but it looks like big music business and the RIAA have been given all the rope they need to hang themselves.
Hmmm... i wonder what this really costs them...
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EU May Fine Microsoft
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· Score: 2
Does anyone know how much money Microsoft is pumping into lobbying the European Union or EU government officials?
Actually, if they could just argue to mitigate the "removal of programs" part of the decision against them, I wonder if 2.4 billion is less then they spend on "the cost of doing business" in Washington.
yes 2.5 billion is a lot of money... but they are the teflon company... and teflon isn't cheap on the hill.
(also, i would love to hear that it was 2.5 English billions (trillions to us).
Microsoft threatens high punishment of the European Union trust guards
The European union could impose a high punishment in in August the officially
initiated trust legal procedure against Microsoft and force the company to remove
features from Windows. This comes out from a confidential document of the European
Union commission, which is present the barrier Street journal. The US business
paper reported that the commission in unusually sharp tone determines, Microsoft
tried, the Ermittler in errs to lead and the procedure obstruct. From this reason
a possible punishment will more highly fail, as if Microsoft would have cooperated.
The European Union commission could impose a punishment, which amounts to 10
per cent of Microsofts year's turnover, that is 2.5 billion US Dollar.
The Ermittler of the European Union commission is the opinion that Microsoft
abused its supremacy in illegal way at Windows and Office software, in order
to become generally accepted in the fast growing market for Business and Internet
software. Additionally Microsoft tried to displace audio and video often commodity
of other manufacturers with the Windows Media Player quotes barrier the Street
journal of the European Union paper. Additionally the commission determines,
which the Redmonder its operating system Windows 2000 and other applications
with intention would have arranged in such a way that these do not co-operate
with software of the competitors. In the document the Ermittler suggests requiring
modifications at the products in order to prevent such offences in the future.
Additionally the commission accessed Microsofts " abusive and discriminating
license policy " on, as well as the refusal of thecompany to put interfaces
for competitors openly. The criticism is not directed openly against the new
Windows XP, this can however change.
The collecting main of 34 letters, in which Microsofts customers support
the company in the procedure allegedly, analyses the commission as attempt,
the procedure to obstruct. Many of these letters were written by Microsoft,
in other cases knew the companies concerned not that their expression than evidence
should serve, place the European Union Kommisssion firmly ( kav / c't)
Why not just scrawl in samuri,
since kurosawa
( Kurosawa's historical spectacle The Hidden Fortress was credited
by Lucas as an important source for Star Wars) influanced to much of lucas's
stuff.
I don't believe george ever said he was building a religion, just some good
entertainment.
Does anyone remember "Girders
and Panels"? damn I loved those, I think it was 1975 or so, I was like
5 or 6 me and my brother used both of our kits to build (what we thought looked
like) the Chicago skyline.
It consisted of interconnecting "girders" that looked like the real
deal and allowed you to build a lattice either of squares or Xs. Then they supplied
these thin plastic panels that either looked like skyscraper windows or some
other architectural glass panes.
When we were don we took out giant "Voltrons" (I think it was Voltron,
maybe a Voltron precursor... all I knew was it was a huge plastic Japanese
robot that allowed you to shoot misses that could choke babies, funny I never
knew of any one choking and any of them... but more importantly, you could
launch their fists! Really far and hard, it hurt like hell!) and proceeded to
level our mini city Godzilla style...
Hmmm. After that I don't think we ever played with it again, no wonder
they're gone...
Very slick! I wonder how this bodes for future MB chipset designs.
When you see what companies like nVidia
are doing with chipsets like the nForce
(i.e.: better then mediocre on-board graphics, very capable on-board audio,
Ethernet etc, etc...) we may start seeing motherboards with surplus PCI slots.
I'll avoid the theoretical for a moment and just speak to this:
My web designer friends are damaged for life because of mice, and yet we
persist... Where do we go from here ?
Just thought I'd mention that when I started showing symptoms of RSI I
went out and bought a couple of trackballs and a couple of Wacom
Stylus tablets.
For design work, the Wacom
products spoil me rotten, and though it hurts me to say so I've had nothing
but luck with the Microsoft
thumb-controlled track pads.
