but its also our right to discuss their policies, and not respect them as a company as a result of them.
They now have a PR fire to put out. They can get the lawyers if they want... but they will need years to put this one out.
They are now known for silencing anyone who disagrees with them among the tech community.
Personally I don't censor anything on my blog unless it's: illegal, obscene (and I'm rather liberal about this one), racist, etc. I don't really care about critical comments. I just don't want people to read and be offended by what they read in my visitors comments.
HP's going to need a lot of PR to undo the damage this slashdot story will do to it.
Sorry HP, you blew it. Go ahead, for now on, your blog community is useless as a PR tool because nobody trusts it. Even Business Week realized how important blogs are to business. And you managed to ruin your blog presence. Bravo.
If I were a VP at HP, I would seriously consider terminating who ever made that policy decision. That easily costs millions in PR (the fact that it ruined the "blogs as PR" strategy). You can make a mistake at work, but one one that ruins a marketing strategy of such large size.
It will be interesting to see how this plays out. My guess is HP is not just going to read this slashdot article and ignore it. Heads may turn, they may lash out at bloggers who comment on it, and try to scare them... but they will respond.
Lets just hope they learn something, and other companies get the idea: silence customers, and they ruin your business.
13 year old Brittany Devlin, despite Devlin's 'liberal use of texting slang.' And the fabulous quote they were they sending: 'Hey, girlfriend, you can text all your best pals to tell them where you are going and what you are wearing.'"
A scientific experiment to ask a 13 year old girls to tell some geeky adult what they are wearing.
Not really science. Creepy 40 year old men have been doing that in their basements on AOL for years.
Open Source Software meets recognized standards - Proprietary software typically doesn't. If Microsoft had their way, the only systems that could use the Internet would be running Windows XP SP2 and IE with ActiveX. You would also pay licensing to use such technologies on your website.
Open Source means choice - Open Source software tends to build on any platform. I can have the same experience on my free Linux system as you do on your couple hundred dollar Windows seat, or your $129 Mac OS X seat.
Open Source keeps competition alive - If it wasn't for open source, in many places there would be no competition: server OS market, Web server Market, Desktop OS Market (Mac OS X is the closest proprietary OS threatening windows, and has open source roots), web browser market, email market, IM market (Gaim), Graphics Market (GIMP).
Without Open Source, we really are stuck in a monopoly. By having open source deployed around the world, we can essentially continue the fight. Without open source. Microsoft owns the Internet.
Not to mention I can start a business at a very low cost thanks to open source. If it were up to Microsoft, I'd need thousands of dollars worth of their "small business edition" products. Which I have free equivilants of that work just as well.
It's good for our economy. Competition is good. Monopolies are bad. Allowing startups to have a cheap source of computing is good. Crippling them in software licensing fees are bad.
Open Source allows for innovation, not patent locking.
As I recall US Federal law stipulates that failure to accept the US dollar to pay a dept is a crime.
I'm curious if the casher may face federal charges.
IMHO anyone that stupid should be locked up for a year or so. There are so many stupid things about this:
- counterfiting $2 would be pointless. The cost would exceed the bill if it were done well. - why use them in the US where people are more prone to realize it? Use it other countries where the US dollar is accepted. - Yes, there is a $2 bill!/me hopes stupid people disappear.
1. Will work with linux. Not sure about that "pivot" software... don't use it personally. Just liked the display itself. That feature is useless to me.
2. DVD's on occasion. As good as any other LCD I've ever seen. More than adequate.
3. Good for casual gamers. Real hard core gamers may complain (as always). IT's never good enough for them.
I got a Samsung SyncMaster 910T for under $400 after rebate (pretty decent for a 19 inch LCD).
The quality is really very good. I don't do photoshop or graphic design, so it's "good enough". I honestly don't see a difference between a CRT and this display.
It's got VGA and DVI input.
Oh yea, I'm posting this experience based on hooking up via VGA through a KVM switch. I'm not even using DVI.
IMHO I consider it a "great buy". It's a solid display and it's very affordable.
In places where electricity isn't cheap (such as cities)... it's cost effective to upgrade to LCD.
They have a higher up front cost, but when used 40hrs a week (and many employees leave computers on 24x7 with a screensaver)... the savings in electrical consumption make up for the cost (some say as little as a year, some say about 2 years).
When you have a larger company with 500-1000 computers, each with a display... if you can cut 1000 units down 50%... that's a considerable savings.
Some companies during the blackouts in CA pushed laptops. Not only did it encourage people to do a little work on weekends... but it cut down on power consumption in the office.
