Quark had the most unintuitive, customer-hostile installation and registration process of any software company I've ever used. Good riddance, I use InDesign now, and have for a few years.
I seriously can't believe that some of you (and there's been more than one post of this kind) are talking about civil war and killing people just because your guy lost. Isn't that the very hot-button issue you hate Bush for? Grow the hell up.
When you open the door you have less than a minute to start the car and boot up your firewall before the worms get ya!
Who in their right mind would trust Microsoft with any critical system? Not to mention having an ugly "Made for WinCE" sticker right next to the already-annoying dealer broach on the rear trunk lid!
... and asking a question. What gives a private entity such as the BSA (Business Software Alliance) the right to enter your business and audit you on the spot? Law enforcement doesn't even have that kind of power without a warrant. Can't you just tell them to go pound sand?
Virenque was already across the line at 5:12 PM, a full 27 or so minutes ahead of Armstrong (Richard having left the gate at 4:31 and Lance having departed at 4:59). The movie makes it look like this was positioning of the two concurrently during the race , but it is only showing a comparison of Richard's and Lance's efforts on the course. Of course, Lance dusted him!
I'm currently a resident of Utah and I cannot tell you how embarrassed I am every time I hear "Senator Orrin Hatch..." come up in a newscast. This man wants also to amend the Constitution to permit naturalized citizens (meaning not born here) to run for the Presidency just because he's buddies with Arnold Schwarzenegger. I do everything I can to spread the word that this guy is a class A dunce and some people I talk with are coming around and wising up. You can't afford to be utterly clueless about tech in a tech-driven world, it's starting to spill over into our basic rights for crying out loud!
You can pay _anyone_, put in name, address, amount and *bam*, a check is on its way. Not to mention that a lot of banks now have a pay-a-friend transfer option to almost any account or even anyone with an email address.
Hah, except for the fact that it's a tool created and controlled by a convicted monopoly that is hell-bent on controlling _every_ transaction (monetary, personal information, software authorization, compatibility) and who has enough dough in the bank to weather any litigious storm, render any judgement irrelevant and basically tell the whole planet to f**k off.
Um, a confidentiality clause will not prevent clueless media organizations from headlining the story however they would like, and as has been seen in the past, the more inflammatory the headline the better.
I just finished "Foucault's Pendulum" and, while it was indeed chock full of arcane tidbits and esoterica, as a novel it plain sucked. I was 30 pages from the end saying to myself, "Okay, something big has got to be coming... patience... I'm sure that I'm just pages away from something huge", and _nothing_ever_happened_! Oh sure, the secret rite in the museum *yawn*, hoo boy that sure wrapped things up didn't it? Throughout the book, while well written, I kept getting the impression that Eco was trying very hard to impress someone - his readers, his publisher, whoever. If you want a ponderous treatise on wacky Templar theories go ahead and read it, if you want an actual story then Da Vinci Code is better in my opinion.
I work for a bank that sponsors a couple of websites that help teach kids about financial responsibility and I use images of money constantly in that endeavor. We won't be "upgrading" to CS as a consequence.
Word. After the whole Orrin-led "Let's get the born-in-the-US requirement to be president revoked" (to cozy up to his pal Arnold), I was sick. Now, I'm really sick of his naivete. It goes to show you what years in Congress will do to anyone's thinking.
Too much more of this (MPAA/RIAA/PatriotAct/40+%Taxes/yadda) and I have one question: How long before another Revolution?
My employment contract says that everything I write either at work or at home technically belongs to my employer. I can understand that to some extent. While working at an employer you are learning. Can you guarantee that anything you write has not benefitted from knowledge gained while working for you current employer. So such clauses are covering this benefit.
Excuse me? So can I demand compensation from my employer for all of the years of my education, family life, character-building lessons, etc because they've benefitted from all of that in my current position and obviously I haven't been paid for those things! Get your lemming head out of your A$$, we will all end up as slaves with this kind of lazy submissive attitude. Yes there are these ridiculous clauses in employment agreements, but you're a joke if you knowingly sign on to such drivel. A job is a job, it pays the bills. They don't OWN YOU.
"It's fairly common for companies to let employees develop things on their own time."
Excuse me but unless I contractually sign on to this type of slavery, what I do after 5:00 rolls around is MY business. I have a job to support MY life, not to be a dreg 24/7 of my company. This is getting ridiculous.
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Quark had the most unintuitive, customer-hostile installation and registration process of any software company I've ever used. Good riddance, I use InDesign now, and have for a few years.
And man he had to save his pennies! Poor Guy!
I seriously can't believe that some of you (and there's been more than one post of this kind) are talking about civil war and killing people just because your guy lost. Isn't that the very hot-button issue you hate Bush for? Grow the hell up.
Yeah, I can just see it now...
