I think if we took a close look at the technology in use today, it might frighten some folks to realize how much little leading edge technology is used.
Why? Because we really don't know what strange things are out there in space still. We're still afraid that invisible cosmic rays could blast through our spacecraft and flips the bits on our fancy hard drives. Some of our technology that we used in the Apollo missions we still use today, or slightly updated version of it. It works; thus it isn't broken; thus it shouldn't be replaced.
And frankly, when it comes to cost, you really don't want to gamble a multi-billion dollar craft on whether this new drive works in space, or is shielded enough. Perhaps with the off-the-shelf parts used for our Mars remotes, that'll change, and we'll become more confident with the hardware we take more and more for granted today.
But, until then...KFG's right, the slide-rule will always work, even in zero-gee.
I'm afraid that $37.50 is alot cheaper than flying to China/India/Taiwan, and picking up a pair for only $1.50 each. Even if you fly economy, and have a 21 day advance.
You only get it for free, if the tech already has a set laying around from another laptop that's dead. (Which, is always a possibility in a big company. Someone else's mistake can be your big break.)
While this isn't something everyone can do, it's good to know some hardware repair geeks. This is exactly why.
Repairing laptops is getting harder and harder these days, because the manufacturers, in general, are getting very picky about what is in and out of warranty. It used to be that you could get by with everything under the sun short of a cracked screen. That's all changed with all the big manufacturers.
And more than that, often you have to mail your laptop in, rather than take it to someplace local. When you do that, the manufacturer cuts you off from your equipment, and the tech off from your plea as to why this wasn't a case of "misuse."
It's been my experience that what you need to do is to just plain know someone who does warranty repairs on the type of laptop you own. I mean know the technician by his first name. This is the part where you need a friend, badly.
Those horror stories about the $75 hinges and $56 for four hinge screws...they're true, because there's markup in there! A company has to make money at repairing things, and service is where companies get margin. Usually that margin on 'little' stuff like this is in the neighborhood of 100% or more. Cut that $75 and $56 in half, and isn't that more reasonable?
The trouble is, the company has to make a profit on the item, plus they likely had a 'shipping and handling and administrative fee' for having their folks order the parts for you, recieve them, etc.
If you're in a big company, surely you have in-house folks, or people on-staff from then manufacturer (or who come around on a regular basis.) Get to know them, they can be your best of friends right now. Ply them with a lunch, and a soda now and again! You'd be surprised how far a good Tech will go if you feed him once in a while.;-)
And the average tech isn't deaf to your pleas. They understand how badly it sucks to have a broken laptop that you depend on day in and day out, at home and at work. Usually if you treat them well, they'll work to take care of you when you really need it.
One would think, that if the content of the NYTimes is copyrighted, that the would, in fact, have the right to tell Goggle to just stop caching their web pages. Particularly if the web content is the same as what they've put into print. NYTimes could argue that the google cache is a violation of their copyright to the printed paper.
Its a game, its about enjoying yourself, relaxing, exercising your mind in a different way.
But, is that what folks playing in the various MMORPG's are getting? I suspect folks who end up "crawling into their basement and shunning human contact for days at a time" are the ones who have lost sight of why they're playing the game in the first place. But, perhaps it's an easy trap to fall into?
Now, now...it could easily have been concieved and built by the fine engineers at the University of Missouri, Rolla. (The ratio there fluxes between 9:1 and 12:1, males:female.) But, in the Ozarks, we like to pride ourselves on creating engineers that have some common sense, as well as being smart.;-)
Hold on, I've got a surprised look around here somewhere... Sheesh! I know I should keep that handy.
So, does that mean if I have a printout of said list, and just look through it, I'm in violation of the patent as well? Or if I do a search in a spreadsheet version? Or how about a plain text version that I do a search on?
So, does that mean that as this becomes a viable product, (the DVR with removable media), and IBM markets it to home users, the cops will be able to bring the DVR-HD from home with last night's shows on it, to work where they can view it conveniently in their car, while on patrol?;-)
Of course this just means that more and more vendors will modify their EULA to make it so you opt-in when you install their product and then create some silly way that you can unsubscribe from their opt-in network. Of course the only way to find it is to read all of their EULA.
