Okay, so when you work as an IT consultant, what do you use to... write your customer documentation, when everyone is in love with the "blows up like a suicide-bomber on a bad day" MS Word file format? Open Office isn't 100% compatible, it comes out all funny, like a video dup of a PAL signal converted over to NTSC, the old analog-style.
When your kids want to use educational software, what do you give them? Others:
Photoshop
or even Picasa, for that matter
Visio
Halo
Okay, Halo was self-indulgent. The open-source / Linux crowd still can't balance this out with me, and I've had some of the best Linux zealots try. Don't get me wrong, I had to part company with my A4000T (Escom) in 2002, and I know quite well how many old Amiga graphics geniuses (invariably from Linkoping, SWE) ended up putting the backbone into the video drivers Linux enjoys today.
It is a critical mass issue. Linux is out there, but it doesn't have end-user momentum. Solve that problem and the Evil Empire will feel the pinch no matter what.
Kudos for the Bars & Pipes reference, whenever I explain Microsoft's corporate behavior, that always comes up. Made for an interesting phone call a few years back, from a Microsoft corporate recruiter. Had to, see, I turned it down on "moral grounds" and he had no idea what I was referencing.
Seems to me that unions drive up commodity prices by increasing labor costs, and all the po' folk shop at Wal Mart, so in effect, the NLRB ruling is protecting the poor by keeping their costs down? Just a musing, really.
President Bush did not clean house at the NLRB when he came into office, so if you want to blame someone, look into the judges behind this, and the cuplrit who appointed them. Who knows, it could be good ol' Slick Willy behind it all, or worse, Prez. Carter! More than likely, it was someone appointed by someone appointed by someone who was voted in by someone you voted in years and years ago.
What was that one called, VentureStar? I remember they gave up saying it was "too complicated." Wow, what an American spirit, can-do attitude. Real heroes. Makes me sick to think we pay their salaries with our taxes.
Multi-Methyl Hydrazine to F5 seems to have the best mass to thrust ratio, according to about an hour of research with my kid last weekend, and a few minutes on the Open Office spreadsheet. Comments on that combination? I would totally appreciate it if you bothered to take the time to organize your space thoughts into a blog, I don't have the time to learn what you know, but I like the way you think and communicate. I think you could do for the science what Alex Roland is doing for commentary on the politics of NASA.
I have to say ditto for Marble Madness. Sure, some of the other releases had a secret level, but it was the most beautiful on the Amiga, an no one can deny that! I bet you can probably play that on a cell phone now. I saw one guy with an Amiga emulator on his "pda-ish" cell phone once. Ran Lemmings, as I recall. Now there was an innovative game.
I still miss Turbo Silver. It was "easy" but full-featured 3D animation software.
Okay, but you have to admit, orbiting earth counts as coasting down an endless hill, right? Not exactly CAFE standard driving. Then again, neither is launch velocity. I sure wish someone would do a total energy equation on the shuttle, from fuel production to work/potential energy at altitude. It would be nice to know how much was lost to heat, friction, and the bureaucracy that makes it all possible.
Sure wish they'd hurry up with those Kleiner drives... talk about efficiency!
Well, yeah, since Venezuela as a country went on the "hurricanes would be better for us, economically" political path, sure, but they used to be behind Venezuela. Here are some import stats, if you want them (dated 2002). Personally, I think we should make a gasoline-powered space shuttle. Even with high gas prices, it has to be cheaper than the SRB chemistry or the liquified hydrogen and oxygen. I wonder what the fuel economy is of the space shuttle, in miles per gallon. Oh, I suppose up versus across has some bearing on relevance...
Oh, heaven help me, I missed this announcement! I was referring to his TV reality show, The Contender. Maybe it will be known as Rocky V I/II to some. I wonder if that's the first time anyone has ever represented a fraction with Roman numerals?
