Their customer service has improved markedly. I've been with them for the few domains I have because it's convenient, stable, not spattered with ads, and because I get airline miles when I keep going with them (not the best reason, but I'd like to be able to fly first class someday). Early on in my experiences with them, customer service was slow and kind of haphazard. Recently, on the rare occasion where I do need to go to them, even e-mail responses from real people are fairly snappy, and phone calls are handled professionally with courtesy and knowledge.
I may simply be lucky, but I don't mind them at all.
China manufactures largely unauthorized copies of older MiG fighters (there are far more than "the" MiG) and has done so for decades. Last I read, India assembled MiGs domestically, but these were from kits supplied by Russia.
From "Broken Breakout Promises" which was the only other place that seemed to have the entire quote about the money, comes this bit to put it into context over the course of time.
It wasn't the money that bothered Woz. Had Jobs asked, Wozniak would have done the project for free because he was turned on by such technological challenges. What hurt was being misled by his friend. Looking back on the incident, Wozniak realized Jobs' behavior was completely in character. "Steve had worked in surplus electronics and said if you can buy a part for 30 cents and sell it to this guy at the surplus store for $6, you don't have to tell him what you paid for it. It's worth $6 to the guy. And that was his philosophy of running a business," says Wozniak.
The article covered that. The rate of increase of human population is decreasing, having peaked in 1968. By about 2055 (give or take ten years), human population will have reached its peak, and will begin a soft decline through the rest of the century.
There's a difference between being suspicious of something and the vitriol that is often directed by environmentalists towards large corporations. Calling something evil simply because it's been successful is unfair to the company and its employees, who are often viewed as doing evil merely by earning a paycheck.
ATMs are being replaced rapidly with newer models running Windows code. A lot of the color-screen units being installed now run Windows. I doubt that the market share is quite that high.
Besides, your ATM network is protected by strong ACLs and firewalls, right? Right?
Most strong environmentalists are inherently distrustful of corporations, and this distrust grows as the size of the corporation increases. Make yourself the largest company in the world, and you become the least trusted. They will convince themselves that no matter what the corporation does, no matter how many good deeds it performs, no matter how much good it may do, there's something dark and sinister lurking in the shadows, waiting for the moment when it can strike to do the most damage. Just look at the rumors that have been growing about Google and its dark plans and interests.
The important thing is to get this out there. Over the last ten years or so, the debate has become generally less one of ideologies and one of facts as people become less satisfied with the entrenched positions of either the hard-core left or right, and have gone looking for real information. Pushing an intelligent discussion is an admirable goal, and if this assists in it, even by getting people up to investigate an idea in order to disprove it, they learn more about it and can hopefully advance the debate with their own ideas and interpretations.
On your point about non-homicide crimes, look around at stats for sexual assault and rape in various countries. There are some very scary numbers out there.
Carlyle Group took a big hit when the Crusader was cancelled on the orders of the current President Bush, but we don't hear much about that. I wonder if it's because it doesn't fit in with the conspiracy theories?
Check out the article at Anandtech linked a little bit above, which does have comparisons with the Pentium lines. The results are still clearly in AMD's favor.
Most states have been cracking down on rape for years. In California, the minimum sentence is three years, with six and eight years possible. (California Penal Code, Section 264) It's rare that other charges are not also added on, such as false imprisonment, assault, battery, and/or lewd acts.
Back in 1992, the average sentence in the US was almost ten years, with more than half of that served on average. (Source) As of 2002, the average sentence in state prisons was 104 months (a little under nine years) and 154 months (almost 13 years) in federal prison. Average actual stay in state prison is 90 months (a little over seven years); no numbers were available for average federal stays, but those are almost certainly longer. (Source)
Has the new AG said that he will require that policy to go forward?
And if Congress has allowed for a range of sentences (for example, 3-5 years in prison), why would a judge not be able to impose a lesser sentence? The AG is part of the executive branch, not the judicial branch; he has little say over what judges do, and a lot of laws specify and/or/up-to conditions.