Though if you have political problems with them try the Kensington
(which are excellent) or Logitech
versions. I might try the new Logitech units myself actually.
It really changed the way i work, any desktop I loose to the tablets is mitigated
by not halving to mouse around. So anyway, no more pain for me.
Tell me about it, i think it is too fill in the spaces when they have nothing
to say. Yesterday I watched on MSNBC for eleven minutes as they marveled at
how bright the headlights on a pickup truck looked at seven miles with their
new infrared cams...
Lame lame lame lame lame, live broadcasting.
Oh and here is another thing, how secure are these reporters? Why the hell should
we be delivering state of the art communications equipment to a country where
the foreign press has far more advanced tech the standing government?
place my TiPowerbook (G4 500MHz) on your lap for a three hour flight and you'll get your answer.
though the head is ambient on the powerbooks, since that;s one of the benifets of the titanium shell. I've had it running for days on AC and though it was very warm, it never effected stability.
from what i understand G3s and G4s lend themselves to overclocking quite well. I once had a Apple salesman tell me not to midrange macs since the cheapos can be overclocked so easily, but that was before a while ago, just before the first AltaVex G4s hit the shops so ?...
Isn't that fast enough to travel on a motorway/freeway......
yeah.
also.. what if the police get you with a radar gun... can you get a speeding fine ?
in my state you get a several tickets, speeding and also operating a non moterized cycle on the moterway/freeway/tollway/highway
lets see you maintain at least 60MPH on the tollways and highways around Chicago. this is what would happen: you could/wound not and we would kill you. or some jackass would die trying to avoid killing you (he would probably be from Wisonsin, they are very sweet people there)
Wow, touch screen support for future implementations of graffiti or handwriting
recognition software and a dropout keyboard. That is just plain polite. As opposed
to say... this.
Oh I appreciate your point, and also the kind tone of your reply.
And believe me, I am just as dubious of my government's use of semantic liberties (no pun intended) with the English language as I am sure you are. In most cases I am a screaming bastard accusing them of lying about everything to why NASA is so grossly under funded to why I can't get a DSL service I like in a city the size of freaking Chicago.
My basic tone being the mentality of how our forces/logistics are structured. When one wants to acquire real estate one has to arrange his armies on such a fashion as to facilitate that. Standing armies are a bitch to maintain. Study Britannia during the 19th and early 20th century for a terrific (text book) example of that kind of government/war machine.
Where as the American armed forces (such as they have been since their virtual reinvention in the 30s and 40s) has been designed for what amounts to, the opposite result. (We leave as soon as possible.) Yes, because we are not altogether stupid or particularly altruistic, we try to ensure that the government we leave will be sympathetic and/or "loyal" to our own.
Though you gotta admit Macarthur did a pretty decent job for a while in post war Japan.
Once upon a time I could tell you then names of the generals and admirals involved in forging this doctrine right off the top of my head, but I turned 30 a couple of years ago and am becoming functionally retarded more and more with every day. Though it is really fascinating reading actually should you get an itch to look into it.
if this keeps up staroffice is going to start selling for $600... but the good news is the upgrade will be only half that... put a little sticker on the side saying, "no talking paperclips/ no hidden remote access booby traps"...
isn't it amazing how much people pay for shelfware with huge honking vulnerablities built right in? how much has office made from people that never even bothered to install Access...
Never mind smaller operations mind you, let's talk about America's
"War" doctrine.
We Do Not Have A Conquering Military.
Since WWI America has had a strict Liberation Military.
This means: we do not colonize, we do not annex, and we are not looking to
install an American government in your country. We are geared towards liberation
of (yes, sympathetic) indigenous populations.
So please abstain pointing out that the Mongols, Alexander, Britain and Russia
all learned terrible lessons, because we are not fighting the same kind of
war for the same kind of reasons.
Also: yes-innocent people will die. War is indiscriminate slaughter. Grow up;
this has been the way of things for 20,000 years. It is ugly, sad and perhaps
wrong. We get it, now shut up.
Yes i have terribly simplefied things here, but since the same fundamental
points aren't being digested, I feared complicating it.
