I don't hunt and am not a gun fanatic, and my feelings on gun control are pretty lukewarm either way. But I could see myself buying a good ol' shotgun at some point if for no other reason than self protection....
Fortunately I live in a geographically stable region and in the suburbs. So god willing I never have to go through what they did.
Unfortunatly (in the case of a disaster) I live in the District. Think of it as "all of the corruption of NOLA but with none of the parties." And to top it off they've banned handguns for "the citizen's protection." Thankfully, you can still own a shotgun (although its supposed to be stored broken down, with the shells in another location), even if you have to jump through a million hoops to get one.
found out that I was no longer the owner of a domain I've owned for over 3 years, that this domain is now the 'property' of a domain squatter selling google adds on my hard earned search engine status.
Not that this is going to make you feel any better, or help out in any way, but you never *owned* the domain name in the first place. IMO that's one of the major problems with the way the registry is set up in the first place.
If you own a trademark to the name you may (and I stress may) be able to get it back, or at least keep others from using the name (take it to arbitration???) but, from the sound of it, you're probably SOL.
Those delays are set to end late next year with the simultaneous launch of new versions of Windows and the Office suite of PC applications in the company's most significant new product cycle since Windows 95.
This phrase gets dusted off for every OS release MS makes. Heard it for 98, ME, 2000, XP, 2003... and will continue to hear it for every other bloody version MS flogs.
The chip-making facilities themselves are not R&D, so they should be included in the $40 figure (the sheer cost of constructing the plants is considerable). Salaries and benefits too (not for R&D people but production people).
The article is not very clear about this and my gut reaction is that the $40 only includes the operational costs. Fab plants are UBER expensive (measured in the billions of dollars), by far the largest expense of the total cost of making a chip. Even assuming that all of the $40 goes towards paying off the sunk capital (i.e. the operating costs are nil) that's a few hundred million chips that have to be sold before a fab plant breaks even. Something just doesn't smell right with those numbers.
a) assumes everyone under the age of 25 is a college graduate (not true)
b) assumes that between one and four and one in five students bum around for a year (which is unbelieveably large) that would explain up to their 23rd year.
So, to explain it away you have to assume that a) every French(wo)man between the age of 18-22 is in college and b) every last one of them loaf off for a year afterwards. Sorry, that just doesn't fly.
You think a ten percent rate is bad? Take a look at the unemployment rate in France for people under 25. It has been as high as 25% but seems to be somewhere around 20% currently (can't find 2004 numbers).
Knowing the DC public school system this doesn't surprise me one bit. I have a post up at the DC Education Blog about just this matter.
As best as I can tell from the article either the Post completely hashed up something in its reporting and misquoted the CIO, the CIO doesn't have much of a clue about anything technical, or the CIO does have a clue about technical matters, yet built a system on years-old and completely incapable technology.
Wouldn't Microsoft have to actually come out with a web tool that people use that Google didn't already have to even have the possibility of that description?
Nope. Its a matter of trying to cut off each other's revenue stream. If MS takes eyeballs from Google products then Google receives less advertising revenue (which is their bread and butter revenue stream). If Google can produce pivotal applications that don't require MS OS or applications to run then MS (in theory) would receive less revenue from selling operating systems and applications (which is their bread and butter revenue stream).
This looks less like a battle of "what can I build to make more money" than "what can I build to fark my competition."
Move it lock, stock and barrel to a corn field in the middle of Iowa. Like anyone's really gonna care where it is as long as they can get drunk as hell.
The French once had the right idea with fencing - a couple of guys having at it with swords seems like a good recipe for spectator fun, but for some reason that dropped off the radar.
I say this as a fencer: fencing isn't exactly the greatest spectator sport. Points are determined very quickly -- the action last a few seconds at best -- and without the lights/official its damn difficult sitting in the stands knowing who actually scored. Don't get me wrong, its a great sport to play, but a spectator sport it ain't.
Now that I can (somewhat) believe. If MS decides to persue this in order to distract Apple then a lot of lawyers are going to make a lot of money. Should be fun to watch.
The upside to all of this that everyone seems to be missing is that now Apple can't go around suing everyone who makes an mp3 player whose controls are anything slightly iPod'ish.
