OK, I'll go along with there possibly not being toxic chemicals in there, but I'm thinking carrying that much of a charge in really big capacitors is anything but entirely harmless should you develop a short circuit. Personally I'd classify the likely flying shards of molten metal "hazardous."
Even though the article lacks any useful information, it does say basic versions of its word processing and spreadsheet software and "Works."
Of course this won't affect MS business software license revenue. Without PowerPoint, the macro support, and or even full document interoperability with real MS Office documents, the desktop version Microsoft Works isn't even a replacement for Office, let alone a web-based version of Works.
Here's the specious explanation that Verizon originally gave for the "Supplier Surcharge":
Dear Valued Verizon Online Customer,
Effective August 14, 2006, Verizon Online will stop charging the FUSF (Federal Universal Service Fund) recovery fee. We will stop being assessed the fee by our DSL network suppliers. Therefore, we will no longer be recovering this fee from our customers. The impact of the FUSF fee is as follows: for customers of Verizon Online with service up to 768Kbps, the fee eliminated is $1.25 a month; for customers of Verizon Online with service up to 1.5 Mbps or 3Mbps, the fee eliminated is $2.83 a month (based on current FUSF surcharge amounts). On your bill that includes charges for August 14, 2006 you will see either a partial FUSF Recovery Fee or no FUSF line item at all, depending on your bill cycle.
Starting August 26, 2006, Verizon Online will begin charging a Supplier Surcharge for all new DSL customers, existing customers with a DSL monthly or bundle package, and existing DSL annual plan customers at the time their current annual plan expires. This surcharge is not a government imposed fee or a tax; however, it is intended to help offset costs we incur from our network supplier in providing Verizon Online DSL service. The Supplier Surcharge will initially be set at $1.20 a month for Verizon Online DSL customers with service up to 768Kbps and $2.70 per month for customers with DSL service at higher speeds.
On balance your total bill will remain about the same as it has been or slightly lower.
If you look at Google's page for Apps for your Domain there's no mention at all about the spreadsheet or word processor. This announcement is just gmail + calendar + IM + web page creator, which is nothing like an office suite at all.
Still, the report concluded that there is enough land, water and human capacity to solve the shortages. "The big solution is to find ways to grow more food with less water. Basically, more crop per drop," Molden said. "The number one recommendation . . . is to look to improve rain-fed systems in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia."
From the Article: Within a year, he predicts, such technology will be able to tell whether someone's "blood pressure or heart rate is significantly higher than the last 10 people" who entered an airport.
What use is blood pressure for detecting terrorists? 16 % of people in the United States have undiagnosed hypertension.
I suppose it might make for good public health screening, but I'm thinking that's a pretty bad way to detect terrorists, except perhaps those who like to binge on fast food and don't exercise...
The article completely misses the Wife Factor:
"You want to put a computer in the living room? No. Absolutely not."
I think this will be a significant barrier to widespread adoption of living room PCs even if they were useful.
I see great commercial success of this new product, because from the quadraphonic LP we learned that consumers are happy to buy new equipment and brand new media for their collection to get additional channels of audio...
I have left a note for the cockroaches in my apartment with a map to the genetic vault. I'm pretty sure they'll survive "doomsday," so all we need to do is wait for them to evolve enough to use the information to help recreate the human race. Problem solved.
Does anyone else find it a little funny that Microsoft bought out Winternals to get Mark Russinovich?
According to a Microsoft employee, "Mark is one of the top five or 10 people in the world when it comes to Windows internals." I'd believe that, but isn't it just a little funny that Microsoft had to go to a 3rd party company to find an expert in the internals of Windows?
No expects an RFID tag to send a SQL injection...
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From the real paper: "No one currently expects an RFID tag to send a SQL injection attack or a buffer overflow."
I think the point of the research is that many RFID tags are read by closed or theortically isolated systems like inventory control devices and pet identity scanners that probably have not been examined for the kinds of vulnerabilities that we (theoretically) look for Internet accessible servers.
While we have a mediocre system for updating Internet-based applications in the face of vulnerabilties, the prospect of updating piles of non-Internet accessible devices is indeed an issue.
FTA: "A network-based PC could offer more file space" Huh?
OK, a couple gigabytes of email storage is probably OK (for now). But I've got maybe 500 GB of other data here... I don't know who would offer to store that for free. And even if they did, it would take me, what, 385 days to upload it at 15 Kbytes/sec?
And I'd still want to back it up in case the company holding my data went out of business. Well, OK, Google will probably still be around in 10 years, but YouOS? Right.
Sure it might have some bearing on upgrade OS sales, but does it really sell computers? I mean if you go into a store and try out a new computer, it's always going to be feel much faster than even a 2 year old computer. No matter how bloated an OS is, a new computer with a fresh OS installed on it will always seem fast. I don't see how it's a differentiating factor.
