Consumer or business is not relevant in this case. The poster said that there are no major OEM's with AMD laptop, several posters have pointed out that there are.
processor Mobile AMD Athlon(TM) XP Processor 2000+ (1.67GHz) with PowerNow!(TM) Technology
memory 512MB DDR SDRAM (2x256MB) at 266MHz; maximum 1024MB DDR SDRAM (2x512MB)
hard drive 60GB enhanced-IDE [gigabyte is defined as 1,000,000,000 bytes, accessible capacity may vary]
multimedia drive DVD+CD-RW Combo (CD-read 24x; CD-write 8x; CD-rewrite 8x; DVD-read 8x)
display 15.0" XGA TFT (1024 x 768)
communications Integrated v.90/v.92 56K modem (RJ-11 connector)
video ATI MOBILITY RADEON(TM) AGP 4X and 3D architecture
sound 16-bit Sound Blaster Pro-compatible audio; internal stereo speakers
weight 7.25 lbs (weight may vary due to vendor component changes)
dimensions 12.96" (L) x 10.72" (W) x 1.57" (H)
operating system Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
I don't need or care about the Karma. I could give a rats ass about sites getting slasdotted, and since at the top of this paget there's a link and credit to the NYT, I doubt that there's any copyright infringement.
I did it as a service to those that don't want to register with the NYT.
Music and Computer Companies Agree on Antipiracy Plan By AMY HARMON
he big record companies said today that they would not seek government intervention to prevent digital piracy, in a compromise with technology companies that may hurt the efforts of the motion picture industry to win support for its own antipiracy plans.
The recording industry and two trade groups representing computer makers and software companies said they had arrived at several basic principles of an agreement that would help ease the tensions between their industries. They said they planned to convene a meeting of senior executives to discuss technical solutions to combat the illegal copying of digital material.
"This agreement says that those who seek to put the burden of piracy on the technology are simply missing the point," said Robert Holleyman, president of the Business Software Alliance, whose members include Microsoft, Apple Computer and Adobe Systems "Technology can be part of the solution, but it is not the entire solution."
As part of the agreement, the Recording Industry Association of America said it would oppose legislation that would require computers and consumer electronics devices to be designed to restrict unauthorized copying of audio and video material. Technology executives have hotly opposed such measures, which they argue would slow innovation, add costs to their devices and do little to stop piracy.
"We think businesses are capable of meeting these challenges," said Hillary Rosen, president of the Recording Industry Association, at a news conference in Washington. "Our industries need to work together for the consumer to benefit and for our respective businesses to grow."
In turn, the Business Software Alliance and the Computer Systems Policy Project said they would not support legislation that seeks to bolster the rights of users of digital copyrighted material, which the recording industry has said is unnecessary.
Several consumer groups and some technology companies, including Intel and Gateway, have supported legislation proposed by Representative Rick Boucher, Democrat of Virginia, that seeks to clarify the rights of copyright users in a digital age.
"As a matter of first order, we believe the marketplace should address these issues," said Ken Kay, executive director of the Computer Systems Policy Project, whose group represents Intel, as well as Dell Computer Hewlett-Packard and others.
Many consumer electronics companies did not join the agreement. They contend legislation like Rep. Boucher's is necessary to ensure that consumers can make fair use of digital copyrighted material even when it is locked up to prevent illegal copying.
The recording industry's agreement with the computer trade groups marks a departure from its longtime alliance with the motion picture industry on the antipiracy front and underscores their divergent concerns. The music industry may already have taken the hardest hit from digital piracy that it will have to face, as it begins to experiment with technological copy-protection on compact discs.
But the motion picture industry is worried that digital television broadcasts and movies copied off of DVD's will soon be traded over the Internet in the same high volumes as music is currently. Hollywood movie and television studios view federal intervention as a key element in avoiding the same fate as the recording industry.
Jack Valenti, president of the Motion Picture Association of America, said his organization still believed that "no reasonable alternative course of action should be eliminated from consideration."
"We are not prepared to abandon the option of seeking technical protection measures via the Congress or appropriate regulatory agency, when necessary," Mr. Valenti, said in a statement. "Designing ways to protect valuable creative works is very much in the long-term best interests of consumers and indispensable to the nourishment of our nation's economy."
Since the recording industry had never been a strong supporter of legislation that would mandate technical solutions to digital piracy, industry analysts said Ms. Rosen appeared to have conceded little that would have a far-reaching effect on the companies she represents.
But the move may make it harder for Mr. Valenti's group to achieve its aims.
"It has a great deal of symbolic value," said Gigi Sohn, president of Public Knowledge, a nonprofit group that has opposed legislative mandates on technology. "Public policy makers are going to ask why isn't the recording industry pushing for mandates when they're the ones getting killed?"
