Thank the gods... I've only just found the thread and was worried nobody had pointed out Shockwave Rider. I'm looking at my copy right now. I still can't believe how prescient it is. Privacy, the Internet... it should be compulsory reading.
Ah, good point... although I was always very tense about typing before I learned how properly. TENSE!
I read somewhere (great reference dufus)that typists never used to suffer from RSI when the typewriters were manual because they required a serious amount of muscle to move the keys - once we went electric that reduced (and typing speeds increased) and now there's no going back. But I'd pay for a keyboard that I could hook up to my PC that had a stiffer set of springs/whatever to reduce nerve twitching and increase muscle use.
So how many of you out there are actually able to touch type? I don't mean typing by touching the keys (muh) but touch typing as in USING ALL YOUR FINGERS AND THUMBS in a consistent manner... It cracks me up whenever I meet a CIO or IT manager who insists on improving productivity who then turns to his/her keyboard and proceeds to peer at it while trying to find the 'D'. Solve that problem and a lot of strain/stress issues would fade I believe. Train them up!
given that Phoenix (go Phoenix, you rock) is changing its name because of a perceived conflict with some other non-browser stuff, isn't it ironic that Firebird is also already taken?
I attended a session run by Ericsson on fibre to the home (FttH) and its benefits/pitfalls... the obvious upside is the ease with which you can upgrade as/when fibre tech improves (constantly it seems) but you need more than just fast net access to really deliver the goods - TV is an ideal companion because it works even for those that don't care about the net. Tivo like functionality is easily done with FttH, without upsetting network operators (delayed TV in effect - all programming stored on a giant server for several days - watch it when you want).
New Zealand-centric story on it here: http://www.idg.net.nz/webhome.nsf/UNID/7EAF 07D7C0F 0E6CDCC256CF60013877F
some case study stuff from Ericsson here:
http://www.ericsson.com.au/network_operators/bro ad band_breakthroughs.shtml
I get to hear them all - from "evangelist" (marketing manager) to "chief cheerleader" (comms manager) to vice president in charge of watching America's Cup yachting, please interview him so we can put his holiday to your sunny islands on our business expenses.
the old adage is true - the longer the title the less the person does. If you administer systems, then you're an system administrator. You're not an entrenching tool.
I thought for a moment there it was a left over April Fool's joke and that someone had dumped a HL screen shot in the system but my god, that's a cool pic.
WANDA is the tech you're looking for... Texas Instruments. it's the Wireless Any Network Digital Assistant and it works on 802.11b, Bluetooth and GSM (presumably GPRS as well as a subset of GSM).
Of course we should. Earth is a finite resource - we should and must look elsewhere for our future mineral needs. Anything else is short sighted (this of course doesn't include any future ala Diamond Age where nanotech recycling means we eat our own dogfood over and over and over again). The moon - the asteroids... what about the other planets? Surely there are minerals out there that aren't native to Earth that we can make use of? Surely that's better than strip mining our own world?
I have to say I don't think that's the case at all. If you read the press release you'll see it was probably the root source of information for the story (hey, it happens - some things, especially when lawyers are involved, just make companies clam up and only release written statements. not good for the reporter but what can you do?) but it's not word for word a re-write. That would be bad.
When you're on a daily deadline (and IDGNS staff turn copy around as quickly as possible) you'll often find yourself caught between simply repeating the official statements of the companies involved or not running a story at all. As you'll see at the bottom of Scarlet's story, MS didn't comment in time - but they will by the next story and that's really what web publishing has become - radio reporting in writing. Reporters report what they can at the time and build the story up as it goes along. It's different to weekly newspaper reporting which we're more used to seeing online.
Yes, I work for IDG (in New Zealand). No, I don't know Scarlet.
Ah it seems like only yesterday I was reading this very same story.
I guess it just goes to prove that there's nothing new under the sun...
or is it that the technology news cycle is simply accelerating to the point where upgrades, viruses, security patches and new releases, reports and share market fluctuations are passing us by at such a rate that it only seems like we're reading yesterday's news today?
Perhaps this is where all that dark matter really is residing...
apologies for the appalling subject line - for some reason the RIAA and bad 80s music pap are linked irrevokably in my mind.
But it's true - this is the time when we don't stop the pressure tactics (such as we have). Just because the public face of the RIAA isn't there any more doesn't mean it's gone away. Now's the time to start in on the new head (presumably an internal promotion rather than an external head hunt?) before he/she/it gets his/her/its feet under the table. All too often a simple name change/personel change/whatever change is enough to make people forget what's gone before... beware. Beware!
