Someone else replying to parent mentioned use of guns, but I think this is a bad analogy and should be applied instead to communications protocols.
You can use HTTP, FTP, cell-phones and other communication mediums -wether protocol based or not- to perform illegal activities. I guess given the current legal system Bram has no choice. But if the reason is to protect his company assets, maybe we ought to shut down the entire Internet in order to fully prevent illegal activity. Or not. I think given the system we have it works, and the economic benefits of the Internet far outweigh its negatives.
I'm using Leopard and enabled the firewall and per-application blocking. I find it convienient at its enabled in two or three mouse clicks like the Windows firewall. I'm not a security techie but I understand as far as OS firewalls and there never being a magic bullet that should not ever be the only solution I should use.
Given that Apple may or likely has a flaw to fix in its Firewall, what solutions are there for additional protection? I'd been using PortSentry (a former Cisco package, now OSS on Sourceforge) on my Tiger system. It compiled, installed and worked on Tiger using GCC but no longer on Leopard. I frankly don't trust Norton and some of the other "firewall" expert 'solutions' companies. I'd like to say I would be willing to learn IPFW firewall rules (I assume Leopard uses this) but the level of technical expertise needed is well beyond my knowledge level. I'm not a techie and learning to implement firewall rules demands expertise and is a fine art in itself - as is computer security.
So, what other level of security might make up for Leopard's lack of a good firewall? I like using OSS as there is support, its free (can't afford more software) and the code is open for review by community. Suggestions?
I wonder what will happen when the CIO's job is 'automated' or gets outsourced. I'm well aware some companies are starting to outsource executive and management jobs to 'other' countries. It could be where the dollar is more competitive/cheaper or to a 3rd world country. When this has happened in the past, I can't remember reading too much vocal opposition to the idea. Will we see jobless executives protesting on the streets, in front of state of government buildings? When will they join Joe-employee in our quests to save and keep jobs in our own countries.
The point is too that there isn't much more important and a set of 'exclusive' skills demanded than that of an executive. Will we get to the point where their jobs will be automated? What work will there be left to do?
A company I worked for outsourced as much as 1/2 of its web development -within same city- to a tech recruiting firm simply because of lack of space in the building.
I share the same sentiment of magazines in general. Most PC or computer magazines every month share a basic level of understanding. I'm not looking for a magazine from which to program (IANAP), but I would like something to broaden my knowledge. The problem is, many magazines have lost the idea of being informative and entertaining. Many simply present an opinion, reviews which are supported by its advertisers like MacWorld and PCWorld, or show you how to 20 ways to use Word effectively: 1) Copy and Paste from one Document to another! ; 20) Save often. It doesn't offer how to merge 20 word documents into one and keep all the same formatting between. Make a magazine focused on computer use for computer-literate office professionals dammit!!!
I've found for instance, the Economist too literal and boring. I've done my share of research on similar topics that I already know what the article is going to say within the first paragraph. I used to buy some music magazines but a few are too "Hippy" now and lost their appeal. That's the thing, once it becomes "popular" magazines usually lose the appeal to the original subscriber base.
Breaking from the Slashdot demographic;) the only magazines I generally keep reading now are sports-training related. And an occasional Wired, because there is sometimes a good blending of information, entertainment and interesting. Magazines should be, no?
For lack of space in the title, I should also add illegal downloads of (Windows and Leopard).
I think a fair assumption to make is that a large majority of Vista sales are on new computers. I think the interesting 'statistic' will be the number of Leopard sales in coming months as compared to Windows purchases (and downloads!). These purchases will likely be a part of a new PC purchase (or with some MS products) the purchase of hardware + OEM license.... who'd pay full retail for the OS?
Anyways, with the new Leopard features, it will be interesting to see whose marketing non-geek consumers believe come time of a new computer purchase. And, whether some people choose the extra expense of buying new apps for a new Mac or choose to continue using XP for fear apps won't work with Vista. Or those that choose no OS on thier PC.
