The tablet PC hype seems to be pretty strong lately but I've yet to see anything that has changed since the WinCE that were hyped the last time round (or the WinCE tablets before that, or all of the other failed tablets that Microsoft and others have tried to sell). The ad copy from the last version is almost verbatim -- the handwriting recognition is soooo much better, screens are better and they have a new OS which is pen centric. Also, given Microsoft's upgrade history for these things (new OS? Buy a new computer) it seems to be all stick and no carrot.
I've had tablet PCs before and, cool as it seems now, you will not use it as a tablet especially in school.
The typical estimates for Ferraris budget is more on the order of $300 million. They also have external sponsors who cover some of that cost and they basically don't advertise -- F1 is it for them -- to sell very expensive road cars to people who can easily afford them. The waiting list for a new Ferrari is on the order of 1-2 years because the exlusivity of the marque keeps the prices artificially high (and keeps the resale value high). Bottom line, they don't need to sell laptops -- it's just a merchandising opportunity like selling hats and tshirts. Ferrari is already one of the most profitable divisions of Fiat.
You don't have to block it, you just rank them lower based on them not being relevant -- it's called an algorithm. People might sue, they just won't win.
I'd never use a cyber cafe for anything remotely useful because it seems pretty likely the machine will have a keyboard logger on it. This advice about not taking your laptop seems pretty pie in the sky...
Tell the insurance company that you suspect the doctor is charging / overcharging for services which were not rendered. Ever had an argument with an insurance company? Stand back and watch the fun.
There is somewhat of a difference between the school allowing coke machines on their property and letting the MPAA use classrooms as a Soapbox. If the schools allowed Pepsi to come in and explain why carbonated beverages are part of a healty diet, that would be a better analogy. I wouldn't be suprised if this does actually happen -- as someone else said, schools today will do anything for a buck.
That having been said -- $100,000 for 900k students? For the love of god, jack up the prices schools!
At any rate, it's been shown time and time again that excessive advertising makes it extremely ineffective (banner ads anyone?). I have faith that the youth of America will see through this pathetic ploy and it will just turn out to be a big waste on (the MPAA's) money. Come on schools -- just jack up the $ / student rate!
Well, it's good to want things like this, but I don't think it will really happen. Homeless people tend to be trasients, which means they're going to be hard to track
Yes, since they're invading everyone's privacy anyway, why don't they just go hog wild and imbed GPS tracking or RFID tags in the homeless...
"Well slap my ass and call me Shirley you dumb shit. I thought the whole time I was trying to help YOU. Maybe I should just shove your computer up my ass, think that would fix it, you ignorant fuck."
You mean that way you?!?!?!!
Just kidding, I never waste my time calling tech support.
I was hoping they would announce Microsofts replacement for MASM -- A#!
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More like the frickin' cliff notes.
At any rate, it sounds like utter crap to me. If the Atlantans had this solution all working, why didn't they use it. And why would they Atlantis be under Antartica? I guess if I cared to answer these questions I'd reat the book. Which I don't. So I won't read it.
It strikes me that every shuttle should carry an escape pod in it's cargo bay. Maybe buy a soyuz cheap from the ruskies. Then the next time the shuttle craps out they can punch out in orbit rather than us pretending that it's all ok till they burn up in the atmosphere.
In California, if you want to drive in the car pool lane it only costs you $271 (that's the fine). I have this theory that there are some people who have just decided that it is worth paying it -- there are plenty of cheaters people in the car pool lanes.
As development costs on games have skyrocketed to the levels of feature films, the quality has gone down and games have started to stagnate. The reason is that the backers want a high certainty of return on their investment rather than taking a risk. This is the kind of mentality that leads to games like "Enter the Matrix". Sucky game with a movie tie-in (of course Movie tie-in games have always sucked. Slate had a great article on this recently).
These are good points but if SCO can claim that they were ignorant that there own Intelectual property was in Linux, they can hardly claim that other users of Linux should also be liable since (whether they will admit it or not) they are implicitly endorsing Linux by releasing it under the GPL. In your scenario, it seems they would have a legitimate beef with IBM but not with Linux users in general.
OTOH, I agree it's not a good thing for Linux. In theory, Microsoft could get someone to "contribute" their licensed code and then sue anyone using it... The liability should begin and end with the people who added the code.
if I don't actually have the rights to do so it isn't binding. So if there actually is tainted code in Linux then it does cause jeapordy regardless of the GPL since the GPL doesn't apply.
You make a good point, but in this case, isn't it SCO releasing SCO's code under the GPL? I.e. they do own the rights to it. And I'm pretty sure you can't license your code and then say "Ooops! -- I didn't mean to license it!".
Important point to remember. Intuit has competition for tax products so the consumer has a drm / no drm choice. Imagine, if you will, that a company with no competition were in the same position...
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The tablet PC hype seems to be pretty strong lately but I've yet to see anything that has changed since the WinCE that were hyped the last time round (or the WinCE tablets before that, or all of the other failed tablets that Microsoft and others have tried to sell). The ad copy from the last version is almost verbatim -- the handwriting recognition is soooo much better, screens are better and they have a new OS which is pen centric. Also, given Microsoft's upgrade history for these things (new OS? Buy a new computer) it seems to be all stick and no carrot.
