I'm not certain that a company like IBM (just an example)will actually profit directly (i.e. increased sales, shipping product) from online sales. I'm sure they do all right, but even though the vast majority of the people I speak with have been online for over two years, only about 5% actually have, or will purchase things online.
I feel the way a company will profit monetarily from the internet is through increased productivity. Instead of answering inane questions about a product twenty times a day, this same person can get the product out the door. Instead of taking requests for pamphlets, the customer(or at least a majority of customers) can view the latest edition online. Instead of paying thousands to do direct mailings of these brochures, they can host a website, and mail pamphlets to the minority who don't have access to the internet.
I feel that there will be more cost savings and increased sales potential by allowing someone to fill out an online loan application, instead of wasting a salesmans time walking you through the paper application, when he could be getting a sale elsewhere.
I know this won't 100% eliminate the human contact, but it shouldn't. It should allow the customer to be more pro-active in his search for information, instead of waiting weeks for a product brochure.
regards,
Benjamin Carlson
Nothing to do with spying on kids!
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I actually took the time to read this article...
It had a quote from a Mattel spokeswoman stating(paraphrased) that the software would tell Mattel when the last time the game was ran, and then download jpg's and update info to the game.
This sounds goofy, but I'll take their word until it is proven otherwise.
It doesn't say anything about getting info about kids, so perhaps we should be a little less jumpy about this stuff. Also, don't cry about it when misinformed people complain about open-source, hackers, and Napster if y'all are gonna be just as paranoid about childrens games.
I just installed Mandrake 7.0 on a box at home, how the heck is a guy suposed to keep up?!?
anyhooo, it has a good installer, and is pretty easy to get running, even my engineer roomate got it going!
regards.
Mozilla... Mozirra... proper pronunciation?
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OK, a while back I was watching a Godzilla movie. I noticed that while I pronounce Godzilla "Godzilla", the actors pronounced it "Gozeera". I am wondering if there are any similar pronunciation conundrums with Mozilla?
OK, I understand, and agree. I also know that many companies place a funny little thing at the bottom of their employment ads, "EOE". This statement would make me believe that they actually (call me crazy) hire on an "Equal Opportunity" basis.
of course as proven in many horror movies even if you are absolutely certain that the murderer is dead they will undoubtedly come back in a sequel. also, you would have to carry your co-workers weight in the project, and they wouldn't even be able to pitch in on pizza...
you were supposed to be ready to rejoin society? Hmmm, doesn't this seem strange to y'all? I don't know that I'd feel comfortable with a mass murderer working next to me (although they may make the latest blood and guts game a titch more realistic...)but still it's not fair to someone who has spent three/ten/twenty years in prison thinking about what they've done wrong.
77mm CD's have been around for quite some time, in fact, if you look at you cd-rom drive, there is a cutout for about a three inch disk, most of you probably use this for Oreo cookie storage, but it is actually a 77mm CD slot. I have a Nine Inch Nails 77mm CD from inside the "Broken" case, I've had it since the early nineties.
So as an amateur photographer, can I do double exposures by slapping the side of the camera while it is writing to disk? On the serious side, I'm curious if any of y'all have looked into the digital backs for Nikon, Hasselblad, and Canon? These are larger in size, but for studio use are unbelievably superior to anything Sony has to offer... Just the fact that I can use my Zeiss lenses, and keep the interchangeability is almost worth the $15,000 for the Hasselblad back!
When a new user signs up for dial-up access with my company, I don't automatically assign a static IP. I assume that you understand this. OK, so if someone was doing a DoS attack on a user of mine, it would affect all of users, and my hosting through whichever IP they are DoS-ing. Therefore I could do what? I've had this happen once, and I ended up reconfiguring my router to disallow an unknown IP from outside. This didn't fix everything, but it significantly reduced the amount of burden on my servers. regards, Benjamin Carlson
If I terminate an account of my customers, how do the perpetrators know that I've done this? And even if they realize this what reason would they have for stopping? I've just removed the object of their entertainment, so why wouldn't they contiue to target me?
