Of course they want to make money, the thing that many companies are now realizing is that many environmental friendly business practices can also help line their pockets. For instance, at the General Motors plant in Fort Wayne they now burn gas recovered from a landfill nearby to help power the building, etc. Did they do it to help out the environment or to save money? Hard to say.
Anyway, many environmental friendly type products or methods turn out to be time and money savers (even something as simple as using flourescent bulbs in your traditional lights).
Companies aren't there just to be evil and pollute.
With the exception of the oil companies, of course. They've got it made good with the way things are, and instead of trying to adapt to change, they'd rather try to increase our dependency on oil.
If you read the article you would have seen this: Power is built into the chassis, which is like a blank slate for body styles and interiors. Seats don't have to lie in rows. A trunk can run the length of the car.
Which basically means that since there is so much fewer crap in the way, they have much more freedom with the outer design of the car. They are no longer restricted as far as seat placement and hood/trunk designs in general. Thus, you could see many interesting designs, and probably designs just like cars you have now.
Ah, nothing like seeing Apple/Akamai stand up to slashdot like noone else can. I had use Internet Explorer instead of Mozilla just so I could see what the download speed was (mozilla doesn't display final speed when download is complete). 10 MB/s (that's Megabytes). Talk about no slashdot effect at all!
Hmm, I was simply stating that a large corporation like Walmart is like the anti-thesis to Open Source. I'm not deciding who is good enough to use Linux, I'm simply stating that having a place like Walmart promoting your product is not always a good thing if you are devoted to a cause like Open Source Software.
Of course, the amusing thing is that according to the previous story, "The FTC said it will send the letter to AltaVista, AOL Time Warner, Direct Hit Technologies, iWon, LookSmart, Microsoft and Terra Lycos." That means that Google never got a letter telling them to comply. Of course, they already complied anyway.
Except for that large notice right before the infomercial that states: THIS IS A PAID ADVERTISEMENT AND THE OWNER OF THIS STATION IN NO WAY ENDORSES THE PRODUCT BEING SOLD WITH-IN. Also, they are required to flash "paid advertisement" every so often on the screen, much in the same way that newspapers have to print "paid advertisement" on ads that resemble stories.
I make this completely off-topic post to commemorate my 1000th comment as a member of the slashdot community! It only took quite a few years to achieve this, but I am quite proud of it. Anyone able to estimate when I signed up due to my user ID? I can't find anywhere that lists the actual date and time of registration. I'm curious what my comments/day rate is.
Usually a search engine will tell how they rate their results, or are expected to do so based on some simple rules (it is just a randomly returned list of results). If they do so, and do not explain that some results are ranked highly because they are paid as such, and not because they scored higher against some ruleset, then yes, they are indeed deceiving the customer.
because search engines are deceiving the consumer. Would you be all for allowing ads on TV to tell you that alcohol will make you skinny and cure cancer? It's basically protecting the consumer for disinformation which they should know about. This is a case where it isn't clear cut as to what is a valid search result and what was displayed as being a valid result when in fact it is a paid advertisement?
My ISP and my former ISP both have techs that run linux.
Is there any other way to run an ISP without using some form of unix? Plus, most ISPs also host websites, and apache is ran on some 80-90% of all websites, and most of those are are *nix operating systems.
Hell, at my company we have off on "Deer Slaying Day" as it's affectionatly know as. (Monday after Thanksgiving).
I worked at a GM factory one summer, and the employees there told me that one year they had to shut down production and send every one home for the day because not enough people showed up on opening day of deer season.
And from dictionary.com:
hick Pronunciation Key (hk) Informal n.
A person regarded as gullible or provincial: "New Yorkers had a horrid way of making people feel like hicks" (Louis Auchincloss).
adj.
Provincial; unsophisticated: a hick town.
[After Hick, a nickname for Richard, from Middle English Hikke.]
