Someone has to be the janitor. I think the difference between the past and present is that these people didn't go to college. Another possibility is that their illiteracy didn't jump off the page like it does now with acronyms, emoticons, and shorthand, it simply presented itself in another form like spelling and run-on sentences. When everyone believes that college is necessary to make a good living, even those not capable will give it a try (and eventually end up in marketing).
I'm sure someone is going to find that overly abrasive, but that's my opinion and I'm sticking to it.
No, it killed passenger trains. Rail is the preferred method of inland transportation in the container shipping industry, and is cheaper than trucking. As a matter of fact, the reason passenger trains are so expensive is because cargo shipped on rail is that beneficial to everyone involved that passenger trains can't compete with it.
I disagree, and I'm agnostic. Slashdot's community is successful because it is composed of people strongly rooted in logic and reason. People who are born & raised into religious dogma, and in some cases go there on their own, cannot be reasoned with on terms of religion. The bible says it therefore it is true. It doesn't matter that it was re-written during history, written by several different people who are not infallible and uncorruptible, and wasn't in public circulation until ML.
Some of these people (and I know these people and have seen the transformation myself) beleive they only act morally and ethically because their religion tells them to. This is a VERY dangerous way to learn values, but is unfortunately extremely common. The instant that goes out the window they essentially turn into sociopaths. That is not good, in any way shape or form, for society.
No one sat down and wrote "man law in the restroom" before it existed and expected everyone to follow it, the etiquette formed over time. As you can see by the other posts, cell phone etiquette is common sense and already formed. "THOSE guys" will always exist, just like that dumbass who takes the urinal next to you out of four and attempts to start conversation. No penalties are needed unless its dangerous (driving on phone), anything else is nanny-state micromanagement. What else needs to be said?
And that, my friend, is what makes a fanboy a fanboy. I highly doubt the original author had no idea that he was making those kinds of outlandish claims, and felt he was justified.
I'm curious, in both of your posts you use pounds. Have you dealt with labor unions in the US? US labor laws are not the same as UK labor laws.
I argued in my original post (GGP) that labor unions are not the way to solve this issue in the US based on historical evidence of what Unions do to their industries here. Have you dealth with US labor unions? My best friend is a teacher, stepmother a teacher, and I work in the ports industry. I'm speaking from experience. Anecdotal evidence from across the pond does not convince me of anything, because the law is different.
Unions can be good or bad, but in general, with the labor laws in the US, they do more harm than good in this age. Back in the early 1900s when labor laws were in their infancy, they were necessary. Currently all most unions do is destroy the business they work in by hindering innovation (auto, port, and teacher's unions come to mind).
In the ports industry, it took a company 5 years to negotiate the use of remote operated dock machinery because it could reduce the necessary staff...even though its 10x safer than having someone in the cabs. You can't strong arm the union either because they cover the entire coast..."oh, you don't like that? Well, I'll have my union go on strike on the entire east coast in only your terminals...". Its straight up extortion, and their wages reflect it. Putting clauses in contracts that prohibit innovation is disgusting.
The teacher unions are way different by trade, but you get the problems of being unable to fire poor teachers, resulting in bad education (this is VERY prevalent in the SE US).
I still beleive unions have cases where they are necessary, but at the moment they are far too far-reaching and do more damage than good. I think their power should be scaled back a bit.
Very thought-provoking article, especially since I'd experienced the Uncanny Valley but had never been exposed to the topic like this. I wonder if the concept is related to how people act in cases on anonymity or distance with other humans, such as the Internet, politics, and war. When I read the article, I felt echoes from these categories where we, as humans, have a tendency to de-humanize or treat our opposition differently than we would if we interacted with them directly.
Thats like saying the flu is 10 times less lethal than AIDS, so it must be OK. Anyone with knowledge of how loud 50 decibels actually is, and relizes that thats at 150m, is probably with me in covering their ears near one of these things landing. A parking lot with these things would be deafening.
Expectation or ease of copy/distribution is not a valid reason to claim third party infractions as attributable to the first party. That would be like you giving a copy of a cd to a friend, who copies it on a major scale and gets busted for distributing, and you being charged with his crimes. In this case you are only liable for your action of giving one copy of a CD, his actions are his crime.
