You know what people don't miss one bit? Windows ME. When XP came along people abandoned ME like yesterday's roadkill sandwich. (And if that makes you hungry please seek help!) I don't know one person who misses ME and regretted moving to XP. XP was gold compared to ME, and while I haven't tried the beta I'm guessing it will be the same way for 7 vs Vista.
[King Roland has given in to Dark Helmet's threats, and is telling him the combination to the "air shield"]
Roland: One.
Dark Helmet: One.
Colonel Sandurz: One.
Roland: Two.
Dark Helmet: Two.
Colonel Sandurz: Two.
Roland: Three.
Dark Helmet: Three.
Colonel Sandurz: Three.
Roland: Four.
Dark Helmet: Four.
Colonel Sandurz: Four.
Roland: Five.
Dark Helmet: Five.
Colonel Sandurz: Five.
Dark Helmet: So the combination is... one, two, three, four, five? That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard in my life! The kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!
President Skroob: [enters after the interrogation of King Roland] Well? Did it work? Where's the king?
Dark Helmet: It worked, sir. We have the combination.
President Skroob: Great. Now we can take every last breath of fresh air from planet Druidia. What's the combination?
Dark Helmet: 1 2 3 4 5.
President Skroob: 1 2 3 4 5? That's amazing! I've got the same combination on my luggage! Prepare Spaceball 1 for immediate departure!
Dark Helmet: Yes, sir!
President Skroob: And change the combination on my luggage!
I'll settle for 5 at this point. My shop is still using 1.4.2; it feels like I should be writing code on stone tablets! I suspect this is the case in any number of Java shops and it just reinforces the idea that Java is going to become the new COBOL. There is so much "legacy" code out there right now, and because of the inconsistencies between versions I can't see it going away any time soon.
I had to do that once for a customer while remoted into their machine. They had a virus on their system that shut down IE as soon as the user tried to download any kind of file. The irony of this did not escape me.
(I wish I was making this up, it would've made the call go much faster.)
Actually Google Notebook is very handy, especially when you are not using your computer and want to jot down some notes.
Maybe I'm missing something, but how exactly are you using Google Notebook without using a computer? Unless Google just released a spiral bound version that I'm not aware of?
I'm surprised they didn't fire you after the first time. Most management types would see that as a threat and a violation of their security policy rather than a dedicated employee trying to make a point about security.
English. This was back when I was still buying a lot of anime and before subbing groups started distributing via BT. I guess I could simply be influenced by the fact that I saw it in English first, but I have gone back and watched other series in Japanese after the fact and enjoyed them much more. It really depends on the company handling the English release I guess; some of them (*cough* ADV, Funimation, Bandai *cough*) seem to crank them out as fast as they can and nevermind the voice acting quality. *shrugs* Maybe that has changed over the last 2-3 years, I couldn't tell you.
Some of it is just the fact that you have the same exact set of voice actors working on so many of these shows
Steven Blum (Spike) and Wendee Lee (Faye) are notorious for this. Don't get me wrong, they are talented enough, but they are EVERYWHERE.
Off the top of my head, other atrocities: Dragonball Z, Naruto, Trigun...
No argument from me for DBZ or Naruto, but I have to say I didn't mind Trigun too much. It did fall into the usual pitfalls of trying to cram too much dialog into too small a timeframe, and horribly mismatching a lot of the voices, but on the other hand Johnny Yong Bosch did a fairly decent job of voicing Vash. Even better, he went on to voice Ichigo in Bleach (I can't say I really care for any of the other voices in the series, but as with Vash he did a great job here too and nevermind that the Japanese voice acting is much better). Who would've thought someone so talented would've come out of Power Rangers?
I would like to agree with you, but the fact is, 90% of anime is better with subtitles, an additional 9.9% you can't tell the difference
Here here. It's a strange thought, but I completely agree with you that you can't tell with about 10%. Notable series that fall into this category include Ghost in the Shell: Standalone Complex and Princess Mononoke. On the other hand though I can think of a few that are actually better in English, such as Spirited Away and (IMO) Cowboy Bebop. I'll probably get some disagreement on the last one, but I've seen it in both English and Japanese and I much prefer the English version.
Maybe you're being facetious but obviously it is non-organic waste. E-waste is waste from electronic devices and technology. I'm sure you could find it on your own but here is the wikipedia entry.
Not exactly, there is a difference between throwing away organic waste and electronic waste. The organic waste will at least decompose at some point, whereas the e-waste has to go through quite a bit of processing in order to be recycled. It is also difference from other non-organic waste such as scrap metal and plastic. At least that can be recycled relatively easy (as compared to e-waste). The "e" is appropriate, if somewhat over-used.