I hit the movies about every 2-3 weeks, and have been relatively happy with what I've caught. There's the occasional drivel, but it's not too bad.
While I'm one to generally follow the rules, I'm not above sliding a bag of M&Ms in my jacket pocket, or even sometimes a whole soda bottle (it's a fairly big jacket). I just tear/crack them open before entering the theater so as to avoid annoying fellow theater-goers.
In California, shoplifting of anything under $400 value is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of at least $50 but no more than $1000, six months in county jail, or both.
In addition, a merchant may be entitled to compensatory damages if the merchandise is not returned in sellable condition, plus compensatory damages of up to $500.
However, if someone stole enough copies to pass out to random people on the street, the theft could rise into grand theft, which is a felony, and is punishable by a minimum of one year in county jail, or longer term in state prison.
Just wondering... Do you have any information to back up this guess? I'm looking around, and I can't find anything. I know BeneFIX is manufactured by Wyeth, and that sales have been relatively good for the last few years, but that's about all I can find on it.
My girlfriend is a photographer, and works at a camera store, and says that Canon changes the interface on their lenses every ten years or so, whereas Nikon has had the same interface for decades. She also told me that sometimes customers end up having to purchase new Canon lenses equivalent to those they bought previously simply because they don't fit the new Canon camera body, whereas she has regular customers buying new Nikon camera bodies and using lenses they've had for 20 or more years.
Judging by the results here, the blast wouldn't arrive at all if it hit in the middle of the ocean, as significant energies wouldn't travel beyond a few hundred kilometers. However, a tsunami would certainly be formed. While there are no stats given at that site for the size of such a tsunami, I doubt that it would reach more than a few miles inland, and there would be time to fly the major sections of government out of the area, if they weren't removed well before the impact anyway.
(Yes, I know the numbers at the site aren't exact, and there's some guesswork involved in impact angles and so on, but they're good enough for this discussion.)
While many states do have separation laws, they also usually have absolute lines under which almost any sexual activity involving another person is illegal, particularly if one of the pair is above that line. Generally speaking, anything done with a child under the age of 13 or 14 (depending on state) is [insert act] with a child, and "with a child" is a REALLY bad phrase to have on your record.
That's cool that you can throw things at it and it will play them. I have to get up, open the tray, take out the disc, put in a different one, and close it.
I imagine that your concept of a "responsible user" is one that goes out and checks for patches periodically, then by all means, disable it. But I imagine that the majority -- perhaps the vast majority -- of Windows users, particularly at home and in small businesses without dedicated IT staff, do not fit your definition, and they should be getting updates automatically. Yes, that is Microsoft acting responsibly due to its monopoly status. (They shouldn't be blocking updates for pirated keys, either, due to their monopoly status and the fact that 'real' pirates will get around them anyway, and the ones likely to be screwed are the people that buy their systems from shady installers, because blocking patch installation puts everyone at further risk. But that's another story altogether.)
Actually, Judge Kimball's keyboard is in need of replacement, but the IT guys are waiting for the spare part from Gateway, and then need to put in a change order to get it authorized for scheduling, then need to get it on the calendar, then need to discuss if this is really the problem, and then they'll delegate it to someone who should do the work at the most convenient time.
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Their customer service has improved markedly. I've been with them for the few domains I have because it's convenient, stable, not spattered with ads, and because I get airline miles when I keep going with them (not the best reason, but I'd like to be able to fly first class someday). Early on in my experiences with them, customer service was slow and kind of haphazard. Recently, on the rare occasion where I do need to go to them, even e-mail responses from real people are fairly snappy, and phone calls are handled professionally with courtesy and knowledge.
I may simply be lucky, but I don't mind them at all.
China manufactures largely unauthorized copies of older MiG fighters (there are far more than "the" MiG) and has done so for decades. Last I read, India assembled MiGs domestically, but these were from kits supplied by Russia.