Yeah, it's pretty much a double-edged sword. However, it also will echo into several countries, such as China, with what's decided. At least that's where my money would be.
I suppose it'll depend on which court, in what country it goes to trial. In South Korea, it could be an interesting story to see how it turns out. M$ hasn't been very popular there, and it seems the tide flows back and forth of late.
This is because they don't screen the comments....ebay feedback is like graffiti, no one controls it and it just sort of sits there.
Isn't that just how things are these days? No one wants to be responsible for what they're doing or what they're up to. And thus not being responsible, when you should be more responsible, it takes the actions of having to bring law proceedings forth to get someone to act or change. And that, I believe, is costing lots of money, and is a whole load of foolishness.
I suspect it may open a market for someone to build a quality 3rd party cartridge, as long as they can get around either the chipping aspect, or the DMCA aspect of reverse-engineering the chip, which isn't likely with recent legal battles.:-/
Or, on the other hand, HP could simply spin off another company who makes the aforementioned product, and charges you twice the price. Now that's capitalism for you!;-)
You might consider opening that cartridge up a bit, and spraying a little WD-40 on it. That might revive your ribbon some, and you won't get such light print.:-) (And then again, you might just have to buy a new cartridge, and that would fix the light print problem too.);-)
Indeed! Otherwise we'd need to be filing lawsuits against bullet manufacturers. I mean it is the bullet that kills, not really the gun, eh? I suppose this is that 'some day' we've all been dreaming about, when common sense comes to the foreground.
I suspect they need the opportunity to get up to speed with technology and processes that will allow them to take the extra work on. However, they probably can't, because someone else holds the patent on the technology and process that they need to make things better, stronger and faster!;-)
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But wouldn't that require legislators to discuss the topic of "penis enlargement" in a public forum? And would that constitute lewd public behavior?
Of course I simply suggest we add a "spam" flag to message headers, then admins can setup their mailers to simply redirect outgoing mail with a spam-flag to null. Wouldn't that just simplify everyone's life?
Remember, it's not really a bug in the software, it's a liscensing feature!
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Consumers who selected an option to ``unsubscribe'' and stop receiving these e-mails received an error message, the agency said.
Y'know, it's funny how while laws might require them to have an address to contact to become unsubscribed from the list, I'm wondering where the enforcement is. Or, where they're required to have a working address?
Yeah, I'm afraid this doesn't surprise me one bit. However, it's also a trend across industries.
My experience with large greeting card companies crosses the span of time when the ID badge alone shifted from one type of badge for everyone, to a different color for contractors (but same format), to changing the orientation of the badge from veritcal to horizontal, to adding bright colors that change every year for the contrator, even if they've been working with them for 7+ years.
But, as Geeks, we like to take pot-shots at M$. I don't disagree one bit. The story brings out issues that are true, reguardless of the employer.
The defendants, which in addition to Kazaa include Grokster and Morpheus, contend they are doing nothing wrong. They said their role is analogous to photocopy-machine makers, who aren't responsible for people who copy entire books, or to computer makers, who aren't responsible for people who use their machines for hacking.
"If you can be held responsible for everything your end users do with it, it becomes very hard to build any technology," said Fred von Lohmann, a lawyer with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which represents Morpheus creator StreamCast Networks Inc.
The entertainment industry argues that the Kazaa case is different because the key issue is motive. While some makers of technology truly aren't aware of or do not advertise the illegal aspects of what their technology can do, they say, the owners of these file-sharing systems do.
"Peer-to-peer services overwhelmingly are used for illegal copying and transmission of copyright material over the Internet, and actively encourage, assist and participate in this activity," said Allen N. Dixon, executive director of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, which represents more than 1,500 music producers and distributors.
This was the part that I found really interesting. So, if this goes through, and the creators are responsible, does that mean that firearms manufacturers are in trouble? As we all know, a firearm has only one purpose, to shoot things. (Human, animal, or otherwise.) And what about those who manufacture the bullets?
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Breaking copyright law! Unless, of course...you didn't click on the ACCEPT link. Hmmm.....
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I think if we took a close look at the technology in use today, it might frighten some folks to realize how much little leading edge technology is used.
