For the most part, I believe herb Kohl funds his campaigns out of his own pocket (one of the perks of having a net worth of more than $200 million). Claiming that he's shaking down Google just doesn't fly. Unlike like our governor, Senator Kohl is an upstanding guy.
I for one, don't really miss the 'good old days' of downloading 28 or so floppies of SLS over a 14k modem, only to find that disk 7 has a error when you're attempting an install. Or working days on writing and tweaking an xconfig file. I admit, the excitement of running this 'cool new OS' is gone, but it is infinitely more usable so now I can actually get my work done.
I couldn't agree with you more. I'm in the process of implementing a Coraid SR-1520 and have been amazed by the results so far. The ease of setup, the flexibility of the raid configuration not to mention the performance. After running some Bonnie++ tests, I was shocked to find out that my >$1 per GB box was out performing my much more expensive EMC Clariion CX500 by a substantial amount. And with the hotspare cabability.... Let's just say I was orignally going use this for disk based backups. Now I can see this expanding way beyond just backups.
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I can't agree with you more. Why people would look to an encyclopedia for a developing story is beyond me. Having said that, the fact that a developing story in in an encyclopedia is amazing in and of itself. I'm willing to bet that Encyclopedia Britannica's Ken Lay article is not nearly so current. The fact an article may take a few days to get all the facts straight should just be considered part of the editorial process. Unlike traditional encyclopedias, this is a public and open process, which, in my opinion, is a very good thing.
I agree. In fact, I have the same issue with IBM's server offerings. They have a token AMD server, but any server of any size is strictly Intel. Give me the DL585 dual core any day over current Intel based offerings.
What's really required are laws that attack the advertiser and not the spammer. The laws probably don't even require a criminal penalty, a substantial monetary penalty would have a greater effect.
The point of spam is to make money. If you assure that spamming is a loosing proposition (say a mandatory $100,000 fine per email), you can be certain to take the profit out of spamming. The fine must be substantial enough that everyone gets the point that spamming is the quickest way to bankrupt your company. Once the profit is gone, so are the advertisers. Once there are no advertisers, the spamhouses of the world will follow quickly.
I realize that this will only effect companies in the US, but from what I can see, the spam may be coming from elsewhere, but the companies are largely US based. Force them back to legitimate advertising methods and the spam problem will be greatly reduced.
Since the MPAA is so concerned about piracy of their copyrighted works, I would like to propose a simpe solution: DON'T RELEASE ANY MOVIES TO VIDEO OR DVD. This would ensure that their copyrighted works would not end up pirated somewhere (barring the random camcorder person in a theater). This would also ensure that the studios wouldn't have the money to support the useless lobbying efforts of the MPAA.
Of course this is an unacceptable solution for the greedy people in Hollywood. At some point in time Hollywood must realize that the more copies out there the more risk that one of those copies might be pirated. Of course, with more copies also comes more profits. So make you choice Hollywood more profits or copyright integrity.
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For the most part, I believe herb Kohl funds his campaigns out of his own pocket (one of the perks of having a net worth of more than $200 million). Claiming that he's shaking down Google just doesn't fly. Unlike like our governor, Senator Kohl is an upstanding guy.
Actually SLS should be near the top of the "Old School" list, the buggy older brother of Slackware.
I for one, don't really miss the 'good old days' of downloading 28 or so floppies of SLS over a 14k modem, only to find that disk 7 has a error when you're attempting an install. Or working days on writing and tweaking an xconfig file. I admit, the excitement of running this 'cool new OS' is gone, but it is infinitely more usable so now I can actually get my work done.
I couldn't agree with you more. I'm in the process of implementing a Coraid SR-1520 and have been amazed by the results so far. The ease of setup, the flexibility of the raid configuration not to mention the performance. After running some Bonnie++ tests, I was shocked to find out that my >$1 per GB box was out performing my much more expensive EMC Clariion CX500 by a substantial amount. And with the hotspare cabability .... Let's just say I was orignally going use this for disk based backups. Now I can see this expanding way beyond just backups.
I can't agree with you more. Why people would look to an encyclopedia for a developing story is beyond me. Having said that, the fact that a developing story in in an encyclopedia is amazing in and of itself. I'm willing to bet that Encyclopedia Britannica's Ken Lay article is not nearly so current. The fact an article may take a few days to get all the facts straight should just be considered part of the editorial process. Unlike traditional encyclopedias, this is a public and open process, which, in my opinion, is a very good thing.
I agree. In fact, I have the same issue with IBM's server offerings. They have a token AMD server, but any server of any size is strictly Intel. Give me the DL585 dual core any day over current Intel based offerings.
The point of spam is to make money. If you assure that spamming is a loosing proposition (say a mandatory $100,000 fine per email), you can be certain to take the profit out of spamming. The fine must be substantial enough that everyone gets the point that spamming is the quickest way to bankrupt your company. Once the profit is gone, so are the advertisers. Once there are no advertisers, the spamhouses of the world will follow quickly.
I realize that this will only effect companies in the US, but from what I can see, the spam may be coming from elsewhere, but the companies are largely US based. Force them back to legitimate advertising methods and the spam problem will be greatly reduced.
Since the MPAA is so concerned about piracy of their copyrighted works, I would like to propose a simpe solution: DON'T RELEASE ANY MOVIES TO VIDEO OR DVD. This would ensure that their copyrighted works would not end up pirated somewhere (barring the random camcorder person in a theater). This would also ensure that the studios wouldn't have the money to support the useless lobbying efforts of the MPAA. Of course this is an unacceptable solution for the greedy people in Hollywood. At some point in time Hollywood must realize that the more copies out there the more risk that one of those copies might be pirated. Of course, with more copies also comes more profits. So make you choice Hollywood more profits or copyright integrity.