Tauzin W J 'Billy' U S Congressman 426 Lafayette St Houma, LA 70360 985-876-3033
Perhaps if he took the time to ask each and every telemarketer to put him on their 'do not call' list, he may have a change of heart.
Though maybe he'd take the easy road and call his friends at BellSouth that donated $16,250 to him. I bet they have a 'do not call' list that doesn't take a year to get up and running...
Of course signing someone else up for telemarketing is presumably some sort of electronic or mail fraud, so of course I'm not suggesting that anyone actually do this. This post is purely for entertainment purposes.
Why not invest some time and effort into effectively capturing system state at the time of the error? Your users won't complain so much if they are presented with a form page that already did half the work for them. Of course, it would be helpful for them to describe the circumstances as well, but you wouldn't be patching holes that don't exist because they're lazy when describing the issue.
While this is no silver bullet, if it's a web-based app, it should be trivial to capture the variables and pass them into your form. If it's not an error than can be caught by the system, how about a function on every "page" in your app that just grabs the relevant variables, making it easy for users to cut and paste. It will be easy to filter them if they are all somewhat standardized.
Though if you could find a way to do that, you might be able to convince your 'power users' to mind their manners. How about a contest every week...whoever uses the least CPU gets free beer?
Right...this looks like a great idea, $10/month for AOL...you don't really need the rest of the internet after all (quote from the linked article):
Misener said the direction the FCC is headed creates the likelihood that while consumers will have a choice between high-speed Internet technologies -- via cable or souped-up telephone service known as DSL -- there will be only one or two Internet providers within each technology.
That prospect has Amazon, Microsoft Corp. and a coalition of other technology companies worried that those gatekeepers could prevent users from looking at certain content.
Imagine if Sony, your ISP/cable company, decides that you, as a consumer, really only need port 80. Their TOS allows them to monitor your computer for p2p apps, and while you're free to 'license' (listen to once, without recording) sony music and video for a small fee, any non-sony media will be subject to a bandwidth cap...so if you listen to non-sony internet radio, you hit your cap 4 days into the month....or, you could always try your hand with the other ISP, MicroDisneySoft.
After all, this is our hard-earned tax money, and why should any non-citizen be given access to knowledge funded by us? Why, any University that receives federal funding in some form (that'd be about all of them) continue to offer this service to anyone that hops on a boat and applies for a student visa!
For that matter, we should probably restrict access to Cable TV as well, since that was largely financed by local municipalities...and yet, here we are, offering MTV, 12 versions of Nick, CNN, all paid for with our tax dollars!
Why stop there? Our roads, power lines, and telecom infrastructure are all funded by us, yet we continue to allow non-Americans to use them daily. I bet a terrorist or two reads bugtraq to look for vulnerabilities. Don't they know the DoD invented the internet! We ought to do a background check on everyone that uses http! Seal up the borders! So what if MIT and every other engineering program has to lower its standards to fill their classes? I bet the folks that run the espresso machines at starbucks can be taught how to run our nuclear reactors and design our motherboards.
We should also deport everyone back to their country of origin, or if they were born here, to their ancestors' countries of origin. If dismemberment is necessary to insure proper dispersion, so be it.
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...actually if you check out all of the links on the first story, you would have discovered this lawsuit, and written your congressperson using the link (as I did).
Again, my point is, it's just a better-linked version of the original post.
how is this different from the earlier story?
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OK, here I go again, grousing about my stories that get rejected, but apparently all I need to do is dig up a previously covered story and link it all to hell.
There's really nothing new here, other than to say 'wired picked up a story that we did two weeks ago.'
3. Define 'interface with a custom mapping application'
In addition, you're describing the wrong parts of the program. It matters less how big the database is, and what you're going to search on: a. last name only? b. date within the last 2 weeks? c. both? d. pizza joint within 2.5 miles of given address?
As you can see, we can't really tell you...in addition, the user interface is a whole other animal. It's quite likely that an app can have plenty of screen space/input options on a Palm, and none on a phone. Therefore, a 'port' is more like a rewrite.
