"Caprica" is set 50 years before BSG, presumably right before the first Cylon War. My question is, how do you 'bridge a gap' going backwards? Have a movie set 20 years in the past first? I think this rumor is complete nonsense for that one simple fact alone.
Well given that Microsoft clearly said they could be sent back or given away when they gave them out initally of course they can. Also Microsoft have not asked for the latops back. They asked that they be given away or returned to them when reviewed, very big difference.
Not really, in the US at least. If someone mails you an unsolicited item you are under no obligation to pay for it or return it; no matter what the sender suggests or requests.
Most review items either require a signed agreement - when they want the item returned - or they generally tell you to keep it after you've reviewed it. We'd get random items to review in the mail on occasion as well, and depending on what they were we'd run it or not.
No shit. My SS Patek Nautilus has been a workhorse for 25+ years as well. Plus it's not readily recognized as a neat watch by just anyone except those who appreciate a fine timepiece; sort of like a SS Rolex - most people gravitate to the flashy gold Presidents. Me, I like understated; even if a $5 digital keeps better time.
You completely miss the point. A cellphone without an OS is unusable for the purpose for which it's sold - you can't make calls with it. A car without an engine can't be driven. That means neither of them are bundles in the eyes of any European consumer protection regulations.
In this case, however, a computer very clearly is usable for it's purpose without an OS: You can still run a variety of software on it, including other operating systems. That makes it a bundle.
A computer is no more usable without an OS than a cell phone without one or a car without an engine - you can no more use it to perform the normal tasks a consumer expects out of the box than either of those two examples. You might not like the computer's bundle, anymore than you might the cell phone's or the car's; then again no one is forcing you to buy any one brand.
These laws exist in most European countries, and many others, for the express purpose of protecting competition and consumer choice. In other words: To ensure a free market. It's one of those areas where a less regulated market means a less competitive and less free market, as there are strong economic incentives for dominant players to bundle.
I imply do not believe that ultimately benefits consumers. If people really wanted machines without an OS, there would be companies selling them. For less than one with Windows already included, since they would pay no fee for the OS. The lack of that choice indicates that there simply isn't a market worth serving for such machines. If computer manufacturers were forced to unbundle machines, consumers would probably pay more since they would now have to buy a computer and OS separately - which would add distribution costs and reduce economies of scale - all driving up the total price. Then they either would pay to have it installed or have to spend time doing it themselves. Paying more for the same product to me is the real damage to consumers.
Finally, companies as Apple would be hurt since they would no longer be able to bundle their OS with a machine - since I could now buy a Mini without MacOS and run Windows - lessening their per machine revenue and profit. Want to bet boot camp would disappear in such a scenario?
Anti bundling is fine when they prevent you from being forced to buy a second product, not already included in the price of the first, in order to buy the first - but to force manufacturers to unbundle products whose combination is necessary to the use of a product is not. Regulations, if applied like the suing group proposes, only serve to protect companies that can't compete by artificially introducing added barriers and raising the price of goods to the consumer.
That's the beauty of national security - anything can impact it. besides, FOIA requests cost money, take time, and may uncover embarrassing facts - so let's keep the US safe from those terrorist bastards and keep our secrets to ourselves. And anyone who thinks different must be a commie pinko spy or an undercover agent for the FBI...
Maybe we can get more countries to file lawsuits like this - against as many companies as possible. Cell phones that force us to use Symbian OS instead of letting us roll our own. Cars that are bundled with Renault engines instead of letting us install one from Abarth.
hell, why not just make it illegal to assemble anything from components and let us build it ourselves.
Then their system will be as tort happy as ours and we will regain some of the advantages we lost. Viva la France - Libertie, Egalitie, Unbundletie!!!
But OS X 10.5 is pretty much in the can. Right now, Apple is focusing on bug fixes/performance tweaks. Some of these are good suggestions, maybe they'll take them up for OS X 10.6 guys...
Besides, Apple needs another excuse to screw (err - I forgot this is AAPL not MSFT) ^H^H^H^H^H spend $100 to experience the joys of Mac.
I mean, duh. After all, he created the world so that it looked really old, with all that "fossil" light on the way for us, just so that those silly scientists would think the universe was billions of years old instead of the 6000 that it _clearly_ states it is in the Bible...
