Yo, what's the name of the ISP? How did this get modded 'informative'? I would have modded it "France lacks a real attacking threat" or "France needs to find some younger players"....
Amen to that. That's how we finally got rid of the other infamous troll moron from the early days whose name shall not be spoken, but which rhymes with Gone Bats....
The difference is that I didn't go around saying that I am better than others beforehand. If Google had a motto that said "Don't Be Poor" there would be no issue with their China policy. So Google should drop that whole patronizing shtick now that they are The Man and adopt a new motto like "Don't Be A Sucka" or "Don't Hate The Playas" or "Don't Block Our Ads", or "Don't Mind Us, We're Just Trying To Make A Buck".
That whole 'Don't Be Evil' thing was so pre-IPO. As a public company, Google will get more and more like every other large international corporation very rapidly. In five years they will operate no differently than any of their peers. I mean, they have Denny Hastert's son as a paid lobbyist in DC. Just waiting for the big RNC contribution (and slightly smaller DNC) campaign contribution in the fall congressional race.
People like lower cost. As more and more people get VoIP numbers/use IM systems the necessity of going to the legacy POTS network declines. Once this reaches a critical mass (probably about 50% of the population), the telcos will suddenly be all about openness, because their legacy numbering system will begin to decline rapidly in value.
This is one reason all of the telcos are now about moving into broadband service. They aren't stupid, they see this coming. They are just milking the revenue cow while they can.
And the rest of Asia. Fax is still the quickest way to move ideographic text around, although I suspect that people are getting more used to using a keyboard to enter such data. When there is a commonly available way to use real-time OCR for Chinese/Japanese, I suppose that will finally obviate the widespread use of written communications.
You do my friend. That's why you made the effort to post, and post anonymously, because you clearly care that people will know you for a troll. But why? Embrace your identity. You are what you are, revel in it!
This is kind of a major problem since PKI infrastructure hassle is one of the main reason that most people don't use encrypted email, although the means for doing this has been around for years now.
"I really think that the whole idea of relying on the big boys' land lines might not be necessary. I was a endpoint on Fidonet, and got along just fine as technology progressed -- some people used X.25, some used landlines, some used ISDN lines, but we all got along. It was slow, but it worked, and it became better over time."
Not really. Since I'm a geezer-in-training now, I'm old enough to remember Fidonet, and still young enough to remember it with some clarity. It sucked ass. It existed because there wasn't anything else better at anywhere near the price point. Why isn't there Fidonet today?? Because having a broadband pipe from a company with predictable service was vastly preferable to most people.
Now I agree with you on the development of competition if the monoplists get out of hand - except that they kind of have bought the government, and they will find some way to legislate your reincarnated mom-and-pop ISP our of existence, or simply refuse to offer you any kind of connectivity. The difference is that Fidonet grew in the wilderness, and was competing more or less with emptiness; it was building the frontier. It's a different market now.
It demonstrates that Safari passes a test corpus, and the other guys didn't; regardless of how completely the test covers the standard in question, the fact that others don't pass it strongly suggests that they probably are not *more* compliant. Even if the Safari team coded specifically to pass the test set, the fact that they did this suggests that they are at least as interested - and since they do it right - arguably *more* interested in being compliant.
Your last sentence doesn't really parse in English, but since it also doesn't gives us more information on your observations on standards compliance, we'll have to take your word on that (until an further reply is released);)
I actually have never been that impressed by the oft-noted Google motto. This recent action is actually consistent with the statement "Don't Be Evil' because on the face of it, it's not an overtly evil act, more the sin of omission.
"Don't Be Evil" is a lame motto to live by. "Don't Be Evil" could easily have been the motto of the many people in Nazi Germany that said nothing while neighbors disappeared. It's a motto that suggests inaction. I find it interesting that even before going public, Google had a motto that meshed well with standard American corporate philosophy, although in the last decade "Don't Get Caught" would probably describe the zeitgeist better.
"Do Good" would have been a motto I think would have been admirable, and clearly inconsistent with Internet censorship. But that's not what Google signed up for.
Motorola's motivation is that they are as usual complete dickheads when it comes to consumer marketing. Their largely accidental success with the RAZR has them thinking they are da bomb now.
I predict that within 3-4 quarters the RAZR effect will have completely petered out and we will be seeing a return of the "How Motorola squandered its lead" stories again.
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The mesh network concept is very interesting, wanted to check it out. Merci beaucoup.
Yo, what's the name of the ISP? How did this get modded 'informative'? I would have modded it "France lacks a real attacking threat" or "France needs to find some younger players"....
Amen to that. That's how we finally got rid of the other infamous troll moron from the early days whose name shall not be spoken, but which rhymes with Gone Bats....