Jon, you kant recommend half a movie.
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Review: Training Day
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· Score: 3, Interesting
Please Jon, you are suppost to be a real grown up movie reviewer guy...
I'd highly recommend seeing this movie to anyone who wants to see a great actor strut his stuff for a good hour. Mid-way through, though, you might want to do yourself a favor, finish your popcorn and just go home.
i do not know anyone that would want to spend $10.00 per ticket and subject themselves to half a movie, knowing full well they have been promised a disappointing second half/ending.
I authorize you to use the phrase: "wait for it on cable"... and enjoy Denzel's acting while you do something productive.
I appreciate the heads up but you should express yourself when you've been robbed.
...reprocess the older data under different criteria? i would hate to think we missed something as importaint is stellar eavesdropping.
but maybe not, what to i know?
DaimlerChrysler unveiled its newest concept car at the North American International
Auto Show in January, 2001: the Dodge Super8 Hemi "all-American sedan."
The vehicle's Infotronic system is based on four Ethernet-networked PC-compatible
computers -- all running on embedded Linux.
"yeah honey, I need a ride home again... 1337 h4x0rZ again... yeah..."
you know the soundtrack for baldur's gate II? well i am playing the sequel. which really has nothing to do with anything. except: the soundtrack.
the soundtrack plays constantly, really heady sweeping "end-of-the-world"symphonic stuff. plays when you are paused. it was playing when i took a break and decided to check out/. it might be this soundtrack that compelled me to actually take the notion of a press board school a matter worthy of comment.
there is nothing crazy or edgy about useing processed paper as a building material. i think it's a capitol idea.
I was nice normal American boy. It was 1991. I logged into the Windy City BBS. Some of you may not remember the WCBBS, 70% of all the porn on the Internet posted before 1998 originated there.
Two hours after logging in I was versed in fisting, wife swapping, water sports, bestiality, etc etc etc... I was then ready for college and the brave new world of connected systems.
What excites me about MEMs is this: Bio-emplants
I want wireless communication device installed in my scull, I want the display for it on a heads up display projected on bio-optics installed over my cornea. And I want it to be able to do more then that.
Wait a minute... not if they are going to make me install a GPS transponder... and there has to be some kind of failsafe so when i am sleeping i don't broadcast my horrible little cinemas to ex-girlfriends... no.
The installation of a network of CCTV cams bothers me; sure, as I am sure it does you. But I am of the opinion to most of us these cameras will seldom ever factor in to our day to day.
What disturbs me is not the cameras of Briton, it is the way Briton embraced them. The argument that we Americans are bred different does not hold with me. America has shown you and I annoying knee-jerk and herd mentalities before.
What scares me is the wave of laws that will follow, the laws that decide exactly how we will define "public safety" against "privacy".
The ability to make your home transparent using 3rd and 4th generation thermal imaging is already in the possession of your local Feds, some of our larger police department's intelligence units have them as well.
The resolution on these devices is frightening. If people knew just how scary it is to watch a person as he/she wanders through what he/she thinks is their personal life behind closed doors... well we could say that Americans would find it unacceptable. But after 9/11 and with a PR campaign. Well who knows?
Technology will always continue to peal away the walls that separate your life from mine. Privacy then becomes more of an ethereal definition. We as Americans will have to decide how we want that defined. Lets hope we don't let fear mongering, terrorists, and dubious PR types do it for us.
someone is going to it, so i will get it out of the way.
will it make me "better, stronger, faster?"
does it cost $6,000,000?
when i jump will it go neh neh neh neh neh neh neh neh neh neh neh neh neh?
can i work for oscar goldman when it's all over?
thanks, good night everyone.
Not quite, this thing was started september 5th, when only a handful of survivalist nuts were too terribly concerned about an impending cataclysm. I guess he just happened to be selling at the right time.
damn damn damn... always a day late and a dollar short. i blame my parents for sending me to a state college.
Hmmm, I have private investigator friends (insurance fraud, they don't
get to carry guns and drive Ferraris) that would love a pair of completely innocuous
shades that would let them point say... a video camera in a suitcase one
way while they are looking elseware.
