I plan to buy a C/CMYK 3D printer so I can manufacture a custom dashboard for my ZR-1 interior and I am looking for ways to make the printer pay for itself (the price tag on the printer approaches the original MSRP of the car). I would not do shoes though because 3D printed shoes would be much like Crocs. Ick. Friends don't let friends wear crocs.
Google has a 9 year lead in this and they've been doing it better than anyone. How does Yahoo expect to compete in this space?
Honestly the one company I'm surprised HASN'T entered this space is Microsoft because their M.O. lately hasn't been to improve their core product offerings and give customers what they want, but to get into market segments where they see OTHERS succeeding, only to fail miserably (see: MP3 players, search engines) - even in cases where they once dominated the market then let it languish without further development because it hadn't hit critical mass yet (see: PDA/multimedia devices and Smartphones).
> A corporate firewall does little to ensure safety of a Windows installation. I've seen users behind a malware scanning firewall, running antivirus software on Win7 *still* manage to get infected by malware.
That is why you run multiple layers of protection; a UTM with antivirus/malware signature update subscriptions plus centrally-administered antivirus/antimalware software and policies covering use of USB devices.
FWIW there are print shops with $2mil+ printing presses that still run Windows NT 4.0 on Dec Alpha-based controller PCs (AT motherboard no less - not even ATX!), with no upgrade path offered other than being told by the manufacturer to "buy a new press." WHY buy a new press just because the OS and motherboard are outdated, when it otherwise runs flawlessly?
There are perfectly valid reasons to stick with an EOL OS.
A more complete list of reasons I like the physical media:
* Bonus features (alternate endings, commentaries, deleted scenes, etc.) * I always have it whether or not the distributor continues to exist or whether or not my internet provider is up * I can play it anywhere * I can format shift it to play on my phone, tablet, etc. * If the movie was released in surround (be it the original Dolby Surround, or 5.1, or 7.1 or 7.2 or 9.1 or 9.2 or 11.1 or 11.2, my system can play it. Streaming, if you're lucky, gives you 5.1, if not, you need to revert to decoding analog surround after it's gone through the first D/A conversion) * I always get to view it at full resolution, not dependent upon the slowest link between the streaming server and my viewing device
That's not to say I don't use streaming: I have active Netflix and Amazon Prime subscriptions, I have streaming televisions, a Roku 2 XS, a Chromecast, smartphones and laptops and PCs. I use Crackle and Hulu on occasion. Despite that, I still prefer DVD and Blu-Ray for the clarity that comes with the full high-bitrate content, the full surround sound encoding, and the extra features included on many movies and television shows.
> Specifically: Why do movie studios allow Netflix to send out DVDs to their subscribers by mail, but not to allow the same option in the form of "virtual DVDs" that you could "check out" through their website, and stream them while they're checked out to you?
They don't "let" Netflix do it. It's netflix's right to do so and the movie studios tried to stop them, just like they tried to stop VHS and Beta rentals when VHS gained traction in the late 70s/early 80s. The reason DVD and Blu-Ray remain so popular is that people want to OWN what they buy - they don't want to "license" it on a per-platform or per-device basis (which is why DIVX died), and they don't want the movie to disappear when the "seller"/"licensor" goes under or simply decides the business isn't profitable off and exits that industry vertical. I'm sure most consumers do not think it through that carefully but have a vague notion of the possibility.
And if they do buy a copy of the movie and want to take it to a friend's house and find that they cannot, then they learn and go back to physical media (or to unencumbered, ad-free "pirate" torrents).
And yes, you do OWN that copy you buy. Even the movie producers acknowledge this in advertising: "Own it on DVD or Blu-Ray today!!" They are very consistent about this, and it's known by them as well as thinking people that you OWN that copy of the movie (or album, or whatever) just as much as you OWN any book you buy- you're just forbidden from violating their exclusive distribution rights granted to them as the copyright holders through copyright law (or by contract with the actual copyright holders again via copyright law).
> On a road you can charge different rates for different types of vehicles, this is the same situation. An eighteen wheeler can cause more damage to the road that requires more maintenance than a motorcycle, this is the same thing: a movie that needs to be streamed a million times takes up much more capacity and energy and basically uses the system much more than millions of small individual requests do.