Maybe He does play dice with universe after all...
Here's the deal. Either Jesus Christ is God, or He's not. If someone teaches that He is not God, according to Christian teaching, and because of the law of non-contradiction, Jesus cannot simultaneously be God and "not God" in the same time and relationship. Since Judaism, Islam, and Christianity teach different things about Jesus, man's relationship to God and how it may be possible to reconcile to God, logically either all three beliefs are wrong, or one is right and the others cannot be right.
Unless of course God chose to reveal Himself differently; we cannot begin to understand His ways, nor divine His intentions with respect to his covenents with us.
that's what leases are for. the lease should cover a certain period of time and there should be a clause in the lease that says that the tenant agrees to vacate at the end of the lease. there will be no extensions.
people rent out houses all the time for winter or summer use in new england (depending on where the house is located). and they have to cover themselves for when they know they'll be returning.
As the OP pointed out, laws vary widely - and no matter what you put in a lease you could still wind up with a mess.
1) Pay a professional to winterize your house - including draining pipes, wrapping supply lines with heaters, etc. then pay someone to check it every week at least, clean up the yard, check for mail, etc.
2) Get someone to live in it while you are gone.
Make sure FedEx / UPS / DHL has not got a signature release or else they will simply leave packages on your doorstep.
Don't screw around with your own solution - the savings aren't worth the hassle. I had a friend do that - came back to an inch of ice on his driveway and a flooded absement - the neighbor called when he say the ice forming and water running out.
If you know any snowbirds ask them what they do and recommend.
Be sure your insurance is up to date and will cover you while you are gone.
Personally, #2 is a better bet especially if you have a friend who needs a place.
We were the terror of Fraternity Row. It used steal pipe and multiple pieces of chem hose - after a little practice we could lob a water balloon through an open window hundreds of feet away.
While the idea of stock picking algorithms is neat; market history suggest it won't work a a way to predict performance. What would be interesting is to better search for arbitrage opportunities to exploit faster than others. Of course, eventually others do the same and it becomes an arms race.
Firstly, I'm not American. Also, I don't know the law over there but I'm willing to bet that the constitution and thusly, free speech *would* in fact come first.
Actually, no. As a teacher, he represents the government and is an employee of the school system - and thus obligated to follow their rules. He's free to do what he wants on his own time but in the school he is subject to disciplinary action if he exercises his right to speech in contravention of their rules. Free speech does not mean free of consequences.
4. Just because we have a democratic congress is no reason to look for revenge "killings." Yes, MS is a Monopoly that totaly abuses it's position in a way that's damaging to its competition, but have you heard we're at war? The new congress should look at MS again before too long, but definately not right now. They have far more important work to do.
Nancy Pelosi is far too politically savvy to fight that battle. She grew up in Baltimore political family; she knows how to get things done and how to pick what battles to fight. Let's face it; most people don't view MS as an evil corporation and would yawn over a battle to break it up; plus trying to do that would allow the Repubs to paint the Dems as anti-business. Ain't going to happen.
Nor should they - if MS jacks prices too high then other options will appear in the marketplace; becasue people still want $400 PCs.
All cars should be sold black, without stereo and with an empty gas tank. If the driver really want more colors then they can choose to pay more!
Considering most cars can be outfitted with a variety of options; and you can order a stripper with just the standard features or pay more for one fully loaded, then yes people can chose to pay more. Car dealers carry option laden vehicles because they make more money on them and most car buyers want the options; they aren't going to a car dealer to buy a stripper.
It sounds like a mix of the license fees that retail establishments / bars / etc pay to play music combined with radio.
You could play a flat monthly fee and listen to what you want, the various artists get paid based on what you decide to stream. If enough music was available that way it certainly would be a seismic shift in the way music is bought and sold - not just for iTunes and recored stores; but for services such as satelitte radio and cell phone providers that want to sell you music. If you could pay a flat fee and listen to what you want where you want they would add no value. The one challenge is how do you allow playing away from a streaming signal - perhaps you allow a limited amount of music to be recorded and played at will - sort of like the Blockbuster / Netflix send a DVD model.
Of course, in the end teh battle will be over money - todays and controlling the distribution to maintain a lock on future revenue.