Mandatory Wi-Fi connection with the car...
When you open the door you have less than a minute to start the car and boot up your firewall before the worms get ya!
Who in their right mind would trust Microsoft with any critical system? Not to mention having an ugly "Made for WinCE" sticker right next to the already-annoying dealer broach on the rear trunk lid!
There's an abridged "Snow Crash"? Holy crap, that must be like a meth/caffiene/taurine/ginko/nyquil injection.
... and asking a question. What gives a private entity such as the BSA (Business Software Alliance) the right to enter your business and audit you on the spot? Law enforcement doesn't even have that kind of power without a warrant. Can't you just tell them to go pound sand?
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Virenque was already across the line at 5:12 PM, a full 27 or so minutes ahead of Armstrong (Richard having left the gate at 4:31 and Lance having departed at 4:59). The movie makes it look like this was positioning of the two concurrently during the race , but it is only showing a comparison of Richard's and Lance's efforts on the course. Of course, Lance dusted him!
I'm currently a resident of Utah and I cannot tell you how embarrassed I am every time I hear "Senator Orrin Hatch ..." come up in a newscast. This man wants also to amend the Constitution to permit naturalized citizens (meaning not born here) to run for the Presidency just because he's buddies with Arnold Schwarzenegger. I do everything I can to spread the word that this guy is a class A dunce and some people I talk with are coming around and wising up. You can't afford to be utterly clueless about tech in a tech-driven world, it's starting to spill over into our basic rights for crying out loud!
You can pay _anyone_, put in name, address, amount and *bam*, a check is on its way. Not to mention that a lot of banks now have a pay-a-friend transfer option to almost any account or even anyone with an email address.
The Segway is not even useful enough (except maybe in warehouses) to be critized, much less to be branded as geek transport du jour!
Hah, except for the fact that it's a tool created and controlled by a convicted monopoly that is hell-bent on controlling _every_ transaction (monetary, personal information, software authorization, compatibility) and who has enough dough in the bank to weather any litigious storm, render any judgement irrelevant and basically tell the whole planet to f**k off.
Nah, I'd just question their intelligence.
The LDS (Mormon) church is across-the-board dissimilar from Scientology. Please don't drag religion into this, you do yourself a gross disservice.
Um, a confidentiality clause will not prevent clueless media organizations from headlining the story however they would like, and as has been seen in the past, the more inflammatory the headline the better.
I just finished "Foucault's Pendulum" and, while it was indeed chock full of arcane tidbits and esoterica, as a novel it plain sucked. I was 30 pages from the end saying to myself, "Okay, something big has got to be coming ... patience ... I'm sure that I'm just pages away from something huge", and _nothing_ever_happened_! Oh sure, the secret rite in the museum *yawn*, hoo boy that sure wrapped things up didn't it? Throughout the book, while well written, I kept getting the impression that Eco was trying very hard to impress someone - his readers, his publisher, whoever. If you want a ponderous treatise on wacky Templar theories go ahead and read it, if you want an actual story then Da Vinci Code is better in my opinion.
I work for a bank that sponsors a couple of websites that help teach kids about financial responsibility and I use images of money constantly in that endeavor. We won't be "upgrading" to CS as a consequence.
What else (besides the few who really advocate it purely for freedom's sake) do you think an "untraceable" network is for?
Word. After the whole Orrin-led "Let's get the born-in-the-US requirement to be president revoked" (to cozy up to his pal Arnold), I was sick. Now, I'm really sick of his naivete. It goes to show you what years in Congress will do to anyone's thinking.
Too much more of this (MPAA/RIAA/PatriotAct/40+%Taxes/yadda) and I have one question: How long before another Revolution?
My employment contract says that everything I write either at work or at home technically belongs to my employer. I can understand that to some extent. While working at an employer you are learning. Can you guarantee that anything you write has not benefitted from knowledge gained while working for you current employer. So such clauses are covering this benefit.
Excuse me? So can I demand compensation from my employer for all of the years of my education, family life, character-building lessons, etc because they've benefitted from all of that in my current position and obviously I haven't been paid for those things! Get your lemming head out of your A$$, we will all end up as slaves with this kind of lazy submissive attitude. Yes there are these ridiculous clauses in employment agreements, but you're a joke if you knowingly sign on to such drivel. A job is a job, it pays the bills. They don't OWN YOU.
"It's fairly common for companies to let employees develop things on their own time."
Excuse me but unless I contractually sign on to this type of slavery, what I do after 5:00 rolls around is MY business. I have a job to support MY life, not to be a dreg 24/7 of my company. This is getting ridiculous.
How about:
Myself and the rest of the Ashcroft family are excited about the new features that will be spooged into Palladium!
ROTFLMAO!
*shakes head*
Ah, those college days...