We actually had a discussion about this the other day, wondering if you could
do it wireless and have the antenna and power pack/receiver disguised as a "sports
loop".
I would like this same rig because I am just plain a Bad Person;}
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but it looks like big music business and the RIAA have been given all the rope they need to hang themselves.
Does anyone know how much money Microsoft is pumping into lobbying the European Union or EU government officials? Actually, if they could just argue to mitigate the "removal of programs" part of the decision against them, I wonder if 2.4 billion is less then they spend on "the cost of doing business" in Washington. yes 2.5 billion is a lot of money... but they are the teflon company... and teflon isn't cheap on the hill. (also, i would love to hear that it was 2.5 English billions (trillions to us).
babalfish translation of the German article
Microsoft threatens high punishment of the European Union trust guards
The European union could impose a high punishment in in August the officially initiated trust legal procedure against Microsoft and force the company to remove features from Windows. This comes out from a confidential document of the European Union commission, which is present the barrier Street journal. The US business paper reported that the commission in unusually sharp tone determines, Microsoft tried, the Ermittler in errs to lead and the procedure obstruct. From this reason a possible punishment will more highly fail, as if Microsoft would have cooperated. The European Union commission could impose a punishment, which amounts to 10 per cent of Microsofts year's turnover, that is 2.5 billion US Dollar.
The Ermittler of the European Union commission is the opinion that Microsoft abused its supremacy in illegal way at Windows and Office software, in order to become generally accepted in the fast growing market for Business and Internet software. Additionally Microsoft tried to displace audio and video often commodity of other manufacturers with the Windows Media Player quotes barrier the Street journal of the European Union paper. Additionally the commission determines, which the Redmonder its operating system Windows 2000 and other applications with intention would have arranged in such a way that these do not co-operate with software of the competitors. In the document the Ermittler suggests requiring modifications at the products in order to prevent such offences in the future.
Additionally the commission accessed Microsofts " abusive and discriminating license policy " on, as well as the refusal of thecompany to put interfaces for competitors openly. The criticism is not directed openly against the new Windows XP, this can however change.
The collecting main of 34 letters, in which Microsofts customers support the company in the procedure allegedly, analyses the commission as attempt, the procedure to obstruct. Many of these letters were written by Microsoft, in other cases knew the companies concerned not that their expression than evidence should serve, place the European Union Kommisssion firmly ( kav / c't)
Why not just scrawl in samuri, since kurosawa ( Kurosawa's historical spectacle The Hidden Fortress was credited
by Lucas as an important source for Star Wars) influanced to much of lucas's stuff.
I don't believe george ever said he was building a religion, just some good entertainment.
It consisted of interconnecting "girders" that looked like the real deal and allowed you to build a lattice either of squares or Xs. Then they supplied these thin plastic panels that either looked like skyscraper windows or some other architectural glass panes.
When we were don we took out giant "Voltrons" (I think it was Voltron, maybe a Voltron precursor... all I knew was it was a huge plastic Japanese robot that allowed you to shoot misses that could choke babies, funny I never knew of any one choking and any of them... but more importantly, you could launch their fists! Really far and hard, it hurt like hell!) and proceeded to level our mini city Godzilla style...
Hmmm. After that I don't think we ever played with it again, no wonder they're gone...
Hey remember Micronauts?!....
Very slick! I wonder how this bodes for future MB chipset designs.
When you see what companies like nVidia are doing with chipsets like the nForce (i.e.: better then mediocre on-board graphics, very capable on-board audio, Ethernet etc, etc...) we may start seeing motherboards with surplus PCI slots.
I'll avoid the theoretical for a moment and just speak to this:
My web designer friends are damaged for life because of mice, and yet we persist... Where do we go from here ?
Just thought I'd mention that when I started showing symptoms of RSI I went out and bought a couple of trackballs and a couple of Wacom Stylus tablets.
For design work, the Wacom products spoil me rotten, and though it hurts me to say so I've had nothing but luck with the Microsoft thumb-controlled track pads.
Though if you have political problems with them try the Kensington (which are excellent) or Logitech versions. I might try the new Logitech units myself actually.