Litigation wasn't the chiropractor's first step. He contacted the poster a couple of weeks later to persuade him to change or remove the post, and tried to resolve the matter for a year before deciding to sue. I know it is unfashionable on/. to read the article but everything I just stated is there:-P
There's lots of issues at hand here. Why do you insist we narrow the focus to just one? I'd say the culture of chiropractors is entirely relevant and part of the story.
Except it's not. The defendant didn't say anything regarding the service he received, he posted that he thought the chiropractor was overcharging him, ripping off the insurance companies off, made promises that he didn't keep, and generally conducted his business in a less than trustworthy manner. I would say that you're trying to expand the focus of the issue beyond what it really is.
It's part of the larger context of the story, and is very interesting.
Look, even if the business in question was a "legitimate" medical practice (or any other kind of business) we would still be reading about this. I'm not defending chiropractors in any way here, as I said, I don't know anything about them, but they're still irrelevant to the discussion except for the fact that some people here seem to be fixating on this particular aspect of the case. Chiropractors may very well be quacks, but that is not the issue being presented to the court, and it likely wouldn't be looked upon favorably if it were as the defendant willingly paid for the service.
Nice link, thanks. Some of the lines on the pages are a little blurred, especially in the section which lists the defendant's online statements, (so much for public records:-P), but informative nonetheless. Too bad this wasn't linked in the summary.
To me, it seems clear that the plaintiff is very touchy about third party payment issues as many chiropractors are and wants to intimidate his former patient into silence.
(IANAL yada yada yada....)
I don't know about intimidation, but reading both the plaintiff's and defendant's statements it sounds like there was a fair amount of confusion regarding the billing. It really sounds like the chiropractor said something flippant about "sticking it the to insurance companies," but it also sounds like the defendant misrepresented themselves later on by claiming to be a potential client (rather than a previous client). All in all due to the fact that neither of them have records of the phone conversation it sounds like a matter of hearsay, except that the defendant is in a worse position due to the public posting they made. Also, like you said the defendant ignored the notices. Either they dragging their feet on responding to the notices or flat out didn't want to play ball. Either way, not the the way you want to conduct yourself when the law is involved.
So what is the answer then? The chiropractor's business has been damaged by these (alleged) statements. Should he just turn the other cheek and hope that the damage doesn't continue? If he doesn't respond to the accusations it could be interpreted by potential clients that the accusations are true. Should he post a response to the review in the same forum or on his own website? Generally speaking it is not a good idea to get into a flamewar with someone who doesn't have anything to lose, especially if you're a business.
The fact of the matter is that if the statements are false the chiropractor is well within his rights to sue for libel. Yes, it certainly is generating more attention than he probably wanted, but at least now he is publicly refuting the claims which is a hell of a lot better than leaving them unanswered.
The thing these people don't understand is that the Constitutional Law guarantees free speech and free press. A business cannot lock up your mouth or stop your typing - it's a violation of individual rights & liberty.
There is a difference though. Your right to free speech ends when you knowingly make false statements about me in a way that damages my reputation or the reputation of my business. It is one thing to leave negative feedback, but it is another to accuse someone of breaking the law without any proof in a public forum, which is exactly what happened here.
I'm not going to argue with you one way or the other regarding chiropractors and their methods as I don't have any experience or knowledge of them specifically. I will say however that I think you're missing the point. The issue at hand, alleged libel in a public forum, can be applied to just about any business. It just happens to be a chiropractor in this case.
I know exactly what you mean. In my younger days my family lived in rural Missouri where they didn't have any street lights (back country roads are like that.....or used to be at any rate). I could go outside on any given night and see the Milky Way. I've since moved central Ohio and now I realize what a problem street lamps are for stargazing. It is a real shame, and I can't help but think about the number of people who have grown up in the city and never experienced a true night sky.
People need to get past the idea that you have to try to illuminate every shadow. All you're doing is ruining people's night vision, and thus making the remaining shadows "darker".
I'm just pitching in the dark here (insert rimshot:-P), but I think the major argument for all the street lights in most places is presumably safety. I know that in the city that I live in there are streets I actively avoid at night (as well as during the day come to think of it) because of the part of town they're in and their lack of street lamps. I would love to see more cities using anti-light pollutions lamps, as this would really be the best of both worlds.
What in the world are you talking about? All of the sitesinquestion have a nice link to AOL's TOS at the bottom of the page. Their TOS is fairly specific about what you can expect from the service (in this case pay attention to points 6, 17, and 18), which is absolutely squat if they say so. The services are free, what else would you expect?
I agree that there are a lot of problems with the TOS for many services, but those problems usually don't stem from being unclear (most of the time), they stem from the fact that most TOS are downright draconian, spelled out to the letter and leave the consumer with negligible wiggle room.
Are you a "people" person? All those introverted geeks need to talk to each other, make decisions and agree on stuff. Something that they (on average) do very poorly. You would have a career in product marketing, since you understand the geeks and can talk to them.