In the end, I think Vista's image is a bit tarnished in the media and word-of-mouth. I have used it. I'm keeping XP on my computer. I think a Service pack and a media campaign is what MS needs, to recover the public image, regardless of whether technically or not Vista needs it.
Might there not be a health concern/issues with nanotube or nano-anything (yes that was technical!), being used? Their structures are so small our immune systems can't block it and it might adhere to cell walls more than we 'd ever want to. Wearing such body armor, which would stop speeding bullets, IEDs, mines, rockets from injuring soldiers might not be a good idea. The injury from the enemy fire might not be the only concern.
I wanted to voice my concern over this research, though it may be too late after posting for most here to read it. I recently graduated from university and I'm a Gen X'er. But at the end of the curve - so I'm almost a Gen Y.
The problem is in North America and Europe at least that with baby boomers retiring, there is a huge need for people to continue working permanent employment to sustain the economy and keep "the system" working.
If the idea is sent of this research is that Gen X or Y don't want to work - its not true. Employers in some ways have been limiting factors. There is less permanent employment, less opportunities for advancement from starting jobs and less on-the job training. There are more temp agencies being used. If the demand for future employment needs to be met in the private sector, employers really need to get working on filling the gaps with younger, driven workers that are willing to train, educate and work hard on the job. Much like previous generation.
Seriously. I hope if an HR person or executive is reading this, they take this seriously. Give us new grad Gen X's and Y's a chance. I'm willing to bet most of us are willing to work hard. I don't consider my employer to be Club Med.
I would agree with this. AT&T as best as news reports and rumors confirm, has exclusivity on US market with iPhone for a few years. AT&T as far as other posts here and in previous threads indicate, have not been very customer service friendly. Exclusivity can *also* work to the benefit of customers? Why? Well, if AT&T doesn't fix is service problems and there is a threat (real or not) of not having exclusivity in the market of a really cool, counter-cultural, amazing, fabulous (yeah I'm marketing spinning here) phone that changes the industry around and makes AT&T a TON of money... and AT&T can't fix their problems, then only thing exclusivity proved is that only the best provider deserves the phone anyways so market competition will solve this instantly.
Put another way, with Lock-in, AT&T should be able to dominate the iPhone market after lock-in isn't present. So it works to the Telecom's advantage and Apples' (guaranteed success). If it doesn't Apple can't wipe its hands clean. Wasn't its fault. But one company just paid a ton of money to advertise freely for Apple. It was AT&Ts fault. Then another company can walk in and take over.
I'd agree. Rather than it being telling of Apple's controlling nature (though I would agree with this as well), its even more telling of AT&T and *how* they are perceived by others - either by past experience or by word of mouth. Its a telling statistic and indicates how powerful and controlling that experience and word of mouth can be.
If nearly 20% of the people buying an iPhone (negating those outside US or AT&T serviced US) are willing to buy an iPhone and use it to its full potential, there must be a reason no one wants to sign up with the provider. And it can't be a cost issue. Someone already has more than enough money to buy the phone, and the monthly plans - at least data rates - would make me not hesitant at all to get in the first place. At least, I'm used to paying Canadian providers' data rates. What happened to data rates with iPhone only are amazing and hope spread across the industry.
I am sure that others that have exchanged such causal relationships, not including exchanging CDs- with work-colleagues and have contracted "something" have similar stories to tell.;)
Just make sure these uber-geek friends aren't called Bubba Sam Anderson or Betsy Angelina Abbott, ok? Because there are many bad things the will give you. Much worse, I reckon than what you'd catch in prison. Yes, they're sleeping with the enemy!
Modeled after all those movies on clandestine, stalker boyfriend movies... the illegal wiretap must be done as follows:
1. Buy a white utility van. Buy a blue -not black- uniform so no one can see you under the streetlight. Your company name should have pizza or florist in it. 2. Climb utility pole. Connect phone line to your headphones. Its not more technical than this. Now you hear all the phone conversations. 3. ???? 4. Profit!!!
