From the article: Tuning the user interface for ease-of-use was greatly facilitated by availability of source code for both the browser (Opera) and the graphical windowing system (Nano-X).
Other critical requirements, which Janson says have all been achieved, include:
Fast startup -- the FreePad is ready to access the 'net within 6 seconds of turning on power, and 1 second is "coming soon".
Quiet, fanless operation -- there are no fans, and no spinning hard disks inside. The FreePad uses Flash memory (M-Systems DiskOnChip) instead of a disk drive, and Screen Media has invested significant R& efforts in minimizing power consumption and, therefore, internal heat generation.
Decent speed -- since high processor speed and low power consumption are mutually exclusive, Screen Media worked hard to come up with highly efficient software that would run fast on a modest speed processor. Embedded Linux, the Opera browser, and the Nano-X windowing system were important parts of the solution.
The law is seeking a tax on Brick and Morter companies that have a retail presence *and* and internet outlet in the state of California. In other words, the case involves CA B&M companies that also sell to CA customers in the state of CA. All well within the state legislatures juristiction.
The problem I have with this kind of approach is (at least in the US) the 'gubment does nothing to add to or subtract from the quality of service in internet commerce. The local loop, providing users with their onramp onto the net, is a publicly traded company. The back bone providers are also all publicly traded companies and can be mixed and matched as the consumer sees fit.
If the 'gubment wants to take money from these companies in the form of a tax, what will they do with that money to help the networking comunity? Pull fibre to every home? Help internetworking companies with international peering arangements? Help with computer science and internetworking education in the comunity? Fund Information Technologie Tech schools?
All you hear from 'gubment is "We're taxing you because we can, and you'll shut up and like it."
This is a sure way to scare business from the comunity and insure that your area doesn't atract good paying internet jobs.
So the law wants to tax companies that have a brick and morter presense *and* an internet outlet for selling their products inside the state of CA. This hardly makes it an "internet tax". Think about it.
Lets say "Big Johns amazing leather and bondage" sells stuff to people that walk in the door and the business pays taxes on that. Setup a computer near the checkout and let people buy the same products over the internet and the business dosn't have to pay taxes? hmm what's wrong with this picture. It's in state comerce and should be taxable regardless of the tools used to foster that transaction.
This law makes sence, but all it does is give companies an insentive to move one or both of their business outlets (B&M or Inet) out of state to avoid the tax. Like a game of Whacka mole. . as soon as the 'gubment tries to whack a business down, it popes up somewhere else.
If Gov Davis knows what's good for him in an election year, he'll veto this little jem.
Because they are a KNIFE consulting firm. they deal with KNIFES. now, who knows more about KNIVES, a butcher from your local grocery store or a surgian?
Re:"An embezzeler who has stolen cash (presumably at least with some success, otherwise he'd be "petty thief," and not "embezzeler,") knows how other embezzelers work, and can help guard against them. I'm also willing to bet that a pedophile is far better at picking out other possible pedophiles by just looking, etc. etc."
I'm sorry but I just don't follow you're thinking. If you had to go in for an operation and needed a doctor to operate, would you hire a the local butcher from the grocery store because "he knows how to use those cutting things"?
(Standard disclaimer IANALBIWALOJJ I am not a lawyer but I watch a lot of judge judy)
To the best of my knowledge, a felony conviction also carries with it a much higher burden of proof for the prosecutor. What does that mean? It means that your case can't be a ad-hoc kludge of circumstancial evidence and, as a result of this higher burden of proof, the odds that the convicted felon actually performed the crime is that much higher. A felony caries with it a much stiffer sentance than does a misdemeanor, but the burden on the prosecution matches the charge.
Re:Putting a person convicted of computer stealing computer data in conputer security is similar to putting an embezzler in a cash counting room or a child molester in a job at a day care provider or a convicted drunk driver as a school bus driver or a perjurer as an attorney."
"You mean like X president/X husband Bill Clinton practicing law in Arkansas?
What insurance company would seek to underwrite a company that knowingly and willingly hires convicted fellons?
What customer would open up their server room for a week to let convicted fellons "audit" their network?
It's those 2 words combined, convicted and fellon, that sends chills down the spines of anyone listening, but should it?? ?
You bet it should! What is says is not only have you been accused of commiting a crime and dispite every possible civil right extended to you (as well as appeals) you still managed to get CONVICTED! That's a dumb move, and you deserve 2 flip burgers in silence while contemplating your mistake.
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So Rob, how does it feel to be just another cog in the wheel ?
Re:"Let's think about the little guys for a change, eh? They're representing our countries, NOT a specific list of corporations."
Personally, I'de love to see an american gold metal winner listening to the national anthem, with a tear in her eye, rip off her shirt and reveal a sports bra with MICROSOFT SUCKS across each tit.
Would the world see it? I mean, they can paste logos onto the athletes in real time and the average viewer would never know the differance. So even IF the individual wanted to make a side deal to jump out of his sweat pants to reveal a jock strap with "slashdot" on his ass, I doubt the message would reach the masses.
Takeing this thought to it's extreeme, Why not ask the athletes to except their metals wearing a color neutral green suit so that each individual television market can digitally paint on their own local sponsors, thus returning "power to the people"?