Why? Because we really don't know what strange things are out there in space still. We're still afraid that invisible cosmic rays could blast through our spacecraft and flips the bits on our fancy hard drives. Some of our technology that we used in the Apollo missions we still use today, or slightly updated version of it. It works; thus it isn't broken; thus it shouldn't be replaced.
And frankly, when it comes to cost, you really don't want to gamble a multi-billion dollar craft on whether this new drive works in space, or is shielded enough. Perhaps with the off-the-shelf parts used for our Mars remotes, that'll change, and we'll become more confident with the hardware we take more and more for granted today.
But, until then...KFG's right, the slide-rule will always work, even in zero-gee.
I'm afraid that $37.50 is alot cheaper than flying to China/India/Taiwan, and picking up a pair for only $1.50 each. Even if you fly economy, and have a 21 day advance.
You only get it for free, if the tech already has a set laying around from another laptop that's dead. (Which, is always a possibility in a big company. Someone else's mistake can be your big break.)
While this isn't something everyone can do, it's good to know some hardware repair geeks. This is exactly why.
;-)
Repairing laptops is getting harder and harder these days, because the manufacturers, in general, are getting very picky about what is in and out of warranty. It used to be that you could get by with everything under the sun short of a cracked screen. That's all changed with all the big manufacturers.
And more than that, often you have to mail your laptop in, rather than take it to someplace local. When you do that, the manufacturer cuts you off from your equipment, and the tech off from your plea as to why this wasn't a case of "misuse."
It's been my experience that what you need to do is to just plain know someone who does warranty repairs on the type of laptop you own. I mean know the technician by his first name. This is the part where you need a friend, badly.
Those horror stories about the $75 hinges and $56 for four hinge screws...they're true, because there's markup in there! A company has to make money at repairing things, and service is where companies get margin. Usually that margin on 'little' stuff like this is in the neighborhood of 100% or more. Cut that $75 and $56 in half, and isn't that more reasonable?
The trouble is, the company has to make a profit on the item, plus they likely had a 'shipping and handling and administrative fee' for having their folks order the parts for you, recieve them, etc.
If you're in a big company, surely you have in-house folks, or people on-staff from then manufacturer (or who come around on a regular basis.) Get to know them, they can be your best of friends right now. Ply them with a lunch, and a soda now and again! You'd be surprised how far a good Tech will go if you feed him once in a while.
And the average tech isn't deaf to your pleas. They understand how badly it sucks to have a broken laptop that you depend on day in and day out, at home and at work. Usually if you treat them well, they'll work to take care of you when you really need it.
The only thing on a space station that should leak, are its crew!
One would think, that if the content of the NYTimes is copyrighted, that the would, in fact, have the right to tell Goggle to just stop caching their web pages. Particularly if the web content is the same as what they've put into print. NYTimes could argue that the google cache is a violation of their copyright to the printed paper.
Its a game, its about enjoying yourself, relaxing, exercising your mind in a different way.
But, is that what folks playing in the various MMORPG's are getting? I suspect folks who end up "crawling into their basement and shunning human contact for days at a time" are the ones who have lost sight of why they're playing the game in the first place. But, perhaps it's an easy trap to fall into?
Hmmm...I wonder if this group of developers will be contrators, or real employees?
Now, now...it could easily have been concieved and built by the fine engineers at the University of Missouri, Rolla. (The ratio there fluxes between 9:1 and 12:1, males:female.) But, in the Ozarks, we like to pride ourselves on creating engineers that have some common sense, as well as being smart. ;-)
Hold on, I've got a surprised look around here somewhere... Sheesh! I know I should keep that handy.
So, does that mean if I have a printout of said list, and just look through it, I'm in violation of the patent as well? Or if I do a search in a spreadsheet version? Or how about a plain text version that I do a search on?
So, does that mean that as this becomes a viable product, (the DVR with removable media), and IBM markets it to home users, the cops will be able to bring the DVR-HD from home with last night's shows on it, to work where they can view it conveniently in their car, while on patrol? ;-)
Of course this just means that more and more vendors will modify their EULA to make it so you opt-in when you install their product and then create some silly way that you can unsubscribe from their opt-in network. Of course the only way to find it is to read all of their EULA.
