Cool, so if you go on a 3 week vacation, I can use your house for my own puposes, as long as I move out before you get back? You didn't lose anything (you were gone), but I gained something, because I was homeless, in need of a place to party, or whatever. No need for to ask permission, right?
...and I have almost 2400 pieces of spam. That's since Jan. 1 of this year. This is at work alone. I probably get more than half that at my personal account. So I'm averaging over 3600 pieces of spam a year.
So if the police interviewed your coworkers, they wouldn't figure that out? I would think the police can make a better profile of you by interviewing people close to you than using Microsoft's database.
And I doubt the police will have a case where the suspect "responds favorably to commercials that use humor", and get a list of those who do for interviews. Do you get pulled over becuase you drive a Honda and a Honda was recently used in a bank robbery? The police use department of motor vehicle records all the time!
I see this issue as related more to marketing. I don't want 50 people calling/mailing/e-mailing offers for a computer because I happened to watch three commercials for computers. If I really want a computer, I'll research what I want and compare. But then not a single commercial prompted me to buy anything (but did provide an alternative choice during shopping). So maybe I'm not the right kind of consumer.
The article suggested:
For example, they may show that customers are buying more of a particular brand of corn, indicating that brand may need more shelf space, Postell said.
Discounts also can be offered to move selected stock quickly, thus altering customer buying patterns. For example, Postell said, if bakery items are slow sellers in one store, bakery specials might be offered in that location.
How does a discount card accomplish that? Can't a shelf stocker look at the shelf and see all the missing Kraft Mayo jars, and only one Best Food Mayo gone? To me, that would suggest more demand for Kraft Mayo than for Best Foods. Same with the bakery. If all the Custard filled donuts are gone at the end of the day, but the chocolate glazed donuts still occupy three racks, I would make less chocolate donuts and more custard filled donuts.
A card doesn't add any value except the following example the article mentioned:
Data collected from frequent-customer card applications can show how far customers are driving to get to a particular location and whether opening a store in another neighborhood would cannibalize the customer base for the existing store, Fowler said.
Even then, my cards must be freaking out the managers, since I shop at the same store at a variety of locations, depending on where I am (work, home, anywhere in between, grandma's, parents, etc.).
In the end, what will make the card worth it, is the fact my name is associated with many Dorito purchases. Anything else is just misleading.
Yeah, the source to TRASYS, which I used to use, is only $6500. That would be the most I would have paid for "open source". I tad too expensive for me.
And if you are missing a few fingers, what is one to do? If you're missing your middle finger, you are already disadvantaged in communications when you're driving. Hopefully that doesn't spread to telephones.
I didn't read the article to avoid the popups, so kill my karma if it was answered in the article.
I don't know how many times I've explained this, and people don't get it. This has bugged me since ST:TNG. "Where no one has gone before..." and the first thing they show are people at Enterprise's destination. It was and still is a lame attempt at political correctness.
I think the new series does go back to ST roots and I'm looking forward to how it developes.
Since my earnings are automatically transfered to bank accounts, I don't get pay "checks". So cash is expensive for me: bank fees, cash advance interest, etc. So are we moving to cashless society? I am, it's too expensive otherwise!:)
I think it was last year or perhaps the year before that Colorado (with some other states) was going to sell the digital pictures used for driver's licenses. That would have really sucked for some corporate database to have a photo on file ala Hollywood.
What I find puzzling is what rights people think these possible cameras take away (Colorado is planning on using the system for identity of pictures for driver's licenses to prevent identity fraud). The right to break the law without anyone seeing you? I don't think it exists. As long as the cameras are used in a public place where no one has the expectation of privacy, I'm not concerned. I think I've been watched in public all my life.
There is always the posibility of misuse (like storing the times when you are at certain locations, a database of who you talk to, etc.). But as long as that is restricted, there shouldn't be a problem. After all, we don't ban cars because of drunk drivers.
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
Wow, talk about a lead in. I just heard on the news on the radio that there is some new radar that "can see through underwear." I don't know how true this is, but if anyone knows of any other news items on the 'net, I would be interested. The purpose of this device is to detect concealed weapons from up to 50 feet away and sounds like it is supposed to be used at airports.
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
Uh, how would you make beer or flour without seeds?
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
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we never said that, we have not done any testing but because of the cooling APM features in the kernel it might be better. The problem is, in space heat does not radiate away from components. in order for heat to radiate, it must have air to radiate with, no air and you need to design a cooling system to keep the CPU from overheating. (like when you overclock, and the air circulation is not enough to keep the CPU cool, guess what, we have the same problem, we're not overclocking, but there is no circulation, so we need to find other ways to keep systems cool. the APM Idle functions in only one little but that might help reduce the need and expense for other cooling.
You are incorrect. As a spacecraft thermal engineer, I use radiation and linear conduction as the primary method of heat transfer. What you are thinking about is convection, which requires gravity (and air).
You would still have cooling with the presence of air, but not as much. Plus, for a long science mission, your air will eventually leak out. This is the cheap and dirty method used by Russian engineers, but they have to replace their satellites more often.
