I have seen a number of gaming cafes around the states and would suggest that a signifcant overhaul to the business model is needed to establish a viable business in this area. Dont mistake this as a negative approach, but rather an opportunity to enter this space as a differentiator. I would give these conventional gaming cafes 6mos-1year to survive. Some I have seen here in Houston, TX make me wonder why they are still around as they look like fronts for "other" illegal activity. Again, an opportunity to refine the concept and move forward.
As an IT security consultant, VMware server is be a great platform for testing or demoing applications wthout tainting my host OS with some code I'll just want to blow away laster. If you are involved in IT at all, I would recommend evaluating the technology.
Server virtualization is a hot market, Microsoft is ramping up their existing product line to compete with some of VMware's new features. Part of that roadmap is a good 2-3 years out. This is technology is far from a fad.
-David
PS: Legit home uses for VMware... my vote is a virtual honeynet.
What a great Valentines day! First I find out my new MacBook will have a 2GHz processor. Then, I find out that OSX can once again be loaded on every x86 box in my house. Now if VMware would just make an announcement today.
Well, my fault for not being clear. I was referring to the Pirus hybrid vehicle mentioned in the article.
I've owned two Toyotas and happen to think they are excellent cars. RE the Pirus and golf cart comments, I was actually thinking back to my week long rental experience with the Pirus. Perhaps they've modified the engine in the new model, but on the pre-2004 models, when you stop at a light, the car is silent. Like a golf cart. Not a bad thing, just a different experience from a conventional gas powered engine. After all, it's partly electric. Certainly such engines can be tweeked and perform even better. Perhaps its time to rent another.
The idea of autoparking seems like something one would purchase right along a NAV system in a $30k+ vehicle. At the same time, hopefully I can get that feature on my wifes next car.
Yes, I'm kidding. While, I have no real IM protocol preference. I find it humorous to see those who have 2-3 IM clients running to keep track of everyone they know.
As a GAIM user, it's even more fun to hear, "Oh, thank god you're on client xyz... I'm dumping client abc tomorrow".
I'm about ready to dump all the big ones and change my alias to "see you on jabber.org".
It is a valid concern to wireless providers which have not been competitive or innovative over the years.
As a business customer, I have my cell phone printed on my business cards for the convience of my clients. This has sort of locked me in to one provider. I do not wish to change my cell phone number and require my customers to try to find me, as this can result in lost business over time. As an illustration of my point, a repair man who left a sticker with his name and cell phone # under my sink lost business from me as he changed his cell phone number and did not leave any me with any other contact info. Too bad, he does great work.
I do wish to have a service agreement with a cell phone provider which is economical, provides the latest technology, and allows me to provide the best level of responsiveness to my customers.
If I only used my cell phone for personal use, I could care less if I had to change my number each time I changed a provider.
Power to the consumer! Hopefully, providers will get off their butts and provide better service now!
Nokia is a manufacturing company. Lets keep in mind they have been very successful in the security appliance arena. Having partnerships with vendors like Check Point and ISS. IMHO, their new PVR device looks like some mod'ed version of their low-end ip100 series firewalls.
Perhaps slapping a satellite tuner in a box isnt such a stretch after all.
Let us not forget Nokia even had a respected line of CRTs in the US in the mid to late 90's.
All this talk about school reminds me of lessons when we had to use words in sentences. Some of the more common words used will never be used quite the same for students at MS School 1.0.
1. Those kids are a bunch of bad apples.
2. Joey, stop playing with worms!
3. Bobby broke some windows with his baseball.
4. Penguins live on the north pole.
Got which words I'm talking about?
I can't even begin to imagine how students would be taught to think in data processing classes. Do they still have those? Or are they called something else now? (Dating myself a bit here.)
Virtual Folders (in Evolution) are quite handy.
I used to dump all of my email in silly folders until I came to the same realization as our poster. These messages really fall into multiple categories. So, I use Evolution's virtual folder feature to create folders such as "customer, vendors, eFaxes, Follow-up, Important".
In the rules for folders such as vendor or customer, I add applicable email addresses or domain names under the 'sender' filter.
Another helpful categorization method is to create folders named after the person who sent the email. These days, its not uncommon for Joe Bob customer to have multiple email addresses. Virtual folders can easily consolidate all of those messages into one place.
It all boils down to how we think and associate data, as the ultimate goal is easy retrieval of the data. If one associates events with a person, by golly, create vfolders w/ peoples names.:)
It's a good first step to block RIAA & allifiate company registered blocks.
However, its not like the RIAA cant go out and purchase a broadband link w/ netblock regisitered to some other ISP as a method to get around their network being blocked.
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D00d. I think I'm going to patent a screen cleaner for the iPhone to clean the smudgies off. That's the ticket!
I have seen a number of gaming cafes around the states and would suggest that a signifcant overhaul to the business model is needed to establish a viable business in this area. Dont mistake this as a negative approach, but rather an opportunity to enter this space as a differentiator. I would give these conventional gaming cafes 6mos-1year to survive. Some I have seen here in Houston, TX make me wonder why they are still around as they look like fronts for "other" illegal activity. Again, an opportunity to refine the concept and move forward.
