Well, I'll have to agree with you on the "all they do is use what's already available" part. JI isn't home brewed singaporean, it's an Indonesian import. Not like PAS my side of the Causeway.
Yea, I do see your point about cheap, and belive me, it's a disease of this region and infects every sector. I'm in design and the horror stories of companies that have no problems paying, yet seem to want killer designs for ads and so on for peanuts.
Maybe it's because good 'ol Lee Kuan Yue is so intrigued by the 1000's of mailers he gets everyday from 'concerned' citizens pointing him to herbal HGH/Viagra/youth pills to keep him going.
Pot shots at old Mr. Lee aside, it has to be pointed out that Singapore is actualy very US friendly. It has very strong trade relations with the US, strongly supports US anti-terror policies, has the only port that is open to US military ships this part of the world. Aside from that, Singapore's military buys most of it goods from the US (Only one in the region to fly AWACs).
If that doesn't stand up on it's own, consider that Singapore is the only nation flanking the Strates of Malacca that doesn't have a pot of home brewed muslim extremists (no offence to level headed muslims) hidden in a corner causing trouble, I'd say Singapore is about as good an alley over here as it gets.
the situation is the same here, except worse. I waited 6 months for a port to be installed when i 1st got DSL and then even though the thing was already physically connected, and i recieved my account details in the mail, they refused to activate it and made me wait 2 weeks for a tech to come by and run windows connection wizard.
Then my DSLAM would go down every 2 weeks.
Worse, if somethign goes and you reset your modem, you couldn't use it again coz they changed a setting in it to make it work but they won't tell you what. Also, they are in cahoots with Aztech and made sure all modems came without the user manual, so you won't know the telnet commands to fix the above problem.
The best part is, they are the SOLE provider of broadband to the general population.
I don't know about the US, but where i live, there this mobile shop that will thermal imprint any image you want on a blank cover for any current nokia phone you want...
I think i'll be more water resistant then inkjet as well...
The article specifically mentions the Global Positioning System (GPS). So what if in a few years time, cops use Galileo? Then, if the ruling blankets satellite systems altogether, what about radio frequency pingers?
Hell, if everything electronic is banned altogether, why not attach a canister of UV florescent dye under the car and follow the trail left behind with a UV light and goggles?
Exactly. If i were PR, I'd make this all go away as quickly as possible, as painlessly as possible. The fishy thing here is that settelment was everything but painless, yet, it worked out for the RIAA pretty ok.
How many people get the feeling that the whole thing was orchestrated by the RIAA and this little girl is going to get a very big check a few months down the road when this all dies off?
Think about it. Public outrage aside, the way this thing ended was very calculated. If they had in fact "Accidentally" sued her, they would have simply dropped the charges, as would be the PR thing to do to quickly clean up a mess
But instead, this girl whose family is living in the projects is instead going to pony up $2000 and still say good things about the RIAA?
Plus, with the way this ended, it gives the RIAA and additional "Fear Factor" where it will get folks who don't have a clue in them to say to themselves "If they will even stoop to squeezing out 2 grand of a lil' ol' girl, what chance do I stand?"
Can't they treat file sharing like Radio (maybe Radio on demand)?
Afterall, mp3 audio quality is about there as FM modulated audio, plus before they started crackign down on Napster, i rememebr their sales went up sharply because people could better sample music...
Plus, isn't burning CD about the same as sticking a tape into a radio and recording off the airwaves?
You don't need to uninstall and reinstall. (doesn't work either, the registry keys are still left behind).
To update after your subscripsion has ended, DON"T USE LiveUpdate. Instead, download the "Intelligent" updater set your clock back 1 year, run the updater then reset your clock.
I don't know why the updated doen't have a counter measure against people resetting the clock.
NA: Boss! I know how we can save 80,000 dollars a year, be free of viruses without paying endless amount of money on AV software and increse productivity.
See, the diffrence between selling a Mac and selling Linux is that Macs come bundled with it's own hardware. Where as Linux is something you sell as an alternative to Linux. I'd also just love if i could install OS X on a PC.
I see your question about the need for "Linux Supported" lables.
It's a question of visibility. When you buy a product, and you see the WindoesXP logo on it, you have the peace of mind that it will work with you WinXP machine. So over the long run, when you just browse around and you see many products with WinXP logos on them, you feel confident that you've made a good choice in OS as it gives you options.
I know most things will work with Linux with proper drivers, but it's not good enough that only we know. The masses must also know that yes, most things out there will work. You do have options. Thats what sells.
Comming from retail myself, i can assure you it's a real pain trying to explain to someone why every new fangled gadget they buy won't install with the CD thats provided.