People who don't have many people watching them can sell time to "1-900weare18" and "Your local Johnson Ford/Mitsubishi" and the people who win big in prime time can sell to coke and nike. Winning althletes could sell adds from their host country directly and pay a small "pasteing fee" to the network for putting it there.
You're talking about athletes that spend their entire day, everyday, every week, every month preparing and training to compete in the olympics. They're a little hungry to win, and they'll sacrifice just about anything to get there.
It reminds me of so many bands in the music industry who sign any record deal that comes along. Many of these agreements give full control over the music to the record company, and that's what's going on with IOC.
I would imagine that most athletes would willingly give up their right to update the journal at BonnieBlair.com while competing in order to achieve international fame and glory for years to come.
I read the same thing, and I have to agree that apple saw the value and scalability of simplicity early in the development cycle. What amazes me is how clueless they were on Wide Area Networking at the time.
Consider this: Communications Network Impact... "
A real-time conversation involves two (or more) people with terminals carrying on an exchange. Such a conversation could easily last for hours. Or two computers could be co-operating on a problem, with the same duration of contact. Such usage could, in the face of a million users, tie up large portions of phone company equipment all out of proportion to the numbers using the system.
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Wouldn't it have been amazing if apple was at the leading edge of networking in the 1980s and included BITNET with their little mac instead of pouring all those resources into their own networking thing? Imagine where we'de be today with the world "discovering" the net 15 years earlier?
While I would agree that the mythical man month applies to writing as well as coding, sometimes authors need to resign the belief that theirs is the only way, and be open to input from others.
We have ms "anouncing" products years before they even start work, Intel "demoing" chips that are as stable as a drunk walking on bowling balls, and stories here on/. to discuss how they handled their pre-anouncement anouncement.
I'de welcome a company telling us what they've actually done instead of what the VP of marketing dreamed about last night while sleeping off his saki buzz at a japaneese trade show.
I'm sure there is no lack of people in the Linux comunity willing to donate some docs they've put together themselves in exchange for credit in the book. You're trying to solve a "time to market problem" and the only way to solve that is working in parelell with other linux power users.
Watching CNBC Squak box, while siping your morning coffee:
"Good Morning. I'm Trent Presedshirt. Let's go over to the big kahuna for the "ms jury report".
Thanks big guy: (up pops a cleverly produced, weather map looking, graphic showing the ms logo and various litigation represented as storm fronts approaching)
"We have a 70% chance of a guilty verdict as the sun microsystems decision moves in from the north, and a 99% chance of the Bristol decision sweeping in from the west, but the real threat is the hurricane building off the shores of the pacific northwest. The name of the hurricane is DOJ and current tracking models predict landfall very soon.
Now onto the 5 day forcast. (up pops yet another cleverly produced graphic showing the next 5 days with dollar amounts representing legal decisions agains ms) "Mon. a 23 million decision. Tue., 17 million. Wed, 19 million. Thurs., 14 million. and Friday will bring the full impact of the DOJ decision with damages totaling in the Billions. So the early part of the week looks like the usual for ms, but the storm coming on friday will mean a massive evacuation of windows programers to Linux."
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Asking your car mechanic what kind of air freshener you should use. Yes, he can recomend something, but will it make your car run better?
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From the article:
Tuning the user interface for ease-of-use was greatly facilitated by availability of source code for both the browser (Opera) and the graphical windowing system (Nano-X).
Other critical requirements, which Janson says have all been achieved, include:
Fast startup -- the FreePad is ready to access the 'net within 6 seconds of turning on power, and 1 second is "coming soon".
Quiet, fanless operation -- there are no fans, and no spinning hard disks inside. The FreePad uses Flash memory (M-Systems DiskOnChip) instead of a disk drive, and Screen Media has invested significant R& efforts in minimizing power consumption and, therefore, internal heat generation.
Decent speed -- since high processor speed and low power consumption are mutually exclusive, Screen Media worked hard to come up with highly efficient software that would run fast on a modest speed processor. Embedded Linux, the Opera browser, and the Nano-X windowing system were important parts of the solution.
The law is seeking a tax on Brick and Morter companies that have a retail presence *and* and internet outlet in the state of California. In other words, the case involves CA B&M companies that also sell to CA customers in the state of CA. All well within the state legislatures juristiction.
If the 'gubment wants to take money from these companies in the form of a tax, what will they do with that money to help the networking comunity? Pull fibre to every home? Help internetworking companies with international peering arangements? Help with computer science and internetworking education in the comunity? Fund Information Technologie Tech schools?
All you hear from 'gubment is "We're taxing you because we can, and you'll shut up and like it."
This is a sure way to scare business from the comunity and insure that your area doesn't atract good paying internet jobs.
Lets say "Big Johns amazing leather and bondage" sells stuff to people that walk in the door and the business pays taxes on that. Setup a computer near the checkout and let people buy the same products over the internet and the business dosn't have to pay taxes? hmm what's wrong with this picture. It's in state comerce and should be taxable regardless of the tools used to foster that transaction.
