The one complaint I always had about Dynamat was expense. I finally found a solution though:
Go to an industrial materials supplier (McMaster-Carr was the one I used). Search for "mastic." Specifically, polymeric mastic was what I used. It is very similar to Dynamat -- dense, vibration absorbing, self-adhesive, and temp-resistant. Best of all, you can get big sheets (32"x54") for 15 or 20 dollars.This price is way cheaper than dynamat.
I bought some to reduce the noise inside my car, but ended up with some leftover. I used it on the inside of my PC case with pretty good results. YMMV, of course.
I disagree. Each teacher has a responsibility to teach a particular subject. All teachers should also teach responsibility, self-discipline, and the idea that actions have consequences.
Otherwise we graduate students that are unprepared for meeting job deadlines, paying bills on time, etc.
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I should have made the "if" at the beginning of my statement big and bold, to underline the point that I was speaking hypothetically.
I should have also added a disclaimer mentioning that actually doing something like what I described is illegal.
This being Slashdot, I just assumed that what I said would not be taken seriously or acted upon.
It is Slashdot, after all.
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If you really wanted to hurt SCO, you'd get all of the Slashdotters to sell short 5 or 10 shares of SCO each. This would drive the stock price down to the point that even K-Mart could afford to buy out SCO.
The downside of this though, is that selling short is much more dangerous than buying stocks. If by some miracle SCO did win in this whole mess and their stock skyrocketed, everyone that had sold short could lose big.
It's funny how, way back when Microsoft was facing the same kind of problem for user Stacker's compression technology without permission, no one ever mentioned the possibility that all users of MS Windows could be in trouble for, in essence, possession of stolen property.
Of course, MS bought Stack, and the case evaporated.
What's killing small businesses isn't the inability to do fancy HTML, it's the inability to compete in a market larger than their own city. It doesn't take a wonderful web site to be competitive (although it helps). All it takes is the ability to provide the best mix of product, price, and service.
Many small businesses (not all, but many) survive because they are the only ones offering their specific product line in their area, so they can get away with higher prices, sloppy service, etc. What the Internet brings to them is the same thing large chain stores bring: competition with lower prices and better service.
I've bought stuff off of some really ugly web sites (can you say Yahoo shopping?) because they had the best prices and good shipping & service policies. Deploying a web store is easy enough already. There's no reason these mom and pop stores can't use the Internet as an opportunity to expand their operations. The keys to their success on the Internet will be the same as in any other large market: distinguishing yourself by offering a unique product, an standard product at the lowest price, or a standard product with the best support.
The RIAA seems to consider itsself a pretty powerful force, but really, they're just another sales organization. Universities, on the other hand, hold substantial power as gatekeepers to one of the music industry's largest customer groups. If colleges start banning RIAA-affiliated bands from performing on campus, and eliminate all RIAA-affilitated material from their on campus stores, the message to the RIAA might become a little clearer:
You are an unnecessary organization. Music can and will be made, produced, and sold without you. Leave us alone or cease to exist.
I seriously considered turning off all of my landline services last year. The only thing that stopped me was the announcement that DSL was finally available in my area.
If no competition in the DSL market causes me to turn off my DSL service, I'll likely turn off my landline phone as well, and go strictly cellular.
What we could see happen, with wireless technologies becoming more and more viable, is the elimination of any wired communications to the home.
Eliminate the "last mile" of copper and you eliminate the Baby Bells.
Gee, I accomplished the same thing buying a $2000 scooter: I pay no insurance, tags, or taxes. It consumes less than $2 per month in gasoline. Plus, it goes 30 mph (the max legal speed for a 'moped' in my state), has room for books, etc. under the seat, and I can sit down.
Gee, I don't know if you should pay extra for privacy or not. Let's look at some examples, though:
Did you pay for the locks on your doors?
Do you have blinds or curtains on your windows? Did you pay for them?
Do you have window tint on your car? Did you pay for it?
Privacy, like other perceived rights, must be preserved, protected, and defended by the individuals valuing those rights. Griping to the powers-that-be doesn't help, because they don't always share your interests.
Get used to paying for, and possibly fighting for, your right to privacy.
I have a Fujitsu P2110. It is fantastic! I bought a Targus case (designed for carrying Palms with a detachable keyboard) and it fits perfectly. I am a college professor, and use it almost everyday for class presentations, etc. I even showed part of the Making of LOTR DVD to my multimedia design class on it.
If I were you, I'd find one of these used or suck it up and pay for the Windoze license, then nuke it.
