The capper for me was yesterday. I live in the SF Bay Area, and I got behind a commercial step van with a list of South Bay Area cities it served, and 'Cupertino' was spelled 'Cuppertino'.
For that matter, there used to be a street sign for Lafayette (a main street in the area) but the spelling was 'Laffayette'. I think that one's been fixed by now, but it was that way for several years.
I think he's wasting his time trying to scrape together another couple percent of the market. What they need to do, to please their shareholders, is find completely new sources of revenue.
What do you think MS has been trying to do the last few years? The problem is, it's not easy to find new $1-2Bn businesses to replace ones that are eroding. See http://www.seattleweekly.com/features/0422/040602_ news_microsoft.php for example. It's the classic inventor's dilemma. MS is too big to care about $100 million businesses, so they miss out on things that might grow later. And they missed the one thing that a few years ago would be big enough for them to care about by being too greedy (that being internet services on the order of.Mac and others).
Sorry, this analogy doesn't work. If a window is unlocked, it's easy to see that is so and how to lock it.
Going a little deeper, it's all about risk/benefit. People know the risks of having a window, and feel it's worth it to have the benefits of a window.
You simply cannot say that about the Windoze/IE flaws. Most people have little understanding (even now) of the risks of using insecure software and little or no understanding of how to mitigate the risks. The benefits are obvious, but the risks are still an unknown to most users.
IANAL, but I'm willing to believe that a class action suit against MS could be mounted and might even prevail, based on the negligence of the company.
If I'm a manager, and I can't manage people who are smarter and more capable than I am, that I am the organizational bottleneck. It is imperative to be able to work with people who are smarter than you are.
Absolutely! One of the best bosses I ever had was a guy who made a point of hiring people who were smarter than he and then letting them do the job he knew they could do.
Hold off on the suicidal tendencies, here. Jobs was adamant in the conference call last week that the price would remain at 99 cents, regardless of the rumors that were floating around.
I think Apple is in the driver's seat on this, so I bet the price will not be going up...
Yes, my point is that they sell those powerPC chips do Apple, but they could simply say: nah, why sell them to the number 2?:)
I'm sorry, but this is just plain silly. There's no advantage to Apple to work with Real. But there's a huge advantage to IBM working with Apple: it lets IBM showcase PowerPC technology (and, by the way, make and sell lots of chips).
And I respond: Mac OS X users do not have to buy the server product to get this capability, but XP users (apparently) do.
It doesn't matter to me that it's not inherent in the technology. If I cannot do it after spending $300 on XP Pro, but I can do it with $139 Mac OS X, I'll give you one guess which I think is better and more useful to me...
I have Win XP Pro, and, while 2 users can be logged in at one time (one at the console, the other over a network), they both cannot be working at the same time.
I don't call that "truly multi-user."
By contrast, my Mac, running OS X, is truly multi-user: I can connect to it over the network while someone else is at the console, and we both can do stuff.
In addition to the points made in the parent, I'm willing to bet that Apple is required by its contracts with the music companies to defend the copyrights of said companies. If Apple didn't do what they are doing about this, the music companies might be able to sue Apple for breach of contract.
So, however odious these moves might be to some (doesn't affect me, I don't use Playfair or anticipate the need for it), Apple is probably legally required to defend its rights in this matter. Complain to the music companies, not Apple....
You may be a consumer. I prefer to think of myself as a customer, and insist on being treated as such by companies (large or small) that I do business with.
You're on the right track. Basically, the biz model for home users is broken, because (as I understand it) the equipment for hopping the step-down transformers is pretty expensive, and in the US most of the step-downs service only about 20 homes. I would think this is even more of a problem with rural homes. If the power cos also have to add filters to notch out the amateur and FEMA frequencies (which the FCC ruling appears to require), that adds even more expense to the infrastructure.
The power companies might find it more cost-effective to string fiber on their rights of way and become a service provider in that manner.
However, any way you look at it, this is a diversion from the main mission of the power companies: to deliver power to homes and businesses.
yep, you got me! I do remember reading that story many (how many? never mind!) years ago. Guess I forgot, and did what's known as a back etymology. Oh well.
Was the guy drunk? Seemed to have trouble talking coherently. Although he walked OK, and the deputy was a bit incoherent as well. Perhaps it's just adrenaline...
I was a bit more concerned when they pulled the girl out of the truck and onto the ground and cuffed her. That seemed totally unnecessary. The view isn't clear, but wasn't she a teenager?