Yeah, it's pretty much a double-edged sword. However, it also will echo into several countries, such as China, with what's decided. At least that's where my money would be.
I suppose it'll depend on which court, in what country it goes to trial. In South Korea, it could be an interesting story to see how it turns out. M$ hasn't been very popular there, and it seems the tide flows back and forth of late.
This is because they don't screen the comments. ...ebay feedback is like graffiti, no one controls it and it just sort of sits there.
Isn't that just how things are these days? No one wants to be responsible for what they're doing or what they're up to. And thus not being responsible, when you should be more responsible, it takes the actions of having to bring law proceedings forth to get someone to act or change. And that, I believe, is costing lots of money, and is a whole load of foolishness.
I suspect it may open a market for someone to build a quality 3rd party cartridge, as long as they can get around either the chipping aspect, or the DMCA aspect of reverse-engineering the chip, which isn't likely with recent legal battles. :-/
;-)
Or, on the other hand, HP could simply spin off another company who makes the aforementioned product, and charges you twice the price. Now that's capitalism for you!
You might consider opening that cartridge up a bit, and spraying a little WD-40 on it. That might revive your ribbon some, and you won't get such light print. :-) (And then again, you might just have to buy a new cartridge, and that would fix the light print problem too.) ;-)
Indeed! Otherwise we'd need to be filing lawsuits against bullet manufacturers. I mean it is the bullet that kills, not really the gun, eh? I suppose this is that 'some day' we've all been dreaming about, when common sense comes to the foreground.
I suspect they need the opportunity to get up to speed with technology and processes that will allow them to take the extra work on. However, they probably can't, because someone else holds the patent on the technology and process that they need to make things better, stronger and faster! ;-)
But wouldn't that require legislators to discuss the topic of "penis enlargement" in a public forum? And would that constitute lewd public behavior?
Of course I simply suggest we add a "spam" flag to message headers, then admins can setup their mailers to simply redirect outgoing mail with a spam-flag to null. Wouldn't that just simplify everyone's life?
Heck, if they were required to actually read the email generated from that, then they wouldn't have time to do further spammage for a few months!
And you've always just got to wonder about that remove address that reads: asdfasdf (at) hotmail.com.
Remember, it's not really a bug in the software, it's a liscensing feature!
Y'know, it's funny how while laws might require them to have an address to contact to become unsubscribed from the list, I'm wondering where the enforcement is. Or, where they're required to have a working address?
Yeah, I'm afraid this doesn't surprise me one bit. However, it's also a trend across industries.
My experience with large greeting card companies crosses the span of time when the ID badge alone shifted from one type of badge for everyone, to a different color for contractors (but same format), to changing the orientation of the badge from veritcal to horizontal, to adding bright colors that change every year for the contrator, even if they've been working with them for 7+ years.
But, as Geeks, we like to take pot-shots at M$. I don't disagree one bit. The story brings out issues that are true, reguardless of the employer.
A Matter of Motive?
The defendants, which in addition to Kazaa include Grokster and Morpheus, contend they are doing nothing wrong. They said their role is analogous to photocopy-machine makers, who aren't responsible for people who copy entire books, or to computer makers, who aren't responsible for people who use their machines for hacking.
"If you can be held responsible for everything your end users do with it, it becomes very hard to build any technology," said Fred von Lohmann, a lawyer with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which represents Morpheus creator StreamCast Networks Inc.
The entertainment industry argues that the Kazaa case is different because the key issue is motive. While some makers of technology truly aren't aware of or do not advertise the illegal aspects of what their technology can do, they say, the owners of these file-sharing systems do.
"Peer-to-peer services overwhelmingly are used for illegal copying and transmission of copyright material over the Internet, and actively encourage, assist and participate in this activity," said Allen N. Dixon, executive director of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, which represents more than 1,500 music producers and distributors.
This was the part that I found really interesting. So, if this goes through, and the creators are responsible, does that mean that firearms manufacturers are in trouble? As we all know, a firearm has only one purpose, to shoot things. (Human, animal, or otherwise.) And what about those who manufacture the bullets?
Just food for thought.
Breaking copyright law! Unless, of course...you didn't click on the ACCEPT link. Hmmm.....