He also further demonstrated his poor grasp on reality when he mentioned rich tenured professors. LOL! Professors rich??? Slave away in academia for 100K a year - that's not rich.
that depends on what they teach and where - many Business School professors at top schools are doing much more than $100k a year, once you throw in consulting, speaking fees, etc. We may not be talking Bill Gates rich, but rich enough.
What you're missing here is that it's the government's fault for creating our system of copyright without instituting systems to make it simpler.
It is pretty straight forward - you decide what music / video etc. you want to use and you clear the rights for that use; or you don't use it. Nothing hard about that other than many people blithely ignore copyrights when they create something. YouTube's problem is that they have thousands of people uploading copyrighted material and they (YouTube):
a) Don't want the liability for copyright violations while still b) hosting the material and making money off of it and c) don't want to be constantly taking down material they are told violates copyrights because that will interfere with b above.
his article shares the idea that many people have about Linux running games and various other pieces of software.
It states that if you're a gamer, you'll NEED to dual boot.
I'm a gamer, and I use Wine to run all my Win32 games. The very latest ones aren't perfect (yet), but for the most part you can run anything. As for other software - you really can nearly run anything perfectly.
When I say not perfect YET, it needs to be stressed that Wine is progressing really really fast, with more and more things working all the time.
And that's the problem - nearly perfect translates into not ready for prime time. Installs don't work out of the box all the time on Wine (or Crossover); some features don't work (like printing with Brother printers in Crossover); most users just want to work - just like they do in Windows, not almost like they do. Since running Windows has no cost to them (for an OEM install) and Linux does in terms of compatibility they won't switch.
I use CrossOver Mac to run Office on my Mac - it works well enough to be mostly usable but not well enough for me to switch; especially since it won't print. I like technology and playing around with it so I am willing to put up with some issues. Would I recommend using it in a work environment or for a non-techie user - no way because they issues would frustrate them or add to their workload.
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"Caprica" is set 50 years before BSG, presumably right before the first Cylon War. My question is, how do you 'bridge a gap' going backwards? Have a movie set 20 years in the past first? I think this rumor is complete nonsense for that one simple fact alone.
Enterprising writers.
Wow. It's also a capital in a country in europe. You do know where europe is?
Wow - Australia's in Europe now. Musta been hard to shoehorn it in between the Alps and the Urals.
Well given that Microsoft clearly said they could be sent back or given away when they gave them out initally of course they can. Also Microsoft have not asked for the latops back. They asked that they be given away or returned to them when reviewed, very big difference.
Not really, in the US at least. If someone mails you an unsolicited item you are under no obligation to pay for it or return it; no matter what the sender suggests or requests.
Most review items either require a signed agreement - when they want the item returned - or they generally tell you to keep it after you've reviewed it. We'd get random items to review in the mail on occasion as well, and depending on what they were we'd run it or not.
No shit. My SS Patek Nautilus has been a workhorse for 25+ years as well. Plus it's not readily recognized as a neat watch by just anyone except those who appreciate a fine timepiece; sort of like a SS Rolex - most people gravitate to the flashy gold Presidents. Me, I like understated; even if a $5 digital keeps better time.
You completely miss the point. A cellphone without an OS is unusable for the purpose for which it's sold - you can't make calls with it. A car without an engine can't be driven. That means neither of them are bundles in the eyes of any European consumer protection regulations.
In this case, however, a computer very clearly is usable for it's purpose without an OS: You can still run a variety of software on it, including other operating systems. That makes it a bundle.
A computer is no more usable without an OS than a cell phone without one or a car without an engine - you can no more use it to perform the normal tasks a consumer expects out of the box than either of those two examples. You might not like the computer's bundle, anymore than you might the cell phone's or the car's; then again no one is forcing you to buy any one brand.
These laws exist in most European countries, and many others, for the express purpose of protecting competition and consumer choice. In other words: To ensure a free market. It's one of those areas where a less regulated market means a less competitive and less free market, as there are strong economic incentives for dominant players to bundle.
