Did you not read the part that states the Gates Foundation Endowment is at $29 Billion. The man gives plenty away, plans on giving more, and in no way should be criticied for lack of charitable work.
And, he gives money to groups that need it, unlinke Turner and his make-belive donation to the UN.
http://www.apfn.org/apfn/turner.htm
According to Forbes, Verizon is the 18th largest company in the world, with over $7 billion in profit and $166 billion in assests. Not many companies around that can buy that out.
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/03/30/05f2000land .html
My wife bought a purse 6 months ago that had a LED attached to a watch battery in it. Provided the same functionality, but had to be a hell of a lot cheaper and easier to install. It would go off when the purse closed as well.
I stumbled upon this a few weeks ago when Google first bought keyhole. I showed it to my boss at work, and 5 minutes later we are iamging properties we manage and looking at potential new customers. Yeah, for Joe Blow it is useless, but for us it will become another key componant to generating business. It fits in perfectly for what we do, and only cost us $30. We'll use it constantly, and I wouldn't have known about it if it weren't posted on the front page.
They are rather simple and highly specified for what I do (disable the Novell login window, clear the domain name, install a small software app), so I don't know how much help they would be. But, if you have something you are trying to accomplish that I do, I don't see a problem sharing it.
for me. I am in a University lab with 130+ Dell machines with WinXP. I have used Ghost Enterprise 6, 7, 7.5, and the home edition, and the only one that works well is 7.5. I have about 10 different images for different rooms and 3 different configurations of computers. Once I got a system for ghosting in place, everything works well. I occasionally run into weird quirks with the software (identical images doing slightly different things after ghosting, etc.), but these issues are easily fixed. While 7.5 lacks some functionality I would like, I have managed to create startup scripts,.bat files, and other little tweaks to get everything to work fine. I was able to roll out 130 computers with 5 different configurations in 2 weeks (1 for making all 5 images and 1 for actually unpacking, setting up, and ghosting all the computers.)
And don't listen to people that say to switch to Mac and use CCC and Netrestore and ASR, with either firewire or an Xserve. It is in no way easier or more intuitive than ghost, and takes 3 times as long to do 16 iMacs compared to 60 Dell computers.
The thing about DSL is that the person subscribing gets x amount of bandwidth. If they share it only with themselves, they use x amount. If they split it among 3 friends, they get x/4. The DSL provided is still only sending the max amount they have alotted, and the customer services. If they allow the customer to share, it encourages the customer to upgrade to their higher bandwidth accounts, which cost more, and thus increases the amount of money the company gets. They amount they pay back is not going to be too much, especially if they get higher connection fees out of it.
I have already downloaded the 1st concert they have up (in mp3), and the quality is great. The recording was made from a direct patch to the soundboard, so the quality is identical to any live album they would normally put out (minus the little bit of audio loss in an mp3 compression). For a Phish fan, this is great.
You should read a housing agreement at a University. You are not a tenent, and do not have the same rights. And, if you want to live there, you have to agree with these agreements, or you live elsewhere, and there is not much you can do about it. Plus, network contracts at a University don't fall under the housing contract, they are under computer use policies, which are written in a way that gives the University complete control over the network.
Private Universities are not public resources. They are private, non-profit organizations that can use bandwidth anyway they please. Public Universities are a slightly different matter.
I agree that both Camel Ads and GTA3 ads may attract children. The difference is not in the ads, but in the product itself. If you ask anyone, they will tell you that a child smoking is bad, but there is strong debate on whether a child playing GTA3 is bad. Personally, I believe if raised correctly, a child can play violent video games, watch R-rated movies and not turn out bad, mainly because I did. However, a child smoking doesn't lead to the best outcome.
Again, it is not hard to forge a notary stamp. Also, if you show your birth certificate to some county clerk making $10 an hour, do you think they are going to go and look at the notary to make sure it matches exactly to a record of your coresponding municipalities notary? No, it is easy to forge a birth certificate. It is just as easy to forge SSN, driver's licenses (not all states. Try to get a fake PA one), etc. And you think governments don't have access to your info now. Ever get pulled over by a cop outside of your state. He can connect to a database and get anything he wants on you. The national ID will make this current process more organized and secure. Yes, a national ID card will give access to information, such as Name, Address, DOB, etc to all levels of government, but the government doesn't want to steal your identity. There needs to be a difference made when talking about the gov't and other people who want in on your "private" (laugh) data. I, personally, feel much more secure in having my birth records stored by the government in a secure database than in the file cabinet of some local record storage house in some small town. I mean, anyone who thinks this information that people want to put on an ID is currently private is not living on this planet. It is all available. But, if it is consolidated into one trusted (as in they are not going to steal it for personal gain) source, it is going to be more secure, especially after it goes through all the debate and security precautions a national ID would have to go through to get passed. If done correctly, meaning the National ID is used for little more that ID, it can be a great tool. Look at Europe, where many countries use the ID, and you will find that very few people have a problem with it, and most of these IDS are even more "invasive" that anything proposed in the US.
