Agreed! I would be definitely disappointed if I discovered that there was mislabeling. The fact that they feel they would sell more if they labelled it as 9200 implies that they know they are misleading the consumers. It means they think that if they explained to people that 9200=9000, except for the 8x AGP, some people wouldn't buy it.
I don't know how significant not have 8x AGP is, but if it's not there, it's not there.
Sometimes I wonder who comes up with these strategies. I mean, we've seen this type of thing time and again. If companies are willing to go through so much negative publicity to do them, they must be fooling quite a large number of people for it to pay off!
Even though this post is late, it's here for the sake of completion:
DSL in Dubai 384kbps/128kbps costs DHS270 = US$74 per month thanks to the great competitive environment that exists.. errr... There isn't any!
The telco is a state run monopoly.
Cheers
As there are thousands of us who would love to see Fallout 3 come out, I wonder if Interplay would sell the rights to the work in progress and if a big investor, or the gaming community, would be willing to financially support the completion of the product!
I know that if a company were set up to complete the development of Fallout 3, I would be a shareholder.
Nasdaq can make all the rules it wants. But not all rules/disclaimers are legally binding. For example, you can't as a company say I'm going to sell you a car but I'm not liable if it doesn't run. Even if that rule was in the contract, a court wouldn't allow it.
The problem is not only undoing the technical errors and transactions themselves, but undoing the thousands of decisions that investors around the world took as a result of these errors.
I believe the mogul was Warren Buffett. And the story goes that he overheard a couple of people on the street commenting on a specific stock which he then sold and which then lost a lot of its value.
The markets are meant for people to invest their money in businesses they feel will make a decent return for them. Investment risk consists of inherent risk of the industry, currency risk, political risk, etc. Nowhere in that equation is there EVER risk of a glitch in the computing system factored in.
Mistakes happen because people are unethical, criminal, or just dumb managers. But mistakes should never ever happen because the system that you gave an order to buy or sell for you decided to have a glitch.
Someone IS liable. NASDAQ is liable! NASDAQ is a company and it will be sued for the losses that it caused other people. It's as simple as that.
Has anyone had any experience with recovering CD's that were once thought to be dead? Maybe it's as simple as increasing the contrast between the 0's and the 1's so the laser can better detect them (I mean persumably a faster write speed can't spend a lot of time on each bit so the pits aren't so well formed, therefore less contrast). I don't know how this can be done as I don't have a chemistry background but maybe with exposure to a special kind of light. Or maybe using a more sensitive cd reader could read decaying CD's.
It would be good to know that there are solutions for those situations when you really really need data on a CD's that can't be read anymore.
Anyone out there work for a data recovery company that can share with us some info?
One thing that just popped into my mind. Since we're on the issue of labelling: disk cataloguing software would work great in this situation. Serial number a CD, or just read the serial number that's preprinted on it, and catalogue the contents on your harddisk (you can periodically burn a catalogue CD of all the CD's you have burnt). This would be a great way to look for data you need: quick computer search to find what you need, get the CD number, locate it in your library (which should preferably be sorted in some kind of alphabetical order). That way you wouldn't even have to label your CDs at all!
Does anyone have any experience with decent disk cataloguing software?
That's actually an interesting point. Assuming for the sake of argument your extrapolation is correct, it's an indication that we're close to the limit of that technology. Looking at it in a very simplistic way it seems like all further improvements to this transistor is just about making it smaller in order to make it faster. And as you indicated, there's only so far you can go with that.
It's time for a new paradigm shift. It's time to look at exploring new technologies in this field, including some of those already being looked at.
1) Not getting caught is easy assuming whoever wrote the virus expected such a wide response and therefore took precautions to guard his identity. If he didn't and started bragging to all his friends, who then told their friends...
2) I wonder if Microsoft are expecting this move to deter people from writing viruses. Maybe someone thought: that virus cost us a lot more than 1/4 million, let's spend that money and set an example even if the guy doesn't get caught.
3) This is going to spark a new underground industry: write a virus secretly, then turn around and tell microsoft you have info about it (of course in an imaginative enough way not to get caught but still get the bounty).
They could do a lot with the numbers they already have that could be more insightful:
- Show statistics by type of domain (.org,.com,.net, etc.)
