I have mentioned this before, but I prefer the government create a public infastructure (much like public roads) that is turned over to a public corporation and leased to various providers. In the end this would reduce prices for everyone, provide service in remote areas and unbundle services, i.e. you could use vonage without internet access.
Someone mentioned the idea of privatizing the public roads. Why? It's worked as it is and promotes commerce and free enterprise. In fact the public roads have benefited us so much, the wires to our houses should also be public. This would promote compeition among internet carriers and cause a bunch of other services such as VOD and VOIP to florish. It wouldn't prevent others from connecting wires or building wireless networks, but it would ensure competition.
It does more than take the shine off their corporate presence. The major exchanges have stringent filing and reporting requirments. If SCO gets delisted it could have an enormous impact on their stock price since many investors, especially institutional investors will not touch an OTC stock.
The negative impact on the stock can have a profound ripple effect on the company. Shareholders or the board can revolt and shake up management. It could even open SCO to a hostile takeover....Michael...
I have been a palm user since the Palm III. They definitely defined the palm top and made it popular (with some help from the Newton, et al).
Now with Sony ditching their palm based products, we see how truly uninnovative Palm is. Sony had some of the best designs, including swivel displays, camera's, keyboards, WiFi, etc. Palm pretty much had the same old design, sometimes adding a feature here or there. After all, there is a palm that has a camera, but only that one unit. Some could play MP3's, but the business ones didn't have stereo sound. Retarded.
Unless palm can innovate, and quickly, the exodus will only continue. With Handspring and Sony gone it's pretty much up to them, and I don't see it happening. Even the owners of Handspring left Palm because they didn't like the direction it was going.
And now we have the Treo, thanks to them. Palm gets a hold of it and can't even put WiFi in it. Is that too much to ask? But to their credit it is probably the most feature rich Palm available.
For my next PDA I am seriously looking at a Dell. Cheap, and just about every feature you could want. VGA display, WiFi, Bluetooth, Compact Flash, etc. And these features are all in the same unit. What could I possibly buy from Palm that has all that?...Michael...
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I agree 100%. I am not sure they would have done any better charging less, but my impression is they locked too many hobbiest out.
After all, that's how linux started.
They should have licensed it based on third party add-ins. For example. $100 buys you the full version of Delphi. All components, all database clases, etc.
You want to connect to Starbase? (their version of CVS) That's an extra $400. Oh you want data modeling, that's $500, etc.
This way even the hobbiest can pump out quality apps that can be used up and down the Delphi chain. Current the stanard version of Delphi is so stripped that vendors have to ship multiple versions of their product for each version of Delphi....Michael...
There is one big difference that needs to be taken into account. The Internet is an open medium, compared to TV and radio which require a significant investment to get on air.
Some guy in his garage can host a website for pennies a day. For a little more, he can even handle a heavy volume of hits. He can also write a blog for free, etc. Let see him produce a TV show.
Because of the diversity of opinion on the Internet, it is a whole different beast. With TV and radio a handful of conglomerates own about 80-90% of TV stations, and I don't know about radio, but it consolidates everytime congress eases the ownership rules. This puts a lot of power in to a few hands, either the owners or people that can afford time.
Think of it this way. If everyone was a billionaire, we wouldn't need campaign finance reform. It helps level the playing field.
The nature of the Internet already levels the paying field, so why regulate it....Michael...
I was shipped a 451 instead of a 411 that I ordered about 7 months ago. Talk about a mistake, whew!
I recently upgraded my drive to 8x and even modded the ROM to boost some 4x media to 8x. I had some trouble with a custom mod I found (nero couldn't find the drive), but once I did the mods myself, which was easier than chewing buble gum and walking at the same time due to the great tools out there, I have been trouble free. I have had one coaster burning 8x on 4x Ritek media which costs me a whopping $.50 a piece.
While Lite-on doesn't encourage this, they are benifiting from it. I know 3 other people at work that bought a Lite-on, partly due to the active development community.
