I'm in the middle of a class action suit with a former employer because of this very fact.
We were required to pre-call our clients to verify they were home before we drove to the customers residence. However, we did not get paid until we actually arrived at the residence which was more often then not a 30-45 min drive.
Add up 30 min of overtime per day for 10 years, multiply it by 500 employees and now you know why Mr. Bruister has sold the company and is retired on his yacht.
A denatured alcohol bath is perfect. I've salvaged hundreds of items from post-katrina floodwaters and turned a very tidy profit.
The best of the lot was a very nice 42" sony lcd tv. Took all day to disassemble and clean, but it's still working 3 years later.
/can't wait until the next flood. // sometimes proof just ain't enough to convince some people. [http://img511.imageshack.us/my.php?image=proofpositivepk5.png]
Unions wouldn't put up with this crap and individuals like yourself can easily be replaced with a fresh face willing to work for a lower wage.
Union people fought and suffered and died so you can enjoy the freedom you have in your workplace today.
I love to visit my local 2nd hand book store. They have various club activities organized - RPG nights, book-of-the-month, poetry reading, etc.
Great place to go, if you have one in your area.
Actually, I turned off messaging on all my phones. Price was one reason. The other is that I prefer to speak to someone instead of - lolz omg tks - deciphering their messages.
Unlimited free messages or talk time is not what I'm after though. I'm about fair pricing. If the actual cost of a sms message is a penny per dozen, then I expect to pay no more than 300%, or 3 cents per dozen. If the company is selling sms messages like hotcakes, I expect to pay a lot less, say 12 to 15% overhead, because the company is making boatloads of profit.
Using your analogy, coffee, I'll go to my fave diner and order a cuppa joe.
Hm. $1.06 and free refills.... time passes
and here I am, hours later, drinking my 5th cuppa joe for free.
SMS is a totally overpriced rip-off and anyone that doesn't believe that suffers from delusional insanity.
Let's think about this.
Your parents live in a 300 year old house and don't want to add an internet satellite dish because it would be "ugly".
Does that house have electricity, plumbing, indoor toilettes, central air and/or heat?
Was it modified over the last 300 years to accommodate the comfort of the owners?
Yes?
Tell your parents to get over the "300 year old house" and install a satellite dish - or shut up, rip out all the modern amenities, and learn to use the post office.
""I'm not an anti-semite, I'm just anti-Israel" ranks up with "I'm not a racist, some of my best friends are (black, hispanic, asian, etc)" on the bullshit-o-meter, buddy." - Moryath
What a bullshit argument.
I love Asian people (especially the women), but I hate the governments of Vietnam, Korea, & China, because of their ongoing human rights violations.
According to your statement, I'm full of bullshit because I can't separate politics from racism.
Wow. I guess white men really are just born racist. Thanks for opening my eyes.
Actually, the whole premise is wrong. Interstellar trade will involve data, not materials. Our solar system has plenty enough raw materials for the next few thousand years. Real estate will be at a premium though. Interstellar travel will most probably be about expansion until the technology advances enough to make it commonplace.
Why data?
It's easier to squirt an idea or plan across 12 LY then it is to haul finished goods, and it's definitely easier to haul raw materials from the asteroid belt or the Oort cloud then to ship it from Tau Ceti.
"'It's also impossible for the true damages to be calculated, according to the brief, because it's unknown how many other users accessed the files in the KaZaA share in question and committed further acts of copyright infringement.'"
In that case, I submit to the court that ZERO users accessed the files and NO acts of copyright infringement were performed. Prove otherwise.
And I guess the point everyone seems to be missing is this;
Good Idea - Using new technology to read state-owned license plates in public and arrest criminals.
Bad Idea - Keeping a database of those license plates, their location and time spotted in a database.
Everyone wants their stolen car retrieved, but no one wants the government watching their every movement.
Compromise anyone?
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Heya Eric, I worked for Service Zone, which Client Logic bought out :) Small world. I probably helped set up and wire the building you worked in.