He's the sort who dislikes his first name that much. I knew a guy whose first name was Frank, and his middle name was James, as was his father before him. He goes by Jimmy of late, which suits him, given that he is not a very upstanding guy, and Frank says "honest guy" as a name.
There's a true spiritual vacuum in this world, and people are worshipping the gods of sci-fi writers, anorexia (Some kind of god), and apparently ancient cults are also on the rise (Baal, for instance). Ask yourself this question: if you were to die tomorrow, where would you go? If anybody knows the Jedi answer to that one, I'd be curious.
I, for one, would be very interested in your view of the aforementioned confectioner's movie which seems to be yet another in a litany of re-makes and tried-and-true theme titles this summer, 2005. I wonder when Rocky will resurface... oh wait, it kind of did as a reality show.
I still remember when Jun Falkenstein gave me the nickel tour at Disney B-Movie studio and let me browse the storyboards in the hallways. Re-make after re-make, I was off-put then, and with "Herbie: Because GadgetMobile wasn't Annoying Enough," I at least know now I can save frustration by skipping that brand/studio entirely.
Leave it to a scatologist to ruin the potty humor completely. You know, there are precious few amusing verses in the Bible, but the simple fact that you disassembled:
"Like a dog to its vomit, so a fool returns to his folly..."
Tells me that all Scatologists are anal-retentive. Tell me something more: when the prophet Ezekiel refused to cook his food over burning human feces, naked in the public square (as God suggested), and instead cooked it over burning cow feces, was there some biological benefit? Also, which stinks more, burning cow feces or burning human feces?
And before some illiterate Christian mods me down for heresy: Proverbs 26:11 and Ezekiel 4:12
On a more serious note, the Bible talks about people rising from the dead, en masse. That would be rather zombie-like. I mean, take it literally and it has a bit more punch, agreed, but this might be what was meant. Oh well, maybe some well-informed eschatologist will speak up!
What? He's wearing a wetsuit, it says so in the article; no pants. He must have an incredible heat/energy signature to be wearing all that and yet not be the least bit uncomfortable. Maybe the argument is he only fights crime at night when it is cooler and not so humid, or we would get a scene like this:
(thug A) "Listen, you smell something?"
(thug B) "I don't hear a thing, but yeah, smells like B.O. and... new shoes?"
(thug A) "Something ain't right, we'd better call into the Boss."
(Batman, to himself) "I can't believe I'm pruning up in my own sweat, this is so vile! They've detected me again."
(Batman, over his link to Alfred) "Say, Alfred, which utility compartment had the Mitchum deodorant again?"
(Alfred, over his link to Batman) "Left flank, by the stun grenades, Sir."
(Batman, over his link to Alfred) "Thanks ol' chum."
[squirk]...[zip]...[sqeak]...[kaflump]
(Batman, to himself) "Ah, much better! Finally, I can fight crime in comfort."
(thug B) "I was thinkin' it's just one of those ravers, they's always wearin' funny clothes and never bathe."
(thug A) "Yeah, Bob sez they got lots of money from they's mum's 'n dad's. Let's go find em', ey?"
(thug B) "Sure, we ain't had nothin' to do tonight any... wha?"
KAPOW!
(thug B) "Criminy, this guy in his skivvies sure hits hard!"
(thug A) "Yeah, he looks like he's in his Underoos, and peed his bloomin' shorts!"
(Batman, aloud) "It's a rash guard you clown. And I'm sweating."
BIFF!
(thug B) "You ain't laid but a couple of punches, how come you're so sweaty?"
(Batman, aloud) "I'm sure you won't remember any of this after the concussion I'm about to dish out, so..."
KLANGG!
"I was wearing a neoprene suit, but it was hot, so I took it off."
(thug A)"'id you year that, Jasper, he's a bloody surfer! So, those your swimmin' trunks, ey?"
SMACK!
(Batman, agitated) "No, they are just... I can't believe I'm talking to you about this."