What kind of input? First three letters of a last name with autocomplete? select from a dropdown list? We need a better understanding overall, and unless you drop all the details in slashdot (and good luck getting us to sign an NDA), you're not going to get much.
I disagree with the post that says '1 developer - 7 months.' I know people that could do this in a couple weeks, if presented with a decent spec. Of course, these folks are one in a thousand, and it's up to you to find them. If you can't even describe your goals just yet, you're not going to be able to find the right developer.
How, after all the well-researched, well-linked stories and 'askdots' I've had rejected, this absolute piece of garbage gets through.
Exactly how slow of a newsday does it have to be, when an "IT manager" with unspecified skills, if any, comes wagging the slashdot dog looking for business ideas?
It's not really clear what your skills are, for one thing. "Managing IT projects" could mean a 3 million dollar SAP integration, or it could mean you're a liberal arts graduate that manages a web site.
If you're a programmer, that's one thing, but I'm not really sure what you'd be capable of.
You probably don't have a lot of money to hire someone, so I'm afraid the best you can hope for is to get freelance projects and contract your talent. Then at least you keep your own rate, and maybe a chunk of your contractor's. Of course, most companies are not currently seeking out outside $100/hour managers...
If you're looking to slashdot for niche markets, then you obviously have no experience or contacts in said markets, and thus, you'd have a hard time getting in the door anyway.
If you work for a service company, steal a client from your employer (worked for me, of course my employer was collapsing at the time:)...otherwise, go get an MBA so you can learn to do market research like a real entrepreneur!
Actually, the smell of roasting coffee is quite bitter. For example, if you put vodka in your penne and salmon, the particles that are vaporized is far different than the eventual flavor left in the sauce. The kitchen smells like a russian cabinet meeting, but the sauce is more balanced.
With coffee, it's far more extreme, since you're actually roasting away the impurities. It's not unlike plastic, but far more organic smelling, if that makes sense.
Personally it doesn't bother me, but I wouldn't want blowing through my house all day...
George: "I'm not releasing the star wars box set until you tech guys figure out how to produce media that can only be viewed by one person, one time, with a media system that I can remotely disable when I re-release them all in the theater."
Technology: "hmm...disposable digital glasses with embedded media that has to be unlocked in real time by a satellite-based validation system? Coming right up..."
What's so suspicious about the current President appointing someone to a position in a federal agency?
Perhaps because he's the CEO of a company that has a shitload to gain by affecting policy change. Ever heard of conflict of interest?
Who the hell else is going to do it?
How about a scientist, a public policy expert, an impartial analyst.
If your car were broken down, would you take it to a mechanic or a car salesman?
ticketmaster DOUBLED the price of my ticket...
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I went to a show at the Chicago House of Blues, and I thought I might buy the ticket online to make sure it wasn't sold out by the time I got to the door.
What started as a $14 ticket had a $.75 fee if you wanted to print your ticket off the internet, a $2 day-of-show price increase, both of which seemed fairly reasonable (though they should be giving ME a discount for printing my own ticket). Without any warning at all, at checkout, they tacked on a $3 'transaction fee' and a $5.50 per-ticket 'handling fee,' and a $1 building maintenance fee, PLUS tax, (which is not applied at the door), and my total came out to $29.67, MORE THAN TWICE THE ORIGINAL TICKET PRICE.
um, I took my chances at the door, and got in for $14. Too bad that's not an option for most bigger venues.
I used to run linux 24/7, but I found myself in a position where i needed time to work or hang out with my family. Didn't really have time to figure out how to make my web development environment work in linux: config my usb dsl modem (pretty big reason), flash, photoshop, illustrator, (um, plus I code 9 sites written in.asp at my day job).
I have to test in ie and nn, and of course games and the desire to finally have ONE computer on my desk. I have a USR wireless 22 Mbps router, and I don't feel like debugging that on my own.
sure Wine has come a long way, but at the time, it just wasn't there yet. I have used 12 different distros but I just got tired of flipping back and forth.
while I'm on the subject, one of the big draws of linux was the fact that it would smoke on my 333. The last install was practially bloatware, and I got tired of de-installing little widgets. I installed XP, and despite their processor warnings, it ran just fine on a 333.
this must be a hot one, over 1000 comments already.
in other news...I'd hate to think such a benevolent gift has its roots in corporate strategy, but he didn't become the world's richest man by simply giving away his money...
