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Secret meetings, confidential messages and alleged exchanges with Bill Gates were brought out as ammunition yesterday in the legal battle over a former Microsoft executive's departure for search rival Google.
Although the case revolves around one executive, Kai-Fu Lee, it is providing a rare glimpse into what's fast becoming one of the industry's biggest rivalries. Filings by Microsoft and Google underscore how seriously the software giant takes its struggle against the search leader.
In a declaration filed with the court, Lee recalled a conversation in which, he said, Gates warned him that Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer would sue if Lee went to Google, becoming the highest-ranking Microsoft employee to do so.
"We need to do this to stop Google," Lee's declaration quoted Gates as telling him.
King County Superior Court Judge Steven Gonzalez heard arguments yesterday afternoon on Microsoft's request for a temporary restraining order that would block Lee from continuing in his new position at Google. Gonzalez said he would rule on the request this afternoon.
In legal filings and yesterday's court hearing, Microsoft cited internal documents and meetings in an effort to show that Lee has the type of inside knowledge and experience that makes his new position with Google a violation of his Microsoft employment contract.
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Medius wrote:spacemonkey wrote:Medius wrote:spacemonkey wrote:The first thing we need to conquer is greed/gluttony. Where is the lines between enough, excess, and absurd excess?
The trouble is never "where is the line" it is always "who sets the line".
I think we will find a cure for the common cold before we find a cure for greed. Today, some piles of wealth are so excessive, 90% could be removed, and they would remain excessive.
True, but how many of those piles are actually outside of the economy? Meaning, how much is in giant Scrooge McDuck vaults and how much is just numbers on paper actually out in the economy fueling things?
Don't get me wrong, I do believe there is plenty of non-productive investment. There are quite a few schemes on Wall Street that are just theft with a pretty name. But there is also plenty of investment that actually turns into real production and real jobs, so that wealth isn't really being misused so badly.
General consumers aren't likely to put their money into sound future technology. There are some mechanisms that show promise, like crowd funding, but there won't be the due diligence as to the authenticity of the innovator that you would get from a company choosing to invest large sums. In short, I don't think it is black and white. I think we'd be better served by scaling back on things that are obviously idiotic in our economy first. Nix the Wall Street gambling mechanisms. Line up money and production again. Try to extricate our economy from being entirely dependent upon debt. Then see where we are at before we take more drastic steps.
lol what meaningless platitudes.


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American rejection of the Arab bid for arms aid, allegedly to fight Communism, was broadly hinted today by George C. McGhee, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, in an address here before the national convention of Young Democratic Clubs.
Mr. McGhee said that the Near Eastern problems "are not the result of Communist influence, and that their solution does not lie in the strengthening of the military forces of the Near Eastern states, or in their defense against Soviet encroachment."
(Washington diplomatic sources said recently that Arab diplomats approached the United States for arms under the military assistance program. Iraq, Transjordan and other Arab states reportedly asked for American tanks, welf-propelled artillery, and jet fighter planes for defense against Communism.)
The Assistant Secretary blamed both Israel and the Arab states for not arriving at a solution of differences. He said: "As in all young nations, nationalistic factors obstruct the ability of these countries to act together constructively in their own best interests, or to achieve that measure of regional and international cooperation upon which depends the solution of many of their major problems. Although the actual hostilities in Palestine have been brought to an end, a state of peace does not yet exist. Until a permanent and lasting settlement of the Palestine problem can be achieved, both the Arab states and Israel will continue to maintain the heavy psychological and financial burdens of military preparedness, to the detriment of economic recovery and stabilization."
Explaining the economic approach to a final settlement through the Clapp mission, Mr. McGhee said: "It is obvious that some of the problems which prevent relaxation of Arab-Israeli tensions and retard restoration of stability are economic dislocations arising from the Palestine hostilities." Solution of the Arab refugee problem also depends upon economic factors–the new economic factors under which refugees repatriated to Israel must live and work; public works and development projects which must be undertaken to assimilate the refugees into the economic structure of the area as useful and productive citizens. Finally, long-range economic development must be stimulated and encouraged if there is to be a basis for lasting peace in the Near East."
Mr. McGhee made it clear that "outside financial and technical aid will be required to translate that formula into reality." The President has expressed the readiness of the United States to consider the assistance which we might properly extend, under the auspices of the United Nations, towards any program formulated by the Economic Survey mission which will contribute to restoration of peace and stability in the Near East," he emphasized. "The problem presents a perfect opportunity for the application of the President's Point Four program."


