I had my first taste of real French champagne this New Year's Eve....woweee wow wow!!. It was a 1990. The stuff tasted fantastic but was so powerful it made my hands numb during the first glass.
The taste was incredible. I always thought that French champagne had to be an overblown snob legend. It isn't. It really transports you taste wise. I had it with celebratory popcorn being a peasant n' all.
In early post WWII America the pejorative term, Made in Japan was a label generally applied to anything that was shoddy or poorly done. We now look at companies such as Sony, Toyota as leaders in good quality merchandise.
Perhaps India will enjoy the same evolution. Maybe in ten years well-engineered software, etc. from India will have the same esteem which we hold Japanese products. Every industrial toddler country entering the world of business has to find its feet. Japan did--so will India
From the Article:
The SCO Group has again extended its offer of cut-price Linux licences, this time until the end of the year - and possibly beyond.
The UnixWare licensing scheme, announced at the beginning of August, set the price at $1,399 (828) per server for Fortune 1000 companies, but offered a special price of $699 for those who signed up before 15 October.
The attractive feature of this software product is that it is bundled with a blue-suited lawyer-in-a-box.
The article didn't address fully the durability issues with iPods
I have one of the first generation iPods. One of the first things I did with my new player was slam it in the car door. HARD!! It didn't seem to mind a bit.
I read a few months ago about a fellow who slammed his iPod in the hood of the car--kept opening and shutting the hood on the sturdy little iPod with no damage at least to the iPod.
As long as Mom and Dad keep makin' IdJits glad that Apple is makin' iPods;)
From the article: Both Pepsi and McDonald's are paying Apple's retail price of 99 cents per song
Looks like the artists are going to get their usual cut in this "give away". Brittney will have plenty of cash for mascara--Eminem will have plenty of money for white t-shirts.
But Weiner said the use of Shopping Buddies and self-checkout counters won't cost any jobs....... there's plenty of other work to be done in running a supermarket -- stocking shelves, cutting salami, sweeping up. Weiner said the displaced cashiers will be moved to these other tasks.
One employee task that comes to mind is a big row of bicycles (a'la the movie, Soylent Green) that would run the generators producing electricity for the freezers. Employees would enjoy fitness and a paycheck;)
The "Fried Snake" may be digitally enhanced; however, we fix computers in the tropics and find the darndest things.
Momma gecko (small lizard) layed her eggs in a nice toasty Dell computer. Apparently, as soon as egg #1 hatched the resulting egg "goo" fried the motherboard/shorted out something.
From the article: The mice will also have a feature that lets people switch between open applications by pressing down on the scroll wheel instead of using the keyboard.
Good news!! Joe Blow consumer can now crash his computer in a new and exciting way. I hope this mouse comes in colors.
The roughly 339lb car (517lb with driver) with 1500 watts of power won by nearly 5 hours -
Heck, if I can find a 105 lb jockey and strap him on a fiberglass board with my 1500 W hair dryer I'd beat the weight class.....Oh yeah, the a-c plug....damn!.
Yep, I agree with "gorjusborg the redundant"....working 10 hours a day leaves 14 hours for exercise/sleep/TV/pizza gathering.
Join a gym. Have your Mom yell down the basement stairs at 6 am for you to wake up. Get out of bed and get thyself to the gym--not just any gym--a co-ed gym.
There is nothing like the sight of a few 20 year olds in spandex to make a man hold in his beer belly. This isometric stomach exercise should be enough to eliminate the fat problem. Moving around and using some of the equipment might help as well..
This morning regimen still leaves plenty of time for you to arrive late at work (as usual) and start reading emails from friends and Slashdot articles;)
From the article: We're fortunate to start with significant seed funding, and we expect to spend the bulk of it on salaries for key staff members and technical contributors.
I liked that they said their money was going for salaries. This is refreshingly honest. Most press releases from organizations steer away from the fact that everybody needs a little $$ to survive.
This is better than trying to make us believe that first they save the whales, then go for profitability..
From the piece: In one possible scenario, a technician with data goggles bends over the engine block of a luxury car and removes the covering. He is receiving instructions through an ear piece telling him what to do next while his data goggles mark the screws and bolts on which he must next place his tool.'.
It makes me wonder, when this technology is going to enter the field of medicine? I don't think I am ready for a physician with a Dell box strapped to his head..
There were three words (conveniently put in bold) in this quoted section of the article that gave me pause.
1) Water pressure of the electromagnetic centrifugal pump is relatively weak. If the thickness of the circulation channel is decreased, cooling-liquid flow is restricted.
(2) The system is difficult to install as the tank, pump and CPU attached area are all inter-connected to a metal pipe and a rubber tube.
(3) Installation of a large tank is necessary as cooling liquid seeps through the resin parts of the tank, pump and the connection tubes resulting in liquid reduction over time.
