Yes, that's what I do at home, (and what XP does by default), but at work, we're dealing with drive mappings and user shortcuts for dozens of users. I have a feeling that people here were opening network files from f: back when this place was running NetWare 4 - long before USB drives were common. If you want to come and re-map all the existing shortcuts for all our users, and re-train our users on where to save stuff, come on over.
Obviously, Microsoft half-understands the problem. I can't map a network drive to a letter that's already in use. Why doesn't their OS check network drive mappings before assigning a letter for a physical drive?
At my last job, I got a lot of telemarketing calls trying to sell me toner cartridges. I'd always say, "Let me forward your call to the right person," then forward them to a fax machine. If they called back, I'd apologize and do it again - repeat as necessary.
Since we're griping about our least-favorite Windows bugs, here's mine. XP doesn't look at mapped network drives when assigning a drive letter to a new storage device. If you've got your hard drive at C:, CDROM at D:, and a network drive mapped to E:, and you plug in a USB drive, it is inaccessible. It also is assigned to E:, but the only way to get to it is to go into Disk Management and assign a different drive letter. Which fixes the problem, but only for *that* USB drive. Plug in a different one and you're back to the same problem.
Just out of curiosity, anyone know if this is fixed in Vista?
I'm not sure if it's on the FairTax website, but the book describes a time when that scenario actually happened. Back in the '90s when there was the government shutdown, there was a short period of time when a tax on airline tickets expired. Every airline initially kept ticket prices the same, and pocketed the increased revenue. Within days, ticket prices dropped to reflect the tax that was no longer being paid. Sure, airlines have tighter competition than some markets, but customers are very price-sensitive, and businesses know this. If you can drop your prices slightly without affecting your profits, you can get a major advantage by doing so. If your competition can drop their prices without affecting their profits, they probably will.
Some products might not drop - particularly that have a very strong brand identity and customer loyalty. The first example that comes to mind for me is Apple. If you want to run Windows, you can get Dell or HP or any number of others. If you want to run OSX (without violating a license agreement), you have to buy an Apple. But even then you might see prices drop a bit because of savings at the retail levels. You would still have a choice to but your new Mac at an Apple Store, or Best Buy, Circuit City, CompUSA, or you can order it online from CDW or NewEgg or any number of other retailers. (Disclaimer for the anal retentive: I don't know how many of my examples actually sell Apple) Any of those retailers will have their ongoing costs reduced by the FairTax, giving them leeway to cut prices without losing revenue.
In my mind, the greatest advantage for business under the FairTax, is that they no longer have to try to look for tax loopholes and structure their business accordingly. For example, how many businesses have been buying Hummers because of the tax credits on vehicles over a certain weight? How many of those businesses would have bought something else without the tax benefits of the Hummer?
I see the FairTax as a major boon for everyone except H&R Block, and criminals who aren't currently paying taxes.
8) Human fleet arrives on present-day earth with the Cylons right behind them. The human race faces complete annihilation from a well-armed machine race when a cable company engineer and a fighter pilot go to Area 51, discover that the U.S. government has a Raider they've been keeping hidden for decades, fly it into a Base Ship, and use a MacBook Pro to upload a computer virus.
9) Human fleet arrives on present-day earth with the Cylons right behind them. The human race faces complete annihilation from a well-armed machine race when one of the Centurions accidentally installs a Free Upgrade to Windows Vista. It quickly spreads throughout the Cylon network, slowing things to a crawl. The Cylons last thoughts are, "You are attempting to exterminate humanity. Confirm or Deny?" when they are obliterated by thermonuclear weapons launched by Microsoft's Genuine Advantage Enforcement Division.
I agree on both Zahn and Anderson, though I've only read Anderson's Star Wars stuff.
Hey Kevin! Here's an idea for another Star Wars book! Write one about some evil guy building another superweapon!
I'm not sure about him deserving worse than death. I think that death would be sufficient, provided that every thing he had ever written was destroyed.
