AT&T and Verizon’s 64% control the U.S. cellular market. The graphic provides one of many ways to consider the possible effects of concentrated market share on consumers.
Couple of things have been on my list of things that I have been considering posting to the list over the past few days. Some different topics, some directed to different people, though to the group generally as well. Because that's how it works, eh.
Generally and specifically.
Concurrently.
Somewhat like, if you will imagine, first and third, with a weather eye on second position.
Some topics that were generated as responses to posts on list. Some topics from my day-to-dayexperiences. Some topics that were bought up by friends on and off the net as being issues for them in recent times. So here these subjects float in and around my brain, occasionally bumping into the mundane activities that needs must be carried out, and floating out into a wider orbit ... they will be back, as surely as the sun will rise in the morning. Or so I believe.
Dr Zahi Hawass the Egyptianarchaeologist is well known to those who enjoy historical documentaries. He is highly respected in his field and is the current Secretary General of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities. I have always found his manner rather abrasive and have tended to avoid his offerings. However, his new TV show program on the History Channel: 'Chasing Mummies' is quite a different affair; this is actually riveting and addictive television. The producers of 'Chasing Mummies' seem to have recognised the potential of Dr Hawass' explosive temper and have harnessed it to great effect.
In one incident, Dr Hawass' assistant Casey Fitchner gets completely blasted by the good doctor for being late to work. Later, while exploring inside the Stepped Pyramid, Fitchner asks if there is somewhere she can go to the bathroom. Dr Hawass informs her in no uncertain terms that the pyramid is a holy place and of course she can't go. Later, she can no longer resist the call of nature and wets herself on camera. Dr Hawass' outbursts make Gordon Ramsey look kindly and avuncular.
Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:29:26 +0000 Should Teachers And Students Be Facebook Friends?
NEW YORK — Should students and teachers ever be friends on Facebook? School districts across the country, including the nation's largest, are weighing that question...
Tue, 04 May 2010 02:28:14 +0000 Software Piracy
Copyright is a form of intellectual property protection for a variety of literary and artistic endeavours. Everyone who has used the internet has at one time or another copied material illegally. This is due to the popular misconception, that once material is posted to the internet it can be freely copied: this not the case. Unless the author of the material has stated that is available for public use, then permission has to be obtained from the author for the material to be used.
File sharing sites, is another issue that ...
Copyright is a form of intellectual property protection for a variety of literary and artistic endeavours. Everyone who has used the internet has at one time or another copied material illegally. This is due to the popular misconception, that once material is posted to the internet it can be freely copied: this not the case. Unless the author of the material has stated that is available for public use, then permission has to be obtained from the author for the material to be used.
File sharing sites, is another issue that concerning copyright laws. These sites/programs allow people to share material over the internet, this allows for copyrighted material to be shared and copied form one person to another. Some people believe this is okay as there is no transaction of money for the material: this is not true. File sharing is one of the biggest problems concerning copyright laws on the internet as there is no way to monitor all the information being shared between people and block and copyrighted material from being sent.
Now days because it is so easy to share copyrighted material over the internet and it is so frequently done many people do not see it as a crime that affects the authors finically. Although many people would not steal a cd from a store, download free music from the internet is socially acceptable on the internet.
The reason why people copy and break copyright laws is because they don’t want to pay for it. What most people don’t think about while there waiting happily as their download finishes, is that they are part of a mass group that is stealing from the author. This author has probably spent many hours of work developing a program hoping that in the end he can share with all of us and maybe get paid, to earn a living so he can continue provide us with software we want and need. But all those people who pirate software and wish for everything on the internet to be free or cheaper, are really just saying , we value what you have created but could you just do it for free? Would you do your job for free? Or cheaper? Highly unlikely, but that being said people that claim authors aren’t protecting their material enough, well all that can be said about that is, if people really want something enough, they’ll do anything, even if it might cost them jail time or a $50,000 fine.
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Sun, 27 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT Christopher Reeve Is Paralyzed (1995) Having starred in four Superman movies beginning in 1978, Reeve was an immensely popular actor by the 1990s. He was also an avid athlete and equestrian. During an event in 1995, his horse spooked before a jump, throwing Reeve. He landed on his head and was paralyzed from the neck down. He briefly considered suicide, but instead spent the rest of his life campaigning for spinal injury research. His friend Robin Williams was the first person to make Reeve laugh after the accident. How? Discuss
Mon, 24 Jan 2011 13:35:27 +0000 Voki: free animated talking avatars, use your own voice
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Sun, 13 Feb 2011 06:17:55 +0000 Blogcastr - Broadcast Your Blog Live!
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Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:31:14 +0000 WordOff: cleans nasty Word HTML, generates nice clean code
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Sun, 27 Mar 2011 09:14:05 +0000 Piwigo Photo Gallery
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LONDON (Reuters) - Tony Blair's decision to openly court Rupert Murdoch to win power and ensure favorable coverage during his decade-long tenure as British prime minister will come under scrutiny when he faces a media inquiry on Monday. The inquiry, ordered by Prime Minister David Cameron after Murdoch's now defunct News of the World tabloid admitted hacking phones, has tarnished Britain's elite by laying bare the collusion between politicians, the police and the media. ...