I am a similarly trained programmer, and I read this book as a newbie, and browsed it since, and I have to say, I'm glad I got it free because it really hasn't crystallized my work in a new, meaningful direction.
If you are designing a financial clearinghouse transaction system, or a space shuttle, or anything mission critical that interacts with a zillion parameters, then fully digesting this book might be worth the time.
As a web programmer, I have seen that everything I do is more closely related to Extreme Programming methodologies: Identify function points, try to get it done quickly and without errors, make it easy to modify, maintain and interact with long term. (aka, hack.) I personally don't have the time, power, or energy to force the business users to sit through a thousand usage tests or spec docs. Then again, it's not my goal to program embedded missile systems or billion dollar transactional services, so I'm not going to waste my time trying to hold to DP's standards. I've seen the best work of myself and my peers tossed aside after 12-18 months, so really, I just try to get it done, and leave behind some explicit comments just in case it stays useful.
Yuppy idiots? Now where exactly did you get that generalization?
Trolls, yes. Didn't notice 15 other identical posts, yes...but yuppy? and what's with that spelling anyway?
Last time I checked, most technologists (and lots that read this site) are young, upwardly mobile, make over $50k annually, and spend money on the trappings of western society...Maybe not card-carrying yuppies in your eyes, but really, not far off.
If you bothered to read the article, you'd see that it's intended for use as a "cost-effective alternative, at least for sun-belt climates and sunny developing countries."
Pi * 100mm(sq) - 1 mm = 15000x power?
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That's interesting. It seems like a mirror with a 200mm diameter, focused into a 1 mm should have a power of about: Pi * 100mm(sq) = 3141 mm(sq) units of sunlight.
Though I know nothing of optics and how this power might be boosted.
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Tauzin W J 'Billy' U S Congressman
426 Lafayette St
Houma, LA 70360
985-876-3033
Perhaps if he took the time to ask each and every telemarketer to put him on their 'do not call' list, he may have a change of heart.
Though maybe he'd take the easy road and call his friends at BellSouth that donated $16,250 to him. I bet they have a 'do not call' list that doesn't take a year to get up and running...
Of course signing someone else up for telemarketing is presumably some sort of electronic or mail fraud, so of course I'm not suggesting that anyone actually do this. This post is purely for entertainment purposes.
Why not invest some time and effort into effectively capturing system state at the time of the error? Your users won't complain so much if they are presented with a form page that already did half the work for them. Of course, it would be helpful for them to describe the circumstances as well, but you wouldn't be patching holes that don't exist because they're lazy when describing the issue.
While this is no silver bullet, if it's a web-based app, it should be trivial to capture the variables and pass them into your form. If it's not an error than can be caught by the system, how about a function on every "page" in your app that just grabs the relevant variables, making it easy for users to cut and paste. It will be easy to filter them if they are all somewhat standardized.
...like the old days...
Though if you could find a way to do that, you might be able to convince your 'power users' to mind their manners. How about a contest every week...whoever uses the least CPU gets free beer?
Misener said the direction the FCC is headed creates the likelihood that while consumers will have a choice between high-speed Internet technologies -- via cable or souped-up telephone service known as DSL -- there will be only one or two Internet providers within each technology.
That prospect has Amazon, Microsoft Corp. and a coalition of other technology companies worried that those gatekeepers could prevent users from looking at certain content.
I got news for you, these *are* the good times.
...or, you could always try your hand with the other ISP, MicroDisneySoft.
Imagine if Sony, your ISP/cable company, decides that you, as a consumer, really only need port 80. Their TOS allows them to monitor your computer for p2p apps, and while you're free to 'license' (listen to once, without recording) sony music and video for a small fee, any non-sony media will be subject to a bandwidth cap...so if you listen to non-sony internet radio, you hit your cap 4 days into the month.
After all, this is our hard-earned tax money, and why should any non-citizen be given access to knowledge funded by us? Why, any University that receives federal funding in some form (that'd be about all of them) continue to offer this service to anyone that hops on a boat and applies for a student visa!
