I can't agree with this. I bought a Kyocera color laser for all the reasons you detailed, and recently abandoned it for a Epson WF-3520 multi-function inkjet for the following reasons:
1) My color laser was a one-trick pony. It printed really nice pages of one-sided paper. I will list the Epson's capabilities below. 2) When it became time to refill the color toner, it would have cost twice as much as my new inkjet. I was shocked by how expensive color toner is, even when just buying the power and refilling the cartridges myself. 3) I started getting smudges of toner on the paper. Cleaning toner sucks far more than cleaning ink. 4) Physically a color laser is fairly large and very loud.
The Epson does the following quite well:
1) Has both ethernet and wifi for easy connectivity. 2) Prints from Linux, Mac, and PC as well as iWhatevers and Android devices (Airprint for the former, Google Cloud Print for the latter, the connectivity for which is built into the printer itself). It also duplex prints. 3) Has both a flatbed and sheet-fed scanner, which means it also faxes and copies. It can put the image files on your computer, or email, or Evernote, or whatever. I usually just scan to email. 4) Has reasonably priced replacement cartridges. Plus it actually came with full cartridges, which is a rarity for both ink and laser printers.
that seems like an awful lot of effort, for very little gain, other than to show that you can be an ass. What's the point?
His point is that it only takes one asshat to pollute the system, and it's guaranteed that there's more than one. I also remember reading something recently related to this, showing that false info can be fed to google to create non-existant traffic jams in Maps.
It would be trivial to detect and bitbucket the massive amounts of bad data described, and spamming thresholds low enough to not trigger detection would probably be statistically irrelevant.
Most major highways and streets rely on hardware sensors embedded into the road anyway. Anything else is supplemental or for less important roads.
Not every discussion about an app is a Slashvertisement. True. However, this posting is clearly an ad.
Not really. He even specifically mentions another extension that competes with his in the context of wrangling with FB. They mentioned it's donate-ware at the very end... briefly.
Just like your phone, a vehicles IVI can be updated months or years after the car drives off the line... but how likely is that?
I bought a new Ford last week and as soon as I hooked it up was informed of an available upgrade. Looking at the version history it was less than three months between this one and the last one.
So I would have to use a 3rd party cloud server with this product. What happens to my fancy and expensive smoke detector if the company folds?
I don't know about the Protect, but their thermostat works just fine offline. You lose some features, like advanced programming and control with a mobile app, but it still functions as a thermostat.
It doesn't necessarily have to be more effective. If it's equally effective there are probably a number of people who will buy it just because it's interesting and saves them maybe one minute of time every day.
The way I see it is like this: if they run out of fuel the engines stop. If the engines stop they lose hydraulics. If the lose hydraulics, plane does what it pleases without regard for the pilot's wishes and/or heartfelt prayers.
Why sabotage? Planes are complicated and any number of things can go wrong. You're right that more detail would be helpful, but there's no more reason to suspect sabotage than there is to suspect a bird strike.
or put it another way, a simple switch on a nuclear bomb failed as it fell to earth, rendering it inoperable. doesn't inspire much confidence for when it is used in war.
Nope. It was a safety mechanism that worked as intended, after three others did not. The bomb did not malfunction.
Sending back a corked bottle shouldn't embarrass anyone. It's fairly rare but does happen from time to time. The restaurant shouldn't even think twice about it.
Cisco could have taken this bullet if it had been willing to indemnify their customers via an amended terms and conditions on the Cisco OS software on the devices; it chose not to do so.
That sounds like a great way to become exposed to massive unknown liability.
Tunisa folded to a popular uprising, not guns. (see http://www.amazon.com/Why-Civil-Resistance-Works-Nonviolent/dp/0231156839 ) Libya rebels recruited bigger guns from NATO Yemen... US is still in charge with drones, etc. Egypt - The military (the people with guns) threw out the government (twice). Guns are persuasive. Bigger guns / more guns win.
Exactly how large do you think the US military is? Do you imagine there might be some conflict in their loyalties if a popular uprising were to occur, as has been demonstrated time and again elsewhere? Can you envision a scenario where the rest of the world would just wait and watch while not intervening one way or the other to further their own agendas? I'm not saying another American revolution is likely. It isn't. It's nearly unthinkable. But that's very different than possible.
5M NRA members with pea shooters are no match for the US Army (think big guns, tanks, helicopters, etc... you get the idea). It's amusing to see NRA members boasting that they can "defend themselves against the guvmt"... good luck with that.
Perhaps you have missed the several recent, bloody revolutions where well-armed governments were overthrown?