Considering that basic certs like the A+ are easy to pass just by memorizing a braindump from the many websites they exist on, I don't think that having one really means that much. Don't take offense if you have it, I have one as well, but it's at the point where it's no different than getting a health card to work in a restaraunt. It's easy to pass the test, but once you have it, you can still pick your nose on the job.
I recently purchased a house. Becuase of what I could afford, I have a sometimes hellish 25 mile commute throught some of the worst rush-hour Interstate exchanges imaginable. To buy the equivalant house near my office in Redmond, (no, not THOSE offices), I would have had to spend a minimum of $75,000 dollars more. Not an option. The difference in the mortgage payment is much more then the difference in my monthly gas bill.
Aren't those same people then being discriminated against by having to pay more in gas?
If I understand what you're saying, not quite. I can choose to buy a car that's more fuel efficiant, lowering the amount I pay in taxes for the gas that I use for driving the same distance.
It seems perfectly reasonable to me. If these techs start offering tech support in their "free" time, they're pretty likely to start demanding that it be included in their "paid" time.
The key part you're missing is that these techs ARE doing this in their free time. It's not that they're being asked to visit these forums while off the clock. The only reason the company caught up to them, is because they identified themselves on a public forum as company employees. The company is worried about being asked for a paycheck, it simply doesn't fit along the company line of using answers to technical questions that have been reviewed and OK'd by management.
While I think that the 'Savings cards' represent nothing more than false advertising, you can get the Albertsons card without giving any information whatsoever. All you need to do is check the box on thier form that states, "I do not wish to give out my personal information", or something like that, and that's it. No name, phone number, or address. If I remember right, they also have either opt-in or opt-out checkboxes that are very plainly worded.
I gave out ONLY my phone number, because you get a handy key fob that states, "If keys are found, please return to your nearest Albertsons Store". If they get returned, Albertsons will call you and let you know they have your keys. Without any other information, phone numbers alone are a pretty innacurate way of tracking people.
Unfortunately Albertsons felt they had to offer one of those cards, fortunately, they're not asking anything from you for it. All you accomplished by being rude and not bothering to ask any questions or read the form, was to make some poor schlub put your groceries away, and you got to shop somewhere else.
I use a hosting company that gives me 500MB of space for $14.95 per month. Gives me space plenty of space to wget things back and forth with, and someone else that will handle doing tape backups.
The monthly fee will $14.95, making it the most expensive online game out there. Mc'Dees is hardly defraying the cost of playing this. I can get ISP service for less than the cost of a game that has already paid for itself many times in the retail sales of the original games and addons.
It won't defray the cost of the game though. You'll pay $49.95 for the game at Electronics Boutique, and then the standard recurring monthly fee to play the game. Just like ticket prices for movies don't change according to product placement in the film, there's no defrayal of cost here either.
I realized that I quoted the wrong portion of the article right after I hit the submit button. This is the part I meant to get.
Calls made using an automated dialing-and-announcing device for a commercial purpose -- to sell property, goods or services -- are against the law in Washington. Consumers are entitled to $500 in damages for each call.
A computerized calling machine called the predictive dialer is responsible for the boom.
The machines dial numbers stored in a database using a mathematical algorithm to predict when a telemarketer will be ready to finish one sales call and start another. When the machine reaches a person, the call is supposed to be transferred to a telemarketer who is just finishing a previous call.
Automated dialers are illegal in many states, Washington State being one of them. A good story about this:
Calls made using an automated dialing-and-announcing device for a commercial purpose -- to sell property, goods or services -- are against the law in Washington. Consumers are entitled to $500 in damages for each call.
Check your states website for information.
Another good source for your rights against telemarketers:
It's my belief that sites like Listen.com are set up to fail, not succeed. The Record Companies don't want them to become popular and profitable. They want to see the use of P2P outlast them. Why?
This way they can cry, "We tried offering a way for people to get music online, but they STILL don't want to pay! Please help us out with more restrictive legislation to punish these evil pirates!" Their real goal is to get complete control over their product, and destroy any fair use rights that you have left.
The thing that make the Apple ads so appealing is that you can see that these are real people. It's not as much of a construct. I'm much more convinced that Mac's are easy to use by watching stoned out her gourd Ellen Feiss tell go beep! beep! beep! beep! beep! beep! than by reading an anonymous page.
Slashdot Mirror
Consumer or business is not relevant in this case. The poster said that there are no major OEM's with AMD laptop, several posters have pointed out that there are.