Sure, Linux is a great OS, and there is a strong developer community for drivers, but unless you are using it in a single purpose machine, ala Lindows Webstation, where you KNOW the user isn't going to try installing anything, you as the reseller in trying to save the customer money are going to have to pay more each time he calls and asks " why won't my camera install?" or "why won't my Bluetooth adaptor work with my phone?"
Unless manufacturers start supporting Linux like the way they do windows, we arn't going anywhere.
Other then that, porting traditionally Linux tools to Windows is a good idea. You get peopel used to it first then transition them to linux. so then when the switch is made, they are still comfortable with the tools they have been always using.
Tell that to Leonardo, Edison, Einstein, and the countless other geniuses who had a dream about making things better and changed the world. Did they do it for profit? Well sure, to the extent that they had to eat and had other human needs.
But the world of Microsoft type riDICKulous patents you are talking about doesn't serve to motivate innovation. It suffocates it.
"MIT student shows off Imminent Slashdoting Detector. Acts and looks kinda like a Geiger counter, but it's a packet shaper with an internal, updateable database of slashdot users, with both Geek and Troll modes. He needs one."
It's actualy an idea borrowed from Kinoppix. Basicly, all you need is a Kinoppix CD and a USB Memory Monkey(TM). You keep your home directory on the Monkey and there you have it. Your desktop anywhere... Oh, i ment Memory Key
(and is anyone else wondering what the real numbers would be if someone took that thing out to a drag strip and timed it?)
If you read their spec sheet at http://www.commutercars.com/specifications.html , the given number IS assuming you take it out the the strip and time it.
Theres an after market add on for ALL (even the ones with chips) Epson printers that lets you add external 350ml or 1 litre tanks to the printers. It costs about RM500 to setup, but after that, ink is about RM160 per LITRE per colour in bulk. Good luck using that much ink.
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Well, I'll have to agree with you on the "all they do is use what's already available" part. JI isn't home brewed singaporean, it's an Indonesian import. Not like PAS my side of the Causeway.
Yea, I do see your point about cheap, and belive me, it's a disease of this region and infects every sector. I'm in design and the horror stories of companies that have no problems paying, yet seem to want killer designs for ads and so on for peanuts.
Maybe it's because good 'ol Lee Kuan Yue is so intrigued by the 1000's of mailers he gets everyday from 'concerned' citizens pointing him to herbal HGH/Viagra/youth pills to keep him going.
Pot shots at old Mr. Lee aside, it has to be pointed out that Singapore is actualy very US friendly. It has very strong trade relations with the US, strongly supports US anti-terror policies, has the only port that is open to US military ships this part of the world. Aside from that, Singapore's military buys most of it goods from the US (Only one in the region to fly AWACs).
If that doesn't stand up on it's own, consider that Singapore is the only nation flanking the Strates of Malacca that doesn't have a pot of home brewed muslim extremists (no offence to level headed muslims) hidden in a corner causing trouble, I'd say Singapore is about as good an alley over here as it gets.
Reminds me of Telekom Malaysia...
the situation is the same here, except worse. I waited 6 months for a port to be installed when i 1st got DSL and then even though the thing was already physically connected, and i recieved my account details in the mail, they refused to activate it and made me wait 2 weeks for a tech to come by and run windows connection wizard.
Then my DSLAM would go down every 2 weeks.
Worse, if somethign goes and you reset your modem, you couldn't use it again coz they changed a setting in it to make it work but they won't tell you what. Also, they are in cahoots with Aztech and made sure all modems came without the user manual, so you won't know the telnet commands to fix the above problem.
The best part is, they are the SOLE provider of broadband to the general population.
What have they got to loose? They already have lawyers on payroll, having them do more work isn't going to cost much.
plus, they get great publicity and with it new users and incresed income.
If the court says so, then will still sell you out so all this is 'We won't sell you out... for now" It's PR.
(probably something to do with a zillion square miles of land and about a dozen ships in our military fleet)
You should go look at the kiwi airforce.
I don't know about the US, but where i live, there this mobile shop that will thermal imprint any image you want on a blank cover for any current nokia phone you want...
I think i'll be more water resistant then inkjet as well...
The article specifically mentions the Global Positioning System (GPS). So what if in a few years time, cops use Galileo? Then, if the ruling blankets satellite systems altogether, what about radio frequency pingers?
Hell, if everything electronic is banned altogether, why not attach a canister of UV florescent dye under the car and follow the trail left behind with a UV light and goggles?
Exactly. If i were PR, I'd make this all go away as quickly as possible, as painlessly as possible. The fishy thing here is that settelment was everything but painless, yet, it worked out for the RIAA pretty ok.