Two words: Prior Art. MS filed two months after the debut of the iPod. Apple got caught with their pants down by filing late, but I doubt seriously MS will be able to collect a dime on the patents.
They're not doing it to be friendly, they're doing it for their own economic advantage, period. The fact that they're hypocritical asshats just makes it unseemly.
Not this canard again (see my other posting about this above):
The party affiliation of the appointing president does not reliably predict the opionions of the judge. John Paul Stevens is (and has been) considered one of its most liberal members.
Appointing presidents don't always line up with the Judge's political orientation. Some presidents have ended up getting heartburn over the their SCOTUS appointments. JPS and (to a lesser extent) DHS have been reliably left leaning in their decisions during their tenure.
No, it frightens the hell out of me. In fact, I even have problems with the "elimination of blight" aspect of ED too (first championed by DC, my current residence) simply because the people who determine just what constitues "blight" are the very same people who are trying to grab the land. You would be amazed at what some juridictions have classified as "condemned" in order to grab land.
And interestingly enough it was done by the more liberal (er, "progressive") members of the bench. The three hard conservatives were soundly against it.
I've been pretty dismissive of the whole "OSX will run on PC boxen" arguements; I think Apple still wants to control the hardware. I seriously doubt you'll ever be able to buy a boxed version of OSX and plop it on just any PC hardware (at least without some serious hacking / bootstrapping), nor will Apple tolerate it.
However, I could see Apple possibly doing strategic partnerships with the likes of Dell and HP, allowing them to license (at a financially rewarding rate) some motherboard designs and allow them to sell to certain segments of the market. Maybe to existing Dell/HP customers who already have existing purchasing agreements, markets/locations Apple isn't already selling to, etc.
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I don't hunt and am not a gun fanatic, and my feelings on gun control are pretty lukewarm either way. But I could see myself buying a good ol' shotgun at some point if for no other reason than self protection. ...
Fortunately I live in a geographically stable region and in the suburbs. So god willing I never have to go through what they did.
Unfortunatly (in the case of a disaster) I live in the District. Think of it as "all of the corruption of NOLA but with none of the parties." And to top it off they've banned handguns for "the citizen's protection." Thankfully, you can still own a shotgun (although its supposed to be stored broken down, with the shells in another location), even if you have to jump through a million hoops to get one.
found out that I was no longer the owner of a domain I've owned for over 3 years, that this domain is now the 'property' of a domain squatter selling google adds on my hard earned search engine status.
Not that this is going to make you feel any better, or help out in any way, but you never *owned* the domain name in the first place. IMO that's one of the major problems with the way the registry is set up in the first place.
If you own a trademark to the name you may (and I stress may) be able to get it back, or at least keep others from using the name (take it to arbitration???) but, from the sound of it, you're probably SOL.
Those delays are set to end late next year with the simultaneous launch of new versions of Windows and the Office suite of PC applications in the company's most significant new product cycle since Windows 95.
This phrase gets dusted off for every OS release MS makes. Heard it for 98, ME, 2000, XP, 2003... and will continue to hear it for every other bloody version MS flogs.
Actually, I'm about an order of magnitude off.. it would be around 30-70 million chips until break-even point. Still a butt load though.
The chip-making facilities themselves are not R&D, so they should be included in the $40 figure (the sheer cost of constructing the plants is considerable). Salaries and benefits too (not for R&D people but production people).
The article is not very clear about this and my gut reaction is that the $40 only includes the operational costs. Fab plants are UBER expensive (measured in the billions of dollars), by far the largest expense of the total cost of making a chip. Even assuming that all of the $40 goes towards paying off the sunk capital (i.e. the operating costs are nil) that's a few hundred million chips that have to be sold before a fab plant breaks even. Something just doesn't smell right with those numbers.
a) assumes everyone under the age of 25 is a college graduate (not true)
b) assumes that between one and four and one in five students bum around for a year (which is unbelieveably large) that would explain up to their 23rd year.
So, to explain it away you have to assume that a) every French(wo)man between the age of 18-22 is in college and b) every last one of them loaf off for a year afterwards. Sorry, that just doesn't fly.
You think a ten percent rate is bad? Take a look at the unemployment rate in France for people under 25. It has been as high as 25% but seems to be somewhere around 20% currently (can't find 2004 numbers).