These three "selling points" to me just stress how prone to failure this product can be. I read it as follows:
1. The water pressure sucks. 2. The thing is pain to put together 3. And the water will evaporate in a New York minute.
Guess the writer was given some heavy truth serum before he wrote this one up.
There is nothing in trusted computing to benefit the consumer. I am hoping the word will get out to the average consumer in time for them to rebel by keeping their $$$'s to themselves.
The very things that computer users want to be protected from--viruses and the tons of spam messages--are not addressed with these "improvements".
As eloquently outlined in the Times article:
the new encrypted computing world, even the most mundane word-processing document or e-mail message would be accompanied by a software security guard controlling who can view it, where it can be sent and even when it will be erased. Also, the secure PC is specifically intended to protect digital movies and music from online piracy.
But while beneficial to the entertainment industry and corporate operations, the new systems will not necessarily be immune to computer viruses or unwanted spam e-mail messages, the two most severe irritants to PC users.
"Microsoft's use of the term `trusted computing' is a great piece of doublespeak," said Dan Sokol, a computer engineer based in San Jose, Calif., who was one of the original members of the Homebrew Computing Club, the pioneering PC group. "What they're really saying is, `We don't trust you, the user of this computer.' "
In "trusted computing" the public gets no security; the FAT entertainment industry gets fatter; and the common man is unduly scrutinized.
Let's hope our everyday "Joe Consumer" rebels. If Intel comes out with a chip with this trusted-Big-Brother component, I hope the American consumer leaves it rotting on the shelves.
Money talks, b.s. walks. If the public refuses to buy this garbage which is hyped to protect them, perhaps the companies will look at this trusted computing issue again and drop it in the trash can it belongs.
Linux companies have been releasing supposedly user-friendly distributions for years,... the newly minted SuSE Linux Desktop -- the software the city of Munich will be using
If the employees of the City of Munich are as humorless as our DMV the user-friendliness or lack thereof will not be apparent to them.
Press Release: Trojan Condoms will hereinafter be called "Greeks". As any mythology student knows the Greeks and the Trojans in mythology were opponents. The Trojan Company in an effort to distance itself from the "trojans" in the cyber world will change sides in this epic conflict and now refer to their fine product as "Greeks".
Press Release Number Two: Bill's Bait Shop will now refer to their worms as "Fancy Pink Wriggling Fish Food". Bill's Bait Shop, in an effort to distance itself from the "worms" in the cyber world will now refer to their fine product as "Fancy Pink Wriggling Fish Food".
I worked early in my life as a "headhunter" for corporate America. This gave me a rather different view of applicants for jobs than they have of themselves.
For example, from the Fortune article: Klinck earned more than $200,000 a year at MetLife, managed more than 1,000 people, and knows languages and programs ranging from Fortran to PeopleSoft, but cold-calling for jobs has been--well, cold.
I hope that Mr. Klinck reads my post and finds it useful. Klinck's problem or anyone at his high level in the employment food chain is that there are very few companies who could afford him. The "Catch-22" is that even if he says he will take a salary cut in half--$100,000--companies won't believe he will live happily on this relative pittance. He is screwed in corporate America.
Unless he is very lucky and lands a MetLife clone job, his best bet is to hire himself. Mr. Klinck has very little choice other than to become self-employed. He is the only person/company who can afford to hire him.
Verisign had a fiduciary duty to protect Mr. Kremen from theft of his property. They didn't do their jobs and they should pay.
They aren't guilty of theft like Steven Michael Cohen. Verisign is guilty of not protecting the domain name which in this case is very valuable property.
This is like a bank giving away the money of a customer to someone who fraudulently obtains access to their account.
Just by the premise that Verisign accepts people's money to protect and secure a domain name is proof in itself that domains are valuable. If they weren't valuable companies and individuals wouldn't be paying hard, cold cash to assure that the domain doesn't slip away from them.
Verisign would be better off compensating Mr. Kremen than sending a message to all their customers that they are not trustworthy.
Transient0 lightly touched on what could be a key point in this study. He said, "I'm concerned this might be just a half assed study, but that it might end up being quoted to prevent a lot of people who definitely deserve work hazard or disability compentsation from receiving it."
From the article, The research, appearing in this weekâ(TM)s Journal of the American Medical Association, was conducted by the Department of Occupational Medicine, Herning Hospital, Herning, Denmark, with financing from the Danish Medical Research Council and the Danish Ministry of Employment, National Work Environment Authority.
Perhaps our Danish Slashdotters could fill us in about the organizations who funded this study. It very well could have been funded by government or insurance interests who have money to save by not having to pay for work related injuries.
I would look it up in Google and do the research for myself. I would also expound upon my research results at length; however, my eyes are sore from this monitor glare and my wrists are killing me.