It really changed the way i work, any desktop I loose to the tablets is mitigated by not halving to mouse around. So anyway, no more pain for me.
Tell me about it, i think it is too fill in the spaces when they have nothing to say. Yesterday I watched on MSNBC for eleven minutes as they marveled at how bright the headlights on a pickup truck looked at seven miles with their new infrared cams...
Lame lame lame lame lame, live broadcasting.
Oh and here is another thing, how secure are these reporters? Why the hell should we be delivering state of the art communications equipment to a country where the foreign press has far more advanced tech the standing government?
place my TiPowerbook (G4 500MHz) on your lap for a three hour flight and you'll get your answer.
though the head is ambient on the powerbooks, since that;s one of the benifets of the titanium shell. I've had it running for days on AC and though it was very warm, it never effected stability.
from what i understand G3s and G4s lend themselves to overclocking quite well. I once had a Apple salesman tell me not to midrange macs since the cheapos can be overclocked so easily, but that was before a while ago, just before the first AltaVex G4s hit the shops so ?...
Isn't that fast enough to travel on a motorway/freeway......
yeah.
also.. what if the police get you with a radar gun... can you get a speeding fine ?
in my state you get a several tickets, speeding and also operating a non moterized cycle on the moterway/freeway/tollway/highway
lets see you maintain at least 60MPH on the tollways and highways around Chicago. this is what would happen: you could/wound not and we would kill you. or some jackass would die trying to avoid killing you (he would probably be from Wisonsin, they are very sweet people there)
so don't
Wow, touch screen support for future implementations of graffiti or handwriting recognition software and a dropout keyboard. That is just plain polite. As opposed to say... this.
Oh I appreciate your point, and also the kind tone of your reply.
And believe me, I am just as dubious of my government's use of semantic liberties (no pun intended) with the English language as I am sure you are. In most cases I am a screaming bastard accusing them of lying about everything to why NASA is so grossly under funded to why I can't get a DSL service I like in a city the size of freaking Chicago.
My basic tone being the mentality of how our forces/logistics are structured. When one wants to acquire real estate one has to arrange his armies on such a fashion as to facilitate that. Standing armies are a bitch to maintain. Study Britannia during the 19th and early 20th century for a terrific (text book) example of that kind of government/war machine.
Where as the American armed forces (such as they have been since their virtual reinvention in the 30s and 40s) has been designed for what amounts to, the opposite result. (We leave as soon as possible.) Yes, because we are not altogether stupid or particularly altruistic, we try to ensure that the government we leave will be sympathetic and/or "loyal" to our own.
Though you gotta admit Macarthur did a pretty decent job for a while in post war Japan.
Once upon a time I could tell you then names of the generals and admirals involved in forging this doctrine right off the top of my head, but I turned 30 a couple of years ago and am becoming functionally retarded more and more with every day. Though it is really fascinating reading actually should you get an itch to look into it.
if this keeps up staroffice is going to start selling for $600... but the good news is the upgrade will be only half that... put a little sticker on the side saying, "no talking paperclips/ no hidden remote access booby traps"... isn't it amazing how much people pay for shelfware with huge honking vulnerablities built right in? how much has office made from people that never even bothered to install Access...
We Do Not Have A Conquering Military.
Since WWI America has had a strict Liberation Military.
This means: we do not colonize, we do not annex, and we are not looking to install an American government in your country. We are geared towards liberation of (yes, sympathetic) indigenous populations.
So please abstain pointing out that the Mongols, Alexander, Britain and Russia all learned terrible lessons, because we are not fighting the same kind of war for the same kind of reasons.
Also: yes-innocent people will die. War is indiscriminate slaughter. Grow up; this has been the way of things for 20,000 years. It is ugly, sad and perhaps wrong. We get it, now shut up.
Yes i have terribly simplefied things here, but since the same fundamental points aren't being digested, I feared complicating it.
Please Jon, you are suppost to be a real grown up movie reviewer guy...
I'd highly recommend seeing this movie to anyone who wants to see a great actor strut his stuff for a good hour. Mid-way through, though, you might want to do yourself a favor, finish your popcorn and just go home.
i do not know anyone that would want to spend $10.00 per ticket and subject themselves to half a movie, knowing full well they have been promised a disappointing second half/ending.
