It's obvious why the story was posted again!!!
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They forgot the exclamation !! points in the first one!!!!
Re:Reality Television takes on Corporate America
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Yes, you are right. I did love the show. One of my favorites was the "getting back at companies" episode. They set off car alarms (in the early a.m.) in front of the house of a guy who's company makes them and in another instance pounded dumpsters up and down making noise. How funny.
Best one, though, had to be his skit illustrating the phrase people mutter after a serial killer is caught: "he seemed so normal."
There's a book out about this show. Great bathroon reading.
Reality Television takes on Corporate America
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How long before we see some network make a reality TV show about the corporate boardroom?
Probably not because, in effect, it's already on the air.
Pop ups always annoyed me, but I had accepted them as a part of the online browsing experience. Well, then I installed Mozilla and started blocking them. I was amazed how how much more pleasant browsing was. Even worse, when I would go back and use IE for certain things, I was amazed at how horrible those pop ups really were. The hatred was strong.
On another note, advertisers should try a bit harder with their ads. I'm amazed at how well thought out the ads for Absolute Vodka are. They're very engaging and the ONLY flash ads I've ever interacted with. We could use a few more like them, and less SHOOT THE MONKEY types.
My impression is that the Pythons wrote many sketches that never saw the light of day. In a Vanity Fair interview several years ago, they said that while producing the show, many sketches were presented but weren't accepted, often because they weren't funny. Does this mean that those discarded skits should rate alongside the Python's best work? The article is a little vague about when these were written.
It's nice that Chapman's work is still considered important enough for this kind of treatment, but in the end, what we have is the work done by the group. And that work is why we love Monty Python so much. Together they were so much more than the sum of their parts, and I think these skits should be viewed in that light.
That said, I can't wait to see the Gay Budgie skit!
If you're in DC or visit sometime, check out the Smithsonian - American History Museum. They have a cross section of some the cable used for one of the NY bridges.
If they can pool the strengths of each distribution into the new one, that will make it stronger.
I think some major consolidation is way overdue for Linux. Of course, new distributions will always appears to fill in the empty spaces.
This probably won't make a difference
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If anything, this site might be merely a proof-of-concept, but I doubt if it's a model that will become widespread. People have been conditioned to pay $18+ for CDs and as long as the only way they can get their Britney fix is through those who have the monopoly, they'll continue paying it.
Since all the artists on the site are unknown, they'll never be able to reach much of an audience because the radio stations are the pretty much beholden to the recording industry will never play their music.
I really haven't followed up with Prince's attempts in directly selling to the consumer, but I don't recall hearing much from him lately. He might still be selling records, but who thinks he'd be as well-known as he is without generating lots of dollars for the recording industry first.
It's a cynical view, but it's hard to not to have it. I do applaud attempts to go it alone, but I can't help but think these guys will be gone this time next year.
I'm sure there are circumstances in which this kit would be useful, but as one poster already mentioned, the laptop requirements are pretty steep--if I had a laptop with those specs, I don't think I'd be using it to fetch beer for me.
The Evolution homepage is slashdotted, so I couldn't see many specific details, but based on the article, I'm pretty skeptical. It sounds like they've managed to put together some pretty neat tech, but again, what use will it be?
It sounds like it navigates on sight. Does it "remember" it's environment or does it have to do a visual search every time? "Gee, where was that large white thing that had the little brown bottles again?"
I guess I could put cat toys on it and have it play with my cat during the day! Now that would be useful. However, I probably wouldn't last long.
I remember seeing pictures of Jar Jar before the film came out and even bought into the excitement of the character as all those pre-release articles came out. Hell, Jar Jar even made the cover of Vanity Fair (among others).
Of course, then I went and saw the movie and was horrified as soon as Jar Jar opened his mouth. This just couldn't be!
I kinda thought he would be more like a Chewbacca characater. He kind of looked like could be a monkey-wrenching wise-cracking type of character.
So, if you separate the Jar Jar "design" from the actual character (admitted it's very hard), he's a pretty cool looking character. At least when he's not snatching food with his tongue.
This is hypocritical coming from a man who who admits the derivative nature of his films.
I remember reading that in one of the original studio screenings for Star Wars, Lucas had cut in footage from a lot of war movies because the space battles/special fx shots weren't finished yet.
Of course, I have to admit that I'm completely amazed the film festival even has his formal blessing.
I read this story this morning with disbelief. It's just getting so surreal. The longer the recording industry treats its customers with the distain they currently have, the more people are going to look at alternatives.
You'll catch more flies with honey than vinegar. Instead of clinging desperately to their outdated business model and assuming all customers want to rip them off, they should embrace digital technology fully. But as long as they want to charge $5.00 for a limited use file download, they're never gonna go anywhere.
