It seems that NA had a great concept/product on their hands and through whatever passes for sense,let it go. How many applications has this happened to? An individual or small startup has a great idea, or maybe even the elusive 'killer app' and then is quickly bought up or out by a larger corporation. The application is quickly diluted, sent through several revisions that only seem to add complexity/bugs, and then the company drops it, but keeps the 'trademarked' name.... Now we can still get copies of and continue to use PGP, but now we will have to call it something else. Here's to Zimmerman; stick to your guns!
Yes, but what I am referring to is the slant that is taken -- I have seen multiple articles/reports on these issues, but they are always from the government's/industry's point of view; never from the user's standpoint...
One of the earlier posts mentioned that Time needs to cover a story like this - and then it dawned on me how very true that is. The mainstream media have covered very little of the consumers' side of issues such as Fair Use, DCMA, or any other "us vs. them" issues, especially those involving their advertisers... We will never see our side of the story covered by Time or on CNN because their paychecks are by the media/recording industry/producing industry. Unless we (the users/consumers) start making all kinds of noise about our rights and how we want to use music and digital media, nobody will hear a damn word except for the blather from politicians like Hollings or whats-her-name from the RIAA... mainstream media only reports what is important to their parent companies...
Unfortunately, this seems to be an old regulation that did its job and then was never updated for how the telco's work now. Nothing new -- we have seen these examples for years now. Update the regulations and make them work for what goes on today and possible tomorrow....
I understand that this senator is trying everything he can to please his employer (obviously not the US gov't), but he also doesn't seem to remember how he got there; on the vote of the people.... I will admit, he is scurrying around, getting his name noticed, but it isn't necessarily a positive thing to have your name popping up on a weekly basis because your employer (Disney) yanked your string....
I guess, for me anyway, the irony here is that a single student did this. Not the FBI or any other agency/department of the government, but a private citizen had to come up with a way to harness and focus the power of Carnivore. I know the FBI probably could have done so themselves, or any other company/corporation, but they didn't. Never underestimate the power of the individual.
I can see why, with the pricing of lower-speed Athlons, but I thought the Duron was a nice foil to Intel's Celeron. My last purchased box had a Duron in it -- never a hiccup..... sniff.... Duron, we barely knew ye'
I can understand their point -- that specific PC is licensed with that specific copy of Windows. How many schools will read this and treat it as gospel, however? Hopefully, not many. As a gov't agency, our PC's are completely wiped prior to donation -- it is our policy. Keeping Win in the box does teach kids how to reboot, though...
How about some balance here guys? This is a preliminary study. Granted, none of us real people (i.e. citizens) want the gov't in bed with MS, want MS to be in control of gov't data, or want the gov't to have any more info on us than absolutely necessary, but this is just an avenue they are exploring.... and why is this putz "America's CIO" anyway? How did this happen??? About the same time Gore 'invented' the internet??? Speak out on this NOW and maybe it will die a quick death....
Amazon.com has not only done massive amounts of advertising, but has also expanded what they sell. Used to be books and music, now they sell an astounding amount of all sorts of stuff. I bought a snowshovel from them a couple of years ago when all the retailers in my area were out (freak snowstorm) and had it delivered to my house before the retailers were expecting their deliveries. Kitchen appliances, power tools, magazine subscriptions - you name, Amazon.com probably sells it.... and their service has always been top notch. Living in a rural area has limitations, but you learn to separate the wheat from the chaff in online shopping. They deserve all the hits & eyeballs they are getting.
The trick is, and I think this is main point of our gripe, who is to determine what is and what isn't pornography? By some standards, Catcher in the Rye would be relegated to.prn, or.wav files from South Park would be forced to be listed only on.prn sites. It isn't that having hardcore pornography segregated from the rest of the net isn't a good idea, the problem is that this is too broad of a concept to simply say "This is porn and that isn't" and off you go.... Life is not black and white. Several examples have been given as to what could happen with such a TLD - there is no way to govern morality and no way to enforce such a law.
So once all the porn and everything else that isn't wanted is relegated to the.prn domain, what then? Conveniently, DNS serves begin losing their registrations? And who decides what goes into the.prn category? Definitely a free speech issue..... and I won't even start on the video issue......
And Ellison complains about MS's unfair business practices? It would seem that Larry and cohorts have been watching MS all too closely and have begun taking pages from the MS playbook. Granted, the State of CA should be more aware of its purchasing, but being fleeced by a major corporation shouldn't happen either....
A loss of a competitor, especially one as innovative and competitive as IBM, is always a loss to the market. IBM had many advances in HD technology over the years and I do think the DeskStar problem may have tarnished their reputation, but I don't think that it pushed them out of the market.... Even if Hitachi purchases 70% of the division, it won't be the same.... better move on to that WD Caviar 120 w/8 mb cache....
Notice that DB is not suing Google in an American court, citing that they would probably not be successful due to our freedom of speech laws....interesting juxtaposition with our constant bashing of other countries (NZ for ex) in limiting their citizens access/freedom to speech and info.... Here's to Google, Yahoo, and AltaVista -- stick to your guns!!!