I haven't read any Star Wars novels in years, but my favorites were the X-Wing series, particularly the ones Stackpole wrote. I think one advantage they had was an entirely fresh set of characters. Though I do think it's kinda funny that books based off a computer game based off a movie are actually good.
Seriously though, I remember reading that one story Lucas had placed off-limits for the novels and comic books was the story of how Han and Chewie ended up working together. I was hoping it wouldn't be in Episode 3 because of the timeline. Han would have been just a kid, and after Episode 1, I knew I couldn't handle Lucas throwing another child hero into the mix.
There was a series of 3 short novels about Han Solo published back in '79 and '80 dealing with pre-episode 4 events. (Later released as 1 paperback, don't know if it's still in print) Haven't read them in years, but as I recall, they were OK, not great. There was also a trilogy of novels written in the late '90s that were a bit better as I recall. They covered a fairly large span of Han's life, but left a gaping, unexplained hole where he's just been kicked out of either the Imperial Academy or the Imperial Navy, (I forget which) and suddenly has a wookie that owes him a life-debt.
Of course, I got over my fanboyism and quit collecting the books once I was out of college. It could be that the story has been covered since then and I just haven't read it.
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The Batmobile runs on bats? No wonder you never see Batman stopping by the gas station.
I "Back Up" my music on to my computer so I can listen to it on my MP3 player. Millions of other people have done the same. I have "backed up" multiple DVDs by ripping them to XviD so I can watch them over my lunch break using TCPMP on my Palm T3. A couple of the DVDs were rentals, but I delete the files after I've watched them. Yeah, hard drive space is cheap, but if I really feel like a movie is worth watching over and over, I'll buy a copy.
I suppose technically, these examples are "format shifting", rather than "backing up". I have copied DVDs, burned the copies, and shelved the originals as "Back ups". Those were for my daughter. Keep the originals safe from sticky fingers. But all of these examples qualify as "Fair Use". Contrast this with previous MPAA statements. "You want a backup? Buy another copy!"
In your hypothetical example of suppressed researchers, there's one additional factor. If a drug company wants a patent, they have to provide documentation. If there was, to use your example, a cure for Muscular Distrophy developed back in the 80s, either it was patented, with a 10 year life on the patent, or it wasn't, meaning no patents to work around when one of the researchers talks.
Sure you can make more selling treatments than cures - if you're the only one selling. But what if you're selling a treatment, and your competitor starts selling a cure? Competition can be a beautiful thing.
I recently discovered another reason to hate the dog. I had recently started a new job, and hadn't gotten around to all the standard tweaks required to make a new Windows install usable. I had done a search and had kept the search box open behind some other windows while working on other things. For the next couple of days I was trying to figure out why my hard drive or CDROM was making two short but loud seeks every once in awhile.
Eventually I realized that the freaking dog was scratching himself. Drove me crazy for several days trying to figure out what the noise was, and it turns out to be Microsoft trying to be cute.
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And if you took the body panels off the Model T or the Pinto, you'd find the Go-Kart.
The real question is: When will the new version of emacs show up in Debian stable?
Technically, those are just opposite ends of the same tube.
My question is where do Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix fit in?
Obviously, Microsoft half-understands the problem. I can't map a network drive to a letter that's already in use. Why doesn't their OS check network drive mappings before assigning a letter for a physical drive?
At my last job, I got a lot of telemarketing calls trying to sell me toner cartridges. I'd always say, "Let me forward your call to the right person," then forward them to a fax machine. If they called back, I'd apologize and do it again - repeat as necessary.
Just out of curiosity, anyone know if this is fixed in Vista?
Some products might not drop - particularly that have a very strong brand identity and customer loyalty. The first example that comes to mind for me is Apple. If you want to run Windows, you can get Dell or HP or any number of others. If you want to run OSX (without violating a license agreement), you have to buy an Apple. But even then you might see prices drop a bit because of savings at the retail levels. You would still have a choice to but your new Mac at an Apple Store, or Best Buy, Circuit City, CompUSA, or you can order it online from CDW or NewEgg or any number of other retailers. (Disclaimer for the anal retentive: I don't know how many of my examples actually sell Apple) Any of those retailers will have their ongoing costs reduced by the FairTax, giving them leeway to cut prices without losing revenue.
