The money they take out of the system is real, it has an effect and their actions have consequences. What's more, the changes in the market that they are betting on and influencing have nothing to do with the real world. It amounts to influenceable gambling where the act of betting effects the outcome of the bet.
People notice when their filing cabinet goes missing, they are less likly to notice the theft of digital records. This does make it more likely that employees etc will abscond with the data.
To quote Lincoln Spector and sung to the tune of the Jets song from West Side Story.
When you use DOS you use DOS all the way
From your first data loss 'til you format drive A:.
When you use DOS, why your confidence grows;
For your keys there's commands, for your mouse there's Windows.
It's DOS that's sublime; it's used by all go-getters.
At file-namin' time, we're never locked in fetters--
We choose eight letters.
When you use DOS, old hardware you can swap.
You can buy something new, next month prices will drop.
When you use DOS, why, you're never a stooge,
If your 640's low, well, there's always a cludge.
DOS users: On clones we can run, with brand-names we're the choosers.
The Macs'll buy none, cause all the Apple users
Are mouse abusers.
We're using DOS, yeah! and we're gonna fix
Every last system that's not something eighty-six--
Not something eighty, very weighty, six.
The knowledge of the amount of storage needed to keep all the knowledge increases the amount of storage needed, the knowledge of which increases the amount of knowledge, ad infinitum.
At some point, its going to have to tie into earth bound networks. That's where a lot of the ongoing cost is going to come from. But then perhaps the backbone providers can allow access in exchange for a tax write off.
I hate to be cynical, but my first reaction was that they where selling the content (rather then giving it away) and packaging it as a magazine so they could get away with it not really being news. Much like the only "news" segment on Fox News is about an hour a day and the rest is "commentary".
Slashdot Mirror
Better then "the jerk who brought us Daikatana".
You seem to be online. I bet if you really search you can find a place that sells DVDs on the Internet. Just sayin'.
You pay for blank audio cds. Does anyone really use those?
The money they take out of the system is real, it has an effect and their actions have consequences. What's more, the changes in the market that they are betting on and influencing have nothing to do with the real world. It amounts to influenceable gambling where the act of betting effects the outcome of the bet.
"We should switch to IBM Lotus Domino/Notes!"
"You're fired."
That'd be the least of my issues. My thoughts are FILTHY!
Shareholders, investors, fanbois etc. When you are the head of a publicly traded and media whorish company your life is no longer private.
People notice when their filing cabinet goes missing, they are less likly to notice the theft of digital records. This does make it more likely that employees etc will abscond with the data.
Lynx is still pretty safe!
But this isn't one of them.
Given how much Motorola butchers Android I'm not shocked that they manage to break Linus as well.
This clearly called for Craigs List not Facebook.
Or is that just a California thing?
To quote Lincoln Spector and sung to the tune of the Jets song from West Side Story.
When you use DOS you use DOS all the way
From your first data loss 'til you format drive A:.
When you use DOS, why your confidence grows;
For your keys there's commands, for your mouse there's Windows.
It's DOS that's sublime; it's used by all go-getters.
At file-namin' time, we're never locked in fetters--
We choose eight letters.
When you use DOS, old hardware you can swap.
You can buy something new, next month prices will drop.
When you use DOS, why, you're never a stooge,
If your 640's low, well, there's always a cludge.
DOS users: On clones we can run, with brand-names we're the choosers.
The Macs'll buy none, cause all the Apple users
Are mouse abusers.
We're using DOS, yeah! and we're gonna fix
Every last system that's not something eighty-six--
Not something eighty, very weighty, six.
The knowledge of the amount of storage needed to keep all the knowledge increases the amount of storage needed, the knowledge of which increases the amount of knowledge, ad infinitum.
At some point, its going to have to tie into earth bound networks. That's where a lot of the ongoing cost is going to come from. But then perhaps the backbone providers can allow access in exchange for a tax write off.
Wait for the next Comcast outage and then shout "we did that on purpose!".
Faster porn from Starbucks.
Because the other countries are protective of their workers. So "globalism" is one way, from the first world nations to the second and third.
Dont believe me? Go try to get a work visa in India. After all, we're told to just go where the jobs are.
You call it "Death by GPS" I call it "evolution".
A tomato is a fruit, no mater how much you smash it up.
I gave up when we declared catsup to be a vegetable. Now we have commercials proudly saying that manwhiches (tm) contain two servings of veggies.
I hate to be cynical, but my first reaction was that they where selling the content (rather then giving it away) and packaging it as a magazine so they could get away with it not really being news. Much like the only "news" segment on Fox News is about an hour a day and the rest is "commentary".
Its what ever the copy write holders say it is.
Cause banks have a long history of honesty and stability!
But instead I got some filet mignon. It was tasty.