I think the problem was not that we bailed them out, but that we bailed BOTH of them out.
Right, just like to teach a drunk driver a lesson we shouldn't save both his legs after a car crash, just one of them, and let the other one rot.
That's not the way the human body works, and it's not the way the economy works either. All parts are connected to the whole, and if one limb is affected it will soon affect the whole body.
That's why what started as a credit crisis became a mortgage crisis, and now an economic crisis.
BOTH legs (Fannie AND Freddie) had to be saved, otherwise the economy wouldn't be able to effectively recover (let's hope that's what happens).
I for one will not stand for this kind of shabby treatment!
How dare you impugn the integrity of Jack Thompson, the legal mind who gave the great state of Florida it's most famous legal document!
The now-defunct browser called Netcaptor was the first to implement tabbed browsing. It was originally released by Adam Stiles in 1998, and was a shell for IE's Trident rendering engine. I still use it as an IE replacement for IE-only sites, and you can get the last version from the Netcaptor site
Just seconding your comment, SP3 made a big positive difference on my HP 6715b (AMD chipset), one really noticeable thing is that the Add/Remove software window loads super fast compared to how long it used to take. Overall its a very good update.
Greater regulation protecting the idea of net neutrality (that is, an open network without higher status for certain packets over others and without intentional blocking/delay of certain packets) could be part of the solution, in the same way that the dismantling of the Hollywood studio system in the 1960s paved the way for the cinematic creative explosion of the 1970s and ultimately the current blockbuster/tent pole business model.
The Hollywood studios howled that their business was being destroyed by government interference, but without it we would never have a system that gave the directors more power over their films and Jaws, the first blockbuster, wouldn't have been released - the rest is history. Regulation can open up markets and increase creativity and profits, if it's done correctly.
This is just Comcast PR spin doctor damage control, since most people won't differentiate between Bittorrent, Inc and the bittorrent protocol. Comcast is just saying that they will stop inhibiting Bittorent, Inc's traffic without mentioning other bittorent programs/services like Azureus, utorrent, etc... Or possibly Comcast will give Bittorent, Inc. preferential treatment as compared to other bittorrent programs/services - so long, net neutrality!
The real issue is Comcast underinvesting in its infrastructure to the point where nodes meant to serve 400 residential customers are serving up to 700 (as confirmed to me by a tech who came in for a service call). In fact, Comcast actually INCREASED it's dividend to shareholders this year, meaning that instead of investing its increased profits into its own network for the benefit of its customers, it paid out to investors since the stock price is stagnant and it hopes they will plow that dividend back into Comcast shares.
Without investing in its infrastructure Comcast will continue to use underhanded tactics to scrimp and save bandwidth costs on a seriously overburdened network, to the detriment of its millions of customers. Complain loudly enough to Comcast and threaten to switch providers unless their service improves - ultimately that's the only way to make it change course to a customer-centric business model, which ultimately is the only way for it to stay in business.
posting the following is a little too close to saying "swap answers here":
"If you request to join, please use the forms to discuss/post solutions to the chemistry assignments. Please input your solutions if they are not already posted."
In an attempt to provide content that would complement its high-speed connections, @Home bought the Excite Web portal for $6.7 billion in January 1999. Also as part of this strategy, the company in 1999 spent $780 million for Blue Mountain Arts, a provider of online greeting cards.
But the pipes-and-content strategy failed as online advertising revenue shriveled and investors fled high-flying Net stocks. As a result, Excite@Home went through several management shake-ups and strategy shifts, all of which failed to pull it out of a downward spiral.
Seeing as the telecoms gained about $200 billion in increased fees and tax breaks since AT&T's breakup in 1984. That money was supposed to be used to upgrade the entire nation's infrastructure from copper wiring to fiber optics, but was instead used to pad the pockets of executives and shareholders. Find out more here.
...(I do not mean to be elitist). You may find me on the other side soon in the unwashed 99.95% of the populace...
Sure, there's no way you're being elitist by referring to the majority as "the unwashed masses"...
The FCC gives SBC a free pass to stifle competition by recreating the AT&T conglomerate that was broken up in 1984 but they have a problem with cable company size?
And allowing local/regional phone and cable monopolies rather than leveling the playing field for 3rd parties to rent coax and phone lines from incumbents hurts the consumer more than any other decision the FCC makes.
Not to mention that the FCC has done nothing significant in the most egregious abuse of access, that of AT&T (formerly SBC) allowing the NSA to essentially wiretap the entire internet backbone...
