The lawyers HAVE NOT stopped getting paid. There are still two more quarters of payments due. 30+ million for their "service" is a nice chunk of change.
"...remember that Gmail is still in beta. I still get messages like "can't access your mailbox. cross your fingers and try again later" or something to that effect."
I've never seen this message. Nor has any of the 20 friends and coworkers I asked.
"GMail is not something you can recommend to the non-geek. They're totally rethinking the email concept with this project. Not a bad thing to do, but guaranteed to confuse a lot of people."
Huh? GMail is typical web-based email. The only difference I've noted is a much better than average UI. I have no idea what you're talking about.
Am I the only one confused as to why M$ would call the gathering Gnomedex? I though it was going to have something to do with the Gnome desktop and M$ for second. Wierd.
Senior Editorial Staff of LinuxWorld Magazine Announce Resignations
MONTVALE, New Jersey, May 14th, 2005 --- The entire senior editorial staff of LinuxWorld Magazine has today announced that they will be leaving the magazine, effective immediately.
The following statement was released by the group. "We regret that Sys-Con Media has been unable to apply a standard of journalistic ethics that we can comfortably operate under. We feel that recent articles published with the consent of Sys-Con Media fail to meet minimum generally accepted journalistic codes, and because the management of Sys-Con Media has failed to acknowledge that the articles are by all informed judgment ethically unsupportable, we have decided we must find other avenues for our work."
I arrived at the blogger lunch late as well, but it was a veritable who's-who of the Windows enthusiast community. Among the people I spied in the crowd were Robert Scoble, Steven Bink, Tom Warren, Chris Pirillo, Mary Jo Foley, Todd Bishop and Ed Bott, among many others.
No, I don't believe you.
One website says the DOJ is trying to get changes to the way applicants are tested because they discriminate against minorities. You conveniently left out that most departments are strenuously fighting this, in fact one or more have taken DOJ to court over the issue. Another of the websites you listed talked about ONE department (New London, CT.):
"The case began when Robert Jordan, a 49-year-old college graduate, applied for the New London police force. When he took the entrance exam, he scored 33 points - which indicates an IQ of about 125. But the department only considers candidates who score between 20 and 27, with 20 representing an IQ of about 100, which is supposed to be average.
"The department's theory is that those who score too high could get bored with police work and leave soon after receiving costly training.
"Mr. Jordan sued, saying that he was the victim of illegal discrimination. Two federal courts have now refused to uphold his claim, though, saying that because the same standards were applied to all applicants, no illegal discrimination occurred. The courts also ruled that even though the policy might be unwise - we would say flat-out stupid - it was at least arguably a rational way to reduce expensive job turnover." (Atlanta Mobile Register 09/11/00)
Even the New London department doesn't want "dumb" cops, their minimum score is 20, which is average intelligence. Do I think rejecting higher intelligence applicants because "they might get bored" is stupid? Yes. But to use this as evidence that all police departments want applicants with lower intelligence is just patently wrong. Your third example is the "Copwatch" website that has posters regurgitating much of what you said and allows posters to anonymously detail police abuse. There's nothing wrong with that, but I don't think you can take the Copwatch website as proof that police agencies want dumb cops.
Check your bias at the door next time.
But this had nothing to do with the decision, he promises!
From the Houston Chronicle:
Dec. 29, 2004, 10:48PM
Perry says his aide didn't influence highway contract Consultant cut his ties to Cintra before its selection, the governor says
Associated Press
AUSTIN - A top aide to Gov. Rick Perry who had worked for a company that was chosen for a $7.2 billion state road project had no contact about the project with the company or transportation officials once he joined the governor's staff, Perry's office said.
Dan Shelley had been a government affairs consultant for Spain-based Cintra until three months before the company was picked to build the road project. He was to be paid if the road deal went through, Perry spokesman Robert Black said.
But Shelley gave up that deal when he became Perry's legislative director, and he had no further contact on the issue with Cintra or the Texas Transportation Commission, the Perry-appointed board that picked the company, Black said.
[snip]
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8& ncl=http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/200412 29-111608-5863r.htm
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The lawyers HAVE NOT stopped getting paid. There are still two more quarters of payments due. 30+ million for their "service" is a nice chunk of change.
The FBI has Legal Attaché Offices in approximately 50 countries world-wide.
http://www.fbi.gov/contact/legat/legat.htm
de Gaulle: "Ce qui il veut?" ("What does he want?")
Aide-de-camp: "Quelque chose au sujet d'un exercice militaire commun l'hiver prochain." ("Something about a joint military exercise next winter.")
Yes. My yahoo web e-mail has labels and one of them is "archive." I don't recall if it's a default or if I created it, but it's there.
Anything different confuses people, these are different.
Neither myself or the dozen+ plus people I've invited to gmail are overly technical by any means. Nobody was confused.
After a certain kid in Norway gets his hands on it.
I've never seen this message. Nor has any of the 20 friends and coworkers I asked.
"GMail is not something you can recommend to the non-geek. They're totally rethinking the email concept with this project. Not a bad thing to do, but guaranteed to confuse a lot of people."
