From what I read, maybe we just need to publish the Supreme court credit card #'s and maybe we can get stronger credit protections too. I don't think this law wouldv'e existed if Justice Bork's video rental habbits had not been published in the newspaper.
Justice will be served when the bankruptcy is complete. If SCO would have bothered to have evidence of the copying, they had a case. They never showed any evidence, just said they had it. They deserve everything they get.
If the problem causes your customer to be dead in the water, then 48 hours is too long. If its minor, then no. Imagine if your furnace broke and under warranty and they told you it would be 48 DAYS before somebody got out there. I think the sw industry as a whole doesn't take customer service very seriously.
I am much more empathetic with the guy who robs the 7/11 for a beer than a guy like this. I'd like to see him get the maximum. But then, I'd like to see more white collar criminals (like the Prince guy at Citi) get some well deserved time. I think on average people don't see white collar crime as that bad because there is no clear individual victim. This guy ripped off 250K people, maybe not with a gun, but still, ripped them off. The Citi guy has ripped off hundreds of thousands and was even paid a bonus to leave. Justice shouldv'e gone after Lay's estate when he died and distributed it to the Enron pension fund too, but we just don't prosecute white collar with a passion.
Wow, I must be crazy then. I bought my BD because I watch movies & since BD has more studio support amd BD has better PQ/AQ options, it was an easy decision. I doubt many even watch the deleted scenes on a disc. I think its odd how everyone is predicting the death of BD when it enjoys a 2:1 media sales advantage.
Sort of like the uncertainty principle. In order to "store" RAM to a permanent medium, RAM will change to write itself to the medium. This reminds me of when I testified and tried to explain that from a programs perspective, VM looks just like RAM, just slower. I never managed to convince the prosecutor. Clearly the legal system hasn't a clue about tech.
I know I'm old, but really, squashing network performance so the user gets to hear their mp3. Maybe for a user who is a musician the music aspect is the most important use of the machine. I think it shows the real roots of windows is for home use, not biz use. You'd think the PHB's woulda figured that out by now. If employees really want to listen to music while working, get their own ipod or other music player.
I think paramount is probably accepting a wad of cash for a limited exclusive period. I mean really, 100mil and maybe a 1 year lockin to HD-DVD. If bluray has won in a year, they'll start pressing BD's again. If HD wins, then they just keep pressing HD's. I doubt they'll make 100mil off bluray this year, so its a big win money wise, and really thats all the suits care about.
I think the consensus is that video is about the same and blu-ray has the edge on audio (if the studio uses the extra capabilities) I think too soon to tell who will win, although I just got a BD player and am crossing my fingers.
yes, but here is the difference. When you buy a car, it is with YOUR money, so you are just getting a discount. In this case, the decision maker may have gotten a new swimming pool if the decision maker made microsoft happy by using somebody else's money to buy those 500 seats. Its called a kickback stupid, and they happen in business. Unfortunately, open source is not going to take you to hawaii, get you a hooker, or any number of other favors. I see it in my small biz all the time. People DO get paid off either in cash or prizes all the time. Don't be so naive.
agreed, this box woulda been something 10 years ago. Now though with no HD, its a joke. I have a Roku that was doing HD 5 years ago. I'm looking for a replacement and some of the the new stuff from netgear/linksys looks promising, but obviously if it was hackable it would be better. Hopefully Neuros will come out with an HD offering.
Wouldn't it make more sense to add a little greenhouse on the roofs of existing buildings??? Light is plentiful at the top. It would even help with water runoff and A/C. I think europe's been doing this for awhile.
Should've mentioned, mine is a tad pricier as I also have static IP addresses as well. RR wanted an obscene amount of money for static IP when I first got the connection several years ago. Not sure where cable is these days on static. Glad I saved you a buck or 2 on your bills. The only competition these days is between cable/dsl and when people switch it is a gentle reminder for them.
I have DSL with an upload speed of 768kbit (~100Kbyte) as measured by dslreports. The one advantage of dsl is the upload. (well that and your not sharing) Its around 80/mo I think.
who is paying for this service and gets infected. Ouch, what a bill that will be, and all guaranteed to be delivered. New bot target:Certified senders!
The current administration *always* lies, so the truth is just the opposite of what they say. GW's methods have made it so easy to know where the truth is. So, we know if GW says we are doing better the than EU on emissions, than the truth is the EU is doing better than we are. So simple!