They might lose luggage more if it results in others paying to promote their brand name! Folks down the road won't remember why BA is in the forefront of their subconscious when they go to purchase tickets... Smart of Jet Blue to try to get in on the attention too.
This is one of the big problems with trying to warn folks off bad service, you really need to promote every company save the one you aren't a fan of or it just ends up good for them in the long run.
All PR is good PR is only something said when there's bad press by people who want to keep their jobs. And it isn't true. If it were everyone on/. would love Microsoft.
Have you forgotten that companies used to train their employees?
Companies still do, or at least the ones who've figured out that recruiting new talent is more expensive than training existing employees. The problem is that the skills companies need are changing more rapidly than before, and not everyone is willing to continuously learn. For example, there are a good number of PBX technicians who have an incredible wealth of knowledge, but only about a type of system on the decline. I have personally observed many of them not just ignoring, but actively resisting opportunities to learn about newer voice transport technologies. Their way is better, and the world is wrong. This is a terrible scenario for both the company and the employee. I've watched this type of thing play out over and over again during my career.
It's sad to see that Slashdot has become such a set of Corporate worshipers. Every cut, no matter how ridiculous it may be, brings out an army of people that say BULLSHIT like the O.P. here.
In less than a week there will be a whining post about how corporations can't get good help. Well, maybe you firing them after they help you succeed is part of the problem.
Hint: a lot of you people are taking corporations as if they have been handed down by God. They aren't.
The problem isn't finding people to hire. Unemployment rates show there's plenty of warm bodies around. The problem is finding people with skill sets and costs aligned to what the business needs. This isn't some sort of emotional worship of business. That's how trade worked before we invented currency.
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I'm going with Lyle Lovett/Julia Roberts. Although they didn't last either. Hmm.
The folks I used to work with in the DoD would always refer to the USAF as the 9-to-5 branch of the military.
I have one, it is a great MF printer/scanner/copier, and can verify it works fine with Linux for printing.
I can't agree with this. I bought a Kyocera color laser for all the reasons you detailed, and recently abandoned it for a Epson WF-3520 multi-function inkjet for the following reasons:
1) My color laser was a one-trick pony. It printed really nice pages of one-sided paper. I will list the Epson's capabilities below.
2) When it became time to refill the color toner, it would have cost twice as much as my new inkjet. I was shocked by how expensive color toner is, even when just buying the power and refilling the cartridges myself.
3) I started getting smudges of toner on the paper. Cleaning toner sucks far more than cleaning ink.
4) Physically a color laser is fairly large and very loud.
The Epson does the following quite well:
1) Has both ethernet and wifi for easy connectivity.
2) Prints from Linux, Mac, and PC as well as iWhatevers and Android devices (Airprint for the former, Google Cloud Print for the latter, the connectivity for which is built into the printer itself). It also duplex prints.
3) Has both a flatbed and sheet-fed scanner, which means it also faxes and copies. It can put the image files on your computer, or email, or Evernote, or whatever. I usually just scan to email.
4) Has reasonably priced replacement cartridges. Plus it actually came with full cartridges, which is a rarity for both ink and laser printers.
Why?
that seems like an awful lot of effort, for very little gain, other than to show that you can be an ass. What's the point?
His point is that it only takes one asshat to pollute the system, and it's guaranteed that there's more than one. I also remember reading something recently related to this, showing that false info can be fed to google to create non-existant traffic jams in Maps.
It would be trivial to detect and bitbucket the massive amounts of bad data described, and spamming thresholds low enough to not trigger detection would probably be statistically irrelevant.
Most major highways and streets rely on hardware sensors embedded into the road anyway. Anything else is supplemental or for less important roads.
How much does ObamaCare cost the economy?
An extra $24B now, thanks to those incompetent assholes in Washington.
Not every discussion about an app is a Slashvertisement. True. However, this posting is clearly an ad.
Not really. He even specifically mentions another extension that competes with his in the context of wrangling with FB. They mentioned it's donate-ware at the very end... briefly.
Just like your phone, a vehicles IVI can be updated months or years after the car drives off the line... but how likely is that?
I bought a new Ford last week and as soon as I hooked it up was informed of an available upgrade. Looking at the version history it was less than three months between this one and the last one.
So I would have to use a 3rd party cloud server with this product. What happens to my fancy and expensive smoke detector if the company folds?
I don't know about the Protect, but their thermostat works just fine offline. You lose some features, like advanced programming and control with a mobile app, but it still functions as a thermostat.