This should become part of our lexicon, just like RTFM... If you would take the time to read the article, along with the Court's decision, you would have noticed that the law that was struck down was done so because it was too broad, not because we are trying to protect child molesters/pornographers/pedophiles. The Court struck the law because of the law's ambiguity and too-broad definitions of what is "child pornography".... This was actually a victory for free speech and freedom of expression. Please do not misunderstand me or my posting here; child pornographers/pedophiles should all be eradicated from the face of the earth by the most horrific/painful means possible, but that is not what this is about....
So, AMD came out in support of MS. Big Deal. Does this mean I am going to change my computing/buying habits? Not likely. I will continue not to buy Intel cpu's and continue to buy MS software. Why? AMD's cpu's are cheaper and as reliable/efficient as Intel's. MS software is the only viable choice if you use MS at work/school and need to be compatible at home. Simple. I love the alternatives to MS (*nix, BE, OS X), but realistically, they are novelties in the marketplace. I don't like MS's practices and policies, but for usability/compatibility, the choices are slim. I have read a number of/.'ers decrying this decision on the part of AMD and people saying that they will boycott AMD for crossing to the dark side, but as far as business is concerned, this is rather myopic. I have never (yes, never) purchased an Intel cpu for my home system (no choice at work) and do not intend to for the forseeable future, as long as there is a viable alternative. There is no viable alternative in the MS universe (at this time). OS X - great OS, no support in the business/corporate workplace. *nix - great OS, but only if you have time/talent to tinker with a command line or haven't moved off campus yet. BE - great OS, but seemingly dead in the water (shame on Palm).... Granted, there may be flamebait here, but so be it.
Which artists are producing music on DVD's? Apparently I missed that one... All the musicians I have noticed are producing CD's, not DVD's.... how is this a 'better' deal than CD's and why would DVD's drive sales of CD's down?
It is so unfortunate that the government would allow such a thing to happen. Patent a motion/movement? That's like trying to patent a specific walk or how to hail a taxi or even a dance step. How about a patent for 'the wave' that you see at sporting events? Just ridiculous. And we wonder about the quality of public servants....
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It seems that NA had a great concept/product on their hands and through whatever passes for sense,let it go. How many applications has this happened to? An individual or small startup has a great idea, or maybe even the elusive 'killer app' and then is quickly bought up or out by a larger corporation. The application is quickly diluted, sent through several revisions that only seem to add complexity/bugs, and then the company drops it, but keeps the 'trademarked' name.... Now we can still get copies of and continue to use PGP, but now we will have to call it something else. Here's to Zimmerman; stick to your guns!
Wow - 1 petaflop... Should we be posting our Beowulf cluster posts yet?? Anybody want to jump up and down and claim a first post??
Yes, but what I am referring to is the slant that is taken -- I have seen multiple articles/reports on these issues, but they are always from the government's/industry's point of view; never from the user's standpoint...
That's what you get for setting off that e-bomb last week.... oh, and don't forget the obligatory: imagine a Beowulf cluster of these posting....
One of the earlier posts mentioned that Time needs to cover a story like this - and then it dawned on me how very true that is. The mainstream media have covered very little of the consumers' side of issues such as Fair Use, DCMA, or any other "us vs. them" issues, especially those involving their advertisers ... We will never see our side of the story covered by Time or on CNN because their paychecks are by the media/recording industry/producing industry. Unless we (the users/consumers) start making all kinds of noise about our rights and how we want to use music and digital media, nobody will hear a damn word except for the blather from politicians like Hollings or whats-her-name from the RIAA... mainstream media only reports what is important to their parent companies...
Unfortunately, this seems to be an old regulation that did its job and then was never updated for how the telco's work now. Nothing new -- we have seen these examples for years now. Update the regulations and make them work for what goes on today and possible tomorrow....
I understand that this senator is trying everything he can to please his employer (obviously not the US gov't), but he also doesn't seem to remember how he got there; on the vote of the people.... I will admit, he is scurrying around, getting his name noticed, but it isn't necessarily a positive thing to have your name popping up on a weekly basis because your employer (Disney) yanked your string....
I guess, for me anyway, the irony here is that a single student did this. Not the FBI or any other agency/department of the government, but a private citizen had to come up with a way to harness and focus the power of Carnivore. I know the FBI probably could have done so themselves, or any other company/corporation, but they didn't. Never underestimate the power of the individual.
I can see why, with the pricing of lower-speed Athlons, but I thought the Duron was a nice foil to Intel's Celeron. My last purchased box had a Duron in it -- never a hiccup. .... sniff .... Duron, we barely knew ye'
I can understand their point -- that specific PC is licensed with that specific copy of Windows. How many schools will read this and treat it as gospel, however? Hopefully, not many. As a gov't agency, our PC's are completely wiped prior to donation -- it is our policy. Keeping Win in the box does teach kids how to reboot, though...