Oh great, set him up for an eventual meeting with the Bobs!
Well-well look. I already told you: I deal with the god damn customers so the engineers don't have to. I have people skills; I am good at dealing with people. Can't you understand that? What the hell is wrong with you people?
Let's face it, how many fundamental concepts about science and engineering do we learn, not in school, but from educational programs or segments on TV or in other media. MacGyver, Star Trek, Mythbusters for more solid science. A lot of it is exaggerated yes, but the fact is that dramatic presentations of science do help inspire young people to see science as a career path.
You're not really pointing at television shows as paramounts of solid science are you? Mythbusters sure, I can see that, but MacGyver and Star Trek? Please. They might be great for inspiring interest in STEM but they're hardly chock-full of accurate information.
*snip your whole rant about love interests* Look, if this gets even one more person interested in STEM subjects I say great. It is obvious that the traditional methods encouragement aren't working. If creating a manga book about statistics is what it takes then I'm all for it. No one is forcing you to buy the book, no one is forcing your kids to read it.
Then again maybe I should've just paid more attention to your username:-P
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Been there, done that.
All that is old is new again.
You watched it, you can't unwatch it!
You know what people don't miss one bit? Windows ME. When XP came along people abandoned ME like yesterday's roadkill sandwich. (And if that makes you hungry please seek help!) I don't know one person who misses ME and regretted moving to XP. XP was gold compared to ME, and while I haven't tried the beta I'm guessing it will be the same way for 7 vs Vista.
I'll settle for 5 at this point. My shop is still using 1.4.2; it feels like I should be writing code on stone tablets! I suspect this is the case in any number of Java shops and it just reinforces the idea that Java is going to become the new COBOL. There is so much "legacy" code out there right now, and because of the inconsistencies between versions I can't see it going away any time soon.
The hackers, no. They seem to be doing just fine without any help, thanks. The spammers and scammers, heck yeah! Business is booming baby!
I had to do that once for a customer while remoted into their machine. They had a virus on their system that shut down IE as soon as the user tried to download any kind of file. The irony of this did not escape me.
(I wish I was making this up, it would've made the call go much faster.)
Maybe I'm missing something, but how exactly are you using Google Notebook without using a computer? Unless Google just released a spiral bound version that I'm not aware of?
I'm surprised they didn't fire you after the first time. Most management types would see that as a threat and a violation of their security policy rather than a dedicated employee trying to make a point about security.
English. This was back when I was still buying a lot of anime and before subbing groups started distributing via BT. I guess I could simply be influenced by the fact that I saw it in English first, but I have gone back and watched other series in Japanese after the fact and enjoyed them much more. It really depends on the company handling the English release I guess; some of them (*cough* ADV, Funimation, Bandai *cough*) seem to crank them out as fast as they can and nevermind the voice acting quality. *shrugs* Maybe that has changed over the last 2-3 years, I couldn't tell you.
Steven Blum (Spike) and Wendee Lee (Faye) are notorious for this. Don't get me wrong, they are talented enough, but they are EVERYWHERE.
No argument from me for DBZ or Naruto, but I have to say I didn't mind Trigun too much. It did fall into the usual pitfalls of trying to cram too much dialog into too small a timeframe, and horribly mismatching a lot of the voices, but on the other hand Johnny Yong Bosch did a fairly decent job of voicing Vash. Even better, he went on to voice Ichigo in Bleach (I can't say I really care for any of the other voices in the series, but as with Vash he did a great job here too and nevermind that the Japanese voice acting is much better). Who would've thought someone so talented would've come out of Power Rangers?
Here here. It's a strange thought, but I completely agree with you that you can't tell with about 10%. Notable series that fall into this category include Ghost in the Shell: Standalone Complex and Princess Mononoke. On the other hand though I can think of a few that are actually better in English, such as Spirited Away and (IMO) Cowboy Bebop. I'll probably get some disagreement on the last one, but I've seen it in both English and Japanese and I much prefer the English version.
Maybe you're being facetious but obviously it is non-organic waste. E-waste is waste from electronic devices and technology. I'm sure you could find it on your own but here is the wikipedia entry.
Not exactly, there is a difference between throwing away organic waste and electronic waste. The organic waste will at least decompose at some point, whereas the e-waste has to go through quite a bit of processing in order to be recycled. It is also difference from other non-organic waste such as scrap metal and plastic. At least that can be recycled relatively easy (as compared to e-waste). The "e" is appropriate, if somewhat over-used.
Litigation wasn't the chiropractor's first step. He contacted the poster a couple of weeks later to persuade him to change or remove the post, and tried to resolve the matter for a year before deciding to sue. I know it is unfashionable on /. to read the article but everything I just stated is there :-P
Except it's not. The defendant didn't say anything regarding the service he received, he posted that he thought the chiropractor was overcharging him, ripping off the insurance companies off, made promises that he didn't keep, and generally conducted his business in a less than trustworthy manner. I would say that you're trying to expand the focus of the issue beyond what it really is.
