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has pounced on slumping Internet icon Yahoo Inc. with an unsolicited takeover offer of $44.6 billion in its boldest bid yet to challenge Google Inc.’s dominance of the lucrative online search and advertising markets….In a statement Friday, Yahoo said it will “carefully and promptly†study Microsoft’s bid.
I suppose this would make Flickr (or what’s left of it) an MSFT subsidiary.
Michael Liedtke, AP:
Microsoft Corp. has pounced on slumping Internet icon Yahoo Inc. with an unsolicited takeover offer of $44.6 billion in its boldest bid yet to challenge Google Inc.’s dominance of the lucrative online search and advertising markets. […]
In a statement Friday, Yahoo said it will “carefully and promptly” study Microsoft’s bid.
My guess: Sold.
I don’t think I’m all that comfortable with that outcome.
The current Strongspace will be replaced by a new service (not named Strongspace) that will not have the economic model of the current service…. If you just feel like saying “screw it, I don’t want to have anything to do with these guysâ€, please file a ticket and we will refund you for two weeks of down time.
The end of StrongSpace.
The current Strongspace will be replaced by a new service (not named Strongspace) that will not have the economic model of the current service. It will be expensive, distributed and bullet-proof. The replacement service will likely be introduced before October, 2008. We will retire the current Strongspace on 1 October 2008. There is Strongspace functionality in Joyent Connector today, and that will remain. Customers currently on Strongspace will be allowed to continue to use the service for the next 9 months for free.[ . . .] If you just feel like saying “screw it, I don’t want to have anything to do with these guys”, please file a ticket and we will refund you for two weeks of down time.
Not sure if I move to the new service or what. It has all been confusing, with the name and service plan changes. I think my money is better spent on Time Capsule or some home-rolled equivalent.
Top Al Qaeda Leader Killed , Feb 2002 Top Al Qaeda Leader Killed , Nov 2002 Top Al Qaeda Leader Killed , Oct 2003 Top Al Qaeda Leader Killed , June 2004 Top Al Qaeda Leader Killed , Dec 2005 Top Al Qaeda Leader Killed , July 2005 Top Al Qaeda Leader Killed , Oct 2005 Top Al Qaeda Leader Killed , June 2006 Top Al Qaeda Leader Killed , Sept 2006 Top Al Qaeda Leader Killed , Nov 2006 Top Al Qaeda Leader Killed , Jan 2007 Top Al Qaeda Leader Killed , May 2007 Top Al Qaeda Leader Killed , May 2007 Top Al Qaeda Leader Killed , May 2007 Top Al Qaeda Leader Killed , Sept 2007 Top Al Qaeda Leader Killed today, January 31, 2008….This is all very gooey, like how we’ve killed like, nine of Osama Bin Laden’s #3 guys.
Can’t add a thing:
Top Al Qaeda Leader Killed, Feb 2002
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Top Al Qaeda Leader Killed today, January 31, 2008.It’s like being the drummer for Spinal Tap:
Jen Roth offers an explanation:
John: What, are they counting those for wins? Are they counting guys like Padilla? This is all very gooey, like how we’ve killed like, nine of Osama Bin Laden’s #3 guys.
Tyrone: Being #3 in Al-queda is like being a “creative vice president” at a Hollywood studio. There are dozens of them … and they are expendable.
Martin, an assistant professor of geophysics at the University of Chicago, calculated that if Americans were to reduce meat consumption by just 20 percent it would be as if we all switched from a standard sedan — a Camry, say — to the ultra-efficient Prius. Similarly, a study last year by the National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science in Japan estimated that 2.2 pounds of beef is responsible for the equivalent amount of carbon dioxide emitted by the average European car every 155 miles, and burns enough energy to light a 100-watt bulb for nearly 20 days.
When the costs are shifted elsewhere, you don’t really know what things cost.
To put the energy-using demand of meat production into easy-to-understand terms, Gidon Eshel, a geophysicist at the Bard Center, and Pamela A. Martin, an assistant professor of geophysics at the University of Chicago, calculated that if Americans were to reduce meat consumption by just 20 percent it would be as if we all switched from a standard sedan — a Camry, say — to the ultra-efficient Prius. Similarly, a study last year by the National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science in Japan estimated that 2.2 pounds of beef is responsible for the equivalent amount of carbon dioxide emitted by the average European car every 155 miles, and burns enough energy to light a 100-watt bulb for nearly 20 days.
So where’s my Prius? Two of us haven’t eaten meat in 15 years and the other two have never had it (more 20 person-years between them).
Good article [thanks to JM for the tip]. When will we see a day when the costs of high-volume industries like this are internalized?
Keep your La Fonera online, and on Valentine’s Day, you’ll be eligible to win one of the 50 WiFi Frames….There’s still time to keep your La Fonera online and get your free WiFi picture frame!
So let me get this straight. I get a free wireless AP that I can use to share a public network. And for sharing that, I might get a free wireless picture frame?
Love is in the air and we have a great way to showcase your WiFi love. We’re giving away 50 free eStarling WiFi picture frames amongst Foneros who share their WiFi with the Community.
The eStarling WiFi picture frame allows you to:
1. Link the frame to your favourite online photo album to automatically display your pictures (Flickr, Picasa and others).
2. Set up groups to instantly receive pictures from your friends and family’s email accounts and cell phones.
3. Create your own picture playlists.
4. Create a email address dedicated to sending pictures directly to your picture Frame, even from your cell phone!Keep your La Fonera online, and on Valentine’s Day, you’ll be eligible to win one of the 50 WiFi Frames. We’ll give them away to those who show their love by sharing their WiFi! Details and official rules here.
Don’t forget to check your La Fonera status! There’s still time to keep your La Fonera online and get your free WiFi picture frame!
Get your WiFi heartbeat pumping and sharing the love!
Details and official rules here (PDF).
What a deal . . . .
Maybe we do cut too much slack for the candidate we would, as the saying goes, like to have a beer with . On the other hand, if we perceive that a candidate would happily confiscate our beer and jail us for violating the Open Container Law, it would just be common sense to deny him our support.
It is often counted it a deficiency in our politics that voters rely on personal impressions when they choose a President. Maybe we do cut too much slack for the candidate we would, as the saying goes, like to have a beer with. On the other hand, if we perceive that a candidate would happily confiscate our beer and jail us for violating the Open Container Law, it would just be common sense to deny him our support. [From ” BUT I’M AMERICA’S MAYOR!” “AND WE SALUTE YOU FOR IT. DON’T…]
Eschew Hobbies, Cultivate Disciplines
[From The Darkling Thrush]