HP Shopping
processor Mobile AMD Athlon(TM) XP Processor 2000+ (1.67GHz) with PowerNow!(TM) Technology
memory 512MB DDR SDRAM (2x256MB) at 266MHz; maximum 1024MB DDR SDRAM (2x512MB)
hard drive 60GB enhanced-IDE [gigabyte is defined as 1,000,000,000 bytes, accessible capacity may vary]
multimedia drive DVD+CD-RW Combo (CD-read 24x; CD-write 8x; CD-rewrite 8x; DVD-read 8x)
display 15.0" XGA TFT (1024 x 768)
communications Integrated v.90/v.92 56K modem (RJ-11 connector)
video ATI MOBILITY RADEON(TM) AGP 4X and 3D architecture
sound 16-bit Sound Blaster Pro-compatible audio; internal stereo speakers
weight 7.25 lbs (weight may vary due to vendor component changes)
dimensions 12.96" (L) x 10.72" (W) x 1.57" (H)
operating system Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
Hopfully there's no session cookie.
Here in Seattle, snow will SHUT DOWN the busses. You should feel lucky that they run at all, and are as on time as they are in inclement weather.
I don't need or care about the Karma. I could give a rats ass about sites getting slasdotted, and since at the top of this paget there's a link and credit to the NYT, I doubt that there's any copyright infringement.
I did it as a service to those that don't want to register with the NYT.
Music and Computer Companies Agree on Antipiracy Plan
By AMY HARMON
he big record companies said today that they would not seek government intervention to prevent digital piracy, in a compromise with technology companies that may hurt the efforts of the motion picture industry to win support for its own antipiracy plans.
The recording industry and two trade groups representing computer makers and software companies said they had arrived at several basic principles of an agreement that would help ease the tensions between their industries. They said they planned to convene a meeting of senior executives to discuss technical solutions to combat the illegal copying of digital material.
"This agreement says that those who seek to put the burden of piracy on the technology are simply missing the point," said Robert Holleyman, president of the Business Software Alliance, whose members include Microsoft, Apple Computer and Adobe Systems "Technology can be part of the solution, but it is not the entire solution."
As part of the agreement, the Recording Industry Association of America said it would oppose legislation that would require computers and consumer electronics devices to be designed to restrict unauthorized copying of audio and video material. Technology executives have hotly opposed such measures, which they argue would slow innovation, add costs to their devices and do little to stop piracy.
"We think businesses are capable of meeting these challenges," said Hillary Rosen, president of the Recording Industry Association, at a news conference in Washington. "Our industries need to work together for the consumer to benefit and for our respective businesses to grow."
In turn, the Business Software Alliance and the Computer Systems Policy Project said they would not support legislation that seeks to bolster the rights of users of digital copyrighted material, which the recording industry has said is unnecessary.
Several consumer groups and some technology companies, including Intel and Gateway, have supported legislation proposed by Representative Rick Boucher, Democrat of Virginia, that seeks to clarify the rights of copyright users in a digital age.
"As a matter of first order, we believe the marketplace should address these issues," said Ken Kay, executive director of the Computer Systems Policy Project, whose group represents Intel, as well as Dell Computer Hewlett-Packard and others.
Many consumer electronics companies did not join the agreement. They contend legislation like Rep. Boucher's is necessary to ensure that consumers can make fair use of digital copyrighted material even when it is locked up to prevent illegal copying.
The recording industry's agreement with the computer trade groups marks a departure from its longtime alliance with the motion picture industry on the antipiracy front and underscores their divergent concerns. The music industry may already have taken the hardest hit from digital piracy that it will have to face, as it begins to experiment with technological copy-protection on compact discs.
But the motion picture industry is worried that digital television broadcasts and movies copied off of DVD's will soon be traded over the Internet in the same high volumes as music is currently. Hollywood movie and television studios view federal intervention as a key element in avoiding the same fate as the recording industry.
Jack Valenti, president of the Motion Picture Association of America, said his organization still believed that "no reasonable alternative course of action should be eliminated from consideration."
"We are not prepared to abandon the option of seeking technical protection measures via the Congress or appropriate regulatory agency, when necessary," Mr. Valenti, said in a statement. "Designing ways to protect valuable creative works is very much in the long-term best interests of consumers and indispensable to the nourishment of our nation's economy."
Since the recording industry had never been a strong supporter of legislation that would mandate technical solutions to digital piracy, industry analysts said Ms. Rosen appeared to have conceded little that would have a far-reaching effect on the companies she represents.
But the move may make it harder for Mr. Valenti's group to achieve its aims.
"It has a great deal of symbolic value," said Gigi Sohn, president of Public Knowledge, a nonprofit group that has opposed legislative mandates on technology. "Public policy makers are going to ask why isn't the recording industry pushing for mandates when they're the ones getting killed?"