(thug B) "I think you're right, Horace, that's why he's all wet, he was surfin'. Say, chum, got any shark repellant on ya?"
BOFF!
(Batman, regaining some composure) "No, as a matter of fact, I don't. I do have this, though!"
SSssss!
(thug B) "Oh no, the gas, overpowering, can't breathe! Unnhh.."
[thug B collapses]
(thug A) "Whot? You're fighting with antiperspirant now? I thought you were a surfer?"
(Batman, aloud) "The name's Batman. I fight crime, scum like you."
(thug A) "I may be a bit rough, but I've got heart, you hear? I don't run around in my skivvies, stinkin' up the place and destroying the environment with aerosols. You know what that does to the environment, hey? I've got principles, which is more than I can say about you! What if a woman saw you? Or a child?"
[Batman throws a batarang]
THUD!
(Batman, over the link to Alfred) "Alfred, when I get back, let's work on a summer outfit, something that breathes."
(Alfred, over the link to Batman) "Certainly, Sir."
The novice coder who can write clever things quickly but cannot write reliable software. In your case, I'd like to know what you mean, but I'm going to guess it has nothing to do with being a novice. I think, in its broadest form, this is what a hacker means generally: able novice. If you are deliniating between cracker and hacker, I'd be careful when you apply that term to yourself... try computer security enthusiast/expert, it is less often misinterpreted.
Oh how very odd, I've heard of goldmine! Some guy living in Michigan was telling me about it once, and it fits your description. I wonder if this is a coincident software title, or if it is the same program, the fellow was maintaining it when I encountered him, although he seemed to spend a lot more time playing online games.
Excuse me, but I never mentioned it to my parents or elders. That's not made-up. I made a lot of decisions as a child thinking that far ahead. So, to answer your question: a very select few rather intelligent youth who are capable of uncommon introspect and forethought. Here's one that will melt your brain, and it drove my parents nuts: I chose to wait until I was 18 to get my license, because I realized at the time that I had quite a temper and did not feel I would respond well to the emotional stress of driving. Of course, I had no idea how hard it was to get a driver's license after I was in college, and didn't actually get a license until age 24.
I find scars more interesting than tattoos, anyway. Each one has a story to tell.
Man, that comment of yours scares me... companies that want hackers instead of software engineers. Then again, you said you are writing computer games, so the emphasis is on creativity, not "can I trust this spunky guy with my customer data?" All the same, most identity thieves look clean-cut straight-laced and harmless, hence their effectiveness.
Answer me this: have you given any thought to how your tattoos will look when you are 60? That was the question I asked myself as a teenager, when the topic came up.
Lucas released it mid-week so that it would get better box-office numbers. Think about it: all the early-adopter crowds (smelly folks with Bantha Sticks) get their early show jitters squared away before the "Friday Night" crowd shows up, and goes home because of the sell-out. A particularly genius theater owner would sell a special-use opening week ticket which might cost $30, but is good for all showings for the opening week. With movies, it's all about the concessions anyway. Sugar, water, salt, and ooh, corn (which is so cheap, people use it to make sugar, a.k.a. corn syrup), come on. I get a kick out of the reality that people can't just sit and watch something without eating, as if the movie wasn't somehow stimulating enough.
I don't know a soul at work who didn't already have overtime on their clocks by Wednesday and also missed work to see the movie. Shoot, the employer PAID for a special screening in the AM for all employees. Lost productivity? That's like saying a coffee break (where you actually drink coffee) is unproductive. The alternative is zombie-state employees, falling asleep at their desks for lack of stimulation/motor activity. My personal theory on coffee breaks is if you never drank coffee in the first place, you wouldn't need it to wake up or stay awake.