An equally good question I have is, are all Canadian artists represented by SOCAN? What of the monies for tracks from non-members, does it still go to them? Is there a list of non-SOCAN members I can get a list of that are still Canadian?
IMO, the music biz is one sinking ship. Its screwed itself over-and-over again. It goes to show that you cannot purely run or support a business model by using lobbyists and lawyers (our country could use a lot less of these creatures, and out forests would be thankful for saving globs of paper).
I would protest this. But if past experience is any indication, my gut feeling is that letters of protest are ignored unless the protest is backed by significant "denominations" of colored paper that is made in Canada. Its too bad that the stores have to adopt this. I bought from iTunes a few times and had a good experience. I wouldn't want to cut them out of the loop, just SOCAN. I'd like to instead buy used CDS *and* hope that more Canadian artists let you buy their tracks on-line ala what Radiohead did and you determine what money they get.
This doesn't detract from my argument, but I have far more purchased CDs of music (some 400) that even after downloading some MP3s, one has to realize that a collection has its limits as their is only so much time in the day to listen to the stuff. I'd probably have to take 2 or 3 weeks straight of work off just to listen to all the stuff.
As this software is going to be run presumably directly on the Web or through a delivery system like STEAM, what choice does the user have of upgrading the software? If its web-based are you using only the current version or can you choose ver 1.0, 1.5 and such. Forcing upgrades on customers would force them to accept the bugs of the current version which may effect productivity and being able to complete a task causing delay, reduction in productivity and such. I don't think the system of delivery would affect speed of patches either.
I honestly wonder if some of these posts aren't printed and used internally at Microsoft as either: cubicle decorations, motivation to make better code or ammunition to convince managers to improve the development process.
I expected this very problem to happen and have taken corrective measures. Simply, I use one large file for everything.
Think about the innovation that is being created here. I can access all the spreadsheets I have ever created whilst updating my current webpage project, search for an e-mail archive and read the latest TPS Report Coversheet without changing files. It means I don't have to partition my hard drive. And I only have *one* file ever to backup.
This has simplified my daily work to the point I fired all my IT staff. Thanks Microsoft!
This is very true. When I have to copy a large amount of files in XP, I always use the command line (where practical) because the GUI will slow the system considerably. Command line doesn't.
I'm doing the same math as you. And we've reached the same conclusion. Either we both suck at math or some people don't 'get it'.;)
Yes, its ridiculous that you can't get a tower for the same price as you once could with the G5. That's also why I was peculiar in mentioning the enclosure. This super-duper liquid cooled system and super-fancy case that started with the G5s and is fancier even in the Intel models is sure to add $400 or $500 to the price. And I question the necessity.
And their add-ons at system build time are nowhere near competing with Dell, let alone the local computer guy. Fine the Mac Pro Ram is non-standard and requires a special heat-sink and need ECC. But aftermarket companies are selling RAM which works in said systems for less. Why aren't they more competitive? Trying to pull a Sun or an SGI on RAM prices? If I'm going to invest in a Mac Pro, I'm not going to go and add aftermarket parts as you would have to given Apple's pricing and risk voiding the warranty.
I follow some of the Apple 'rumor' sites. Curiously there are no known updates on the Mac Pro and the Mac Book Pro seems to be rumored for an upgrade in the Winter. Apple seems to be weaning off the Mac Mini (as I hear the Mini has had poor sales). It seems new hardware will have Leopard included but will not be upgraded.
Consider most iMac users will *require* an enclosure if they want to use Time Machine as it will only work with an add-on drive and not on the system disk.