Walmart also pays hush-money to local non-profit organizations and schools, etc. so they will all sing the praises of Walmart and ignore the downfall of every mom and pop store in their community.
How can Linux, which embraces the little guy, allow such a place as Walmart to profit off of its existence? It'd be like Microsoft suddenly bundling StarOffice with Windows XP. Sure, StarOffice is getting some exposure, but then people will want Windows and other MS products still as well.
Yeah, I guess part of the reason so many doctors appear to have so much money is because they are never home to spend it all the time or make use of it. Plus, many doctors leave school a few 100k in debt. For some people (teachers) that would be 8-10 years to work off that debt, and that's if paying off debt was all you spent your money on. Anyway, I'm not sure how well family doctors do in the end, I always figured it was the specialists and surgeons that made all the money.
I really can't stand playing chess on a computer. Even 3D chess doesn't cut it for me. There's something about having an actual board there that makes it easier to play than looking at pictures on a flat board or silly animations.
I must have played too much Tetris, I can't tolerate much anymore. I did find the tetris game on the side of that building at Penn State or wherever pretty interesting. Any got linkage?
Ever heard of 'sarcasm'? It's all just numbers in the end anyway, and making a unit invulnerable to another at that level would be silly. I'm not as think as you stupid I am.
Yup, the same you keep the astronauts suit from exploding, and the same way you keep the space shuttle from exploding and the same way planes can fly at 30,000 feet and the people inside can still breath but the plane doesn't explode.
Since it is only 1.2 MB, it'll fit on a floppy, which would be very easy to slip through if needed, since I doubt they're going to destroy all incoming floppy disks in the mail. Or just disguise it like an AOL CD.
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Of course they want to make money, the thing that many companies are now realizing is that many environmental friendly business practices can also help line their pockets. For instance, at the General Motors plant in Fort Wayne they now burn gas recovered from a landfill nearby to help power the building, etc. Did they do it to help out the environment or to save money? Hard to say.
Anyway, many environmental friendly type products or methods turn out to be time and money savers (even something as simple as using flourescent bulbs in your traditional lights).
Companies aren't there just to be evil and pollute.
With the exception of the oil companies, of course. They've got it made good with the way things are, and instead of trying to adapt to change, they'd rather try to increase our dependency on oil.
If you read the article you would have seen this: Power is built into the chassis, which is like a blank slate for body styles and interiors. Seats don't have to lie in rows. A trunk can run the length of the car.
Which basically means that since there is so much fewer crap in the way, they have much more freedom with the outer design of the car. They are no longer restricted as far as seat placement and hood/trunk designs in general. Thus, you could see many interesting designs, and probably designs just like cars you have now.
Ah, nothing like seeing Apple/Akamai stand up to slashdot like noone else can. I had use Internet Explorer instead of Mozilla just so I could see what the download speed was (mozilla doesn't display final speed when download is complete). 10 MB/s (that's Megabytes). Talk about no slashdot effect at all!
Hmm, I was simply stating that a large corporation like Walmart is like the anti-thesis to Open Source. I'm not deciding who is good enough to use Linux, I'm simply stating that having a place like Walmart promoting your product is not always a good thing if you are devoted to a cause like Open Source Software.
Of course, the amusing thing is that according to the previous story, "The FTC said it will send the letter to AltaVista, AOL Time Warner, Direct Hit Technologies, iWon, LookSmart, Microsoft and Terra Lycos." That means that Google never got a letter telling them to comply. Of course, they already complied anyway.
i know, oh well, 1001 is neat too.
Except for that large notice right before the infomercial that states: THIS IS A PAID ADVERTISEMENT AND THE OWNER OF THIS STATION IN NO WAY ENDORSES THE PRODUCT BEING SOLD WITH-IN. Also, they are required to flash "paid advertisement" every so often on the screen, much in the same way that newspapers have to print "paid advertisement" on ads that resemble stories.