For that matter, we should probably restrict access to Cable TV as well, since that was largely financed by local municipalities...and yet, here we are, offering MTV, 12 versions of Nick, CNN, all paid for with our tax dollars!
Why stop there? Our roads, power lines, and telecom infrastructure are all funded by us, yet we continue to allow non-Americans to use them daily. I bet a terrorist or two reads bugtraq to look for vulnerabilities. Don't they know the DoD invented the internet! We ought to do a background check on everyone that uses http! Seal up the borders! So what if MIT and every other engineering program has to lower its standards to fill their classes? I bet the folks that run the espresso machines at starbucks can be taught how to run our nuclear reactors and design our motherboards.
We should also deport everyone back to their country of origin, or if they were born here, to their ancestors' countries of origin. If dismemberment is necessary to insure proper dispersion, so be it.
...actually if you check out all of the links on the first story, you would have discovered this lawsuit, and written your congressperson using the link (as I did).
Again, my point is, it's just a better-linked version of the original post.
OK, here I go again, grousing about my stories that get rejected, but apparently all I need to do is dig up a previously covered story and link it all to hell.
There's really nothing new here, other than to say 'wired picked up a story that we did two weeks ago.'
I agree with some of the other posts:
1. Find an experienced developer
2. Create a more detailed technical specification
3. Define 'interface with a custom mapping application'
In addition, you're describing the wrong parts of the program. It matters less how big the database is, and what you're going to search on:
a. last name only?
b. date within the last 2 weeks?
c. both?
d. pizza joint within 2.5 miles of given address?
As you can see, we can't really tell you...in addition, the user interface is a whole other animal. It's quite likely that an app can have plenty of screen space/input options on a Palm, and none on a phone. Therefore, a 'port' is more like a rewrite.
What kind of input? First three letters of a last name with autocomplete? select from a dropdown list? We need a better understanding overall, and unless you drop all the details in slashdot (and good luck getting us to sign an NDA), you're not going to get much.
I disagree with the post that says '1 developer - 7 months.' I know people that could do this in a couple weeks, if presented with a decent spec. Of course, these folks are one in a thousand, and it's up to you to find them. If you can't even describe your goals just yet, you're not going to be able to find the right developer.
As if they knew their own "upgrades" would cause problems, they were kind enough to include a feature not unlike undo on steroids.
This page decribes How to Restore Windows XP to a Previous State.
How, after all the well-researched, well-linked stories and 'askdots' I've had rejected, this absolute piece of garbage gets through.
Exactly how slow of a newsday does it have to be, when an "IT manager" with unspecified skills, if any, comes wagging the slashdot dog looking for business ideas?
2. Profit!
:)...otherwise, go get an MBA so you can learn to do market research like a real entrepreneur!
It's not really clear what your skills are, for one thing. "Managing IT projects" could mean a 3 million dollar SAP integration, or it could mean you're a liberal arts graduate that manages a web site.
If you're a programmer, that's one thing, but I'm not really sure what you'd be capable of.
You probably don't have a lot of money to hire someone, so I'm afraid the best you can hope for is to get freelance projects and contract your talent. Then at least you keep your own rate, and maybe a chunk of your contractor's. Of course, most companies are not currently seeking out outside $100/hour managers...
If you're looking to slashdot for niche markets, then you obviously have no experience or contacts in said markets, and thus, you'd have a hard time getting in the door anyway.
If you work for a service company, steal a client from your employer (worked for me, of course my employer was collapsing at the time
Actually, the smell of roasting coffee is quite bitter. For example, if you put vodka in your penne and salmon, the particles that are vaporized is far different than the eventual flavor left in the sauce. The kitchen smells like a russian cabinet meeting, but the sauce is more balanced.
With coffee, it's far more extreme, since you're actually roasting away the impurities. It's not unlike plastic, but far more organic smelling, if that makes sense.
Personally it doesn't bother me, but I wouldn't want blowing through my house all day...
So the player would be pre-installed, but how is it that the fattest content of all is the right candidate for phone optimization?