In my mind, the greatest advantage for business under the FairTax, is that they no longer have to try to look for tax loopholes and structure their business accordingly. For example, how many businesses have been buying Hummers because of the tax credits on vehicles over a certain weight? How many of those businesses would have bought something else without the tax benefits of the Hummer?
I see the FairTax as a major boon for everyone except H&R Block, and criminals who aren't currently paying taxes.
You got my hopes up. It's still $25 for the version I need for my Tungsten T3.
No, he uses Hare Tonic.
9) Human fleet arrives on present-day earth with the Cylons right behind them. The human race faces complete annihilation from a well-armed machine race when one of the Centurions accidentally installs a Free Upgrade to Windows Vista. It quickly spreads throughout the Cylon network, slowing things to a crawl. The Cylons last thoughts are, "You are attempting to exterminate humanity. Confirm or Deny?" when they are obliterated by thermonuclear weapons launched by Microsoft's Genuine Advantage Enforcement Division.
Hey Kevin! Here's an idea for another Star Wars book! Write one about some evil guy building another superweapon!
I'm not sure about him deserving worse than death. I think that death would be sufficient, provided that every thing he had ever written was destroyed.
I haven't read any Star Wars novels in years, but my favorites were the X-Wing series, particularly the ones Stackpole wrote. I think one advantage they had was an entirely fresh set of characters. Though I do think it's kinda funny that books based off a computer game based off a movie are actually good.
Seriously though, I remember reading that one story Lucas had placed off-limits for the novels and comic books was the story of how Han and Chewie ended up working together. I was hoping it wouldn't be in Episode 3 because of the timeline. Han would have been just a kid, and after Episode 1, I knew I couldn't handle Lucas throwing another child hero into the mix.
There was a series of 3 short novels about Han Solo published back in '79 and '80 dealing with pre-episode 4 events. (Later released as 1 paperback, don't know if it's still in print) Haven't read them in years, but as I recall, they were OK, not great. There was also a trilogy of novels written in the late '90s that were a bit better as I recall. They covered a fairly large span of Han's life, but left a gaping, unexplained hole where he's just been kicked out of either the Imperial Academy or the Imperial Navy, (I forget which) and suddenly has a wookie that owes him a life-debt.
Of course, I got over my fanboyism and quit collecting the books once I was out of college. It could be that the story has been covered since then and I just haven't read it.
The Batmobile runs on bats? No wonder you never see Batman stopping by the gas station.
Make sure you use the correct PIN Number.
He's got his TV sideways.
Contact your Senators as well, and urge them to propose a companion bill in the Senate.
Off-topic, I know, but your sig goes perfectly with the post.
His son is a Hollywood producer. I'm sure between that and his congressional connections he was a perfect fit.
I suppose technically, these examples are "format shifting", rather than "backing up". I have copied DVDs, burned the copies, and shelved the originals as "Back ups". Those were for my daughter. Keep the originals safe from sticky fingers. But all of these examples qualify as "Fair Use". Contrast this with previous MPAA statements. "You want a backup? Buy another copy!"
Sure you can make more selling treatments than cures - if you're the only one selling. But what if you're selling a treatment, and your competitor starts selling a cure? Competition can be a beautiful thing.
"This website is work related! I'm checking for prior art on this patent for delivery of pornographic media."
Wow. Truly amazing. I think I am forever cured of the urge to Jump, Jump.
I recently discovered another reason to hate the dog. I had recently started a new job, and hadn't gotten around to all the standard tweaks required to make a new Windows install usable. I had done a search and had kept the search box open behind some other windows while working on other things. For the next couple of days I was trying to figure out why my hard drive or CDROM was making two short but loud seeks every once in awhile.
Eventually I realized that the freaking dog was scratching himself. Drove me crazy for several days trying to figure out what the noise was, and it turns out to be Microsoft trying to be cute.