The irony is that world trade is all about saving money by shopping the globe for the most lenient laws, in order to cut the price of production. That's exactly why WalMart shelves are filled with Chinese products, and it's exactly why people buy music at allofmp3.com. Nike gets to evade US minimum wage and OSHA regulations, allofmp3.com gets to evade paying RIAA royalties.
So your point is what exactly? That Russia should now join the WTO simply to reaffirm its negative reputation for totalitarianism and suppression? What a brilliant plan.
no ad-hoc connections were allowed for safety reasons
Ha ha, pull the other one. Since neither you nor I can think of any reason to believe the safety excuse, can anybody else?
More likely they just don't want anybody reselling the service. Pop a second Wi-Fi card into your laptop, get a merchant account to verify CC numbers and you're ready to make a killing undercutting their price by 50%. At least you'd recoup your own WiFi cost, with only 2 sales. Come to think of it, it wouldn't require ad-hoc anyways.
The way the post is written makes it sound like JetBlue is giving free WiFi on their flights.
Why do you say that?
In fact the writeup says they'll be offering it to business travelers. I read "business" is a codeword for "people who are willing to pay extra," analogous to "business class seats" or "business class laptop."
If some generous people want to reduce my tax burden by taking the load off border patrol, that's fine with me. No, I don't think that will happen, but I think it's a clever way to let individual citizens "get involved" in a hotbutton issue. And I also think it could actually help.
How much economic damage was caused by those car accidents?
I don't know, do you? I'd imagine the destruction of hundreds of thousands of cars, and tens of thousands of productive lives cut short each year is extremely costly. Speaking of which, I heard an insurance commercial today claiming that termites cause more damage to homes than hurricanes, tornadoes, and eartquakes combined. But it's hard to care about gradual things, no matter how significant.
And by 9/11?
What did the parent say? Terrorism is FUD. I think he meant this Administration actually promotes fear of terrorism, which is arguably true. But here's something that's inarguably true: terrorists terrorize in order to cause terror. Terror itself is an high degree of fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD). The very word "terrorism" places emphacis on emotional trauma to survivors, rather than the direct consequences of violence, because it's the terror, moreso than the destruction itself, that has an impact. That's why crashing planes into buildings is terrorism, whereas selling cigarettes is not.
I'm not saying we shouldn't combat the terrorists, but I'm saying we should remember than their main weapon against us is fear. Contrast that against, say, the Soviets, whose main weapon against us was hydrogen bombs. I'll take the terrorists any day.
In considering whether these "agreements to buy" should be considered "purchases," let's ask this question: what if Vonage had "agreed to sell" at 17 and the stock shot up to 25? And then Vonage said "whoah, we're not selling at 17, the new price is 25." I think all these people with "agreements" to buy at 17 would be filing a class action lawsuit right now. Unless you can dispute that (with a straight face), you can't fault Vonage.
Wow. Nice hyperbole. Milions of Iraqis have died? The anti-war "Iraq Body Count" has 42434 last time I looked.
I agree "millions" is hyperbole. But a few things should be said about www.iraqbodycount.net. First, it is not a full count, nor even an attempt to accurately estimate, of all iraqis who have died. First, they only count documented deaths, so it's a lower bound. If we measured the Holocaust that way, it wouldn't reach a million either. (Of course, there is more freedom of the press in current-day Iraq than Nazi Germany, don't get me wrong). Second, they only count "civilian" deaths, when of course many, many Iraqis have died in fighting (both with and against the US forces). This is by design, but must be included if you simply want to count "dead Iraqis."
Although, what I don't understand, is the idea the people are coming from other countries to 'liberate Iraq from the invaders' when, if they would stop it, the allied forces would leave sooner.
Of course they could stop the war at any time by choosing to lose. So could we.
The reporter (or more likely editor) is a PC fool whom doesn't realize the simple basic truth.
Actually, the quote is from a University of Southern California sociology and gender studies professor. Why don't you post your credentials next to his so we can objectively compare them.
No, I'm not saying we have to believe every expert who comes along. But the reporter did the right thing in quoting an expert in a relevant fiel I
I don't remember Fight Club being about a bunch of dorks in headgear smacking each other with sticks until one of them got a bloody nose while spouting poorly-paraphrased movie quotes at some bored reporter.
Then again, Fight Club is not real. It's not fair to complain when real life falls short of fiction.
We will have too trust our lives more and more too machines, we already do it in hospitals...
Nobody has pointed out the fact too obvious to see... that merely by flying, you're *already* entrusting your life to a machine. But somehow, over time, we've learned to trust the mechanical systems; that the engines will keep turning all the way over the Atlantic, the wings won't snap off in turbulence, etc, etc. Of course it was not always so. At one point people were afraid to fly because it was horribly dangerous.
My point simply being, that people can learn to trust machines. First they have to become trustworthy, and then there will be a long process of socialization. But eventually, people will think nothing of it.
It will happen eventually... but I doubt it will begin with Airliners full of paying passengers. I bet it will begin with unmanned reconnaisance vehicles for the military, which gradually get smarter. Then to carrying cargo. Then to carrying cargo domestically. Then to carrying troops. Then to domestic flights with one human pilot instead of two. And then, a long ways down the road, perhaps to a fully computerized system. I'm sure it will be very gradual.
these cardiac stem cells could one day be manipulated to rebuild tissues damaged by heart disease
Is there some reason these stem cells could only be used to rebuild heart tissue? Why not any other tissue? If there are stem cells scattered throughout the body, what is the motivation for getting them from human embryos?