This law makes sence, but all it does is give companies an insentive to move one or both of their business outlets (B&M or Inet) out of state to avoid the tax. Like a game of Whacka mole. . as soon as the 'gubment tries to whack a business down, it popes up somewhere else.
If Gov Davis knows what's good for him in an election year, he'll veto this little jem.
Whom would you rather have operate on you?
Gaining control=!getting root
Son, there is no root in windows.
I'm sorry but I just don't follow you're thinking. If you had to go in for an operation and needed a doctor to operate, would you hire a the local butcher from the grocery store because "he knows how to use those cutting things"?
It's not the tools, it's what you use them for.
(Standard disclaimer IANALBIWALOJJ I am not a lawyer but I watch a lot of judge judy)
To the best of my knowledge, a felony conviction also carries with it a much higher burden of proof for the prosecutor. What does that mean? It means that your case can't be a ad-hoc kludge of circumstancial evidence and, as a result of this higher burden of proof, the odds that the convicted felon actually performed the crime is that much higher. A felony caries with it a much stiffer sentance than does a misdemeanor, but the burden on the prosecution matches the charge.
"You mean like X president/X husband Bill Clinton practicing law in Arkansas?
What customer would open up their server room for a week to let convicted fellons "audit" their network?
It's those 2 words combined, convicted and fellon, that sends chills down the spines of anyone listening, but should it?? ?
You bet it should! What is says is not only have you been accused of commiting a crime and dispite every possible civil right extended to you (as well as appeals) you still managed to get CONVICTED! That's a dumb move, and you deserve 2 flip burgers in silence while contemplating your mistake.
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So Rob, how does it feel to be just another cog in the wheel ?
To get an idea of just how much Time/Warner media you consume every day of your life, take a look at this list of Time Warner assets.
Personally, I'de love to see an american gold metal winner listening to the national anthem, with a tear in her eye, rip off her shirt and reveal a sports bra with MICROSOFT SUCKS across each tit.
Would the world see it? I mean, they can paste logos onto the athletes in real time and the average viewer would never know the differance. So even IF the individual wanted to make a side deal to jump out of his sweat pants to reveal a jock strap with "slashdot" on his ass, I doubt the message would reach the masses.
Takeing this thought to it's extreeme, Why not ask the athletes to except their metals wearing a color neutral green suit so that each individual television market can digitally paint on their own local sponsors, thus returning "power to the people"?
People who don't have many people watching them can sell time to "1-900weare18" and "Your local Johnson Ford/Mitsubishi" and the people who win big in prime time can sell to coke and nike. Winning althletes could sell adds from their host country directly and pay a small "pasteing fee" to the network for putting it there.
It reminds me of so many bands in the music industry who sign any record deal that comes along. Many of these agreements give full control over the music to the record company, and that's what's going on with IOC.
I would imagine that most athletes would willingly give up their right to update the journal at BonnieBlair.com while competing in order to achieve international fame and glory for years to come.
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"Wait a second Bill, aren't you going to do the courtesy of a reach around before you do that to me?"
Consider this: ...
Communications Network Impact
" A real-time conversation involves two (or more) people with terminals carrying on an exchange. Such a conversation could easily last for hours. Or two computers could be co-operating on a problem, with the same duration of contact. Such usage could, in the face of a million users, tie up large portions of phone company equipment all out of proportion to the numbers using the system. "
Wouldn't it have been amazing if apple was at the leading edge of networking in the 1980s and included BITNET with their little mac instead of pouring all those resources into their own networking thing? Imagine where we'de be today with the world "discovering" the net 15 years earlier?
That's a little overkill, isn't it ?
While I would agree that the mythical man month applies to writing as well as coding, sometimes authors need to resign the belief that theirs is the only way, and be open to input from others.
I'de welcome a company telling us what they've actually done instead of what the VP of marketing dreamed about last night while sleeping off his saki buzz at a japaneese trade show.
I'm sure there is no lack of people in the Linux comunity willing to donate some docs they've put together themselves in exchange for credit in the book. You're trying to solve a "time to market problem" and the only way to solve that is working in parelell with other linux power users.
. is like standing in front of a wood stove with the wood in your hands waiting for the stove to give you heat.
"Good Morning. I'm Trent Presedshirt. Let's go over to the big kahuna for the "ms jury report".
Thanks big guy: (up pops a cleverly produced, weather map looking, graphic showing the ms logo and various litigation represented as storm fronts approaching)
"We have a 70% chance of a guilty verdict as the sun microsystems decision moves in from the north, and a 99% chance of the Bristol decision sweeping in from the west, but the real threat is the hurricane building off the shores of the pacific northwest. The name of the hurricane is DOJ and current tracking models predict landfall very soon.
Now onto the 5 day forcast. (up pops yet another cleverly produced graphic showing the next 5 days with dollar amounts representing legal decisions agains ms) "Mon. a 23 million decision. Tue., 17 million. Wed, 19 million. Thurs., 14 million. and Friday will bring the full impact of the DOJ decision with damages totaling in the Billions. So the early part of the week looks like the usual for ms, but the storm coming on friday will mean a massive evacuation of windows programers to Linux."
Back to you, Trent.