Since their slogan is IBurn Machines, they might successfully argue it was simply a misunderstanding that that abbreviation was already used by some smallish, obscure company.
The generation of youngsters that is pushing these Social Networks into prominence have the attention span of a crack-addled butterfly. They will flit about and land on the next thing soon enough, and then, after they are done with it, the corporations will notice and will invest in it a couple of years after its lost its prominence. Ask a teen. Any teen.
Ya know, people did manage to get help before cell phones existed. Really. In fact, if someone has a heart attack in a restaraunt, you're more likely to have 20 people calling 911 simultaneously and clogging the system than one calm person using the ol' landline. One of the problems 911 centers have is too many people calling in the same incident because of cell phones. They don't broadcast it much, because calling is still better than not calling, but I don't think being unable to call 911 from you cell phone is a dire situation.
The owner of a business should ahve the ability to regulate what happens there. As for the Interstate analogy, I think putting in speed bumps in your parking lot would be a more apt analogy. Or enforcing parking restrictions.
I always thought that they should just rent out the Slashdot effect. Pay the site x-amount of money, and then Slashdot posts a link to that site so you can stress test your system- when you're expecting it;-)
Nope. It is far too unaerodynamic to reach such speeds without a prohibitive amount of initial energy. Certainly not unassisted.
Is it more powerful than a locomotive?
While it concumes about the same amount of raw fuel, it produces far too little in the way of mechanical enregy to pull even a single model RR caboose. Amtrak found this out to their chagrin.
Is it able to leap tall buildings with a single bound?
While it does acheive a much heralded TeraFLOP, it turns out that that word does not actually mean "hitting the Earth" as a casual guess at its derivation might assume. So, in a nutshell, no jumping, buildings or otherwise, without significant assistance.
Finally, does it fight for Truth, Justice, and the American Way?
The ultimate in guileless parroting, it will simply display whatever it is told, and will never consider the veracity of the content before micrying it. Justice is a bit trickier in that there is little about Justice that is agreed upon. Once GTA IV comes out however, there will no longer be any support for the notion of it supporting even justice with a little "j." As for the American Way... Well it does favor style over substance with an arrogant belief taht it will be Bought because it is Made. Which is about as close to the American Way these days as anything else. call it one out of three.
So, no, I would have to say that it would not qualify, in any quantity, as a "Super-Computer."
A counter thought would be that teenagers tend to make poor choices in their entertainment. Not always, but in general. So, instead of bored teens randomly walking around looking for fun, the Churches set up deathmatches in their basement. Not, perhaps the ebst solution, but at least they are in a safe environment having fun without any destruction and/or drug use. If it gets them to listen a bit better to the message, more power to 'em.
I'm not a lawyer, but I wonder if Ballmer's speech might be actionable in and of itself. In other words, Red Hat files suit against MS for defamation, Tortious Interference being the legalese methinks. Unless MS can prove the infringement, then they'd ahve to pay damages. Essentially forcing MS into the position that SCO put itself.
Of course if I could think of it, they surely could too, only they actually know what they're doing;-)
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Since their slogan is I Burn Machines, they might successfully argue it was simply a misunderstanding that that abbreviation was already used by some smallish, obscure company.
Of course the real question is how Maureen O'Gara spins this to favor SCO.
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I think the spoiler is that it's a Trek film with a plot.
Fixed the headline for you.
So far its only tenent is that "No one can hear you scream," but they're working on it.
The generation of youngsters that is pushing these Social Networks into prominence have the attention span of a crack-addled butterfly. They will flit about and land on the next thing soon enough, and then, after they are done with it, the corporations will notice and will invest in it a couple of years after its lost its prominence. Ask a teen. Any teen.
The owner of a business should ahve the ability to regulate what happens there. As for the Interstate analogy, I think putting in speed bumps in your parking lot would be a more apt analogy. Or enforcing parking restrictions.
I always thought that they should just rent out the Slashdot effect. Pay the site x-amount of money, and then Slashdot posts a link to that site so you can stress test your system- when you're expecting it;-)
Vista's still a bigger bomb.
They will come up with a better name than BrainPal.
Because Commodore killed the Amiga.
Which is exactly what I imagining! Nice.
Or even just a flying jet-powered motorcycle? Anyone? I'm looking at you Japan.
I know the crime rate is also tied into drug use. I can't help but wonder if, as more addicts die earlier, this can also lead to a lower crime rate.
My wife was on hold close to 14 hours to cancel our Verizon phone service. They have been loathed ever since for that and more...
Actually Comcast has been great in this area. But then again that's because they're being compared against the Verizon.
Nope. It is far too unaerodynamic to reach such speeds without a prohibitive amount of initial energy. Certainly not unassisted.
Is it more powerful than a locomotive?
While it concumes about the same amount of raw fuel, it produces far too little in the way of mechanical enregy to pull even a single model RR caboose. Amtrak found this out to their chagrin.
Is it able to leap tall buildings with a single bound?
While it does acheive a much heralded TeraFLOP, it turns out that that word does not actually mean "hitting the Earth" as a casual guess at its derivation might assume. So, in a nutshell, no jumping, buildings or otherwise, without significant assistance.
Finally, does it fight for Truth, Justice, and the American Way?
The ultimate in guileless parroting, it will simply display whatever it is told, and will never consider the veracity of the content before micrying it. Justice is a bit trickier in that there is little about Justice that is agreed upon. Once GTA IV comes out however, there will no longer be any support for the notion of it supporting even justice with a little "j." As for the American Way... Well it does favor style over substance with an arrogant belief taht it will be Bought because it is Made. Which is about as close to the American Way these days as anything else. call it one out of three.
So, no, I would have to say that it would not qualify, in any quantity, as a "Super-Computer."
A counter thought would be that teenagers tend to make poor choices in their entertainment. Not always, but in general. So, instead of bored teens randomly walking around looking for fun, the Churches set up deathmatches in their basement. Not, perhaps the ebst solution, but at least they are in a safe environment having fun without any destruction and/or drug use. If it gets them to listen a bit better to the message, more power to 'em.
Of course if I could think of it, they surely could too, only they actually know what they're doing;-)
Nyet! Stalin had more compassion than we do!
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