It's flawed though. Semipermanent tractor-trailers and other large heavy vehicles destroy the roads while passenger cars introduce near-zero wear. However, a router or switch is worn out solely based on how long the capacitors have been powered up - it doesn't matter if it is at 100% of potential throughput or at.00000001% it is going to die in just about the same timeframe - especially since many switches over around 97% to 99% CPU utilization whether under heavy traffic with QoS, VLan tagging and other traffic shaping features enabled, or near-idle with no advanced features enabled.
I stick with Fluke - or if in a pinch and need to buy locally (i.e., if I left my Fluke DMM and testers behind), Extech, but I try to avoid the Extech stuff at least as primary tools. It (Extech) might be one of the best of the cheap meters, but they are still short of the quality and reliability of Fluke's products.
> And when a corporation is founded as a commercial entity, its express purpose is profit.
You are DEAD WRONG.
Go to your state's archives and look up the number of corporations which are created each month (you will be amazed at how many!), with many of them being for example music and movie label companies which are intended to actually LOSE money, acting as tax shelters for the shareholding companies and/or individuals. There are also many corporations set up solely as protective entities (holding companies for properties, etc.), registered as "commercial entities" and yet, they are not, really. They are more often than not liability-limiting creations rather than profit generation entities.
Many corporations are actually created to introduce a net loss in the world of accounting, or to simply limit the liability of incurring financial losses. Also, there are certain relationship types which neocons consider DoublePlusUnGood (for exmple: polygamy/plural marriage, or in some jurisdictions, gay marriages) which are worked around by the "partners" (spouses) creating a legal fiction to act as a holding company, an entity to provide group health benefits, own shared belongings, handle wills, and so on.
Profit is not the only reason one might wish to incorporate.
I have a Micronta (Radio Shack) meter from around 1991 which is identical to Flukes of the time, except for the coloring. The slip cover and the chassis of the meter are different colors.
Sorry you are wrong. I own a couple of fluke multimeters and those cheapies look nothing at all like a fluke meter. Besides, the yellow bit is just a silicone/TPU-like slipover cover. I just looked up a review/teardown of the Fluke 115 on Youtube and it shows the meter with the cover both off and on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
There is no way at all anyone would confuse a cheapass meter like that with a Fluke. I fail to see any trademark infringement there.
Again, the lack of well-conducted peer-reviewed scientific studies. . . of course there are contraindications and many may not even be remotely suspected because there haven't been many studies, and a bunch of quacks are recommending all kinds of random herbs and ground animal parts for various ailments (both real and imagined)
> Usually the "remote analog" access is through an analog circuit provided by a telecommunications company between two locations called an ISDN circuit.
You're thinking of an alarm loop line, not Integrated Services Digital Network line.
FWIW there are plenty of herbs which do work for specific ailments or enhance certain bodily functions, but unfortunately the real benefits of a handful of herbs are associated with a whole lot of bullcrap and hype such as homeopathy (where it is claimed a "molecular imprint" becomes stronger/more effective the more you dilute it, such that there may not even be any of the specified compount present in the vial), and is also associated with the likes of anti-vaxxers.
The biggest problem with herbal remedies is there are few scientific studies done to back up the claims, and most of the herbal remedy vendors of course are probably very disinterested in backing such studies, and the homeopathy vendors (the makers of those little vials which have "30x"/"60x"/"240x"/etc. numbers on them) know what they're selling is false hope/snake oil/bullshit so they certainly would not back formalized peer-reviewed studies.
But, there are herbs (garlic for example) which can help fight certain sicknesses and lower cholesterol, herbs (ginseng) which can tweak your metabolic rate, herbs (cannabis, chaparral, milk thistle, and others) which help fight cancer (NOT as a primary treatment but in addition to chemotherapy, cyberknife/radiation, etc), herbs which can increase lactation (goats' rue, fenugreek, anise, blessed thistle, fennel), and so on. But trying to sort out the legitimate from the nonsense is difficult at best due to the lack of formalized studies; one only has anecdotes to go by.
