This is incredibly short-sighted. If you take the cheap route and knowingly implement something that you know won't meet the client's needs, then you're helping to create a negative experience that they will gladly tell other potential clients about, even if the fault is largely theirs...
I can't see the universities themselves initiating such an action, but there's nothing stopping student groups from organizing a boycott independently. The question, of course, is do they care enough about this issue to carry it through? There are plenty of more important things to worry about, such as the war (pro or con), the scaling back of fundamental freedoms by Ashcroft & Gang, etc. Where does cheap music rank on that scale???
I see this trend becoming more pervasive on the business side. Look at users like deliverymen, service engineers, salespeople, etc. and you see a huge market that is largely underserved so far. Laptops are somewhat useful, but not quite as portable and practical as a good PDA with wireless internet access could be within the next couple years. I don't see home users abandoning their PC's anytime soon, although they might add a smartphone or two.
Oh come on, you're ruining a good/. scare here - I'm sure that had/. been around twenty (or thirty?) years ago, they would have had the same rant about barcodes appearing on commercial products. RFID in the retail space will be a major step forward for both the buyer and seller. No more waiting for the clerk to maneuver a package trying to get the barcode scanner at just the right angle to read that UPC. I, for one, can't wait...
Not true - once my wife saw how quickly MP3's downloaded from a cable modem as opposed to dial-up, our decision was made. Now the problem is how to make sure the file system conveniently "corrupts and deletes" all those Celine Dion tunes...
It's interesting to note that the thinking these days suggests that famines are the result of a widespread loss of income, whereby large groups of people simly cannot buy food, as opposed to a limit on the amount of food available.
An excellent point - and to help bridge the gap between current techonology issues and the luddites, it would be helpful to discuss the more recent examples of this kind of "creative destruction" (Schumpeter's term, if I recall). Farmers, factory workers, telephone operators and many others have all been put out of work due to the advance of technology that benefits society as a whole.
This could be end of modern civilization as we know it. Combine this with one of those hard hats that hold a couple drinks above your head with tubes running down to your mouth, and you have no need for anything else. I picture this as how the Matrix will eventually be hooked up...
Even if the votes had favored Bush (they didn't), the SC decision was to ignore the vote based on the fact that the press had already declared Bush the winner.
Canada and Sweden (the countries outside the US that I do have experience with) are indeed great places, but they both benefit from the regional security that's preserved by the US and NATO, so they get a bit of a free ride where defense is concerned. The US ends up carrying a heavier burden on that front, and that invariably gets us drawn in to all sorts of issues that don't directly affect our interests. When we do get involved, we generally have good intentions for the populace of the country (the Iraqis will be far better off 10 years from now than they have been for the last 20), but of course there are primary strategic drivers such as oil and WMD's (which they may well be finding now) that serve as the catalyst for action.
In other words, no, this operation isn't about delivering democracy to the Iraqi people, but it's a key component for building long-term stability there. There's no guarantee it will work, of course, but the alternative is to leave a proven aggressive dictator in power and just wait for a cataclysm before taking action. The biggest problem the antiwar protesters have is that they have no credible alternative plan to deal with the problem. "Negotiations" had gone on for over a decade and failed to achieve success, with no hope for improvement.
In order to "conquer" the desktop, a concerted effort would be required. The OSS model by design is more collaborative in nature, which goes against the mindset of having the single, dedicated focus of achieving desktop dominance.
I would think that the appropriate response that deflates the "luddite" comment is to propose and implement means by which existing crimefighting practices could be improved. For example, the flow of information both laterally and vertically through the law enforcement community could be greatly enhanced - think of wanted terrorism suspects who have been pulled over for traffic violations and released because the local cop had no idea that another agency was after this guy. Instead of merely railing against the expansion of government powers, let's show them how to better use the powers they already have...
And even better yet would be a worm that doesn't cause infected computers to always dial that number, but only occasionally - so that instead of getting a one-time flood of calls that could be dealt with, they get a steady stream that ties up their resources...
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Good point - after all, why bother with the thin veil anyway???
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sshhhhhh.... if you keep quiet nobody will notice...
Oops! Been a while since I used it... here's a translation of the release:
The SONY marketing corporation, hard disk drive (the or less HDD) with the digital recorder ' NDR-XR1 which loads the DVD recorder ' and, 5.1chcDvd foam/home theater system ' NAV-E900 ' of HDD built-in type ' NAV-E600 ' sells the total 3 type as a brand of the foam/home AV gateway equipment which corresponds to broadband network environment.
Both machines are defeated, by various functions due to the regular connection to broadband network and the fact that service is added, offering new AV life style to basic function of the digital recorder and the foam/home theater system.