I don't mean to be a rube, but what exactly does this mean, what's the significance, and will this change my life for the better? tia.
...starring russell crowe as 'everyman' with special appearances by the tron's master controller, and an original soundtrack by thomas dolby...
George: "I'm not releasing the star wars box set until you tech guys figure out how to produce media that can only be viewed by one person, one time, with a media system that I can remotely disable when I re-release them all in the theater."
Technology: "hmm...disposable digital glasses with embedded media that has to be unlocked in real time by a satellite-based validation system? Coming right up..."
Perhaps because he's the CEO of a company that has a shitload to gain by affecting policy change. Ever heard of conflict of interest?
Who the hell else is going to do it?
How about a scientist, a public policy expert, an impartial analyst.
If your car were broken down, would you take it to a mechanic or a car salesman?
I went to a show at the Chicago House of Blues, and I thought I might buy the ticket online to make sure it wasn't sold out by the time I got to the door.
What started as a $14 ticket had a $.75 fee if you wanted to print your ticket off the internet, a $2 day-of-show price increase, both of which seemed fairly reasonable (though they should be giving ME a discount for printing my own ticket). Without any warning at all, at checkout, they tacked on a $3 'transaction fee' and a $5.50 per-ticket 'handling fee,' and a $1 building maintenance fee, PLUS tax, (which is not applied at the door), and my total came out to $29.67, MORE THAN TWICE THE ORIGINAL TICKET PRICE.
um, I took my chances at the door, and got in for $14. Too bad that's not an option for most bigger venues.
I used to run linux 24/7, but I found myself in a position where i needed time to work or hang out with my family. Didn't really have time to figure out how to make my web development environment work in linux: config my usb dsl modem (pretty big reason), flash, photoshop, illustrator, (um, plus I code 9 sites written in .asp at my day job).
I have to test in ie and nn, and of course games and the desire to finally have ONE computer on my desk. I have a USR wireless 22 Mbps router, and I don't feel like debugging that on my own.
sure Wine has come a long way, but at the time, it just wasn't there yet. I have used 12 different distros but I just got tired of flipping back and forth.
while I'm on the subject, one of the big draws of linux was the fact that it would smoke on my 333. The last install was practially bloatware, and I got tired of de-installing little widgets. I installed XP, and despite their processor warnings, it ran just fine on a 333.
this must be a hot one, over 1000 comments already.
in other news ...I'd hate to think such a benevolent gift has its roots in corporate strategy, but he didn't become the world's richest man by simply giving away his money...
I am a similarly trained programmer, and I read this book as a newbie, and browsed it since, and I have to say, I'm glad I got it free because it really hasn't crystallized my work in a new, meaningful direction.
If you are designing a financial clearinghouse transaction system, or a space shuttle, or anything mission critical that interacts with a zillion parameters, then fully digesting this book might be worth the time.
As a web programmer, I have seen that everything I do is more closely related to Extreme Programming methodologies: Identify function points, try to get it done quickly and without errors, make it easy to modify, maintain and interact with long term. (aka, hack.) I personally don't have the time, power, or energy to force the business users to sit through a thousand usage tests or spec docs. Then again, it's not my goal to program embedded missile systems or billion dollar transactional services, so I'm not going to waste my time trying to hold to DP's standards. I've seen the best work of myself and my peers tossed aside after 12-18 months, so really, I just try to get it done, and leave behind some explicit comments just in case it stays useful.
Yuppy idiots? Now where exactly did you get that generalization?
Trolls, yes. Didn't notice 15 other identical posts, yes...but yuppy? and what's with that spelling anyway?
Last time I checked, most technologists (and lots that read this site) are young, upwardly mobile, make over $50k annually, and spend money on the trappings of western society...Maybe not card-carrying yuppies in your eyes, but really, not far off.
If you bothered to read the article, you'd see that it's intended for use as a "cost-effective alternative, at least for sun-belt climates and sunny developing countries."
That's interesting. It seems like a mirror with a 200mm diameter, focused into a 1 mm should have a power of about:
Pi * 100mm(sq) = 3141 mm(sq) units of sunlight.
Though I know nothing of optics and how this power might be boosted.