know of a long distance company that gets 75% of its customers via SPAM. Why would they want to stop that?
If you read the numbers its not that many people that really are concerned about SPAM. The ones that are ANTI SPAM are just vocal about it.
Do I like spam? NO
Do I want the government to regulate it HELL NO!
You people talk through both sides of your mouth. You say no to more gevernemtn except when it helps your cause.
Razzious Domini
I know I run the risk of losing some GREAT Karma points with this, but I am so excited I had to risk it. Last night I finally did it. I bought Redhat and installed it. I allowed it to delete Windows and decided to learn it I would need to be thrown to the wolves. Why am I posting this? Well cause this is the only place I visit where anyone would care about that.
Razzious Domini
Thats EASY!
GATES GRANT!!!!! Bill gates gives them the machines and lots of them.
As I stated in a previous post I have been working with libraries and their technology upgrades or nongrades as some are and recently their hardware has increased DRASTICALLY....Mostly from GATES and most the machines are limited by Billy boy as to what can be installed on them.
Razzious Domini
I have worked for the last 5 years in the software industry geared specifically for Public Acess Machines ESPECIALLY Public Libraries.
For years the Libraries have had a MOTTO "ACCESS FOR ALL". Saying that I don't think any parent or "NORMAL" person wants a small child accessing goatse.cx or other porn type sites.
I have supplied Public Libraries with filtering software that allows them to decide what types of material they want to filter. Some have chosen not to pursue it til now due to the legislation, but most do agree it needs to be monitored.
I would say that 95%+ of librarians I talk to say that they have had problems with patrons accessing pornographic material in very open and easily viewed areas from the library.
I have YET to see ANY SOFTWARE PRODUCT that the Republicans or Democrats have sanctioned or developed to AID in filtering. To suggest that its a political thing with what sites are filtered and what sites are not is flat out ignorant. 99% of the software filters that libraries use the LIBRARY chooses the filtering procedure. I just attended a large Trade Show in DC last week where I saw the first filter specifically designed for libraries that used 3rd party filters and they were using the same ones we all are familar with (Netnanny, Cybersitter etc.) with their own interface.
Razzious Domini
A kid is in a courtroom and the prosecutor says."farmer Hiram and 3 of his friends saw you steal that goat" kid in trial says. "so I have 3 friends that didn't see me steal it" How many creationist out there will view the study the opposite way? Scientist have an INCREDIBLE ability to take whatever information out there and to shape it to fit their belief.
Razzious Domini
Bottom line a true creationist doesn't need any genetic proof of their belief. The belive that God created it and that is sufficient for them. To the ones that seek proof, they view such similarities as "a mark of ownership". They would say well since God created the animals, and everything else, the same building blocks were used here, so sure there are simularities. Most creationist feel evolutionist use evolution as a way to dispell the idea of a diety(with the acknowledgement of a diety you then have to make a decision as to what you will do with it.) SIDE NOTE: After reading the kansas article, nothing there inplied that the State education board used the Genome study in their decision.
Razzious Domini
Regardless of terms used, the issue is the same. the RECORD labels are making it their business how its distributed...and they don't want NAPSTER to be one of their distribution sources.
Razzious Domini
I know I run the risk of getting mod'd down here, but this has to be said. You people are all for LESS GOVERNMENT MORE FREEDOM except when it helps you. You want the goverment to tell people how to run their business?
I can't wait till I see the headline Senator Bygbawls has submitted a bill that would make it COMPULSORY for all software developers to submit their work to a board headed by Bill Gates to assure its free from virus or other harmful attacks and works properly with Windows.
You cry about too much involment and not enough freedom only when it serves you first.
Razzious Domini
I will reply to this in HOPES of not being flamed for OFF TOPIC, but my manlyhood is at stake. Yes it was YOUR machine, thats true.
HOWEVER yuou left Netscape changed of your OWN doing I BEGGED YOU to come home and you chose the way of evil.
Razzious Domini
First off Napster is to be praised for its ability to find some rare or bootleg tunes. BIGTIME props to Napster for that.
Bottom line though is you people seem to forget what it was like in the good ole days for us to pioneer this CRAZE that swept the net. I feel like I should be talking to (Grandkids here saying this) "When I was your age we had to search the web for FTP servers and download them the old fashioned way."
"I recall having access to a T1 at work when only the elite few had that and was running an MP3 site boasting 1 gig of tunes on a SCSI HD that was in a STATE OF THE ART P150 Dell server( I now have close to 20 gigs of MP3's)"
Sure Napster is/was great Gnutella although will continue to be trouble...We will all make it.
BTW if anyone wants to contact me, I will happily workl with you to upload my collection if you wanna open a site somewhere.
The argument of college bandwidth, alhthough many will hate me for saying it, is legit. I work for a company that installs network management softweare especially to Universities and the ones that have blocked Napster have seen a substancial amount of traffic drop. I do not know what the answer is, I can say I know several gamerz that HATE Napster etc for the amount of bandwidth they lose on campus. Poor guys probably have a Ping of 27 instead of 21
Razzious Domini
Glass! Long time no see. My point is not the legalising MP3's...My point is finding advertisers will be tough. That has NOTHING TO DO WITH WRITING MY CONGRESSMAN...
Razzious Domini
Covad pulled the disconnect stunt, although my DSL provider was not in finacial troubles. They and Covad had some dispute and I was left without service. I do know it was NOT finacial based on e-mail that was received from both parties.
I do know Covad did send out some e-mails with the DSL ISP I was using stationary. So to all the users it appeared it was from our ISP when in actuality it was from COVAD....I smell a lawsuit there.
Razzious Domini
I have worked for 2 failed DOT COMS that tried the whole personalized ads to people and they failed. In my opinion the concept is great. If we are going to have to see an ad why not make it something I am interested in. I just can't think of an advertiser that would "promote" illegal activity. I know immediatly people start on the IT SHOULDN'T BE ILLEGAL!!! FUCK METALICA etc. Fact of the matter is riht now it is illegal. We tried to create a website that had the word TOXIC in the domain and advertisers wouldn't touch it. Much less something this bold.
I can see it now roll papers with little McDonalds double arches on them, or Marriot hotel crack pipes.
Razzious Domini