They... sent a grovelling e-mail message to their customers.
According to this announcement they have spent the last month attempting to recover 700GB of "accidentally" deleted emails. By their estimates, up to 12GB of these had yet to be read by their recipients. Despite the "efforts" of a data recovery specialist, they have now given up on recovering any of the deleted data.
I'm an undergraduate student at Rice University and have been told repeatedly that Wikipedia is not to be used for research papers because it hasn't been verified and isn't reliable. It's ironic that professors never have a problem with other Internet sources that are, for obvious reasons, less reliable. It's the reputation that Wikipedia has earned through the press for having quality issues that brings up the discussion in the first place, but nonetheless citing Wikipedia is widely considered unacceptable in our studies.
What would be REALLY funny is to forward all of the spammed addresses to the spammer, so they keep getting their own stuff.
As far as GMail, Google's got bazillions of pages of other peoples' data stored in their servers. I'll bet they can weed out spam as easily as your personal information.
So they can make tiny cellphones that connect opposite ends of the earth for $20, yet a VHS-sized scientific calculator with a funky green screen costs $100? Hm...
The shuttle is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Houston is where the long-distance communications are. Trust me, I'd know. My hometown is Orlando, I was born in Houston and I'm moving back on Friday;)
"Perhaps the best way to handle something so democratic as wikipedia is to have changed content be reviewed by several people who can reject or approve the changes before they go through."
Democratic? There'll be no democracy left if this is done. This is breeding totalitarianism.
Anyone else think it's amazing that Joey Baloney selling lemonaide on the street corner is making more cash than some of these huge corporations? I think a few CEOs are in need of advice. Joey...?
I don't see what the big deal. Trust me, I hate Microsoft, but they're not doing anything wrong. These contractual obligations exist for good reason. Without such non-compete laws, you could easily work as an insider spy for one company and simply switch once you're fired. You could drive your company into the ground and then jump to a competitor. You could get hired by a competitor and tell them all your old company's secrets... tons of possibilies. Why is it so wrong for a company to enforce its own contract?
I've actually discovered an even better solution, myself. With a little bit of toying around, I've effectively eliminated unexpected program crashes and virus attacks while still allowing all useful applications to run on my favorite operating system.
See, I found this little button on my Dell case and pushed it. And then I took out my Powerbook.
I hate to be cynical here, but this was modded down? I agree completely: Joe Public IS a moron. You really think 90% of the public makes computer-related business decisions based on careful analysis of all the facts and clever insight into the nooks and crannies of IT monopolies, legalities and technological potential? You've got to be kidding me. Microsoft feeds on ignorance. Anyone else seen the movie The Village?
Sounds like a pretty dumb idea, to me. Why in the world would Microsoft want to push their existing users towards competing browsers because the only "upgrade" requires a completely different operating system?
Anyone else try and ignore news like this? I just bought my 15" Powerbook about a month ago. 1.67 G4 with upgrades to 1.5 GB RAM. Now, I love my computer, but I really hate to see upgrades right after I buy. As an incoming college freshman this is the largest purchase I've ever made. About $3000 total now including accessories. iBook updates mean PowerBook updates. They've got to. Sometime soon, at least. As long as any new PowerBook comes out from September on I'll be fine, since school starts in August. But, still, knowing I have an older version will always make me red!
Imagine if there was a virus that completely remapped everyone's keyboards. Just randomized the hell out of them. Think of the chaos, helplessness and loss of productivity. The whole computer world would come to a standstill! Scary...
Oh, nice keyboard;)
Well, a key difference is that Google only provides information freely available over the Internet! It doesn't store pages that would require a subscription:)
Barely matters on Mac OS X:) You really just replace one directory (that looks like a single file for all practical purposes) and that's it. Gotta love the switch!
