So... A government controlled news entity IN CHINA is reporting dirt about google to the Chinese people. Why the heck is this news?
Because right now there are some in China that are sympathetic to Google. It's necessary to demonize them in order to eliminate that sympathy. What better way than to link Google to the evil US government?
I'm happy to see the technical achievement for what it is, but I am worried that the purported text books would change daily (updated by WiFi or some wireless means) to fit the revealing political views. Ministry of Truth, anyone?
... and I don't mean just their cheap (and occasionally toxic) products. Truth is that much of the... alternative income (embezzlement, kickbacks) for bureaucrats tend to come from (large) construction projects. You can bet this product will have severe cost overruns.
Grumpy Old Man: I'm oooooold! And I'm not happy! And I don't like things... In my day, there was only one show in town -- it was called "Stare at the sun!" .... it was and we liked it!
When WeirdStuff had satellite solar panels (when they were still at Syncamore Drive in Milpitas)... or 4 platter 8 inch 20MB Hard Disk with spindle motor running off AC...
His group invented ClearType? Don't make me laugh. The technique popular during Apple II days and this guy has the gall to claim credit for it. I say this renders his creditability as questionable.
Dear customer - To remain competitive in terms of salary and bonuses for our officers, we must ever increasingly find new ways to milk you, thereby providing our shareholders value to justify diverting our ever larger lump of our income to their compensation packages. As such it is much more expedient to change the pricing model instead of improving our network. The former instantaneously increase our income with near zero cost to us while the latter would cost us dearly in the short term, and is sure to draw the wrath of our shareholders and thus will most certainly be detrimental to the compensation packages for our officers. As such you can surely see the obvious choice of the two options.
We like to also take this opportunity to thank you for having taking it from us in the rear. If you desire a more pleasant experience using our service, may we advice that you bring your own Vaseline. If you do not have access to a supply of Vaseline, we will be happy to provide them at additional cost.
Instead of investing in infrastructure to improve supply, AT&T changes the pricing model to increase profit margin with ZERO (well, near ZERO) cost to themselves. This is neither a surprise nor news.
In case nobody noticed, there hasn't been any new models cablecard enabled TV set since 2006. Cable companies has worked hard to make sure cablecard will never ever take off, and for the most part they appear to have succeeded. FCC investigation is about four years late.
With product life cycle getting shorter all the time, products of late (in the past decade or two) are becoming less and less polished with successive generation.
The court case between the NRLA (National Right to Life Association) and film industry drew to a close yesterday after the NRLA issued an ultimatum: Take copycat violent crimes responsibilities seriously or leave the industry. 'Businesses such as film industry want to enjoy the benefit of being able to make money out of producing violent films and they enjoy that benefit. But it carries with it a responsibility,' said the NRLA's lawyer. 'They provide a facility that children is able to mimic. If they don't like having to deal with copycat violent crimes then they should get out of the business.'
I ceased wondering how Cisco ate 3Com's lunch when I had to integrate a couple 3Com switches the company CEO (an avid "bargain hunter") acquired into company LAN. To put it mildly, for manufacturing something that refused to play nice with other networking gears my only question is how they managed to stay in business this long.
There's no benefit as whatever may be available on "their" side isn't as appealing anyhow. Wake up, give people what they want and you'll make money. Keep trying to force your business model on people, you'll go under.
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So... A government controlled news entity IN CHINA is reporting dirt about google to the Chinese people. Why the heck is this news?
Because right now there are some in China that are sympathetic to Google. It's necessary to demonize them in order to eliminate that sympathy. What better way than to link Google to the evil US government?
I'm happy to see the technical achievement for what it is, but I am worried that the purported text books would change daily (updated by WiFi or some wireless means) to fit the revealing political views. Ministry of Truth, anyone?
... and I don't mean just their cheap (and occasionally toxic) products.
Truth is that much of the... alternative income (embezzlement, kickbacks) for bureaucrats tend to come from (large) construction projects. You can bet this product will have severe cost overruns.
Lifted from SNL transcripts --
Grumpy Old Man: I'm oooooold! And I'm not happy! And I don't like things ... In my day, there was only one show in town -- it was called "Stare at the sun!" . ... it was and we liked it!
The address is right on top of ASI... what's up with that?
So it isn't legal to kill him, or have him killed. (So don't try this kids.)
Don't buy the game, and send them letter to let them know why you're not buying the game.
When WeirdStuff had satellite solar panels (when they were still at Syncamore Drive in Milpitas) ... or 4 platter 8 inch 20MB Hard Disk with spindle motor running off AC ...
His group invented ClearType? Don't make me laugh. The technique popular during Apple II days and this guy has the gall to claim credit for it. I say this renders his creditability as questionable.
I am sure IBM didn't see anything wrong with Nazi Germany either.
And since when has THAT ever worked?
I settle for "real beheadings, particularly among lawyers."
Wake me when Grub2 supports FakeRAID...
The groups that are least able to defend themselves from hazardous workplace.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ComiketComiket, where characters from all walks of ... from variety of different genres are regularly spoiled in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DoujinshiDoujinshi, often in ways not for the faint of heart.
Dear customer - To remain competitive in terms of salary and bonuses for our officers, we must ever increasingly find new ways to milk you, thereby providing our shareholders value to justify diverting our ever larger lump of our income to their compensation packages. As such it is much more expedient to change the pricing model instead of improving our network. The former instantaneously increase our income with near zero cost to us while the latter would cost us dearly in the short term, and is sure to draw the wrath of our shareholders and thus will most certainly be detrimental to the compensation packages for our officers. As such you can surely see the obvious choice of the two options.
We like to also take this opportunity to thank you for having taking it from us in the rear. If you desire a more pleasant experience using our service, may we advice that you bring your own Vaseline. If you do not have access to a supply of Vaseline, we will be happy to provide them at additional cost.
Instead of investing in infrastructure to improve supply, AT&T changes the pricing model to increase profit margin with ZERO (well, near ZERO) cost to themselves. This is neither a surprise nor news.
In case nobody noticed, there hasn't been any new models cablecard enabled TV set since 2006. Cable companies has worked hard to make sure cablecard will never ever take off, and for the most part they appear to have succeeded. FCC investigation is about four years late.
This would've been considered as an act of war, and the next thing you know people in the streets are cutting each others in half with tommy guns.
With product life cycle getting shorter all the time, products of late (in the past decade or two) are becoming less and less polished with successive generation.
The court case between the NRLA (National Right to Life Association) and film industry drew to a close yesterday after the NRLA issued an ultimatum: Take copycat violent crimes responsibilities seriously or leave the industry. 'Businesses such as film industry want to enjoy the benefit of being able to make money out of producing violent films and they enjoy that benefit. But it carries with it a responsibility,' said the NRLA's lawyer. 'They provide a facility that children is able to mimic. If they don't like having to deal with copycat violent crimes then they should get out of the business.'
ps. No, NRLA doesn't exist. I made that up.
"Scantily Clothed Girls with Guns."
You insensitive clod! I attack with FreeDOS.
I ceased wondering how Cisco ate 3Com's lunch when I had to integrate a couple 3Com switches the company CEO (an avid "bargain hunter") acquired into company LAN. To put it mildly, for manufacturing something that refused to play nice with other networking gears my only question is how they managed to stay in business this long.
There's no benefit as whatever may be available on "their" side isn't as appealing anyhow. Wake up, give people what they want and you'll make money. Keep trying to force your business model on people, you'll go under.