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EU COURT RULES AGAINST MICROSOFT
A European Union judge today ruled that Microsoft must immediately
submit to sanctions imposed by EC regulators after they found that
Microsoft broke antitrust laws by integrating its Windows Media Player into
Windows, thus putting rival media software companies at a disadvantage.
Microsoft had appealed the initial decision, arguing that pulling Media
Player out of Windows would degrade its performance, but in today's ruling,
Chief Judge Bo Vesterdorf of the Court of First Instance found that
postponing sanctions would give Microsoft time to strengthen its grip on
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versions of Windows for European distribution -- one that contains Media
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MICROSOFT MUST ACCEPT EU SANCTIONS
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the results of an appeal. The sanctions require Microsoft to provide a
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*Headline News Avoided By Most Of The Major U.S. Media
*STRANGE QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"We are less generous now that we are more rich."
Jan Egeland, UN emergency relief coordinator.
[This is the quotation I wrote down directly when I
heard it on the air, but I notice it doesn't appear
in any of my searches, rather the word "stingy" is
the main word used, and wanting higher taxes to get
more relief. I recall, hopefully correctly, that I
wrote the quote from The News Hour with Jim Lehrer.
However, this quote didn't come up in ANY searches,
but was rather replaced more the more sensational:
"It is beyond me why are we so stingy, really,"
"Christmastime should remind many Western countries
at least, how rich we have become."
[Please not he used "we" above, and only used "they"
when replying to specific complaints he received.]
"There are several donors who are less generous than
before in a growing world economy," and that officials
are saying "the taxpayers want to give less. It's not true.
They want to give more."]
No similar comments were raised against the BBC comments
that current relief efforts would be small enough for the
immediate responses, and forgotten soon enough that many
of the victims would be still living in temporary shelters
a year from now.
You may also want to note that this is possibly the
greatest natural disaster in recorded history, as the
massive Krakatoa eruption of 1883 only killed 40,000,
most by the same sort of tsunamis as in this catastrophe.
By comparison, the number killed in Pompeii was perhaps
2,000, with perhaps another several thousand in nearby
Herculaneum and their surroundings.
The official count for this one had already passed
50,000 24 hours before our deadline, with another 50,000
expected to be added as more bodies are found and second
stage deaths take place from injuries, lack of supplies,
and an expected resulting empidemic from lack of food
and clean water.
*PREDICTIONS OF THE WEEK
The responses to Jan Egeland's statements will continue
to be of the tabloid nature, completely ignoring facts
that pledged donations at the time were much smaller
than those reported after the effect of his statement,
but reported as if they were that large before.
[When I heard the first report of the U.S. pledging
3.5 million dollars, I actually thought they meant
3.5 billion dollars. . .a fraction of the amount spent
to rebuild Florida after the four hurricanes this year.
Apparently the total cost to insurance companies alone
has been over $20 billion, not to mention all the costs
not borne by insurance.]
*ODD STATISTICS OF THE WEEK
[For those of you who still refuse to believe that the rich
are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. . . .]
Economic reports for holiday sales indicate that the stores
catering to the upper classes did quite well, while classes
of a less wealthy nature spent much less at discount stores.
In addition, the post-Chrismas rush expected the days after
never seemed to materialize this year. Camera crews from a
variety of news programs showed a several lack of crowds to
face expectant store personnel.
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More on TIMSS
TIMSS = Third International Mathematics and Science Study
Three weeks ago nearly every new service had positive comments
about the improved U.S. students' TIMSS test scores that come
out every four years. Only one source I heard had the nerve
to say that the scores didn't really show any improvement,
while the rest seemed to reek of jingoism.
However, in reviewing the scores, it seems obvious that the
U.S. test scores in question, the 8th grade math scores,
were basically unchanged, moving up less than 1% from the
1999 score of 500 to the 2003 score of 504, out of 800.
This represents a change of 1/5 of 1% per year, which I
seriously doubt is within the statistical parameters of
the TIMSS testing methodologies. [This is 1/8% if you
measure from the total of 800 points, or a 1/2% total
change over the four year period, an increment these
kinds of tests are not reported to target.]
Much more likely is the fact that the U.S. ranking has
been changed more by changes in the other countries,
both in terms of the changes the countries chosen for
the 2003 tests, and the performance changes of those
countries that stayed the same.
More details of score changes in the top 20 of 1999:
Rank Country 1999/2003 Change
1/1 Singapore 643/605 = 38
2/2 Korea 607/589 = 18
3/5 Japan 605/570 = 35
4/3 Hong Kong 588/586 = 3
6/6 Belgium (Fl) 565/537 = 28
7/13 Slovak Republic 547/508 = 39
9/7 Netherlands 541/536 = 5
9/21 Slovenia 541/493 = 48
[Netherlands and Slovenia tied in 1999]
11/25 Bulgaria 540/476 = 66
14/9 Hungary 537/529 = 7
16/14 Australia 530/505 = 25
Avg. of 11 listed here: 568/539 = 29
Change in U.S. Score: 500/504 = 4
Change in U.S. Rank 28/15 = 13
Obviously the other countries changed much more than the U.S.,
over 7 times as much change, not to mention that many of the
countries tested in 1999 were not tested in 2003, a factor of
change much greater than that of the U.S. performance change.
Thus we see that that most other countries changed
much more than did the U.S., which changed very little.
It would appear that the U.S. didn't really move on the
charts so much as other countries moved up and down past
the U.S.
In addition, it appears that the science scores were not
mentioned in these news reports, nor were the scores for
students in the lower grade classes. I will have to dig
them up to let you know more about them in later issues.
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