I make this completely off-topic post to commemorate my 1000th comment as a member of the slashdot community! It only took quite a few years to achieve this, but I am quite proud of it. Anyone able to estimate when I signed up due to my user ID? I can't find anywhere that lists the actual date and time of registration. I'm curious what my comments/day rate is.
Usually a search engine will tell how they rate their results, or are expected to do so based on some simple rules (it is just a randomly returned list of results). If they do so, and do not explain that some results are ranked highly because they are paid as such, and not because they scored higher against some ruleset, then yes, they are indeed deceiving the customer.
because search engines are deceiving the consumer. Would you be all for allowing ads on TV to tell you that alcohol will make you skinny and cure cancer? It's basically protecting the consumer for disinformation which they should know about. This is a case where it isn't clear cut as to what is a valid search result and what was displayed as being a valid result when in fact it is a paid advertisement?
My ISP and my former ISP both have techs that run linux.
Is there any other way to run an ISP without using some form of unix? Plus, most ISPs also host websites, and apache is ran on some 80-90% of all websites, and most of those are are *nix operating systems.
Hell, at my company we have off on "Deer Slaying Day" as it's affectionatly know as. (Monday after Thanksgiving).
I worked at a GM factory one summer, and the employees there told me that one year they had to shut down production and send every one home for the day because not enough people showed up on opening day of deer season.
And from dictionary.com:
hick Pronunciation Key (hk) Informal
n.
A person regarded as gullible or provincial: "New Yorkers had a horrid way of making people feel like hicks" (Louis Auchincloss).
adj.
Provincial; unsophisticated: a hick town.
[After Hick, a nickname for Richard, from Middle English Hikke.]
Walmart also pays hush-money to local non-profit organizations and schools, etc. so they will all sing the praises of Walmart and ignore the downfall of every mom and pop store in their community.
How can Linux, which embraces the little guy, allow such a place as Walmart to profit off of its existence? It'd be like Microsoft suddenly bundling StarOffice with Windows XP. Sure, StarOffice is getting some exposure, but then people will want Windows and other MS products still as well.
Wal-Mart is about low-prices and high profit.
I remember when Wal-Mart was about (quality?) US-made products. Then Sam Walton died.
I also did a search for the average cost of med school and found the following result for the same Harvard School of Med you mention:
Range of debt (Class of 2001): $2,500 - $218,544
This would seem to nearly support his claim. Especially if you factor in 4 years of undergrad work.
Yeah, I guess part of the reason so many doctors appear to have so much money is because they are never home to spend it all the time or make use of it. Plus, many doctors leave school a few 100k in debt. For some people (teachers) that would be 8-10 years to work off that debt, and that's if paying off debt was all you spent your money on. Anyway, I'm not sure how well family doctors do in the end, I always figured it was the specialists and surgeons that made all the money.
I really can't stand playing chess on a computer. Even 3D chess doesn't cut it for me. There's something about having an actual board there that makes it easier to play than looking at pictures on a flat board or silly animations.
I must have played too much Tetris, I can't tolerate much anymore. I did find the tetris game on the side of that building at Penn State or wherever pretty interesting. Any got linkage?
Ever heard of 'sarcasm'? It's all just numbers in the end anyway, and making a unit invulnerable to another at that level would be silly. I'm not as think as you stupid I am.
I always found it amusing when a Warrior took out a tank. What on earth was that sword made out of anyway?
you don't make 'requests' with a tv though, everything is bouncing off your antenna all the time and you have to tune that frequency.
Yup, the same you keep the astronauts suit from exploding, and the same way you keep the space shuttle from exploding and the same way planes can fly at 30,000 feet and the people inside can still breath but the plane doesn't explode.
Since it is only 1.2 MB, it'll fit on a floppy, which would be very easy to slip through if needed, since I doubt they're going to destroy all incoming floppy disks in the mail. Or just disguise it like an AOL CD.
It's now available to the masses and very easy to use. This means that almost anyone can make use of it, and not have to know very much about it.