I'm in the middle of a class action suit with a former employer because of this very fact. We were required to pre-call our clients to verify they were home before we drove to the customers residence. However, we did not get paid until we actually arrived at the residence which was more often then not a 30-45 min drive. Add up 30 min of overtime per day for 10 years, multiply it by 500 employees and now you know why Mr. Bruister has sold the company and is retired on his yacht.
The best of the lot was a very nice 42" sony lcd tv. Took all day to disassemble and clean, but it's still working 3 years later.
Unions wouldn't put up with this crap and individuals like yourself can easily be replaced with a fresh face willing to work for a lower wage. Union people fought and suffered and died so you can enjoy the freedom you have in your workplace today.
We don't have mountain ranges on earth that affect both local or global climate? Imagine that.
I'm a married man, and I haven't had a conjugal visit in 6 months.
You're doing it wrong.
I love to visit my local 2nd hand book store. They have various club activities organized - RPG nights, book-of-the-month, poetry reading, etc. Great place to go, if you have one in your area.
Unlimited free messages or talk time is not what I'm after though. I'm about fair pricing. If the actual cost of a sms message is a penny per dozen, then I expect to pay no more than 300%, or 3 cents per dozen. If the company is selling sms messages like hotcakes, I expect to pay a lot less, say 12 to 15% overhead, because the company is making boatloads of profit.
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Verizon School of Higher Math - 160 chars should be enough for anyone.
Using your analogy, coffee, I'll go to my fave diner and order a cuppa joe. Hm. $1.06 and free refills. ... time passes
and here I am, hours later, drinking my 5th cuppa joe for free.
SMS is a totally overpriced rip-off and anyone that doesn't believe that suffers from delusional insanity.
Let's think about this. Your parents live in a 300 year old house and don't want to add an internet satellite dish because it would be "ugly". Does that house have electricity, plumbing, indoor toilettes, central air and/or heat? Was it modified over the last 300 years to accommodate the comfort of the owners? Yes? Tell your parents to get over the "300 year old house" and install a satellite dish - or shut up, rip out all the modern amenities, and learn to use the post office.
What a bullshit argument.
I love Asian people (especially the women), but I hate the governments of Vietnam, Korea, & China, because of their ongoing human rights violations.
According to your statement, I'm full of bullshit because I can't separate politics from racism.
Wow. I guess white men really are just born racist. Thanks for opening my eyes.
Actually, the whole premise is wrong.
Interstellar trade will involve data, not materials.
Our solar system has plenty enough raw materials for the next few thousand years. Real estate will be at a premium though.
Interstellar travel will most probably be about expansion until the technology advances enough to make it commonplace.
Why data?
It's easier to squirt an idea or plan across 12 LY then it is to haul finished goods, and it's definitely easier to haul raw materials from the asteroid belt or the Oort cloud then to ship it from Tau Ceti.
Desktop duplicators will have advanced in the next century, I hope.
http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn10922-desktop-fabricator-may-kickstart-home-revolution.html
And quantum entanglement may even allow for FTL communication.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_entanglement
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansible
Captcha; eleven. My lucky number.
Sure you can. Once.
Season 19, Episode 1, Castrovalva
captcha: thighs. Like those on Teagan. mmm.
"'It's also impossible for the true damages to be calculated, according to the brief, because it's unknown how many other users accessed the files in the KaZaA share in question and committed further acts of copyright infringement.'" In that case, I submit to the court that ZERO users accessed the files and NO acts of copyright infringement were performed. Prove otherwise.
Exactly. Ban the cotton gin! Screw Technological Advancement! Tell people to modify their behavior!
Yes. You service the computer, so that the computer can service the rest of us.
In Soviet Russia, computer services you!
... but on second thought, I'd really like a chance to steal a Mach 5 prop from the new Speed Racer movie...
Seriously. Is there no one left in Hollywood to write something new? Why are we rehashing stuff from 20, 30 years ago?
The body needs pain. It assists with the healing process.
And I guess the point everyone seems to be missing is this; Good Idea - Using new technology to read state-owned license plates in public and arrest criminals. Bad Idea - Keeping a database of those license plates, their location and time spotted in a database. Everyone wants their stolen car retrieved, but no one wants the government watching their every movement. Compromise anyone?