You suppose that everyone lives where they do because they want to and have the means to change their circumstance at whim. Until that is actually true, your argument has little merit. KM
Absolutely agree. I do a lot of email. It's nice at work to be able to click an email and add it to my calendar in a couple steps. I want to be able to do that at home too, where I don't run Outlook/Exchange. KM
Outlook is a client/server combination assuming you're willing to shell out the cash, and headaches, of Exchange. I imagine a Thunderbird calendar would at least support the iCAL format so you could publish it to your own WebDAV server and access it from anywhere, just as you could with Outlook/Exchange, but without the huge cost overhead. KM
I listen to Air America when I can, 'specially Franken's show. I use the Real Alternative player and it works just fine. And other poster is correct too - they now have WMP streams as well. But I'll stick with Real Player... KM
From my impressions of all the hoopla surrounding this IPO, the unusual approach was to make it available to the 'average Joe/Jane' not 'investors'. I invest in the market, but can't afford to do it Big Time. I'm not an 'investor', I'm Joe Average. I find it silly to buy 5 shares of any company and couldn't afford much more than that...cause I'm not 'an investor'. Google's opening price left me cold (and I bet today it's gonna go below opening price of $100.01) KM
Just wanna say, exactly. I really dislike monthly fees. I won't pay 'em for any service I don't have to use. Apple's service makes me want to buy a Mac just to do it ASAP. Monthly fees suck and I will not partake!;-) Is why I still don't do NetFlix. KM
Coward, I appreciate posts like this cause I don't know PHP/MySQL - but would like to someday. It's reviews like this that help, and may push me to actually get started. It's fun to be grounded. Get off that high horse. KM
Different respondant: I never did Doom maps with Mark, but fragged his azz good in Q2 on his Pit sever years back! He still runs the C-gate ISP, I think. You know he did the midi theme music for Wacky Wheels? Anyone remember that? Ah, the Pit - times gone past... KoolMoe
Shortsighted. Flash is not just for annoying web intros. We do lots of computer and web-based training. Flash is an important part of our skillset as it allows us to creative interactive training on a large range of products and procedures - in a much smaller package for web delivery than any other product offers. Until everyone has fiber, small net-delivered packets are still crucial, especially for on-demand training applications. KM
Read more about it. You don't HAVE to buy a Click'n'Run subscription. When you buy Lindows, you get a two-year subscription. Could be argued you don't want it, and should get a cheaper price w/out it...but hey, I don't want WMP with my Windows OS - give me a discounted price!;-p
When the two year subscription runs out, don't renew it if you have no problem finding and installing the apps you want.
Your 5 year old Windows dist. offers 'click-n-run' how, exactly? Windows Update is the closest thing I've seen to that concept. Otherwise, you have to visit various websites, find the dloads, dload, and install. That is not the Click-n-Run concept.
If you still have a subscription to the Click-n-Run service when your HD crashes, you can dload the same files again - the list is stashed in your user account. If you don't keep up the Click-n-Run subscription, then make backups of the programs you do download. You said not to mention that, but I will, cause this is no much different than any other internet subscription service, eh? If in a Windows environment, a user subscribes to a site to get whatever (mp3's, movies, etc), then lets that subscription lapse, then looses those items - this is different...how? KM
1. Unless the specification for these standard file formats is very precise, there will always be interoperability problems.
If there's one thing gov't can do, it's spec the hell out of something. I don't think this would be a problem if they addressed it in earnest.
2. Even if the office software "supports" a standard format, it obviously isn't going to default to that format, so you'll have to deal with the training issues (always use "save as...").
Why can't it default to that format? Make that a part of the spec? And is it that hard to 'Save As'? That may be a loaded question;)
3. Microsoft (or any other commercial vendor) would claim that they need to be able to modify or extend the "standard" format in order to be able to innovate new features. This is actually a valid complaint, and difficult to work around. If you allow proprietary extensions to a standard format, it's no longer truly standard.
So make that part of the deal too - if MS has a way to make it better, sweet! Just make the additional spec open as well. No proprietary crap allowed.
I think the parent comment is ingenious and hope to see it pushed loudly.