You so nailed it on the head. The stink of it is, according to a friend of mine, who ran Mindesign, Sega(?) decided not to permit him to publish his game, which was some sort of 3D break-out puzzler, because it didn't fit into the five tired genres of most console games. I will say this much, the game would have been an instant cult hit, as was Defender 2000 on the Jaguar.
blame the powerful companies individually, they have final say on lots of things, but each platform is different, and executive changes occur over time, for little to no reason at all.
the right direction is to allow the door to be opened by anyone. I can't count how many games were written with the "SEUCK" and "AMOS" systems on the Amiga. Sure, your games were somewhat limited, but that gaming community received several enjoyable, free games because someone wanted to make something that other people could enjoy.
"Chernobyl" was the worst, as I recall, it butchered the BIOS on your hardware, requiring a trip to a repair center, not half a day reinstalling software.
But, it's not about payloads, I mean, that isn't where the "wit" comes in, think of it as a disease: how many systems are vulnerable, and how quickly can it spread?
Remember the Taco Bell stunt where they put a large target in the ocean, hundreds of miles from the splashdown target of Mir?
Those marketing companies will find a way around this, they will do things like shape solar arrays into cut-outs that read "Eat at Joe's" or get rocket launches to skywrite clever marketing phrases. Besides, if they can put "We Brake for Nobody" on the back of an intergalactic cruiser, they can draw "Pepsi: the choice of the ME generation" in the sand on the moon.
For effect: if you aren't able to deal with a crisis or emergency without freaking out, you're probably not mentally geared up to have children... which implies that such a person shouldn't be having sex because of the potential for pregnancy. But, let's face it, hysterical ninnies have sex all the time. In fact, I'd wager that such emotionally overcharged people probably have more sex than the average person, because of their emotional imbalances. And then here's the scary part: these people are making up new laws in America because of their behavior. Remember that the next time you get a cup of coffee at Mc Donald's, and the side of the cup says "Caution: Hot!" Or, if you buy a Pearson's Nut Goodie and the side of the package says: "Caution: product contains peanuts." I'm turning into rant mode here, but has anyone done a study on the effects feeding newborns exclusively soy formula and the insane growth rate of peanut allergies?
Maybe you don't watch the broadcast news enough. Mothers are killing their children and finding other things to blame. One popular version (made it into CSI, too!) is "I just left them in the car for less than an hour..." while their children roast in the heat. The aged chancellor at my university died of heat exposure sitting in a car. I live in a cold city, and it works both ways, but somehow, the laws let these murders walk free, rather than get charges on premeditated murder. To blame the murder on an unsuspecting "big business" seems in line with today's entitlement culture. The break in logic everyone is making on my post is that it was murder to blame a VOIP; I meant murder AND THEN blame the VOIP.
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, which is what this child died from (inexplicably they stop breathing), is both a real phenomenon and also the statistic for post-partum depression. New mothers can get very depressed, and sometimes they kill their babies. It is very sad. The fact of the matter is, SIDS and infant murder by suffocation seem very hard to differentiate, and if you are a parent and have taken the prenatal classes, you'd know about this sad reality.
This woman is giving federal testimony and putting so much blame on her child's death on an innocent VOIP provider, rather than keeping to herself about a personal matter; that is suspicious to me, and it seems quite guilt-laden behavior to run around blaming others when your child is dead. So in summary, that makes it "Someone may have killed her child, and then in later guilt, she blamed the VOIP company."
Stuff we don't know in this story: was this her first child? Was she happy in her marriage/was she married? Does her family have a history of post-partum depression? Did she possibly think to herself "oh my, I need to call for help, let me boot WINDOWS XP, connect to the internet, and try to place a call?" If that's the case, she should sue Microsoft for having such a slow-to-boot OS. Frankly, I don't know why any of you think this is unreasonable, women will go full-term with pregnancy and then seek a partial-birth abortion, I've heard of at least five stories about babies found in garbage bins in my state alone in the last five years, and on the flip-side, that woman (in Kansas) who was murdered and her fetus cut from her womb and stolen, alive.
