Use a password and change it daily. That way people have to come into the shop to ask you for the password (assuming it's not a WEP password or something stupid like "password") which forces them to either buy something or GTFO.
Sadly, I suspect the operators of these shops don't have the expertise to do something like that.
.... Of a poker player who is the short stack at the table taking what chips s/he has left and going "all in" with any two cards and hoping for the best. I suspect that barring a minor miracle, the outcome is going to be that they're going to loose all their chips (not to mention any credibility they have left).
The Globe And Mail is one of Canada's largest daily newspapers and has some amount of influence. Also, Mathew Ingram is somewhat influential in the "blogisphere" up north. I think he's hit the nail on the head. Too bad the studios won't be paying attention.
.... Then maybe media companies will give up this DRM non-sense which does nothing but frustrate consumers and slow the adoption rate of digital media in the mass market.
.... this is more about painting Microsoft into a corner by first flipping back to selling XP on some of their systems, and now this. I suspect that Dell is going to be in a very interesting position when they go to re-negotiate their OEM agreement with Microsoft where they can try and dictate the terms that they want.
How about the fact that Bell not only threatened Digital Home with pulling it's ads because of an article it didn't like, but then doing so? Is that not a bigger issue than how the site is ranked? Let's look at the facts for a sec:
1. Bell threatened to pull their ads because his article "was having a negative impact on dealer sales."
2. Digital Home presents that what they said is accurate and is confirmed by multiple sources. Not to mention that this info was public domain.
3. Bell yanks it's ads.
It sounds like Bell is ticked that people are going to wait a couple of months before they get a receiver for HDTV from them because they want the latest and greatest. You can't fault the consumer for that.
If this was happening to the New York Times, we'd be up in arms and this would be under "Your Rights Online" or "Censorship." But somehow this is a story about Comscore. I'm not saying that that aspect of the story doesn't have merit, but there's an equally important issue here that needs to be explored.
.... I suspect that this will not stop the MAFIAA from making the lives of millions of Americans miserable. They'll just blow it off and it will be business as usual for them.
"You do realize that all that nagware crap subsidizes the cost of the hardware, don't you? All that crap is exactly why Dells are worth buying. One wipe, which I'd be doing anyways, and it's all gone."
A single point of failure can bring down the entire network? Not very reassuring, especially considering Blackberry is predominately a CRITICAL business tool.
...from the start. After all, that's what I'd say if I were in their position. Research in Motion talked about a workaround during the latter stage of its legal woes with NPT Inc. But in the end they paid six hundred extra-large ones (aka millions) to make NTP go away. So we'll never know if they really had a workaround of any sort (I suspect they never did, but what do I know). Given that Vonage has never made money, they're in no position to do what RIM did to solve this issue. So they're screwed plain and simple.
As for somebody buying them out..... Worst idea EVAH! Sure you get a customer base, but who would risk it? Verizon won't as they're going to pick up some customers no matter what if Vonage goes tits up. Anybody else will simply inherit Vonage's issues. So It seems more reasonable that they are going to die a slow death..... Oh wait! They already are.
...... Since there are a ton of these products out there. Does any third party verifiy that they are secure as they are claimed to be? Or are we truly at the mercy of the marketing spin that these companies put out?
"In the real world, bosses are known to suffer from a long list of social pathologies: naked aggression, credit hogging, micromanaging, bullying, you name it. "
So that explains everything that Ballmer has ever done. I knew there had to be a logical reason.
Slashdot Mirror
.... In 3 - 2 - 1.....
Use a password and change it daily. That way people have to come into the shop to ask you for the password (assuming it's not a WEP password or something stupid like "password") which forces them to either buy something or GTFO.
Sadly, I suspect the operators of these shops don't have the expertise to do something like that.
.... Of a poker player who is the short stack at the table taking what chips s/he has left and going "all in" with any two cards and hoping for the best. I suspect that barring a minor miracle, the outcome is going to be that they're going to loose all their chips (not to mention any credibility they have left).
You must be new here.
... On theglobeandmail.com below:
M .20070508.WBmingram20070508112009/WBStory/WBmingra m
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGA
The Globe And Mail is one of Canada's largest daily newspapers and has some amount of influence. Also, Mathew Ingram is somewhat influential in the "blogisphere" up north. I think he's hit the nail on the head. Too bad the studios won't be paying attention.