Vodafone's GSM network always tells me when a message can't be delivered (wrong number entered on my part usually - not a cellphone) and I don't think I've ever had someone (reliably)say "Oh I didn't get that text message"... plenty of no-hopers that can't actually use their phones claiming not to get messages (I usually find them and show them how to use their SMS or predictive texting at that point). Telecom NZ uses CDMA an D-AMPS and I haven't heard of any losses on that side at all.
Sir, without doubt you have been spying on my family. For generations.
This has to be the funniest thing I've read all year, online or off... bloody good on ya! I'm just sorry it wasn't higher up the/. list for more to see!
True but any slower and the colours don't blur enough and you can make out the old folk wandering and dribbling toothlessly around the street they laughingly call Broadway....
As anyone who has visited Matamata (where Peter J filmed Hobbiton) can tell you, it's the original hobbit hole...
visit it at high speed if you must - I recommend at least 125 kph.
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no dude... here in NZ it's daytime now... our prime viewing time was last night: about eight hours ago. sad but true - we woz too early.
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I have a seven-month old baby girl/early morning alarm clock so was fortunate enough to be woken at 2.30am but sadly hardly any were visible here in Auckland... even with clear skies. The moon wasn't too much of a problem either - very bright but far enough removed that it didn't blot out the part of the sky (north east) that I was watching. Saw one or two though... Hope you enjoy it in the north you lucky dogs.
My new cellphone (alcatel 511) has polyphonic ring tones - you get the whole symphony of electronic noise instead of just the beep-beep noise. The only problem (aside from having to do away with my Pinky and the Brain ring tone) is that I never realise it's my phone ringing because it sounds like some electronic toy... I'm conditioned to hear the beep-beep mono instead.
Tech journo is right! I'm not a freelancer, I work for IDG Communications in New Zealand and I work from home (WFH)... it's the Holy Grail of employment as far as I can see. I have DSL, my work phone forwards all calls to the house, I have a cellphone. I schedule face-to-face meetings back-to-back (B2B F2F?) but having a daily deadline means most contact is over the phone anyway. Best of all there's no commute, no parking hassles, no office interference and if something keeps me late in the office, I can still be home for dinner! I can write stories late at night should I need to and since I feel I have to prove to my boss that I'm productive, and that he should allow me to stay WFH, I do far more work than I ever managed in the office... and yet it doesn't feel like quite so much work. It's good for them because I drink my own tea/coffee/juice, use my own electricity/toilet paper and don't take up costly central city space and it's good for me because I can go and play with my neighbour's dog or hang out with my 5 month old daughter while I'm waiting for calls to be returned. If you can swing it, go for it. It takes a bit of getting set up but once you're there, it's the best.
to quote: Canadian diamonds treasured by the worlds diamond experts. Sought after for their incredible beauty and brilliance. Mined in accordance to the highest ethical standards.
I believe everything I read on the Internet, of course, but hey, worth a look - especially if you want to REALLY surprise her with the kneeling and the asking and the whatnot.
Yup, even in the southern hemisphere it's happening. Internet Name Group (no URL any more that I can find) and Internet Registry have both been trying it on in Ausralia and New Zealand. The ACCC (commerce department in Aus) and the Commerce Commission in NZ are both keeping an eye on the matter. Stories on the subject here: http://www.idg.net.nz/webhome.nsf/nl/D6AC0A 53F05EC FC6CC256ABF00090DE4
good point - but the idea that you need a separate law for technology because "crimes will be commited" is a bit odd - surely the legislation should be written in such a way that the crime is still a crime no matter what the medium (letters in the mail, rabbits in the pot, text messages, sky writing...)? That's what I'd prefer to see - then we don't get this kind of knee-jerk reaction to a particular technology. When I was a lad (cue violins) we were all terrified of German Shephard dogs biting children. They were to be banned (this is in Britain) but today the problem is pit bull terriers... That's not a new problem, just a new symptom... tackle the problem instead.
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Thank the gods... I've only just found the thread and was worried nobody had pointed out Shockwave Rider.
I'm looking at my copy right now. I still can't believe how prescient it is. Privacy, the Internet... it should be compulsory reading.
Ah, good point... although I was always very tense about typing before I learned how properly. TENSE!
