First, Xanga does have users enter a birthday when signing up, and if the birthdate shows a person is not 13, they cannot sign up.
Now they do, but apparently there was a period of time where they didn't check the birthdate, and 1.7 million children under 13 signed up. From the MSNBC article:
"Children merely had to check a box confirming they were over 13, according to FTC lawyer Mary Engle -- even if they'd previously entered a birth date indicating they were under 13."
For the one video linked, I'm amazed it didn't get slashdotted immediately.
I think that is because the video is hosted on Akamai, which has a robust network of servers around the world, designed to handle exactly these type of high bandwidth files. I think Slashdotting only affects smaller sites that only have a few servers. I don't think a Slashdot link to a large site like CNN.com is going to affect its performance.
Actually, not necessarily. I heard of some kids that were expelled for cheating from a top high school. It was no big deal. They transferred to another top high school. The high schools cannot notify colleges about the expulsion unless specifically asked by the college.
If I read it right they are not asking that he be held accountable for the fees from suing Apple if they lose the Apple case, but instead they are asking that he be held accountable for their fees defending themselves against his suit should they be found not liable.
Ah, that makes sense. I had thought that they wanted to be reimbursed for the Apple lawsuit.
I don't know the merits of Mr. Tomczak's case, but it is clear that he is suing the iPod Lawsuit Lawyers, not the other way around.
You forgot step 5:
5.) In their Motions to Strike my case against them, they also requested of the Court that I be held financially responsible for their attorneys' fees and costs.
I don't know if that technically qualifies as a countersuit by the law firm, but in effect it's a countersuit.
Are there any currently existing broswer-based, sharable, editable spreadsheets? Or a place that hosts a sandbox for wikiCalc? I couldn't find a place to test out wikiCalc online.
Gmail is still clearly the best of web-based mail services.
Have you seen the new Yahoo Mail beta?
But even before the Yahoo Mail beta, I never liked Gmail's interface. The buttons and links are not user friendly, it's inconsistent where to look to find a function. Way too cluttery, especially for Google, which prides itself on minimalism.
why would it only be available in the SF bay area?
If it's VPN, that's a lot of bandwidth. I'm guessing that there's no way they can handle that much traffic through their VPN servers, so they're limiting to one region first.
You are completely mistaken. There is no dilution. While more shares are issued, the amount of assets Google has will increase by $4bln. Therefore the amount of assets per share remains exactly the same
and the share price (at least theoretically, assuming efficient markets) is not affected.
Is Google selling $4B dollars of stock, or 14M shares of stock? In other words, can they set the price of the offering, or is it subject to market price?
What about a theoretical example that they double their outstanding shares through a secondary offering. Will they still be able to sell the new shares at $300?
Wow, this was the most insightful comment in the entire thread. (Moderators, bump this up!). Based on my perception, Mac users really frown upon copying software, whereas Windows users copy software frequently (especially outside the U.S.), and Linux users just get it for free. =)
According to the article, the Software Publishers Associations estimates that 16% of users are on Macs. Depending on the definition of "on", it can allow for the possibility for some of the 16% to also use other systems (in other words, not mutually exclusive). So it could be possible that 16% of users are on Macs and 99% of users are on x86.
Just because it doesn't have a virus or malware on it, doesn't mean it is an Apple computer.
Although highly misleading, technically, the article's title does not claim that all computer without viruses are Macs. It's claiming that 16% of users do not have viruses because they use Macs. That statement does not preclude the possibility of additional (non-Mac) users that do not have viruses because they practice safe computing.
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First, Xanga does have users enter a birthday when signing up, and if the birthdate shows a person is not 13, they cannot sign up.
Now they do, but apparently there was a period of time where they didn't check the birthdate, and 1.7 million children under 13 signed up. From the MSNBC article:
"Children merely had to check a box confirming they were over 13, according to FTC lawyer Mary Engle -- even if they'd previously entered a birth date indicating they were under 13."
I think that is because the video is hosted on Akamai, which has a robust network of servers around the world, designed to handle exactly these type of high bandwidth files. I think Slashdotting only affects smaller sites that only have a few servers. I don't think a Slashdot link to a large site like CNN.com is going to affect its performance.
Actually, not necessarily. I heard of some kids that were expelled for cheating from a top high school. It was no big deal. They transferred to another top high school. The high schools cannot notify colleges about the expulsion unless specifically asked by the college.
If I read it right they are not asking that he be held accountable for the fees from suing Apple if they lose the Apple case, but instead they are asking that he be held accountable for their fees defending themselves against his suit should they be found not liable.
Ah, that makes sense. I had thought that they wanted to be reimbursed for the Apple lawsuit.
I don't know the merits of Mr. Tomczak's case, but it is clear that he is suing the iPod Lawsuit Lawyers, not the other way around.
You forgot step 5:
5.) In their Motions to Strike my case against them, they also requested of the Court that I be held financially responsible for their attorneys' fees and costs.
I don't know if that technically qualifies as a countersuit by the law firm, but in effect it's a countersuit.
Are there any currently existing broswer-based, sharable, editable spreadsheets? Or a place that hosts a sandbox for wikiCalc? I couldn't find a place to test out wikiCalc online.
Have you seen the new Yahoo Mail beta?
But even before the Yahoo Mail beta, I never liked Gmail's interface. The buttons and links are not user friendly, it's inconsistent where to look to find a function. Way too cluttery, especially for Google, which prides itself on minimalism.
If it's VPN, that's a lot of bandwidth. I'm guessing that there's no way they can handle that much traffic through their VPN servers, so they're limiting to one region first.
Is Google selling $4B dollars of stock, or 14M shares of stock? In other words, can they set the price of the offering, or is it subject to market price?
What about a theoretical example that they double their outstanding shares through a secondary offering. Will they still be able to sell the new shares at $300?
I read about the exact same idea at least 5 years ago.
Wow, this was the most insightful comment in the entire thread. (Moderators, bump this up!). Based on my perception, Mac users really frown upon copying software, whereas Windows users copy software frequently (especially outside the U.S.), and Linux users just get it for free. =)
According to the article, the Software Publishers Associations estimates that 16% of users are on Macs. Depending on the definition of "on", it can allow for the possibility for some of the 16% to also use other systems (in other words, not mutually exclusive). So it could be possible that 16% of users are on Macs and 99% of users are on x86.
Although the article title is misleading, it does not make the claim you stated.
Although highly misleading, technically, the article's title does not claim that all computer without viruses are Macs. It's claiming that 16% of users do not have viruses because they use Macs. That statement does not preclude the possibility of additional (non-Mac) users that do not have viruses because they practice safe computing.