Once DL 16x is common, there really isn't much question which brand I will be buying, unless I can just upgrade the firmware, of course.:-)
Who knows maybe the lite-on can be upgraded to blue-light.:-)
Certain words will cause your email to be flagged as ham. Hmmmm Amazing!!! It only took 10000 emails to figure this out!!
And most people could have told him this is exactly how a Bayesian filter is supposed to work. DUH!
Many of the products out there will even show you the words and the probability assigned to each one. Imagine the time this could have saved this poor researcher.
I guess this is what happens when someone knows little about what they are researching.
Since everyone's word probability will be different AND change over time, I fail to see how this was even worth posting on/., after all I am sure there are already some good FAQs on Bayesian filtering....Michael...
I recently bought an ASUS A7V133 thinking I was safe in terms of stability. Nope, far from it. Wouldn't install XP or 2000 with the latest BIOS update (or the last 4). I also got a lot of data integrity problems, i.e. scan disk would find stuff almost every time I ran it (even with proper shutdowns).
Now I am running a cheap Amptron and have yet to have a problem. I guess you don't always get what you pay for.
So,back to the topic at hand, what makes you think ASUS's forage into new IDE controllers is going to help their MB's stability?
Not much. I think I'll pass....Michael...
This country was founded on Judeo Christian principals
Was it? Which ones? The seven deadly sins? The ten commandments? Only 2 of the ten commandments are law (3 in some places). Many of the founding fathers were not even "Christian". Where do you get this from?
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I have mentioned this before, but I prefer the government create a public infastructure (much like public roads) that is turned over to a public corporation and leased to various providers. In the end this would reduce prices for everyone, provide service in remote areas and unbundle services, i.e. you could use vonage without internet access.
...Michael...
I detail it more here: http://michaelsilver.us/?p=1
Taxes aren't the way to do it. Competition is.
Someone mentioned the idea of privatizing the public roads. Why? It's worked as it is and promotes commerce and free enterprise. In fact the public roads have benefited us so much, the wires to our houses should also be public. This would promote compeition among internet carriers and cause a bunch of other services such as VOD and VOIP to florish. It wouldn't prevent others from connecting wires or building wireless networks, but it would ensure competition.
...Michael...
It needs some tweaking, but here is the plan:
http://michaelsilver.us/?p=1
Tunnelier is about the best tunneling program out there:
...Michael...
http://www.bitvise.com/tunnelier.html
Also be sure to check out the SwitchProxy extension for Firefox:
http://mozmonkey.com/
In the article, I read that some computers are sold on the black market. Why is that? Taxes? Stolen parts? Pirated software? ...Michael...
It does more than take the shine off their corporate presence. The major exchanges have stringent filing and reporting requirments. If SCO gets delisted it could have an enormous impact on their stock price since many investors, especially institutional investors will not touch an OTC stock. The negative impact on the stock can have a profound ripple effect on the company. Shareholders or the board can revolt and shake up management. It could even open SCO to a hostile takeover. ...Michael...
I have been a palm user since the Palm III. They definitely defined the palm top and made it popular (with some help from the Newton, et al).
...Michael...
Now with Sony ditching their palm based products, we see how truly uninnovative Palm is. Sony had some of the best designs, including swivel displays, camera's, keyboards, WiFi, etc. Palm pretty much had the same old design, sometimes adding a feature here or there. After all, there is a palm that has a camera, but only that one unit. Some could play MP3's, but the business ones didn't have stereo sound. Retarded.
Unless palm can innovate, and quickly, the exodus will only continue. With Handspring and Sony gone it's pretty much up to them, and I don't see it happening. Even the owners of Handspring left Palm because they didn't like the direction it was going.
And now we have the Treo, thanks to them. Palm gets a hold of it and can't even put WiFi in it. Is that too much to ask? But to their credit it is probably the most feature rich Palm available.
For my next PDA I am seriously looking at a Dell. Cheap, and just about every feature you could want. VGA display, WiFi, Bluetooth, Compact Flash, etc. And these features are all in the same unit. What could I possibly buy from Palm that has all that?
