..... living in Soviet Russia is looking better and better every day.
This may already be too late....
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..... as Palm sat on their OS for years and allowed RIM and all of the Windows Mobile based handhelds to pass them. Even if the new LINUX based OS is great, they've already lost all of the mindshare that they once had and it won't make any difference.
.....IS VOTE WITH YOUR DOLLARS! I did by moving to Bell Sympatico who (AFAIK) don't shape traffic. I believe that Speakeasy in the states doesn't easier (although IIRC you pay a bit more for that). If enough people do that, dimwitted ISP's will get the hint.(or at least one would hope so).
So if the this is completely free of charge.....
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.... just how does Google plan to make money from this? Sure it takes away business from traditional directory based searches, but I still fail to see how the cash that those services would get end up in Google's pocket. I'm sure that if I'm missing something that/.'ers will point out what that something is.
... If all music players play AAC which not all do. Those "el-chepo" ones from your local flea market don't. Neither do the ones from Cowon, Creative, Philips, Sandisk (everything but the e200s), or Toshiba. If you have one of those, then this announcement means nothing to you. But if you're player is made by Apple, Microsoft, Nokia, Sony, or Sandisk (just the e200s), then you're safe because these players will let the sounds of your favorite artists issue forth from their AAC-encoded files.
Until they all do, this isn't the "eureka" moment that people think it is.
.... But to say that it is "dangerously unstable" seems a bit much. Perhaps this guy had hardware issues that were responsible for the OS being unstable?
... Just release patches when they are ready as opposed to releasing them in groups on "patch Tuesday" as there seem to be an increasing number of zero-day exploits out in the wild. Consider that it took M$ forever to close the zero-day exploits in Office even though there were exploits in the wild and they even warned users about them which IIRC was a highly unusual step for them.
This translates to "Drop your lawsuit or you're guaranteed to lose. Besides, our market cap is much bigger than yours so we can simply buy you to make this go away. Na na na na na na!"
.... if Microsoft's PR firms do the same thing with sites like Slashdot? Do they keep track on what certain users say? Do they keep track of what topic are posted?
* How will Web content outside the control of campaigns affect voters?
* How should campaigns react to anonymous but highly viewed attacks?
* When is Web content, no matter how provocative, newsworthy?
Also worth noting. Apple has decided NOT to sue the creator as it would be unlikely that they'd win:
... And I don't mean that it's a dupe. Didn't we hear this stuff about games like Grand Theft Auto? IIRC, those who wanted these games banned used the case of Devin Moore (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devin_Moore) to illustrate this (it should be noted that he was represented by Jack Thompson)?
I don't see hordes of psycho people running around with anti-social behavior that can directly be traced back to video games. If there are people out there who do have anti-social behavior, maybe it's due to the fact that they were kind of out there to begin with.
It didn't come from Larry Page and Sergey Brin or anybody like that. For all we know, this statement may just be some sort of FUD meant to scare people who put out other smart phones (Read: Microsoft, Palm, etc.).
I'll wait for some sort of "official" announcement.
They allow you to plug in any device that does voltage conversion (check your AC adapter before you leave to make sure it does) into any outlet. That way you don't have to walk around with a ton of cables.
Also, if you're an Apple Fanboy, Apple has the World Travel Adapter Kit that does the same thing with the power adapters that come with iPods, iBooks, PowerBooks, MacBooks, MacBook Pros.
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..... living in Soviet Russia is looking better and better every day.
..... as Palm sat on their OS for years and allowed RIM and all of the Windows Mobile based handhelds to pass them. Even if the new LINUX based OS is great, they've already lost all of the mindshare that they once had and it won't make any difference.
....And not one sold into the Ballmer household.
.....IS VOTE WITH YOUR DOLLARS! I did by moving to Bell Sympatico who (AFAIK) don't shape traffic. I believe that Speakeasy in the states doesn't easier (although IIRC you pay a bit more for that). If enough people do that, dimwitted ISP's will get the hint.(or at least one would hope so).
.... just how does Google plan to make money from this? Sure it takes away business from traditional directory based searches, but I still fail to see how the cash that those services would get end up in Google's pocket. I'm sure that if I'm missing something that /.'ers will point out what that something is.
