That's like saying if Microsoft gave away all the unfixable Xbox 360s that RRoD, people would not care about the red ring problem anymore.
I know if the two 360s I have that have RRoD would have been free to start with, I certainly wouldn't care as much. I'd have ~$800 more in my bank account too.
In the first case, he should be removed from his position by the shareholders ASAP, as he is damaging his companies profits. In the second case, he should be removed ASAP and charged with racketeering as well.
Too late... Whitacre retired in June 2007. Randall Stephenson is the current Chairman & CEO.
I never said I wanted any company to look out for me. I also didn't say private was any better than public. Just that a public company only has to answer to the shareholders.
As the post I replied to said... good for the shareholders, bad for the customers. But, who cares about the customers? The shareholders want their ROI.
the chances that if Google "lost" you email, you could actually reach someone at Google who could help you get your email back is a lot slimmer than the possibility that you could reach a helpful person at Charter.
wait... you mean there are helpful people at Charter? I wish I could talk to one of them when I call...
It's not that I have anything against RedHat. I'm typing this on a RH9 box. I just find it funny that you would think that Mandrake is "fairly big" and RedHat is "minimal".
I don't know what your HT does that mine doesn't. Without using a repeater, a handheld is good for a couple miles if you are lucky. If it wasn't for a repeater on top of a mountain or on a 500ft tower, your HT would be pretty short-range too.
There is only so much frequency space, and once it's been allocated, no one wants to give it up.
Do you really think that broadcast TV companies will come forward and say "Hey, we've got bandspace to spare, take some of ours!"?
Maybe there should be more stringent standards on how much interference an appliance creates?
But personally I say we just eliminate the broadcast TV frequencies. Only those with too much spare time and no cable service use it anyways. Let it go and get cable or satellite for pete's sake!
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The cat probably won't be as open to that as you may think... I would suggest using the -f option as well, just to be sure.
For the outstanding majority of people who don't buy music, TV shows, movies and iPhone apps however, it still is.
What was that saying? Something about statistics and being made up on the spot.
Have fun in Apple-land, 'cause it seems you ain't getting away from it any time soon.
Why would someone even care if there was another music player for the Mac if they weren't already "in Apple-land"?
Most likely from somewhere other than selling xbox 360 consoles.
That's like saying if Microsoft gave away all the unfixable Xbox 360s that RRoD, people would not care about the red ring problem anymore.
I know if the two 360s I have that have RRoD would have been free to start with, I certainly wouldn't care as much. I'd have ~$800 more in my bank account too.
In the first case, he should be removed from his position by the shareholders ASAP, as he is damaging his companies profits. In the second case, he should be removed ASAP and charged with racketeering as well.
Too late... Whitacre retired in June 2007. Randall Stephenson is the current Chairman & CEO.
Ohhh.... you must mean the great state of Chicago...
And if you watch the video you would know that the lecture wasn't for you... it was for his kids.
I never said I wanted any company to look out for me. I also didn't say private was any better than public. Just that a public company only has to answer to the shareholders.
As the post I replied to said... good for the shareholders, bad for the customers. But, who cares about the customers? The shareholders want their ROI.
Thus the problem with publicly traded companies... the only thing that matters are the shareholders.
How is ignoring the Part 97 rules any better than ignoring the Part 15 rules?
Be sure to let us all know when you start this great new ISP so we can all avoid it like the plague.
Actually, most of the 802.11b spectrum is in the 2.4GHz amateur band.
The are a couple of problems with doing this as a ham radio project though.
1) Everybody would have to have an amateur license.
2) You would have to play by the FCC rules for the amateur service.
I'm sure there are others, but those are the first ones that come to mind.
It's not that I have anything against RedHat. I'm typing this on a RH9 box. I just find it funny that you would think that Mandrake is "fairly big" and RedHat is "minimal".
I prefer redhat, but that's just cuz I run a minimal machine
There is only one word to describe that: oxymoron
What are you smokin'?
I don't know what your HT does that mine doesn't. Without using a repeater, a handheld is good for a couple miles if you are lucky. If it wasn't for a repeater on top of a mountain or on a 500ft tower, your HT would be pretty short-range too.
I'd argue that, instead of relying on grungy old men with ham radios, that emergency personel should have access to ham radios.
Uhhh... If the "emergency personnel" had "emergency power" (i.e. batteries, generators, etc.) the majority of their own radio systems would work.
Other than the frequency they are on and FCC type acceptance, amateur and commercial radio equipment is quite similar.
There is only so much frequency space, and once it's been allocated, no one wants to give it up.
Do you really think that broadcast TV companies will come forward and say "Hey, we've got bandspace to spare, take some of ours!"?
Maybe there should be more stringent standards on how much interference an appliance creates?
But personally I say we just eliminate the broadcast TV frequencies. Only those with too much spare time and no cable service use it anyways. Let it go and get cable or satellite for pete's sake!