The difference is that I didn't go around saying that I am better than others beforehand. If Google had a motto that said "Don't Be Poor" there would be no issue with their China policy. So Google should drop that whole patronizing shtick now that they are The Man and adopt a new motto like "Don't Be A Sucka" or "Don't Hate The Playas" or "Don't Block Our Ads", or "Don't Mind Us, We're Just Trying To Make A Buck".
That whole 'Don't Be Evil' thing was so pre-IPO. As a public company, Google will get more and more like every other large international corporation very rapidly. In five years they will operate no differently than any of their peers. I mean, they have Denny Hastert's son as a paid lobbyist in DC. Just waiting for the big RNC contribution (and slightly smaller DNC) campaign contribution in the fall congressional race.
http://government.zdnet.com/?p=2129
P.S. The dixie chicks thing didn't make any damn sense.
Man, I'd love to see you experience the "personal inconvenience" of being shot in the head.
Is that anything like a hamster? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamster
Yes...yes it is.
People like lower cost. As more and more people get VoIP numbers/use IM systems the necessity of going to the legacy POTS network declines. Once this reaches a critical mass (probably about 50% of the population), the telcos will suddenly be all about openness, because their legacy numbering system will begin to decline rapidly in value.
This is one reason all of the telcos are now about moving into broadband service. They aren't stupid, they see this coming. They are just milking the revenue cow while they can.
Don't think that's lens, unless you had a layer of marmalade smeared over the Treo. Looks like heavy compression on the Treo pic.
And the rest of Asia. Fax is still the quickest way to move ideographic text around, although I suspect that people are getting more used to using a keyboard to enter such data. When there is a commonly available way to use real-time OCR for Chinese/Japanese, I suppose that will finally obviate the widespread use of written communications.
You do my friend. That's why you made the effort to post, and post anonymously, because you clearly care that people will know you for a troll. But why? Embrace your identity. You are what you are, revel in it!
If only Jean Louis was as suave as Rico...
Sheeeeeeeeeesh! No denizen here has ever seen one - we get it!
And not sure what if anything this has to do with Postgres. Thanks for stopping by.
This is kind of a major problem since PKI infrastructure hassle is one of the main reason that most people don't use encrypted email, although the means for doing this has been around for years now.
Not to quibble, but making the volume of heavy water needed by a CANDU is also energy intensive.
How happy is a moron
No need to understand
I wish I was a moron
My God! perhaps I am!
"I really think that the whole idea of relying on the big boys' land lines might not be necessary. I was a endpoint on Fidonet, and got along just fine as technology progressed -- some people used X.25, some used landlines, some used ISDN lines, but we all got along. It was slow, but it worked, and it became better over time."
Not really. Since I'm a geezer-in-training now, I'm old enough to remember Fidonet, and still young enough to remember it with some clarity. It sucked ass. It existed because there wasn't anything else better at anywhere near the price point. Why isn't there Fidonet today?? Because having a broadband pipe from a company with predictable service was vastly preferable to most people.
Now I agree with you on the development of competition if the monoplists get out of hand - except that they kind of have bought the government, and they will find some way to legislate your reincarnated mom-and-pop ISP our of existence, or simply refuse to offer you any kind of connectivity. The difference is that Fidonet grew in the wilderness, and was competing more or less with emptiness; it was building the frontier. It's a different market now.
It demonstrates that Safari passes a test corpus, and the other guys didn't; regardless of how completely the test covers the standard in question, the fact that others don't pass it strongly suggests that they probably are not *more* compliant. Even if the Safari team coded specifically to pass the test set, the fact that they did this suggests that they are at least as interested - and since they do it right - arguably *more* interested in being compliant.
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Your last sentence doesn't really parse in English, but since it also doesn't gives us more information on your observations on standards compliance, we'll have to take your word on that (until an further reply is released)
I actually have never been that impressed by the oft-noted Google motto. This recent action is actually consistent with the statement "Don't Be Evil' because on the face of it, it's not an overtly evil act, more the sin of omission.
"Don't Be Evil" is a lame motto to live by. "Don't Be Evil" could easily have been the motto of the many people in Nazi Germany that said nothing while neighbors disappeared. It's a motto that suggests inaction. I find it interesting that even before going public, Google had a motto that meshed well with standard American corporate philosophy, although in the last decade "Don't Get Caught" would probably describe the zeitgeist better.
"Do Good" would have been a motto I think would have been admirable, and clearly inconsistent with Internet censorship. But that's not what Google signed up for.
Your average deep fryer also doesn't cost $500+ to fix if it spills flaming death on the floor. Unlike your laptop.
Amen to that. Distinctly underwhelming except for battery.
Motorola's motivation is that they are as usual complete dickheads when it comes to consumer marketing. Their largely accidental success with the RAZR has them thinking they are da bomb now.
I predict that within 3-4 quarters the RAZR effect will have completely petered out and we will be seeing a return of the "How Motorola squandered its lead" stories again.
Alas, for I have not the mod points of yore....but this made my evening ;-)
Google Base, that is ;-)