It looks like another case of MS completely missing the point... you're presented with a webpage, ex: the home page of www.exampleoftravelpage.com and asked to make it end up in the top five search results, so I search on "exampleoftravelpage.com" and other words that are actually on the front page, maybe like "Home" "current deals" etc.
I get the page to come up #1 in the Bing search, but what have I proven? Only that I know a bunch of the words on the home page. Pretty much exactly the opposite of how a user would search. If I'm searching for a site, I DON'T know what's going to be on that site's page... that's why I'm searching.
If I happened to know the website name, I would just type it in the address bar, not search on it. And as far as this game is concerned, it didn't work to search on it anyway. If I search on an actual domain name, should not the domain root be THE first search result?
If I'm looking for travel pages (like in this example) I might search on "travel" or "vacations" or the actual destination I wish to travel to....none of which worked anyway, unless those happened to be words on the webpage (as far as making the top five searches)
Either they've missed the point of how a search engine works, or I've missed the point of their game... perhaps both issues are at work here.
If you can be a competent, knowledgeable PC hardware tech (a real one who actually understands how the hardware works, not just how to swap a dead part).... basic car repair, basic plumbing, TV repair and washing machines shouldn't be a big problem.
I feel this to be SO true. The same basic troubleshooting strategies are applied in all things mechanical/electrical. This is why I can own a fixer-upper house, fixer-upper car, and dozens of fixer-upper computers.
To troubleshoot these things, yes, a moderate understanding of each of them is required. And it did/does take me time to learn even these basic levels of competency. As a result, I'm decent at a lot of things, but only "expert" at one: pc repair. But having this "jack of all trades, master of none (maybe one)" attitude has saved me THOUSANDS of dollars in my life.
It won't make me rich, but it will keep me comforatable and defintitely out of debt, which apparently is saying something these days.
What you have here is an entire industry (Politics) that apparently specializes in ripping off its customers and preying on their ignorance.
Which is why I'm never surprised by the BS that comes out of Congress. I choose not to spend a lot of time researching healthcare/taxes/other governance issues, but rather leave it to those that care... or make it sound like they care enough so that they are elected.
Therefore, when I'm handed the bill (taxes), I just pay it and continue studying my computer issues.
I'm curious to know how they control the heat disippation. In fact, there are probably other invasive procedures involving burning away tissue with lasers as well, where I wonder how they protect surrounding tissue from the heat. It seems that in the brain in particular, some tissue would be susceptible to damage by high temperatures, even if that temp doesn't actually burn anything away.
Because it's in their jurisdiction. Just like if you get a parking ticket in your city, you pay the fine to the city... even though the state may have given the city funds to assist in building the street on which you got ticketed, or the federal government may have had funds trickle down to that street as well.
Frankly I don't care who ends up with the money, just so long as a$$hats like Lifestyle are forced to give their money away as punishment for schenanigans like this.
My finger memory is decent too... unfortunately, because of this, I've typed in the password from the last go-round three times and locked myself out of the account, before I realized I wasn't typing in my current password.
Maybe I'm missing your point... but I think the submitter is aware of what he's REQUIRED to do. This puts his question more on the theoretical, "If I were the boss..." , but still does not invalidate the question.
Just because he may be unable to act on the advice gained here, why does that make the question bad? There may be plenty of other situations where he CAN apply the advice, or any of the rest of us reading can use said advice.
Speaking as a Midwesterner (Fargo, ND to be exact), this would be AWESOME! Suddenly destinations like Chicago, St. Louis, Denver, Houston, etc, etc, would be day trips instead of overnighters. The prospect of visiting family/friends in Chicago over a weekend would actually be possible, but due to cost and time requirements, it's completely out of the question now. And actually, my most common out of town trips are to Minneapolis, MN or Sioux Falls, SD. Four hours in the car isn't terrible, but if I could cut that down to two or less and actually NAP during that time, instead of arriving at my destination exhausted, it would be excellent.
So, looking at time saved in both the cutting down of travel time, and the ability to do something else OTHER than be the driver, I am VERY excited at this prospect.
What would keep me off the rails though is if they cannot keep it cost effective. To take my family of four on the rail, the tickets need to be reasonable, or else the time on the road, and the two tanks of gas it takes to get where I'm going will still be the lesser of two cost evils... especially when I factor in the cost of a rental car at my destination.
Because there are tools in place (xrays, MRI's, etc) and a long history of prior diagnoses in place, so no, I would not "wait and see" if there was a 9 out of 10 doctor consensus on an apendicitis diagnosis.
However, if I suddenly become sick due to some very obscure illness that 9 out of 10 doctors can't even agree on what the illness is, then a "wait and see" approach is certainly merited.
The situation we find ourselves in is that 9 out of 10 (hopefully 10 out of 10, but nonetheless, the overwhelming majority) scientists agree that CO2 levels are going up. And 9 out of 10 (or 10 out of 10) scientists agree that global temperatures are going up. But there is no overwhelming consensus as to what EXACLTY is causing these symptoms (APENDICITIS!) nor what EXACTLY the resolution should be (remove the appendix).
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my spinal cord is now impervious to injury. also, my arteries are impervious to blood flow and my waist is impervious to pants.
I'd Bang it.