I expect "C" will be a predominant language until somebody comes up with a really friendly native multi-threaded language. The machine architecture is out of gas using single CPU's. To get higher performance, machines are moving to multiple CPU architectures. Alot of languages support this, but none seem to be very good at it. When somebody comes up with an easy to use multi-threaded language, then "D" will supplant "C" for the OS and alot of applications currently done on "C". My 2 cents
The author forgets that tangible objects are taxed at their current valuation. Copyrighted objects rarely are. Another minor fact the author missed is even property can be eminent domain'ed away, or if a govt collapses completely, the new govt will likely re-distribute the land. Ask the indians.
OK, I saw the bit on the news. The woman had paid for "in-home" support (300 bucks I think) and they would not come out. Maybe I'm crazy, but "in-home" is pretty clear. It means I call, they come. If dell can't do this for 300, then they should not have offerred it. When I bought a big-screen, I got "in-home" support (500/5 years with yearly cleaning & adjustment including). When the TV died, I called, they came a day later, not 3 freakin months later as was the case for this poor woman. The woman was not tech-savvy at all. She did some kind of knitting biz. So she did the smart thing, she paid for service and did not get it. No idea what "gold" service from dell means. "In-home" is pretty clear though.
as america burns down by sueing each other over lame ideas. Meanhile, in china, they are planning lunar bases, new satellites and making everything we buy. I'm sure many chinese plan on retiring on our beaches after we sell it to them to pay off our debts. What else do we make anymore except legal lawsuits.
I seem to recall this being one of 1984's concepts. Control the information, rewrite history/science and you control the masses. Clearly, using tax dollars to pay for research and then altering it should be criminalized. (write your senate/congress) Both parties do it. Its just been particularly bad because normally the prez/congress is different parties, so they watchdog each other. Dunno what the answer is. Maybe force congress/prez to be of different parties. That would just acknowledge we live in a 2 party country, not a democracy though. This topic is near and dear to slashotters as we like to push past marketing spin, which is really all thats going on. Its one thing for microsoft or intel, or ?? to keep paying for market research until it nets the answer they want, but its quite another for a tax payed for study to get altered by the PHB's.
I agree. I blacklist any company that sends me a "helpful" commercial I did not ask for. If I don't have a business relationship with the sender, then I'll call them.
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From what I read, maybe we just need to publish the Supreme court credit card #'s and maybe we can get stronger credit protections too. I don't think this law wouldv'e existed if Justice Bork's video rental habbits had not been published in the newspaper.
Justice will be served when the bankruptcy is complete. If SCO would have bothered to have evidence of the copying, they had a case. They never showed any evidence, just said they had it. They deserve everything they get.
If the problem causes your customer to be dead in the water, then 48 hours is too long. If its minor, then no. Imagine if your furnace broke and under warranty and they told you it would be 48 DAYS before somebody got out there. I think the sw industry as a whole doesn't take customer service very seriously.
I am much more empathetic with the guy who robs the 7/11 for a beer than a guy like this. I'd like to see him get the maximum. But then, I'd like to see more white collar criminals (like the Prince guy at Citi) get some well deserved time. I think on average people don't see white collar crime as that bad because there is no clear individual victim. This guy ripped off 250K people, maybe not with a gun, but still, ripped them off. The Citi guy has ripped off hundreds of thousands and was even paid a bonus to leave. Justice shouldv'e gone after Lay's estate when he died and distributed it to the Enron pension fund too, but we just don't prosecute white collar with a passion.
Wow, I must be crazy then. I bought my BD because I watch movies & since BD has more studio support amd BD has better PQ/AQ options, it was an easy decision. I doubt many even watch the deleted scenes on a disc. I think its odd how everyone is predicting the death of BD when it enjoys a 2:1 media sales advantage.
Sort of like the uncertainty principle. In order to "store" RAM to a permanent medium, RAM will change to write itself to the medium. This reminds me of when I testified and tried to explain that from a programs perspective, VM looks just like RAM, just slower. I never managed to convince the prosecutor. Clearly the legal system hasn't a clue about tech.
I know I'm old, but really, squashing network performance so the user gets to hear their mp3. Maybe for a user who is a musician the music aspect is the most important use of the machine. I think it shows the real roots of windows is for home use, not biz use. You'd think the PHB's woulda figured that out by now. If employees really want to listen to music while working, get their own ipod or other music player.
Costco/Sams are selling the BD 301 player with 5 free movies for 450, not 600. I imagine by xmas
they'll be under 400 and Toshiba's ~250.