How many people get the feeling that the whole thing was orchestrated by the RIAA and this little girl is going to get a very big check a few months down the road when this all dies off?
Think about it. Public outrage aside, the way this thing ended was very calculated. If they had in fact "Accidentally" sued her, they would have simply dropped the charges, as would be the PR thing to do to quickly clean up a mess
But instead, this girl whose family is living in the projects is instead going to pony up $2000 and still say good things about the RIAA?
Plus, with the way this ended, it gives the RIAA and additional "Fear Factor" where it will get folks who don't have a clue in them to say to themselves "If they will even stoop to squeezing out 2 grand of a lil' ol' girl, what chance do I stand?"
I smell a Rat.
What on earth do you think goes into all those cakes and bread you eat? And thats not even considering the dairy products you put on them...
.(Yeesh)
Yeast.
The link to the actual article is:
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http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/main_news.cfm?Ne
Can't they treat file sharing like Radio (maybe Radio on demand)?
Afterall, mp3 audio quality is about there as FM modulated audio, plus before they started crackign down on Napster, i rememebr their sales went up sharply because people could better sample music...
Plus, isn't burning CD about the same as sticking a tape into a radio and recording off the airwaves?
How do you think the Russians built rockets?
1- Build
2- Test
3- Crash
4- Post Mortem
5- see 1
You don't need to uninstall and reinstall. (doesn't work either, the registry keys are still left behind).
To update after your subscripsion has ended, DON"T USE LiveUpdate. Instead, download the "Intelligent" updater set your clock back 1 year, run the updater then reset your clock.
I don't know why the updated doen't have a counter measure against people resetting the clock.
Lol.. MOD PARENT UP!!!!
Or, you could go:
NA: Boss! I know how we can save 80,000 dollars a year, be free of viruses without paying endless amount of money on AV software and increse productivity.
Boss: (Looks at you with interest) Go on...
NA: Switch to Linux.
They Didn't buy PWC Consulting for nothing.
See, the diffrence between selling a Mac and selling Linux is that Macs come bundled with it's own hardware. Where as Linux is something you sell as an alternative to Linux. I'd also just love if i could install OS X on a PC.
I see your question about the need for "Linux Supported" lables.
It's a question of visibility. When you buy a product, and you see the WindoesXP logo on it, you have the peace of mind that it will work with you WinXP machine. So over the long run, when you just browse around and you see many products with WinXP logos on them, you feel confident that you've made a good choice in OS as it gives you options.
I know most things will work with Linux with proper drivers, but it's not good enough that only we know. The masses must also know that yes, most things out there will work. You do have options. Thats what sells.
Comming from retail myself, i can assure you it's a real pain trying to explain to someone why every new fangled gadget they buy won't install with the CD thats provided.
Sure, Linux is a great OS, and there is a strong developer community for drivers, but unless you are using it in a single purpose machine, ala Lindows Webstation, where you KNOW the user isn't going to try installing anything, you as the reseller in trying to save the customer money are going to have to pay more each time he calls and asks " why won't my camera install?" or "why won't my Bluetooth adaptor work with my phone?"
Unless manufacturers start supporting Linux like the way they do windows, we arn't going anywhere.
Other then that, porting traditionally Linux tools to Windows is a good idea. You get peopel used to it first then transition them to linux. so then when the switch is made, they are still comfortable with the tools they have been always using.
It's IEEE 1394/ Firewire
Tell that to Leonardo, Edison, Einstein, and the countless other geniuses who had a dream about making things better and changed the world. Did they do it for profit? Well sure, to the extent that they had to eat and had other human needs.
But the world of Microsoft type riDICKulous patents you are talking about doesn't serve to motivate innovation. It suffocates it.
"MIT student shows off Imminent Slashdoting Detector. Acts and looks kinda like a Geiger counter, but it's a packet shaper with an internal, updateable database of slashdot users, with both Geek and Troll modes. He needs one."
It's actualy an idea borrowed from Kinoppix. Basicly, all you need is a Kinoppix CD and a USB Memory Monkey(TM). You keep your home directory on the Monkey and there you have it. Your desktop anywhere. .. Oh, i ment Memory Key
(and is anyone else wondering what the real numbers would be if someone took that thing out to a drag strip and timed it?)
If you read their spec sheet at http://www.commutercars.com/specifications.html , the given number IS assuming you take it out the the strip and time it.
Theres an after market add on for ALL (even the ones with chips) Epson printers that lets you add external 350ml or 1 litre tanks to the printers. It costs about RM500 to setup, but after that, ink is about RM160 per LITRE per colour in bulk. Good luck using that much ink.
(n.b US$1 = RM3.80)