I imply do not believe that ultimately benefits consumers. If people really wanted machines without an OS, there would be companies selling them. For less than one with Windows already included, since they would pay no fee for the OS. The lack of that choice indicates that there simply isn't a market worth serving for such machines. If computer manufacturers were forced to unbundle machines, consumers would probably pay more since they would now have to buy a computer and OS separately - which would add distribution costs and reduce economies of scale - all driving up the total price. Then they either would pay to have it installed or have to spend time doing it themselves. Paying more for the same product to me is the real damage to consumers.
Finally, companies as Apple would be hurt since they would no longer be able to bundle their OS with a machine - since I could now buy a Mini without MacOS and run Windows - lessening their per machine revenue and profit. Want to bet boot camp would disappear in such a scenario?
Anti bundling is fine when they prevent you from being forced to buy a second product, not already included in the price of the first, in order to buy the first - but to force manufacturers to unbundle products whose combination is necessary to the use of a product is not. Regulations, if applied like the suing group proposes, only serve to protect companies that can't compete by artificially introducing added barriers and raising the price of goods to the consumer.
That's the beauty of national security - anything can impact it. besides, FOIA requests cost money, take time, and may uncover embarrassing facts - so let's keep the US safe from those terrorist bastards and keep our secrets to ourselves. And anyone who thinks different must be a commie pinko spy or an undercover agent for the FBI...
Maybe we can get more countries to file lawsuits like this - against as many companies as possible.
Cell phones that force us to use Symbian OS instead of letting us roll our own. Cars that are bundled with Renault engines instead of letting us install one from Abarth.
hell, why not just make it illegal to assemble anything from components and let us build it ourselves.
Then their system will be as tort happy as ours and we will regain some of the advantages we lost. Viva la France - Libertie, Egalitie, Unbundletie!!!
But OS X 10.5 is pretty much in the can. Right now, Apple is focusing on bug fixes/performance tweaks. Some of these are good suggestions, maybe they'll take them up for OS X 10.6 guys...
Besides, Apple needs another excuse to screw (err - I forgot this is AAPL not MSFT) ^H^H^H^H^H spend $100 to experience the joys of Mac.
I mean, duh. After all, he created the world so that it looked really old, with all that "fossil" light on the way for us, just so that those silly scientists would think the universe was billions of years old instead of the 6000 that it _clearly_ states it is in the Bible...
Maybe He does play dice with universe after all...
Here's the deal. Either Jesus Christ is God, or He's not. If someone teaches that He is not God, according to Christian teaching, and because of the law of non-contradiction, Jesus cannot simultaneously be God and "not God" in the same time and relationship. Since Judaism, Islam, and Christianity teach different things about Jesus, man's relationship to God and how it may be possible to reconcile to God, logically either all three beliefs are wrong, or one is right and the others cannot be right.
Unless of course God chose to reveal Himself differently; we cannot begin to understand His ways, nor divine His intentions with respect to his covenents with us.
that's what leases are for. the lease should cover a certain period of time and there should be a clause in the lease that says that the tenant agrees to vacate at the end of the lease. there will be no extensions.
people rent out houses all the time for winter or summer use in new england (depending on where the house is located). and they have to cover themselves for when they know they'll be returning.
As the OP pointed out, laws vary widely - and no matter what you put in a lease you could still wind up with a mess.
1) Pay a professional to winterize your house - including draining pipes, wrapping supply lines with heaters, etc. then pay someone to check it every week at least, clean up the yard, check for mail, etc.
2) Get someone to live in it while you are gone.
Make sure FedEx / UPS / DHL has not got a signature release or else they will simply leave packages on your doorstep.
Don't screw around with your own solution - the savings aren't worth the hassle. I had a friend do that - came back to an inch of ice on his driveway and a flooded absement - the neighbor called when he say the ice forming and water running out.
If you know any snowbirds ask them what they do and recommend.
Be sure your insurance is up to date and will cover you while you are gone.
Personally, #2 is a better bet especially if you have a friend who needs a place.
FS&C Are you on Fong's mailing list?
We were the terror of Fraternity Row. It used steal pipe and multiple pieces of chem hose - after a little practice we could lob a water balloon through an open window hundreds of feet away.
Billions in consulting fees
Come back after you've read some of Fama's work.
While the idea of stock picking algorithms is neat; market history suggest it won't work a a way to predict performance. What would be interesting is to better search for arbitrage opportunities to exploit faster than others. Of course, eventually others do the same and it becomes an arms race.
