In recent years, ICANN has approved ".eu" for the European Union, ".jobs" for human-resources sites, ".travel" for the travel industry, ".mobi" targeting mobile services and ".cat" for the Catalan language, bringing the number of domains to 264.
The organization also is in negotiations to create ".xxx" for porn sites, ".asia" for the Asia-Pacific community and ".post" for postal services.
Is is just me, or is the TLD names space getting more and more schizophrenic? What must it have been like when they were deciding the name?
"OK, we'll have.com,.net,.org and.gov. That should cover it"
"What about the travel industry? Don't they need one of their own?"
"Well, I'm not sure..."
"And job hunting websites! They need one too."
"OK, OK. I'll and.jobs and.travel"
"Don't forget about Asia!"
"Oh shit yeah, can't leave out 1/4 of the world now can we? Ok,.com,.net,.org,.gov,.jobs,.travel and.asia. Good work men, I think we've covered everything now."
Todd Masonis, a co-founder of contact management service Plaxo Inc., is familiar with the hassles of keeping track of everyone.
His parents have had the same house and phone number for some 30 years, and "for a long time that was how they are identified," Masonis said.
Really? Your parents are called Mr and Mrs 945 Chestnut Street? How odd.
Dr Palanker reckons the system will give people 20/80 vision - normal is 20/20, you need 20/40 for a driving licence and 20/400 is the legal definition of blindness - allowing people to read large fonts and recognise faces.
And as soon as the technology gets to 20/19 or less, I'll get one if I need it or not. Bring on the cyborgization!
From the article: Why is this happening? Several reasons. One is the prevalence of hacking tools online that can be found simply by using the Google search engine.
So does that mean if I do all my web searches on my windows 98 machine using internet explorer but I use MSN search, not google, I'll be OK?
From the article: HP's Region-Coded, Expiring Printer Cartridges:
Hewlett-Packard, one of the world's leading printer manufacturers, has embedded software in its printers and accompanying toner cartridges to enforce "region coding" restrictions that prevent cartridges purchased in one region from operating with printers purchased in another. This "feature" presumably is intended to support regional market segmentation and price discrimination.
The software embedded in HP printer cartridges also apparently causes them to "expire" after a set amount of time, forcing consumers to purchase new ink, even if the cartridge has not run dry.
Now that's damn evil. After I moved to England, I discovered the that my DVDs no longer worked. But I never knew that this was now in printers as well. How long before some jackass decides to regin-encode my whole laptop?
There is bound to be a post on some obscure forum by some guy named "Tank-H4xor" that gives direction on how to exploit a bug in the system by duct-taping a banana on the missile or a fluffy bunny something:)
Or you could just throw rocks at it until it runs out of projectiles. Nice and cost effective too, as the going rate for rocks is $0 and I imagine this system costs quite a bit more.
It was virtually impossible to provide negative feedback directly, even if it was done in a very polite way. The mere notion that something a person did was a mistake, or even more delicately, was done in a way that could be improved upon in a future iteration, was anathema.
You should try working in a school. It turns out that, on paper, every child is brilliant at everything they do.
Once you become a suit, however, you can't say things like that to your fellow suits (at least not in public) because when Alice, Bob or Charlie gets fired, doesn't get a promotion, files a greivance, or feels their bonus is too small, your comments will be held against you.
So corporate speak is a symptom of the greater issue: not being able to fire someone because they are a lazy, selfish asshat.
"Indoor environments are really tough," said Erik Steltz, a PhD candidate in electrical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley... For example, in order to zip around indoor obstacles -- walls, corners, bookcases, furniture, ceilings, etc. -- a flyer needs to see the objects and have the brain power to steer away.
Is there a different method used when outdoors? I've never been, so I don't know.
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From the article: Google Entertainment? Yeah, its DNA can do that...
Google Hardware? Genetic mission accomplished... The stem-cell question for prospective consumers is, Where would you prefer to buy this hardware...?
Guys like the author are the reason scientific terms get degraded and clouded in the mind of the public. £10 says this guy couldn't give a coherent description of DNA, stem cells OR why he thinks they apply to the business world.
I think he misses the fact that some people want to move to OS X but are held back by one must-have application. Boot camp is perfect for these people. My mom, for example, really wants to switch to apple after I let her use my ibook, but she has one program that she needs to occasionally use for work that holds her back. Now she can switch, no problems.
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In recent years, ICANN has approved ".eu" for the European Union, ".jobs" for human-resources sites, ".travel" for the travel industry, ".mobi" targeting mobile services and ".cat" for the Catalan language, bringing the number of domains to 264. The organization also is in negotiations to create ".xxx" for porn sites, ".asia" for the Asia-Pacific community and ".post" for postal services.
.com, .net, .org and .gov. That should cover it"
.jobs and .travel"
.com, .net, .org, .gov, .jobs, .travel and .asia. Good work men, I think we've covered everything now."
Is is just me, or is the TLD names space getting more and more schizophrenic? What must it have been like when they were deciding the name?
"OK, we'll have
"What about the travel industry? Don't they need one of their own?"
"Well, I'm not sure..."
"And job hunting websites! They need one too."
"OK, OK. I'll and
"Don't forget about Asia!"