It wasn't that bad before laser correction. I had Radial Keratotomy surgery done in 1994 and I can still see. Though it is a little disconcerting when a doctor holding a scalpel above your eye says, "Don't sneeze."
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OK, I'll go along with there possibly not being toxic chemicals in there, but I'm thinking carrying that much of a charge in really big capacitors is anything but entirely harmless should you develop a short circuit. Personally I'd classify the likely flying shards of molten metal "hazardous."
Of course this won't affect MS business software license revenue. Without PowerPoint, the macro support, and or even full document interoperability with real MS Office documents, the desktop version Microsoft Works isn't even a replacement for Office, let alone a web-based version of Works.
Dear Valued Verizon Online Customer,
Effective August 14, 2006, Verizon Online will stop charging the FUSF (Federal Universal Service Fund) recovery fee. We will stop being assessed the fee by our DSL network suppliers. Therefore, we will no longer be recovering this fee from our customers. The impact of the FUSF fee is as follows: for customers of Verizon Online with service up to 768Kbps, the fee eliminated is $1.25 a month; for customers of Verizon Online with service up to 1.5 Mbps or 3Mbps, the fee eliminated is $2.83 a month (based on current FUSF surcharge amounts). On your bill that includes charges for August 14, 2006 you will see either a partial FUSF Recovery Fee or no FUSF line item at all, depending on your bill cycle.
Starting August 26, 2006, Verizon Online will begin charging a Supplier Surcharge for all new DSL customers, existing customers with a DSL monthly or bundle package, and existing DSL annual plan customers at the time their current annual plan expires. This surcharge is not a government imposed fee or a tax; however, it is intended to help offset costs we incur from our network supplier in providing Verizon Online DSL service. The Supplier Surcharge will initially be set at $1.20 a month for Verizon Online DSL customers with service up to 768Kbps and $2.70 per month for customers with DSL service at higher speeds.
On balance your total bill will remain about the same as it has been or slightly lower.
Still, the report concluded that there is enough land, water and human capacity to solve the shortages. "The big solution is to find ways to grow more food with less water. Basically, more crop per drop," Molden said. "The number one recommendation . . . is to look to improve rain-fed systems in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia."
From the Article: Within a year, he predicts, such technology will be able to tell whether someone's "blood pressure or heart rate is significantly higher than the last 10 people" who entered an airport. What use is blood pressure for detecting terrorists? 16 % of people in the United States have undiagnosed hypertension. I suppose it might make for good public health screening, but I'm thinking that's a pretty bad way to detect terrorists, except perhaps those who like to binge on fast food and don't exercise...
The article completely misses the Wife Factor: "You want to put a computer in the living room? No. Absolutely not." I think this will be a significant barrier to widespread adoption of living room PCs even if they were useful.
I see great commercial success of this new product, because from the quadraphonic LP we learned that consumers are happy to buy new equipment and brand new media for their collection to get additional channels of audio...
I have left a note for the cockroaches in my apartment with a map to the genetic vault. I'm pretty sure they'll survive "doomsday," so all we need to do is wait for them to evolve enough to use the information to help recreate the human race. Problem solved.
Just wondering... how many encyclopedias fit in a device the size of a tomato seed?
Does anyone else find it a little funny that Microsoft bought out Winternals to get Mark Russinovich? According to a Microsoft employee, "Mark is one of the top five or 10 people in the world when it comes to Windows internals." I'd believe that, but isn't it just a little funny that Microsoft had to go to a 3rd party company to find an expert in the internals of Windows?
I think the point of the research is that many RFID tags are read by closed or theortically isolated systems like inventory control devices and pet identity scanners that probably have not been examined for the kinds of vulnerabilities that we (theoretically) look for Internet accessible servers.
While we have a mediocre system for updating Internet-based applications in the face of vulnerabilties, the prospect of updating piles of non-Internet accessible devices is indeed an issue.
OK, a couple gigabytes of email storage is probably OK (for now). But I've got maybe 500 GB of other data here... I don't know who would offer to store that for free. And even if they did, it would take me, what, 385 days to upload it at 15 Kbytes/sec?
And I'd still want to back it up in case the company holding my data went out of business. Well, OK, Google will probably still be around in 10 years, but YouOS? Right.
I just don't understand the logic.
Sure it might have some bearing on upgrade OS sales, but does it really sell computers? I mean if you go into a store and try out a new computer, it's always going to be feel much faster than even a 2 year old computer. No matter how bloated an OS is, a new computer with a fresh OS installed on it will always seem fast. I don't see how it's a differentiating factor.
It wasn't that bad before laser correction. I had Radial Keratotomy surgery done in 1994 and I can still see. Though it is a little disconcerting when a doctor holding a scalpel above your eye says, "Don't sneeze."