As of now, no one controls our personal data. It is scattered everywhere. Give me $10 and your name and I can know anything about you. The only way to solve this problem is to stop using the SSN as a national ID (which is what it is being used as) and devise a real National ID system, that is secure, and consolidated.
I don't see your point on how a natioanl card makes things more difficult for citizens. It provides one source for all of their ID. To answer your question of where I am from, I live in Washington, DC. To get a drivers licence here, I had to bring a letter certified by my building of where I live, my birth certificate saying I was a US resident, my old licence, and insurance card, and my car registration. A National ID could make this process a lot lot weasier. Just show your ID and they have all the proof they need to know you are who you say you are.
Are you saying birth certificates can't be copied? Last time I looked, anything on paper could be generated. Maybe it is hard to get a physical copy of the certificate to Xerox, but it is not hard to get all the info that is on the certificate. Atleast with a natioanl card, security measures can be placed on the card that make it virtually impossible to dublicate, or generate.
Most Americans would rather have a few people sneak into the system than to have a national ID card. I don't know what majority of American you spoke to, but the ones I know either think a national ID is a good idea or don't care if there is a national ID. And they most certainly don't want immigrants sneaking into the system. Also, you seem to metion numerous ways to accomplish certain goals, the census, birth and death cretificates. What is the problem in consolidating all this info into one source? That is all an national ID would do.
I national ID system is far from letting the governmnet know everything about you. You think that without an ID they don't know you birthdate, address, spouse, kids, voter ID number, etc? If done properly, a national ID can dramatically cut down on identity theft and provide a way to assure proper identification, and honestly, there is nothing wrong with that.
It is nice to see a very powerful lobby group lobby to start taking control away from the large cable companies. Here in DC, there is actually a broadband competitor to Comcast (Now part of AT&T), StartPower (part of RCN). They are really helping improve service around here from everyone. Verizon, Comcast, AT&T, and Sprint are all facing competiton from them and it is keeping our networks in good shape. I use them, and the customer service is great, cable line-up is good, and prices can't be beat. As soon as RCN gets their mega-modem over here, I won't have to deal with anyone other than Starpower for my communication needs. This is the type of thing that needs to happen elsewhere, and maybe the ACLU can help get some ignorant congress-person to pass some laws that help broadband/cable competitors get running and profitable.
Try to search for the report on Google. They often allow PDF documents to open as HTML. While Google does not have this one archived, many of the PDFs I read are available in HTML there.
Your points are fine, but one of the names in question was candian.biz. Is that really something that should be considered cyber-squatting? No. While rules shouldn't be taken away, they do need to be re-written. Molson, in no way, has more of a right to Candian.biz than a canadian suppling biz information.
That is what the article said. However, the idea is that eating better actually means less carbs and more fat products like meat and cheese. The large misconception in society is that eating low-fat is always "eating better".
You agree with me, yet write like I was wrong. Yes, HD manufacturers need to be held to a higher standard, but this standard can be accomplished with current laws. However, there is this sense among Americans that computer equipment is expected to fail, therfore it is OK. New laws are not required to improve their quality, we (society) just have to hold computer companies to the same standards we hold other companies to. As in my previous example, do you think a pacemaker company could get away a liability-waiver on their product? I doubt it, so why should a HD manufacturer? Because we let them. Now a law could stop this, but so could everyday action by the intelligent people you mention. Take them to court and fight. If it was their poor poduct that caused the issue, a waiver in a licence agreement is not bullet-proof. They should fall under the same standards as any other company, but they don't, and it is not becasue of a lack of laws.
Your analogy compares two differnet items. A physical facility also comes with some sort of promise to keep your stuff safe. A hard drive does not. Everyone knows that they may fail. However, if a hard drive does fail, you are stuck with lost data. But, if a pacemaker fails, you are stuck with a dead guy and a medical company that is going to pay out big to that guys family. Why should the pacemaker manufacturer be responsible for damages due to their failure while a company like Maxtor would not be? The point here is that laws should not be re-written for the web if another legal precident can cover it. I think this better gets to your point, which happens to be the point opposite of the one you were making.