I've had tablet PCs before and, cool as it seems now, you will not use it as a tablet especially in school.
The typical estimates for Ferraris budget is more on the order of $300 million. They also have external sponsors who cover some of that cost and they basically don't advertise -- F1 is it for them -- to sell very expensive road cars to people who can easily afford them. The waiting list for a new Ferrari is on the order of 1-2 years because the exlusivity of the marque keeps the prices artificially high (and keeps the resale value high). Bottom line, they don't need to sell laptops -- it's just a merchandising opportunity like selling hats and tshirts. Ferrari is already one of the most profitable divisions of Fiat.
The second head posts dupes of stories that the first head just posted, natch!
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You don't have to block it, you just rank them lower based on them not being relevant -- it's called an algorithm. People might sue, they just won't win.
I'd never use a cyber cafe for anything remotely useful because it seems pretty likely the machine will have a keyboard logger on it. This advice about not taking your laptop seems pretty pie in the sky...
Tell the insurance company that you suspect the doctor is charging / overcharging for services which were not rendered. Ever had an argument with an insurance company? Stand back and watch the fun.
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They looked at a crowded market place and said "Me too!" -- Homer J Simpson
There is somewhat of a difference between the school allowing coke machines on their property and letting the MPAA use classrooms as a Soapbox. If the schools allowed Pepsi to come in and explain why carbonated beverages are part of a healty diet, that would be a better analogy. I wouldn't be suprised if this does actually happen -- as someone else said, schools today will do anything for a buck.
That having been said -- $100,000 for 900k students? For the love of god, jack up the prices schools!
At any rate, it's been shown time and time again that excessive advertising makes it extremely ineffective (banner ads anyone?). I have faith that the youth of America will see through this pathetic ploy and it will just turn out to be a big waste on (the MPAA's) money. Come on schools -- just jack up the $ / student rate!
It would be easier to be offended if they guy could spell correctly...
Advanced courses
Well, it's good to want things like this, but I don't think it will really happen. Homeless people tend to be trasients, which means they're going to be hard to track
Yes, since they're invading everyone's privacy anyway, why don't they just go hog wild and imbed GPS tracking or RFID tags in the homeless...
Kidding, for the humour impaired...
"Well slap my ass and call me Shirley you dumb shit. I thought the whole time I was trying to help YOU. Maybe I should just shove your computer up my ass, think that would fix it, you ignorant fuck."
You mean that way you?!?!?!!
Just kidding, I never waste my time calling tech support.
I was hoping they would announce Microsofts replacement for MASM -- A#!
More like the frickin' cliff notes.
At any rate, it sounds like utter crap to me. If the Atlantans had this solution all working, why didn't they use it. And why would they Atlantis be under Antartica? I guess if I cared to answer these questions I'd reat the book. Which I don't. So I won't read it.
It strikes me that every shuttle should carry an escape pod in it's cargo bay. Maybe buy a soyuz cheap from the ruskies. Then the next time the shuttle craps out they can punch out in orbit rather than us pretending that it's all ok till they burn up in the atmosphere.
Just a suggestion...
In California, if you want to drive in the car pool lane it only costs you $271 (that's the fine). I have this theory that there are some people who have just decided that it is worth paying it -- there are plenty of cheaters people in the car pool lanes.
As development costs on games have skyrocketed to the levels of feature films, the quality has gone down and games have started to stagnate. The reason is that the backers want a high certainty of return on their investment rather than taking a risk. This is the kind of mentality that leads to games like "Enter the Matrix". Sucky game with a movie tie-in (of course Movie tie-in games have always sucked. Slate had a great article on this recently).
Why is it so ugly?
'cos it's made by Fossil. It seems PALM has entered the "Let's put a clock on that toaster" era of it's business...
This was tried like 5 years ago with the WinCE Tablet PCs. Exactly the same idea. No one wanted them then and no one want them now.
"You can use statistics to prove anything. 13% of all people know that." -- H. Simpson
These are good points but if SCO can claim that they were ignorant that there own Intelectual property was in Linux, they can hardly claim that other users of Linux should also be liable since (whether they will admit it or not) they are implicitly endorsing Linux by releasing it under the GPL. In your scenario, it seems they would have a legitimate beef with IBM but not with Linux users in general.
OTOH, I agree it's not a good thing for Linux. In theory, Microsoft could get someone to "contribute" their licensed code and then sue anyone using it... The liability should begin and end with the people who added the code.
if I don't actually have the rights to do so it isn't binding. So if there actually is tainted code in Linux then it does cause jeapordy regardless of the GPL since the GPL doesn't apply.
You make a good point, but in this case, isn't it SCO releasing SCO's code under the GPL? I.e. they do own the rights to it. And I'm pretty sure you can't license your code and then say "Ooops! -- I didn't mean to license it!".
Important point to remember. Intuit has competition for tax products so the consumer has a drm / no drm choice. Imagine, if you will, that a company with no competition were in the same position...