How about some balance here guys? This is a preliminary study. Granted, none of us real people (i.e. citizens) want the gov't in bed with MS, want MS to be in control of gov't data, or want the gov't to have any more info on us than absolutely necessary, but this is just an avenue they are exploring.... and why is this putz "America's CIO" anyway? How did this happen??? About the same time Gore 'invented' the internet??? Speak out on this NOW and maybe it will die a quick death....
Or email them. Or fax them, but yes - do something!!!! Don't just sit around and post you gripes here and there --- contact your representatives!!!!
Free = questionable ethics? I haven't found any problems/spyware in WinMX...
Amazon.com has not only done massive amounts of advertising, but has also expanded what they sell. Used to be books and music, now they sell an astounding amount of all sorts of stuff. I bought a snowshovel from them a couple of years ago when all the retailers in my area were out (freak snowstorm) and had it delivered to my house before the retailers were expecting their deliveries. Kitchen appliances, power tools, magazine subscriptions - you name, Amazon.com probably sells it.... and their service has always been top notch. Living in a rural area has limitations, but you learn to separate the wheat from the chaff in online shopping. They deserve all the hits & eyeballs they are getting.
The trick is, and I think this is main point of our gripe, who is to determine what is and what isn't pornography? By some standards, Catcher in the Rye would be relegated to .prn, or .wav files from South Park would be forced to be listed only on .prn sites. It isn't that having hardcore pornography segregated from the rest of the net isn't a good idea, the problem is that this is too broad of a concept to simply say "This is porn and that isn't" and off you go.... Life is not black and white. Several examples have been given as to what could happen with such a TLD - there is no way to govern morality and no way to enforce such a law.
So once all the porn and everything else that isn't wanted is relegated to the .prn domain, what then? Conveniently, DNS serves begin losing their registrations? And who decides what goes into the .prn category? Definitely a free speech issue..... and I won't even start on the video issue......
The irony of it all: a story lambasting Oracle for its unethical business practices and at the top of the page is an ad for Oracle 9i....
And Ellison complains about MS's unfair business practices? It would seem that Larry and cohorts have been watching MS all too closely and have begun taking pages from the MS playbook. Granted, the State of CA should be more aware of its purchasing, but being fleeced by a major corporation shouldn't happen either....
A loss of a competitor, especially one as innovative and competitive as IBM, is always a loss to the market. IBM had many advances in HD technology over the years and I do think the DeskStar problem may have tarnished their reputation, but I don't think that it pushed them out of the market.... Even if Hitachi purchases 70% of the division, it won't be the same.... better move on to that WD Caviar 120 w/8 mb cache....
Notice that DB is not suing Google in an American court, citing that they would probably not be successful due to our freedom of speech laws....interesting juxtaposition with our constant bashing of other countries (NZ for ex) in limiting their citizens access/freedom to speech and info.... Here's to Google, Yahoo, and AltaVista -- stick to your guns!!!
This should become part of our lexicon, just like RTFM... If you would take the time to read the article, along with the Court's decision, you would have noticed that the law that was struck down was done so because it was too broad, not because we are trying to protect child molesters/pornographers/pedophiles. The Court struck the law because of the law's ambiguity and too-broad definitions of what is "child pornography".... This was actually a victory for free speech and freedom of expression. Please do not misunderstand me or my posting here; child pornographers/pedophiles should all be eradicated from the face of the earth by the most horrific/painful means possible, but that is not what this is about....
So, AMD came out in support of MS. Big Deal. Does this mean I am going to change my computing/buying habits? Not likely. I will continue not to buy Intel cpu's and continue to buy MS software. Why? AMD's cpu's are cheaper and as reliable/efficient as Intel's. MS software is the only viable choice if you use MS at work/school and need to be compatible at home. Simple. I love the alternatives to MS (*nix, BE, OS X), but realistically, they are novelties in the marketplace. I don't like MS's practices and policies, but for usability/compatibility, the choices are slim. I have read a number of /.'ers decrying this decision on the part of AMD and people saying that they will boycott AMD for crossing to the dark side, but as far as business is concerned, this is rather myopic. I have never (yes, never) purchased an Intel cpu for my home system (no choice at work) and do not intend to for the forseeable future, as long as there is a viable alternative. There is no viable alternative in the MS universe (at this time). OS X - great OS, no support in the business/corporate workplace. *nix - great OS, but only if you have time/talent to tinker with a command line or haven't moved off campus yet. BE - great OS, but seemingly dead in the water (shame on Palm).... Granted, there may be flamebait here, but so be it.
EXACTLY! Thank you for the poignant review of the ugliness in record stores.... I can't even walk into one without nausea....
Which artists are producing music on DVD's? Apparently I missed that one... All the musicians I have noticed are producing CD's, not DVD's.... how is this a 'better' deal than CD's and why would DVD's drive sales of CD's down?
It is so unfortunate that the government would allow such a thing to happen. Patent a motion/movement? That's like trying to patent a specific walk or how to hail a taxi or even a dance step. How about a patent for 'the wave' that you see at sporting events? Just ridiculous. And we wonder about the quality of public servants....