I scanned the article in Fortune specifically to see what was the first action that made Foundstone's employees turn on him like a wolverine in heat. I was satisfied with this paragraph in answering my question.
Foundstone's troubles began last October when the company brought a trade-secrets case against J.D. Glaser, its former director of engineering, accusing him of stealing proprietary code.
This was, in my view, the pivotal point in the downfall of the company. It was Newton's Third Law of Motion in action. Foundstone poked Glaser in the eye, and Glaser poked back. The benches of the opposing teams emptied out on the field for an old-fashioned brawl. This human element in business and history in general has always served as a fascination to me.
If Foundstone would have let Glaser go off and start his company without the eye gouging would there have been this expose'? I think not. Perhaps the company's small regard for employees would have brought to a head problems brewing within the firm. Lots of companies are not nice to their employees; but, I don't think it would be such potent fodder for Fortune magazine.
If this guy ever goes camping, which is doubtful given his penchant for the computer life; I would like to go along.
I Imagine that before the s'mores are grilled (graham crackers, hershey bars & marshmallows) he will have a king sized bed made out of duck down, a T.V. made out of acorns, and an air conditioner made out of discarded spam cans.
From the NASA webpage The robotic arm will be capable of movement in much the same way as a human arm with an elbow and wrist, and will place instruments directly up against rock and soil targets of interest. In the mechanical "fist" of the arm is a microscopic camera that will serve the same purpose as a geologist's handheld magnifying lens. The Rock Abrasion Tool serves the purpose of a geologist's rock hammer to expose the insides of rocks.
Then the Martians will come up (practical jokers that they are) and put silly putty in the robotic hand and some lady Martian's thong underwear on the robotic arm.
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The taste was incredible. I always thought that French champagne had to be an overblown snob legend. It isn't. It really transports you taste wise. I had it with celebratory popcorn being a peasant n' all.
Perhaps India will enjoy the same evolution. Maybe in ten years well-engineered software, etc. from India will have the same esteem which we hold Japanese products. Every industrial toddler country entering the world of business has to find its feet. Japan did--so will India
The attractive feature of this software product is that it is bundled with a blue-suited lawyer-in-a-box.
I have one of the first generation iPods. One of the first things I did with my new player was slam it in the car door. HARD!! It didn't seem to mind a bit.
I read a few months ago about a fellow who slammed his iPod in the hood of the car--kept opening and shutting the hood on the sturdy little iPod with no damage at least to the iPod.
As long as Mom and Dad keep makin' IdJits glad that Apple is makin' iPods ;)
Looks like the artists are going to get their usual cut in this "give away". Brittney will have plenty of cash for mascara--Eminem will have plenty of money for white t-shirts.
One employee task that comes to mind is a big row of bicycles (a'la the movie, Soylent Green) that would run the generators producing electricity for the freezers. Employees would enjoy fitness and a paycheck ;)
Momma gecko (small lizard) layed her eggs in a nice toasty Dell computer. Apparently, as soon as egg #1 hatched the resulting egg "goo" fried the motherboard/shorted out something.
Mrs. Gecko was unavailable for comment.
Good news!! Joe Blow consumer can now crash his computer in a new and exciting way. I hope this mouse comes in colors.
Heck, if I can find a 105 lb jockey and strap him on a fiberglass board with my 1500 W hair dryer I'd beat the weight class.....Oh yeah, the a-c plug....damn!.
Join a gym. Have your Mom yell down the basement stairs at 6 am for you to wake up. Get out of bed and get thyself to the gym--not just any gym--a co-ed gym.
There is nothing like the sight of a few 20 year olds in spandex to make a man hold in his beer belly. This isometric stomach exercise should be enough to eliminate the fat problem. Moving around and using some of the equipment might help as well..
This morning regimen still leaves plenty of time for you to arrive late at work (as usual) and start reading emails from friends and Slashdot articles;)
I liked that they said their money was going for salaries. This is refreshingly honest. Most press releases from organizations steer away from the fact that everybody needs a little $$ to survive.
This is better than trying to make us believe that first they save the whales, then go for profitability..
It makes me wonder, when this technology is going to enter the field of medicine? I don't think I am ready for a physician with a Dell box strapped to his head..
1) Water pressure of the electromagnetic centrifugal pump is relatively weak. If the thickness of the circulation channel is decreased, cooling-liquid flow is restricted. (2) The system is difficult to install as the tank, pump and CPU attached area are all inter-connected to a metal pipe and a rubber tube. (3) Installation of a large tank is necessary as cooling liquid seeps through the resin parts of the tank, pump and the connection tubes resulting in liquid reduction over time.
These three "selling points" to me just stress how prone to failure this product can be. I read it as follows:
1. The water pressure sucks. 2. The thing is pain to put together 3. And the water will evaporate in a New York minute.
Guess the writer was given some heavy truth serum before he wrote this one up.