From "Broken Breakout Promises" which was the only other place that seemed to have the entire quote about the money, comes this bit to put it into context over the course of time.
It wasn't the money that bothered Woz. Had Jobs asked, Wozniak would have done the project for free because he was turned on by such technological challenges. What hurt was being misled by his friend. Looking back on the incident, Wozniak realized Jobs' behavior was completely in character. "Steve had worked in surplus electronics and said if you can buy a part for 30 cents and sell it to this guy at the surplus store for $6, you don't have to tell him what you paid for it. It's worth $6 to the guy. And that was his philosophy of running a business," says Wozniak.
The article covered that. The rate of increase of human population is decreasing, having peaked in 1968. By about 2055 (give or take ten years), human population will have reached its peak, and will begin a soft decline through the rest of the century.
There's a difference between being suspicious of something and the vitriol that is often directed by environmentalists towards large corporations. Calling something evil simply because it's been successful is unfair to the company and its employees, who are often viewed as doing evil merely by earning a paycheck.
ATMs are being replaced rapidly with newer models running Windows code. A lot of the color-screen units being installed now run Windows. I doubt that the market share is quite that high.
Besides, your ATM network is protected by strong ACLs and firewalls, right? Right?
Most strong environmentalists are inherently distrustful of corporations, and this distrust grows as the size of the corporation increases. Make yourself the largest company in the world, and you become the least trusted. They will convince themselves that no matter what the corporation does, no matter how many good deeds it performs, no matter how much good it may do, there's something dark and sinister lurking in the shadows, waiting for the moment when it can strike to do the most damage. Just look at the rumors that have been growing about Google and its dark plans and interests.
The important thing is to get this out there. Over the last ten years or so, the debate has become generally less one of ideologies and one of facts as people become less satisfied with the entrenched positions of either the hard-core left or right, and have gone looking for real information. Pushing an intelligent discussion is an admirable goal, and if this assists in it, even by getting people up to investigate an idea in order to disprove it, they learn more about it and can hopefully advance the debate with their own ideas and interpretations.
On your point about non-homicide crimes, look around at stats for sexual assault and rape in various countries. There are some very scary numbers out there.
Carlyle Group took a big hit when the Crusader was cancelled on the orders of the current President Bush, but we don't hear much about that. I wonder if it's because it doesn't fit in with the conspiracy theories?
Check out the article at Anandtech linked a little bit above, which does have comparisons with the Pentium lines. The results are still clearly in AMD's favor.
I can see KDE's point. Sometimes I think that cups is a method to encourage depopulation by either suicide or homicidal mania.
Most states have been cracking down on rape for years. In California, the minimum sentence is three years, with six and eight years possible. (California Penal Code, Section 264) It's rare that other charges are not also added on, such as false imprisonment, assault, battery, and/or lewd acts.
Back in 1992, the average sentence in the US was almost ten years, with more than half of that served on average. (Source) As of 2002, the average sentence in state prisons was 104 months (a little under nine years) and 154 months (almost 13 years) in federal prison. Average actual stay in state prison is 90 months (a little over seven years); no numbers were available for average federal stays, but those are almost certainly longer. (Source)
Has the new AG said that he will require that policy to go forward?
And if Congress has allowed for a range of sentences (for example, 3-5 years in prison), why would a judge not be able to impose a lesser sentence? The AG is part of the executive branch, not the judicial branch; he has little say over what judges do, and a lot of laws specify and/or/up-to conditions.
I hit the movies about every 2-3 weeks, and have been relatively happy with what I've caught. There's the occasional drivel, but it's not too bad.
While I'm one to generally follow the rules, I'm not above sliding a bag of M&Ms in my jacket pocket, or even sometimes a whole soda bottle (it's a fairly big jacket). I just tear/crack them open before entering the theater so as to avoid annoying fellow theater-goers.
In California, shoplifting of anything under $400 value is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of at least $50 but no more than $1000, six months in county jail, or both.