I think paramount is probably accepting a wad of cash for a limited exclusive period. I mean really, 100mil and maybe a 1 year lockin to HD-DVD. If bluray has won in a year, they'll start pressing BD's again. If HD wins, then they just keep pressing HD's. I doubt they'll make 100mil off bluray this year, so its a big win money wise, and really thats all the suits care about.
I think the consensus is that video is about the same and blu-ray has the edge on audio (if the studio uses the extra capabilities) I think too soon to tell who will win, although I just got a BD player and am crossing my fingers.
yes, but here is the difference. When you buy a car, it is with YOUR money, so you are just getting a discount. In this case, the decision maker may have gotten a new swimming pool if the decision maker made microsoft happy by using somebody else's money to buy those 500 seats. Its called a kickback stupid, and they happen in business. Unfortunately, open source is not going to take you to hawaii, get you a hooker, or any number of other favors. I see it in my small biz all the time. People DO get paid off either in cash or prizes all the time. Don't be so naive.
agreed, this box woulda been something 10 years ago. Now though with no HD, its a joke. I have a Roku that was doing HD 5 years ago. I'm looking for a replacement and some of the the new stuff from netgear/linksys looks promising, but obviously if it was hackable it would be better. Hopefully Neuros will come out with an HD offering.
Wouldn't it make more sense to add a little greenhouse on the roofs of existing buildings??? Light is
plentiful at the top. It would even help with water runoff and A/C. I think europe's been doing
this for awhile.
Should've mentioned, mine is a tad pricier as I also have static IP addresses as well. RR wanted
an obscene amount of money for static IP when I first got the connection several years ago.
Not sure where cable is these days on static. Glad I saved you a buck or 2 on your bills.
The only competition these days is between cable/dsl and when people switch it is a gentle
reminder for them.
I have DSL with an upload speed of 768kbit (~100Kbyte) as measured by dslreports. The one
advantage of dsl is the upload. (well that and your not sharing) Its around 80/mo I think.
who is paying for this service and gets infected. Ouch, what a bill that will be, and
all guaranteed to be delivered. New bot target:Certified senders!
I s'pose you think Iraq had weapons of mass destruction too
The current administration *always* lies, so the truth is just the opposite of what they say. GW's methods have made it so easy to know where the truth is. So, we know if GW says we are doing better the than EU on emissions, than the truth is the EU is doing better than we are. So simple!
I expect "C" will be a predominant language until somebody comes up with a really friendly native multi-threaded language. The machine architecture is out of gas using single CPU's. To get higher performance, machines are moving to multiple CPU architectures. Alot of languages support this, but none seem to be very good at it. When somebody comes up with an easy to use multi-threaded language, then "D" will supplant "C" for the OS and alot of applications currently done on "C". My 2 cents
The author forgets that tangible objects are taxed at their current valuation. Copyrighted objects rarely are. Another minor fact the author missed is even property can be eminent domain'ed away, or if a govt collapses completely, the new govt will likely re-distribute the land. Ask the indians.
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OK, I saw the bit on the news. The woman had paid for "in-home" support (300 bucks I think) and they would not come out. Maybe I'm crazy, but "in-home" is pretty clear. It means I call, they come. If dell can't do this for 300, then they should not have offerred it. When I bought a big-screen, I got "in-home" support (500/5 years with yearly cleaning & adjustment including). When the TV died, I called, they came a day later, not 3 freakin months later as was the case for this poor woman. The woman was not tech-savvy at all. She did some kind of knitting biz. So she did the smart thing, she paid for service and did not get it. No idea what "gold" service from dell means. "In-home" is pretty clear though.
as america burns down by sueing each other over lame ideas. Meanhile, in china, they are planning lunar bases, new satellites and making everything we buy. I'm sure many chinese plan on retiring on our beaches after we sell it to them to pay off our debts. What else do we make anymore except legal lawsuits.
I seem to recall this being one of 1984's concepts. Control the information, rewrite history/science and you control the masses. Clearly, using tax dollars to pay for research and then altering it should be criminalized. (write your senate/congress) Both parties do it. Its just been particularly bad because normally the prez/congress is different parties, so they watchdog each other. Dunno what the answer is. Maybe force congress/prez to be of different parties. That would just acknowledge we live in a 2 party country, not a democracy though. This topic is near and dear to slashotters as we like to push past marketing spin, which is really all thats going on. Its one thing for microsoft or intel, or ?? to keep paying for market research until it nets the answer they want, but its quite another for a tax payed for study to get altered by the PHB's.
I agree. I blacklist any company that sends me a "helpful" commercial I did not
ask for. If I don't have a business relationship with the sender, then I'll
call them.