I don't know the software (or hardware for that matter) causes of heat dissipation, but I typically have different operating and standby modes to design for. I doubt Linux and provide anything different than currently being used. The only possible benefit I can think of is using slower clock speeds to accomplish the same task as other embedded systems, which means less power, which means less headaches for me. As far as APM goes, it can be a benefit, but a little one. Heaters are often controlled to make up the difference in peak power modes and nominal modes or standby modes.
Good luck with the project, I'm sure it will benefit it the industry!
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
I'll bet that's a tiny amount compares too, say, car crashes.
How much money do I have to spend for air bags, seat belts, good tires, anti-lock brakes, bumpers, safety glass, energy absorbing body, car insurance and more air bags? That doesn't include damaged cars in actual accidents. I spend all that money on the expectation that I will be in an accident. I imagine coporate losses include all the "insurance". I would think the only costs a company pays for is some lost productivity and some bandwidth loss. But all the insurance seams to get included.
I was just spamed by a virus in Outlook this morning. Now I can't find my real e-mail....
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
My compeny has an 80 hour flex period. I don't know how common it is, but I think it's great.
Pairs of weeks are identified (a Week 1 and a Week 2). You can work extra in Week 1 and carry those hours over to Week 2 and take that time off. You can also take hours off in Week 1 and then work those extra hours in Week 2. Essentially, I charge hours over 40 to the 80 hour flex account and credit myself hours when under 40 hours. After the two weeks, the balnace must be zero.
Flex time can also be done within a week as typically done. [strong]tsetem[/strong] lists good reasons. It's hard for me to get overtime, so this is helpful if I'm meeting a deadline, I can take that time off the following week.
It makes it easier to spend time with family, run errands, doctor's appointments, etc.
There is a problem as well. If I work extra the first week, and then have to meet a deadline, I lose those extra hours.
In addition, if you are approved for overtime, you can't use the 80 hour flex time (only within the same week). That's becuase I have to donate 5 hours each week before being paid overtime.
I think flex time is great. It improves moral, and improves business since employees and be flexible with their work hours.
I have to add that I work in an engineering firm, so there isn't consistent customer contact. Some departments elect to not approve flex time, giving managers some say in what works best for their department.
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
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So, will the new protocol help serve web pages from Mars, where the time delay a quite long?
Cool, so if you go on a 3 week vacation, I can use your house for my own puposes, as long as I move out before you get back? You didn't lose anything (you were gone), but I gained something, because I was homeless, in need of a place to party, or whatever. No need for to ask permission, right?
...and I have almost 2400 pieces of spam. That's since Jan. 1 of this year. This is at work alone. I probably get more than half that at my personal account. So I'm averaging over 3600 pieces of spam a year.
So if the police interviewed your coworkers, they wouldn't figure that out? I would think the police can make a better profile of you by interviewing people close to you than using Microsoft's database.
And I doubt the police will have a case where the suspect "responds favorably to commercials that use humor", and get a list of those who do for interviews. Do you get pulled over becuase you drive a Honda and a Honda was recently used in a bank robbery? The police use department of motor vehicle records all the time!
I see this issue as related more to marketing. I don't want 50 people calling/mailing/e-mailing offers for a computer because I happened to watch three commercials for computers. If I really want a computer, I'll research what I want and compare. But then not a single commercial prompted me to buy anything (but did provide an alternative choice during shopping). So maybe I'm not the right kind of consumer.
The article quoted had bad examples.
The article suggested:
For example, they may show that customers are buying more of a particular brand of corn, indicating that brand may need more shelf space, Postell said.
Discounts also can be offered to move selected stock quickly, thus altering customer buying patterns. For example, Postell said, if bakery items are slow sellers in one store, bakery specials might be offered in that location.
How does a discount card accomplish that? Can't a shelf stocker look at the shelf and see all the missing Kraft Mayo jars, and only one Best Food Mayo gone? To me, that would suggest more demand for Kraft Mayo than for Best Foods. Same with the bakery. If all the Custard filled donuts are gone at the end of the day, but the chocolate glazed donuts still occupy three racks, I would make less chocolate donuts and more custard filled donuts.
A card doesn't add any value except the following example the article mentioned:
Data collected from frequent-customer card applications can show how far customers are driving to get to a particular location and whether opening a store in another neighborhood would cannibalize the customer base for the existing store, Fowler said.
Even then, my cards must be freaking out the managers, since I shop at the same store at a variety of locations, depending on where I am (work, home, anywhere in between, grandma's, parents, etc.).
In the end, what will make the card worth it, is the fact my name is associated with many Dorito purchases. Anything else is just misleading.
Yeah, the source to TRASYS, which I used to use, is only $6500. That would be the most I would have paid for "open source". I tad too expensive for me.
And if you are missing a few fingers, what is one to do? If you're missing your middle finger, you are already disadvantaged in communications when you're driving. Hopefully that doesn't spread to telephones.
I didn't read the article to avoid the popups, so kill my karma if it was answered in the article.
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I don't know how many times I've explained this, and people don't get it. This has bugged me since ST:TNG. "Where no one has gone before..." and the first thing they show are people at Enterprise's destination. It was and still is a lame attempt at political correctness.