Type name Desired retail price (classified by tax) Sale day digital recorder ' NDR-XR1 ' 145,000 Yen April 12 day foam/home theater system ' NAV-E900 ' foam/home theater system ' NAV-E600 ' 115,000 Yen 84,000 Yen April 26 day
digital recorder ' NDR-XR1 '
The knitting machine is the digital recorder which loads the connected function to broadband network the HDD and the DVD of the 80GB - the RW / - in addition to the R recorder. Image such as television program maximum approximately 90 hours (the *1) it is possible in the HDD to videotape. As for the image which was videotaped in the HDD, compiling, it is possible to record to the DVD simply. In addition, if you connect to broadband network, " net program guide " empty up-to-date television program information on Internet can be procured. With the adoption of the " net program guide ", the case of program searching and video recording reservation and the program video recording with keyword the comfortable video life such as automatic title input is actualized. It classifies image of video recording end, every folder in the HDD and marks password and can manage. Furthermore amount used of the HDD, being color classified every folder, has done the device which mass video recording program is easy to manage e.g., it is indicated. The case where in the HDD the DVD is drawn up from image of video recording end, image is divided in chapter, just favorite the scene is gathered and the play list is drawn up. It chooses the background which you like from the midst of the templet for the DVD menu of 30 types which are prepared beforehand, also it can draw up the original DVD which has the menu picture like the DVD software of marketing. The video deck and the ic.link terminal which were connected to the external input terminal (the *2) taking in to the HDD, it compiles also the DV image of the handy cam which is connected, it can retain the image of the memory which past photographed as the original DVD. In addition, adjusting to the music which is beforehand prepared in the knitting machine, you can enjoy also the still picture which was photographed with the digital still camera of the rhinoceros bar shot and the like the memory stick slot (the *3) with loading, with sliding show.
*1: At the time of SLP mode use (1 title longest 12 hour video recordings is possible.) *2: The ic.link terminal of the knitting machine is the " DV input terminal ". *3: We do not correspond to the memory stick PRO.
foam/home theater system ' NAV-E900 ' ' NAV-E600 '
Both machines the HDD of the 80GB are 5.1 ch DVD foam/home theater systems which load the connected function to broadband network. Not only enjoying the image and sound of the DVD software, retaining the music CD * television program * digital photograph picture and the like in the HDD, e.g., it enjoys, you can have enough the various AV lives which center the foam/home theater system. Choosing necessary function with standard function, and the life style which center " the function " of the foam/home theater system there is an addition function which it can purchase " in " both machines. " Standard " function playback of the DVD/CD, the FM/AM tuner, WEB perusal and the email due to Internet connection, of function acquisition of the CD number data with the Gracenote CDDBR (the *1) consists. In add
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No, I disagree - DirecTV should have gone to a small, independent outfit like Clear Channel Communications...
This is incredibly short-sighted. If you take the cheap route and knowingly implement something that you know won't meet the client's needs, then you're helping to create a negative experience that they will gladly tell other potential clients about, even if the fault is largely theirs...
I can't see the universities themselves initiating such an action, but there's nothing stopping student groups from organizing a boycott independently. The question, of course, is do they care enough about this issue to carry it through? There are plenty of more important things to worry about, such as the war (pro or con), the scaling back of fundamental freedoms by Ashcroft & Gang, etc. Where does cheap music rank on that scale???
But amazingly, the printer and printer supply business is going like gangbusters. Who'da thunk it???
OK, I'll bite - care to translate? Or can I assume it's the infamous Bastard Operator From Hell???
I see this trend becoming more pervasive on the business side. Look at users like deliverymen, service engineers, salespeople, etc. and you see a huge market that is largely underserved so far. Laptops are somewhat useful, but not quite as portable and practical as a good PDA with wireless internet access could be within the next couple years. I don't see home users abandoning their PC's anytime soon, although they might add a smartphone or two.
Oh come on, you're ruining a good /. scare here - I'm sure that had /. been around twenty (or thirty?) years ago, they would have had the same rant about barcodes appearing on commercial products. RFID in the retail space will be a major step forward for both the buyer and seller. No more waiting for the clerk to maneuver a package trying to get the barcode scanner at just the right angle to read that UPC. I, for one, can't wait...
Not true - once my wife saw how quickly MP3's downloaded from a cable modem as opposed to dial-up, our decision was made. Now the problem is how to make sure the file system conveniently "corrupts and deletes" all those Celine Dion tunes...
Gotta have the dead trees in case you can't access digital...
so who's in the will, then???
Hint: you missed the tags...
It's interesting to note that the thinking these days suggests that famines are the result of a widespread loss of income, whereby large groups of people simly cannot buy food, as opposed to a limit on the amount of food available.
An excellent point - and to help bridge the gap between current techonology issues and the luddites, it would be helpful to discuss the more recent examples of this kind of "creative destruction" (Schumpeter's term, if I recall). Farmers, factory workers, telephone operators and many others have all been put out of work due to the advance of technology that benefits society as a whole.