As an IT security consultant, VMware server is be a great platform for testing or demoing applications wthout tainting my host OS with some code I'll just want to blow away laster. If you are involved in IT at all, I would recommend evaluating the technology.
Server virtualization is a hot market, Microsoft is ramping up their existing product line to compete with some of VMware's new features. Part of that roadmap is a good 2-3 years out. This is technology is far from a fad.
-David
PS: Legit home uses for VMware... my vote is a virtual honeynet.
Too funny. No relation, luckily.
What a great Valentines day! First I find out my new MacBook will have a 2GHz processor. Then, I find out that OSX can once again be loaded on every x86 box in my house. Now if VMware would just make an announcement today.
I prefer WINE as in FREE WINDOWS.
Just ask any Starbucks employee.
Black and white wasn't enough for me, I guess...
My mom recalls me, as a toddler, telling my dad to "make Big Bird yellow".
In more recent years, Tivo is my second most favorite enhancemenet to television.
I've owned two Toyotas and happen to think they are excellent cars. RE the Pirus and golf cart comments, I was actually thinking back to my week long rental experience with the Pirus. Perhaps they've modified the engine in the new model, but on the pre-2004 models, when you stop at a light, the car is silent. Like a golf cart. Not a bad thing, just a different experience from a conventional gas powered engine. After all, it's partly electric. Certainly such engines can be tweeked and perform even better. Perhaps its time to rent another.
The idea of autoparking seems like something one would purchase right along a NAV system in a $30k+ vehicle. At the same time, hopefully I can get that feature on my wifes next car.
Then Toyota would fight over who was negligent when the thing crashs and the airbags deploy.
IMHO. This is totally overkill for a car that drives like a golf cart.
Isn't that what 'change browser identification' is for?
I'm sure Nappy runs great under Wine. Not that I would know. :)
Who do you want to talk to on MSN, anyway?
Yes, I'm kidding. While, I have no real IM protocol preference. I find it humorous to see those who have 2-3 IM clients running to keep track of everyone they know.
As a GAIM user, it's even more fun to hear, "Oh, thank god you're on client xyz... I'm dumping client abc tomorrow".
I'm about ready to dump all the big ones and change my alias to "see you on jabber.org".
-David
SPFB/KT= Self-Proclaimed Flame Bait/Karma Test
As a business customer, I have my cell phone printed on my business cards for the convience of my clients. This has sort of locked me in to one provider. I do not wish to change my cell phone number and require my customers to try to find me, as this can result in lost business over time. As an illustration of my point, a repair man who left a sticker with his name and cell phone # under my sink lost business from me as he changed his cell phone number and did not leave any me with any other contact info. Too bad, he does great work.
I do wish to have a service agreement with a cell phone provider which is economical, provides the latest technology, and allows me to provide the best level of responsiveness to my customers.
If I only used my cell phone for personal use, I could care less if I had to change my number each time I changed a provider.
Power to the consumer! Hopefully, providers will get off their butts and provide better service now!
You've got SPAM!
Sure sucks for those who pay the cable bill.
So send in your $695. Right? :)
Perhaps we can even play Nokia's cute little snake game!
Perhaps slapping a satellite tuner in a box isnt such a stretch after all.
Let us not forget Nokia even had a respected line of CRTs in the US in the mid to late 90's.
1. Those kids are a bunch of bad apples.
2. Joey, stop playing with worms!
3. Bobby broke some windows with his baseball.
4. Penguins live on the north pole.
Got which words I'm talking about?
I can't even begin to imagine how students would be taught to think in data processing classes. Do they still have those? Or are they called something else now? (Dating myself a bit here.)
LONG LIVE INTERNET RADIO!
SPAM SUX!
Virtual Folders (in Evolution) are quite handy. I used to dump all of my email in silly folders until I came to the same realization as our poster. These messages really fall into multiple categories. So, I use Evolution's virtual folder feature to create folders such as "customer, vendors, eFaxes, Follow-up, Important". In the rules for folders such as vendor or customer, I add applicable email addresses or domain names under the 'sender' filter. Another helpful categorization method is to create folders named after the person who sent the email. These days, its not uncommon for Joe Bob customer to have multiple email addresses. Virtual folders can easily consolidate all of those messages into one place. It all boils down to how we think and associate data, as the ultimate goal is easy retrieval of the data. If one associates events with a person, by golly, create vfolders w/ peoples names. :)
Earlier this year, Steve Ballmer said, "Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches"
If Linux is a cancer, Word is a virus.
More specifically, Word is a virus that needs to be eradicated from corporate America's desktops.
-David Whittington
It's a good first step to block RIAA & allifiate company registered blocks.
However, its not like the RIAA cant go out and purchase a broadband link w/ netblock regisitered to some other ISP as a method to get around their network being blocked.
My