One human is not responsible for the actions of another, only for their own. If what your post said is honestly upheld in the future, the world would most definitely go blind (to paraphrase Ghandi). I don't get how the irrational action of bankrupting individuals over 12 songs EVER managed to make its way into the legal system.
Its not about google double dipping, its about Google and T-Mobile collectively recouping more than the cost of the phone (180 + 350 + 200 = 730). The point of the ETF is to recoup subsidies, not to rape the customer for leaving you because you suck.
Might wanna read TFS again, it clearly states that this incident can occur between 14 to 120 days, which is what your quote says. Essentially, you can only return the phone for the first 14 days, and you're charged an ETF by google to make up for the subsidy cost difference if terminated between 15 and 120 days. T-Mob also charges an ETF for breach of contract.
IMO it is a double dip, since they would be making 180+350+200 on a phone cancelled in that window, which is more than the cost of the phone, which is bullshit. If you can find fine print in T-mobile's contract that states they do not charge an ETF if it overlaps with google's ETF, that will negate it, but I don't see anything in your post that suggests otherwise.
Looking back, I realize there was plenty wrong with me, but my parents didn't take me to get drugged up like my stepmother did for my stepbrother. I turned out fine, and he wants to go to college for marketing or politics. MARKETING or POLITICS.
Like a team, its not our strongest that makes us, its the weakest link. Sheltering people from their weakest link stunts their growth in that direction.
I'm sure some anasthetics could cause complications for at least one in a million. Even if its not the anasthetic itself, maybe someone has some serious sleep complicatins? There is never a solution to any medical problem that will work for everyone, so having multiple methods is always a plus.
I read an article about google using multi-word captchas to find out the meaning of the 2nd word. If there is a correction feature to this voice-to-text, I could see them using the same method for correcting the algorithms used in voice recognition, a million users correcting the mistakes of the voice-to-text algorithms could pose for some interesting gains in the field. Crowdsourcing, they've done it before, they'll do it again.
There was relly nothing wrong with Vista itself, it was just a poor launch. The Vista Capable debacle as well as hardware manufacturers taking shortcuts caused it to get a bad rap. Releasing a memory hog OS at a time when ram was rediculously expensive probably didn't help either, since many Windows users use $400 PCs. People got the preconceived notion that it was bad, and therefore they acted in a way that made it bad to them (self-fullfilling prophecy, the loser's fallacy, etc). I'm not saying Vista was great, but just not nearly as bad as the press made it out to be. Its the same psychological effect Apple used with its "just works" campaign, just in reverse.
In summary, you're right that Win 7 is basically just a Vista rebrand, but it doesn't mean that a Vista hater will hate Win 7. Only a Vista hater for legitimate reasons will (minority), a market sheep will not (majority).
Not that I'm backing up Comcast or anything, but try taking your router out of the loop for a few days. A lot of consumer grade routers have reduced their standard onboard memory to a paltry 2MB and BT clients will cause them to crash repeatedly. If this is the problem, get a router with 4MB+ of memory (WRT54GL comes to mind). If that doesn't work, complain until you get a new cable modem.
I'm in a similar position, a comp sci background in the finance dept, and share the same experiences. I actually would prefer not to work in an IT dept after having landed this position, because I realize how effective I can be by implementing solutions from the front lines. There are loads of inefficiency and waste in simple processes dealing with computers solely because the people mapping these processes don't have any tech knowledge. Work smarter, not harder.
I remember watching a documentary about caffeine and its effects on the brain. At first, it provides a boost to mental alertness, but when consumed on a regular basis, this edge dissapears and caffeine is required to provide your old regular mental alertness. This symptom dissapears after 2-3 weeks of abstinence.
Do what I did, ween yourself off of it, and only consume it when you really need it. This way, caffeine actually gives you a boost rather than bringing you back up to speed. I love the practical applications of relativity.
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Should totally name that project Rush as a tribute to Megaman.
"A serious gaming phone for serious gamers."
Am I the only one who chuckled at this? There is nothing serious about a gaming phone, unless you call bedazzled or solitaire serious gaming.