"Oh shit yeah, can't leave out 1/4 of the world now can we? Ok,
-Grey
Todd Masonis, a co-founder of contact management service Plaxo Inc., is familiar with the hassles of keeping track of everyone. His parents have had the same house and phone number for some 30 years, and "for a long time that was how they are identified," Masonis said.
Really? Your parents are called Mr and Mrs 945 Chestnut Street? How odd.
-Grey
while individuals would be able to register firstnamelastname.tel.
Wow! I wish I could do that now!
-Wellington Grey
Maybe it should just be "Don't do the crime"? Solves all these problems.
Crime according to who? Your 'solution' only works if you never travel to another country.
-Grey
Dr Palanker reckons the system will give people 20/80 vision - normal is 20/20, you need 20/40 for a driving licence and 20/400 is the legal definition of blindness - allowing people to read large fonts and recognise faces.
And as soon as the technology gets to 20/19 or less, I'll get one if I need it or not. Bring on the cyborgization!
-Grey
So google is just like krispy kreme, it looks great to have all those 'o's laid out before me, but I can never get past the third one.
-Grey
God, I love the circular nature of the net. Notice that the WSJ article links to a wikipedia article that uses the WSF article as its source : )
-Grey
From the article: Why is this happening? Several reasons. One is the prevalence of hacking tools online that can be found simply by using the Google search engine.
So does that mean if I do all my web searches on my windows 98 machine using internet explorer but I use MSN search, not google, I'll be OK?
-Grey
Any theories on how is this going to affect global warming?
As you should know from the holy book we should work hard to increase the number of pirates so his holy spaghettiness will turn down the temperature.
-Grey
From the article: HP's Region-Coded, Expiring Printer Cartridges: Hewlett-Packard, one of the world's leading printer manufacturers, has embedded software in its printers and accompanying toner cartridges to enforce "region coding" restrictions that prevent cartridges purchased in one region from operating with printers purchased in another. This "feature" presumably is intended to support regional market segmentation and price discrimination.
The software embedded in HP printer cartridges also apparently causes them to "expire" after a set amount of time, forcing consumers to purchase new ink, even if the cartridge has not run dry.
Now that's damn evil. After I moved to England, I discovered the that my DVDs no longer worked. But I never knew that this was now in printers as well. How long before some jackass decides to regin-encode my whole laptop?
-Grey
::Crosses fingers:: Common Washington DC!
-Grey
Now, if they had actually trained bats, then we're on to something.
They did in World War II.
-Grey
There is bound to be a post on some obscure forum by some guy named "Tank-H4xor" that gives direction on how to exploit a bug in the system by duct-taping a banana on the missile or a fluffy bunny something :)
Or you could just throw rocks at it until it runs out of projectiles. Nice and cost effective too, as the going rate for rocks is $0 and I imagine this system costs quite a bit more.
-Grey
Damn it! Well where the hell am I supposed to keep my money hidden now? Guess I'll have to move those accounts to Nauru.
-Grey
How do you get half a pixel? Wouldn't that be like trying to get half a bit?
-Grey
It was virtually impossible to provide negative feedback directly, even if it was done in a very polite way. The mere notion that something a person did was a mistake, or even more delicately, was done in a way that could be improved upon in a future iteration, was anathema.
You should try working in a school. It turns out that, on paper, every child is brilliant at everything they do.
-Grey
Once you become a suit, however, you can't say things like that to your fellow suits (at least not in public) because when Alice, Bob or Charlie gets fired, doesn't get a promotion, files a greivance, or feels their bonus is too small, your comments will be held against you.
So corporate speak is a symptom of the greater issue: not being able to fire someone because they are a lazy, selfish asshat.
-Grey
"Indoor environments are really tough," said Erik Steltz, a PhD candidate in electrical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley... For example, in order to zip around indoor obstacles -- walls, corners, bookcases, furniture, ceilings, etc. -- a flyer needs to see the objects and have the brain power to steer away.
Is there a different method used when outdoors? I've never been, so I don't know.
-Grey
But it could one day be shrunk to insect size and used for search and rescue.
Search and rescue my ass. This has spy toy written all over it, why can't we just say that?
-Grey
That's the NY Times for you. They (as part of the mainstream media) don't understand that other media players exist than the iPod.
I'm sure that the editors at the Times understand... they just can't trust the unwashed masses to understand.
-Grey
Why am I suddenly reminded of that episode of South Park where Christopher Reeve sucks the stem cells out of aborted fetuses to make himself stronger?
-Grey
From the article: Google Entertainment? Yeah, its DNA can do that...
Google Hardware? Genetic mission accomplished... The stem-cell question for prospective consumers is, Where would you prefer to buy this hardware...?
Guys like the author are the reason scientific terms get degraded and clouded in the mind of the public. £10 says this guy couldn't give a coherent description of DNA, stem cells OR why he thinks they apply to the business world.
-Grey
Google is on the verge of achieving the holy grail of branding--being all things to all markets.
The fastest and surest was to displease everyone is to try and please everyone.
-Grey
from the see-it's-a-clever-twist-of-one-letter dept.
Boot ==> Bunk is, I believe, three letters. That's OK Zonk, we'll review counting again tomorrow.
-Grey
I think he misses the fact that some people want to move to OS X but are held back by one must-have application. Boot camp is perfect for these people. My mom, for example, really wants to switch to apple after I let her use my ibook, but she has one program that she needs to occasionally use for work that holds her back. Now she can switch, no problems.
-Grey