This leaves me to ask, will we see a go-between on the Mac Pro and the iMac? I'd really love to see a lower cost tower than the Mac Pro. Expandable hard drive bays, upgradable video card and an extra DVD drive in the same case would be most welcome. My iMac G5 is in need of replacement and the footprint of the system when I account for the external DVD and dual-HDD enclosure doesn't make it seem as worthwhile for space saving.
Finder *is* definitely much improved. On a lower end system, its much faster and has enough features and speed increase it makes using Path Finder negligible.
Since this is already way-off topic (!) and you also like Saget's comedy, has he ever released a CD or DVD of routines. I only saw it *once* on the comedy channel. Sheer fluke. I love the really dirty jokes he comes up with and its hard to find any other comparable comedian.
Bloody ironic too that he wasn't even the 'funny man' role on Full House. "Joey" is just a really sad comedian in comparison.
The merger before it ever happened was grossly over-hyped in the media and Wall-Street as I recall. Some people were doing this, IMO, to make a serious sum of cash, thus the over-hyping. People that didn't understand tech only saw one really big company merging with another which would inevitably lead to huge profits. But for those of us who saw different having seen the crises that AOL was working itself into, I think its safe to say the tech media and techies saw this as a bad move.
These job cuts are directly related to failed marketing.
I've been dying to try-out AOL for many years. I heard about it on TV and in newspapers. But I could never 'access' it. I think they lost a lot of money because they kept sending me shiny metal and plastic coffee coasters in the mail and with magazines. It was a very kind gesture on their part. I really like the company as they're funding my coffee habit indirectly. Printing these coasters with their company logo must have cost a lot of money. Maybe they should sell coffee w/ a free coaster instead.
Yeah, I know about the CRTC reg of the industry. I was commenting on Ontario and Quebec. With Vancouver, I meant it in the sense that the virtual monopolies that exist there probably account for the higher rates every one pays for services.
Nevertheless, if TekSavvy will be operating in Vancouver, sounds great to me! I happen to be planning to move there soon.
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Someone else replying to parent mentioned use of guns, but I think this is a bad analogy and should be applied instead to communications protocols.
You can use HTTP, FTP, cell-phones and other communication mediums -wether protocol based or not- to perform illegal activities. I guess given the current legal system Bram has no choice. But if the reason is to protect his company assets, maybe we ought to shut down the entire Internet in order to fully prevent illegal activity. Or not. I think given the system we have it works, and the economic benefits of the Internet far outweigh its negatives.
I'm using Leopard and enabled the firewall and per-application blocking. I find it convienient at its enabled in two or three mouse clicks like the Windows firewall. I'm not a security techie but I understand as far as OS firewalls and there never being a magic bullet that should not ever be the only solution I should use.
Given that Apple may or likely has a flaw to fix in its Firewall, what solutions are there for additional protection? I'd been using PortSentry (a former Cisco package, now OSS on Sourceforge) on my Tiger system. It compiled, installed and worked on Tiger using GCC but no longer on Leopard. I frankly don't trust Norton and some of the other "firewall" expert 'solutions' companies. I'd like to say I would be willing to learn IPFW firewall rules (I assume Leopard uses this) but the level of technical expertise needed is well beyond my knowledge level. I'm not a techie and learning to implement firewall rules demands expertise and is a fine art in itself - as is computer security.
So, what other level of security might make up for Leopard's lack of a good firewall? I like using OSS as there is support, its free (can't afford more software) and the code is open for review by community. Suggestions?
I wonder what will happen when the CIO's job is 'automated' or gets outsourced. I'm well aware some companies are starting to outsource executive and management jobs to 'other' countries. It could be where the dollar is more competitive/cheaper or to a 3rd world country. When this has happened in the past, I can't remember reading too much vocal opposition to the idea. Will we see jobless executives protesting on the streets, in front of state of government buildings? When will they join Joe-employee in our quests to save and keep jobs in our own countries.
The point is too that there isn't much more important and a set of 'exclusive' skills demanded than that of an executive. Will we get to the point where their jobs will be automated? What work will there be left to do?
