The point is, Apple charges too much for these options. Let's do this properly: You will probably want 512M to run OS X at bearable speeds. You also need a keyboard, so lets add the cheapest wired one. Now your base $499 Apple is already at $632. Want to upgrade the processor by 170MHz? Another $100. This stuff really adds up fast (honestly they should throw in the keyboard).
180solutions (Zango, n-Case), Claria / Gator (GAIN), Direct Revenue (OfferOptimizer, many aliases), eXact Advertising (BargainBuddy, BullsEye).
Ah well that's not surprising, I was hoping to see some hidden players. A call to these people's secretary definitely wouldn't do any good. It would probably just result in more telemarketing offers.
WASHINGTON -- A new FBI (news - web sites) computer program designed to help agents share information to ward off terrorist attacks may have to be scrapped, the agency has concluded, forcing a further delay in a four-year, half-billion-dollar overhaul of its antiquated computer system.
The half-billion is entire their budget to overhaul computer systems, not how much money they spent on this software.
This is not to say they haven't wasted any money:
Science Applications has received about $170 million from the FBI for its work on the project. Sources said about $100 million of that would be essentially lost if the FBI were to scrap the software.
Here I was expecting you to talk about how bad things were 'back in the day' before Internet and wireless and all I got was some advice from a wet-behind-the-ears lawyer! Sheesh!
Any company that makes money off of unsolicited sex spam in the US is going to have to answer to the FTC. Sure, companies can still do this from offshore but hopefully those governments care enough to stop it. The point is, if the companies have to choose between conforming to the law or getting charged then they'll start putting the warnings in.
I interviewed for a phone support job a few years ago when I was a college student. Before I even talked to the interviewer, they took me to the floor and hooked me up to listen with a support rep. This was a bank, I won't say which one. I listened to account numbers, socials, you name it. I wasn't even an employee. I didn't end up getting the job, either (though I was sort of glad after hearing the irate customers for ten minutes).
And yeah, they can hear you on hold, so do be careful.
"China has "got to start putting people in jail" to show it is serious about cracking down on widespread counterfeiting and piracy that costs U.S. companies billions of dollars in lost sales every year, a top Bush administration official said."
This isn't about Bush at all. This is about Hollywood wanting more money and China building an economy off of illegally reproduced and distributed material.
You can hardly make this into a vast right-wing conspiracy by mentioning Bush when practically everyone in Hollywood is a Bush-hating left-winger.
I think that people who break IP laws to a great degree probably should be punished to an extent with criminal law. However, there should be a clause that the person did it intentionally and with intent to defraud, because you don't want to be hauling Granny off to jail after the MPAA sues her because her grandkid installed Kazaa or something. Another thing that seriously needs reform is the maximum civil liability for these acts and that jail time be reasonable for the crime (not 15 yrs in federal prison).
Sadly, as long as politicians are getting big contributions from the entertainment industry, the outlook for this kind of law is not so good because the real motivations are hidden and corrupt.
A lot of Indians like to get graduate degrees simply because it offers us security professionally, which is by far the most important thing for us.
For almost any Indian parent, a steady professional job (medicine, business, law, engineering, etc.) is far more attractive than a riskier yet potentially more lucrative job (artist, musician, comedian, etc.)
Those are certainly noble goals to set, but from what I've read the earning potential for a CS/CE major can actually dip with a master's degree. Most likely this is due to the fact that there are tons of CS/CE graduates who can do the same work as a master's-level graduate and will do it for cheaper because they don't have the "higher education baggage", if you will. If you work for an oddly-run organization (like US/State Government;)) then sometimes having *any* graduate degree can boost your salary, but jobs like that tend to pay below market anyways.
I never understand why people (for some reason especially Indians) have an obsession with getting graduate degrees in Computer Science/Engineering. I was in a grad CS program for a little while in the Southern US and the makeup of the students was 90%+ Indian, a few other Asian, and then the rest (5%?) white. This is not a cultural attack or anything like that, but from what I've heard from the Indian natives I've known is that there is some family pride attached to going further in school. While I may not understand that, I can respect it for personal betterment.
However, I have to say as a piece of advice, that you are wasting your time going to grad school in CS unless your intent is to be a professor or a heavy researcher. I think the best graduate degree for a CS undergrad is probably an MBA, at least as far as earning potential. If your interests are purely theoretical and money is not something you ultimately desire out of your career, then by all means continue.
It's not about attitudes towards homosexuality as a lifestyle, it's about straight men being attracted to women. They want to see them naked and having sex. Whether that's with a man or woman is irrelevant most of the time. It depends on what turns them on, the nakedness and pleasuring of females (mostly lesbian fetish) or the act of sex itself (mostly man w/ woman). What they don't want to see is men sticking their schlongs up other guys' rear ends, that should be pretty obvious to deduce.
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People just don't like to trust machines. Some of this is for good reason, but all faults in machines lead back to human error. If humans incorrectly filled, say for example, 200 prescriptions a year and ended up killing 10 people it would be bad and maybe some people would get sued and some folks would lose their licenses. If a machine made one mistake in the course of years that resulted in a death, we'd have everyone up in arms talking about how this could have been prevented and that we're letting people die at the hands of evil machines and then we'd have a battery of laws passed against machines. Unfortunately this sense of losing control takes over people and fear kicks in, even if the machine is 100 times more accurate than a human at the same task.
