"What will happen when low-cost labor in China is combined with Microsoft technologies?"
The better question is, "What will happen when Microsoft's technology meets China's total disregard for intellectual property rights?"
The answer is, of course, "Hilarity ensues."
Re:We have a free market of ideas in this country.
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Unfortunately, far too many of the people seeing the movie are clearly taking the entire movie at face value. This whole weekend--in forums, on the news, in blogs, at a picnic I went to yesterday--I've had to endure people convulsing with Mooregasms (a phrase I just coined, so Paypal me a buck if you want to use it..haha) over how powerful the whole movie is, how evil my country's leaders are, how worthy of the world's hate my country is, and how stupid we are as Americans. Bollocks...
Like millions of others, I'm always mucking around in my PC. For the past 15 years, all of the various incarnations of my main desktop have spent most of their time with the cover off. And I've yet to have a single cell phone problem, cordless phone problem, pager problem, AM radio problem, FM radio problem, shortwave radio problem, CB radio problem, 802.11b, g or a problem, TV reception problem, or flux capacitor problem. Best of all, chicks dig it! And who can blame them? I'm clearly the kind of guy who likes to live life on the edge.
Surely I live in the boondocks? On a remote island? Treehouse in the woods?
I'm in Northern Virginia, a stone's throw from AOL's headquarters, Oracle, Microsoft, PeopleSoft, Accenture, enormous datacenters holding things like Google and Hotmail, and what's supposed to be the nexus of more global fiber links than anywhere else on Earth (Herndon, VA). My home was built in 2000 so it's not like I'm running a 1950's era POTS line. Hell, the CTO of PSINet (the ORIGINAL dot-bomb!) used to be my next door neighbor, and even he couldn't pull any strings with Verizon for our neighborhood.
Without Comcast, I'd be screwed. Well...more screwed, anyway.
Interestingly, most of the developmentally challenged people I've ever met would probably have the balls not to post as AC, and they'd also be polite enough not to throw around the word "retard". Perhaps with the proper mnemonic devices you can overcome both your abject stupidity and your lack of cojones.
I've got to agree with you despite the fact that some overly sensitive cell phone owners have modded you down.
Cell phones used to be totally out of reach to anyone below a certain income level. In the 80's and 90's, TV and movies turned the simple act of talking on a cell phone into a huge status symbol, to which the masses naturally aspired. Cut to 2004, and many more people can now actually afford this fantastic technology. Unfortunately, a huge percentage of new cell phone users are in EXACTLY the situation that the OP mentions: they want the status symbol even though they can't really afford it. Why should that surprise us in the days of rampant credit card debt and record levels of personal bankruptcy?
Just within the past month, I was in line at Safeway who was paying for her groceries with one of those newfangled food stamp debit cards so I knew she was economically challenged. But to my amazement, she was talking on a cell phone the whole freakin' time she was in line. Now there's someone who's well on the way to financial responsibility and welfare independence...
Meanwhile, as an IT professional who was permanently attached to both a cell phone AND a pager for 6 years, I was only too happy to finally reach a position where I could be rid of both. I now wear my unreachability as a badge of honor!:-)
Actually, he's partially correct and I assume Linksys doesn't mention it on their site because they don't want to confuse anyone. The latest and final V2 version of the WRT54G hardware (in addition to the newer WRT54GS "SpeedBooster" model that's replacing it) uses the Broadcom BCM94712 chip which is a 200MHz MIPS32 processor. Here is what I get from cat/proc/cpuinfo on my WRT54G with V2 hardware:
system type : Broadcom BCM947XX processor : 0 cpu model : BCM3302 V0.7 BogoMIPS : 199.47 wait instruction : no microsecond timers : yes tlb_entries : 32 extra interrupt vector : no hardware watchpoint : no VCED exceptions : not available VCEI exceptions : not available dcache hits : 4244635258 dcache misses : 1973420029 icache hits : 4223296655 icache misses : 2970528380 instructions : 0
An AC said: He provides misinformation. The WRT54G uses a 125MHz MIPS processor, not a 200MHz Intel processor.