Someone has to be the janitor. I think the difference between the past and present is that these people didn't go to college. Another possibility is that their illiteracy didn't jump off the page like it does now with acronyms, emoticons, and shorthand, it simply presented itself in another form like spelling and run-on sentences. When everyone believes that college is necessary to make a good living, even those not capable will give it a try (and eventually end up in marketing).
I'm sure someone is going to find that overly abrasive, but that's my opinion and I'm sticking to it.
No, it killed passenger trains. Rail is the preferred method of inland transportation in the container shipping industry, and is cheaper than trucking. As a matter of fact, the reason passenger trains are so expensive is because cargo shipped on rail is that beneficial to everyone involved that passenger trains can't compete with it.
I disagree, and I'm agnostic. Slashdot's community is successful because it is composed of people strongly rooted in logic and reason. People who are born & raised into religious dogma, and in some cases go there on their own, cannot be reasoned with on terms of religion. The bible says it therefore it is true. It doesn't matter that it was re-written during history, written by several different people who are not infallible and uncorruptible, and wasn't in public circulation until ML.
Some of these people (and I know these people and have seen the transformation myself) beleive they only act morally and ethically because their religion tells them to. This is a VERY dangerous way to learn values, but is unfortunately extremely common. The instant that goes out the window they essentially turn into sociopaths. That is not good, in any way shape or form, for society.
Excellent post sir. All I can think about when I read these stories about the UK is the intro section to HL2.
Smart people don't buy everything they see on TV. Neilsen doesn't want to focus on that audience, and neither do advertisers.
No one sat down and wrote "man law in the restroom" before it existed and expected everyone to follow it, the etiquette formed over time. As you can see by the other posts, cell phone etiquette is common sense and already formed. "THOSE guys" will always exist, just like that dumbass who takes the urinal next to you out of four and attempts to start conversation. No penalties are needed unless its dangerous (driving on phone), anything else is nanny-state micromanagement. What else needs to be said?
And that, my friend, is what makes a fanboy a fanboy. I highly doubt the original author had no idea that he was making those kinds of outlandish claims, and felt he was justified.
I'm curious, in both of your posts you use pounds. Have you dealt with labor unions in the US? US labor laws are not the same as UK labor laws.
I argued in my original post (GGP) that labor unions are not the way to solve this issue in the US based on historical evidence of what Unions do to their industries here. Have you dealth with US labor unions? My best friend is a teacher, stepmother a teacher, and I work in the ports industry. I'm speaking from experience. Anecdotal evidence from across the pond does not convince me of anything, because the law is different.
Unions can be good or bad, but in general, with the labor laws in the US, they do more harm than good in this age. Back in the early 1900s when labor laws were in their infancy, they were necessary. Currently all most unions do is destroy the business they work in by hindering innovation (auto, port, and teacher's unions come to mind).
In the ports industry, it took a company 5 years to negotiate the use of remote operated dock machinery because it could reduce the necessary staff...even though its 10x safer than having someone in the cabs. You can't strong arm the union either because they cover the entire coast..."oh, you don't like that? Well, I'll have my union go on strike on the entire east coast in only your terminals...". Its straight up extortion, and their wages reflect it. Putting clauses in contracts that prohibit innovation is disgusting.
The teacher unions are way different by trade, but you get the problems of being unable to fire poor teachers, resulting in bad education (this is VERY prevalent in the SE US).
I still beleive unions have cases where they are necessary, but at the moment they are far too far-reaching and do more damage than good. I think their power should be scaled back a bit.
Very thought-provoking article, especially since I'd experienced the Uncanny Valley but had never been exposed to the topic like this. I wonder if the concept is related to how people act in cases on anonymity or distance with other humans, such as the Internet, politics, and war. When I read the article, I felt echoes from these categories where we, as humans, have a tendency to de-humanize or treat our opposition differently than we would if we interacted with them directly.
Thats like saying the flu is 10 times less lethal than AIDS, so it must be OK. Anyone with knowledge of how loud 50 decibels actually is, and relizes that thats at 150m, is probably with me in covering their ears near one of these things landing. A parking lot with these things would be deafening.
