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OQO Hype Back In Fashion

OQO Hype Back In Fashion 05/26/2004 04:28 AM
Ok, I lied. A few hours ago I wrote in the comments that I wasn't going to write any more about the OQO device until an actual product was shipping. However, seeing BusinessWeek's insane gushing over the company, it seemed reasonable to chime in. Remember, the OQO is up there on the list of vaporware products. The idea was to build a fully functional computer inside a portable box that was only a little bigger than a typical PDA. It was first announced more than two years ago, with specs and features it doesn't seem to have these days. They promised it would be under $1,000 and would come with various "docking stations" like a laptop docking station that you could pop it into to turn the OQO into an immediate laptop, if that was needed. Now, they're saying it'll be $2,000 and there's no talk of the docking stations. Of course, while OQO has been able to get all the hype, many other companies have been working on very similar devices, including Tiqit, IBM spin-off Antelope, and Paul Allen's Flipstart. The one thing all of these systems have in common is you still can't buy one. All of them have been working at offering such a device for years, and every few months there's another flurry of news stories about them as if it's some big new idea. Sure, they all of have funky prototypes (I even got to play around with the Tiqit device two years ago) that are very cool, and which I'm sure people would find quite useful - but until we can go out, plunk down our money, and get one of these tiny computers, can the press please lay off on the mushy stories about how wonderful they are?

High-tech executives back Bush

High-tech executives back Bush 05/23/2004 07:44 PM
The State,SC-26 minutes ago ... politics on an entirely voluntary basis.". Top executives of Google, E-Loan and Yahoo have endorsed Kerry. Rob Glaser, chairman and CEO ...

Nuclear rivals to back talks deal

Nuclear rivals to back talks deal 02/17/2004 10:22 PM
Senior officials from India and Pakistan are expected to approve a timetable for peace talks after a landmark summit.

Gay Republicans Say Its Hard to Back
Bush (AP)

Gay Republicans Say Its Hard to Back
Bush (AP) 04/18/2004 01:48 AM
AP - Gay Republicans are stung by President Bush's support for a ban on same-sex marriages and are divided over where to turn in November, with many weighing party loyalty against outrage.

One Group That's Not Polarized: 9 out of
10 Film Reviewers for Daily Papers Back
'Fahrenheit' 9/28

One Group That's Not Polarized: 9 out of
10 Film Reviewers for Daily Papers Back
'Fahrenheit' 9/28 06/28/2004 06:31 AM
Critics in general are giving it good reviews

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Facing a Battle, Disney's Chief Is Known
to Fight Back, Hard

Facing a Battle, Disney's Chief Is Known
to Fight Back, Hard 02/12/2004 03:30 PM
When under attack, Michael D. Eisner, chief executive of the Walt Disney Company, can be counted on for a tried and true response: a tenacious counterattack.

Why The Google IPO Hype Isn't Hype

Why The Google IPO Hype Isn't Hype 05/12/2004 01:21 AM
Realty Times,TX-16 minutes ago ... You are being managed from the time you turn on your computer, and Google proposes to be one of the greatest manipulators of all time. ...

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Film | Cult
film-maker Russ Meyer dies

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Film | Cult
film-maker Russ Meyer dies 09/23/2004 03:14 PM
Cult film-maker Russ Meyer dies .. dead! .. RIP

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Film Industry Gets Challenged by
Bloggers First Film: Open Source,
Grassroots, Free, Remixable

Film Industry Gets Challenged by
Bloggers First Film: Open Source,
Grassroots, Free, Remixable 03/19/2005 02:59 AM
"What's a 'blog'?". "What do 'bloggers' do?". "'Bloggin' - what's that?". "Where's the 'blogosphere' exactly?". To find an answer to these questions, TheWeblogProject (http://www.theweblogproject.com) has come to the rescue: here is the first Film for, by and about Bloggers. [PRWEB Mar 18, 2005]

Film Genesis Launches the First
Script-to-Film Screenwriting Contest and
Puts Writers in the Director's Chair

Film Genesis Launches the First
Script-to-Film Screenwriting Contest and
Puts Writers in the Director's Chair 03/14/2005 05:23 PM
FilmGenesis.com's "Script-to-Film" Screenwriting Contest gives screenwriters a chance to turn their short script into film festival fodder. [PRWEB Mar 14, 2005]

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Film | Third
Star Wars film gets title

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Film | Third
Star Wars film gets title 07/26/2004 02:16 AM
Third (or is it sixth?) Star Wars movie to be called "Revenge of the Sith" .. BBC

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Digital outsells film, but film still
king to some

Digital outsells film, but film still
king to some 09/23/2004 06:06 PM
Many professional photographers still prefer to use film, thanks to continued advances in film technology, basic differences in how each medium works and artistic preference. But digital is gaining ground in the pro market as each generation of digital SLR camera improves resolution and features.