MS will drop the price of the 120GB hard drive as soon as all Core 360 SKUs are off the market, so that people who don't care about HDMI won't go buying a Core + hard drive at the same price as an Elite 360.
Think about it, if the new hard drive cost less than $180, then it would make sense for new 360 buyers who don't need HDMI to buy a Core 360 and an accompanying drive at a cheaper price than the Elite 360, whereas with the current price points it's a better option for them to splurge on an Elite. This is product positioning 101, always make the case for the upsell!
Why is ScuttleMonkey so skeptical of this story, it seems very likely considering how attractive the raw data-mining power of Google must be to the CIA, especially after the 9/11 Commission Report exposed the incredibly outdated technology they had been using prior to the current WAR ON TERROR (be afraid, be very afraid!).
The Chinese government is waging a 100-day battle against software and media piracy, the largest such effort ever conducted.
After launching the effort on July 15, Chinese police and copyright officials have raided 537,000 illegal publication markets and distributors in major cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin and Liaoning Province. Of these, government officials have closed down 8,907 shops and street vendors, 481 publishing companies and 942 illegal websites.
Two of the largest pirated media operations in Liaoning Province, one located near Shenyang's Sanhao Street, the other in the Science and Technology Park of Liaoning University, were among those targeted.
These two centres provided over 90 per cent of all pirated compact disks to the city residents, said Wang Hongyu, head of Shenyang Anti-Pirated Enforcement Team. But now you can hardly find any pirated products there.
The crack down was initiated by more than 10 ministries and national departments, including the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Security, the State Administration of Press and Publication, and the National Copyright Administration. Each of the 13 million illegal CDs and DVDs that were seized up to this point in the raids were destroyed on September 16th.
The best of the pack overall turned out to be the Panasonic TH-42PX50U. It was about $8000 higher than the Sony RP-LCD, but its picture quality just couldn't be denied, and that's what I wound up purchasing.
I really, really hope you meant $800, because otherwise you overspent. A LOT.
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I think the problem was not that we bailed them out, but that we bailed BOTH of them out.
Right, just like to teach a drunk driver a lesson we shouldn't save both his legs after a car crash, just one of them, and let the other one rot.
That's not the way the human body works, and it's not the way the economy works either. All parts are connected to the whole, and if one limb is affected it will soon affect the whole body.
That's why what started as a credit crisis became a mortgage crisis, and now an economic crisis.
BOTH legs (Fannie AND Freddie) had to be saved, otherwise the economy wouldn't be able to effectively recover (let's hope that's what happens).
I for one will not stand for this kind of shabby treatment! How dare you impugn the integrity of Jack Thompson, the legal mind who gave the great state of Florida it's most famous legal document!
The now-defunct browser called Netcaptor was the first to implement tabbed browsing. It was originally released by Adam Stiles in 1998, and was a shell for IE's Trident rendering engine. I still use it as an IE replacement for IE-only sites, and you can get the last version from the Netcaptor site
Just seconding your comment, SP3 made a big positive difference on my HP 6715b (AMD chipset), one really noticeable thing is that the Add/Remove software window loads super fast compared to how long it used to take. Overall its a very good update.
Greater regulation protecting the idea of net neutrality (that is, an open network without higher status for certain packets over others and without intentional blocking/delay of certain packets) could be part of the solution, in the same way that the dismantling of the Hollywood studio system in the 1960s paved the way for the cinematic creative explosion of the 1970s and ultimately the current blockbuster/tent pole business model.
The Hollywood studios howled that their business was being destroyed by government interference, but without it we would never have a system that gave the directors more power over their films and Jaws, the first blockbuster, wouldn't have been released - the rest is history. Regulation can open up markets and increase creativity and profits, if it's done correctly.
This is just Comcast PR spin doctor damage control, since most people won't differentiate between Bittorrent, Inc and the bittorrent protocol. Comcast is just saying that they will stop inhibiting Bittorent, Inc's traffic without mentioning other bittorent programs/services like Azureus, utorrent, etc... Or possibly Comcast will give Bittorent, Inc. preferential treatment as compared to other bittorrent programs/services - so long, net neutrality!
The real issue is Comcast underinvesting in its infrastructure to the point where nodes meant to serve 400 residential customers are serving up to 700 (as confirmed to me by a tech who came in for a service call). In fact, Comcast actually INCREASED it's dividend to shareholders this year, meaning that instead of investing its increased profits into its own network for the benefit of its customers, it paid out to investors since the stock price is stagnant and it hopes they will plow that dividend back into Comcast shares.