Right now, the priority for me is to unseat Bush, so I will vote accordingly. And set my spam filters to filter all political spam. If they are all doing it, then this is a vote-neutral issue for me. (Much as I hate to say that.)
Who's "forc[ing them] to develop and support a website free of charge"? Either people develop a website or they don't. No one is holding a gun to their heads to make people develop websites. Yet plenty of people do it with no advertising at all (I'm one!)
If you think SPAM is bad, you ain't seen nothin' yet, if this article is true. I predict an arms race... Full-motion ad blocker, anyone?
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Some of these drive me nuts. "Walla" when Voilá is meant, for example.
The capper for me was yesterday. I live in the SF Bay Area, and I got behind a commercial step van with a list of South Bay Area cities it served, and 'Cupertino' was spelled 'Cuppertino'. For that matter, there used to be a street sign for Lafayette (a main street in the area) but the spelling was 'Laffayette'. I think that one's been fixed by now, but it was that way for several years.
What do you think MS has been trying to do the last few years? The problem is, it's not easy to find new $1-2Bn businesses to replace ones that are eroding. See http://www.seattleweekly.com/features/0422/040602_ news_microsoft.php for example. It's the classic inventor's dilemma. MS is too big to care about $100 million businesses, so they miss out on things that might grow later. And they missed the one thing that a few years ago would be big enough for them to care about by being too greedy (that being internet services on the order of .Mac and others).
Going a little deeper, it's all about risk/benefit. People know the risks of having a window, and feel it's worth it to have the benefits of a window.
You simply cannot say that about the Windoze/IE flaws. Most people have little understanding (even now) of the risks of using insecure software and little or no understanding of how to mitigate the risks. The benefits are obvious, but the risks are still an unknown to most users.
IANAL, but I'm willing to believe that a class action suit against MS could be mounted and might even prevail, based on the negligence of the company.
Absolutely! One of the best bosses I ever had was a guy who made a point of hiring people who were smarter than he and then letting them do the job he knew they could do.
I think Apple is in the driver's seat on this, so I bet the price will not be going up...
This is simple to guard against: Don't let anyone else drive your car...
I'm sorry, but this is just plain silly. There's no advantage to Apple to work with Real. But there's a huge advantage to IBM working with Apple: it lets IBM showcase PowerPC technology (and, by the way, make and sell lots of chips).
It doesn't matter to me that it's not inherent in the technology. If I cannot do it after spending $300 on XP Pro, but I can do it with $139 Mac OS X, I'll give you one guess which I think is better and more useful to me...
If there is a way to do the equivalent with XP, I've never heard of it. Let me know if there is one; I'm always ready to have my ignorance lessened.
I don't call that "truly multi-user."
By contrast, my Mac, running OS X, is truly multi-user: I can connect to it over the network while someone else is at the console, and we both can do stuff.
So, however odious these moves might be to some (doesn't affect me, I don't use Playfair or anticipate the need for it), Apple is probably legally required to defend its rights in this matter. Complain to the music companies, not Apple....
Yup. As Robert Heinlein once said, it's extracted under anesthesia.
Well, it happened to me a few years ago. Anyone else?
You may be a consumer. I prefer to think of myself as a customer, and insist on being treated as such by companies (large or small) that I do business with.
What are "non-standard citizens"? A citizen is a citizen, right?
The power companies might find it more cost-effective to string fiber on their rights of way and become a service provider in that manner.
However, any way you look at it, this is a diversion from the main mission of the power companies: to deliver power to homes and businesses.
I still send it both as HI and HEE.
I was a bit more concerned when they pulled the girl out of the truck and onto the ground and cuffed her. That seemed totally unnecessary. The view isn't clear, but wasn't she a teenager?
Less so now that most people use iambic keyers, but yes, there are definite distinctions between different senders of morse code.
The original morse laugh was hi (.... ..) but many, including me sometimes, stretch out the dits in the i and make it hee (.... . .).
By the way, it's di-dah-dah-di-dah-dit (A and C run together in what's known as a prosign).
Right now, the priority for me is to unseat Bush, so I will vote accordingly. And set my spam filters to filter all political spam. If they are all doing it, then this is a vote-neutral issue for me. (Much as I hate to say that.)
I think the letter is perfect. The last paragraph takes the gloves off, is all.
If you think SPAM is bad, you ain't seen nothin' yet, if this article is true. I predict an arms race... Full-motion ad blocker, anyone?