I read somewhere (great reference dufus)that typists never used to suffer from RSI when the typewriters were manual because they required a serious amount of muscle to move the keys - once we went electric that reduced (and typing speeds increased) and now there's no going back. But I'd pay for a keyboard that I could hook up to my PC that had a stiffer set of springs/whatever to reduce nerve twitching and increase muscle use.
So how many of you out there are actually able to touch type? I don't mean typing by touching the keys (muh) but touch typing as in USING ALL YOUR FINGERS AND THUMBS in a consistent manner... It cracks me up whenever I meet a CIO or IT manager who insists on improving productivity who then turns to his/her keyboard and proceeds to peer at it while trying to find the 'D'.
Solve that problem and a lot of strain/stress issues would fade I believe. Train them up!
http://firebird.sourceforge.net/
given that Phoenix (go Phoenix, you rock) is changing its name because of a perceived conflict with some other non-browser stuff, isn't it ironic that Firebird is also already taken?
I attended a session run by Ericsson on fibre to the home (FttH) and its benefits/pitfalls... the obvious upside is the ease with which you can upgrade as/when fibre tech improves (constantly it seems) but you need more than just fast net access to really deliver the goods - TV is an ideal companion because it works even for those that don't care about the net. Tivo like functionality is easily done with FttH, without upsetting network operators (delayed TV in effect - all programming stored on a giant server for several days - watch it when you want).
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New Zealand-centric story on it here:
http://www.idg.net.nz/webhome.nsf/UNID/7EA
some case study stuff from Ericsson here:
http://www.ericsson.com.au/network_operators/br
I get to hear them all - from "evangelist" (marketing manager) to "chief cheerleader" (comms manager) to vice president in charge of watching America's Cup yachting, please interview him so we can put his holiday to your sunny islands on our business expenses.
the old adage is true - the longer the title the less the person does. If you administer systems, then you're an system administrator. You're not an entrenching tool.
I thought for a moment there it was a left over April Fool's joke and that someone had dumped a HL screen shot in the system but my god, that's a cool pic.
Freeman, where are you when we need you buddy?
WANDA is the tech you're looking for... Texas Instruments. it's the Wireless Any Network Digital Assistant and it works on 802.11b, Bluetooth and GSM (presumably GPRS as well as a subset of GSM).
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http://pcworld.co.nz/webhome.nsf/nl/EB632492204
Apologies for the evil URL - damned Notes.
actually, it's the other way round. Australia's connection comes in via NZ these days.
http:www.southerncrosscables.com
Of course we should. Earth is a finite resource - we should and must look elsewhere for our future mineral needs. Anything else is short sighted (this of course doesn't include any future ala Diamond Age where nanotech recycling means we eat our own dogfood over and over and over again).
The moon - the asteroids... what about the other planets? Surely there are minerals out there that aren't native to Earth that we can make use of? Surely that's better than strip mining our own world?
I have to say I don't think that's the case at all. If you read the press release you'll see it was probably the root source of information for the story (hey, it happens - some things, especially when lawyers are involved, just make companies clam up and only release written statements. not good for the reporter but what can you do?) but it's not word for word a re-write. That would be bad.
When you're on a daily deadline (and IDGNS staff turn copy around as quickly as possible) you'll often find yourself caught between simply repeating the official statements of the companies involved or not running a story at all.
As you'll see at the bottom of Scarlet's story, MS didn't comment in time - but they will by the next story and that's really what web publishing has become - radio reporting in writing. Reporters report what they can at the time and build the story up as it goes along. It's different to weekly newspaper reporting which we're more used to seeing online.
Yes, I work for IDG (in New Zealand). No, I don't know Scarlet.
I can take gleeful delight in pointing out Timothy's errors...
oh, wait... dammit all I DID make a mistake once!
dammit all to heck and back.
Ah it seems like only yesterday I was reading this very same story.
I guess it just goes to prove that there's nothing new under the sun...
or is it that the technology news cycle is simply accelerating to the point where upgrades, viruses, security patches and new releases, reports and share market fluctuations are passing us by at such a rate that it only seems like we're reading yesterday's news today?
Perhaps this is where all that dark matter really is residing...
I'll stop now.
apologies for the appalling subject line - for some reason the RIAA and bad 80s music pap are linked irrevokably in my mind.
But it's true - this is the time when we don't stop the pressure tactics (such as we have). Just because the public face of the RIAA isn't there any more doesn't mean it's gone away. Now's the time to start in on the new head (presumably an internal promotion rather than an external head hunt?) before he/she/it gets his/her/its feet under the table. All too often a simple name change/personel change/whatever change is enough to make people forget what's gone before... beware. Beware!