It's not necessary, but the movie industry has the illusion that if they make it harder to copy then somehow they will sell more. Remember, in their fantasy world each illegal copy is retail price lost.
Go one step further and become a Libertarian or Green. The more niche categories you put yourself into the less your feelings can be hurt by generalizations!
Viruses? Hah, that's why I run Linux!!
Republicans are stupid? So are Democrats? Hah! I'm a Libertarian!
Popular music is lame? Hah! That's why I only listen to my next door neighbor's garage band who NOBODY knows!
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100% are caused by humans. That's why I let my dog drive me everywhere.
Have to make money to survive. They are focusing on their server market now, because at the present that's where most of the Linux use is.
Mini 8-ball says, "Signs point to yes".
...laser beams attached to its head?
The point is, Apple charges too much for these options. Let's do this properly: You will probably want 512M to run OS X at bearable speeds. You also need a keyboard, so lets add the cheapest wired one. Now your base $499 Apple is already at $632. Want to upgrade the processor by 170MHz? Another $100. This stuff really adds up fast (honestly they should throw in the keyboard).
Don't make him angry.
Just store it on their T-Mobile phones like the Secret Service and have it sold on IRC.
Ah well that's not surprising, I was hoping to see some hidden players. A call to these people's secretary definitely wouldn't do any good. It would probably just result in more telemarketing offers.
WASHINGTON -- A new FBI (news - web sites) computer program designed to help agents share information to ward off terrorist attacks may have to be scrapped, the agency has concluded, forcing a further delay in a four-year, half-billion-dollar overhaul of its antiquated computer system.
The half-billion is entire their budget to overhaul computer systems, not how much money they spent on this software.
This is not to say they haven't wasted any money:
Science Applications has received about $170 million from the FBI for its work on the project. Sources said about $100 million of that would be essentially lost if the FBI were to scrap the software.
Then we wouldn't be overpaying for Apple products, now would we? What kind of Apple zealot are you anyways?!?
The minimum $500 monitor to use it. ;)
Or with "soccer ball" for the Americans among us. :)
Here I was expecting you to talk about how bad things were 'back in the day' before Internet and wireless and all I got was some advice from a wet-behind-the-ears lawyer! Sheesh!
Any company that makes money off of unsolicited sex spam in the US is going to have to answer to the FTC. Sure, companies can still do this from offshore but hopefully those governments care enough to stop it. The point is, if the companies have to choose between conforming to the law or getting charged then they'll start putting the warnings in.
And yeah, they can hear you on hold, so do be careful.
"China has "got to start putting people in jail" to show it is serious about cracking down on widespread counterfeiting and piracy that costs U.S. companies billions of dollars in lost sales every year, a top Bush administration official said."
No kidding? You are just jaded, my friend.
You can hardly make this into a vast right-wing conspiracy by mentioning Bush when practically everyone in Hollywood is a Bush-hating left-winger.
Sadly, as long as politicians are getting big contributions from the entertainment industry, the outlook for this kind of law is not so good because the real motivations are hidden and corrupt.
For almost any Indian parent, a steady professional job (medicine, business, law, engineering, etc.) is far more attractive than a riskier yet potentially more lucrative job (artist, musician, comedian, etc.)
Those are certainly noble goals to set, but from what I've read the earning potential for a CS/CE major can actually dip with a master's degree. Most likely this is due to the fact that there are tons of CS/CE graduates who can do the same work as a master's-level graduate and will do it for cheaper because they don't have the "higher education baggage", if you will. If you work for an oddly-run organization (like US/State Government ;)) then sometimes having *any* graduate degree can boost your salary, but jobs like that tend to pay below market anyways.
However, I have to say as a piece of advice, that you are wasting your time going to grad school in CS unless your intent is to be a professor or a heavy researcher. I think the best graduate degree for a CS undergrad is probably an MBA, at least as far as earning potential. If your interests are purely theoretical and money is not something you ultimately desire out of your career, then by all means continue.
It's not about attitudes towards homosexuality as a lifestyle, it's about straight men being attracted to women. They want to see them naked and having sex. Whether that's with a man or woman is irrelevant most of the time. It depends on what turns them on, the nakedness and pleasuring of females (mostly lesbian fetish) or the act of sex itself (mostly man w/ woman). What they don't want to see is men sticking their schlongs up other guys' rear ends, that should be pretty obvious to deduce.
People just don't like to trust machines. Some of this is for good reason, but all faults in machines lead back to human error. If humans incorrectly filled, say for example, 200 prescriptions a year and ended up killing 10 people it would be bad and maybe some people would get sued and some folks would lose their licenses. If a machine made one mistake in the course of years that resulted in a death, we'd have everyone up in arms talking about how this could have been prevented and that we're letting people die at the hands of evil machines and then we'd have a battery of laws passed against machines. Unfortunately this sense of losing control takes over people and fear kicks in, even if the machine is 100 times more accurate than a human at the same task.
It's not necessary, but the movie industry has the illusion that if they make it harder to copy then somehow they will sell more. Remember, in their fantasy world each illegal copy is retail price lost.
Viruses? Hah, that's why I run Linux!!
Republicans are stupid? So are Democrats? Hah! I'm a Libertarian!
Popular music is lame? Hah! That's why I only listen to my next door neighbor's garage band who NOBODY knows!
All the cool antisocial elitist nerds will be using Hurd, man! Any time now...