- Show statistics about known companies/orgnisations that would be of interest to users (Forbes 500 companies, IT companies)
Maybe some kind of statistical tool can be added to Apache (perhaps as a module) that can be optionally loaded that allows netcraft and similar sites to poll Apache and get interesting information like: hits, max load, throughput, type of machine it's running on...
If we take into account the rate of acceleration in research and development and the work being done in nanotech and biomedicine, I would expect at least the following for input devices:
Direct interface to the nervous system!
Although this sounds far fetched, a simple gaming device was invented in Japan a couple of years ago that could detect, through a strap wrapped around your finger, if you were thinking Up, Down, Left or Right. It failed because the success rate wasn't that good (around 70%) I think.
People are already experimenting with tapping their nerves directly and interfacing them with PC's, I remember seeing an article in Wired about it once.
I expect as a minimum that input will become hands (and eyes) free.
Output, a la Matrix, with direct interface to the brain, maybe in the following 10 years...
Let me start by saying that I've got Linux in my blood. I only use Windows at work, cuz I have to.
But I completely agree with the Pepsi/Coke argument. If you were a company making your living by selling/servicing Microsoft products, would you jeapordise that for a measly order to copy 500 CD's?
Business relationships are built on much more than just contractual agreements.
How would you like it if RedHat started selling Windows XP on its website?
As a Linux community we've always approached Linux with passion. For everyone else trying to make a living it's about numbers and Linux numbers don't add up.
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I guess at the end of the day, it's important not to sink down into the details without first deciding on the big picture. And that is pretty straight forward no matter what news source you rely on.
Do we need to get rid of Saddam? Yes
Is Bush waging this war for the Iraqi people? No
Is the risk to homeland security from Iraq such that it justifies spending $100bn and risking lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers? No (do you know how many people you can save with that kind of money? Invested in medical research alone you would have saved many thousands of Americans)
Was Saddam able to attack anyone when the cost of the world to contain him was placing a few weapons inspectors? No
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I don't know how significant not have 8x AGP is, but if it's not there, it's not there.
Sometimes I wonder who comes up with these strategies. I mean, we've seen this type of thing time and again. If companies are willing to go through so much negative publicity to do them, they must be fooling quite a large number of people for it to pay off!
Even though this post is late, it's here for the sake of completion: DSL in Dubai 384kbps/128kbps costs DHS270 = US$74 per month thanks to the great competitive environment that exists.. errr... There isn't any! The telco is a state run monopoly. Cheers
As there are thousands of us who would love to see Fallout 3 come out, I wonder if Interplay would sell the rights to the work in progress and if a big investor, or the gaming community, would be willing to financially support the completion of the product!
I know that if a company were set up to complete the development of Fallout 3, I would be a shareholder.
It would be interesting to see what happens next.
The problem is not only undoing the technical errors and transactions themselves, but undoing the thousands of decisions that investors around the world took as a result of these errors.
I believe the mogul was Warren Buffett. And the story goes that he overheard a couple of people on the street commenting on a specific stock which he then sold and which then lost a lot of its value.
The markets are meant for people to invest their money in businesses they feel will make a decent return for them. Investment risk consists of inherent risk of the industry, currency risk, political risk, etc. Nowhere in that equation is there EVER risk of a glitch in the computing system factored in.
Mistakes happen because people are unethical, criminal, or just dumb managers. But mistakes should never ever happen because the system that you gave an order to buy or sell for you decided to have a glitch.
Someone IS liable. NASDAQ is liable! NASDAQ is a company and it will be sued for the losses that it caused other people. It's as simple as that.
Notice how Sandurz only makes one appearance. Very intriguing....!
Has anyone had any experience with recovering CD's that were once thought to be dead? Maybe it's as simple as increasing the contrast between the 0's and the 1's so the laser can better detect them (I mean persumably a faster write speed can't spend a lot of time on each bit so the pits aren't so well formed, therefore less contrast). I don't know how this can be done as I don't have a chemistry background but maybe with exposure to a special kind of light. Or maybe using a more sensitive cd reader could read decaying CD's.
It would be good to know that there are solutions for those situations when you really really need data on a CD's that can't be read anymore.
Anyone out there work for a data recovery company that can share with us some info?