Branding is Hard (Rock Hard. And
Glistening)

Branding is Hard (Rock Hard. And
Glistening) 09/17/2004 02:39 PM

I just... I don't know what to say. There are a thousand reasons not to use the word 'suck' in your product name - especially if your product is, you know, a clock. "Suck bubble" isn't really any better, guys.

That's almost worse than the Bluetake Headsets. (Thanks, Allen!)

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For Recruiters, a Hard Toll From a Hard
Sell

For Recruiters, a Hard Toll From a Hard
Sell 03/26/2005 01:14 PM
The Army's recruiters are being challenged with one of the hardest selling jobs the military has asked of them in the nation's history, and many say the demands are taking a toll.

Preparing yourself for intrusions

Preparing yourself for intrusions 02/01/2005 08:34 PM

Preparing for the Inevitable

Preparing for the Inevitable 01/06/2005 02:45 PM
Death is not news to Buddhist monks. The mi nute observation and contemplation of corpses is a standard Buddhist practice to increase awareness of the transitory nature of all things (including you, gentle reader.) This friendly attitude toward what is hidden away in most of the "civilized" world has prepared monks in the tsunami-stricken nations to deal with the task of cremating thousands of dead bodies. Preparing for the inevitable turns out to be a useful tool for facing the unthinkable. [via a fine new site called The Buddhist Channel].

Preparing takenoko

Preparing takenoko 04/20/2004 11:33 PM

Takenoko are bamboo shoots. We're in takenoko season right now. You take a special hoe and walk around in a bamboo forest until you step on the tip of the takenoko. The best and most tender takenoko are the ones that are barely visible. As they grow larger, they become tougher. You have to then dig around the takenoko, find where it attaches to the root network and chop it at the right angle to get it to come off easily. Then you shuck them. After shucking, a very important step is the aku nuki. Many vegetables, particularly takenoko have a very bitter taste that comes from impurities (alkaline solution and dissolved elements) which is called aku. Aku nuki (removing the aku) is typically done stewing the takenoko with komenuka (rice husk powder) and Japanese red chili peppers. The best takenoko is tender takenoko picked and immediately stewed, left over night in the water, then prepared with rice, stew or some other typical Japanese dish in the morning. Yum.

Girls do their best now and are
preparing.

Girls do their best now and are
preparing. 02/01/2005 09:59 PM
The Touhou, or Shrine Maiden, series of "curtain fire shooting games" start off challenging and quickly become hard enough to satisfy any hardcore gamer/masochist. They're also gorgeously crafted works of art, and were created in their entirety by one man, ZUN< /a>. If you want to play them you'll have to import them* from Japan, but you can download the demos here.
* site sells naughty things as well. Don't order at work.

MOM FAQ: Preparing for MOM 2005

MOM FAQ: Preparing for MOM 2005 08/09/2004 08:31 PM

Preparing For Emergencies - What You
Need To Know

Preparing For Emergencies - What You
Need To Know 08/08/2004 03:19 AM
Free Internet Press Aug 8 2004 7:22AM GMT

Preparing for the Winter Garden

Preparing for the Winter Garden 10/29/2003 12:10 AM
Elliot Coleman is a farmer and gardener on the coast of Maine. He wrote Four-Season Harvest, a lovely and remarkable book about year-round gardening in snowy climates. (You definitely want to look at the drawings.) Even in the middle of January, he's harvesting fresh salad greens and sweet carrots from old-fashioned cold frames. Coleman relies on low-tech solar heating and cold-tolerant vegetables.

Preparing for Emergencies - Homepage

Preparing for Emergencies - Homepage 07/28/2004 05:57 AM
preparingforemergencies.gov.uk .. UK Prep for Emergencies Site

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Preparing for a doomsday attack

Preparing for a doomsday attack 01/03/2005 08:03 AM
If a concerted cyberattack is coupled with a physical attack, will the system hold up? VeriSign CEO Stratton Sclavos talks about what's being done to prepare.

Preparing for Semantic Web Services

Preparing for Semantic Web Services 05/02/2004 02:51 AM
WebmasterBase May 2 2004 7:15AM GMT

Fed Seen Preparing U.S. for Rate Hike
(AP)

Fed Seen Preparing U.S. for Rate Hike
(AP) 05/02/2004 08:48 PM
AP - A replay of 1994? That's one question facing Federal Reserve policy-makers when they meet Tuesday and try to determine how an economy accustomed to super-low interest rates will react to rising rates.