You obviously do not understand the basis of our democratic republic. Government projects minorities. "Majority rules" is an extremely dangerous philosophy. A majority with malicious intentions could mean the end of civilization as we know it. There would be no stopping it. Just because a majority believes something (ie. the Nazis) doesn't necessarily mean it's correct. In fact, so many people have such a narrow and ignorant understanding of the world that they shouldn't be trusted to make decisions for anyone else. How many people do you know who genuinely value the success of others over the success of themselves? Utilitarianism is nobile, but it isn't the reality for most people. Most people don't like the government telling them what they can't do. But if majority ruled, what would we have... anarchy? Racism? Fascism?
Microsoft maximizes profit. It's that simple. If there's a threatening company with a great product, Microsoft will drop prices on competing products and put them out of businesss. If there's no competitor, it'll crank up the prices and rake in the cash.
Legal or otherwise, Microsoft does whatever it can to maximize profits because even lawsuits cannot stop it. It will cease development on certain projects (ie. Internet Explorer) if market share is already monopolistic.
Microsoft is horrible for the computer industry. Awful. Terrible. Bad!!! Because of Microsoft, the Internet is years behind its technological potential. Because of Microsoft, thousands of companies have spent millions (billions?) of dollars recouping from virus attacks. The industry is overall less productive because of software at lower standards than possible, and monopolistic tactics hinder (and kill) opposition.
I think there are a couple reasons for this. First off, 90% of people could care less. Their computer may not be the best, but if it isn't a major part of their life, they're not going to waste energy improving it.
Secondly, since they don't realize there are alternatives and there's nothing to compare it to, it's entirely nonsensical for them to expect something else.
The Toyota Prius debuted at $20,000. It's now a grand or so higher. The Civic Hybrid is several thousand less. Are you implying that Crown V's are free?
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They ... sent a grovelling e-mail message to their customers.
According to this announcement they have spent the last month attempting to recover 700GB of "accidentally" deleted emails. By their estimates, up to 12GB of these had yet to be read by their recipients. Despite the "efforts" of a data recovery specialist, they have now given up on recovering any of the deleted data.
So, what exactly was in this message...?
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I'm an undergraduate student at Rice University and have been told repeatedly that Wikipedia is not to be used for research papers because it hasn't been verified and isn't reliable. It's ironic that professors never have a problem with other Internet sources that are, for obvious reasons, less reliable. It's the reputation that Wikipedia has earned through the press for having quality issues that brings up the discussion in the first place, but nonetheless citing Wikipedia is widely considered unacceptable in our studies.
...the dumbest idea I've ever heard of. And they think it'll sell? Perhaps that one's worse.
What are they gonna make now? A computer with software specially designed to not work? Oh, wait...
You forgot to add the tag.
Yeah! They could at least offer Intel and MacOSX.
Oh, wait...
That's how I started. Granted, I was in elementary school. And if you don't call "I'm thinking of a number..." a game, I don't know WHAT you call fun.
What would be REALLY funny is to forward all of the spammed addresses to the spammer, so they keep getting their own stuff. As far as GMail, Google's got bazillions of pages of other peoples' data stored in their servers. I'll bet they can weed out spam as easily as your personal information.
So they can make tiny cellphones that connect opposite ends of the earth for $20, yet a VHS-sized scientific calculator with a funky green screen costs $100? Hm...
I think I speak for everyone when I say, "Oh, okay. That's nice."
The shuttle is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Houston is where the long-distance communications are. Trust me, I'd know. My hometown is Orlando, I was born in Houston and I'm moving back on Friday ;)
"Perhaps the best way to handle something so democratic as wikipedia is to have changed content be reviewed by several people who can reject or approve the changes before they go through." Democratic? There'll be no democracy left if this is done. This is breeding totalitarianism.
*gasp* if this thing was wireless I would ditch the Microsoft Bluetooth mouse I JUST bought for this beaut. Why isn't it wireless!?
Anyone else think it's amazing that Joey Baloney selling lemonaide on the street corner is making more cash than some of these huge corporations? I think a few CEOs are in need of advice. Joey...?