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Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:39:20 +0000 Dawkins vs Pell on #QandA: Dopey Questions from a Dopey Audience
Richard Dawkins has commented since this debate that he was disappointed in his performance, blaming partly his jet lag, but also “… the astonishing bias of the audience and, second, the interfering chairman.” During the debate, Dawkins repeatedly asked some members of the audience with credulity: why is that funny? He really ought to have [...]
Richard Dawkins has commented since this debate that he was disappointed in his performance, blaming partly his jet lag, but also “… the astonishing bias of the audience and, second, the interfering chairman.”
During the debate, Dawkins repeatedly asked some members of the audience with credulity: why is that funny? He really ought to have been able to answer his own question without thinking about it too much.
Right from the start when we were introduced, it was clear that the studio audience was dominated by a Catholic cheer squad. They cheered whenever the Cardinal said anything, however stupid and ignorant.
Richard Dawkins giving a lecture based on his book, The God Delusion, in Reykjavik (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
It is true that Tony Jones repeatedly ‘interferred’ in the debate.
Such an extreme audience bias was a little off-putting, but it wouldn’t have mattered so much if the chairman had allowed us to have a proper debate instead of continually racing ahead to get in another dopey question.
Perhaps Dawkins didn’t really understand the nature of the Q and A program when he accepted the invitation to participate. Q and A is primarily about questions and answers and audience participation, however dopey. In limiting the debate and focussing on audience questions, Tony Jones was really only doing his job. This did however, prevent any serious debate getting underway.
This was frustrating as Cardinal Pell made a number of astounding assertions, such as stating that atheists can gain admittance to heaven, evolution is ‘probably’ true, that modern humans are descended from Neanderthals, and that gay people have an inherent flaws, like those intentionally included in an oriental carpet. It was odd that Pell, the foremost Catholic churchman in Australia, was unable to adequately explain transubstantiation of the host and resurrection of the body. Had Dawkins been able to take Pell to task on these points, it could have been a very interesting debate, but then Q and A is not intended to be a debate. If that is the case, it is hard to understand why the ABC included only two panelists. Why not include some panelists with some different perspectives? Some religious or atheist female or gay panelists could have made the exchanges more balanced and stimulating.
But back to the dopey audience. What the ‘dopey’ audience in this Q and A highlight is the ultimate futility of Dawkins’ cause. It was distinctly noticeable that all the ‘dopey’ comments and questions came from religious members of the audience, or from Cardinal Pell himself. What Richard Dawkins doesn’t seem to realise despite all his erudition is that religious people don’t really want anything to do with the truth.
You can present the religious with all manner of well reasoned, persuasive and intelligent arguments and they will hold up a hand and stop listening. Religion gives stupid people a blueprint for living and comfortable answers to all the difficult questions. The last thing they want to do is think about such things.
Sun, 27 May 2012 04:50:28 +0000 Comment on How To Fix an Overheating Laptop that Shuts Down Randomly by anthony gomez
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How to fix this problem:
Dell does provide this documentation on ‘Removing the Processor Thermal-Cooling Assembly‘. All you need is a phillips head screwdriver.
Have a look at the diagrams and follow the instructions on removing the back cover
Turn the computer over.
Remove the eight captive screws securing the back cover and remove the module cover.
Gently lift the heat sink (pictured above). You don’t need to remove any screws to do this
You are likely to find a great deal of dust trapped between the heat sink and the system board. Remove the dust with a pipe cleaner or something similar.
i haven't needed to worry about the shut down thing thanks
this really works
How to fix this problem:
Dell does provide this documentation on ‘Removing the Processor Thermal-Cooling Assembly‘. All you need is a phillips head screwdriver.
Have a look at the diagrams and follow the instructions on removing the back cover
Turn the computer over.
Remove the eight captive screws securing the back cover and remove the module cover.
Gently lift the heat sink (pictured above). You don’t need to remove any screws to do this
You are likely to find a great deal of dust trapped between the heat sink and the system board. Remove the dust with a pipe cleaner or something similar.
i haven’t needed to worry about the shut down thing thanks
Sun, 27 May 2012 21:44:43 -0400 Renesas braces for costly restructuring, shares fall 11 percent
TOKYO (Reuters) - Shares in Renesas Electronics fell more than 11 percent on Monday to a record low after news it will sell loss-making operations and cut at least 12,000 jobs as Japan's chip sector grapples with its biggest shake-out in a decade.
Sat, 26 May 2012 00:22:00 GMT Cookie law set to come into force
Thousands of UK websites are expected to be in breach of a law that dictates what they can log about visitors.
In some circles, Neil Gaiman has attained near rockstar status. Twenty years ago Gaiman was making the celebrated graphic novel Sandman, and was dabbling in longer-form writing. He went on to write amazing books like American Gods, Coraline, and Neverwhere. He was recently asked to give the commencement speech at the University of the Arts [...]
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Having starred in four Superman movies beginning in 1978, Reeve was an immensely popular actor by the 1990s. He was also an avid athlete and equestrian. During an event in 1995, his horse spooked before a jump, throwing Reeve. He landed on his head and was paralyzed from the neck down. He briefly considered suicide, but instead spent the rest of his life campaigning for spinal injury research. His friend Robin Williams was the first person to make Reeve laugh after the accident. How? 