To rely only on herbal remedies was indeed foolish in Jobs' case. As it is only 20% last beyond one year with treatment. Last week I lost a friend to pancreatic cancer - he did herbals in conjunction with chemo and lasted four and a half years after diagnosis (his prognosis was 3 months when diagnosed). He improved for a bit, then got much worse when he decided he had enough and quit all treatments (western medicine and herbal, including cannabis), then got back on after it metastasized, and then from there it was a rapid progression of the cancer.
Pancreatic cancer is no joke - people like Steve Jobs (Apple Computer), Richard Wright (Pink Floyd), Luciano Pavarotti (Operatic tenor), Patrick Swayze (actor) all go to prove that all the money in the world can't save you.
I lost two friends to pancreatic cancer in the last year in a half and in both cases it was partly their fault for getting false hope and quitting treatments when their tumors were down to "almost" nothing. Please don't screw around with herbals or at minimum don't rely on just herbals - see an oncologist and maybe, just maybe you'll be among the 4% that beat it. I will always wonder if my friends could have ultimately beaten it.
Ultimately the best treatment is risk management: don't smoke, manage stress properly, eat few to no processed foods, don't overload on refined carbs, and get plenty of exercise. Preventive measures are free and far more effective than any treatment after the fact but even then it doesn't guarantee you won't get stricken with it.
>. Ma Bell was an evil monopolist until their forced breakup in 1984, which it turned out, didn't help much.
Really? How are you paying $2 to $6 when everyone else in America now pays a fraction of a cent? The breakup did in fact help. You do not need to lease/rent your telephones from Ma Bell, you can add as many phones as you want and you can pick your choice of voice carriers - including free VOIP providers if their offerings fit your needs. The "videophone" is now reality and most of us bave far more data bandwidth coming jnto our homes than the "fattest" arpanet links offered. There is no way whatsoever that the breakout did not help consumers.
> These types of projects aren't likely to get publicly funded because too much of tax revenue is now required to be spent on entitlements
That depends on how you use the term "entitlement." If you are referring to social security and medicare, you're off base because people literally are entitled to those programs after having been forced to pay into them.
If you're talking welfare in its various forms (for the people who are just lazy, not those who legitimately need it), pork projects, warmongering (welfare for Haliburton, etc.) then you're right - if we slash that wasteful spending then we could easily afford to explore the solar system and maybe even investigate "warp" technologies which have been legitimately theorized to be possible but impractical given current tech. Or, we could be spending the savings on green energy or fusion, since there is no legitimate reason energy should not be free for everybody on the planet by now.
"XP Compatibility Mode" is different in that it puts an app in a quasi-sandboxed environment but is not fully compatible with XP and earlier apps. What that does is fudge a few environment variables.
Microsoft needs to do a few things before they will win customers over, the biggest of which is to bring Windows XP Mode and a proper Start Menu back, and to a lesser extent the classic start menu and Windows XP Mode (installed by default to make it easier for users).
Classic Shell is a hack solution that works but it runs on top of the not-metro UI, and is something many if not most end users are either unaware of or too afraid to install.
She is best off staying on XP or moving to Win Pro. You can run Windows XP Mode on Win by hacking the bios image in VirtualBox but it is too much of a bear for
Oh and while we're at it Microsoft why the fuck.did you think.the Metro interface is a good idea on a g.d. server? (Win2k12 I am glaring at you!!!)
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But the page changed on April 1, right?
I plan to buy a C/CMYK 3D printer so I can manufacture a custom dashboard for my ZR-1 interior and I am looking for ways to make the printer pay for itself (the price tag on the printer approaches the original MSRP of the car). I would not do shoes though because 3D printed shoes would be much like Crocs. Ick. Friends don't let friends wear crocs.
"That's a nice pair of crocs" said no one, ever.
Holy 2005, Batman!
Google has a 9 year lead in this and they've been doing it better than anyone. How does Yahoo expect to compete in this space?