This could be end of modern civilization as we know it. Combine this with one of those hard hats that hold a couple drinks above your head with tubes running down to your mouth, and you have no need for anything else. I picture this as how the Matrix will eventually be hooked up...
Huh???
heck, rather than worry about the submitters, why can't the editors just do this???
That got modded as informative??? Yeesh!
...then let go of those live wires!
In other words, no, this operation isn't about delivering democracy to the Iraqi people, but it's a key component for building long-term stability there. There's no guarantee it will work, of course, but the alternative is to leave a proven aggressive dictator in power and just wait for a cataclysm before taking action. The biggest problem the antiwar protesters have is that they have no credible alternative plan to deal with the problem. "Negotiations" had gone on for over a decade and failed to achieve success, with no hope for improvement.
In order to "conquer" the desktop, a concerted effort would be required. The OSS model by design is more collaborative in nature, which goes against the mindset of having the single, dedicated focus of achieving desktop dominance.
I would think that the appropriate response that deflates the "luddite" comment is to propose and implement means by which existing crimefighting practices could be improved. For example, the flow of information both laterally and vertically through the law enforcement community could be greatly enhanced - think of wanted terrorism suspects who have been pulled over for traffic violations and released because the local cop had no idea that another agency was after this guy. Instead of merely railing against the expansion of government powers, let's show them how to better use the powers they already have...
And even better yet would be a worm that doesn't cause infected computers to always dial that number, but only occasionally - so that instead of getting a one-time flood of calls that could be dealt with, they get a steady stream that ties up their resources...
Good point - after all, why bother with the thin veil anyway???
sshhhhhh.... if you keep quiet nobody will notice...
The SONY marketing corporation, hard disk drive (the or less HDD) with the digital recorder ' NDR-XR1 which loads the DVD recorder ' and, 5.1chcDvd foam/home theater system ' NAV-E900 ' of HDD built-in type ' NAV-E600 ' sells the total 3 type as a brand of the foam/home AV gateway equipment which corresponds to broadband network environment.
Both machines are defeated, by various functions due to the regular connection to broadband network and the fact that service is added, offering new AV life style to basic function of the digital recorder and the foam/home theater system.
Type name Desired retail price (classified by tax) Sale day
digital recorder ' NDR-XR1 ' 145,000 Yen April 12 day
foam/home theater system ' NAV-E900 '
foam/home theater system ' NAV-E600 ' 115,000 Yen
84,000 Yen April 26 day
digital recorder ' NDR-XR1 '
The knitting machine is the digital recorder which loads the connected function to broadband network the HDD and the DVD of the 80GB - the RW / - in addition to the R recorder.
Image such as television program maximum approximately 90 hours (the *1) it is possible in the HDD to videotape. As for the image which was videotaped in the HDD, compiling, it is possible to record to the DVD simply. In addition, if you connect to broadband network, " net program guide " empty up-to-date television program information on Internet can be procured. With the adoption of the " net program guide ", the case of program searching and video recording reservation and the program video recording with keyword the comfortable video life such as automatic title input is actualized.
It classifies image of video recording end, every folder in the HDD and marks password and can manage. Furthermore amount used of the HDD, being color classified every folder, has done the device which mass video recording program is easy to manage e.g., it is indicated. The case where in the HDD the DVD is drawn up from image of video recording end, image is divided in chapter, just favorite the scene is gathered and the play list is drawn up. It chooses the background which you like from the midst of the templet for the DVD menu of 30 types which are prepared beforehand, also it can draw up the original DVD which has the menu picture like the DVD software of marketing.
The video deck and the ic.link terminal which were connected to the external input terminal (the *2) taking in to the HDD, it compiles also the DV image of the handy cam which is connected, it can retain the image of the memory which past photographed as the original DVD. In addition, adjusting to the music which is beforehand prepared in the knitting machine, you can enjoy also the still picture which was photographed with the digital still camera of the rhinoceros bar shot and the like the memory stick slot (the *3) with loading, with sliding show.
*1: At the time of SLP mode use (1 title longest 12 hour video recordings is possible.)
*2: The ic.link terminal of the knitting machine is the " DV input terminal ".
*3: We do not correspond to the memory stick PRO.
foam/home theater system ' NAV-E900 ' ' NAV-E600 '
Both machines the HDD of the 80GB are 5.1 ch DVD foam/home theater systems which load the connected function to broadband network. Not only enjoying the image and sound of the DVD software, retaining the music CD * television program * digital photograph picture and the like in the HDD, e.g., it enjoys, you can have enough the various AV lives which center the foam/home theater system.
Choosing necessary function with standard function, and the life style which center " the function " of the foam/home theater system there is an addition function which it can purchase " in " both machines. " Standard " function playback of the DVD/CD, the FM/AM tuner, WEB perusal and the email due to Internet connection, of function acquisition of the CD number data with the Gracenote CDDBR (the *1) consists. In add