That's it! Couldn't remember the name. Figured someone would.
Welcome back to The Gap...
Considering that basic certs like the A+ are easy to pass just by memorizing a braindump from the many websites they exist on, I don't think that having one really means that much. Don't take offense if you have it, I have one as well, but it's at the point where it's no different than getting a health card to work in a restaraunt. It's easy to pass the test, but once you have it, you can still pick your nose on the job.
I recently purchased a house. Becuase of what I could afford, I have a sometimes hellish 25 mile commute throught some of the worst rush-hour Interstate exchanges imaginable. To buy the equivalant house near my office in Redmond, (no, not THOSE offices), I would have had to spend a minimum of $75,000 dollars more. Not an option. The difference in the mortgage payment is much more then the difference in my monthly gas bill.
If I understand what you're saying, not quite. I can choose to buy a car that's more fuel efficiant, lowering the amount I pay in taxes for the gas that I use for driving the same distance.
See what not having my replies passing management review does?
The key part you're missing is that these techs ARE doing this in their free time. It's not that they're being asked to visit these forums while off the clock. The only reason the company caught up to them, is because they identified themselves on a public forum as company employees. The company is worried about being asked for a paycheck, it simply doesn't fit along the company line of using answers to technical questions that have been reviewed and OK'd by management.
While I think that the 'Savings cards' represent nothing more than false advertising, you can get the Albertsons card without giving any information whatsoever. All you need to do is check the box on thier form that states, "I do not wish to give out my personal information", or something like that, and that's it. No name, phone number, or address. If I remember right, they also have either opt-in or opt-out checkboxes that are very plainly worded.
I gave out ONLY my phone number, because you get a handy key fob that states, "If keys are found, please return to your nearest Albertsons Store". If they get returned, Albertsons will call you and let you know they have your keys. Without any other information, phone numbers alone are a pretty innacurate way of tracking people.
Unfortunately Albertsons felt they had to offer one of those cards, fortunately, they're not asking anything from you for it. All you accomplished by being rude and not bothering to ask any questions or read the form, was to make some poor schlub put your groceries away, and you got to shop somewhere else.
I use a hosting company that gives me 500MB of space for $14.95 per month. Gives me space plenty of space to wget things back and forth with, and someone else that will handle doing tape backups.
How funny he should say that, since George is nothing more than a big corporation himself.
The monthly fee will $14.95, making it the most expensive online game out there. Mc'Dees is hardly defraying the cost of playing this. I can get ISP service for less than the cost of a game that has already paid for itself many times in the retail sales of the original games and addons.
It won't defray the cost of the game though. You'll pay $49.95 for the game at Electronics Boutique, and then the standard recurring monthly fee to play the game. Just like ticket prices for movies don't change according to product placement in the film, there's no defrayal of cost here either.
Calls made using an automated dialing-and-announcing device for a commercial purpose -- to sell property, goods or services -- are against the law in Washington. Consumers are entitled to $500 in damages for each call.
Damn slashdotters notice everything...;-)
The machines dial numbers stored in a database using a mathematical algorithm to predict when a telemarketer will be ready to finish one sales call and start another. When the machine reaches a person, the call is supposed to be transferred to a telemarketer who is just finishing a previous call.
Automated dialers are illegal in many states, Washington State being one of them. A good story about this:
Link
Calls made using an automated dialing-and-announcing device for a commercial purpose -- to sell property, goods or services -- are against the law in Washington. Consumers are entitled to $500 in damages for each call.
Check your states website for information.
Another good source for your rights against telemarketers:
PrivateCitizen.org
It's my belief that sites like Listen.com are set up to fail, not succeed. The Record Companies don't want them to become popular and profitable. They want to see the use of P2P outlast them. Why?
This way they can cry, "We tried offering a way for people to get music online, but they STILL don't want to pay! Please help us out with more restrictive legislation to punish these evil pirates!" Their real goal is to get complete control over their product, and destroy any fair use rights that you have left.
Remember how to boil a frog.
If the slashdot effect would work on the following fax number? Fax: Toll Free:1-800-323-2145
Now that this is out, my NET SEND pranks in IRC won't be as much fun anymore!
Unless you have money to burn, nothing beats seeing a movie in the theater. Now if they'd just start putting real butter back on the popcorn...
CrazyBrowser
Tabbed IE and a pop-up stopper. Sweet.
The thing that make the Apple ads so appealing is that you can see that these are real people. It's not as much of a construct. I'm much more convinced that Mac's are easy to use by watching stoned out her gourd Ellen Feiss tell go beep! beep! beep! beep! beep! beep! than by reading an anonymous page.