I've had some bad experiences with Time Warner for disconnects.
The first incident had to do with cable. I started receiving past due notices, but I had never received a bill! Even more bizarre is that I NEVER ORDERED CABLE SERVICE. My fiance called about the problem and the service rep insinuated that I had ordered cable with out discussing the matter with my fiance.
I called and they told me there was a service rep in my apartment on a particular date. I was home that day, ALL DAY, since I had just moved in and there was no one there. They said I had signed work orders when that tech was in on that day. I asked for copies and then they magically changed their story. Now, it appears as though I was the victim of the "office only" connection. This means that since cable was already in place at my residence all they had to do was start billing me. That would have been fine, HAD I ORDERED THE SERVICE.
Now I need to cancel my cable internet service with them. I called them and they told me that they don't know how to cancel the service. HOw can they not know how?! They said they didn't know how I should return the cable modem since my account is a "bulk account". My apartment complex pays for my roadrunner as a first year bonus. Luckily my aparment complex has outstanding customer service and told me to give them the equipment and they will take care of it. What a pain!
I am pretty sure the DVD spec does include p&s on the fly but few early players implemented it correctly. Studios then don't produce p&s on the fly movies because it wouldn't work on a large number of machines.
One of the replies says they want to watch the movie and not zoom and pan with visual cues on the screen. I think the parent was trying to say that it should be done by the DVD player - not the DVD player directing you to do this!
Look, all I was trying to say was that in the grand scheme of things everything is natural. Do I think that we may be harming ourselves yes. Am I trying to "distract the debate from the real issue" no.
Why do so many people seem to think that humans are somehow special. We are just animals that live on earth just like any other animal. Suppose elephant dung was radioactive and there was a large poulation of elephants. Whatever effects that dung had on the earth would that then be unnatural? Why do people seem to think that everything we do is unnatural? Something that is "natural" occurs in nature. Guess what? I have NEVER escaped nature - ever, and no one has.
"UMG is making every effort to eliminate these problems as soon as possible."
Easy solution - FOLLOW THE STANDARD. UMG should have said "we are making every effort to have a sort-of working cd that you can't copy and will play in most cd players"
Is redhat becoming the MS of Linux distros? That isn't very cool of them to release early. I am sure they were under no obligation to wait but it certainly doesn't seem "polite".
I wish I had some moderator points because I would mod you up right now. It is true that many teachers don't make huge salaries UNTIL you consider how much time off they have. My fiance is a teacher and after figuring in all the time off she has she makes just about as much as I do. And that is saying a lot because I am over paid. The benefits for her are excellent as well. They are much better than what I recieve.
The point about pay considering they must have a masters is interesting, I never considered that.
Patriotism is dumb. I will never support a cause I do not feel is right. And patriotism is to support a country no matter what it does. BAD.
I am scared of what the US is doing. I am a US citizen. I imagine myself as someone in a another country and I would be worried that the US will use this "war on terrorism" as an excuse to attack any country it wants. And that is exactly what I am afraid the US is doing. The other super powers will not stand for that and eventually they will fight the US if they think that is where it is heading...and I would support those countries. Not because I am not a patriot, but because I will never support something that I feel is wrong.
" Microsoft, allthough they're a member of the ARB, has > 90% of the desktop market, and is moving forward with a rapid speed towards the heavy workstation market. With this situation comes the fact that DirectX is THE platform to target when it comes to 3D accelerated code. "
Just because MS has this market share doesn't mean that it is *the* 3d API to use. Sony probably sells the most component receivers out there but that certainly doesn't mean that it is the best choice.
There is no reason why openGL couldn't be used on windows. You might just have to prive a recent openGL dll. Same goes for java.
I will say that it might be easier to use the solutions that MS pushes (shoves) - but that doesn't make it better.
A lot of my social interaction doesn't involve co-workers at all. I read a mailing list that a bunch of friends from college are on. We are all geeks and I really enjoy the list. Gives me something to do at work!
I am employed as a software engineer and I put in a max of 40hrs a week. I agreed to work 40hrs and no more because my time is important to me (what is more valuable than time?). I interviewed at one company that had mandatory overtime if they asked you to come in. I refused their offer for that reason. Would have loved to work there but I will only agree to 40 hours per week. period.
I don't hang out with my co-workers because they aren't the type of people I choose to hang around with. Some are party animals...some aren't. I am not...
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In jail will you have access to the net at all?
Greg
Why is antipiracy.org registered by you? Seems abit ironic ;)
Greg
I've had some bad experiences with Time Warner for disconnects.
The first incident had to do with cable. I started receiving past due notices, but I had never received a bill! Even more bizarre is that I NEVER ORDERED CABLE SERVICE. My fiance called about the problem and the service rep insinuated that I had ordered cable with out discussing the matter with my fiance.
I called and they told me there was a service rep in my apartment on a particular date. I was home that day, ALL DAY, since I had just moved in and there was no one there. They said I had signed work orders when that tech was in on that day. I asked for copies and then they magically changed their story. Now, it appears as though I was the victim of the "office only" connection. This means that since cable was already in place at my residence all they had to do was start billing me. That would have been fine, HAD I ORDERED THE SERVICE.