Without investing in its infrastructure Comcast will continue to use underhanded tactics to scrimp and save bandwidth costs on a seriously overburdened network, to the detriment of its millions of customers. Complain loudly enough to Comcast and threaten to switch providers unless their service improves - ultimately that's the only way to make it change course to a customer-centric business model, which ultimately is the only way for it to stay in business.
From the article:
In an attempt to provide content that would complement its high-speed connections, @Home bought the Excite Web portal for $6.7 billion in January 1999. Also as part of this strategy, the company in 1999 spent $780 million for Blue Mountain Arts, a provider of online greeting cards.
But the pipes-and-content strategy failed as online advertising revenue shriveled and investors fled high-flying Net stocks. As a result, Excite@Home went through several management shake-ups and strategy shifts, all of which failed to pull it out of a downward spiral.
When I read the headline I thought the article would be about this man. My mistake.
netcraftconfirmsit
Seeing as the telecoms gained about $200 billion in increased fees and tax breaks since AT&T's breakup in 1984. That money was supposed to be used to upgrade the entire nation's infrastructure from copper wiring to fiber optics, but was instead used to pad the pockets of executives and shareholders. Find out more here.
...(I do not mean to be elitist). You may find me on the other side soon in the unwashed 99.95% of the populace...Sure, there's no way you're being elitist by referring to the majority as "the unwashed masses"...
The FCC gives SBC a free pass to stifle competition by recreating the AT&T conglomerate that was broken up in 1984 but they have a problem with cable company size?
And allowing local/regional phone and cable monopolies rather than leveling the playing field for 3rd parties to rent coax and phone lines from incumbents hurts the consumer more than any other decision the FCC makes.
Not to mention that the FCC has done nothing significant in the most egregious abuse of access, that of AT&T (formerly SBC) allowing the NSA to essentially wiretap the entire internet backbone...
So are recordings of whale mating calls circa 1979-1984. What gives, Amazon and iTunes?
Reading your comment and trying to understand the analogy is like tying my head to a stop sign and waiting for the wind to stop blowing...???
MS will drop the price of the 120GB hard drive as soon as all Core 360 SKUs are off the market, so that people who don't care about HDMI won't go buying a Core + hard drive at the same price as an Elite 360.
Think about it, if the new hard drive cost less than $180, then it would make sense for new 360 buyers who don't need HDMI to buy a Core 360 and an accompanying drive at a cheaper price than the Elite 360, whereas with the current price points it's a better option for them to splurge on an Elite. This is product positioning 101, always make the case for the upsell!
Ohhhhhh, now I get it... [Looks furtively around to see if anyone knows he doesn't get it]
Why is ScuttleMonkey so skeptical of this story, it seems very likely considering how attractive the raw data-mining power of Google must be to the CIA, especially after the 9/11 Commission Report exposed the incredibly outdated technology they had been using prior to the current WAR ON TERROR (be afraid, be very afraid!).
Simple, he'll just shoot a lottery ball through it...
full text:
The Chinese government is waging a 100-day battle against software and media piracy, the largest such effort ever conducted.
After launching the effort on July 15, Chinese police and copyright officials have raided 537,000 illegal publication markets and distributors in major cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin and Liaoning Province. Of these, government officials have closed down 8,907 shops and street vendors, 481 publishing companies and 942 illegal websites.
Two of the largest pirated media operations in Liaoning Province, one located near Shenyang's Sanhao Street, the other in the Science and Technology Park of Liaoning University, were among those targeted.
These two centres provided over 90 per cent of all pirated compact disks to the city residents, said Wang Hongyu, head of Shenyang Anti-Pirated Enforcement Team. But now you can hardly find any pirated products there.
The crack down was initiated by more than 10 ministries and national departments, including the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Security, the State Administration of Press and Publication, and the National Copyright Administration. Each of the 13 million illegal CDs and DVDs that were seized up to this point in the raids were destroyed on September 16th.
Sam: [looking at rasp "Rasp, rasp, rasp."
Max: "You're losing it Sam."
Damn dude, I was just trying to get a "+5 Funny". Sheesh... ;-)
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Uhh, moosesocks is it? The parent poster was quoting DVORAK, not Cringely. So vouch for Cringely all you want, but we aren't discussing him ATM.