I can't believe what Google did to Deja. When I needed web-news access (was without a machine at home), Deja and that old my-deja.com address did me fine for many a month.
But surely having this kind of free market situation in education just leads to a new business opportunity - that of independant certification/grading of university degrees? And market forces would quickly shake out the "bad" certification firms vs the "good" ones. (OK, OK, I take on board the Arthur Anderson/Enrom case and others, where the market broke down).
For every problem the market creates, it can usually find a solution too.
[qualifier - I am a product of the UK education system; I'm commenting "in theory" here, not slamming the US education system...]
Well, as per the article, if your cat has a spare $499 it's his. Unless the PA DA gets to the "online university" first. Mind you, $499 buys a lot of tuna steak...
You can almost hear Alton Poe, the Vice Chancellor, kicking himself for awarding that degree... "I had a really bad feline about that applicant..."
Yeah, that works fine for your flat spreadsheets. But even the minor applications at the banks and other firms I've worked at have had 100s of lines of VBA sitting behind them. The big apps have had 1,000-10,000s (I've built these:o/). MS Excel for Linux would go a long way towards getting these firms to switch over - otherwise they have to do a trade-off between thousands of man-hours of code conversion aganst the $$s saved on licencing.
We needed a break-up of MS to get the Office suite on Linux. A missed opportunity for us all that it didn't happen.
[And I won't even start on the fact that IBM has been sitting on the Lotus Improv source-code and doing nothing with it for how many years?]
There is also a statistical linkage between myopia and intelligence (and quite a few different theories as to what mught cause the linkage) - it's not just a stereotype.
Some might say (people around these parts?) that higher intelligence might mean greater likelihood of computer use, hence linking the myopia risk factor to the computer use.
Every company I've worked for in the UK has offered free eye tests to heavy computer users (and has done for some time now). A study like this can only encourage this practice becoming wider-spread. One of the things I've been tested for in the past has been glaucoma too.
Should have changed them a few weeks ago, when cable (the GBP/USD rate) was even higher.
I'd broadly agree with the sentiment that a Kerry victory, if it resulted in the reversal of the insane deficit spending & fiscal irresponsibilty by GWB, would be USD-positive. But in the shorter term, Japan is easing back in intervention to allow for end of FY profit booking by their firms. Look for a nice little trading opp or two there.
But before you book those leveraged ForEx trades for 12 months out, look at the headlines saying Nader might get 7% of the 2004 vote. You know what that means? Yup, "Four more years..."
Good grief, just when I thought I'd almost forgotten about the evil world of FX trading...
I wouldn't group Stern's new machines together with the old Data East machines. I'd agree with you wholeheartedly that the DE machines were certainly a long way behind the Williams/Bally/Gottleib meta-brand in the 90s, but after Gary Stern's buy-out of the division in 99 the newer games have been top-notch. Playability, features, rule-depth and feel have all been on a par if not superior to the last of the WMS machines (except, of course, the next-generation Pinball 2000 video hybrids).
In fact, Stern tables just seem to keep getting better, and more people appear to be pumping quarters into the games. Hopefully the new Terminator 3 game should continue the upwards curve, especially with former WMS designers like Steve Ritchie and the legendary Pat Lawlor working with Stern.
The picture you paint seems all-too-true of what happens to the "little guy" in courtrooms around the world in these times. But every now and then, cases such as the McLibel trail come along, and we see what can happen when a big Corp pushes the law too far.
It takes a lot of courage to stand up to Big Business, but people have to sometimes, despite it being a terrifying prospect.
Kazaa or KazaaLite? From your.sig, it looks like you are a non-Windoze user, but some people need reminding about the vile spyware that lurks within windoze Kazaa.
Yeah, you'd probably only be able to get the same CD back as a return.
But then, you go into the shop the day after, and tell them that the replacement won't play on your PC. And ask for another replacement. Repeat as necessary.
Works best in a big store, where you can hit different memebers of staff over a few days, until the returns stack up and they return a delivery as a "bad batch". Unless they call the record company, who explain it isn't meant to play on a PC. Then all you can hope is that vocal complaints about this not being pointed out more clearly will get you your money back.
Fwiw, I seem to remember this being raked over in another CD protection discussion.
-- in March '00, a 40/60 cash/stock split for my compensation seemed like a great idea...
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I can't believe what Google did to Google Groups
I can't believe what Google did to Deja. When I needed web-news access (was without a machine at home), Deja and that old my-deja.com address did me fine for many a month.
But surely having this kind of free market situation in education just leads to a new business opportunity - that of independant certification/grading of university degrees? And market forces would quickly shake out the "bad" certification firms vs the "good" ones. (OK, OK, I take on board the Arthur Anderson/Enrom case and others, where the market broke down).
For every problem the market creates, it can usually find a solution too.
[qualifier - I am a product of the UK education system; I'm commenting "in theory" here, not slamming the US education system...]