I sincerely doubt that opening some of the their file formats would be a big blow, and in fact, could show that MS is willing to work with the rest of the industry instead of against it...which in turn could engender a bit more goodwill and be an easy way to get some monkeys off their backs. KM
It was over-the-top in a most gaudy way. Ugh. I was BORED through the whole movie, aside from maybe an occasional interest pique for some stage scenes and Kidman acting slutty. Other than that, I fail to comprehend the hype over MR - simplistic plot, annoying 'songs' repeated over and over, ridiculous acting...
Blah.
KM
Works great so far for me as well. 384k SDSL line and watching for 25min so far w.no skips, etc. Set to fullscreen setting and it really does NOT look bad at all.
Netscape wouldn't work for me either (Win2k), but IE works fine (as is sadly and increasingly more common) - signed up, got a supposed $5 credit, and watching the freebie myself.
Will try another one tonite if the Pats start losing badly - over the X10 setup from the office to the TV room. On a 29" TV from the couch, these compressed movies tend not to look bad at all! Specially for a $1.
Will be interesting to see this sites halflife;)
KM
I have two head/kybd/mouse-less Windows webserver systems here (Win98/Apache, Win2k/Apache).
Both run PCanywhere for my occasional access needs. So far, both are running 3 weeks and no need to hook-up aforementioned peripherals.
KM
The first places I went were the common media websites - CNN, MSNBC, Reuters, etc. But they all buckled under the load. I then went to DSL reports cause they wouldn't have the load, and indeed, they responded well. THEN I came here, and no problems! Guess that's one good thing about this site and the folks who run it...they're used to heavy loads!
KM
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3Com cards are the most overpriced, trouble-causing NIC's I've ever used. Except for the Dell machines which come with them, I avoid them at all costs, far preferring the much easier, cheaper, and reliable cards from Linksys, DLink, NetGear, or Kingston.
KM
This is very true. But also, hand in hand, these CLEC's may have been turning a profit by now had the lines they provisioned had actually been installed on time by the ILEC's. And how many people didn't even bother with DSL and went right to cable, simply cause of the install horror stories? The CLEC's model (actually, Wall St's model) wasn't necessarily the only flaw in the plan.
The REAL problem is competition which owns the infrastructure AND offers the service. Imagine if the auto manufacturers owned the roads?
IMO, the ILEC's should either:
A. be forced to split into two distinct companies -infrastructure and service.
B. Towns, communities, etc should be somehow encouraged (grants? rebates? subsidies?) to build their own infrastructure, then put running services over that infrastructure out to bid.
Yeap.
Say there was one car engine manufacturer in the US (heck, the world) who had an exclusive deal with all auto manufacturers. So all cars came with the same engine. SURE, you *could* go out and buy an engine from smaller-engine-dealer and replace the one that came with the car...or you could just build your own car from scratch.
But who's going to deal with that? Maybe 10% of the population? So before ya know it, every car has a 4 cylinder, 20mpg engine and spare parts (upgrades) for that engine cost lotsa $$.
Take this to the computer world, and perhaps you see the problem?
KM
THIS is exactly (well, ok, a big part of) the reason WebVan went out of business, and PeaPod will likely follow...
they went public.
Homeruns has been in the Boston area for, what, three years now? We just got word they've expanded here into Annapolis, MD.
Orders over $125 ($150?) are free. Orders $50 (minimum) to $125 are $5.95.
I think I'd pay $6 to not have to deal with running to the store after work.
As with many companies these days, the rush to make millions via IPO was their ultimate downfall. Being public is very expensive (our company pays $500,000 in various fees for being public, and we employ 25 people. We'd be making a MINT if we weren't public).
Homeruns is doing it right, from what I see. Take yer time, slowly expand, go public when you're already profitable (assuming they will)
KM
Why is this moderated as 'informative' when the article states the same thing, but with a bit more info? People are not called informative if they repeat the same thing a previous speaker just said, unless they're signing!;)
RTFA (Read The Freakin' Article!)
KM
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You suppose that everyone lives where they do because they want to and have the means to change their circumstance at whim.
Until that is actually true, your argument has little merit.
KM
No, but I have a MPC and Orb.