Honestly the one company I'm surprised HASN'T entered this space is Microsoft because their M.O. lately hasn't been to improve their core product offerings and give customers what they want, but to get into market segments where they see OTHERS succeeding, only to fail miserably (see: MP3 players, search engines) - even in cases where they once dominated the market then let it languish without further development because it hadn't hit critical mass yet (see: PDA/multimedia devices and Smartphones).
> A corporate firewall does little to ensure safety of a Windows installation. I've seen users behind a malware scanning firewall, running antivirus software on Win7 *still* manage to get infected by malware.
That is why you run multiple layers of protection; a UTM with antivirus/malware signature update subscriptions plus centrally-administered antivirus/antimalware software and policies covering use of USB devices.
FWIW there are print shops with $2mil+ printing presses that still run Windows NT 4.0 on Dec Alpha-based controller PCs (AT motherboard no less - not even ATX!), with no upgrade path offered other than being told by the manufacturer to "buy a new press." WHY buy a new press just because the OS and motherboard are outdated, when it otherwise runs flawlessly?
There are perfectly valid reasons to stick with an EOL OS.
A more complete list of reasons I like the physical media:
* Bonus features (alternate endings, commentaries, deleted scenes, etc.)
* I always have it whether or not the distributor continues to exist or whether or not my internet provider is up
* I can play it anywhere
* I can format shift it to play on my phone, tablet, etc.
* If the movie was released in surround (be it the original Dolby Surround, or 5.1, or 7.1 or 7.2 or 9.1 or 9.2 or 11.1 or 11.2, my system can play it. Streaming, if you're lucky, gives you 5.1, if not, you need to revert to decoding analog surround after it's gone through the first D/A conversion)
* I always get to view it at full resolution, not dependent upon the slowest link between the streaming server and my viewing device
That's not to say I don't use streaming: I have active Netflix and Amazon Prime subscriptions, I have streaming televisions, a Roku 2 XS, a Chromecast, smartphones and laptops and PCs. I use Crackle and Hulu on occasion. Despite that, I still prefer DVD and Blu-Ray for the clarity that comes with the full high-bitrate content, the full surround sound encoding, and the extra features included on many movies and television shows.
> Specifically: Why do movie studios allow Netflix to send out DVDs to their subscribers by mail, but not to allow the same option in the form of "virtual DVDs" that you could "check out" through their website, and stream them while they're checked out to you?
They don't "let" Netflix do it. It's netflix's right to do so and the movie studios tried to stop them, just like they tried to stop VHS and Beta rentals when VHS gained traction in the late 70s/early 80s. The reason DVD and Blu-Ray remain so popular is that people want to OWN what they buy - they don't want to "license" it on a per-platform or per-device basis (which is why DIVX died), and they don't want the movie to disappear when the "seller"/"licensor" goes under or simply decides the business isn't profitable off and exits that industry vertical. I'm sure most consumers do not think it through that carefully but have a vague notion of the possibility.
And if they do buy a copy of the movie and want to take it to a friend's house and find that they cannot, then they learn and go back to physical media (or to unencumbered, ad-free "pirate" torrents).
And yes, you do OWN that copy you buy. Even the movie producers acknowledge this in advertising: "Own it on DVD or Blu-Ray today!!" They are very consistent about this, and it's known by them as well as thinking people that you OWN that copy of the movie (or album, or whatever) just as much as you OWN any book you buy- you're just forbidden from violating their exclusive distribution rights granted to them as the copyright holders through copyright law (or by contract with the actual copyright holders again via copyright law).
> On a road you can charge different rates for different types of vehicles, this is the same situation. An eighteen wheeler can cause more damage to the road that requires more maintenance than a motorcycle, this is the same thing: a movie that needs to be streamed a million times takes up much more capacity and energy and basically uses the system much more than millions of small individual requests do.
It's flawed though. Semipermanent tractor-trailers and other large heavy vehicles destroy the roads while passenger cars introduce near-zero wear. However, a router or switch is worn out solely based on how long the capacitors have been powered up - it doesn't matter if it is at 100% of potential throughput or at .00000001% it is going to die in just about the same timeframe - especially since many switches over around 97% to 99% CPU utilization whether under heavy traffic with QoS, VLan tagging and other traffic shaping features enabled, or near-idle with no advanced features enabled.