The very things that computer users want to be protected from--viruses and the tons of spam messages--are not addressed with these "improvements".
As eloquently outlined in the Times article: the new encrypted computing world, even the most mundane word-processing document or e-mail message would be accompanied by a software security guard controlling who can view it, where it can be sent and even when it will be erased. Also, the secure PC is specifically intended to protect digital movies and music from online piracy. But while beneficial to the entertainment industry and corporate operations, the new systems will not necessarily be immune to computer viruses or unwanted spam e-mail messages, the two most severe irritants to PC users. "Microsoft's use of the term `trusted computing' is a great piece of doublespeak," said Dan Sokol, a computer engineer based in San Jose, Calif., who was one of the original members of the Homebrew Computing Club, the pioneering PC group. "What they're really saying is, `We don't trust you, the user of this computer.' "
In "trusted computing" the public gets no security; the FAT entertainment industry gets fatter; and the common man is unduly scrutinized.
Let's hope our everyday "Joe Consumer" rebels. If Intel comes out with a chip with this trusted-Big-Brother component, I hope the American consumer leaves it rotting on the shelves.
Money talks, b.s. walks. If the public refuses to buy this garbage which is hyped to protect them, perhaps the companies will look at this trusted computing issue again and drop it in the trash can it belongs.
Linux companies have been releasing supposedly user-friendly distributions for years,... the newly minted SuSE Linux Desktop -- the software the city of Munich will be using
If the employees of the City of Munich are as humorless as our DMV the user-friendliness or lack thereof will not be apparent to them.
Press Release Number Two: Bill's Bait Shop will now refer to their worms as "Fancy Pink Wriggling Fish Food". Bill's Bait Shop, in an effort to distance itself from the "worms" in the cyber world will now refer to their fine product as "Fancy Pink Wriggling Fish Food".
For example, from the Fortune article: Klinck earned more than $200,000 a year at MetLife, managed more than 1,000 people, and knows languages and programs ranging from Fortran to PeopleSoft, but cold-calling for jobs has been--well, cold.
I hope that Mr. Klinck reads my post and finds it useful. Klinck's problem or anyone at his high level in the employment food chain is that there are very few companies who could afford him. The "Catch-22" is that even if he says he will take a salary cut in half--$100,000--companies won't believe he will live happily on this relative pittance. He is screwed in corporate America.
Unless he is very lucky and lands a MetLife clone job, his best bet is to hire himself. Mr. Klinck has very little choice other than to become self-employed. He is the only person/company who can afford to hire him.
They aren't guilty of theft like Steven Michael Cohen. Verisign is guilty of not protecting the domain name which in this case is very valuable property.
This is like a bank giving away the money of a customer to someone who fraudulently obtains access to their account.
Just by the premise that Verisign accepts people's money to protect and secure a domain name is proof in itself that domains are valuable. If they weren't valuable companies and individuals wouldn't be paying hard, cold cash to assure that the domain doesn't slip away from them.
Verisign would be better off compensating Mr. Kremen than sending a message to all their customers that they are not trustworthy.
From the article, The research, appearing in this weekâ(TM)s Journal of the American Medical Association, was conducted by the Department of Occupational Medicine, Herning Hospital, Herning, Denmark, with financing from the Danish Medical Research Council and the Danish Ministry of Employment, National Work Environment Authority.
Perhaps our Danish Slashdotters could fill us in about the organizations who funded this study. It very well could have been funded by government or insurance interests who have money to save by not having to pay for work related injuries.
I would look it up in Google and do the research for myself. I would also expound upon my research results at length; however, my eyes are sore from this monitor glare and my wrists are killing me.
Foundstone's troubles began last October when the company brought a trade-secrets case against J.D. Glaser, its former director of engineering, accusing him of stealing proprietary code.
This was, in my view, the pivotal point in the downfall of the company. It was Newton's Third Law of Motion in action. Foundstone poked Glaser in the eye, and Glaser poked back. The benches of the opposing teams emptied out on the field for an old-fashioned brawl. This human element in business and history in general has always served as a fascination to me.
If Foundstone would have let Glaser go off and start his company without the eye gouging would there have been this expose'? I think not. Perhaps the company's small regard for employees would have brought to a head problems brewing within the firm. Lots of companies are not nice to their employees; but, I don't think it would be such potent fodder for Fortune magazine.
I Imagine that before the s'mores are grilled (graham crackers, hershey bars & marshmallows) he will have a king sized bed made out of duck down, a T.V. made out of acorns, and an air conditioner made out of discarded spam cans.
Wonder if he is single? I have a lovely niece.
What am I saying? Of course he is single.
Then the Martians will come up (practical jokers that they are) and put silly putty in the robotic hand and some lady Martian's thong underwear on the robotic arm.