Unless you're talking about a really small motherboard, then having one design for all laptops is a bad idea. Laptops are very specialized devices bought for different purposes. A salesman might want something really small and light that can be carried around, such as a tiny Vaio. Someone like myself would want a large one that would be used for working on all day, to produce the product that would be used to pay said salesman's commissions:)
I must back up be-fan. I'm using an Inspiron 8200 with a GeForce 440 Go video card and the Dell Ultrasharp display, which gives you super refresh rates and no ghosting. My current online crack addiction is multiplayer Soldier of Fortune.
If you're going to get a laptop and you still want to play the higher end games, then there's really no excuse not to get an Inspiron with the Ultrasharp display. Of course, the biggest advantage with Inspirons is that you can upgrade the graphics card by calling Dell and having the new card shipped out. True, you don't get the wide range of choices like you would with a regular PC, but then there are trade-offs with laptops.
MSNBC is reporting that Venezuela's true motives are to save up their money to fund TERRORISM!!! Microsoft has urged the Depts. of Defense and Justice to have a word with the Venezuelan government to strongly suggest that they keep their tax dollars rolling into Redmond, where it will be safe from EVIL-DOERS.
...If these guys happened to be of Arabic origin (I don't know if they are or aren't and don't care), do you think the FBI would have been all over them like sh*t on a stick by now?
Since this was reported on ArsTechnica, the story had a focus on the coolness/tech factor, but if the story had been spun by our yellow rag mainstream media, the headline would have been something to the effect of "Hackers Use Airplane to Spy on National Information Infrastructure" or something similar...I can imagine the ramifications then.
There was an episode of Seinfeld where Kramer had these Japanese businessmen pay him to stay overnight and they slept in an oversized chest of drawers. Kramer mentioned that they did this all the time in Japan, but I didn't think he was serious until now!
"If you wanted NBC commercial free, you'd have to pay a lot more than $10/month."
Yeah, and you can blame the casts of Friends and Seinfeld for that...$1 million per actor per episode? Fsck, even the baseball players aren't that greedy!
The sad part is that even if I don't watch Friends, I'm still paying for it indirectly when I go shopping and happen to buy something from their sponsors...yet people here complain about compulsory BBC fees. I'd kill for the BBC in the states. The one "BBC America" channel I get has commercials and not all of the stuff that I got spoiled on when I visited the UK.
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"doesnt 5.4 million seem like a lot of money. or is that just to cover the wasted paper "
It's most likely for punitive damages. Fines are rarely based upon the actual dollar cost of damages. Fines are about making the perpetrator feel the pinch of their crimes. Otherwise, the fines incurred would just be another cost of doing business.
/. Headline: "Fax-Spammers fax.com Sued For 2.2 Trillion Spam | Posted by timothy on 22:48 22nd August, 2002"
linuxwrangler's post: "If certified as a class-action on behalf of the 3 million receipients of the faxes that fax.com claims to send each day the total damages would reach 2.2 billion..."
Rude Turnip's conclusion: Man, they must have sent out a *shitload* of fax spam between the time of the article submission and when it was posted to Slashdot's front page!
Hey, at the funeral, the family heroin addict will now not only be able to steal the ring off of grandma's finger and sell it, he can steal grandma altogether and sell her!
"What'll you give me for the old lady? $200...sold!"
Your ISP reminds me much of a credit union, which is essentially a nonprofit, member-owned bank. I recall reading about large, commercial banks lobbying to prevent credit unions from gaining some of the same priviledges enjoyed by regular banks.
In this age of utility monopoly abuse, do you have any concerns about any of the large, commercial telecom interests (ie Qwest) lobbying the government to make it difficult, if not impossible to set up or maintain ISPs similar to yours? Thank you.
No, even if you gained minority control you would still have a fiduciary duty to the noncontrolling shareholders. In fact, this is the only thing that keeps Bill from putting the company's $40 billion cash into a big bin a-la Scrooge McDuck and going skinny dipping in it.
Now I can "borrow" my fiance's G3 Mac, switch in a PC w/Linux & KDE w/an OS X theme, install Photoshop with Codeweavers and she'll never notice! muhahhahahahahah!!!!
Good point. I guess that makes sense since if you accidentally break your LCD, they must be able to replace it somehow...why not stick a higher res screen in while you're at it?
How politically correct...you wouldn't want to offend the guerillas/monsters that kill and mame innocent families and use diamond sales to further their warped causes.