With DCPS it wouldn't surprise me if the answer to your question is yes. DCPS *is* that badly managed.
Knowing the DC public school system this doesn't surprise me one bit. I have a post up at the DC Education Blog about just this matter.
As best as I can tell from the article either the Post completely hashed up something in its reporting and misquoted the CIO, the CIO doesn't have much of a clue about anything technical, or the CIO does have a clue about technical matters, yet built a system on years-old and completely incapable technology.
Its not as if DCPS hasn't wasted lots of its residents time and money with expensive, non functioning systems before.
Wouldn't Microsoft have to actually come out with a web tool that people use that Google didn't already have to even have the possibility of that description?
Nope. Its a matter of trying to cut off each other's revenue stream. If MS takes eyeballs from Google products then Google receives less advertising revenue (which is their bread and butter revenue stream). If Google can produce pivotal applications that don't require MS OS or applications to run then MS (in theory) would receive less revenue from selling operating systems and applications (which is their bread and butter revenue stream).
This looks less like a battle of "what can I build to make more money" than "what can I build to fark my competition."
Move it lock, stock and barrel to a corn field in the middle of Iowa. Like anyone's really gonna care where it is as long as they can get drunk as hell.
Also look up flashblock.
One of the funniest things I've read about the lockout is how the CFL broadcasts have improved their ratings since they've gone play-by-playless.
Some have 'real news', music and interviews. Others are more propaganda-like.
So basically it's no different than your normal CBC broadcast.
[rim shot]
Thank you.. I'll be here all week.
The French once had the right idea with fencing - a couple of guys having at it with swords seems like a good recipe for spectator fun, but for some reason that dropped off the radar.
I say this as a fencer: fencing isn't exactly the greatest spectator sport. Points are determined very quickly -- the action last a few seconds at best -- and without the lights/official its damn difficult sitting in the stands knowing who actually scored. Don't get me wrong, its a great sport to play, but a spectator sport it ain't.
Actually, Bound was a good flick too (although I'm sure they didn't get very rich off of that film).
Now that I can (somewhat) believe. If MS decides to persue this in order to distract Apple then a lot of lawyers are going to make a lot of money. Should be fun to watch.
The upside to all of this that everyone seems to be missing is that now Apple can't go around suing everyone who makes an mp3 player whose controls are anything slightly iPod'ish.
Two words: Prior Art. MS filed two months after the debut of the iPod. Apple got caught with their pants down by filing late, but I doubt seriously MS will be able to collect a dime on the patents.
Wow, and during the same week as Retired Japaneese Pole Vaulter Appreciation Day. Who'da thunk it.
The only "appreciation day" I give two shits about is pay day. Everything else is touchy-feely, new age pablum.
In a bid to be friendly with Open Source...
They're not doing it to be friendly, they're doing it for their own economic advantage, period. The fact that they're hypocritical asshats just makes it unseemly.
Not this canard again (see my other posting about this above):
The party affiliation of the appointing president does not reliably predict the opionions of the judge. John Paul Stevens is (and has been) considered one of its most liberal members.
Appointing presidents don't always line up with the Judge's political orientation. Some presidents have ended up getting heartburn over the their SCOTUS appointments. JPS and (to a lesser extent) DHS have been reliably left leaning in their decisions during their tenure.
No, it frightens the hell out of me. In fact, I even have problems with the "elimination of blight" aspect of ED too (first championed by DC, my current residence) simply because the people who determine just what constitues "blight" are the very same people who are trying to grab the land. You would be amazed at what some juridictions have classified as "condemned" in order to grab land.
And interestingly enough it was done by the more liberal (er, "progressive") members of the bench. The three hard conservatives were soundly against it.
I've been pretty dismissive of the whole "OSX will run on PC boxen" arguements; I think Apple still wants to control the hardware. I seriously doubt you'll ever be able to buy a boxed version of OSX and plop it on just any PC hardware (at least without some serious hacking / bootstrapping), nor will Apple tolerate it.
However, I could see Apple possibly doing strategic partnerships with the likes of Dell and HP, allowing them to license (at a financially rewarding rate) some motherboard designs and allow them to sell to certain segments of the market. Maybe to existing Dell/HP customers who already have existing purchasing agreements, markets/locations Apple isn't already selling to, etc.