Preparing for the Year Ahead

Preparing for the Year Ahead 12/29/2004 12:06 PM
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Preparing for the next stage of WSIS

Preparing for the next stage of WSIS 06/26/2004 01:18 AM
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Preparing for Real Time

Preparing for Real Time 04/16/2005 03:01 PM
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RSS Hype

RSS Hype 09/23/2004 05:15 PM

eWeek's Jim Rapoza's recent column "Don't Believe RSS Hype" is the latest in a series of high-profile articles downplaying RSS. I guess this is to be expected given the number of people overstating the importance of RSS, and in a way, I'm glad to see this happen because it means that RSS is starting to mature and be taken seriously. Here's a quote from the article:

"Much of the hype has been deserved, as RSS clearly eases the distribution and consumption of information and news. But when breathless observers predict how RSS will change all software—not to mention the way we work and live—they are doing RSS more harm than good."

Agreed. I'm obviously a big fan and promoter of RSS, but I can't say I'm happy to see RSS support tacked on to so many products. It reminds me of the early days of XML hype, when everyone wanted to put the word "XML" on their box just to get attention, regardless of whether the XML features made any sense.

"Many large sites that deliver RSS feeds recently started complaining that they are being hit every hour with a flood of reader requests that is, for all intents and purposes, the same thing as a denial-of-service attack."

Urgh. Here we go again. I'm assuming this quote refers to a recent InfoWorld column by Chad Dickerson that compared the hourly surge of RSS requests to a DDoS attack. What Rapoza fails to mention is that Dickerson posted a follow-up article in which he admitted that InfoWorld's servers weren 't configured to minimize bandwidth consumption. Or perhaps Rapoza is referring to Robert Scoble's oft-commented quote that "RSS is Broken" and failed to notice that the problem wasn't due to RSS, but instead due to the way Microsoft was building their aggregated feed.

Look, there obviously needs to be some more "plumbing" work done when it comes to serving RSS, but there have been way too many exaggerated claims about RSS eating bandwidth. A big part of the problem is that many high-traffic sites make a feed available without understanding how it works and what steps they can take to lower bandwidth usage. These sites then complain about the bandwidth consumed by RSS, leading to yet another round of uninformed RSS-bashing which is (thankfully) taken to task by those in the know.

"Another problem facing RSS is that it isn't really a standard. There are several competing versions of RSS on the Internet, which leads to incompatibility"

The differences between the various flavors of RSS are insignificant. Look at it this way: I've written an HTML editor, a CSS/XHTML editor and an RSS reader. Supporting every flavor of RSS - and Atom - was easy, but supporting every version of HTML and CSS is still a pain.

For the record, the vast majority of incompatibilities I've dealt with aren't due to the different versions of RSS, but instead due to publishers using badly -formed XML in their feeds. I've spent far more time trying to support mangled XML in FeedDemon than I have in supporting all the RSS versions combined.

"To those developing products that use RSS: Find ways now to address some of RSS' shortcomings—and dig for problems heretofore unknown—so the technology doesn't become a burden on those who decide to use it."

Agreed. While there has been a lot of press about the RSS vs. Atom feuds, the reality is that there are a lot of people - including myself - working together behind-the-scenes to resolve these shortcomings and make sure that RSS achieves its promise.

The end of the hype

The end of the hype 08/20/2004 01:02 AM
Usatoday.com - Thu Aug 19, 08:04 am GMT

ETF Tip No. 1: Don't Believe the Hype

ETF Tip No. 1: Don't Believe the Hype 01/06/2005 12:18 PM
Exchange-traded funds are good alternatives to index funds. Or are they?

Do You Buy Into The Hype?

Do You Buy Into The Hype? 06/10/2004 06:01 PM
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FOXNews.com

FOXNews.com 03/15/2003 09:39 AM
Poll: Steady Support for Action Against Iraq .. FOX News poll .. Review

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Source: Qwest Preparing 3rd Offer for
MCI

Source: Qwest Preparing 3rd Offer for
MCI 03/31/2005 11:46 AM
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LTB Preparing to Release New 802.11 Wifi
Headphones

LTB Preparing to Release New 802.11 Wifi
Headphones 03/14/2005 05:26 PM
LTB Audio Systems, Inc. of Teterboro, NJ Prepares to roll out it’s new innovative 802.11 Wifi Stereo headphones to be named FreeZone. The new Headphone product will be able to connect via 802.11 to any enabled Laptop or PC so as to stream audio via the wireless interface. [PRWEB Mar 10, 2005]

Cardinals Preparing to Choose Next Pope
(AP)

Cardinals Preparing to Choose Next Pope
(AP) 04/04/2005 02:37 AM
AP - An elite group of pilgrims flocked to Rome on Monday, princes of the church who have started sizing each other up and expressing their views before they closet themselves in the Sistine Chapel to elect one among them as successor to John Paul II.