One thing that just popped into my mind. Since we're on the issue of labelling: disk cataloguing software would work great in this situation. Serial number a CD, or just read the serial number that's preprinted on it, and catalogue the contents on your harddisk (you can periodically burn a catalogue CD of all the CD's you have burnt). This would be a great way to look for data you need: quick computer search to find what you need, get the CD number, locate it in your library (which should preferably be sorted in some kind of alphabetical order). That way you wouldn't even have to label your CDs at all!
Does anyone have any experience with decent disk cataloguing software?
That's actually an interesting point. Assuming for the sake of argument your extrapolation is correct, it's an indication that we're close to the limit of that technology. Looking at it in a very simplistic way it seems like all further improvements to this transistor is just about making it smaller in order to make it faster. And as you indicated, there's only so far you can go with that.
It's time for a new paradigm shift. It's time to look at exploring new technologies in this field, including some of those already being looked at.
1) Not getting caught is easy assuming whoever wrote the virus expected such a wide response and therefore took precautions to guard his identity. If he didn't and started bragging to all his friends, who then told their friends...
2) I wonder if Microsoft are expecting this move to deter people from writing viruses. Maybe someone thought: that virus cost us a lot more than 1/4 million, let's spend that money and set an example even if the guy doesn't get caught.
3) This is going to spark a new underground industry: write a virus secretly, then turn around and tell microsoft you have info about it (of course in an imaginative enough way not to get caught but still get the bounty).
Oh no... If he/she just reached "that age", those experiments in self-gratification are going to go on for a looooong time.
Then again, I don't look forward to the age when he/she will be ready to hook up with another star! That will surely spell disaster.
I should write a reminder to my great-great-great-great-...-great grandchildren and warn them.
Anyone have a howto for that universal space language and a recording media that will last millions of years?
They could do a lot with the numbers they already have that could be more insightful: - Show statistics by type of domain (.org, .com, .net, etc.)
- Show statistics about known companies/orgnisations that would be of interest to users (Forbes 500 companies, IT companies)
Maybe some kind of statistical tool can be added to Apache (perhaps as a module) that can be optionally loaded that allows netcraft and similar sites to poll Apache and get interesting information like: hits, max load, throughput, type of machine it's running on...
They needed to set an example.
First a truck. Then the guy who's been planning show his girlfriend the lab he works in starts thinking it's ok to take a few quick photos.
Then it just gets worse and worse.
But now "Wow they fired a guy for taking a picture of a truck!"
They didn't fire him because he caused any damage, but because he opened the door for a lot of potential damage. And they couldn't let that happen.
If we take into account the rate of acceleration in research and development and the work being done in nanotech and biomedicine, I would expect at least the following for input devices:
Direct interface to the nervous system!
Although this sounds far fetched, a simple gaming device was invented in Japan a couple of years ago that could detect, through a strap wrapped around your finger, if you were thinking Up, Down, Left or Right. It failed because the success rate wasn't that good (around 70%) I think.
People are already experimenting with tapping their nerves directly and interfacing them with PC's, I remember seeing an article in Wired about it once.
I expect as a minimum that input will become hands (and eyes) free.
Output, a la Matrix, with direct interface to the brain, maybe in the following 10 years...
Let me start by saying that I've got Linux in my blood. I only use Windows at work, cuz I have to.
But I completely agree with the Pepsi/Coke argument. If you were a company making your living by selling/servicing Microsoft products, would you jeapordise that for a measly order to copy 500 CD's?
Business relationships are built on much more than just contractual agreements.
How would you like it if RedHat started selling Windows XP on its website?
As a Linux community we've always approached Linux with passion. For everyone else trying to make a living it's about numbers and Linux numbers don't add up.
I guess at the end of the day, it's important not to sink down into the details without first deciding on the big picture. And that is pretty straight forward no matter what news source you rely on.
Do we need to get rid of Saddam? Yes
Is Bush waging this war for the Iraqi people? No
Is the risk to homeland security from Iraq such that it justifies spending $100bn and risking lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers? No (do you know how many people you can save with that kind of money? Invested in medical research alone you would have saved many thousands of Americans)
Was Saddam able to attack anyone when the cost of the world to contain him was placing a few weapons inspectors? No
Bottom line: is this war justified?
You decide.