"I'm saying this as if I was a consumer that actually bought digital download tracks, but you get my point."
The MAFIAA has your settlement offer in the mail.
... If all music players play AAC which not all do. Those "el-chepo" ones from your local flea market don't. Neither do the ones from Cowon, Creative, Philips, Sandisk (everything but the e200s), or Toshiba. If you have one of those, then this announcement means nothing to you. But if you're player is made by Apple, Microsoft, Nokia, Sony, or Sandisk (just the e200s), then you're safe because these players will let the sounds of your favorite artists issue forth from their AAC-encoded files.
Until they all do, this isn't the "eureka" moment that people think it is.
.... But to say that it is "dangerously unstable" seems a bit much. Perhaps this guy had hardware issues that were responsible for the OS being unstable?
... and all I had to do to solve it was go to Realtek's site and download the latest version of their driver. Problem solved (knock on wood).
So.. If the fix is that simple, is this issue really an issue or is this issue blown out of proportion?
..... Microsoft employees should be on the lookout for flying chairs.
... As I don't think they've checked those caves or Bin Laden.
... Just release patches when they are ready as opposed to releasing them in groups on "patch Tuesday" as there seem to be an increasing number of zero-day exploits out in the wild. Consider that it took M$ forever to close the zero-day exploits in Office even though there were exploits in the wild and they even warned users about them which IIRC was a highly unusual step for them.
"Fortunately, the law is clear, and on our side."
This translates to "Drop your lawsuit or you're guaranteed to lose. Besides, our market cap is much bigger than yours so we can simply buy you to make this go away. Na na na na na na!"
.... if Microsoft's PR firms do the same thing with sites like Slashdot? Do they keep track on what certain users say? Do they keep track of what topic are posted?
That would be interesting to know IMHO.
... They wouldn't have to work so hard to get onto Oprah.
.....Viacom gets a Wag Of The Finger!
...About this video (and ones like it) are in an article in yesterday's Globe and Mail:
M .20070321.gtpoltube0320/BNStory/Technology/
M .20070322.w19840322/BNStory/Technology/
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGA
Three key points from the article:
* How will Web content outside the control of campaigns affect voters?
* How should campaigns react to anonymous but highly viewed attacks?
* When is Web content, no matter how provocative, newsworthy?
Also worth noting. Apple has decided NOT to sue the creator as it would be unlikely that they'd win:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGA
Apple not suing somebody? I'll believe it when I see it.
.... How do you explain Metallica and their stance against P2P software? Their stance on this issue demonstrates a severe lack of intelligence.
Thinking about this:
"In what may be a red flag for Microsoft's lawyers, ReactOS is described as "an environment identical to Windows, both visually and internally.""
People at the Microsoft campus must be moving the furniture out of Ballmer's office as we speak.
... That privacy no longer exists.
... And I don't mean that it's a dupe. Didn't we hear this stuff about games like Grand Theft Auto? IIRC, those who wanted these games banned used the case of Devin Moore (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devin_Moore) to illustrate this (it should be noted that he was represented by Jack Thompson)?
I don't see hordes of psycho people running around with anti-social behavior that can directly be traced back to video games. If there are people out there who do have anti-social behavior, maybe it's due to the fact that they were kind of out there to begin with.
Just a thought.
.... Jealousy
(other than the fact it's about Google)
It didn't come from Larry Page and Sergey Brin or anybody like that. For all we know, this statement may just be some sort of FUD meant to scare people who put out other smart phones (Read: Microsoft, Palm, etc.).
I'll wait for some sort of "official" announcement.
.... Is one of these Travel Plug Adapters from Kensington:
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http://us.kensington.com/html/5519.html
http://us.kensington.com/html/7207.html
They allow you to plug in any device that does voltage conversion (check your AC adapter before you leave to make sure it does) into any outlet. That way you don't have to walk around with a ton of cables.
Also, if you're an Apple Fanboy, Apple has the World Travel Adapter Kit that does the same thing with the power adapters that come with iPods, iBooks, PowerBooks, MacBooks, MacBook Pros.
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/
All of these are light and don't take up a lot of space.
.... should be just like using Vista:
"Your rights guaranteed by the constitution are about to be violated. Cancel or allow?"