I should have worked harder on my earlier post to be clear, I'm sorry it was too terse and had unexplained speculation. There are sick people out there, let's not put this "cover-up infanticide" past anyone anymore, because it happens every month.
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When your kids want to use educational software, what do you give them? Others:
- Photoshop
- or even Picasa, for that matter
- Visio
- Halo
Okay, Halo was self-indulgent. The open-source / Linux crowd still can't balance this out with me, and I've had some of the best Linux zealots try. Don't get me wrong, I had to part company with my A4000T (Escom) in 2002, and I know quite well how many old Amiga graphics geniuses (invariably from Linkoping, SWE) ended up putting the backbone into the video drivers Linux enjoys today.It is a critical mass issue. Linux is out there, but it doesn't have end-user momentum. Solve that problem and the Evil Empire will feel the pinch no matter what.
Kudos for the Bars & Pipes reference, whenever I explain Microsoft's corporate behavior, that always comes up. Made for an interesting phone call a few years back, from a Microsoft corporate recruiter. Had to, see, I turned it down on "moral grounds" and he had no idea what I was referencing.
President Bush did not clean house at the NLRB when he came into office, so if you want to blame someone, look into the judges behind this, and the cuplrit who appointed them. Who knows, it could be good ol' Slick Willy behind it all, or worse, Prez. Carter! More than likely, it was someone appointed by someone appointed by someone who was voted in by someone you voted in years and years ago.
What was that one called, VentureStar? I remember they gave up saying it was "too complicated." Wow, what an American spirit, can-do attitude. Real heroes. Makes me sick to think we pay their salaries with our taxes.
Multi-Methyl Hydrazine to F5 seems to have the best mass to thrust ratio, according to about an hour of research with my kid last weekend, and a few minutes on the Open Office spreadsheet. Comments on that combination? I would totally appreciate it if you bothered to take the time to organize your space thoughts into a blog, I don't have the time to learn what you know, but I like the way you think and communicate. I think you could do for the science what Alex Roland is doing for commentary on the politics of NASA.
I still miss Turbo Silver. It was "easy" but full-featured 3D animation software.
Sure wish they'd hurry up with those Kleiner drives... talk about efficiency!
Well, yeah, since Venezuela as a country went on the "hurricanes would be better for us, economically" political path, sure, but they used to be behind Venezuela. Here are some import stats, if you want them (dated 2002). Personally, I think we should make a gasoline-powered space shuttle. Even with high gas prices, it has to be cheaper than the SRB chemistry or the liquified hydrogen and oxygen. I wonder what the fuel economy is of the space shuttle, in miles per gallon. Oh, I suppose up versus across has some bearing on relevance...
Oh, heaven help me, I missed this announcement! I was referring to his TV reality show, The Contender. Maybe it will be known as Rocky V I/II to some. I wonder if that's the first time anyone has ever represented a fraction with Roman numerals?
There's a true spiritual vacuum in this world, and people are worshipping the gods of sci-fi writers, anorexia (Some kind of god), and apparently ancient cults are also on the rise (Baal, for instance). Ask yourself this question: if you were to die tomorrow, where would you go? If anybody knows the Jedi answer to that one, I'd be curious.
I, for one, would be very interested in your view of the aforementioned confectioner's movie which seems to be yet another in a litany of re-makes and tried-and-true theme titles this summer, 2005. I wonder when Rocky will resurface... oh wait, it kind of did as a reality show.
I still remember when Jun Falkenstein gave me the nickel tour at Disney B-Movie studio and let me browse the storyboards in the hallways. Re-make after re-make, I was off-put then, and with "Herbie: Because GadgetMobile wasn't Annoying Enough," I at least know now I can save frustration by skipping that brand/studio entirely.
"Like a dog to its vomit, so a fool returns to his folly..."
Tells me that all Scatologists are anal-retentive. Tell me something more: when the prophet Ezekiel refused to cook his food over burning human feces, naked in the public square (as God suggested), and instead cooked it over burning cow feces, was there some biological benefit? Also, which stinks more, burning cow feces or burning human feces?