I develop under both GPL and BSD licenses, based on the particular piece of code. If I think the code has strategic value (typically a library or framework), I'll develop under BSD so I can use it in any of my closed-source software too. Software which only has utilitarian value is typically released under GPL.
That makes no sense at all. Of course you can license your code to others under the GPL and still use it in your own proprietary products. You're not limited by the terms under which you license your code to others. That's like accusing Microsoft of hypocrisy for mass-duplicating their own software while also pressing piracy charges.
Thats a change in media delivery. That is not something hardware companies can help you with.
Yup, just like US Robotics couldn't help me when I lost interest in modems, and IOMega couldn't help me when I lost interest in Zip drives. And where are they now?
Tieing everythign to such a network is nice but what about downtime. You'll lose your tv watching capability, the lack of physical media will mean your cutoff from your media connection too.
The bulk of TV viewership is broadcast, satellite, and cable. Not physical media.
I'm not sure what more I could want with a new format.
Simple: instant delivery of whatever content I want at any time. A plastic disc is always going to require me to drive to a store or wait for the mail. I think HD-DVD may well be challenged by the Internet. If I were living in Japan, where fiber to the home is apparently a reality, a new disc format wouldn't excite me at all.
The article certainly fits in nicely with your comment, which goes along with the backlash we see here on slashdot every time a new feature-laden phone comes out.
And yet the one hard piece of data in the article is this:
Consumers last year paid $8.6 billion for so-called data applications on their phones, up 86 percent from the year before, according to wireless trade group CTIA.
86 percent increase in a year. What a backlash.
And then there's always the "usability expert," in this case one Roger Entner, who always have to put in their two cents:
"What do (customers) do best on the phone? They talk. What do they do worst? Type. Why is every user interface based on typing?" Entner said.
Wow, what a genius. Except the industry has already been struggling for years to do away with typing. Problem is, nobody has found a better substitute yet. Of course Ertner doesn't suggest one, thus unintentionally answering his own question of why the devices still use keyboards. But there you go.
Most of the deaths were attributed to a disruption in blood circulation caused by sitting in a single, cramped position for too long -- a problem known as "economy class syndrome," a reference to sitting in an airplane's smallest seats on long flights.
Apparently "economy class syndrome" is a popular name for deep vein thrombosis... formation of a blod clot in your veins, which can travel to your heart and kill you.
Maybe these PC baangs should put ReoPro on the menu.
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The irony is that world trade is all about saving money by shopping the globe for the most lenient laws, in order to cut the price of production. That's exactly why WalMart shelves are filled with Chinese products, and it's exactly why people buy music at allofmp3.com. Nike gets to evade US minimum wage and OSHA regulations, allofmp3.com gets to evade paying RIAA royalties.
So your point is what exactly? That Russia should now join the WTO simply to reaffirm its negative reputation for totalitarianism and suppression? What a brilliant plan.
More likely they just don't want anybody reselling the service. Pop a second Wi-Fi card into your laptop, get a merchant account to verify CC numbers and you're ready to make a killing undercutting their price by 50%. At least you'd recoup your own WiFi cost, with only 2 sales. Come to think of it, it wouldn't require ad-hoc anyways.
In fact the writeup says they'll be offering it to business travelers. I read "business" is a codeword for "people who are willing to pay extra," analogous to "business class seats" or "business class laptop."
If some generous people want to reduce my tax burden by taking the load off border patrol, that's fine with me. No, I don't think that will happen, but I think it's a clever way to let individual citizens "get involved" in a hotbutton issue. And I also think it could actually help.
A) Because Homer is on disability for obesity and has to work from home, and
B) What makes you think they are connected to the Internet?
I'm not saying we shouldn't combat the terrorists, but I'm saying we should remember than their main weapon against us is fear. Contrast that against, say, the Soviets, whose main weapon against us was hydrogen bombs. I'll take the terrorists any day.
In considering whether these "agreements to buy" should be considered "purchases," let's ask this question: what if Vonage had "agreed to sell" at 17 and the stock shot up to 25? And then Vonage said "whoah, we're not selling at 17, the new price is 25." I think all these people with "agreements" to buy at 17 would be filing a class action lawsuit right now. Unless you can dispute that (with a straight face), you can't fault Vonage.
Of course, a 5 minute Superbowl performance also pays more than a lifetime of changing bedpans.
No, I'm not saying we have to believe every expert who comes along. But the reporter did the right thing in quoting an expert in a relevant fiel I
My point simply being, that people can learn to trust machines. First they have to become trustworthy, and then there will be a long process of socialization. But eventually, people will think nothing of it.
It will happen eventually... but I doubt it will begin with Airliners full of paying passengers. I bet it will begin with unmanned reconnaisance vehicles for the military, which gradually get smarter. Then to carrying cargo. Then to carrying cargo domestically. Then to carrying troops. Then to domestic flights with one human pilot instead of two. And then, a long ways down the road, perhaps to a fully computerized system. I'm sure it will be very gradual.
What, MIT is co-ed now? Mortifying.
But the 86% figure doesnt refer to phone sales, it refers to sales of wireless services that require those phones.
And yet the one hard piece of data in the article is this:
86 percent increase in a year. What a backlash.And then there's always the "usability expert," in this case one Roger Entner, who always have to put in their two cents:
Wow, what a genius. Except the industry has already been struggling for years to do away with typing. Problem is, nobody has found a better substitute yet. Of course Ertner doesn't suggest one, thus unintentionally answering his own question of why the devices still use keyboards. But there you go.Maybe these PC baangs should put ReoPro on the menu.