Not really, since the shareholders own the company, and the company owes the creditors, the share holders owe the creditors. Creditors get paid what they are owed, everything else goes to the owners.
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Did you not read the part that states the Gates Foundation Endowment is at $29 Billion. The man gives plenty away, plans on giving more, and in no way should be criticied for lack of charitable work. And, he gives money to groups that need it, unlinke Turner and his make-belive donation to the UN. http://www.apfn.org/apfn/turner.htm
According to Forbes, Verizon is the 18th largest company in the world, with over $7 billion in profit and $166 billion in assests. Not many companies around that can buy that out. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/03/30/05f2000land .html
My wife bought a purse 6 months ago that had a LED attached to a watch battery in it. Provided the same functionality, but had to be a hell of a lot cheaper and easier to install. It would go off when the purse closed as well.
I stumbled upon this a few weeks ago when Google first bought keyhole. I showed it to my boss at work, and 5 minutes later we are iamging properties we manage and looking at potential new customers. Yeah, for Joe Blow it is useless, but for us it will become another key componant to generating business. It fits in perfectly for what we do, and only cost us $30. We'll use it constantly, and I wouldn't have known about it if it weren't posted on the front page.
They are rather simple and highly specified for what I do (disable the Novell login window, clear the domain name, install a small software app), so I don't know how much help they would be. But, if you have something you are trying to accomplish that I do, I don't see a problem sharing it.
for me. I am in a University lab with 130+ Dell machines with WinXP. I have used Ghost Enterprise 6, 7, 7.5, and the home edition, and the only one that works well is 7.5. I have about 10 different images for different rooms and 3 different configurations of computers. Once I got a system for ghosting in place, everything works well. I occasionally run into weird quirks with the software (identical images doing slightly different things after ghosting, etc.), but these issues are easily fixed. While 7.5 lacks some functionality I would like, I have managed to create startup scripts, .bat files, and other little tweaks to get everything to work fine. I was able to roll out 130 computers with 5 different configurations in 2 weeks (1 for making all 5 images and 1 for actually unpacking, setting up, and ghosting all the computers.)
And don't listen to people that say to switch to Mac and use CCC and Netrestore and ASR, with either firewire or an Xserve. It is in no way easier or more intuitive than ghost, and takes 3 times as long to do 16 iMacs compared to 60 Dell computers.
The thing about DSL is that the person subscribing gets x amount of bandwidth. If they share it only with themselves, they use x amount. If they split it among 3 friends, they get x/4. The DSL provided is still only sending the max amount they have alotted, and the customer services. If they allow the customer to share, it encourages the customer to upgrade to their higher bandwidth accounts, which cost more, and thus increases the amount of money the company gets. They amount they pay back is not going to be too much, especially if they get higher connection fees out of it.
I have already downloaded the 1st concert they have up (in mp3), and the quality is great. The recording was made from a direct patch to the soundboard, so the quality is identical to any live album they would normally put out (minus the little bit of audio loss in an mp3 compression). For a Phish fan, this is great.
You should read a housing agreement at a University. You are not a tenent, and do not have the same rights. And, if you want to live there, you have to agree with these agreements, or you live elsewhere, and there is not much you can do about it. Plus, network contracts at a University don't fall under the housing contract, they are under computer use policies, which are written in a way that gives the University complete control over the network.
Private Universities are not public resources. They are private, non-profit organizations that can use bandwidth anyway they please. Public Universities are a slightly different matter.
I agree that both Camel Ads and GTA3 ads may attract children. The difference is not in the ads, but in the product itself. If you ask anyone, they will tell you that a child smoking is bad, but there is strong debate on whether a child playing GTA3 is bad. Personally, I believe if raised correctly, a child can play violent video games, watch R-rated movies and not turn out bad, mainly because I did. However, a child smoking doesn't lead to the best outcome.
Yes, a national ID card will give access to information, such as Name, Address, DOB, etc to all levels of government, but the government doesn't want to steal your identity. There needs to be a difference made when talking about the gov't and other people who want in on your "private" (laugh) data. I, personally, feel much more secure in having my birth records stored by the government in a secure database than in the file cabinet of some local record storage house in some small town. I mean, anyone who thinks this information that people want to put on an ID is currently private is not living on this planet. It is all available. But, if it is consolidated into one trusted (as in they are not going to steal it for personal gain) source, it is going to be more secure, especially after it goes through all the debate and security precautions a national ID would have to go through to get passed. If done correctly, meaning the National ID is used for little more that ID, it can be a great tool. Look at Europe, where many countries use the ID, and you will find that very few people have a problem with it, and most of these IDS are even more "invasive" that anything proposed in the US.