Thanks! I hadn't thought about doing it on his box before he uploads it... I suppose that wouldn't be too tough...also I could write it to auto upload, and remove/convert things Postgres doesn't like... I'll have to see if he is willing to let us do this...
also have to see if my guys are willing to write an app for windows!:o)
I do web development for mid-sized businesses. I have a customer who wants to ftp his Excel spreadsheets to our webserver, then have them displayed/searchable online. We use Linux for our web, and DB servers, and we run Postgres. Without Microsoft monopolizing the desktop market, my company would be out the several hundred/thousand dollars for the time it takes to write a customized program to convert the Excel strings into Postgres strings...
:-) Thanks Bill! So I want to know who thinks Microsoft is bad?
WHen AOL snail-mails you a disk, and it tears your computer's insides up worse than nitro-horseradish-sauce, then what will the government do about it? And what about the poor blokes who actually install this garbage, not knowing the true terrors he will behold? is it his fault?
Hey this is off subject, but has anyone come up with a standard ps/2 keyboard/mouse that is like the toshiba laptops? I really like the way you can keep your hands on the keyboard and scroll around... Just curious. regards, Benjamin Carlson
Couldn't someone create a file called "Metallica" (as was previously suggested) and then to expand upon it, add a copyright info area, which in essence would hove some sort of non-disclosure agreement, and then bind the viewer to do something like... oh, perhaps NOT sue Napster? It just seems like you could find a way to use this technology against these corporations, and get them stuck between a rock and a hard place... Slashdot users (as a whole) are smarter than a friggin' lawyer, aren't we?
Slashdot Mirror
I've always wanted Cladia to recommend a palm computer for me, that's why I've held off buying one.
Lord know's I don't want an informed opinion to delude my consumers dollar!!
Hey, a guy could make money from reversing this type of program to add flesh tones where there is an extraordinary LACK of skintones...:o)
Then you could set up a search engine to dig through images, and add these skin tones, and display the results!
I'm gonna be rich!
regards.
I'm not certain that a company like IBM (just an example)will actually profit directly (i.e. increased sales, shipping product) from online sales. I'm sure they do all right, but even though the vast majority of the people I speak with have been online for over two years, only about 5% actually have, or will purchase things online.
I feel the way a company will profit monetarily from the internet is through increased productivity. Instead of answering inane questions about a product twenty times a day, this same person can get the product out the door. Instead of taking requests for pamphlets, the customer(or at least a majority of customers) can view the latest edition online. Instead of paying thousands to do direct mailings of these brochures, they can host a website, and mail pamphlets to the minority who don't have access to the internet.
I feel that there will be more cost savings and increased sales potential by allowing someone to fill out an online loan application, instead of wasting a salesmans time walking you through the paper application, when he could be getting a sale elsewhere.
I know this won't 100% eliminate the human contact, but it shouldn't. It should allow the customer to be more pro-active in his search for information, instead of waiting weeks for a product brochure.
regards,
Benjamin Carlson
I actually took the time to read this article...
It had a quote from a Mattel spokeswoman stating(paraphrased) that the software would tell Mattel when the last time the game was ran, and then download jpg's and update info to the game.
This sounds goofy, but I'll take their word until it is proven otherwise.
It doesn't say anything about getting info about kids, so perhaps we should be a little less jumpy about this stuff. Also, don't cry about it when misinformed people complain about open-source, hackers, and Napster if y'all are gonna be just as paranoid about childrens games.
regards,
Benjamin Carlson
OK, sorry...I'm just getting back at Racher...
I just installed Mandrake 7.0 on a box at home, how the heck is a guy suposed to keep up?!?
anyhooo, it has a good installer, and is pretty easy to get running, even my engineer roomate got it going!
regards.
OK, a while back I was watching a Godzilla movie. I noticed that while I pronounce Godzilla "Godzilla", the actors pronounced it "Gozeera". I am wondering if there are any similar pronunciation conundrums with Mozilla?
OK, I understand, and agree. I also know that many companies place a funny little thing at the bottom of their employment ads, "EOE". This statement would make me believe that they actually (call me crazy) hire on an "Equal Opportunity" basis.
good point. I was looking at it like it was because of the felony.
of course as proven in many horror movies even if you are absolutely certain that the murderer is dead they will undoubtedly come back in a sequel. also, you would have to carry your co-workers weight in the project, and they wouldn't even be able to pitch in on pizza...
you were supposed to be ready to rejoin society?
Hmmm, doesn't this seem strange to y'all?