And before some illiterate Christian mods me down for heresy: Proverbs 26:11 and Ezekiel 4:12
On a more serious note, the Bible talks about people rising from the dead, en masse. That would be rather zombie-like. I mean, take it literally and it has a bit more punch, agreed, but this might be what was meant. Oh well, maybe some well-informed eschatologist will speak up!
(thug A) "Listen, you smell something?"
(thug B) "I don't hear a thing, but yeah, smells like B.O. and... new shoes?"
(thug A) "Something ain't right, we'd better call into the Boss."
(Batman, to himself) "I can't believe I'm pruning up in my own sweat, this is so vile! They've detected me again."
(Batman, over his link to Alfred) "Say, Alfred, which utility compartment had the Mitchum deodorant again?"
(Alfred, over his link to Batman) "Left flank, by the stun grenades, Sir."
(Batman, over his link to Alfred) "Thanks ol' chum."
[squirk]...[zip]...[sqeak]...[kaflump]
(Batman, to himself) "Ah, much better! Finally, I can fight crime in comfort."
(thug B) "I was thinkin' it's just one of those ravers, they's always wearin' funny clothes and never bathe."
(thug A) "Yeah, Bob sez they got lots of money from they's mum's 'n dad's. Let's go find em', ey?"
(thug B) "Sure, we ain't had nothin' to do tonight any... wha?"
KAPOW!
(thug B) "Criminy, this guy in his skivvies sure hits hard!"
(thug A) "Yeah, he looks like he's in his Underoos, and peed his bloomin' shorts!"
(Batman, aloud) "It's a rash guard you clown. And I'm sweating."
BIFF!
(thug B) "You ain't laid but a couple of punches, how come you're so sweaty?"
(Batman, aloud) "I'm sure you won't remember any of this after the concussion I'm about to dish out, so..."
KLANGG!
"I was wearing a neoprene suit, but it was hot, so I took it off."
(thug A)"'id you year that, Jasper, he's a bloody surfer! So, those your swimmin' trunks, ey?"
SMACK!
(Batman, agitated) "No, they are just... I can't believe I'm talking to you about this."
(thug B) "I think you're right, Horace, that's why he's all wet, he was surfin'. Say, chum, got any shark repellant on ya?"
BOFF!
(Batman, regaining some composure) "No, as a matter of fact, I don't. I do have this, though!"
SSssss!
(thug B) "Oh no, the gas, overpowering, can't breathe! Unnhh.."
[thug B collapses]
(thug A) "Whot? You're fighting with antiperspirant now? I thought you were a surfer?"
(Batman, aloud) "The name's Batman. I fight crime, scum like you."
(thug A) "I may be a bit rough, but I've got heart, you hear? I don't run around in my skivvies, stinkin' up the place and destroying the environment with aerosols. You know what that does to the environment, hey? I've got principles, which is more than I can say about you! What if a woman saw you? Or a child?"
[Batman throws a batarang]
THUD!
(Batman, over the link to Alfred) "Alfred, when I get back, let's work on a summer outfit, something that breathes."
(Alfred, over the link to Batman) "Certainly, Sir."
The novice coder who can write clever things quickly but cannot write reliable software. In your case, I'd like to know what you mean, but I'm going to guess it has nothing to do with being a novice. I think, in its broadest form, this is what a hacker means generally: able novice. If you are deliniating between cracker and hacker, I'd be careful when you apply that term to yourself... try computer security enthusiast/expert, it is less often misinterpreted.
Oh how very odd, I've heard of goldmine! Some guy living in Michigan was telling me about it once, and it fits your description. I wonder if this is a coincident software title, or if it is the same program, the fellow was maintaining it when I encountered him, although he seemed to spend a lot more time playing online games.
I find scars more interesting than tattoos, anyway. Each one has a story to tell.