I think the new series does go back to ST roots and I'm looking forward to how it developes.
Since my earnings are automatically transfered to bank accounts, I don't get pay "checks". So cash is expensive for me: bank fees, cash advance interest, etc. So are we moving to cashless society? I am, it's too expensive otherwise! :)
WTH? http://www.taswegian.com/SRTP/JavaSlide/javaslide. html
;)
Oops, and then I added a spaceThere were more spaces than I thought.
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
The link: http://www.taswegian.com/SRTP/JavaSlide/javaslide. html
n76lima had a space in the link.
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
I think it was last year or perhaps the year before that Colorado (with some other states) was going to sell the digital pictures used for driver's licenses. That would have really sucked for some corporate database to have a photo on file ala Hollywood.
What I find puzzling is what rights people think these possible cameras take away (Colorado is planning on using the system for identity of pictures for driver's licenses to prevent identity fraud). The right to break the law without anyone seeing you? I don't think it exists. As long as the cameras are used in a public place where no one has the expectation of privacy, I'm not concerned. I think I've been watched in public all my life.
There is always the posibility of misuse (like storing the times when you are at certain locations, a database of who you talk to, etc.). But as long as that is restricted, there shouldn't be a problem. After all, we don't ban cars because of drunk drivers.
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
And 30 pages in your credit card bill: priceless
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
Cool, thanks for the reference. The radio news did say it could detect weapons from 50feet and also called it a radar. It seems it's neither.
No wonder why I couldn't find it, it's in tarvel, and not technology. Oh well.
And for others, this product is called BodySearch.
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
Wow, talk about a lead in. I just heard on the news on the radio that there is some new radar that "can see through underwear." I don't know how true this is, but if anyone knows of any other news items on the 'net, I would be interested. The purpose of this device is to detect concealed weapons from up to 50 feet away and sounds like it is supposed to be used at airports.
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
So Republicans and Democratics can charge for copies of laws they pass and use that for campaigning?
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
Yeah, I actually liked this series. In Germany, the series was called "Trio, with four fists".
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
I thought there was an M$ license with every computer sold? I can' buy a computer without it....
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
Uh, how would you make beer or flour without seeds?
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
You are incorrect. As a spacecraft thermal engineer, I use radiation and linear conduction as the primary method of heat transfer. What you are thinking about is convection, which requires gravity (and air).
You would still have cooling with the presence of air, but not as much. Plus, for a long science mission, your air will eventually leak out. This is the cheap and dirty method used by Russian engineers, but they have to replace their satellites more often.
I don't know the software (or hardware for that matter) causes of heat dissipation, but I typically have different operating and standby modes to design for. I doubt Linux and provide anything different than currently being used. The only possible benefit I can think of is using slower clock speeds to accomplish the same task as other embedded systems, which means less power, which means less headaches for me. As far as APM goes, it can be a benefit, but a little one. Heaters are often controlled to make up the difference in peak power modes and nominal modes or standby modes.
Good luck with the project, I'm sure it will benefit it the industry!
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
I'll bet that's a tiny amount compares too, say, car crashes.
How much money do I have to spend for air bags, seat belts, good tires, anti-lock brakes, bumpers, safety glass, energy absorbing body, car insurance and more air bags? That doesn't include damaged cars in actual accidents. I spend all that money on the expectation that I will be in an accident. I imagine coporate losses include all the "insurance". I would think the only costs a company pays for is some lost productivity and some bandwidth loss. But all the insurance seams to get included.
I was just spamed by a virus in Outlook this morning. Now I can't find my real e-mail....
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
The energizer bunny was funny, but the real Mars weather can be found here:
Mars Today It includes current conditions. I believe this site has been up before the Internet was popular.
And current solar data for those intersted
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
My compeny has an 80 hour flex period. I don't know how common it is, but I think it's great.
Pairs of weeks are identified (a Week 1 and a Week 2). You can work extra in Week 1 and carry those hours over to Week 2 and take that time off. You can also take hours off in Week 1 and then work those extra hours in Week 2. Essentially, I charge hours over 40 to the 80 hour flex account and credit myself hours when under 40 hours. After the two weeks, the balnace must be zero.
Flex time can also be done within a week as typically done. [strong]tsetem[/strong] lists good reasons. It's hard for me to get overtime, so this is helpful if I'm meeting a deadline, I can take that time off the following week.
It makes it easier to spend time with family, run errands, doctor's appointments, etc.
There is a problem as well. If I work extra the first week, and then have to meet a deadline, I lose those extra hours.
In addition, if you are approved for overtime, you can't use the 80 hour flex time (only within the same week). That's becuase I have to donate 5 hours each week before being paid overtime.
I think flex time is great. It improves moral, and improves business since employees and be flexible with their work hours.
I have to add that I work in an engineering firm, so there isn't consistent customer contact. Some departments elect to not approve flex time, giving managers some say in what works best for their department.
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
Okay, how about e'mail.
It's = It is
can't = cannot
could've = could have
e'mail = electronic mail
Hmmm. Why the hyphen?
Actually, I do usually write it as e-mail. Simply because I pronouce it "e" "mail" and not "em" "ail".
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"