It looks like another case of MS completely missing the point... you're presented with a webpage, ex: the home page of www.exampleoftravelpage.com and asked to make it end up in the top five search results, so I search on "exampleoftravelpage.com" and other words that are actually on the front page, maybe like "Home" "current deals" etc.
...none of which worked anyway, unless those happened to be words on the webpage (as far as making the top five searches)
I get the page to come up #1 in the Bing search, but what have I proven? Only that I know a bunch of the words on the home page. Pretty much exactly the opposite of how a user would search. If I'm searching for a site, I DON'T know what's going to be on that site's page... that's why I'm searching.
If I happened to know the website name, I would just type it in the address bar, not search on it. And as far as this game is concerned, it didn't work to search on it anyway. If I search on an actual domain name, should not the domain root be THE first search result?
If I'm looking for travel pages (like in this example) I might search on "travel" or "vacations" or the actual destination I wish to travel to.
Either they've missed the point of how a search engine works, or I've missed the point of their game... perhaps both issues are at work here.
If you can be a competent, knowledgeable PC hardware tech (a real one who actually understands how the hardware works, not just how to swap a dead part).... basic car repair, basic plumbing, TV repair and washing machines shouldn't be a big problem.
I feel this to be SO true. The same basic troubleshooting strategies are applied in all things mechanical/electrical. This is why I can own a fixer-upper house, fixer-upper car, and dozens of fixer-upper computers.
To troubleshoot these things, yes, a moderate understanding of each of them is required. And it did/does take me time to learn even these basic levels of competency. As a result, I'm decent at a lot of things, but only "expert" at one: pc repair. But having this "jack of all trades, master of none (maybe one)" attitude has saved me THOUSANDS of dollars in my life.
It won't make me rich, but it will keep me comforatable and defintitely out of debt, which apparently is saying something these days.
What you have here is an entire industry (Politics) that apparently specializes in ripping off its customers and preying on their ignorance.
Which is why I'm never surprised by the BS that comes out of Congress. I choose not to spend a lot of time researching healthcare/taxes/other governance issues, but rather leave it to those that care... or make it sound like they care enough so that they are elected.
Therefore, when I'm handed the bill (taxes), I just pay it and continue studying my computer issues.
Better yet, make friends with a geek.
This strategy worked very well for my wife.
I'm curious to know how they control the heat disippation. In fact, there are probably other invasive procedures involving burning away tissue with lasers as well, where I wonder how they protect surrounding tissue from the heat. It seems that in the brain in particular, some tissue would be susceptible to damage by high temperatures, even if that temp doesn't actually burn anything away.
Any ideas, Dr. Slashdot?
Because it's in their jurisdiction. Just like if you get a parking ticket in your city, you pay the fine to the city... even though the state may have given the city funds to assist in building the street on which you got ticketed, or the federal government may have had funds trickle down to that street as well. Frankly I don't care who ends up with the money, just so long as a$$hats like Lifestyle are forced to give their money away as punishment for schenanigans like this.
My finger memory is decent too... unfortunately, because of this, I've typed in the password from the last go-round three times and locked myself out of the account, before I realized I wasn't typing in my current password.
You should have seen the alpha! What am I saying? No one lived through the alpha...
I don't know that I'd qualify "a dude on a street corner selling cables from under his trenchcoat" as "commerically produced cables"
Maybe I'm missing your point... but I think the submitter is aware of what he's REQUIRED to do. This puts his question more on the theoretical, "If I were the boss..." , but still does not invalidate the question. Just because he may be unable to act on the advice gained here, why does that make the question bad? There may be plenty of other situations where he CAN apply the advice, or any of the rest of us reading can use said advice.
Speaking as a Midwesterner (Fargo, ND to be exact), this would be AWESOME! Suddenly destinations like Chicago, St. Louis, Denver, Houston, etc, etc, would be day trips instead of overnighters. The prospect of visiting family/friends in Chicago over a weekend would actually be possible, but due to cost and time requirements, it's completely out of the question now. And actually, my most common out of town trips are to Minneapolis, MN or Sioux Falls, SD. Four hours in the car isn't terrible, but if I could cut that down to two or less and actually NAP during that time, instead of arriving at my destination exhausted, it would be excellent. So, looking at time saved in both the cutting down of travel time, and the ability to do something else OTHER than be the driver, I am VERY excited at this prospect. What would keep me off the rails though is if they cannot keep it cost effective. To take my family of four on the rail, the tickets need to be reasonable, or else the time on the road, and the two tanks of gas it takes to get where I'm going will still be the lesser of two cost evils... especially when I factor in the cost of a rental car at my destination.
Because there are tools in place (xrays, MRI's, etc) and a long history of prior diagnoses in place, so no, I would not "wait and see" if there was a 9 out of 10 doctor consensus on an apendicitis diagnosis.
However, if I suddenly become sick due to some very obscure illness that 9 out of 10 doctors can't even agree on what the illness is, then a "wait and see" approach is certainly merited.
The situation we find ourselves in is that 9 out of 10 (hopefully 10 out of 10, but nonetheless, the overwhelming majority) scientists agree that CO2 levels are going up. And 9 out of 10 (or 10 out of 10) scientists agree that global temperatures are going up. But there is no overwhelming consensus as to what EXACLTY is causing these symptoms (APENDICITIS!) nor what EXACTLY the resolution should be (remove the appendix).
I KNEW Global Warming was a scam! Rising oceans, my foot!