.... Likely limits the chances of Dell being sued because of some sort of IP related issue. These days, it's all about covering your A**.
.... Then maybe media companies will give up this DRM non-sense which does nothing but frustrate consumers and slow the adoption rate of digital media in the mass market.
.... this is more about painting Microsoft into a corner by first flipping back to selling XP on some of their systems, and now this. I suspect that Dell is going to be in a very interesting position when they go to re-negotiate their OEM agreement with Microsoft where they can try and dictate the terms that they want.
.... But how does this stop criminals/terrorists/undefined bad guys?
Ballmer has a reason NOT to throw a chair!
How about the fact that Bell not only threatened Digital Home with pulling it's ads because of an article it didn't like, but then doing so? Is that not a bigger issue than how the site is ranked? Let's look at the facts for a sec:
1. Bell threatened to pull their ads because his article "was having a negative impact on dealer sales."
2. Digital Home presents that what they said is accurate and is confirmed by multiple sources. Not to mention that this info was public domain.
3. Bell yanks it's ads.
It sounds like Bell is ticked that people are going to wait a couple of months before they get a receiver for HDTV from them because they want the latest and greatest. You can't fault the consumer for that.
If this was happening to the New York Times, we'd be up in arms and this would be under "Your Rights Online" or "Censorship." But somehow this is a story about Comscore. I'm not saying that that aspect of the story doesn't have merit, but there's an equally important issue here that needs to be explored.
..... Whoo hoo, hoo hoo hoo!
.... I suspect that this will not stop the MAFIAA from making the lives of millions of Americans miserable. They'll just blow it off and it will be business as usual for them.
"You do realize that all that nagware crap subsidizes the cost of the hardware, don't you? All that crap is exactly why Dells are worth buying. One wipe, which I'd be doing anyways, and it's all gone."
It's a lot easer to run PC Decrapifier:
http://www.pcdecrapifier.com/
It's free and it works.
Which is worse:
A) The fact one piece of software took down their environment.
B) Their failover plan didn't work.
C) All of the above.
D) None of the above.
Personally, I vote for "B". Face it, s**h happens. But when you plan for s**t happening and the plan doesn't work, that's a VERY bad thing.
A single point of failure can bring down the entire network? Not very reassuring, especially considering Blackberry is predominately a CRITICAL business tool.
There. Fixed that for you.
.... In the following locations:
M .20070418.wblackberry18/BNStory/Business/home
o utage-update-its-kinda-up-253214.php
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGA
http://www.wnbc.com/news/12339359/detail.html
But I can verify that their network is up (sort of) and Engaget.com confirms this:
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/cellphones/blackberry-
So YMMV.
.... Boo hoo, hoo hoo hoo
...from the start. After all, that's what I'd say if I were in their position. Research in Motion talked about a workaround during the latter stage of its legal woes with NPT Inc. But in the end they paid six hundred extra-large ones (aka millions) to make NTP go away. So we'll never know if they really had a workaround of any sort (I suspect they never did, but what do I know). Given that Vonage has never made money, they're in no position to do what RIM did to solve this issue. So they're screwed plain and simple.
.... Oh wait! They already are.
As for somebody buying them out..... Worst idea EVAH! Sure you get a customer base, but who would risk it? Verizon won't as they're going to pick up some customers no matter what if Vonage goes tits up. Anybody else will simply inherit Vonage's issues. So It seems more reasonable that they are going to die a slow death.
... Has a review of this clock:
http://www.the-gadgeteer.com/review/clocky
.... In 3 - 2 - 1....
.... topic and why it's a bad idea here:
m m_copyrightreform.asp
http://www.caut.ca/en/bulletin/issues/2004_nov/co
Highly recommended reading for Canadians who wish to see why the House Of Commons should bury this idea today.
For those of you who don't know who Michael Geist is, check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Geist for more info.
...... Since there are a ton of these products out there. Does any third party verifiy that they are secure as they are claimed to be? Or are we truly at the mercy of the marketing spin that these companies put out?
"In the real world, bosses are known to suffer from a long list of social pathologies: naked aggression, credit hogging, micromanaging, bullying, you name it. "
So that explains everything that Ballmer has ever done. I knew there had to be a logical reason.
.... the SSID will be Linksys right?