As a former educator who worked in a "resource-challenged" school district, I applaud these types of programs. Unfortunately, often schools like the one I worked in would get money thrown at us for certain tech projects, but since there was often no follow-through or training, the money was pretty much wasted, or used for other purposes deemed more important by the school administrators.
It seems this organization not only refurbishes the computer, but also trains people to do it as well. If Linux is ever to get a foothold in schools, it will take a lot more effort than just donating X number of computers with Linux preinstalled. The community will have to invest time in making sure those computers are filling the need and that people on site are trained and commmitted to maintaining them.
Linux and public schools seem like a match made in heaven. Even though Microsoft gives a lot of lipservice (and money, you do have to give them some credit) to supporting schools, it still doesn't make sense to spend that kind of money on Windows licenses. One could make the argument that exposing students to an alternative like Linux will improve their technology skills (they're still gonna get the Windows exposure, no matter what's used in the schools).
The AMD Chairman also hinted that Microsoft Corp. may be working with the firm on developing a 64-bit operating system extension to the existing 32-bit Windows versions for the Hammer series. "We gave working (Hammer) samples to Microsoft. We have them working code. Microsoft now must make the determination what to do and when," he added.
I'm so glad these guys are getting pounded for this. It's pretty amazing how many news outlets picked up on this story. Unfortunately, there are many many more situations like this that are overlooked.
I really don't have a problem with companies adding extra programs into their software. The problem I have is 1) Not being told about it and 2) Not being given the option of opting out or not installing it.
As far as I'm concerned, a license is not an appropriate place to inform the user of third party software coming along for the ride. Software should be very explicit during install exactly what's happening. That way, the user can either not install the program, or if allowed, not install that component. What's so hard about that?
The fact that these companies try to hide this stuff shows they know the systems are a bit shady.
Strangely enough, this happens with big-time commercial software as well. I was pretty p*ssed when Intuit's TurboTax installed Internet Explorer on my laptop without asking. It just told me, "Installing IE 5.5 now" with no cancel button. I had 5.0 installed and it was there for a reason. Oh, well.
Hopefully, awareness of these practices will hurt companies who will entually find it beneficial to be up front with their customers!
I hope the new enterprise continues to market those cool microdrives. They are so small and have so much potential. They also seem to have been integrated into a great number of devices. Although I haven't looked much into it, I don't know of any other similar options.
Of course, with all the fun people have been having with I-Pods, maybe we already have a replacement!
Although I only viewed one book, it came up with some interesting results. I'd be curious to know how similar an authors books are to one another... can this distinguish an author's style, or merely individual works.
I also imagine that a college professor might be interested to run this against term papers!
The whole article has a gee-whiz-we-can-do-it feel to it. It seems to me that trying to capture CO2 once it's in the atmosphere isn't the best solution. Of course, I'm not an expert...
Another thing that caught my attention is this quote:
Cost of the entire process is equivalent to about 20 cents per gallon of gasoline - a nominal cost when one considers the recent price fluctuations at gasoline pumps across the nation, Dubey said.
I filled my tank this weekend at $1.44 per gallon..20/1.44 = 13.8. I hardly think that's "nomimal."
For another interesting take on this topic go to:
www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.11/ecohacking.html
The article is a couple of years old and I'm not sure how things turned out, but it's still an interesting concept.
The thing that made this book so great was Ray Bradbury's amazing prose. Without it, that book would have been nothing more than pulp sci-fi.
Those words filled the storys with adventure, wonder, longing and fear.
It would be very hard, but not impossible to transfer the heart of this book into film. The best we can hope for is that there's some wonderful director out there who loves the film and ends up making it.
I remember that 80s version (w/ Rock Hudson) and it was a pretty much a joke. I love this book and would be sad to see it hacked up again. Especially when the images I get from the prose is far better than anything they could come up with.
Google has certainly earned my respect... not only for finding a way to get back at these folks, but also for their ingenuity.
And on top of that, their search engine often has the ability to read minds!
It just goes to show you that throwing money and lawyers at a problem isn't always the only solution. A little creativity can go a long way. Just look at the things the leaders of the civil rights movement came up with!
Gosh, I sure do hate to see those two words used in the same sentence. Unfortunately, Microsoft seems to have managed to take this concept to very sinister territory.
Also, regarding Mira... I wanna know what happens when you accidently drop the device into the toilet when you go to wash your hands.
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They forgot the exclamation !! points in the first one!!!!