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JERUSALEM (JTA) — Hundreds of police will be deployed in the northern Israeli city of Akko for Yom Kippur a year after Arab-Jewish violence broke out in the city last Yom Kippur.
Last year's riots began on Yom Kippur eve, when an Arab resident of Acre drove his car through a Jewish neighborhood, reportedly blasting his radio and causing a disturbance. Jewish teens attacked the man, leading to rioting between the city's Arabs and Jews lasting several days.
At least 300 uniformed and plainclothes police officers will patrol the city in the days leading up to and on Yom Kippur, according to reports. Roadblocks will also be placed near synagogues, main streets and entrances to the city. The eastern quarter of the city, the scene of last year's riot, will be completely sealed off on the holiday, Israeli media reported.


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Long-estranged Clash collaborators Mick Jones and Joe Strummer shared a stage for the first time in nearly twenty years on Friday night at a charity gig in London. After Strummer and his current outfit the Mescaleros played a set on behalf of the British Fire Brigades Union at Acton Town Hall, Jones joined in for an encore that included Clash songs "Bankrobber," "White Riot" and "London's Burning."
The last time the two shared a stage was at a 1983 California festival show following the Clash's tour in support of Combat Rock (1982). Strummer kicked Jones out of the band not long afterward, and disbanded the Clash altogether in 1986 after recording only one more album, 1985's Cut the Crap.
After Friday's impromptu reunion, Strummer and Jones said it felt good to be back onstage together. And the previous Friday, after learning of the Clash's election to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Strummer told Rolling Stone, "You sort of grow up and stop grousing. You bury the hatchet, or you just sort of forget what the hatchet was."
Neither Strummer, Jones or other Clash members Topper Headon and Paul Simonon has yet committed to performing when the band is inducted into the Hall in March, but Strummer did say that he would support a one-night reunion.


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text: Mikael Pettersson writes: > Ingo Molnar writes: > > > > * Mikael Pettersson <email@example.com> wrote: > > > > > The kernel for this 486 has CONFIG_M486=y and CONFIG_M586TSC=n, but > > > the 2.6.25 kernels still try to access the TSC. Here's the oops from > > > 2.6.25-rc2-git8: > > > > hm, could you send me the full .config you used? > > I've put it here: > <http://user.it.uu.se/~mikpe/linux/tmp/config-2.6.24-git8> > > Meanwhile, I've traced the breakage to 2.6.24-git8. > > 2.6.24-git8 changed include/asm-x86/tsc.h:get_cycles() to call > rdtscll() even if CONFIG_X86_TSC isn't set. The call is protected > by a cpu_has_tsc test, but starting with 2.6.24-git8 cpu_has_tsc > is non-zero on this machine, which is very very wrong. > > Diffing dmesg between git7 and git8 doesn't sched any light since > git8 also removed the printouts of the x86 caps as they were being > initialised and updated. I'm currently adding those printouts back > in the hope of seeing where and when the caps get broken.That turned out to be very illuminating:--- dmesg-2.6.24-git7 2008-02-24 18:01:25.295851000 +0100+++ dmesg-2.6.24-git8 2008-02-24 18:01:25.530358000 +0100... CPU: After generic identify, caps: 00000003 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 CPU: After all inits, caps: 00000003 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000+CPU: After applying cleared_cpu_caps, caps: 00000013 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000Notice how the TSC cap bit goes from Off to On.(The first two lines are printout loops from -git7 forward-portedto -git8, the third line is the same printout loop added just afterthe xor-with-cleared_cpu_caps[] loop.)Here's how the breakage occurs:1. arch/x86/kernel/tsc_32.c:tsc_init() sees !cpu_has_tsc, so bails and calls setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_TSC).2. include/asm-x86/cpufeature.h:setup_clear_cpu_cap(bit) clears the bit in boot_cpu_data and sets it in cleared_cpu_caps3. arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c:identify_cpu() XORs all caps in with cleared_cpu_caps HOWEVER, at this point c->x86_capability correctly has TSC Off, cleared_cpu_caps has TSC On, so the XOR incorrectly sets TSC to On in c->x86_capability, with disastrous results.The real bug is that clearing bits with XOR only works if thebits are known to be 1 prior to the XOR, and that's not true here.A simple fix is to convert the XOR to AND-NOT instead. The followingpatch does that, and allows my 486 to boot 2.6.25-rc kernels again.Signed-off-by: Mikael Pettersson <firstname.lastname@example.com>---There's a similar XOR loop in arch/x86/kernel/setup_64.c.I haven't seen it fail yet, but perhaps it should be changedtoo, for robustness and symmetry.--- linux-2.6.25-rc2-git8/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c.~1~ 2008-02-24 17:42:56.000000000 +0100+++ linux-2.6.25-rc2-git8/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c 2008-02-24 17:44:06.000000000 +0100@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ void __cpuinit identify_cpu(struct cpuin /* Clear all flags overriden by options */ for (i = 0; i < NCAPINTS; i++)- c->x86_capability[i] ^= cleared_cpu_caps[i];+ c->x86_capability[i] &= ~cleared_cpu_caps[i]; /* Init Machine Check Exception if available. */ mcheck_init(c);