I agree 100%. I am not sure they would have done any better charging less, but my impression is they locked too many hobbiest out.
...Michael...
After all, that's how linux started.
They should have licensed it based on third party add-ins. For example. $100 buys you the full version of Delphi. All components, all database clases, etc.
You want to connect to Starbase? (their version of CVS) That's an extra $400. Oh you want data modeling, that's $500, etc.
This way even the hobbiest can pump out quality apps that can be used up and down the Delphi chain. Current the stanard version of Delphi is so stripped that vendors have to ship multiple versions of their product for each version of Delphi.
Perhaps I am over reacting, but this is huge. AMD use to fight to keep with Intel, and now *Intel* is playing catch up.
...Michael...
AMD may soon be in a spot to dictate processor advances and even bus specifications. This could have siginicant impact for future PC's.
What's next? Microsoft losing the desktop?!?!
I now wish I would have held on to my AMD stock!
I thought reverse engineering was now against the law.
...Michael...
Remember the DCMA?
Hmmm, Good point. I didn't even think of that angle.
...Michael...
There is one big difference that needs to be taken into account. The Internet is an open medium, compared to TV and radio which require a significant investment to get on air. Some guy in his garage can host a website for pennies a day. For a little more, he can even handle a heavy volume of hits. He can also write a blog for free, etc. Let see him produce a TV show. Because of the diversity of opinion on the Internet, it is a whole different beast. With TV and radio a handful of conglomerates own about 80-90% of TV stations, and I don't know about radio, but it consolidates everytime congress eases the ownership rules. This puts a lot of power in to a few hands, either the owners or people that can afford time. Think of it this way. If everyone was a billionaire, we wouldn't need campaign finance reform. It helps level the playing field. The nature of the Internet already levels the paying field, so why regulate it. ...Michael...
I was shipped a 451 instead of a 411 that I ordered about 7 months ago. Talk about a mistake, whew!
:-)
:-)
...Michael...
I recently upgraded my drive to 8x and even modded the ROM to boost some 4x media to 8x. I had some trouble with a custom mod I found (nero couldn't find the drive), but once I did the mods myself, which was easier than chewing buble gum and walking at the same time due to the great tools out there, I have been trouble free. I have had one coaster burning 8x on 4x Ritek media which costs me a whopping $.50 a piece.
While Lite-on doesn't encourage this, they are benifiting from it. I know 3 other people at work that bought a Lite-on, partly due to the active development community.
Once DL 16x is common, there really isn't much question which brand I will be buying, unless I can just upgrade the firmware, of course.
Who knows maybe the lite-on can be upgraded to blue-light.
This article really proves very little.
/., after all I am sure there are already some good FAQs on Bayesian filtering. ...Michael...
Certain words will cause your email to be flagged as ham. Hmmmm Amazing!!! It only took 10000 emails to figure this out!!
And most people could have told him this is exactly how a Bayesian filter is supposed to work. DUH!
Many of the products out there will even show you the words and the probability assigned to each one. Imagine the time this could have saved this poor researcher.
I guess this is what happens when someone knows little about what they are researching.
Since everyone's word probability will be different AND change over time, I fail to see how this was even worth posting on
I recently bought an ASUS A7V133 thinking I was safe in terms of stability. Nope, far from it. Wouldn't install XP or 2000 with the latest BIOS update (or the last 4). I also got a lot of data integrity problems, i.e. scan disk would find stuff almost every time I ran it (even with proper shutdowns). Now I am running a cheap Amptron and have yet to have a problem. I guess you don't always get what you pay for. So,back to the topic at hand, what makes you think ASUS's forage into new IDE controllers is going to help their MB's stability? Not much. I think I'll pass. ...Michael...
This country was founded on Judeo Christian principals
...Michael...
Was it? Which ones? The seven deadly sins? The ten commandments? Only 2 of the ten commandments are law (3 in some places). Many of the founding fathers were not even "Christian". Where do you get this from?