In addition, a merchant may be entitled to compensatory damages if the merchandise is not returned in sellable condition, plus compensatory damages of up to $500.
California Penal Code, Sections 490, 490.1, and 490.5
However, if someone stole enough copies to pass out to random people on the street, the theft could rise into grand theft, which is a felony, and is punishable by a minimum of one year in county jail, or longer term in state prison.
Just wondering... Do you have any information to back up this guess? I'm looking around, and I can't find anything. I know BeneFIX is manufactured by Wyeth, and that sales have been relatively good for the last few years, but that's about all I can find on it.
Quarterly results going back to 1999:
1999 Q1: ($128.4M)
1999 Q2: ($162.0M)
1999 Q3: ($105.5M)
1999 Q4: $65.1M
2000 Q1: $189.3M
2000 Q2: $207.1M
2000 Q3: $408.6M
2000 Q4: $178.0M
2001 Q1: $124.8M
2001 Q2: $17.4M
2001 Q3: ($97.4M)
2001 Q4: ($15.8M)
2002 Q1: ($9.2M)
2002 Q2: ($185.0M)
2002 Q3: ($254.2M)
2002 Q4: ($854.8M)
2003 Q1: ($146.4M)
2003 Q2: ($140.1M)
2003 Q3: ($31.2M)
2003 Q4: $43.2M
2004 Q1: $45.1M
2004 Q2: $32.2M
2004 Q3: $43.9M
2004 Q4: ($30.0M)
2005 Q1: ($17.4M)
At the vert least, 2000 did seem to be a good year for them, and losses (when they have occurred) have been light in the last 18 months.
My girlfriend is a photographer, and works at a camera store, and says that Canon changes the interface on their lenses every ten years or so, whereas Nikon has had the same interface for decades. She also told me that sometimes customers end up having to purchase new Canon lenses equivalent to those they bought previously simply because they don't fit the new Canon camera body, whereas she has regular customers buying new Nikon camera bodies and using lenses they've had for 20 or more years.
Judging by the results here, the blast wouldn't arrive at all if it hit in the middle of the ocean, as significant energies wouldn't travel beyond a few hundred kilometers. However, a tsunami would certainly be formed. While there are no stats given at that site for the size of such a tsunami, I doubt that it would reach more than a few miles inland, and there would be time to fly the major sections of government out of the area, if they weren't removed well before the impact anyway.
(Yes, I know the numbers at the site aren't exact, and there's some guesswork involved in impact angles and so on, but they're good enough for this discussion.)
Running Doom3 on a 486?
While many states do have separation laws, they also usually have absolute lines under which almost any sexual activity involving another person is illegal, particularly if one of the pair is above that line. Generally speaking, anything done with a child under the age of 13 or 14 (depending on state) is [insert act] with a child, and "with a child" is a REALLY bad phrase to have on your record.
That's cool that you can throw things at it and it will play them. I have to get up, open the tray, take out the disc, put in a different one, and close it.
What model do you have?
I imagine that your concept of a "responsible user" is one that goes out and checks for patches periodically, then by all means, disable it. But I imagine that the majority -- perhaps the vast majority -- of Windows users, particularly at home and in small businesses without dedicated IT staff, do not fit your definition, and they should be getting updates automatically. Yes, that is Microsoft acting responsibly due to its monopoly status. (They shouldn't be blocking updates for pirated keys, either, due to their monopoly status and the fact that 'real' pirates will get around them anyway, and the ones likely to be screwed are the people that buy their systems from shady installers, because blocking patch installation puts everyone at further risk. But that's another story altogether.)
Actually, Judge Kimball's keyboard is in need of replacement, but the IT guys are waiting for the spare part from Gateway, and then need to put in a change order to get it authorized for scheduling, then need to get it on the calendar, then need to discuss if this is really the problem, and then they'll delegate it to someone who should do the work at the most convenient time.