text: On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 02:30:34PM -0800, Simon J. Gerraty wrote: | | On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 22:43:59 +0100, Manuel Bouyer writes: | >Well, it seems the firmware is too busy to even return an error | >code :( You said it would sometime properly load the tape ? | | Usually it would load ok, but sometimes it would hang - not even | transport the tape looking to check the density etc. | | >Did you try with a brand new tape ? If the drive was really dirty, | >maybe the tapes are dirty too. | | Will try a new tape tonight. It processed a cleaning tape happily. | Normally when it thinks its dirty it lights a "use cleaning tape" led. | Its only done that once since I've had it actually. If I recall correctly, the "cleaning light" on DLTs is set when the firmware detects that the (read) error rate exceeds a certain threshold. If you do determine that the drive is faulty, you can usually get them serviced for significantly less than it costs to replace them with an equivalent unit.


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Here is a great article about the power of EFFECTIVE videos in marketing. It was originally published by MWP. You would be well advised to visit the site to see the YouTube videos used there as examples. Good Stuff. Find the link to their site at the bottom of the article.
Check out this video from the article. There are more.
Memory is fascinating. A good understanding of how memory works can help you plan your online video marketing strategy with one important goal in mind: be remembered.
In the midst of thousands of voices competing for market attention, a marketers main aim should be to stand out in the first instance and be remembered in the second. This is no easy task.
As well as creating 'memorable' content, there are ways to engage your viewers with your videos that will activate other learning faculties, which should mean that they are more likely to remember your video.
5 ways to use online video to be remembered
1 Repetition
Potentially a very annoying option (see GoCompare advert below for example). Repetition is useful not only within a video, but also across all of your videos. This is about your branding and the consistency of your brand. Repetition will cement who you are in your customers minds. The aim is for a slogan, melody or logo to be easily identifiable as you – every time.
If you have a smart phone, try this logo game. It really highlights the power of a logo and how your memory works. You will have seen some of them so many times that you will know what company a logo is for, even if the graphic is incomplete.
2. Use Music in your online video productions
GoCompare harnesses another powerful memory jogger; music. Some tunes will just stick in your head and that is what they have achieved with this campaign.
Music occupies more parts of our brain than language does. We are musical creatures. For an in-depth look at this you should read 'Musicophilia' by Oliver Sacks. Think about how many adverts use music and what those adverts would be without the music.
This John Lewis ad helped push the theme song by Paloma Faith into the charts. Of course, John Lewis were smart to use an established artist for their theme song. It is a strong visual advert in it's own right which also makes it memorable – the juxtaposition of the two eras is simple but very effective:
3 Use Positive and colourful imagery
Our memories have the convenient habit of blocking out negative images. Colourful images are easier to remember.
Psychologists have found that the brain expects natural colour – i.e. what we see in the everyday world. Anything else, e.g. black and white, struggles to make connections that are as strong within the brain. So, if you are ever struggling to remember a scene from a black and white movie, this might be the reason why!
4 Use humour in your video productions
Humour is possibly the best way to connect with an audience. Being funny doesn't come naturally to all of us and in order to pitch any comic intentions correctly, you need to understand your audience and how they will receive your humour. Laughter can help solidify a memory. If someone has had a really good giggle at a video, they are more likely to remember it – particularly because they will be keen to tell others about it.
This is an old advert that AdWeek voted as the number one funniest commercial of all time in 2011. Humour is very subjective – what you find funny might not be what I find funny. Hence it being imperative that you understand your own audience.
5 Engage other learning faculties
Different people learn differently. If you can engage different learning faculties in your audience e.g. kinetic as well as visual and auditory, you will help people remember you when they might not have otherwise.
A call to action such as 'post a comment' will help to cement your video in the viewers mind because they will have been involved with the video on another level. You could also engage logical/mathematical faculties by posing a question or a challenge. See the diagram below which lists the different learning styles:
Here is the link to the original article: MWP