I authorize you to use the phrase: "wait for it on cable"... and enjoy Denzel's acting while you do something productive.
I appreciate the heads up but you should express yourself when you've been robbed.
...reprocess the older data under different criteria? i would hate to think we missed something as importaint is stellar eavesdropping. but maybe not, what to i know?
DaimlerChrysler unveiled its newest concept car at the North American International Auto Show in January, 2001: the Dodge Super8 Hemi "all-American sedan." The vehicle's Infotronic system is based on four Ethernet-networked PC-compatible computers -- all running on embedded Linux.
"yeah honey, I need a ride home again... 1337 h4x0rZ again... yeah..."
you know the soundtrack for baldur's gate II? well i am playing the sequel. which really has nothing to do with anything. except: the soundtrack.
/. it might be this soundtrack that compelled me to actually take the notion of a press board school a matter worthy of comment.
the soundtrack plays constantly, really heady sweeping "end-of-the-world"symphonic stuff. plays when you are paused. it was playing when i took a break and decided to check out
there is nothing crazy or edgy about useing processed paper as a building material. i think it's a capitol idea.
Here is my BBS reminiscence,
I was nice normal American boy. It was 1991. I logged into the Windy City BBS. Some of you may not remember the WCBBS, 70% of all the porn on the Internet posted before 1998 originated there.
Two hours after logging in I was versed in fisting, wife swapping, water sports, bestiality, etc etc etc... I was then ready for college and the brave new world of connected systems.
I blame BBSs for horrible person that I am.
God bless the Windy City BBS! Cheers!
What excites me about MEMs is this: Bio-emplants I want wireless communication device installed in my scull, I want the display for it on a heads up display projected on bio-optics installed over my cornea. And I want it to be able to do more then that. Wait a minute... not if they are going to make me install a GPS transponder... and there has to be some kind of failsafe so when i am sleeping i don't broadcast my horrible little cinemas to ex-girlfriends... no.
The installation of a network of CCTV cams bothers me; sure, as I am sure it does you. But I am of the opinion to most of us these cameras will seldom ever factor in to our day to day.
What disturbs me is not the cameras of Briton, it is the way Briton embraced them. The argument that we Americans are bred different does not hold with me. America has shown you and I annoying knee-jerk and herd mentalities before.
What scares me is the wave of laws that will follow, the laws that decide exactly how we will define "public safety" against "privacy".
The ability to make your home transparent using 3rd and 4th generation thermal imaging is already in the possession of your local Feds, some of our larger police department's intelligence units have them as well.
The resolution on these devices is frightening. If people knew just how scary it is to watch a person as he/she wanders through what he/she thinks is their personal life behind closed doors... well we could say that Americans would find it unacceptable. But after 9/11 and with a PR campaign. Well who knows?
Technology will always continue to peal away the walls that separate your life from mine. Privacy then becomes more of an ethereal definition. We as Americans will have to decide how we want that defined. Lets hope we don't let fear mongering, terrorists, and dubious PR types do it for us.
it's a computerized knee brace... that's why it belongs on slashdot...
someone is going to it, so i will get it out of the way. will it make me "better, stronger, faster?" does it cost $6,000,000? when i jump will it go neh neh neh neh neh neh neh neh neh neh neh neh neh? can i work for oscar goldman when it's all over? thanks, good night everyone.
Not quite, this thing was started september 5th, when only a handful of survivalist nuts were too terribly concerned about an impending cataclysm. I guess he just happened to be selling at the right time.
damn damn damn... always a day late and a dollar short. i blame my parents for sending me to a state college.
"Why would I do with something like this?"
Hmmm, I have private investigator friends (insurance fraud, they don't get to carry guns and drive Ferraris) that would love a pair of completely innocuous shades that would let them point say... a video camera in a suitcase one way while they are looking elseware.
We actually had a discussion about this the other day, wondering if you could do it wireless and have the antenna and power pack/receiver disguised as a "sports loop".
I would like this same rig because I am just plain a Bad Person ;}