A display can last through several CPU's. The technology doesn't change that fast. Unless your a graphic artist it's irrelevent. A 7 year old 19" CRT is just as good as one bought today if it's taken care of. For most users the really subtle differences don't matter. By an LCD today, and your investing in the next several years. Get one with DVI/VGA input, and your in good shape for most users. Just swap out the CPU's every so often.
It's not just about space savings. It's cost savings.
The other thing to note is that CRT's contain a few pounds of Lead, mercury, and other hazardous materials. Several states have (or are proposing) disposal taxes for CRT's. So in the future throwing one out may cost you some cash. IT departments are well aware of this. Throwing out 1000 CRT's at $50 a pop.. that's $50,000 in additional costs.
I wrote a paper that discusses this a bit last year for an Environmental Biology course (incorporating my Business MIS studies). You can find that here. It discusses the environmental impacts of the CRT among other problems. LCD's aren't perfect, but they are much better.
A developer trying to make something freely available needs to collect donations to get some legal team together to defend their work and keep the right to keep their name associated with THEIR work.
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it's more of a tutorial on how to convert your lap into a wall. /great wall of china here
Don't laugh. It's still the best free calendar app out there.
And it syncs with my old Sony Clie.
Am I eagerly looking at each checkin for Mozilla Calendar? You bet I am. But until then, it's Palm Desktop.
Will Mac OS X run on a Dell now? Or just apple hardware?
Will the Apple x86 systems have special ROM? Will windows run on them?
Lots of stuff wasn't answered.
Lets See:
Hitler needed an ID system. IBM was the ideal partner for them during the Holocaust. Perfect for tracking victims.
Bush needs and ID system. HP is the ideal partner for them during the Crusades 2.0. Perfect for tracking non christians.
history does always repeat itself.... sadly.
Outsource to geocities /ducks
Will he withstand a slashdotting of his new gem?
I'm guessing no, searches are already broken.
Day #1, and slashdot is already attacking you.
At least there's a lot of publicity in that.
I had a Palm IIIxe, and a Palm Folding Keyboard (Accordian Style).
Used to take it to work (lifeguarding). When nobody was around (crummy days, especially early in the morning), would write my papers for High School.
Got paid to do homework! Rather than sit around and play with my toes.
Got home, would sync up with my computer, spell check, and print.
No problemo.
If we boycott it, and take them as the frauds they are...
it's negative exposure.
Brand exposure is only good if it's positive exposure.
Mother Teresa's Name had good exposure.
Bin Laden is even better known... but not good for his 'brand'.
Screw them.
This little publicity stunt already backfired with bad press, rather than free brand exposure.
Lets all boycott them a bit. See if the slashdot community is strong enough to put them out of business.
IMHO any company who goes to this length to get their name in the news has no place in business.
Nobody needs this level of stupidity. It's a waste of court time, and money (which us consumers eventually end up paying for).
Tiger -- (come on sue me)
Lets slashdot a video site.
:-D /me saw that a week or two ago when it was a hit on the blogosphere.
What could go wrong
Wait until a senator looses their wallet.
To find their private residence (the one listed on their ID) is wiped clean.
Then there will be yet another bill.
but its also our right to discuss their policies, and not respect them as a company as a result of them.
They now have a PR fire to put out. They can get the lawyers if they want... but they will need years to put this one out.
They are now known for silencing anyone who disagrees with them among the tech community.
Personally I don't censor anything on my blog unless it's: illegal, obscene (and I'm rather liberal about this one), racist, etc. I don't really care about critical comments. I just don't want people to read and be offended by what they read in my visitors comments.
HP's going to need a lot of PR to undo the damage this slashdot story will do to it.
Sorry HP, you blew it. Go ahead, for now on, your blog community is useless as a PR tool because nobody trusts it. Even Business Week realized how important blogs are to business. And you managed to ruin your blog presence. Bravo.
If I were a VP at HP, I would seriously consider terminating who ever made that policy decision. That easily costs millions in PR (the fact that it ruined the "blogs as PR" strategy). You can make a mistake at work, but one one that ruins a marketing strategy of such large size.
It will be interesting to see how this plays out. My guess is HP is not just going to read this slashdot article and ignore it. Heads may turn, they may lash out at bloggers who comment on it, and try to scare them... but they will respond.
Lets just hope they learn something, and other companies get the idea: silence customers, and they ruin your business.
A scientific experiment to ask a 13 year old girls to tell some geeky adult what they are wearing.
Not really science. Creepy 40 year old men have been doing that in their basements on AOL for years.
This wasn't brought about by lawyers. It was brought about by their marketing department.