KM
Absolutely agree. I do a lot of email. It's nice at work to be able to click an email and add it to my calendar in a couple steps. I want to be able to do that at home too, where I don't run Outlook/Exchange.
KM
Outlook is a client/server combination assuming you're willing to shell out the cash, and headaches, of Exchange.
I imagine a Thunderbird calendar would at least support the iCAL format so you could publish it to your own WebDAV server and access it from anywhere, just as you could with Outlook/Exchange, but without the huge cost overhead.
KM
I listen to Air America when I can, 'specially Franken's show. I use the Real Alternative player and it works just fine.
And other poster is correct too - they now have WMP streams as well. But I'll stick with Real Player...
KM
PeaPod lives and continues to grow.
The concept is a good one. WebVan got caught up in the IPO.com hype.
KM
From my impressions of all the hoopla surrounding this IPO, the unusual approach was to make it available to the 'average Joe/Jane' not 'investors'.
I invest in the market, but can't afford to do it Big Time. I'm not an 'investor', I'm Joe Average. I find it silly to buy 5 shares of any company and couldn't afford much more than that...cause I'm not 'an investor'.
Google's opening price left me cold (and I bet today it's gonna go below opening price of $100.01)
KM
Just wanna say, exactly. I really dislike monthly fees. I won't pay 'em for any service I don't have to use. Apple's service makes me want to buy a Mac just to do it ASAP. Monthly fees suck and I will not partake! ;-)
Is why I still don't do NetFlix.
KM
Coward,
I appreciate posts like this cause I don't know PHP/MySQL - but would like to someday. It's reviews like this that help, and may push me to actually get started.
It's fun to be grounded. Get off that high horse.
KM
Different respondant:
I never did Doom maps with Mark, but fragged his azz good in Q2 on his Pit sever years back! He still runs the C-gate ISP, I think. You know he did the midi theme music for Wacky Wheels? Anyone remember that?
Ah, the Pit - times gone past...
KoolMoe
Shortsighted. Flash is not just for annoying web intros. We do lots of computer and web-based training. Flash is an important part of our skillset as it allows us to creative interactive training on a large range of products and procedures - in a much smaller package for web delivery than any other product offers. Until everyone has fiber, small net-delivered packets are still crucial, especially for on-demand training applications.
KM
Read more about it. ;-p
You don't HAVE to buy a Click'n'Run subscription. When you buy Lindows, you get a two-year subscription. Could be argued you don't want it, and should get a cheaper price w/out it...but hey, I don't want WMP with my Windows OS - give me a discounted price!
When the two year subscription runs out, don't renew it if you have no problem finding and installing the apps you want.
Your 5 year old Windows dist. offers 'click-n-run' how, exactly? Windows Update is the closest thing I've seen to that concept. Otherwise, you have to visit various websites, find the dloads, dload, and install. That is not the Click-n-Run concept.
If you still have a subscription to the Click-n-Run service when your HD crashes, you can dload the same files again - the list is stashed in your user account. If you don't keep up the Click-n-Run subscription, then make backups of the programs you do download. You said not to mention that, but I will, cause this is no much different than any other internet subscription service, eh? If in a Windows environment, a user subscribes to a site to get whatever (mp3's, movies, etc), then lets that subscription lapse, then looses those items - this is different...how?
KM
1. Unless the specification for these standard file formats is very precise, there will always be interoperability problems.
If there's one thing gov't can do, it's spec the hell out of something. I don't think this would be a problem if they addressed it in earnest.
2. Even if the office software "supports" a standard format, it obviously isn't going to default to that format, so you'll have to deal with the training issues (always use "save as...").
;)
Why can't it default to that format? Make that a part of the spec? And is it that hard to 'Save As'? That may be a loaded question
3. Microsoft (or any other commercial vendor) would claim that they need to be able to modify or extend the "standard" format in order to be able to innovate new features. This is actually a valid complaint, and difficult to work around. If you allow proprietary extensions to a standard format, it's no longer truly standard.
So make that part of the deal too - if MS has a way to make it better, sweet! Just make the additional spec open as well. No proprietary crap allowed.
I think the parent comment is ingenious and hope to see it pushed loudly.