A company I worked for outsourced as much as 1/2 of its web development -within same city- to a tech recruiting firm simply because of lack of space in the building.
I share the same sentiment of magazines in general. Most PC or computer magazines every month share a basic level of understanding. I'm not looking for a magazine from which to program (IANAP), but I would like something to broaden my knowledge. The problem is, many magazines have lost the idea of being informative and entertaining. Many simply present an opinion, reviews which are supported by its advertisers like MacWorld and PCWorld, or show you how to 20 ways to use Word effectively: 1) Copy and Paste from one Document to another! ; 20) Save often. It doesn't offer how to merge 20 word documents into one and keep all the same formatting between. Make a magazine focused on computer use for computer-literate office professionals dammit!!!
;) the only magazines I generally keep reading now are sports-training related. And an occasional Wired, because there is sometimes a good blending of information, entertainment and interesting. Magazines should be, no?
I've found for instance, the Economist too literal and boring. I've done my share of research on similar topics that I already know what the article is going to say within the first paragraph. I used to buy some music magazines but a few are too "Hippy" now and lost their appeal. That's the thing, once it becomes "popular" magazines usually lose the appeal to the original subscriber base.
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For lack of space in the title, I should also add illegal downloads of (Windows and Leopard).
.... who'd pay full retail for the OS?
I think a fair assumption to make is that a large majority of Vista sales are on new computers. I think the interesting 'statistic' will be the number of Leopard sales in coming months as compared to Windows purchases (and downloads!). These purchases will likely be a part of a new PC purchase (or with some MS products) the purchase of hardware + OEM license
Anyways, with the new Leopard features, it will be interesting to see whose marketing non-geek consumers believe come time of a new computer purchase. And, whether some people choose the extra expense of buying new apps for a new Mac or choose to continue using XP for fear apps won't work with Vista. Or those that choose no OS on thier PC.
In the end, I think Vista's image is a bit tarnished in the media and word-of-mouth. I have used it. I'm keeping XP on my computer. I think a Service pack and a media campaign is what MS needs, to recover the public image, regardless of whether technically or not Vista needs it.
Might there not be a health concern/issues with nanotube or nano-anything (yes that was technical!), being used? Their structures are so small our immune systems can't block it and it might adhere to cell walls more than we
'd ever want to. Wearing such body armor, which would stop speeding bullets, IEDs, mines, rockets from injuring soldiers might not be a good idea. The injury from the enemy fire might not be the only concern.
I wanted to voice my concern over this research, though it may be too late after posting for most here to read it. I recently graduated from university and I'm a Gen X'er. But at the end of the curve - so I'm almost a Gen Y.
The problem is in North America and Europe at least that with baby boomers retiring, there is a huge need for people to continue working permanent employment to sustain the economy and keep "the system" working.
If the idea is sent of this research is that Gen X or Y don't want to work - its not true. Employers in some ways have been limiting factors. There is less permanent employment, less opportunities for advancement from starting jobs and less on-the job training. There are more temp agencies being used. If the demand for future employment needs to be met in the private sector, employers really need to get working on filling the gaps with younger, driven workers that are willing to train, educate and work hard on the job. Much like previous generation.
Seriously. I hope if an HR person or executive is reading this, they take this seriously. Give us new grad Gen X's and Y's a chance. I'm willing to bet most of us are willing to work hard. I don't consider my employer to be Club Med.
I would agree with this. AT&T as best as news reports and rumors confirm, has exclusivity on US market with iPhone for a few years. AT&T as far as other posts here and in previous threads indicate, have not been very customer service friendly. Exclusivity can *also* work to the benefit of customers? Why? Well, if AT&T doesn't fix is service problems and there is a threat (real or not) of not having exclusivity in the market of a really cool, counter-cultural, amazing, fabulous (yeah I'm marketing spinning here) phone that changes the industry around and makes AT&T a TON of money ... and AT&T can't fix their problems, then only thing exclusivity proved is that only the best provider deserves the phone anyways so market competition will solve this instantly.