I toured a jewelery manufacturing plant a couple years back and interviewed the head of the company. At least in the US, these diamonds were a major concern for the US jewelry industry...so much that the stores were making the suppliers sign pledges to the effect that they would never buy such diamonds.
The industry term is "BLOOD DIAMONDS" and I think we should refer to them as such in this discuss so as to not minimize or trivialize the effect they are having on the poor people in the regions in which they are found. Repeat after me... "They are blood diamonds."
There's no really big surprises here. The reason I bought a Dell Inspiron 8200 in the first place is because the whole thing is practically upgradable, including the video card and CPU.
The only thing you can't upgrade is the LCD, obviously...which is why a smart shopper would get the high-end Dell UltraSharp display. More expensive, yes; but you can always skimp on the other parts and upgrade later. As with regular CRTs, the notebook LCD display is going to be with you the longest.
Perhaps it was Geiko? In a recent commercial, they also had the now-unemployed Taco Bell chiuahua auditioning to be the Geiko spokescreature. Naturally, the gecko got the job.
Unless we're talking about a small, private, family company where the managers are the only shareholders, then your argument holds true. However, when you're managing a public company where there are many shareholders, then the concept of fiduciary duty comes into play.
No, the little shareholders do not get to manage the company. It is the job of the managers (especially those under contract) to work to enhance shareholder value. There's nothing wrong with bonues and perks, since they help to attract better managers, but such bonuses and perks should only be a means to an end...again - to enhance shareholder value.
The only way the activities these guys participated in could be ethical is if they bought the company outright and took it private, making them the only shareholders and holding no accountability to no one but themselves.
The problem with your solution is that, as others have noted, the fax spam is typically sent from fax modems, *and* you're going to be filling up your fax machine's RAM buffer; thus preventing your coworkers from sending real business-like faxes. So, you still lose if you retaliate in such a manner.
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Unless you're talking about a really small motherboard, then having one design for all laptops is a bad idea. Laptops are very specialized devices bought for different purposes. A salesman might want something really small and light that can be carried around, such as a tiny Vaio. Someone like myself would want a large one that would be used for working on all day, to produce the product that would be used to pay said salesman's commissions :)
I must back up be-fan. I'm using an Inspiron 8200 with a GeForce 440 Go video card and the Dell Ultrasharp display, which gives you super refresh rates and no ghosting. My current online crack addiction is multiplayer Soldier of Fortune.
If you're going to get a laptop and you still want to play the higher end games, then there's really no excuse not to get an Inspiron with the Ultrasharp display. Of course, the biggest advantage with Inspirons is that you can upgrade the graphics card by calling Dell and having the new card shipped out. True, you don't get the wide range of choices like you would with a regular PC, but then there are trade-offs with laptops.
MSNBC is reporting that Venezuela's true motives are to save up their money to fund TERRORISM!!! Microsoft has urged the Depts. of Defense and Justice to have a word with the Venezuelan government to strongly suggest that they keep their tax dollars rolling into Redmond, where it will be safe from EVIL-DOERS.
OK, then the following changes will take place:
1. Pay for all my work clothes.
2. Pay for my fuel expenses going to work.
3. Pay me for all the unpaid overtime spent in the office *and at home*.
4. Pay me rent for using my home as temporary office space (see item 3).
5. Pay my cable modem/DSL bill for VPN'ing over the weekends.
...If these guys happened to be of Arabic origin (I don't know if they are or aren't and don't care), do you think the FBI would have been all over them like sh*t on a stick by now?
Since this was reported on ArsTechnica, the story had a focus on the coolness/tech factor, but if the story had been spun by our yellow rag mainstream media, the headline would have been something to the effect of "Hackers Use Airplane to Spy on National Information Infrastructure" or something similar...I can imagine the ramifications then.
There was an episode of Seinfeld where Kramer had these Japanese businessmen pay him to stay overnight and they slept in an oversized chest of drawers. Kramer mentioned that they did this all the time in Japan, but I didn't think he was serious until now!
"If you wanted NBC commercial free, you'd have to pay a lot more than $10/month."
Yeah, and you can blame the casts of Friends and Seinfeld for that...$1 million per actor per episode? Fsck, even the baseball players aren't that greedy!
The sad part is that even if I don't watch Friends, I'm still paying for it indirectly when I go shopping and happen to buy something from their sponsors...yet people here complain about compulsory BBC fees. I'd kill for the BBC in the states. The one "BBC America" channel I get has commercials and not all of the stuff that I got spoiled on when I visited the UK.
