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What I'm looking for is if there are any ISP's that provide broadband + line rental but without any phone calling capabilities. I never use my home phone, I use my mobile for all my calls. All it seems to be there for is to recieve sales calls.

Does something like this exist?]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:29:51 -0500 http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=847880 http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=847872
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/11/03/18627695.php]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:45:28 -0500 http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=847872 http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=847868
End of rant!]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:06:15 -0500 http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=847868 http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=847854 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Burj Dubai (Arabic: برج دبي‎ "Dubai Tower"), a supertall skyscraper under construction in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is the tallest man-made structure ever built, at 818 m (2,684 ft). Construction began on 21 September 2004, and the tower is expected to be completed and ready for occupancy on 4 January 2010.[1][2]

The building is part of the 2 km2 (0.8 sq mi) flagship development called "Downtown Burj Dubai" at the "First Interchange" along Sheikh Zayed Road, near Dubai's main business district. The tower's architect is Adrian Smith, who worked with Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) until 2006.[6][7] The Chicago-based architecture and engineering firm SOM is in charge of the project.[6] The primary builders are Samsung Engineering & Construction and Besix along with Arabtec.[8] Turner Construction Company was chosen as the construction manager.[9]

The total budget for the Burj Dubai project is about US$4.1 billion, and for the entire new "Downtown Dubai", US$20 billion.[10] Mohamed Ali Alabbar, the CEO of Emaar Properties, speaking at the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat 8th World Congress, said that the price of office space at Burj Dubai had reached US$4,000 per sq ft (over US$43,000 per m2) and that the Armani Residences, also in Burj Dubai, were selling for US$3,500 per sq ft (over US$37,500 per m2).


***Every picture of Burj Dubai from www.Skyscrapercity.com***


Burj Dubai, November 2009


At night


View From Burj Dubai




























Burj Dubai+Dubai Mall











]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:36:28 -0500 http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=847854 http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=847848 http://www.techradar.com/news/software/ope...e-design-643034]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:48:33 -0500 http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=847848 http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=847826

(needed it for the drivers to install WHS)

This deserved a thread.]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:17:36 -0500 http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=847826 http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=847812
Sorry if this is a double post]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:08:54 -0500 http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=847812 http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=847810
thanks]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:02:47 -0500 http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=847810 http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=847808 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:23:14 -0500 http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=847808 http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=847748
So, let's ask ourselves to define software by asking simple questions. How? How? How? How do we conceive software? How do we think of it? How do we speak of it? How do we create it? How do we manufacture it? How do we do the same with like material?

Well, first of all, software is based on programming languages. Before anyone even begins typing, everyone first goes through the routine of noting which programming languages they are familiar with. There is no sense on working on a project if you have not learned the required language.

Then when we write software, we do so by making logical statements or comparisons. Don't forget to avoid those reserved words, as appropriate, and properly employ language elements. Generally, the process involves drafting code and revising code and then finally implementing the code.

Once we are done writing the software, we either publish the code ourselves or, especially if we've written a game title, we seek a publisher to distribute our software to electronic or physical shelf space. Meanwhile, attorneys or the most suitable individuals make copies of the software code and submit the printed pages for copyright registration just like any other written work.

Now imagine if you could not only copyright a book but patent the book too. Suppose someone was first--someone is always first--to create a page with minimal text. You've seen pages like this between chapters, right? What about the first to create an index at the end or a table of contents that allows someone to quickly jump to parts of this knowledge-based "intellectual" property.

Doing so would create seriously negative effects. It would largely impede language communication and development. Or, in other words, it would curtail the growth and sharing of thought. Sometimes, the mere expression is currently forbidden and the bloom of a rose wilts away.

I have no problem with someone copyrighting a particular phrase or organization of facts. I have done it myself. There is also a place for proper trademarks. Granted, that is another topic. However, on the subject of software patents, why should anyone be so paranoid and greedy in a land supposedly based on the tenants of sharing and freedom and a purportedly "free economy" that is allowed to grow from the tiny sparks of thought in our heads out to the environment and ultimately to the people?

Isn't an active environment fertilized with ideas and blooming success more valuable to us as a society than a single hog who purposefully strips the earth of its resources and bans others from planting flowers just because they thought of writing about the life cycle of flowers first?

Everyone should have the opportunity to harvest--and develop--a rich environment. This is what makes a good community. This place is our home and, yet, this is what we have made of it: A chained madness. Anyone who stands for what this country truly represents should be ashamed of these absurd software patents and break the chains that should not exist whether in the past, present or future.
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