They want a few things:
* free press
* press to link to their site to boost their google rank
If their legal team thought this was a good idea they would have done it months ago.
No real lawyer would recommend going through with this poor publicity stunt.
Tony the Tiger?
Exxon Tiger?
among others.
I think both of those have prior rights.
Without Open Source, we really are stuck in a monopoly. By having open source deployed around the world, we can essentially continue the fight. Without open source. Microsoft owns the Internet.
Not to mention I can start a business at a very low cost thanks to open source. If it were up to Microsoft, I'd need thousands of dollars worth of their "small business edition" products. Which I have free equivilants of that work just as well.
It's good for our economy. Competition is good. Monopolies are bad. Allowing startups to have a cheap source of computing is good. Crippling them in software licensing fees are bad.
Open Source allows for innovation, not patent locking.
Does anyone here consider the head to be a branch? IMHO a branch is taken from the head. The head is just a trunk. Not a branch.
It's long been fact that you can't refuse to accept bills over X in size.
.they may bitch, but they can't decline. If they do just call the cops. The police will quickly sort it out.
Go ahead..
I know people who have had to do this when getting gas late at night. The cops put them in their place in about 3 seconds.
As I recall US Federal law stipulates that failure to accept the US dollar to pay a dept is a crime.
/me hopes stupid people disappear.
I'm curious if the casher may face federal charges.
IMHO anyone that stupid should be locked up for a year or so. There are so many stupid things about this:
- counterfiting $2 would be pointless. The cost would exceed the bill if it were done well.
- why use them in the US where people are more prone to realize it? Use it other countries where the US dollar is accepted.
- Yes, there is a $2 bill!
1. Will work with linux. Not sure about that "pivot" software... don't use it personally. Just liked the display itself. That feature is useless to me.
2. DVD's on occasion. As good as any other LCD I've ever seen. More than adequate.
3. Good for casual gamers. Real hard core gamers may complain (as always). IT's never good enough for them.
This article basically confirmed my findings.
I got a Samsung SyncMaster 910T for under $400 after rebate (pretty decent for a 19 inch LCD).
The quality is really very good. I don't do photoshop or graphic design, so it's "good enough". I honestly don't see a difference between a CRT and this display.
It's got VGA and DVI input.
Oh yea, I'm posting this experience based on hooking up via VGA through a KVM switch. I'm not even using DVI.
IMHO I consider it a "great buy". It's a solid display and it's very affordable.
Texas gave up all rights to privacy long ago...
Texas law enforcement isn't much better than their Mexican Police counterparts on the other side of the border.
In both cases, you'd rather be shot, than detained.
In places where electricity isn't cheap (such as cities)... it's cost effective to upgrade to LCD.
They have a higher up front cost, but when used 40hrs a week (and many employees leave computers on 24x7 with a screensaver)... the savings in electrical consumption make up for the cost (some say as little as a year, some say about 2 years).
When you have a larger company with 500-1000 computers, each with a display... if you can cut 1000 units down 50%... that's a considerable savings.
Some companies during the blackouts in CA pushed laptops. Not only did it encourage people to do a little work on weekends... but it cut down on power consumption in the office.
A display can last through several CPU's. The technology doesn't change that fast. Unless your a graphic artist it's irrelevent. A 7 year old 19" CRT is just as good as one bought today if it's taken care of. For most users the really subtle differences don't matter. By an LCD today, and your investing in the next several years. Get one with DVI/VGA input, and your in good shape for most users. Just swap out the CPU's every so often.
It's not just about space savings. It's cost savings.
The other thing to note is that CRT's contain a few pounds of Lead, mercury, and other hazardous materials. Several states have (or are proposing) disposal taxes for CRT's. So in the future throwing one out may cost you some cash. IT departments are well aware of this. Throwing out 1000 CRT's at $50 a pop.. that's $50,000 in additional costs.
I wrote a paper that discusses this a bit last year for an Environmental Biology course (incorporating my Business MIS studies). You can find that here. It discusses the environmental impacts of the CRT among other problems. LCD's aren't perfect, but they are much better.
A developer trying to make something freely available needs to collect donations to get some legal team together to defend their work and keep the right to keep their name associated with THEIR work.
Perhaps they should contact these guys:
http://www.softwarefreedom.org/ (previously covered on slashdot)
I found this image on the website here.
;-)
Google had a decent stake for a while
Now you know one of the first things that will be debated is what non-christian/mormon religious websites to be blocked.
I'm guessing sites like wikipedia may even be filtered so no kids can get access to immoral content like Buddism or heaven forbid judaism.
Just watch. This will beat out blocking the priest/boy/goat sex websites.