Rather than enrichen the lawyers, Netgear should just donate cash and appropriate equipment to the University.
It would probably be deductable, passing some of the cost on to we taxpayers; but would sit alot better with public perceptions of the company.
Set up a few CS scholarships or funding a chair at the University would help.
They could turn it into a publicity coup and end up paying out less in the long run (and screw the lawyers too). Some (not all) insurance companies have finally discovered that it's usually cheaper to negotiate with the plaintiff right away, avoiding all of the sabre rattling and lopping off a third (or more) of the total probable cost.
Perhaps, when this is all over, the shareholders (as a class), can contribute to the Lawyers Retirement Fund by filing suit.
Darl could end up a few holes in his Golden Parachute or maybe even a split in a gore.
That's The American Way.
Re:my spew *** Visualize yourself finishing.***
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When you go to bed at night, review what you have to do tomorrow. Then visualize yourself finishing all of the tasks AND feeling good about it.
Repeat the same visualization before you get up in the morning.
If done well (takes practice) getting up in the morning is like Christmas morning every day of the year.
You'll find yourself hitting the ground running, getting the jobs done. The procrastinating takes care of itself.
Experiencing feeling good about finishing is absolutlely essential.
Reuse the same feelings you've had from previous projects. Then, in your mind, transfer the same sense of accomplishment to the next task.
It works.
The average user in this class will be lucky if they get 50 cents. The lawyers who filed it will probably net a few million.
The only "user" (probably the lawyer's brother in law) who will get anything (perhaps few thousand bucks) is the guy with his name at the top of the complaint.
At best, it's right-off for Double-Click, an annuity for a few lawyers (who will spend it on expensive trinkets), and a miniscule amount of job security for copier and paper mill workers.
That's the way we keep cash sloshing around in our economy. It's what technologically advanced societies do to avoid boredom and the Third World has to look forward to.
It's only a game.
See http://www.pacroot.com/main.shtml
bypassing your ISP's domain server and find
web pages on the net nobody else sees.
Set your DNS server search order to
208.179.42.162
204.107.129.2
12.28.140.20
in that order.
Re:Personal experiences with ADHD, mood swings, et
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I find that simple Zen meditation has the ability to calm the mind and focus it on "one thing at at time".
Most people would tend toward ADHD under certain circumstances. It's just part of our interrupt driven lifestyle.
With proper training and practice, the mind can priortize all the those outside distractions and narrow in on doing what it's supposed to be doing, e.g. "eat when you eat and sleep when you sleep (drugfree too)".
Re:Personal experiences with ADHD, mood swings, et
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If I were a CEO of barely breathing tech company in the midst of a shakeout, I'd consider accumulating a few million shares of my company thru an off-shore broker when everybody is puking them out. Pick them up quietly, like gathering apples as they fall from the tree. Then, file some outgeous suit against some deep pocket, wait for the shares to multiply by 20-30 times, call my broker on payphone using a phone card purchased a gas station, and head for the islands. But, I'm not in that position....
Andrew Carnegie was one of the more rapacious magnates in American history. He eventually developed significant remorse for those actions toward his workers, competitors and customers.
That remorse was responsible for the many Carnegie Librarys built accross the country.
Most overly wealthy magnates develop a sense of "destiny" that compels them to believe that what they are doing is right for civilization as a whole and only they are in a position to accomplish that greater good. Billg is still at that point. The philanthropy assuages the underlying sense of guilt (and provides write offs too). Bills ego will probably never let him believe otherwise.
In the grand scheme of things, he was probably a necessity, but will eventually become tired like the rest of us. Afterall, where would linux be without Microsoft? Where would up be without down, male without female, etc?
More Conspiracy ...
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With Microsoft is now licensing Unix from SCO,they're probably planning on using SCO as a FUD lever (or worse) against Linux The result could be a bidding war between IBM and Redmond to control SCO. IBM could buy out the sickly company to euthanize it. SCO sold their soul in hopes somebody would bid it up to take them out of their misery.
Talk to your eye surgeon about intra-ocular lens (IOL) implants too. These are same clear plastic replacements for the lens that millions of the elderly have had for cataracts. They're now being used for vision correction too. A "multi-focal" lens implant allows a broad range of focusing. Its a 10 minute surgery, done under local anesthetic drops. A tiny incision is made along the border of the lens and a pencil-like phacoemulsifier (ultrasonic) probe liquifies the old lens. A new lens, rolled up like a taco, is inserted and allowed to unfold. Stitches are rarely needed. There's a lot more history behind this technology than the lasik approach. It's true that it's more invasive, but it doesn't purposefully involve scarring the lens.