It has firewire, digital audio out, built in 802.11, DVD, CDRW combo drive, modem and LAN, a 1280 x 768 wide aspect screen, and great battery life. The only thing missing from this machine is IRDA and about 6 pounds of extra weight most other notebooks carry around.
1. To read, research, and develop your own ideas about a subject, then (at some risk) present your ideas for criticism before an educated group of competitive peers.
2. To just nod, agree, and if really pressed, reply with "yeah... uh... what he said."
I live about 2 miles from work, which seems just a bit too far to walk, but close enough that I think driving a car is a waste of resources (short trips burn more gas and wear out the car faster).
So I bought a scooter. It cost way less than half the price of Segway; has places for my raincoat, laptop, and briefcase; lets me sit down on the way to work; goes way faster than Segway (mine is restricted to 30 mph to let me dodge tax & insurance -- some go 50+ mph). In the last 3 months, I've put 3 gallons of gas in it.
These things have been around for decades, but haven't caught on with everyone. Why should Segway?
The dot com I worked at (e-bode.com) was a really small company. We had 2 rounds of layoffs. The first got 2 developers and 2 accountants. The last got the systems administrator and 2 developers, leaving the CEO, CFO, COO, CTO, 1 clerk, and 1 developer. If the last developer hadn't been working on an already-sold component, he'd probably be gone too.
To the CTO's defense: He's a great developer as well, and I suspect he's working a lot of OT coding.
Actually, if extradited, he will get to participate in the Federeal Government's only truly successful retirement plan. He will stop working and have all of his housing, meals, health care, and boyf^H^H^H^H recreational activities provided for free.
He also won't have to worry anymore about the latest fashions or gasoline for his car.
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I thought Microsoft had already convinced the courts that you couldn't strip these "vital components" of the OS out.
Maybe they mean final termination as in "this is our last shot at terminating IBM's license before they eat our lunch in court."
The one complaint I always had about Dynamat was expense. I finally found a solution though:
Go to an industrial materials supplier (McMaster-Carr was the one I used). Search for "mastic." Specifically, polymeric mastic was what I used. It is very similar to Dynamat -- dense, vibration absorbing, self-adhesive, and temp-resistant. Best of all, you can get big sheets (32"x54") for 15 or 20 dollars.This price is way cheaper than dynamat.
I bought some to reduce the noise inside my car, but ended up with some leftover. I used it on the inside of my PC case with pretty good results. YMMV, of course.
I disagree. Each teacher has a responsibility to teach a particular subject. All teachers should also teach responsibility, self-discipline, and the idea that actions have consequences.
Otherwise we graduate students that are unprepared for meeting job deadlines, paying bills on time, etc.
I should have made the "if" at the beginning of my statement big and bold, to underline the point that I was speaking hypothetically.
I should have also added a disclaimer mentioning that actually doing something like what I described is illegal.
This being Slashdot, I just assumed that what I said would not be taken seriously or acted upon.
It is Slashdot, after all.
If you really wanted to hurt SCO, you'd get all of the Slashdotters to sell short 5 or 10 shares of SCO each. This would drive the stock price down to the point that even K-Mart could afford to buy out SCO.
The downside of this though, is that selling short is much more dangerous than buying stocks. If by some miracle SCO did win in this whole mess and their stock skyrocketed, everyone that had sold short could lose big.
Remember back in 1999 when people were talking about how the Y2K bug would result in society reverting to bartering & precious metals currency?
I wonder if eliminating cash as a nontraceable currency will prompt the emergence of additional non-fiat currency preferred by the privacy-conscious.
I can hear it now: "That non-DRM PC will cost you $3000 credit, $2900 cash, $600 in gold, or 10 cartons of banned cigarettes."
It's funny how, way back when Microsoft was facing the same kind of problem for user Stacker's compression technology without permission, no one ever mentioned the possibility that all users of MS Windows could be in trouble for, in essence, possession of stolen property.
Of course, MS bought Stack, and the case evaporated.
Many small businesses (not all, but many) survive because they are the only ones offering their specific product line in their area, so they can get away with higher prices, sloppy service, etc. What the Internet brings to them is the same thing large chain stores bring: competition with lower prices and better service.
I've bought stuff off of some really ugly web sites (can you say Yahoo shopping?) because they had the best prices and good shipping & service policies. Deploying a web store is easy enough already. There's no reason these mom and pop stores can't use the Internet as an opportunity to expand their operations. The keys to their success on the Internet will be the same as in any other large market: distinguishing yourself by offering a unique product, an standard product at the lowest price, or a standard product with the best support.