Huh? GMail is typical web-based email. The only difference I've noted is a much better than average UI. I have no idea what you're talking about.
Gnomedex & Lockergnome = Chris Pirillo
The Other Shoe Drops
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Senior Editorial Staff of LinuxWorld Magazine Announce Resignations
MONTVALE, New Jersey, May 14th, 2005 --- The entire senior editorial staff of LinuxWorld Magazine has today announced that they will be leaving the magazine, effective immediately.
The following statement was released by the group. "We regret that Sys-Con Media has been unable to apply a standard of journalistic ethics that we can comfortably operate under. We feel that recent articles published with the consent of Sys-Con Media fail to meet minimum generally accepted journalistic codes, and because the management of Sys-Con Media has failed to acknowledge that the articles are by all informed judgment ethically unsupportable, we have decided we must find other avenues for our work."
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posted Saturday, 14 May 2005
That reminded me of the "Radioactive Beige" post from last year: http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=116003&cid= 9818444
I arrived at the blogger lunch late as well, but it was a veritable who's-who of the Windows enthusiast community. Among the people I spied in the crowd were Robert Scoble, Steven Bink, Tom Warren, Chris Pirillo, Mary Jo Foley, Todd Bishop and Ed Bott, among many others.
No, I don't believe you. One website says the DOJ is trying to get changes to the way applicants are tested because they discriminate against minorities. You conveniently left out that most departments are strenuously fighting this, in fact one or more have taken DOJ to court over the issue. Another of the websites you listed talked about ONE department (New London, CT.): "The case began when Robert Jordan, a 49-year-old college graduate, applied for the New London police force. When he took the entrance exam, he scored 33 points - which indicates an IQ of about 125. But the department only considers candidates who score between 20 and 27, with 20 representing an IQ of about 100, which is supposed to be average. "The department's theory is that those who score too high could get bored with police work and leave soon after receiving costly training. "Mr. Jordan sued, saying that he was the victim of illegal discrimination. Two federal courts have now refused to uphold his claim, though, saying that because the same standards were applied to all applicants, no illegal discrimination occurred. The courts also ruled that even though the policy might be unwise - we would say flat-out stupid - it was at least arguably a rational way to reduce expensive job turnover." (Atlanta Mobile Register 09/11/00) Even the New London department doesn't want "dumb" cops, their minimum score is 20, which is average intelligence. Do I think rejecting higher intelligence applicants because "they might get bored" is stupid? Yes. But to use this as evidence that all police departments want applicants with lower intelligence is just patently wrong. Your third example is the "Copwatch" website that has posters regurgitating much of what you said and allows posters to anonymously detail police abuse. There's nothing wrong with that, but I don't think you can take the Copwatch website as proof that police agencies want dumb cops. Check your bias at the door next time.
I thought companies like CNN paid Reuters and AP to use their content.
SBC used to be "Southwestern Bell Corporation". They aren't any longer, they're just SBC now.
In case that wasn't an attempt at humor: SBC owns 60% of Cingular. BellSouth owns the other 40%.
Follow the money...
If you're going to keep up the soi-disant intellectual routine, you might want to lose the AOL IM in your profile.
But this had nothing to do with the decision, he promises!
From the Houston Chronicle:
Dec. 29, 2004, 10:48PM
Perry says his aide didn't influence highway contract
Consultant cut his ties to Cintra before its selection, the governor says
Associated Press
AUSTIN - A top aide to Gov. Rick Perry who had worked for a company that was chosen for a $7.2 billion state road project had no contact about the project with the company or transportation officials once he joined the governor's staff, Perry's office said.
Dan Shelley had been a government affairs consultant for Spain-based Cintra until three months before the company was picked to build the road project. He was to be paid if the road deal went through, Perry spokesman Robert Black said.
But Shelley gave up that deal when he became Perry's legislative director, and he had no further contact on the issue with Cintra or the Texas Transportation Commission, the Perry-appointed board that picked the company, Black said.
[snip]
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8
JDJ is a "SYS-CON Media Publication"
Also, this asshat's earth-shaking statements have generated a grand total of 9 comments in 2 days.
I heard the minutes were discovered laying on top of a back-up tape in a cupboard at IBM Sydney.
Ben, 16
(Ben obviously hasn't gotten laid yet).
"hip-e is the fastest, most customizable computer on the market.It's perfect for me because I can make it fit my style."
Sean, 16
(Sean obviously hasn't checked out the specs of his perfect machine.)
The Motorola v710: Verizon's New Crippled Phone
http://www.nuclearelephant.com/papers/v710.html
Until they come out with a free service that includes the installation of a server with a terabyte of storage in my basement.
"And I'd have thought they'd engage in long, thoughtful consideration ..."
I know I would have...
From the article:
"The tins of meat are bought at a Dutch importer, who in turn buys them from a Belgium importer who buys them in the former Sovjet Union."
I have logitech speakers on my desk and at night, the blue led is nearly blinding. I have to angle it away from me.
Go to Google News, type in "Verizon New York 911." Read all the Ny Times articles without logging on.