Yes, you are right. I did love the show. One of my favorites was the "getting back at companies" episode. They set off car alarms (in the early a.m.) in front of the house of a guy who's company makes them and in another instance pounded dumpsters up and down making noise. How funny.
Best one, though, had to be his skit illustrating the phrase people mutter after a serial killer is caught: "he seemed so normal."
There's a book out about this show. Great bathroon reading.
How long before we see some network make a reality TV show about the corporate boardroom?
Probably not because, in effect, it's already on the air.
Pop ups always annoyed me, but I had accepted them as a part of the online browsing experience. Well, then I installed Mozilla and started blocking them. I was amazed how how much more pleasant browsing was. Even worse, when I would go back and use IE for certain things, I was amazed at how horrible those pop ups really were. The hatred was strong.
On another note, advertisers should try a bit harder with their ads. I'm amazed at how well thought out the ads for Absolute Vodka are. They're very engaging and the ONLY flash ads I've ever interacted with. We could use a few more like them, and less SHOOT THE MONKEY types.
My impression is that the Pythons wrote many sketches that never saw the light of day. In a Vanity Fair interview several years ago, they said that while producing the show, many sketches were presented but weren't accepted, often because they weren't funny. Does this mean that those discarded skits should rate alongside the Python's best work? The article is a little vague about when these were written.
It's nice that Chapman's work is still considered important enough for this kind of treatment, but in the end, what we have is the work done by the group. And that work is why we love Monty Python so much. Together they were so much more than the sum of their parts, and I think these skits should be viewed in that light.
That said, I can't wait to see the Gay Budgie skit!
If you're in DC or visit sometime, check out the Smithsonian - American History Museum. They have a cross section of some the cable used for one of the NY bridges.
It's pretty damn impressive.
If they can pool the strengths of each distribution into the new one, that will make it stronger.
I think some major consolidation is way overdue for Linux. Of course, new distributions will always appears to fill in the empty spaces.
If anything, this site might be merely a proof-of-concept, but I doubt if it's a model that will become widespread. People have been conditioned to pay $18+ for CDs and as long as the only way they can get their Britney fix is through those who have the monopoly, they'll continue paying it.
Since all the artists on the site are unknown, they'll never be able to reach much of an audience because the radio stations are the pretty much beholden to the recording industry will never play their music.
I really haven't followed up with Prince's attempts in directly selling to the consumer, but I don't recall hearing much from him lately. He might still be selling records, but who thinks he'd be as well-known as he is without generating lots of dollars for the recording industry first.
It's a cynical view, but it's hard to not to have it. I do applaud attempts to go it alone, but I can't help but think these guys will be gone this time next year.
I'm sure there are circumstances in which this kit would be useful, but as one poster already mentioned, the laptop requirements are pretty steep--if I had a laptop with those specs, I don't think I'd be using it to fetch beer for me.
The Evolution homepage is slashdotted, so I couldn't see many specific details, but based on the article, I'm pretty skeptical. It sounds like they've managed to put together some pretty neat tech, but again, what use will it be?
It sounds like it navigates on sight. Does it "remember" it's environment or does it have to do a visual search every time? "Gee, where was that large white thing that had the little brown bottles again?"
I guess I could put cat toys on it and have it play with my cat during the day! Now that would be useful. However, I probably wouldn't last long.
Is the rate of decay of the brain after looking at all those naughty pictures!
I remember seeing pictures of Jar Jar before the film came out and even bought into the excitement of the character as all those pre-release articles came out. Hell, Jar Jar even made the cover of Vanity Fair (among others).
Of course, then I went and saw the movie and was horrified as soon as Jar Jar opened his mouth. This just couldn't be!
I kinda thought he would be more like a Chewbacca characater. He kind of looked like could be a monkey-wrenching wise-cracking type of character.
So, if you separate the Jar Jar "design" from the actual character (admitted it's very hard), he's a pretty cool looking character. At least when he's not snatching food with his tongue.
This is hypocritical coming from a man who who admits the derivative nature of his films.
I remember reading that in one of the original studio screenings for Star Wars, Lucas had cut in footage from a lot of war movies because the space battles/special fx shots weren't finished yet.
Of course, I have to admit that I'm completely amazed the film festival even has his formal blessing.
I read this story this morning with disbelief. It's just getting so surreal. The longer the recording industry treats its customers with the distain they currently have, the more people are going to look at alternatives.
You'll catch more flies with honey than vinegar. Instead of clinging desperately to their outdated business model and assuming all customers want to rip them off, they should embrace digital technology fully. But as long as they want to charge $5.00 for a limited use file download, they're never gonna go anywhere.