I stick with Fluke - or if in a pinch and need to buy locally (i.e., if I left my Fluke DMM and testers behind), Extech, but I try to avoid the Extech stuff at least as primary tools. It (Extech) might be one of the best of the cheap meters, but they are still short of the quality and reliability of Fluke's products.
I still maintain there is no confusing those cheapass multimeters for a Fluke, regardless of coloration.
It is probably a 1:3 - 1:5 replacement for equivalent functionality but far better accuracy and reliability.
> And when a corporation is founded as a commercial entity, its express purpose is profit.
You are DEAD WRONG.
Go to your state's archives and look up the number of corporations which are created each month (you will be amazed at how many!), with many of them being for example music and movie label companies which are intended to actually LOSE money, acting as tax shelters for the shareholding companies and/or individuals. There are also many corporations set up solely as protective entities (holding companies for properties, etc.), registered as "commercial entities" and yet, they are not, really. They are more often than not liability-limiting creations rather than profit generation entities.
Many corporations are actually created to introduce a net loss in the world of accounting, or to simply limit the liability of incurring financial losses. Also, there are certain relationship types which neocons consider DoublePlusUnGood (for exmple: polygamy/plural marriage, or in some jurisdictions, gay marriages) which are worked around by the "partners" (spouses) creating a legal fiction to act as a holding company, an entity to provide group health benefits, own shared belongings, handle wills, and so on.
Profit is not the only reason one might wish to incorporate.
More greyish-and-yellowish multimeters no one would ever, ever confuse with a Fluke:
http://www.amazon.com/Digital-... http://www.amazon.com/Supco-DM... http://www.amazon.com/Pyle-PDM... http://www.amazon.com/Pyle-PDM... http://www.amazon.com/EXCEL-DT... http://www.amazon.com/Digital-... http://www.amazon.com/Wotefusi... http://www.amazon.com/eFashion... http://www.amazon.com/Digital-... http://www.amazon.com/Mibuka-6...
http://www.amazon.com/lucky-Pa...
http://www.amazon.com/Digital-...
http://www.amazon.com/602-270-...
http://www.amazon.com/DT9205M-...
I have a Micronta (Radio Shack) meter from around 1991 which is identical to Flukes of the time, except for the coloring. The slip cover and the chassis of the meter are different colors.
Sorry you are wrong. I own a couple of fluke multimeters and those cheapies look nothing at all like a fluke meter. Besides, the yellow bit is just a silicone/TPU-like slipover cover. I just looked up a review/teardown of the Fluke 115 on Youtube and it shows the meter with the cover both off and on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
There is no way at all anyone would confuse a cheapass meter like that with a Fluke. I fail to see any trademark infringement there.
Again, the lack of well-conducted peer-reviewed scientific studies. . . of course there are contraindications and many may not even be remotely suspected because there haven't been many studies, and a bunch of quacks are recommending all kinds of random herbs and ground animal parts for various ailments (both real and imagined)
> Usually the "remote analog" access is through an analog circuit provided by a telecommunications company between two locations called an ISDN circuit.
You're thinking of an alarm loop line, not Integrated Services Digital Network line.
FWIW there are plenty of herbs which do work for specific ailments or enhance certain bodily functions, but unfortunately the real benefits of a handful of herbs are associated with a whole lot of bullcrap and hype such as homeopathy (where it is claimed a "molecular imprint" becomes stronger/more effective the more you dilute it, such that there may not even be any of the specified compount present in the vial), and is also associated with the likes of anti-vaxxers.
The biggest problem with herbal remedies is there are few scientific studies done to back up the claims, and most of the herbal remedy vendors of course are probably very disinterested in backing such studies, and the homeopathy vendors (the makers of those little vials which have "30x"/"60x"/"240x"/etc. numbers on them) know what they're selling is false hope/snake oil/bullshit so they certainly would not back formalized peer-reviewed studies.