Vodafone's GSM network always tells me when a message can't be delivered (wrong number entered on my part usually - not a cellphone) and I don't think I've ever had someone (reliably)say "Oh I didn't get that text message"... plenty of no-hopers that can't actually use their phones claiming not to get messages (I usually find them and show them how to use their SMS or predictive texting at that point).
Telecom NZ uses CDMA an D-AMPS and I haven't heard of any losses on that side at all.
Sir, without doubt you have been spying on my family. For generations.
/. list for more to see!
This has to be the funniest thing I've read all year, online or off... bloody good on ya! I'm just sorry it wasn't higher up the
True but any slower and the colours don't blur enough and you can make out the old folk wandering and dribbling toothlessly around the street they laughingly call Broadway....
it all becomes too much. too much.
As anyone who has visited Matamata (where Peter J filmed Hobbiton) can tell you, it's the original hobbit hole...
visit it at high speed if you must - I recommend at least 125 kph.
no dude... here in NZ it's daytime now... our prime viewing time was last night: about eight hours ago.
sad but true - we woz too early.
I have a seven-month old baby girl/early morning alarm clock so was fortunate enough to be woken at 2.30am but sadly hardly any were visible here in Auckland... even with clear skies. The moon wasn't too much of a problem either - very bright but far enough removed that it didn't blot out the part of the sky (north east) that I was watching. Saw one or two though... Hope you enjoy it in the north you lucky dogs.
My new cellphone (alcatel 511) has polyphonic ring tones - you get the whole symphony of electronic noise instead of just the beep-beep noise. The only problem (aside from having to do away with my Pinky and the Brain ring tone) is that I never realise it's my phone ringing because it sounds like some electronic toy... I'm conditioned to hear the beep-beep mono instead.
ah well. Technology 1: Audent 0
Tech journo is right! ... and yet it doesn't feel like quite so much work.
I'm not a freelancer, I work for IDG Communications in New Zealand and I work from home (WFH)... it's the Holy Grail of employment as far as I can see. I have DSL, my work phone forwards all calls to the house, I have a cellphone. I schedule face-to-face meetings back-to-back (B2B F2F?) but having a daily deadline means most contact is over the phone anyway.
Best of all there's no commute, no parking hassles, no office interference and if something keeps me late in the office, I can still be home for dinner! I can write stories late at night should I need to and since I feel I have to prove to my boss that I'm productive, and that he should allow me to stay WFH, I do far more work than I ever managed in the office
It's good for them because I drink my own tea/coffee/juice, use my own electricity/toilet paper and don't take up costly central city space and it's good for me because I can go and play with my neighbour's dog or hang out with my 5 month old daughter while I'm waiting for calls to be returned.
If you can swing it, go for it. It takes a bit of getting set up but once you're there, it's the best.
http://canadian-diamonds.theshoppe.com/canadian_di amond_mining.htm
to quote: Canadian diamonds treasured by the worlds diamond experts. Sought after for their incredible beauty and brilliance. Mined in accordance to the highest ethical standards.
I believe everything I read on the Internet, of course, but hey, worth a look - especially if you want to REALLY surprise her with the kneeling and the asking and the whatnot.
Yup, even in the southern hemisphere it's happening.A 53F05EC FC6CC256ABF00090DE4
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Internet Name Group (no URL any more that I can find) and Internet Registry have both been trying it on in Ausralia and New Zealand. The ACCC (commerce department in Aus) and the Commerce Commission in NZ are both keeping an eye on the matter.
Stories on the subject here:
http://www.idg.net.nz/webhome.nsf/nl/D6AC0
and here:
http://www.idg.net.nz/webhome.nsf/nl/A8539751DE
apologies for the evil links... goddam Notes.
good point - but the idea that you need a separate law for technology because "crimes will be commited" is a bit odd - surely the legislation should be written in such a way that the crime is still a crime no matter what the medium (letters in the mail, rabbits in the pot, text messages, sky writing...)? That's what I'd prefer to see - then we don't get this kind of knee-jerk reaction to a particular technology.
When I was a lad (cue violins) we were all terrified of German Shephard dogs biting children. They were to be banned (this is in Britain) but today the problem is pit bull terriers... That's not a new problem, just a new symptom... tackle the problem instead.