I was going to attempt to respond to a few of the more ridiculous statements you make, but your repeated use of the word "Iraqians" made me realize that it's probably hopeless to try. I can't even bring myself to waste mod points on your post...
Amen! Perusing my ReplayTV, I have the following channels blocked out and I'd like a retroactive refund from my local Comcast monopoly:
QVC HSN MTV VH1 Outdoor Living Network Golf Channel ESPN ESPN2
The thing about sports is, most sports nuts will (and do) pay extra for the stuff. So, let them pay a few bucks more and stop making me subsidize J6P's obsession with groups of sweaty guys playing with balls.
Oh and while you're at it, esteemed Congressmen, stop funneling millions of my tax dollars to NPR.
at some lackluster book signing (can't even remember which book) he was attending at a store in Washington DC. I asked him to sign my copy with "Dear Stranger, Sorry I had this book printed in such a terrible typeface. It won't happen again, Thanks, WG" He got mock-defensive and I apologized profusely at which point he grinned and talked with me for several minutes about why he had selected what he called the "East Berlin Street Sign Font", most of which I proceeded to forget although I do remember that he mentioned something about having traveled there shortly after the wall came down. I doubt I'll ever come face-to-face with another well-known writer who's cool enough to talk to some random schmoe the way he did, so mad love to you, Bill! And there ends the one and only semi-namedropping post I could ever hope to make on Slashdot...
Oh, and he chose to sign my book with a simple "BAD TYPE! William Gibson".
Smart-ass...
PS, anyone checking out his oevre should definitely not miss his short stories
privileged because in the process of attending public school I learned both to spell and to gather important pieces of information during the process of reading, such as the fact that Hibbel hadn't been driving the vehicle. Must be that thick skull of mine--so airtight that once information goes in it never leaks back out.
Great googly moogly! My new Toyota has a hard drive in it?? Who woulda thunk it?!
Partly to combat hackers, many carmakers are using encrypted chips in new models or, like Toyota, have done away with removable memory chips altogether. That has the e-mechanics shifting strategies, either by downloading new software directly into the computer's hard drive or attaching separate electronic devices that piggyback on the factory-installed control module and override it. Some of these devices alter the "rev limiter" that prevents engine speed from zooming beyond the red line or remove the speed governor that limits top-end performance.
In related news, Carly Fiorina said...
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"There is no CODEC that is America's God-given right."
I had a great physics prof back about 20 years ago whose name escapes me... Anyway, he peppered his lectures liberally with jokes and funny stories, and I remember one that went something like this:
A dairy decides that they if they hire a full-time scientist to work for them, they might be able to increase milk production. They end up hiring a physicist, who proceeds to lock himself in his office where he can be heard scribbling on a blackboard at all hours. Weeks later, he emerges shouting "Eureka!" and is quickly summoned to present his findings to the owners. He stands up to speak, shuffles his papers in search of the proper page filled with formulae, and begins, "Assume a spherical cow...."
On second thought, I guess that's probably only funny to a physics & math geek.
Get yer lingo straight, partner:P otherwise you'll be ridiculed by the youngsters.
According to my 14-year-old neighbor(who keeps stepping on my rosebushes...YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE, PUNK!) you "chip" that sweet used Civic that you just bought, but you "mod" your Xbox.
for the love of god Dr. Tufte please stop sending me junk mail trying to sign me up for more of the same!:-) My wife and I attended his seminar about 9 years ago and walked away with the books and a cool poster depicting Napoleon's losses in his 1812 Russian campaign. We have since moved about 3 times, yet Tufte's postcards continue to follow us and we receive one each approximately every other month.
Interestingly, and apropos to his current bashing of business graphics software, I approached Dr. Tufte afterwards and asked him if he had ever thought about teaming with a software firm. At the time I worked with a large consulting firm that had a decent software development group, and I told him that there was bound to be a market for a package that would help people create business graphics more within the paradigms discussed in his book (remember that this was pretty much the era of Harvard Graphics and Lotus 1-2-3 add-ons). He replied that he hadn't considered it but that it could be a good idea, so I passed him a business card and also and got his contact information to pass along to my boss.