I don't see what the big deal. Trust me, I hate Microsoft, but they're not doing anything wrong. These contractual obligations exist for good reason. Without such non-compete laws, you could easily work as an insider spy for one company and simply switch once you're fired. You could drive your company into the ground and then jump to a competitor. You could get hired by a competitor and tell them all your old company's secrets... tons of possibilies. Why is it so wrong for a company to enforce its own contract?
I've actually discovered an even better solution, myself. With a little bit of toying around, I've effectively eliminated unexpected program crashes and virus attacks while still allowing all useful applications to run on my favorite operating system. See, I found this little button on my Dell case and pushed it. And then I took out my Powerbook.
I hate to be cynical here, but this was modded down? I agree completely: Joe Public IS a moron. You really think 90% of the public makes computer-related business decisions based on careful analysis of all the facts and clever insight into the nooks and crannies of IT monopolies, legalities and technological potential? You've got to be kidding me. Microsoft feeds on ignorance. Anyone else seen the movie The Village?
Sounds like a pretty dumb idea, to me. Why in the world would Microsoft want to push their existing users towards competing browsers because the only "upgrade" requires a completely different operating system?
Anyone else try and ignore news like this? I just bought my 15" Powerbook about a month ago. 1.67 G4 with upgrades to 1.5 GB RAM. Now, I love my computer, but I really hate to see upgrades right after I buy. As an incoming college freshman this is the largest purchase I've ever made. About $3000 total now including accessories. iBook updates mean PowerBook updates. They've got to. Sometime soon, at least. As long as any new PowerBook comes out from September on I'll be fine, since school starts in August. But, still, knowing I have an older version will always make me red!
Imagine if there was a virus that completely remapped everyone's keyboards. Just randomized the hell out of them. Think of the chaos, helplessness and loss of productivity. The whole computer world would come to a standstill! Scary... Oh, nice keyboard ;)
Well, a key difference is that Google only provides information freely available over the Internet! It doesn't store pages that would require a subscription :)
Barely matters on Mac OS X :) You really just replace one directory (that looks like a single file for all practical purposes) and that's it. Gotta love the switch!
You obviously do not understand the basis of our democratic republic. Government projects minorities. "Majority rules" is an extremely dangerous philosophy. A majority with malicious intentions could mean the end of civilization as we know it. There would be no stopping it. Just because a majority believes something (ie. the Nazis) doesn't necessarily mean it's correct. In fact, so many people have such a narrow and ignorant understanding of the world that they shouldn't be trusted to make decisions for anyone else. How many people do you know who genuinely value the success of others over the success of themselves? Utilitarianism is nobile, but it isn't the reality for most people. Most people don't like the government telling them what they can't do. But if majority ruled, what would we have... anarchy? Racism? Fascism?
Microsoft maximizes profit. It's that simple. If there's a threatening company with a great product, Microsoft will drop prices on competing products and put them out of businesss. If there's no competitor, it'll crank up the prices and rake in the cash. Legal or otherwise, Microsoft does whatever it can to maximize profits because even lawsuits cannot stop it. It will cease development on certain projects (ie. Internet Explorer) if market share is already monopolistic. Microsoft is horrible for the computer industry. Awful. Terrible. Bad!!! Because of Microsoft, the Internet is years behind its technological potential. Because of Microsoft, thousands of companies have spent millions (billions?) of dollars recouping from virus attacks. The industry is overall less productive because of software at lower standards than possible, and monopolistic tactics hinder (and kill) opposition.
I think there are a couple reasons for this. First off, 90% of people could care less. Their computer may not be the best, but if it isn't a major part of their life, they're not going to waste energy improving it. Secondly, since they don't realize there are alternatives and there's nothing to compare it to, it's entirely nonsensical for them to expect something else.
The Toyota Prius debuted at $20,000. It's now a grand or so higher. The Civic Hybrid is several thousand less. Are you implying that Crown V's are free?