The truth of the matter is that customer service departments lose money. The only one that I've heard of that has not at some period is Apple, and that is when their (well-trained, fluent, located in Texas) reps were selling things during the calls.
In the eyes of the company, the first goal of the rep isn't necessarily to help, it is simply to make you disappear without complaining too much.
Indeed. All this will do is drive the servers and corporations outside of the U.S. jurisdiction.
I doubt the kind of legislation that decimated online poker will go through as easily in this instance. It's not such a plum to the religious right.
It gets me sometimes when comments I see in medical threads are just plain ignorant. Yes, this is only in stage 1 trials. Still, promising results *are* the therapies of the future, and they are relevant and interesting. They are especially relevant when speaking of treating something so widespread and degenerative as diabetes. This already has been an age of miracles, folks. Enjoy what the next 10 years will bring.
Disagree. It is still a focus upon online advertising as opposed to other forms of revenue generation. In fact, it gives them a unique competitive advantage over Google, which is really what they are going for anyway.
Sounds to me like a case of spontaneous anti-trust.
Overall, I think this will be a very good thing for the communications industry. It'll shake things up a bit and hopefully offer some more variety and freshness.
That is, of course, unless someone rolls in and buys them all.
If the politicians are anything like my parents, then they are afraid to use the fax machine.
Still, you know younger candidates (like Obama) have an edge on this issue...but does it make a difference?
Here's something on the topic a little easier to swallow.
Yes, losing weight is the way to prevent diabetes. Once you're rolling full-bore, though...it's kind of hard to deal with weight issues when your metabolism is, by definition, massively messed up.
Not to mention that weight loss is a SYMPTOM of diabetes.
Folks, this is some pretty big news in biotech. While not a cure for cancer, over 20 million people have diabetes. Just taking insulin is a tricky business, and even in the best of cases leads to necrosis (cell death) in the hands and feet, along with blindness and kidney failure. Think of it like a pendulum...the more you mess with it, the farther it swings - like steroids. This works on fixing the problem without that pendulum swing. It's worthy of a front page.
I think that's more of an issue of timing.
Yes, M$ has some serious cash. They are also at a quite vulnerable (relatively speaking) time: the pre-game for Vista. They are focused in that (and some other) directions. Doing a few multi-billion deals at the moment would pull their focus in different directions.
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The truth of the matter is that customer service departments lose money. The only one that I've heard of that has not at some period is Apple, and that is when their (well-trained, fluent, located in Texas) reps were selling things during the calls. In the eyes of the company, the first goal of the rep isn't necessarily to help, it is simply to make you disappear without complaining too much.
I believe that e-passporte is still valid for US customers. I also believe that some sites will mail checks to the US.
This deserved primary front page attention. Much thanks for sharing this high quality and very informative offering!
Oh, please. The stuff we have stashed away makes standard weaponized anthrax and plague look like Romper Room.
Sorry...THIS is the link. My apologies. Other one was from a story I posted to Digg.
Actually, this was the link I submitted.
Beautiful title, OP. Well done.
Heck of a discount after what we saw last week, huh?
Indeed. All this will do is drive the servers and corporations outside of the U.S. jurisdiction. I doubt the kind of legislation that decimated online poker will go through as easily in this instance. It's not such a plum to the religious right.
It gets me sometimes when comments I see in medical threads are just plain ignorant. Yes, this is only in stage 1 trials. Still, promising results *are* the therapies of the future, and they are relevant and interesting. They are especially relevant when speaking of treating something so widespread and degenerative as diabetes. This already has been an age of miracles, folks. Enjoy what the next 10 years will bring.
Revolutionize computing? How about revolutionizing LIFE. If true, this would be larger than controlled fusion.
Similar, but this is an expansion of that idea.
Disagree. It is still a focus upon online advertising as opposed to other forms of revenue generation. In fact, it gives them a unique competitive advantage over Google, which is really what they are going for anyway.
Personally, I leave rocket science to the rocket scientists. Von Braun, I'm not.
Sounds to me like a case of spontaneous anti-trust. Overall, I think this will be a very good thing for the communications industry. It'll shake things up a bit and hopefully offer some more variety and freshness. That is, of course, unless someone rolls in and buys them all.
Remember, kids, cookies are a sometimes food.
Hmm...didn't know that. Thanks for sharing.
2 words: Deus Ex. Satis est.
Oh, come on. This is the definition of amusing irony.
If the politicians are anything like my parents, then they are afraid to use the fax machine. Still, you know younger candidates (like Obama) have an edge on this issue...but does it make a difference?
Here's something on the topic a little easier to swallow. Yes, losing weight is the way to prevent diabetes. Once you're rolling full-bore, though...it's kind of hard to deal with weight issues when your metabolism is, by definition, massively messed up. Not to mention that weight loss is a SYMPTOM of diabetes.
Folks, this is some pretty big news in biotech. While not a cure for cancer, over 20 million people have diabetes. Just taking insulin is a tricky business, and even in the best of cases leads to necrosis (cell death) in the hands and feet, along with blindness and kidney failure. Think of it like a pendulum...the more you mess with it, the farther it swings - like steroids. This works on fixing the problem without that pendulum swing. It's worthy of a front page.
Kind of an anti-Eloi/Mordock kind of thing, huh?
Pokemon and Magic meets MMORPG = Cash Cow No thanks.
I think that's more of an issue of timing. Yes, M$ has some serious cash. They are also at a quite vulnerable (relatively speaking) time: the pre-game for Vista. They are focused in that (and some other) directions. Doing a few multi-billion deals at the moment would pull their focus in different directions.