Expectation or ease of copy/distribution is not a valid reason to claim third party infractions as attributable to the first party. That would be like you giving a copy of a cd to a friend, who copies it on a major scale and gets busted for distributing, and you being charged with his crimes. In this case you are only liable for your action of giving one copy of a CD, his actions are his crime.
One human is not responsible for the actions of another, only for their own. If what your post said is honestly upheld in the future, the world would most definitely go blind (to paraphrase Ghandi). I don't get how the irrational action of bankrupting individuals over 12 songs EVER managed to make its way into the legal system.
Its not about google double dipping, its about Google and T-Mobile collectively recouping more than the cost of the phone (180 + 350 + 200 = 730). The point of the ETF is to recoup subsidies, not to rape the customer for leaving you because you suck.
Might wanna read TFS again, it clearly states that this incident can occur between 14 to 120 days, which is what your quote says. Essentially, you can only return the phone for the first 14 days, and you're charged an ETF by google to make up for the subsidy cost difference if terminated between 15 and 120 days. T-Mob also charges an ETF for breach of contract.
IMO it is a double dip, since they would be making 180+350+200 on a phone cancelled in that window, which is more than the cost of the phone, which is bullshit. If you can find fine print in T-mobile's contract that states they do not charge an ETF if it overlaps with google's ETF, that will negate it, but I don't see anything in your post that suggests otherwise.
Well said.
Looking back, I realize there was plenty wrong with me, but my parents didn't take me to get drugged up like my stepmother did for my stepbrother. I turned out fine, and he wants to go to college for marketing or politics. MARKETING or POLITICS.
Like a team, its not our strongest that makes us, its the weakest link. Sheltering people from their weakest link stunts their growth in that direction.
I'm sure some anasthetics could cause complications for at least one in a million. Even if its not the anasthetic itself, maybe someone has some serious sleep complicatins? There is never a solution to any medical problem that will work for everyone, so having multiple methods is always a plus.
I read an article about google using multi-word captchas to find out the meaning of the 2nd word. If there is a correction feature to this voice-to-text, I could see them using the same method for correcting the algorithms used in voice recognition, a million users correcting the mistakes of the voice-to-text algorithms could pose for some interesting gains in the field. Crowdsourcing, they've done it before, they'll do it again.
Ninjas on a plane? What half the passengers on the plane are attending a pirate convention in LA? All hell will break loose!
ARRRR
There was relly nothing wrong with Vista itself, it was just a poor launch. The Vista Capable debacle as well as hardware manufacturers taking shortcuts caused it to get a bad rap. Releasing a memory hog OS at a time when ram was rediculously expensive probably didn't help either, since many Windows users use $400 PCs. People got the preconceived notion that it was bad, and therefore they acted in a way that made it bad to them (self-fullfilling prophecy, the loser's fallacy, etc). I'm not saying Vista was great, but just not nearly as bad as the press made it out to be. Its the same psychological effect Apple used with its "just works" campaign, just in reverse.
In summary, you're right that Win 7 is basically just a Vista rebrand, but it doesn't mean that a Vista hater will hate Win 7. Only a Vista hater for legitimate reasons will (minority), a market sheep will not (majority).
Not that I'm backing up Comcast or anything, but try taking your router out of the loop for a few days. A lot of consumer grade routers have reduced their standard onboard memory to a paltry 2MB and BT clients will cause them to crash repeatedly. If this is the problem, get a router with 4MB+ of memory (WRT54GL comes to mind). If that doesn't work, complain until you get a new cable modem.
I'm in a similar position, a comp sci background in the finance dept, and share the same experiences. I actually would prefer not to work in an IT dept after having landed this position, because I realize how effective I can be by implementing solutions from the front lines. There are loads of inefficiency and waste in simple processes dealing with computers solely because the people mapping these processes don't have any tech knowledge. Work smarter, not harder.
That was pure gold sir. Mod parent up (out of mod points).
I remember watching a documentary about caffeine and its effects on the brain. At first, it provides a boost to mental alertness, but when consumed on a regular basis, this edge dissapears and caffeine is required to provide your old regular mental alertness. This symptom dissapears after 2-3 weeks of abstinence.
Do what I did, ween yourself off of it, and only consume it when you really need it. This way, caffeine actually gives you a boost rather than bringing you back up to speed. I love the practical applications of relativity.