Look, even if the business in question was a "legitimate" medical practice (or any other kind of business) we would still be reading about this. I'm not defending chiropractors in any way here, as I said, I don't know anything about them, but they're still irrelevant to the discussion except for the fact that some people here seem to be fixating on this particular aspect of the case. Chiropractors may very well be quacks, but that is not the issue being presented to the court, and it likely wouldn't be looked upon favorably if it were as the defendant willingly paid for the service.
Nice link, thanks. Some of the lines on the pages are a little blurred, especially in the section which lists the defendant's online statements, (so much for public records :-P), but informative nonetheless. Too bad this wasn't linked in the summary.
(IANAL yada yada yada....)
I don't know about intimidation, but reading both the plaintiff's and defendant's statements it sounds like there was a fair amount of confusion regarding the billing. It really sounds like the chiropractor said something flippant about "sticking it the to insurance companies," but it also sounds like the defendant misrepresented themselves later on by claiming to be a potential client (rather than a previous client). All in all due to the fact that neither of them have records of the phone conversation it sounds like a matter of hearsay, except that the defendant is in a worse position due to the public posting they made. Also, like you said the defendant ignored the notices. Either they dragging their feet on responding to the notices or flat out didn't want to play ball. Either way, not the the way you want to conduct yourself when the law is involved.
So what is the answer then? The chiropractor's business has been damaged by these (alleged) statements. Should he just turn the other cheek and hope that the damage doesn't continue? If he doesn't respond to the accusations it could be interpreted by potential clients that the accusations are true. Should he post a response to the review in the same forum or on his own website? Generally speaking it is not a good idea to get into a flamewar with someone who doesn't have anything to lose, especially if you're a business.
The fact of the matter is that if the statements are false the chiropractor is well within his rights to sue for libel. Yes, it certainly is generating more attention than he probably wanted, but at least now he is publicly refuting the claims which is a hell of a lot better than leaving them unanswered.
There is a difference though. Your right to free speech ends when you knowingly make false statements about me in a way that damages my reputation or the reputation of my business. It is one thing to leave negative feedback, but it is another to accuse someone of breaking the law without any proof in a public forum, which is exactly what happened here.
I'm not going to argue with you one way or the other regarding chiropractors and their methods as I don't have any experience or knowledge of them specifically. I will say however that I think you're missing the point. The issue at hand, alleged libel in a public forum, can be applied to just about any business. It just happens to be a chiropractor in this case.
I know exactly what you mean. In my younger days my family lived in rural Missouri where they didn't have any street lights (back country roads are like that.....or used to be at any rate). I could go outside on any given night and see the Milky Way. I've since moved central Ohio and now I realize what a problem street lamps are for stargazing. It is a real shame, and I can't help but think about the number of people who have grown up in the city and never experienced a true night sky.
I'm just pitching in the dark here (insert rimshot :-P), but I think the major argument for all the street lights in most places is presumably safety. I know that in the city that I live in there are streets I actively avoid at night (as well as during the day come to think of it) because of the part of town they're in and their lack of street lamps. I would love to see more cities using anti-light pollutions lamps, as this would really be the best of both worlds.
This evolutionary development is in response to the Spookfish's natural enemy, the Medusa!
What in the world are you talking about? All of the sites in question have a nice link to AOL's TOS at the bottom of the page. Their TOS is fairly specific about what you can expect from the service (in this case pay attention to points 6, 17, and 18), which is absolutely squat if they say so. The services are free, what else would you expect?
I agree that there are a lot of problems with the TOS for many services, but those problems usually don't stem from being unclear (most of the time), they stem from the fact that most TOS are downright draconian, spelled out to the letter and leave the consumer with negligible wiggle room.
Oh great, set him up for an eventual meeting with the Bobs!
Well-well look. I already told you: I deal with the god damn customers so the engineers don't have to. I have people skills; I am good at dealing with people. Can't you understand that? What the hell is wrong with you people?
Hey, give them a break. It was a slow year for tech breakthroughs and those end-of-the-year tech articles won't pad themselves you know!
You're not really pointing at television shows as paramounts of solid science are you? Mythbusters sure, I can see that, but MacGyver and Star Trek? Please. They might be great for inspiring interest in STEM but they're hardly chock-full of accurate information.
*snip your whole rant about love interests*
Look, if this gets even one more person interested in STEM subjects I say great. It is obvious that the traditional methods encouragement aren't working. If creating a manga book about statistics is what it takes then I'm all for it. No one is forcing you to buy the book, no one is forcing your kids to read it.
Then again maybe I should've just paid more attention to your username :-P