Put another way, with Lock-in, AT&T should be able to dominate the iPhone market after lock-in isn't present. So it works to the Telecom's advantage and Apples' (guaranteed success). If it doesn't Apple can't wipe its hands clean. Wasn't its fault. But one company just paid a ton of money to advertise freely for Apple. It was AT&Ts fault. Then another company can walk in and take over.
I'd agree. Rather than it being telling of Apple's controlling nature (though I would agree with this as well), its even more telling of AT&T and *how* they are perceived by others - either by past experience or by word of mouth. Its a telling statistic and indicates how powerful and controlling that experience and word of mouth can be.
If nearly 20% of the people buying an iPhone (negating those outside US or AT&T serviced US) are willing to buy an iPhone and use it to its full potential, there must be a reason no one wants to sign up with the provider. And it can't be a cost issue. Someone already has more than enough money to buy the phone, and the monthly plans - at least data rates - would make me not hesitant at all to get in the first place. At least, I'm used to paying Canadian providers' data rates. What happened to data rates with iPhone only are amazing and hope spread across the industry.
I am sure that others that have exchanged such causal relationships, not including exchanging CDs- with work-colleagues and have contracted "something" have similar stories to tell. ;)
Just make sure these uber-geek friends aren't called Bubba Sam Anderson or Betsy Angelina Abbott, ok? Because there are many bad things the will give you. Much worse, I reckon than what you'd catch in prison. Yes, they're sleeping with the enemy!
Modeled after all those movies on clandestine, stalker boyfriend movies... the illegal wiretap must be done as follows:
1. Buy a white utility van. Buy a blue -not black- uniform so no one can see you under the streetlight. Your company name should have pizza or florist in it.
2. Climb utility pole. Connect phone line to your headphones. Its not more technical than this. Now you hear all the phone conversations.
3. ????
4. Profit!!!
An equally good question I have is, are all Canadian artists represented by SOCAN? What of the monies for tracks from non-members, does it still go to them? Is there a list of non-SOCAN members I can get a list of that are still Canadian?
IMO, the music biz is one sinking ship. Its screwed itself over-and-over again. It goes to show that you cannot purely run or support a business model by using lobbyists and lawyers (our country could use a lot less of these creatures, and out forests would be thankful for saving globs of paper).
I would protest this. But if past experience is any indication, my gut feeling is that letters of protest are ignored unless the protest is backed by significant "denominations" of colored paper that is made in Canada. Its too bad that the stores have to adopt this. I bought from iTunes a few times and had a good experience. I wouldn't want to cut them out of the loop, just SOCAN. I'd like to instead buy used CDS *and* hope that more Canadian artists let you buy their tracks on-line ala what Radiohead did and you determine what money they get.
This doesn't detract from my argument, but I have far more purchased CDs of music (some 400) that even after downloading some MP3s, one has to realize that a collection has its limits as their is only so much time in the day to listen to the stuff. I'd probably have to take 2 or 3 weeks straight of work off just to listen to all the stuff.
Repeat after me: "A breath of fresh air can only happen when patents are in the air!"
As this software is going to be run presumably directly on the Web or through a delivery system like STEAM, what choice does the user have of upgrading the software? If its web-based are you using only the current version or can you choose ver 1.0, 1.5 and such. Forcing upgrades on customers would force them to accept the bugs of the current version which may effect productivity and being able to complete a task causing delay, reduction in productivity and such. I don't think the system of delivery would affect speed of patches either.
People have been saying gaming in arcades has been dead for years. Could we see our PCs recycling the use of the quarter coin collectors?
This is modded funny, but how about 'Reality'?
I honestly wonder if some of these posts aren't printed and used internally at Microsoft as either: cubicle decorations, motivation to make better code or ammunition to convince managers to improve the development process.