I don't know that I'd feel comfortable with a mass murderer working next to me (although they may make the latest blood and guts game a titch more realistic...)but still it's not fair to someone who has spent three/ten/twenty years in prison thinking about what they've done wrong.
regards,
Benjamin Carlson
77mm CD's have been around for quite some time, in fact, if you look at you cd-rom drive, there is a cutout for about a three inch disk, most of you probably use this for Oreo cookie storage, but it is actually a 77mm CD slot. I have a Nine Inch Nails 77mm CD from inside the "Broken" case, I've had it since the early nineties.
So as an amateur photographer, can I do double exposures by slapping the side of the camera while it is writing to disk? On the serious side, I'm curious if any of y'all have looked into the digital backs for Nikon, Hasselblad, and Canon? These are larger in size, but for studio use are unbelievably superior to anything Sony has to offer... Just the fact that I can use my Zeiss lenses, and keep the interchangeability is almost worth the $15,000 for the Hasselblad back!
regards,
Benjamin Carlson
By Casting Mel Gibson, I knew immediately not to see this movie.
regards,
Benjamin Carlson
How can we expect a programmer (who also cannot read it) to write a program which is supposed to interpret it?
... electronic signature you say...?
...but what will the notary public's do?
What...?
...zero's and one's...?
...ohhhhh. I get it. yeah I like it.
I want to sign the first legally binding Last will and testament online.
regards.
When a new user signs up for dial-up access with my company, I don't automatically assign a static IP. I assume that you understand this. OK, so if someone was doing a DoS attack on a user of mine, it would affect all of users, and my hosting through whichever IP they are DoS-ing. Therefore I could do what? I've had this happen once, and I ended up reconfiguring my router to disallow an unknown IP from outside. This didn't fix everything, but it significantly reduced the amount of burden on my servers.
regards,
Benjamin Carlson
I like Napster.
I like the Offspring.
I NO like lawsuits.
regards.
If I terminate an account of my customers, how do the perpetrators know that I've done this? And even if they realize this what reason would they have for stopping? I've just removed the object of their entertainment, so why wouldn't they contiue to target me?
regards,
Benjamin Carlson
Thanks! I hadn't thought about doing it on his box before he uploads it... I suppose that wouldn't be too tough...also I could write it to auto upload, and remove/convert things Postgres doesn't like...
:o)
I'll have to see if he is willing to let us do this...
also have to see if my guys are willing to write an app for windows!
regards,
Benjamin Carlson
hmmm, thanks...
:o)
but now I have the Ethical consideration of not being able to reap many dollars from my customers for custom programming...
Thanks, ALOT!
regards,
Benjamin Carlson
I do web development for mid-sized businesses. I have a customer who wants to ftp his Excel spreadsheets to our webserver, then have them displayed/searchable online. We use Linux for our web, and DB servers, and we run Postgres. Without Microsoft monopolizing the desktop market, my company would be out the several hundred/thousand dollars for the time it takes to write a customized program to convert the Excel strings into Postgres strings...
:-) Thanks Bill!
So I want to know who thinks Microsoft is bad?
regards,
Benjamin Carlson
WHen AOL snail-mails you a disk, and it tears your computer's insides up worse than nitro-horseradish-sauce, then what will the government do about it? And what about the poor blokes who actually install this garbage, not knowing the true terrors he will behold? is it his fault?
regards,
Banjamin Carlson
Hmmm, back in the day, we used to believe in innocent until proven guilty. Of course that was pre-Metallica, Napster, Microsoft, and Bill Clinton.
regards,
Benjamin Carlson
Hey this is off subject, but has anyone come up with a standard ps/2 keyboard/mouse that is like the toshiba laptops? I really like the way you can keep your hands on the keyboard and scroll around...
Just curious.
regards,
Benjamin Carlson
Couldn't someone create a file called "Metallica" (as was previously suggested) and then to expand upon it, add a copyright info area, which in essence would hove some sort of non-disclosure agreement, and then bind the viewer to do something like... oh, perhaps NOT sue Napster?
It just seems like you could find a way to use this technology against these corporations, and get them stuck between a rock and a hard place...
Slashdot users (as a whole) are smarter than a friggin' lawyer, aren't we?
regards,
Ben Carlson