Eric Kidd asks “is there a future for me in a world controlled by Microsoft and Open Source?” Let's go back 10 years, OK? Remember Baskin Robbins? 10 years ago they owned a near monopoly on ice-cream outlets. At least they did in Silicon Valley. Yeah, they had a few competitors here and there, but… Continue reading is there a future for me in a world controlled by Microsoft and Open Source
Month: June 2003
Token Concorde
British Airways turned down Sir Richard Branson's latest offer to buy the retiring Concorde fleet
Token Concorde British Airways turned down Sir Richard Branson's latest offer to buy the retiring Concorde fleet for one million pounds sterling per plane. His previous offer was one pound per plane, so there's been definite movement in the negotiation. Branson wants establish a Virgin Atlantic Concorde service that he says he would run as a loss… Continue reading
Token Concorde
British Airways turned down Sir Richard Branson's latest offer to buy the retiring Concorde fleet
News.Com
News.Com: “Netflix has been granted a wide-ranging patent encompassing its online DVD rental service.” [Scripting News]
WhichBooks Are Good to Read?
WhichBooks Are Good to Read?. Whichbook “a neat little flash app that permits you to select on a sliding scale up to four different features of a novel and then recommends a list of prospective reading to you. (Plain-text available here). (via sixdifferentways).” [MetaFilter] Interesting application that would be even more interesting integrated into a… Continue reading WhichBooks Are Good to Read?
DVD Numbers Exploding, Making Studios Lots of Money – Will They Be Smart Enough to Learn from This?
DVD Numbers Exploding, Making Studios Lots of Money – Will They Be Smart Enough to Learn from This?. DVD in 50 – Studio Execs Discuss The Future of DVD “Last week DVD studios, producers and press all converged for the annual Video Store Magazine DVD Conference. Last year everyone gathered to celebrate the 5th anniversary… Continue reading DVD Numbers Exploding, Making Studios Lots of Money – Will They Be Smart Enough to Learn from This?
Dick Gephardt needs to go to summer school to study basic civics
Dick Gephardt needs to go to summer school to study basic civics. Instapundit reports on Dick Gephardt's absurd statement about overturning Supreme Court decisions: “When I'm president, we'll do executive orders to overcome any wrong thing the Supreme Court does tomorrow or any other day “ I agree with Instapundit's assessment that Gephardt may be too… Continue reading Dick Gephardt needs to go to summer school to study basic civics
High-tech courtroom promises more efficient trials
High-tech courtroom promises more efficient trials. The technology of Courtroom 625 in Philadelphia “helps the court run more efficiently, cutting the time of a seven-day trial down to about four.” [Story Link] [Ernie the Attorney]
Congress Online: Much Sizzle, Little Steak
Congress Online: Much Sizzle, Little Steak. Almost every representative and every senator in Congress has a Web site offering virtually everything except what becomes legends most: their voting records. By Katharine Q. Seelye. [New York Times: Technology]
Privacy bookmark
USATODAY.com – Privacy bookmark. Communities across the USA might think their libraries are run by local boards. But increasingly, their authority is being usurped by paternalistic guardians in Washington. That's clear from Monday's Supreme Court decision upholding the right of Congress to require public libraries to install Internet filters on computers so children won't access… Continue reading Privacy bookmark
Philly's High-Tech Court
Philly's High-Tech Court. Philadelphia's High-Tech Courtroom: “Courtroom 625, the pride and joy of the Philadelphia Common Pleas Court, is equipped with everything the… [beSpacific]