As a former educator who worked in a "resource-challenged" school district, I applaud these types of programs. Unfortunately, often schools like the one I worked in would get money thrown at us for certain tech projects, but since there was often no follow-through or training, the money was pretty much wasted, or used for other purposes deemed more important by the school administrators.
It seems this organization not only refurbishes the computer, but also trains people to do it as well. If Linux is ever to get a foothold in schools, it will take a lot more effort than just donating X number of computers with Linux preinstalled. The community will have to invest time in making sure those computers are filling the need and that people on site are trained and commmitted to maintaining them.
Linux and public schools seem like a match made in heaven. Even though Microsoft gives a lot of lipservice (and money, you do have to give them some credit) to supporting schools, it still doesn't make sense to spend that kind of money on Windows licenses. One could make the argument that exposing students to an alternative like Linux will improve their technology skills (they're still gonna get the Windows exposure, no matter what's used in the schools).
Just my 2cents.
The AMD Chairman also hinted that Microsoft Corp. may be working with the firm on developing a 64-bit operating system extension to the existing 32-bit Windows versions for the Hammer series. "We gave working (Hammer) samples to Microsoft. We have them working code. Microsoft now must make the determination what to do and when," he added.
Maybe not after his testimony this week!
I'm so glad these guys are getting pounded for this. It's pretty amazing how many news outlets picked up on this story. Unfortunately, there are many many more situations like this that are overlooked.
I really don't have a problem with companies adding extra programs into their software. The problem I have is 1) Not being told about it and 2) Not being given the option of opting out or not installing it.
As far as I'm concerned, a license is not an appropriate place to inform the user of third party software coming along for the ride. Software should be very explicit during install exactly what's happening. That way, the user can either not install the program, or if allowed, not install that component. What's so hard about that?
The fact that these companies try to hide this stuff shows they know the systems are a bit shady.
Strangely enough, this happens with big-time commercial software as well. I was pretty p*ssed when Intuit's TurboTax installed Internet Explorer on my laptop without asking. It just told me, "Installing IE 5.5 now" with no cancel button. I had 5.0 installed and it was there for a reason. Oh, well.
Hopefully, awareness of these practices will hurt companies who will entually find it beneficial to be up front with their customers!
I hope the new enterprise continues to market those cool microdrives. They are so small and have so much potential. They also seem to have been integrated into a great number of devices. Although I haven't looked much into it, I don't know of any other similar options.
Of course, with all the fun people have been having with I-Pods, maybe we already have a replacement!
Although I only viewed one book, it came up with some interesting results. I'd be curious to know how similar an authors books are to one another... can this distinguish an author's style, or merely individual works.
I also imagine that a college professor might be interested to run this against term papers!
The whole article has a gee-whiz-we-can-do-it feel to it. It seems to me that trying to capture CO2 once it's in the atmosphere isn't the best solution. Of course, I'm not an expert...
.20/1.44 = 13.8. I hardly think that's "nomimal."
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Another thing that caught my attention is this quote:
Cost of the entire process is equivalent to about 20 cents per gallon of gasoline - a nominal cost when one considers the recent price fluctuations at gasoline pumps across the nation, Dubey said.
I filled my tank this weekend at $1.44 per gallon.
For another interesting take on this topic go to:
www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.11/ecohacking.htm
The article is a couple of years old and I'm not sure how things turned out, but it's still an interesting concept.
Oops... as Emily Litella would say, "Never Mind"
The thing that made this book so great was Ray Bradbury's amazing prose. Without it, that book would have been nothing more than pulp sci-fi.
Those words filled the storys with adventure, wonder, longing and fear.
It would be very hard, but not impossible to transfer the heart of this book into film. The best we can hope for is that there's some wonderful director out there who loves the film and ends up making it.
I remember that 80s version (w/ Rock Hudson) and it was a pretty much a joke. I love this book and would be sad to see it hacked up again. Especially when the images I get from the prose is far better than anything they could come up with.
"Luke, you can destroy the Emperor. He has foreseen this. It is your destiny, join me and together we can rule the galaxy as father and son."
Google has certainly earned my respect... not only for finding a way to get back at these folks, but also for their ingenuity.
And on top of that, their search engine often has the ability to read minds!
It just goes to show you that throwing money and lawyers at a problem isn't always the only solution. A little creativity can go a long way.
Just look at the things the leaders of the civil rights movement came up with!
Uh, oh...
All this talk about flood myths, and, hey, wasn't there a lot of water in that Attack of the Clones preview?
Gosh, I sure do hate to see those two words used in the same sentence. Unfortunately, Microsoft seems to have managed to take this concept to very sinister territory.
Also, regarding Mira... I wanna know what happens when you accidently drop the device into the toilet when you go to wash your hands.