"Mmmmmmmmm...piemenu"
"doesnt 5.4 million seem like a lot of money. or is that just to cover the wasted paper "
It's most likely for punitive damages. Fines are rarely based upon the actual dollar cost of damages. Fines are about making the perpetrator feel the pinch of their crimes. Otherwise, the fines incurred would just be another cost of doing business.
/. Headline: "Fax-Spammers fax.com Sued For 2.2 Trillion Spam | Posted by timothy on 22:48 22nd August, 2002"
linuxwrangler's post:
"If certified as a class-action on behalf of the 3 million receipients of the faxes that fax.com claims to send each day the total damages would reach 2.2 billion..."
Rude Turnip's conclusion: Man, they must have sent out a *shitload* of fax spam between the time of the article submission and when it was posted to Slashdot's front page!
"...but perfectly ok to use dead ppl's bodies to make profit. "
Hey, those funeral directors have to eat, too!
Hey, at the funeral, the family heroin addict will now not only be able to steal the ring off of grandma's finger and sell it, he can steal grandma altogether and sell her!
"What'll you give me for the old lady? $200...sold!"
"It is basically a question of whether or not 10000 year old frozen sperm can still be used to fertilize an egg."
Perhaps you've never heard of Cody and Cassidy Gifford?
Dear Mr. Oppedahl:
Your ISP reminds me much of a credit union, which is essentially a nonprofit, member-owned bank. I recall reading about large, commercial banks lobbying to prevent credit unions from gaining some of the same priviledges enjoyed by regular banks.
In this age of utility monopoly abuse, do you have any concerns about any of the large, commercial telecom interests (ie Qwest) lobbying the government to make it difficult, if not impossible to set up or maintain ISPs similar to yours? Thank you.
No, even if you gained minority control you would still have a fiduciary duty to the noncontrolling shareholders. In fact, this is the only thing that keeps Bill from putting the company's $40 billion cash into a big bin a-la Scrooge McDuck and going skinny dipping in it.
Now I can "borrow" my fiance's G3 Mac, switch in a PC w/Linux & KDE w/an OS X theme, install Photoshop with Codeweavers and she'll never notice! muhahhahahahahah!!!!
Good point. I guess that makes sense since if you accidentally break your LCD, they must be able to replace it somehow...why not stick a higher res screen in while you're at it?
How politically correct...you wouldn't want to offend the guerillas/monsters that kill and mame innocent families and use diamond sales to further their warped causes.
I toured a jewelery manufacturing plant a couple years back and interviewed the head of the company. At least in the US, these diamonds were a major concern for the US jewelry industry...so much that the stores were making the suppliers sign pledges to the effect that they would never buy such diamonds.
The industry term is "BLOOD DIAMONDS" and I think we should refer to them as such in this discuss so as to not minimize or trivialize the effect they are having on the poor people in the regions in which they are found. Repeat after me...
"They are blood diamonds."
One good starting place to find such parts is the nightstand of any resident females.
There's no really big surprises here. The reason I bought a Dell Inspiron 8200 in the first place is because the whole thing is practically upgradable, including the video card and CPU.
The only thing you can't upgrade is the LCD, obviously...which is why a smart shopper would get the high-end Dell UltraSharp display. More expensive, yes; but you can always skimp on the other parts and upgrade later. As with regular CRTs, the notebook LCD display is going to be with you the longest.
"Needless to say he was quit the hunt and pecker :)"
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Without a doubt, a Freudian slip from reading all the "one handed typing" jokes posted here
Perhaps it was Geiko? In a recent commercial, they also had the now-unemployed Taco Bell chiuahua auditioning to be the Geiko spokescreature. Naturally, the gecko got the job.
You can still go to Powernotebooks.
Unless we're talking about a small, private, family company where the managers are the only shareholders, then your argument holds true. However, when you're managing a public company where there are many shareholders, then the concept of fiduciary duty comes into play.
No, the little shareholders do not get to manage the company. It is the job of the managers (especially those under contract) to work to enhance shareholder value. There's nothing wrong with bonues and perks, since they help to attract better managers, but such bonuses and perks should only be a means to an end...again - to enhance shareholder value.
The only way the activities these guys participated in could be ethical is if they bought the company outright and took it private, making them the only shareholders and holding no accountability to no one but themselves.
The problem with your solution is that, as others have noted, the fax spam is typically sent from fax modems, *and* you're going to be filling up your fax machine's RAM buffer; thus preventing your coworkers from sending real business-like faxes. So, you still lose if you retaliate in such a manner.