Nothing ever happened, of course, but looking back I like to think that I did my part to try and prevent the nightmare that is PowerPoint XP.
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You left out one important thing about James Ewing:
5) Has the balls not to post anonymously? - check
"What will happen when low-cost labor in China is combined with Microsoft technologies?"
The better question is, "What will happen when Microsoft's technology meets China's total disregard for intellectual property rights?"
The answer is, of course, "Hilarity ensues."
Unfortunately, far too many of the people seeing the movie are clearly taking the entire movie at face value. This whole weekend--in forums, on the news, in blogs, at a picnic I went to yesterday--I've had to endure people convulsing with Mooregasms (a phrase I just coined, so Paypal me a buck if you want to use it..haha) over how powerful the whole movie is, how evil my country's leaders are, how worthy of the world's hate my country is, and how stupid we are as Americans. Bollocks...
Like millions of others, I'm always mucking around in my PC. For the past 15 years, all of the various incarnations of my main desktop have spent most of their time with the cover off. And I've yet to have a single cell phone problem, cordless phone problem, pager problem, AM radio problem, FM radio problem, shortwave radio problem, CB radio problem, 802.11b, g or a problem, TV reception problem, or flux capacitor problem. Best of all, chicks dig it! And who can blame them? I'm clearly the kind of guy who likes to live life on the edge.
Surely I live in the boondocks? On a remote island? Treehouse in the woods?
I'm in Northern Virginia, a stone's throw from AOL's headquarters, Oracle, Microsoft, PeopleSoft, Accenture, enormous datacenters holding things like Google and Hotmail, and what's supposed to be the nexus of more global fiber links than anywhere else on Earth (Herndon, VA). My home was built in 2000 so it's not like I'm running a 1950's era POTS line. Hell, the CTO of PSINet (the ORIGINAL dot-bomb!) used to be my next door neighbor, and even he couldn't pull any strings with Verizon for our neighborhood.
Without Comcast, I'd be screwed. Well...more screwed, anyway.
that's sweet bippy, you insensitive clod!
BIP
Interestingly, most of the developmentally challenged people I've ever met would probably have the balls not to post as AC, and they'd also be polite enough not to throw around the word "retard". Perhaps with the proper mnemonic devices you can overcome both your abject stupidity and your lack of cojones.
I've got to agree with you despite the fact that some overly sensitive cell phone owners have modded you down.
:-)
Cell phones used to be totally out of reach to anyone below a certain income level. In the 80's and 90's, TV and movies turned the simple act of talking on a cell phone into a huge status symbol, to which the masses naturally aspired. Cut to 2004, and many more people can now actually afford this fantastic technology. Unfortunately, a huge percentage of new cell phone users are in EXACTLY the situation that the OP mentions: they want the status symbol even though they can't really afford it. Why should that surprise us in the days of rampant credit card debt and record levels of personal bankruptcy?
Just within the past month, I was in line at Safeway who was paying for her groceries with one of those newfangled food stamp debit cards so I knew she was economically challenged. But to my amazement, she was talking on a cell phone the whole freakin' time she was in line. Now there's someone who's well on the way to financial responsibility and welfare independence...
Meanwhile, as an IT professional who was permanently attached to both a cell phone AND a pager for 6 years, I was only too happy to finally reach a position where I could be rid of both. I now wear my unreachability as a badge of honor!
I was going to attempt to respond to a few of the more ridiculous statements you make, but your repeated use of the word "Iraqians" made me realize that it's probably hopeless to try. I can't even bring myself to waste mod points on your post...
Amen! Perusing my ReplayTV, I have the following channels blocked out and I'd like a retroactive refund from my local Comcast monopoly:
QVC
HSN
MTV
VH1
Outdoor Living Network
Golf Channel
ESPN
ESPN2
The thing about sports is, most sports nuts will (and do) pay extra for the stuff. So, let them pay a few bucks more and stop making me subsidize J6P's obsession with groups of sweaty guys playing with balls.