KM
I sincerely doubt that opening some of the their file formats would be a big blow, and in fact, could show that MS is willing to work with the rest of the industry instead of against it...which in turn could engender a bit more goodwill and be an easy way to get some monkeys off their backs.
KM
It was over-the-top in a most gaudy way. Ugh. I was BORED through the whole movie, aside from maybe an occasional interest pique for some stage scenes and Kidman acting slutty. Other than that, I fail to comprehend the hype over MR - simplistic plot, annoying 'songs' repeated over and over, ridiculous acting...
Blah.
KM
Works great so far for me as well. 384k SDSL line and watching for 25min so far w.no skips, etc. Set to fullscreen setting and it really does NOT look bad at all. ;)
Netscape wouldn't work for me either (Win2k), but IE works fine (as is sadly and increasingly more common) - signed up, got a supposed $5 credit, and watching the freebie myself.
Will try another one tonite if the Pats start losing badly - over the X10 setup from the office to the TV room. On a 29" TV from the couch, these compressed movies tend not to look bad at all! Specially for a $1.
Will be interesting to see this sites halflife
KM
I have two head/kybd/mouse-less Windows webserver systems here (Win98/Apache, Win2k/Apache).
Both run PCanywhere for my occasional access needs. So far, both are running 3 weeks and no need to hook-up aforementioned peripherals.
KM
9-11, 11-12, so what's the pool for the next one?
1-14? 2-13? Taking bets...
Wait, is that sick?
Normalcy returns!
KM
The first places I went were the common media websites - CNN, MSNBC, Reuters, etc. But they all buckled under the load. I then went to DSL reports cause they wouldn't have the load, and indeed, they responded well. THEN I came here, and no problems! Guess that's one good thing about this site and the folks who run it...they're used to heavy loads!
KM
Rita Hayworth
3Com cards are the most overpriced, trouble-causing NIC's I've ever used. Except for the Dell machines which come with them, I avoid them at all costs, far preferring the much easier, cheaper, and reliable cards from Linksys, DLink, NetGear, or Kingston.
KM
This is very true. But also, hand in hand, these CLEC's may have been turning a profit by now had the lines they provisioned had actually been installed on time by the ILEC's. And how many people didn't even bother with DSL and went right to cable, simply cause of the install horror stories? The CLEC's model (actually, Wall St's model) wasn't necessarily the only flaw in the plan.
The REAL problem is competition which owns the infrastructure AND offers the service. Imagine if the auto manufacturers owned the roads?
IMO, the ILEC's should either:
KMA. be forced to split into two distinct companies -infrastructure and service.
B. Towns, communities, etc should be somehow encouraged (grants? rebates? subsidies?) to build their own infrastructure, then put running services over that infrastructure out to bid.
Yeap.
Say there was one car engine manufacturer in the US (heck, the world) who had an exclusive deal with all auto manufacturers. So all cars came with the same engine. SURE, you *could* go out and buy an engine from smaller-engine-dealer and replace the one that came with the car...or you could just build your own car from scratch.
But who's going to deal with that? Maybe 10% of the population? So before ya know it, every car has a 4 cylinder, 20mpg engine and spare parts (upgrades) for that engine cost lotsa $$.
Take this to the computer world, and perhaps you see the problem?
KM
THIS is exactly (well, ok, a big part of) the reason WebVan went out of business, and PeaPod will likely follow...
they went public.
Homeruns has been in the Boston area for, what, three years now? We just got word they've expanded here into Annapolis, MD.
Orders over $125 ($150?) are free. Orders $50 (minimum) to $125 are $5.95.
I think I'd pay $6 to not have to deal with running to the store after work.
As with many companies these days, the rush to make millions via IPO was their ultimate downfall. Being public is very expensive (our company pays $500,000 in various fees for being public, and we employ 25 people. We'd be making a MINT if we weren't public).
Homeruns is doing it right, from what I see. Take yer time, slowly expand, go public when you're already profitable (assuming they will)
KM
Why is this moderated as 'informative' when the article states the same thing, but with a bit more info? People are not called informative if they repeat the same thing a previous speaker just said, unless they're signing! ;)
RTFA (Read The Freakin' Article!)
KM