AMCSI Preparing to Rollout its First
Projects!

AMCSI Preparing to Rollout its First
Projects! 09/01/2004 02:41 AM
Members of AMCSI have worked diligently over the past few months to prepare for changes in the market and to have new companies ready to go in time for Halloween. [PRWEB Sep 1, 2004]

The Factor of Four: Preparing Yourself
for Economic Meltdown

The Factor of Four: Preparing Yourself
for Economic Meltdown 06/22/2005 02:38 AM

The cover story of this month's Atlantic is editor James Fallows' Countdown to a Meltdown, a look at the implications of reckless Bush-Greenspan economic policies for the next generation. The only thing that isn't entirely credible to any student of history about Fallows' portrait of coming economic collapse is the date -- while he sees it coming quickly and convulsively by 2016, I believe it will take a full generation to play itself out, and I would have been happier to see his scenario placed closer to the centennial of the last horrific depression, which was also caused by reckless economic mismanagement -- 2029. But aside from the date, you need only read the history books (and the very recent history of countries like Argentina) to see the rationale, and even the inevitability, of Fallows' predictions. The article is still on the newsstands, and hence not yet available online, but in essence it sees three deliberate Bush-Greenspan policies leading to economic collapse in 2009: Starving the government -- funding massive tax cuts for the rich by incurring monstrous debts that will have to be paid off by future generations and administrations, Complete reliance on cheap energy, commodities and Chinese manufactured goods instead of promoting conservation, and A policy of artificially suppressing interest rates to encourage reckless borrowing at all levels (personal, corporate and government), so that saving is discouraged, seniors cannot generate enough interest income to live on, and the economy becomes extremely fragile to economic changes (exactly as occurred in 1929). The collapse scenario identifies a number of changes that occur like falling dominoes. What is interesting is that, much like the articles I have read about Peak Oil, about the non-sustainability of low interest rates, and about coming bubble burst in housing prices and (again) in stock markets, there is a recurrent 'Factor of Four' in this scenario1: Energy, heat and electricity prices will rise by a factor of four ($160/barrel and $9/gallon) The prices of goods dependent on energy will rise by a factor of four (foods, which grow in oil-derived nitrogen fertilizers and chemicals; anything transported a significant distance; plastics and medicines; clothes made with synthetic fibres; asphalt and tar for roads and roofing; furniture with hydrocarbon-based fire-retardants and cushion fillers; cosmetics and cleaners; coatings, paints and dyes) Inflation, interest and mortgage rates will rise by a factor of four (making most debts unrepayable, leading to massive defaults, foreclosures and evictions) The value of homes, stocks and bonds will fall by a factor of four (wiping out personal net worth, collateral and retirement savings) The value of the US dollar will fall by a factor of four relative to most other currencies The unemployment rate will rise by a factor of four Business failures will rise by a factor of four (and foreign companies will bail out and buy out most large US businesses, since the US government will have no revenues to continue to bail them out) Tax revenues will fall by a factor of four (bankrupting many municipal and state governments, and possibly the US federal government as well) Fallows' thesis is that, even more than economic bungling, the Bush-Greenspan ideology of government doing as little as possible (other than pursuing insanely expensive foreign imperialistic wars and trampling on civil liberties) will soon lead to an America that has squandered all four of its competitive advantages: A healthy rate of savings, providing resiliency in the face of downturns Investment in good public infrastructure (e.g. in health care and transportation) Investment in education (and in the key assets -- people and knowledge -- of value in the 21st century) Investment in innovation (e.g. in real research) It seems to me that progressives' inability to explain to the average voter the importance of these competitive advantages (not easy in our dumbed-down world, but doable) is one of the key reasons they are, at least in the US, in the political wilderness2. The consequence of this "every man for himself" doctrine is that in the event of a severe economic downturn (and there is evidence it has already begun if you look at the real indicators and not the phony ones like GNP), the vast majority will be "priced out of any chance for real opportunity". The consequence of a population (a global population, because the US will take down most of the rest of the world with it) which is without hope of climbing out of desperate circumstances is almost too horrible to imagine -- we need only look to Afghanistan, Rwanda, Palestine, or Darfur to see what happens when people just give up trying. Fallows suggests that only the rich and powerful elite will be immune to, and separated from, the effects of this economic collapse. Shielded by security guards in their homes, limos, penthouse offices and retirement villas from the staggering masses, they will be oblivious to it all (my grandparents regularly handed out food and other essentials to house-to-house beggars in the 1930s, to the great consternation of some of their peers and neighbours, who feared hordes of others would follow -- they didn't). But it seems to me that there's a second way to insulate yourself from the impact of economic collapse, other than by becoming fabulously wealthy. And that is to be prepared. If you knew that in ten years the Factor of Four would be upon us, and the eight drastic changes in rates and prices bulleted above would then be in effect, what would you do starting now to prepare for it? The obvious steps: Reduce your need for energy: Buy an energy-efficient vehicle. Insulate your home better. Conserve energy. Reduce your need to work (by Radical Simplicity) or at least your need to commute. Strive for energy independence (explore community wind projects, solar and geothermal energy options). But make sure your replacement for oil doesn't depend on corn -- because corn depends on both subsidized oil (for fertilizer etc.) and subsidized agribusiness, neither of which is sustainable, especially in an economic collapse. Understand where your energy comes from -- oil may be running your car but filthy coal and vulnerable nukes probably provide your electricity, heat and air conditioning. Buy local, natural and organic. Support small enterprises that depend less on government welfare. Buy stuff that lasts. Don't buy what you don't need. Get out of debt. If you can't, go for low rates that are fixed for the entire term of the mortgage or loan. Pay off credit cards and other usurious loans on time every month. Don't buy non-essentials you can't pay for immediately. Find out how you're exposed if the housing bubble bursts. If your house is suddenly appraised at much less than the amount of your mortgage, can you be required to pay down the mortgage in cash immediately? If so, are you prepared to just walk away from your house? Find out how your savings are exposed if the stock and bond markets collapse. Will you have enough to retire on? To live on? Consider moving investments to 'near-cash' certificates that keep their value even when markets crash. Consider investments in Euros or other currencies less vulnerable than the US dollar. Try to wean yourself off dependence on any government subsidies, pensions, and allowances, especially in the US. If the government suddenly becomes unable to pay its debts, it's not going to be able to pay you either. Just ask the ex-employees of Enron what that feels like. Work to get Bush and Greenspan, and those with similar extreme economic policies, out of power. The earlier we start working on fixing the mess they've created, the better the chance for a 'soft' landing. Don't hoard goods or other physical assets. It's wasteful, ineffective, selfish and expensive. You don't need to do any of these things tomorrow, but it would be prudent to think seriously about doing them over the next few years. Think of it being like betting on a gambler in a casino who's on a roll, tossing sevens and elevens one after the other. If you cash out of the living-beyond-your-means lottery too early, you'll probably kick yourself for losing faith too soon, for not hanging in a little longer. But there's lots of evidence from history that the consequences of cashing out too late will be much worse. And alas, as with all gambles, you'll only know whether you did the right thing in hindsight. A final thought from Fallows' article, and it's about education. He quotes Danish executive Niels Christian Nielsen, a Director of companies on both sides of the Atlantic, from a U.Cal presentation earlier this year on the subject: The big difference between Europe and America is the proportion of people who come out of the [education] system really not being functional for any serious role. In Finland that is maybe 2-3%. In Europe in general maybe 15 or 20%. For the United States at least 30%, maybe more. In spite of all the press, Americans really don't get the education difference. They generally still feel this is a well-educated country and workforce. They just don't see how far the country is falling behind. These two main themes from Fallows' scenario -- how reckless economic policy is leading inevitably to economic meltdown, and the importance of having a government that sets a good example of economic responsibility and public investment for the benefit of all its citizens -- are inextricably intertwined. Bush's failure on both counts threatens not only to lead to the ignominious end of the world's last superpower, but to drag the rest of the world needlessly into a long period of great suffering and deprivation in the process. Notes: 1. One qualification about the Factor of Four, in case any economists or other number crunchers are reading this -- the rates and prices above are subject to continuous adjustment for changes in supply and demand. Because the domino effect will lower demand, prices that spike to quadruple current levels will fall off as a result of this adjustment, so in some cases the net effect may be closer to a Factor of Two or Three. Fallows' scenario reflects this. But if we're trying to visualize how such a change will affect our economy and our lives, thinking in terms of today's purchasing power, it still makes sense to use the Factor of Four. 2. I suspect that Europeans and Canadians take for granted the importance of these things, but do not really understand why they're important -- which is why it is not unthinkable that Bush-Greenspan thinking could happen elsewhere (as it did with Thatcherism), even without the religious undercurrent. That's something for us outside the US to think about seriously.

Preparing for Entrance Exams Online

Preparing for Entrance Exams Online 04/12/2004 02:13 AM
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