Oh and while you're at it, esteemed Congressmen, stop funneling millions of my tax dollars to NPR.
said the guy who was too much of a wuss to use his actual nick when casting his pearls of wisdom before us swine.
Let me guess...in your little world of rhetorical superiority, anonymously regurgitating dogma = debating and winning the argument, right?
Congratulations, you watch Chappelle's Show.
It's those ligature vowels that always screw me up. Would you like some feedback on your own writing problems?
at some lackluster book signing (can't even remember which book) he was attending at a store in Washington DC. I asked him to sign my copy with "Dear Stranger, Sorry I had this book printed in such a terrible typeface. It won't happen again, Thanks, WG" He got mock-defensive and I apologized profusely at which point he grinned and talked with me for several minutes about why he had selected what he called the "East Berlin Street Sign Font", most of which I proceeded to forget although I do remember that he mentioned something about having traveled there shortly after the wall came down. I doubt I'll ever come face-to-face with another well-known writer who's cool enough to talk to some random schmoe the way he did, so mad love to you, Bill! And there ends the one and only semi-namedropping post I could ever hope to make on Slashdot...
Oh, and he chose to sign my book with a simple "BAD TYPE! William Gibson".
Smart-ass...
PS, anyone checking out his oevre should definitely not miss his short stories
privileged because in the process of attending public school I learned both to spell and to gather important pieces of information during the process of reading, such as the fact that Hibbel hadn't been driving the vehicle. Must be that thick skull of mine--so airtight that once information goes in it never leaks back out.
Partly to combat hackers, many carmakers are using encrypted chips in new models or, like Toyota, have done away with removable memory chips altogether. That has the e-mechanics shifting strategies, either by downloading new software directly into the computer's hard drive or attaching separate electronic devices that piggyback on the factory-installed control module and override it. Some of these devices alter the "rev limiter" that prevents engine speed from zooming beyond the red line or remove the speed governor that limits top-end performance.
"There is no CODEC that is America's God-given right."
If X is the lower number and Y is the higher number, he's figuring his percentage increases as (Y-X)/Y instead of (Y-X)/X .
Or is this some kind of "New New Math" that they started teaching in the 10 years since I graduated?
Echt jovel!
Don't you mean crypto-fascist aristocracy ruling body?
I had a great physics prof back about 20 years ago whose name escapes me... Anyway, he peppered his lectures liberally with jokes and funny stories, and I remember one that went something like this:
A dairy decides that they if they hire a full-time scientist to work for them, they might be able to increase milk production. They end up hiring a physicist, who proceeds to lock himself in his office where he can be heard scribbling on a blackboard at all hours. Weeks later, he emerges shouting "Eureka!" and is quickly summoned to present his findings to the owners. He stands up to speak, shuffles his papers in search of the proper page filled with formulae, and begins, "Assume a spherical cow...."
On second thought, I guess that's probably only funny to a physics & math geek.
Get yer lingo straight, partner :P otherwise you'll be ridiculed by the youngsters.
According to my 14-year-old neighbor(who keeps stepping on my rosebushes...YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE, PUNK!) you "chip" that sweet used Civic that you just bought, but you "mod" your Xbox.
Interestingly, and apropos to his current bashing of business graphics software, I approached Dr. Tufte afterwards and asked him if he had ever thought about teaming with a software firm. At the time I worked with a large consulting firm that had a decent software development group, and I told him that there was bound to be a market for a package that would help people create business graphics more within the paradigms discussed in his book (remember that this was pretty much the era of Harvard Graphics and Lotus 1-2-3 add-ons). He replied that he hadn't considered it but that it could be a good idea, so I passed him a business card and also and got his contact information to pass along to my boss.
Nothing ever happened, of course, but looking back I like to think that I did my part to try and prevent the nightmare that is PowerPoint XP.
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