But, there are herbs (garlic for example) which can help fight certain sicknesses and lower cholesterol, herbs (ginseng) which can tweak your metabolic rate, herbs (cannabis, chaparral, milk thistle, and others) which help fight cancer (NOT as a primary treatment but in addition to chemotherapy, cyberknife/radiation, etc), herbs which can increase lactation (goats' rue, fenugreek, anise, blessed thistle, fennel), and so on. But trying to sort out the legitimate from the nonsense is difficult at best due to the lack of formalized studies; one only has anecdotes to go by.
To rely only on herbal remedies was indeed foolish in Jobs' case. As it is only 20% last beyond one year with treatment. Last week I lost a friend to pancreatic cancer - he did herbals in conjunction with chemo and lasted four and a half years after diagnosis (his prognosis was 3 months when diagnosed). He improved for a bit, then got much worse when he decided he had enough and quit all treatments (western medicine and herbal, including cannabis), then got back on after it metastasized, and then from there it was a rapid progression of the cancer.
Pancreatic cancer is no joke - people like Steve Jobs (Apple Computer), Richard Wright (Pink Floyd), Luciano Pavarotti (Operatic tenor), Patrick Swayze (actor) all go to prove that all the money in the world can't save you.
I lost two friends to pancreatic cancer in the last year in a half and in both cases it was partly their fault for getting false hope and quitting treatments when their tumors were down to "almost" nothing. Please don't screw around with herbals or at minimum don't rely on just herbals - see an oncologist and maybe, just maybe you'll be among the 4% that beat it. I will always wonder if my friends could have ultimately beaten it.
Ultimately the best treatment is risk management: don't smoke, manage stress properly, eat few to no processed foods, don't overload on refined carbs, and get plenty of exercise. Preventive measures are free and far more effective than any treatment after the fact but even then it doesn't guarantee you won't get stricken with it.
Cannabis is a better choice than alcohol, without the nasty killing liver and brain cells side effects.
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>. Ma Bell was an evil monopolist until their forced breakup in 1984, which it turned out, didn't help much.
Really? How are you paying $2 to $6 when everyone else in America now pays a fraction of a cent? The breakup did in fact help. You do not need to lease/rent your telephones from Ma Bell, you can add as many phones as you want and you can pick your choice of voice carriers - including free VOIP providers if their offerings fit your needs. The "videophone" is now reality and most of us bave far more data bandwidth coming jnto our homes than the "fattest" arpanet links offered. There is no way whatsoever that the breakout did not help consumers.
> These types of projects aren't likely to get publicly funded because too much of tax revenue is now required to be spent on entitlements
That depends on how you use the term "entitlement." If you are referring to social security and medicare, you're off base because people literally are entitled to those programs after having been forced to pay into them.
If you're talking welfare in its various forms (for the people who are just lazy, not those who legitimately need it), pork projects, warmongering (welfare for Haliburton, etc.) then you're right - if we slash that wasteful spending then we could easily afford to explore the solar system and maybe even investigate "warp" technologies which have been legitimately theorized to be possible but impractical given current tech. Or, we could be spending the savings on green energy or fusion, since there is no legitimate reason energy should not be free for everybody on the planet by now.
Only if your neighborhood is inside a star.
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No - right of first sale.
I think you mean Windows XP Mode which is a VM appliance running inside a hypervisor. Windows XP mode is a full Windows XP installation.
http://windows.microsoft.com/e...
"XP Compatibility Mode" is different in that it puts an app in a quasi-sandboxed environment but is not fully compatible with XP and earlier apps. What that does is fudge a few environment variables.
http://support.microsoft.com/k...
Microsoft needs to do a few things before they will win customers over, the biggest of which is to bring Windows XP Mode and a proper Start Menu back, and to a lesser extent the classic start menu and Windows XP Mode (installed by default to make it easier for users).
Classic Shell is a hack solution that works but it runs on top of the not-metro UI, and is something many if not most end users are either unaware of or too afraid to install.
She is best off staying on XP or moving to Win Pro. You can run Windows XP Mode on Win by hacking the bios image in VirtualBox but it is too much of a bear for
Oh and while we're at it Microsoft why the fuck.did you think.the Metro interface is a good idea on a g.d. server? (Win2k12 I am glaring at you!!!)