The RIAA seems to consider itsself a pretty powerful force, but really, they're just another sales organization. Universities, on the other hand, hold substantial power as gatekeepers to one of the music industry's largest customer groups. If colleges start banning RIAA-affiliated bands from performing on campus, and eliminate all RIAA-affilitated material from their on campus stores, the message to the RIAA might become a little clearer:
You are an unnecessary organization.
Music can and will be made, produced, and sold without you.
Leave us alone or cease to exist.
This whole thing could backfire in the long run.
I seriously considered turning off all of my landline services last year. The only thing that stopped me was the announcement that DSL was finally available in my area.
If no competition in the DSL market causes me to turn off my DSL service, I'll likely turn off my landline phone as well, and go strictly cellular.
What we could see happen, with wireless technologies becoming more and more viable, is the elimination of any wired communications to the home.
Eliminate the "last mile" of copper and you eliminate the Baby Bells.
Cheap transportation is not a new concept.
Gee, I don't know if you should pay extra for privacy or not. Let's look at some examples, though:
Did you pay for the locks on your doors?
Do you have blinds or curtains on your windows? Did you pay for them?
Do you have window tint on your car? Did you pay for it?
Privacy, like other perceived rights, must be preserved, protected, and defended by the individuals valuing those rights. Griping to the powers-that-be doesn't help, because they don't always share your interests.
Get used to paying for, and possibly fighting for, your right to privacy.
I have a Fujitsu P2110. It is fantastic! I bought a Targus case (designed for carrying Palms with a detachable keyboard) and it fits perfectly. I am a college professor, and use it almost everyday for class presentations, etc. I even showed part of the Making of LOTR DVD to my multimedia design class on it.
If I were you, I'd find one of these used or suck it up and pay for the Windoze license, then nuke it.
It has firewire, digital audio out, built in 802.11, DVD, CDRW combo drive, modem and LAN, a 1280 x 768 wide aspect screen, and great battery life. The only thing missing from this machine is IRDA and about 6 pounds of extra weight most other notebooks carry around.
Gee. I was about to check on starting a Krispy Kreme franchise in Italy.
Forget Duke Nukem.
Bring back Hunt the Wumpus!!!
My name is Chris, my first computer was a Ti 99/4A, and I am old.
Linux is amazing.
Microsoft Sucks.
Wait...
Wait....
Wait.....
Is it wrong to copy a citation if you cite the original citer as the source of the citation?
After all, which is easier:
1. To read, research, and develop your own ideas about a subject, then (at some risk) present your ideas for criticism before an educated group of competitive peers.
2. To just nod, agree, and if really pressed, reply with "yeah... uh... what he said."
From the Globe articale:
"It was Dr. John Halamka, the former emergency-room physician who runs Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center's gigantic computer network."
So the network admin is a former ER doctor? Since when did:
1. Network admins make more that ER doctors?
2. Med schools teach Cisco?
Sounds like a case of acute administratia to me.
I live about 2 miles from work, which seems just a bit too far to walk, but close enough that I think driving a car is a waste of resources (short trips burn more gas and wear out the car faster).
So I bought a scooter. It cost way less than half the price of Segway; has places for my raincoat, laptop, and briefcase; lets me sit down on the way to work; goes way faster than Segway (mine is restricted to 30 mph to let me dodge tax & insurance -- some go 50+ mph). In the last 3 months, I've put 3 gallons of gas in it.
These things have been around for decades, but haven't caught on with everyone. Why should Segway?
The dot com I worked at (e-bode.com) was a really small company. We had 2 rounds of layoffs. The first got 2 developers and 2 accountants. The last got the systems administrator and 2 developers, leaving the CEO, CFO, COO, CTO, 1 clerk, and 1 developer. If the last developer hadn't been working on an already-sold component, he'd probably be gone too.
To the CTO's defense: He's a great developer as well, and I suspect he's working a lot of OT coding.
Actually, if extradited, he will get to participate in the Federeal Government's only truly successful retirement plan. He will stop working and have all of his housing, meals, health care, and boyf^H^H^H^H recreational activities provided for free.
He also won't have to worry anymore about the latest fashions or gasoline for his car.
The real rub is that the tech bust has not only changed dress codes but also lowered salaries.
Now I have to buy more expensive clothes and pay for dry cleaning with less money.
Maybe we need a reality check: turn off all computer technology for 1 month, then let the PHB's and consumers decide if they really need us or not.
Assuming, of course, that they survived for 1 month without computer technology.
I would comment on the stuff posted on theFreeWorld.net, but after reading their disclaimer, I was afraid to continue in the site.
Repeat after me:
I will NOT vote for anyone that voted for DMCA.