It doesn't necessarily have to be more effective. If it's equally effective there are probably a number of people who will buy it just because it's interesting and saves them maybe one minute of time every day.
The way I see it is like this: if they run out of fuel the engines stop. If the engines stop they lose hydraulics. If the lose hydraulics, plane does what it pleases without regard for the pilot's wishes and/or heartfelt prayers.
Why sabotage? Planes are complicated and any number of things can go wrong. You're right that more detail would be helpful, but there's no more reason to suspect sabotage than there is to suspect a bird strike.
The point is that of 4 safeguards in place, 3 failed to properly work. That's not concerning?
Presumably that's why there were four instead of two or three.
the triple fail-safe worked.
or put it another way, a simple switch on a nuclear bomb failed as it fell to earth, rendering it inoperable. doesn't inspire much confidence for when it is used in war.
Nope. It was a safety mechanism that worked as intended, after three others did not. The bomb did not malfunction.
Sending back a corked bottle shouldn't embarrass anyone. It's fairly rare but does happen from time to time. The restaurant shouldn't even think twice about it.
Cisco could have taken this bullet if it had been willing to indemnify their customers via an amended terms and conditions on the Cisco OS software on the devices; it chose not to do so.
That sounds like a great way to become exposed to massive unknown liability.
I'd shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders
Yeah! Those 109,000 employees can just go fuck themselves.
I love the jumble of Imperial and SI units in the summary. Great work!
Maybe he's British? They like those kinds of inconsistencies.
Tunisa folded to a popular uprising, not guns. (see http://www.amazon.com/Why-Civil-Resistance-Works-Nonviolent/dp/0231156839 ) ... US is still in charge with drones, etc.
Libya rebels recruited bigger guns from NATO
Yemen
Egypt - The military (the people with guns) threw out the government (twice).
Guns are persuasive.
Bigger guns / more guns win.
Exactly how large do you think the US military is? Do you imagine there might be some conflict in their loyalties if a popular uprising were to occur, as has been demonstrated time and again elsewhere? Can you envision a scenario where the rest of the world would just wait and watch while not intervening one way or the other to further their own agendas? I'm not saying another American revolution is likely. It isn't. It's nearly unthinkable. But that's very different than possible.
Like Syria?
Repression works... not all the time... but it works.
(... having second thoughts about replying to an anonymous psychopath...)
I was actually thinking of Tunisia, Libya, Yemen, and Egypt. That's four within the last three years.
5M NRA members with pea shooters are no match for the US Army (think big guns, tanks, helicopters, etc... you get the idea).
It's amusing to see NRA members boasting that they can "defend themselves against the guvmt"... good luck with that.
Perhaps you have missed the several recent, bloody revolutions where well-armed governments were overthrown?
They might lose luggage more if it results in others paying to promote their brand name! Folks down the road won't remember why BA is in the forefront of their subconscious when they go to purchase tickets... Smart of Jet Blue to try to get in on the attention too.
This is one of the big problems with trying to warn folks off bad service, you really need to promote every company save the one you aren't a fan of or it just ends up good for them in the long run.
All PR is good PR is only something said when there's bad press by people who want to keep their jobs. And it isn't true. If it were everyone on /. would love Microsoft.
Well, it took me 2 seconds to type my question and get a response. That's 3 seconds I have to not be a smug asshole.
/slow clap
Have you forgotten that companies used to train their employees?
Companies still do, or at least the ones who've figured out that recruiting new talent is more expensive than training existing employees. The problem is that the skills companies need are changing more rapidly than before, and not everyone is willing to continuously learn. For example, there are a good number of PBX technicians who have an incredible wealth of knowledge, but only about a type of system on the decline. I have personally observed many of them not just ignoring, but actively resisting opportunities to learn about newer voice transport technologies. Their way is better, and the world is wrong. This is a terrible scenario for both the company and the employee. I've watched this type of thing play out over and over again during my career.
Exactly.
It's sad to see that Slashdot has become such a set of Corporate worshipers. Every cut, no matter how ridiculous it may be, brings out an army of people that say BULLSHIT like the O.P. here.
In less than a week there will be a whining post about how corporations can't get good help. Well, maybe you firing them after they help you succeed is part of the problem.
Hint: a lot of you people are taking corporations as if they have been handed down by God. They aren't.
The problem isn't finding people to hire. Unemployment rates show there's plenty of warm bodies around. The problem is finding people with skill sets and costs aligned to what the business needs. This isn't some sort of emotional worship of business. That's how trade worked before we invented currency.