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It would probably be deductable, passing some of the cost on to we taxpayers; but would sit alot better with public perceptions of the company.
Set up a few CS scholarships or funding a chair at the University would help.
They could turn it into a publicity coup and end up paying out less in the long run (and screw the lawyers too). Some (not all) insurance companies have finally discovered that it's usually cheaper to negotiate with the plaintiff right away, avoiding all of the sabre rattling and lopping off a third (or more) of the total probable cost.
Litigation is rarely the best answer.
The generators run on smoke. If you let it out they quit running...
Darl could end up a few holes in his Golden Parachute or maybe even a split in a gore.
That's The American Way.
When you go to bed at night, review what you have to do tomorrow. Then visualize yourself finishing all of the tasks AND feeling good about it. Repeat the same visualization before you get up in the morning. If done well (takes practice) getting up in the morning is like Christmas morning every day of the year. You'll find yourself hitting the ground running, getting the jobs done. The procrastinating takes care of itself. Experiencing feeling good about finishing is absolutlely essential. Reuse the same feelings you've had from previous projects. Then, in your mind, transfer the same sense of accomplishment to the next task. It works.
The average user in this class will be lucky if they get 50 cents. The lawyers who filed it will probably net a few million. The only "user" (probably the lawyer's brother in law) who will get anything (perhaps few thousand bucks) is the guy with his name at the top of the complaint. At best, it's right-off for Double-Click, an annuity for a few lawyers (who will spend it on expensive trinkets), and a miniscule amount of job security for copier and paper mill workers. That's the way we keep cash sloshing around in our economy. It's what technologically advanced societies do to avoid boredom and the Third World has to look forward to. It's only a game.
See http://www.pacroot.com/main.shtml bypassing your ISP's domain server and find web pages on the net nobody else sees. Set your DNS server search order to 208.179.42.162 204.107.129.2 12.28.140.20 in that order.
I find that simple Zen meditation has the ability to calm the mind and focus it on "one thing at at time". Most people would tend toward ADHD under certain circumstances. It's just part of our interrupt driven lifestyle. With proper training and practice, the mind can priortize all the those outside distractions and narrow in on doing what it's supposed to be doing, e.g. "eat when you eat and sleep when you sleep (drugfree too)".
Why not just join a Zen monastery ...
If I were a CEO of barely breathing tech company in the midst of a shakeout, I'd consider accumulating a few million shares of my company thru an off-shore broker when everybody is puking them out. Pick them up quietly, like gathering apples as they fall from the tree. Then, file some outgeous suit against some deep pocket, wait for the shares to multiply by 20-30 times, call my broker on payphone using a phone card purchased a gas station, and head for the islands. But, I'm not in that position....
Andrew Carnegie was one of the more rapacious magnates in American history. He eventually developed significant remorse for those actions toward his workers, competitors and customers.
That remorse was responsible for the many Carnegie Librarys built accross the country.
Most overly wealthy magnates develop a sense of "destiny" that compels them to believe that what they are doing is right for civilization as a whole and only they are in a position to accomplish that greater good. Billg is still at that point. The philanthropy assuages the underlying sense of guilt (and provides write offs too). Bills ego will probably never let him believe otherwise.
In the grand scheme of things, he was probably a necessity, but will eventually become tired like the rest of us. Afterall, where would linux be without Microsoft? Where would up be without down, male without female, etc?
Ride HURD on it....
With Microsoft is now licensing Unix from SCO,they're probably planning on using SCO as a FUD lever (or worse) against Linux The result could be a bidding war between IBM and Redmond to control SCO. IBM could buy out the sickly company to euthanize it. SCO sold their soul in hopes somebody would bid it up to take them out of their misery.
Either leave dronedom by becoming a suit or drop out.
Reminds me of the early 60's, when they started to put transistor radios inside stuffed animals.
Talk to your eye surgeon about intra-ocular lens (IOL) implants too. These are same clear plastic replacements for the lens that millions of the elderly have had for cataracts. They're now being used for vision correction too. A "multi-focal" lens implant allows a broad range of focusing. Its a 10 minute surgery, done under local anesthetic drops. A tiny incision is made along the border of the lens and a pencil-like phacoemulsifier (ultrasonic) probe liquifies the old lens. A new lens, rolled up like a taco, is inserted and allowed to unfold. Stitches are rarely needed. There's a lot more history behind this technology than the lasik approach. It's true that it's more invasive, but it doesn't purposefully involve scarring the lens.