As of now, no one controls our personal data. It is scattered everywhere. Give me $10 and your name and I can know anything about you. The only way to solve this problem is to stop using the SSN as a national ID (which is what it is being used as) and devise a real National ID system, that is secure, and consolidated.
I don't see your point on how a natioanl card makes things more difficult for citizens. It provides one source for all of their ID. To answer your question of where I am from, I live in Washington, DC. To get a drivers licence here, I had to bring a letter certified by my building of where I live, my birth certificate saying I was a US resident, my old licence, and insurance card, and my car registration. A National ID could make this process a lot lot weasier. Just show your ID and they have all the proof they need to know you are who you say you are.
Are you saying birth certificates can't be copied? Last time I looked, anything on paper could be generated. Maybe it is hard to get a physical copy of the certificate to Xerox, but it is not hard to get all the info that is on the certificate. Atleast with a natioanl card, security measures can be placed on the card that make it virtually impossible to dublicate, or generate.
Most Americans would rather have a few people sneak into the system than to have a national ID card.
I don't know what majority of American you spoke to, but the ones I know either think a national ID is a good idea or don't care if there is a national ID. And they most certainly don't want immigrants sneaking into the system. Also, you seem to metion numerous ways to accomplish certain goals, the census, birth and death cretificates. What is the problem in consolidating all this info into one source? That is all an national ID would do.
I national ID system is far from letting the governmnet know everything about you. You think that without an ID they don't know you birthdate, address, spouse, kids, voter ID number, etc? If done properly, a national ID can dramatically cut down on identity theft and provide a way to assure proper identification, and honestly, there is nothing wrong with that.
It is nice to see a very powerful lobby group lobby to start taking control away from the large cable companies. Here in DC, there is actually a broadband competitor to Comcast (Now part of AT&T), StartPower (part of RCN). They are really helping improve service around here from everyone. Verizon, Comcast, AT&T, and Sprint are all facing competiton from them and it is keeping our networks in good shape. I use them, and the customer service is great, cable line-up is good, and prices can't be beat. As soon as RCN gets their mega-modem over here, I won't have to deal with anyone other than Starpower for my communication needs. This is the type of thing that needs to happen elsewhere, and maybe the ACLU can help get some ignorant congress-person to pass some laws that help broadband/cable competitors get running and profitable.
Try to search for the report on Google. They often allow PDF documents to open as HTML. While Google does not have this one archived, many of the PDFs I read are available in HTML there.
Your points are fine, but one of the names in question was candian.biz. Is that really something that should be considered cyber-squatting? No. While rules shouldn't be taken away, they do need to be re-written. Molson, in no way, has more of a right to Candian.biz than a canadian suppling biz information.
That is what the article said. However, the idea is that eating better actually means less carbs and more fat products like meat and cheese. The large misconception in society is that eating low-fat is always "eating better".
You agree with me, yet write like I was wrong. Yes, HD manufacturers need to be held to a higher standard, but this standard can be accomplished with current laws. However, there is this sense among Americans that computer equipment is expected to fail, therfore it is OK. New laws are not required to improve their quality, we (society) just have to hold computer companies to the same standards we hold other companies to. As in my previous example, do you think a pacemaker company could get away a liability-waiver on their product? I doubt it, so why should a HD manufacturer? Because we let them. Now a law could stop this, but so could everyday action by the intelligent people you mention. Take them to court and fight. If it was their poor poduct that caused the issue, a waiver in a licence agreement is not bullet-proof. They should fall under the same standards as any other company, but they don't, and it is not becasue of a lack of laws.
Your analogy compares two differnet items. A physical facility also comes with some sort of promise to keep your stuff safe. A hard drive does not. Everyone knows that they may fail. However, if a hard drive does fail, you are stuck with lost data. But, if a pacemaker fails, you are stuck with a dead guy and a medical company that is going to pay out big to that guys family. Why should the pacemaker manufacturer be responsible for damages due to their failure while a company like Maxtor would not be? The point here is that laws should not be re-written for the web if another legal precident can cover it. I think this better gets to your point, which happens to be the point opposite of the one you were making.
Not really, since the shareholders own the company, and the company owes the creditors, the share holders owe the creditors. Creditors get paid what they are owed, everything else goes to the owners.
I think I read that the writter derived the name from the Italian word for TO SLEEP, which happens to be the same as the Spanish Word, dormir.
--Balzac
A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.
--Jane Austin