Is it more a violation of the codes of being a teacher as opposed to a violation of the law?
I would say so.
Firstly, I'm not American. Also, I don't know the law over there but I'm willing to bet that the constitution and thusly, free speech *would* in fact come first.
Actually, no. As a teacher, he represents the government and is an employee of the school system - and thus obligated to follow their rules. He's free to do what he wants on his own time but in the school he is subject to disciplinary action if he exercises his right to speech in contravention of their rules. Free speech does not mean free of consequences.
4. Just because we have a democratic congress is no reason to look for revenge "killings." Yes, MS is a Monopoly that totaly abuses it's position in a way that's damaging to its competition, but have you heard we're at war? The new congress should look at MS again before too long, but definately not right now. They have far more important work to do.
Nancy Pelosi is far too politically savvy to fight that battle. She grew up in Baltimore political family; she knows how to get things done and how to pick what battles to fight. Let's face it; most people don't view MS as an evil corporation and would yawn over a battle to break it up; plus trying to do that would allow the Repubs to paint the Dems as anti-business. Ain't going to happen.
Nor should they - if MS jacks prices too high then other options will appear in the marketplace; becasue people still want $400 PCs.
All cars should be sold black, without stereo and with an empty gas tank. If the driver really want more colors then they can choose to pay more!
Considering most cars can be outfitted with a variety of options; and you can order a stripper with just the standard features or pay more for one fully loaded, then yes people can chose to pay more. Car dealers carry option laden vehicles because they make more money on them and most car buyers want the options; they aren't going to a car dealer to buy a stripper.
It sounds like a mix of the license fees that retail establishments / bars / etc pay to play music combined with radio.
You could play a flat monthly fee and listen to what you want, the various artists get paid based on what you decide to stream. If enough music was available that way it certainly would be a seismic shift in the way music is bought and sold - not just for iTunes and recored stores; but for services such as satelitte radio and cell phone providers that want to sell you music. If you could pay a flat fee and listen to what you want where you want they would add no value. The one challenge is how do you allow playing away from a streaming signal - perhaps you allow a limited amount of music to be recorded and played at will - sort of like the Blockbuster / Netflix send a DVD model.
Of course, in the end teh battle will be over money - todays and controlling the distribution to maintain a lock on future revenue.
He also further demonstrated his poor grasp on reality when he mentioned rich tenured professors. LOL! Professors rich??? Slave away in academia for 100K a year - that's not rich.
that depends on what they teach and where - many Business School professors at top schools are doing much more than $100k a year, once you throw in consulting, speaking fees, etc. We may not be talking Bill Gates rich, but rich enough.
What you're missing here is that it's the government's fault for creating our system of copyright without instituting systems to make it simpler.
It is pretty straight forward - you decide what music / video etc. you want to use and you clear the rights for that use; or you don't use it. Nothing hard about that other than many people blithely ignore copyrights when they create something. YouTube's problem is that they have thousands of people uploading copyrighted material and they (YouTube):
a) Don't want the liability for copyright violations while still
b) hosting the material and making money off of it and
c) don't want to be constantly taking down material they are told violates copyrights because that will interfere with b above.
In short, they want it both ways.
his article shares the idea that many people have about Linux running games and various other pieces of software.
It states that if you're a gamer, you'll NEED to dual boot.
I'm a gamer, and I use Wine to run all my Win32 games. The very latest ones aren't perfect (yet), but for the most part you can run anything. As for other software - you really can nearly run anything perfectly.
When I say not perfect YET, it needs to be stressed that Wine is progressing really really fast, with more and more things working all the time.
And that's the problem - nearly perfect translates into not ready for prime time. Installs don't work out of the box all the time on Wine (or Crossover); some features don't work (like printing with Brother printers in Crossover); most users just want to work - just like they do in Windows, not almost like they do. Since running Windows has no cost to them (for an OEM install) and Linux does in terms of compatibility they won't switch.
I use CrossOver Mac to run Office on my Mac - it works well enough to be mostly usable but not well enough for me to switch; especially since it won't print. I like technology and playing around with it so I am willing to put up with some issues. Would I recommend using it in a work environment or for a non-techie user - no way because they issues would frustrate them or add to their workload.