I expected this very problem to happen and have taken corrective measures. Simply, I use one large file for everything.
Think about the innovation that is being created here. I can access all the spreadsheets I have ever created whilst updating my current webpage project, search for an e-mail archive and read the latest TPS Report Coversheet without changing files. It means I don't have to partition my hard drive. And I only have *one* file ever to backup.
This has simplified my daily work to the point I fired all my IT staff. Thanks Microsoft!
This is very true. When I have to copy a large amount of files in XP, I always use the command line (where practical) because the GUI will slow the system considerably. Command line doesn't.
I'm doing the same math as you. And we've reached the same conclusion. Either we both suck at math or some people don't 'get it'. ;)
Yes, its ridiculous that you can't get a tower for the same price as you once could with the G5. That's also why I was peculiar in mentioning the enclosure. This super-duper liquid cooled system and super-fancy case that started with the G5s and is fancier even in the Intel models is sure to add $400 or $500 to the price. And I question the necessity.
And their add-ons at system build time are nowhere near competing with Dell, let alone the local computer guy. Fine the Mac Pro Ram is non-standard and requires a special heat-sink and need ECC. But aftermarket companies are selling RAM which works in said systems for less. Why aren't they more competitive? Trying to pull a Sun or an SGI on RAM prices? If I'm going to invest in a Mac Pro, I'm not going to go and add aftermarket parts as you would have to given Apple's pricing and risk voiding the warranty.
I follow some of the Apple 'rumor' sites. Curiously there are no known updates on the Mac Pro and the Mac Book Pro seems to be rumored for an upgrade in the Winter. Apple seems to be weaning off the Mac Mini (as I hear the Mini has had poor sales). It seems new hardware will have Leopard included but will not be upgraded.
Consider most iMac users will *require* an enclosure if they want to use Time Machine as it will only work with an add-on drive and not on the system disk.
This leaves me to ask, will we see a go-between on the Mac Pro and the iMac? I'd really love to see a lower cost tower than the Mac Pro. Expandable hard drive bays, upgradable video card and an extra DVD drive in the same case would be most welcome. My iMac G5 is in need of replacement and the footprint of the system when I account for the external DVD and dual-HDD enclosure doesn't make it seem as worthwhile for space saving.
Finder *is* definitely much improved. On a lower end system, its much faster and has enough features and speed increase it makes using Path Finder negligible.
Since this is already way-off topic (!) and you also like Saget's comedy, has he ever released a CD or DVD of routines. I only saw it *once* on the comedy channel. Sheer fluke. I love the really dirty jokes he comes up with and its hard to find any other comparable comedian.
Bloody ironic too that he wasn't even the 'funny man' role on Full House. "Joey" is just a really sad comedian in comparison.
The merger before it ever happened was grossly over-hyped in the media and Wall-Street as I recall. Some people were doing this, IMO, to make a serious sum of cash, thus the over-hyping. People that didn't understand tech only saw one really big company merging with another which would inevitably lead to huge profits. But for those of us who saw different having seen the crises that AOL was working itself into, I think its safe to say the tech media and techies saw this as a bad move.
These job cuts are directly related to failed marketing.
I've been dying to try-out AOL for many years. I heard about it on TV and in newspapers. But I could never 'access' it. I think they lost a lot of money because they kept sending me shiny metal and plastic coffee coasters in the mail and with magazines. It was a very kind gesture on their part. I really like the company as they're funding my coffee habit indirectly. Printing these coasters with their company logo must have cost a lot of money. Maybe they should sell coffee w/ a free coaster instead.
Yeah, I know about the CRTC reg of the industry. I was commenting on Ontario and Quebec. With Vancouver, I meant it in the sense that the virtual monopolies that exist there probably account for the higher rates every one pays for services.
Nevertheless, if TekSavvy will be operating in Vancouver, sounds great to me! I happen to be planning to move there soon.