Answer me this: have you given any thought to how your tattoos will look when you are 60? That was the question I asked myself as a teenager, when the topic came up.
You forgot the Wisconsin Dells, you idiot! At least you had sense enough not to bring up the GB P's.
Okay, so where have they been hybridizing tomatoes and tobacco? Can't all be referential.
I don't know a soul at work who didn't already have overtime on their clocks by Wednesday and also missed work to see the movie. Shoot, the employer PAID for a special screening in the AM for all employees. Lost productivity? That's like saying a coffee break (where you actually drink coffee) is unproductive. The alternative is zombie-state employees, falling asleep at their desks for lack of stimulation/motor activity. My personal theory on coffee breaks is if you never drank coffee in the first place, you wouldn't need it to wake up or stay awake.
blame the powerful companies individually, they have final say on lots of things, but each platform is different, and executive changes occur over time, for little to no reason at all.
the right direction is to allow the door to be opened by anyone. I can't count how many games were written with the "SEUCK" and "AMOS" systems on the Amiga. Sure, your games were somewhat limited, but that gaming community received several enjoyable, free games because someone wanted to make something that other people could enjoy.
But, it's not about payloads, I mean, that isn't where the "wit" comes in, think of it as a disease: how many systems are vulnerable, and how quickly can it spread?
Those marketing companies will find a way around this, they will do things like shape solar arrays into cut-outs that read "Eat at Joe's" or get rocket launches to skywrite clever marketing phrases. Besides, if they can put "We Brake for Nobody" on the back of an intergalactic cruiser, they can draw "Pepsi: the choice of the ME generation" in the sand on the moon.
For effect: if you aren't able to deal with a crisis or emergency without freaking out, you're probably not mentally geared up to have children ... which implies that such a person shouldn't be having sex because of the potential for pregnancy. But, let's face it, hysterical ninnies have sex all the time. In fact, I'd wager that such emotionally overcharged people probably have more sex than the average person, because of their emotional imbalances. And then here's the scary part: these people are making up new laws in America because of their behavior. Remember that the next time you get a cup of coffee at Mc Donald's, and the side of the cup says "Caution: Hot!" Or, if you buy a Pearson's Nut Goodie and the side of the package says: "Caution: product contains peanuts." I'm turning into rant mode here, but has anyone done a study on the effects feeding newborns exclusively soy formula and the insane growth rate of peanut allergies?
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, which is what this child died from (inexplicably they stop breathing), is both a real phenomenon and also the statistic for post-partum depression. New mothers can get very depressed, and sometimes they kill their babies. It is very sad. The fact of the matter is, SIDS and infant murder by suffocation seem very hard to differentiate, and if you are a parent and have taken the prenatal classes, you'd know about this sad reality.
This woman is giving federal testimony and putting so much blame on her child's death on an innocent VOIP provider, rather than keeping to herself about a personal matter; that is suspicious to me, and it seems quite guilt-laden behavior to run around blaming others when your child is dead. So in summary, that makes it "Someone may have killed her child, and then in later guilt, she blamed the VOIP company."
Stuff we don't know in this story: was this her first child? Was she happy in her marriage/was she married? Does her family have a history of post-partum depression? Did she possibly think to herself "oh my, I need to call for help, let me boot WINDOWS XP, connect to the internet, and try to place a call?" If that's the case, she should sue Microsoft for having such a slow-to-boot OS. Frankly, I don't know why any of you think this is unreasonable, women will go full-term with pregnancy and then seek a partial-birth abortion, I've heard of at least five stories about babies found in garbage bins in my state alone in the last five years, and on the flip-side, that woman (in Kansas) who was murdered and her fetus cut from her womb and stolen, alive.
I should have worked harder on my earlier post to be clear, I'm sorry it was too terse and had unexplained speculation. There are sick people out there, let's not put this "cover-up infanticide" past anyone anymore, because it happens every month.