I bet my cat could get a PhD
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... "I had a really bad feline about that applicant..."
Well, as per the article, if your cat has a spare $499 it's his. Unless the PA DA gets to the "online university" first. Mind you, $499 buys a lot of tuna steak
You can almost hear Alton Poe, the Vice Chancellor, kicking himself for awarding that degree
Really? Next you'll be telling me that colour doesn't have a "u" in it ...
Excel clones are bountiful for Linux.
:o/). MS Excel for Linux would go a long way towards getting these firms to switch over - otherwise they have to do a trade-off between thousands of man-hours of code conversion aganst the $$s saved on licencing.
Yeah, that works fine for your flat spreadsheets. But even the minor applications at the banks and other firms I've worked at have had 100s of lines of VBA sitting behind them. The big apps have had 1,000-10,000s (I've built these
We needed a break-up of MS to get the Office suite on Linux. A missed opportunity for us all that it didn't happen.
[And I won't even start on the fact that IBM has been sitting on the Lotus Improv source-code and doing nothing with it for how many years?]
There is also a statistical linkage between myopia and intelligence (and quite a few different theories as to what mught cause the linkage) - it's not just a stereotype.
Some might say (people around these parts?) that higher intelligence might mean greater likelihood of computer use, hence linking the myopia risk factor to the computer use.
Every company I've worked for in the UK has offered free eye tests to heavy computer users (and has done for some time now). A study like this can only encourage this practice becoming wider-spread. One of the things I've been tested for in the past has been glaucoma too.
'The objective of securing the safety of Americans from crime and terror has been achieved.'
Gorman: All right, the area's secured.
Should have changed them a few weeks ago, when cable (the GBP/USD rate) was even higher.
I'd broadly agree with the sentiment that a Kerry victory, if it resulted in the reversal of the insane deficit spending & fiscal irresponsibilty by GWB, would be USD-positive. But in the shorter term, Japan is easing back in intervention to allow for end of FY profit booking by their firms. Look for a nice little trading opp or two there.
But before you book those leveraged ForEx trades for 12 months out, look at the headlines saying Nader might get 7% of the 2004 vote. You know what that means? Yup, "Four more years..."
Good grief, just when I thought I'd almost forgotten about the evil world of FX trading ...
> Am I the only one here to think that maybe they're actually doing this for the very reasons they quote
No, not at all. Here are some of the reasons Microsoft gives in the article (thru Geoff Sutton, European GM of Microsoft MSN):
""This is a decision based upon consumer experiences, child protection and OUR STRATEGIC INVESTMENT TO BUILD UP MSN MESSENGER"
"The straightforward truth of the matter is FREE unmoderated chat isn't safe"
Emphasis is mine in both quotes. But there you have it, even within the Microspeak they are admitting that its really profit/market-share driven.
That second quote looks very like their "free, open-source software isn't safe" marketing, doesn't it?
I wouldn't group Stern's new machines together with the old Data East machines. I'd agree with you wholeheartedly that the DE machines were certainly a long way behind the Williams/Bally/Gottleib meta-brand in the 90s, but after Gary Stern's buy-out of the division in 99 the newer games have been top-notch. Playability, features, rule-depth and feel have all been on a par if not superior to the last of the WMS machines (except, of course, the next-generation Pinball 2000 video hybrids).
In fact, Stern tables just seem to keep getting better, and more people appear to be pumping quarters into the games. Hopefully the new Terminator 3 game should continue the upwards curve, especially with former WMS designers like Steve Ritchie and the legendary Pat Lawlor working with Stern.
The picture you paint seems all-too-true of what happens to the "little guy" in courtrooms around the world in these times. But every now and then, cases such as the McLibel trail come along, and we see what can happen when a big Corp pushes the law too far.
It takes a lot of courage to stand up to Big Business, but people have to sometimes, despite it being a terrifying prospect.
Kazaa or KazaaLite? From your .sig, it looks like you are a non-Windoze user, but some people need reminding about the vile spyware that lurks within windoze Kazaa.
.sig
-- now where did I put that
I visited the Net Global Marketing website to look up her email, but for some reason it appears to be down. Maybe its a little busy right now?
... heh
.sig
Anyway, I'm going to keep hitting refresh every few minutes on the site - no doubt it'll be back up soonish
-- now where did I put that
But then, you go into the shop the day after, and tell them that the replacement won't play on your PC. And ask for another replacement. Repeat as necessary.
Works best in a big store, where you can hit different memebers of staff over a few days, until the returns stack up and they return a delivery as a "bad batch". Unless they call the record company, who explain it isn't meant to play on a PC. Then all you can hope is that vocal complaints about this not being pointed out more clearly will get you your money back.
Fwiw, I seem to remember this being raked over in another CD protection discussion.
-- in March '00, a 40/60 cash/stock split for my compensation seemed like a great idea ...
-- in Mar '00, 40/60 looked like a good cash/stock split.