Now I need to cancel my cable internet service with them. I called them and they told me that they don't know how to cancel the service. HOw can they not know how?! They said they didn't know how I should return the cable modem since my account is a "bulk account". My apartment complex pays for my roadrunner as a first year bonus. Luckily my aparment complex has outstanding customer service and told me to give them the equipment and they will take care of it. What a pain!
I am pretty sure the DVD spec does include p&s on the fly but few early players implemented it correctly. Studios then don't produce p&s on the fly movies because it wouldn't work on a large number of machines.
One of the replies says they want to watch the movie and not zoom and pan with visual cues on the screen. I think the parent was trying to say that it should be done by the DVD player - not the DVD player directing you to do this!
Look, all I was trying to say was that in the grand scheme of things everything is natural. Do I think that we may be harming ourselves yes. Am I trying to "distract the debate from the real issue" no.
I think some people need to relax.
Sir,
All I am saying is that there isn't necessarily anything wrong with what is happening. I don't know the answers, I was only proposing a thought.
Sure, it'd be good to continue living, and I would like for your kids and theirs to continue living as well.
Just out of curiosity, who's ass would you kick if it did get hotter? Whom could you blame?
Just relax and ejoy some different views with out flaming.
Why do so many people seem to think that humans are somehow special. We are just animals that live on earth just like any other animal. Suppose elephant dung was radioactive and there was a large poulation of elephants. Whatever effects that dung had on the earth would that then be unnatural? Why do people seem to think that everything we do is unnatural? Something that is "natural" occurs in nature. Guess what? I have NEVER escaped nature - ever, and no one has.
"UMG is making every effort to eliminate these problems as soon as possible."
Easy solution - FOLLOW THE STANDARD. UMG should have said "we are making every effort to have a sort-of working cd that you can't copy and will play in most cd players"
Good point. After thinking about it more I agree with you.
Is redhat becoming the MS of Linux distros? That isn't very cool of them to release early. I am sure they were under no obligation to wait but it certainly doesn't seem "polite".
I wish I had some moderator points because I would mod you up right now. It is true that many teachers don't make huge salaries UNTIL you consider how much time off they have. My fiance is a teacher and after figuring in all the time off she has she makes just about as much as I do. And that is saying a lot because I am over paid. The benefits for her are excellent as well. They are much better than what I recieve.
The point about pay considering they must have a masters is interesting, I never considered that.
Exactly! How many Linux users that used to use Windows made the switch all at once? It took me over a year before I stopped booting NT.
Patriotism is dumb. I will never support a cause I do not feel is right. And patriotism is to support a country no matter what it does. BAD.
I am scared of what the US is doing. I am a US citizen. I imagine myself as someone in a another country and I would be worried that the US will use this "war on terrorism" as an excuse to attack any country it wants. And that is exactly what I am afraid the US is doing. The other super powers will not stand for that and eventually they will fight the US if they think that is where it is heading...and I would support those countries. Not because I am not a patriot, but because I will never support something that I feel is wrong.
oops should have included
tags. It was a joke folks!
You could post to ask slashdot and you might find someone to take over your project...oh wait...
I thought plan9 revolved around the idea of a seperate namespace per process (which is really cool). But that wouldn't let me have
/home/greg/bin /usr/bin
/home/greg/bin as though it were in my path.
/usr/bin
-and-
/home/greg/bin
with a path of
PATH=/usr/bin
and some commmand like:
mergeDir
And let me execute something in
Are there any implementations of this? This would be excellent. Perhaps plan9 implements this? Anyone know?
Actually windows\command is for legacy ms-dos commands that they don't bother rewriting since they feel the CLI is useless.
" Microsoft, allthough they're a member of the ARB, has > 90% of the desktop market, and is moving forward with a rapid speed towards the heavy workstation market. With this situation comes the fact that DirectX is THE platform to target when it comes to 3D accelerated code. "
Just because MS has this market share doesn't mean that it is *the* 3d API to use. Sony probably sells the most component receivers out there but that certainly doesn't mean that it is the best choice.
There is no reason why openGL couldn't be used on windows. You might just have to prive a recent openGL dll. Same goes for java.
I will say that it might be easier to use the solutions that MS pushes (shoves) - but that doesn't make it better.
A lot of my social interaction doesn't involve co-workers at all. I read a mailing list that a bunch of friends from college are on. We are all geeks and I really enjoy the list. Gives me something to do at work!
I am employed as a software engineer and I put in a max of 40hrs a week. I agreed to work 40hrs and no more because my time is important to me (what is more valuable than time?). I interviewed at one company that had mandatory overtime if they asked you to come in. I refused their offer for that reason. Would have loved to work there but I will only agree to 40 hours per week. period.
I don't hang out with my co-workers because they aren't the type of people I choose to hang around with. Some are party animals...some aren't. I am not...
Until someone makes a recording of your voice commands! heheh voicedummp anyone?
480p is useless unless you have an HDTV capable TV set - the cheapest that I have seen is 900 US $.
www.cs.geneseo.edu
Man I wish I had a moderation point left. That is hilarious!
I once learned that in Australia the phrase "knock-up" means to call someone on the telephone...