It'll be interesting to see how the big ISP's use this as an opportunity to grab billions more for rolling out fiber whilst simultaneously grabbing billions more for substituting fiber plans for a plan to roll out 5G towers, while they submit billions in tax write-offs for how hard they've tried - but haven't been able to - rollout either of those. Minus the expense of hiring lobbyists to make sure no one can get either fiber or 5G without a 5 year service plan that includes ESPN. OH! And commercials. Lots and lots of commercials.

ROTFLMAO! "Then, dream the impossible dream and just keep on fucking off." That made me laugh so hard I had to dig out my password to slashdot so I could make sure to not post anonymously to thank you for that amazing, technicolor gem. I'm stealing it, sewing it on pillows, and sending those pillows snail-mail style to the deserving. Thank you sir. Thank you.

I'm pretty sick of having to depend on friendship with clerics to get healed, and frankly, it's too expensive.

When history nerds and fantasy nerds collide. *I'm enjoying this more than I should...

And I almost bought the house across the street from him. No, he didn't share. Rude.

Thank you for posting this. Paglia's commentary is not so much about "How great Revenge of the Sith is!"; its about how empty and devoid and detached the modern art community is from the world today. She doesn't even think its a very good film, but she feels the imagery is very powerful and since it taps very basic archetypes (e.g. jealousy, forbidden love; master/student relationship; how does one become evil) it transcends its medium. Half the planet knows who Darth Vader is. Lucas, despite his weaknesses in dialogue and plot pacing, has a good sense of drama and vision wholistically. People should read the article before they make a judgement. In fairness, the slashdot headline is inflammatory and doesn't provide any context.

The difference of art over technology, is that art's definition is not binary. It changes based on personal experience, experience of exposure to the art itself, and perception of it can have its own meaning changed by evolving society and its values. Ontop of all of that, there's intricacies of language, meter, symbolism, etc that are not immediately apparentt but may be uncovered in time. In short, just because you don't understand it doesn't mean that its bad. Finnegan's Wake is not accessible to a high school english student, and it was never intended to be.

Surface is a tablet that can function as a laptop.

I have an iPad 3. Nice device, solid, great for couch surfing youtube and browsing some websites (non-flash). But everything ends up back at the PC. Want to copy some pics from the camera? Need a usb port. Need to load some stuff onto a USB key? need as usb port. Flash website? Need to go back to the laptop. Want to type a lengthy email? Need to use the 3rd party bluetooth keyboard. And why do all my paid applications need to update every day, and spam me with in-program advertisements? Why can't i load my own applications onto the .... oh yeah, itunes/istore or nothing.

This tablet looks like the first real serious alternative to the iPad. The android and BB devices have been fundamentally flawed, but this might just accomplish it. Integration with active directory is a big plus for enterprises too.

Even if Microsoft can establish this device as the 'corproate standard tablet' vs the iPad (which is sadly lacking in terms of enterprise tools), its a huge market segment.

I think the movie went on a little too long, and tried to accomplish a bit too much... but on the whole, it was very good. Solid visuals, a plot that was consistent filled with characters who had realistic expectations. There were several scenes that were absolutely fantastic.

People wanting a sequel to Aliens forget that Aliens was James Cameron's interpretation of Alien -- more of a psychological thriller than an action film. Both are excellent, but Ridley Scott was never going to do a colonial space marines vs hordes of zulus.

The only reason why Apple stores are popular, is because their product is at the centre of the popular culture zeitgeist at the moment.

Their staff are generally ignorant, pretentious, and the product is vastly overpriced (if you're talking about their PC equipment or co-branded peripherals sold in store).

Give Apple stores 5 years. They'll be sad depressing retail channels eventually as well. There's only so many ipads and iphones you can sell --even with 3 year planned obsolesence cycles.

You are not out of touch. RIM is still profitable and has a large entrenched market share. They are actually growing in BRIC countries, where the better battery life + lower cost + combined e-mail/internet/phone footprint makes alot of sense. Not everyone needs $0.99 fart apps, or can afford $0.99 USD songs for their ipod replacement.

RIM is in trouble, but not disasterously so. Their market share decline isn't an absolute decline; its that the iphone and android market has grown so large due to their consumer focus. The consumer market is bigger than the business/professional market...always has been, always will be.

RIM offers a reliable delivery network not dependent upon a pastiche of ISPs/phone carriers. The central management is a huge advantage for enterprises. And the device itself is more secure and reliable than any of the other whiz-bang devices.

My corporation just completed a 1000 user trial of iphone replacement for BB. The program was cancelled 1 month into the 3 month pilot; the BB's reliability and keyboard (and calendaring) was irreplaceable.

RIM"s biggest challenge at this point is they lack growth (a big no-no in our 'quarterly results' driven culture)... their primary business is replacement sales -- steady revenue. They've missed consumer growth opportunities ... I had a pearl, it was awful. D

As a non-american, the cynical part of me thinks that SOPA would be a good thing... there's some huge opportunities available to foreign nations, while the US conciously cedes its leadership position in a new technology and communication medium.

Less legal restriction and onerous regulated enviornments will be a breeding ground for innovation and investment. The US is a huge market, but the BRIC countries are on the rise and there's still Europe, other South American and Asian nations, Canada, Mexico...

"Managing Enterprise Content" by Ann Rockley (with Pamela Kostur and Steve Manning). ISBN 0-7357-1306-5 (that's the one I have on my desk right now, not sure if there's a newer one).

It's an easy read, well written and with a sense of humor [note: it's a technical book on ..managing enterprise content. So it's not like "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" easy... it's just not "gouge your eyes out after the first chapter" hard], and covers EVERYTHING you haven't thought of. And that most everyone here hasn't thought of. And everything I've forgotten after reading it. Chapter 1 alone will explain the very problem you just described, why it's bad, and why everyone does it.

Seriously - one time through that book has saved me on documentation questions (where to put it, how to organize it, how to write it...) time after time. And I still don't use 90% of what was in it. This is the book that you will read one time, and the concepts stick with you - and save your ass. And make you look like a rock star. A weird, librarian kind of rock star, that isn't fantastically awesome like a real rock star, but that seems to know how to use the dewy decimal system with that extra panache, rock star. People will forget all about it a couple of minutes after checking out their books, but for that one second when they find what they need when they need it and it's all because of you... you'll be the rock star.

Still - your life will be easier.

GW1 sold around 7million copies and is now a major franchise. A few things it didn't bring to the table was a persistent, instanced world and large (20+) player 'raiding'. Both of these have been addressed in the sequel that just entered beta testing... and still with no monthly fee.

SW:TOR bring the RPG back to MMORPG. But I think GW2 has the chance to be truly revolutionary -- it destroys the 'holy trinity' model, no monthly fee, and the graphics and gameplay look to be a substantial improvement over the current generation of 'hotkey' MMOs.

We've been doing this in canada for at least a year now, particularly regarding fisheries and lobsters.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2011/07/01/ns-thisfish-tracks-diner-to-water.html