No, they are not just as good. A degree from Harvard will open a lot of doors. Not only because of the reputation, but also because of the alumni network.
So it's an expensive popularity contest. He was talking about the quality of education.
Dunno about most people but when I hear Harvard I think rich, not smart.
Tane tried to pay but Google wouldn't take checks for less than $10.
Most of the world doesn't take checks for more than $10 either. What kind of archaic payment methods do you use in the USA? Don't you have a bill payment system tied to the banking system that can simply take care of such thing with a simple key press?
If I need to send 1c to a company to pay a bill I just jump on my banking website, click pay bill, type in a biller code and 1c and done.
The only point where this fails is when they owe me money. Then they normally revert to standard methods like bank transfer or credit card refunds.
When I last moved I switched from BT to virgin. BT sent me a check for £1.15 which I cashed because fuck 'em.
A few days ago, I happened to be reading something online and paused and said you myself aloud, "Are you serious?"
And suddenly, my iPhone — which was far across the room and plugged in — lit up and Siri asked me what I wanted.
Apparently, "Are you serious" sounds like "Hey, Siri."
Jesus, at least read the fucking summary if you aren't going to read the article.
Maybe I would read them if they weren't huge blocks of text.
Huge blocks of text? Yeah the editors here need some work but that's a paragraph. If your attention span can't make it through a single paragraph or even see one without running scared maybe you should be in the thread about that girl who struggles to button her shirt without getting distracted.
Do what, sit around longing for how things used to be while shouting at the kids using their new fangled gadgets? Or maybe learning to spell in the pleb way like you.
Sometimes I like to sit on the porch in the evenings, light a Coleman lantern, and just enjoy the relaxing glow.
Fuckin' hardcore! So your dad is 96, so I'm going to guess you're at least 60. Probably still have a crt and connect to those internets via AOL dial up and this is about the most modern site you can access?
Considering her past writing, particularly the smear job she and her then husband did on Kevin Mitnick, it is likely that the whole story is a fabrication to generate an article for publication.
Well they must have done it one sentence a day seeing as how monumental an effort changing the bed is according to her.
I think the "logic" is that they own it as they had some "experts" check it(for a cheque)..
Most journal reviewers don't get paid for their work. They own it because you cede the copyright.
In fact, the writer pays for the curation, editing process and reputation of the publisher.
So why do they do it? Unless the publication has paid for the work to be done what legit claim could they have to profit from it? Why do all that work just to hand it over to a parasite?
For example, if I email my wife to let her know that I will be home late because of work I would not expect my employer to fire me for personal use of work email. However, if you tried to run a small business of eBay selling things through your work email then yes I would expect any employer would likely fire you for that!
And how would you expect the employer to know you are doing either? Because they have access to your work email and the ability to look through it. For example, say you work at super company x. You email your wife to say you'll be late or to get milk, some colleagues or even friends about non work related matter. Not really a big deal unless you take the piss. Now say rival company y comes to you and wants some trade secrets in exchange for bags of cash, you wouldn't dream of sending that from your work email would you? Obviously not because you already know that's not your email address and they have complete access. Now if you emailed the secrets from within work but from your own actual personal account they would have a lot harder time knowing what you were up to and no real right to access unless they had substantial other proof and went through a court.
So I'm going to assume they can and will read anything I do at work and act accordingly.
Yeah, shouldn't that be the base assumption? Even if it's not actively being monitored or has ever been it has the potential to be and can at least be checked up on.
>Right now if you're a contractor working in the public sector through a PSC you have the worst of both worlds; you don't get holiday or sick pay, pension, or other benefits but you *do* have to pay income tax and NI at permie rates.
If you're self employed who do you expect to pay you while you're on holiday or sick etc and why should you pay less tax? Those things aren't paid for out of tax and why should your NI be lower? Are you less likely to need the NHS somehow?
Get out of the UK while you still can, they are insolvent from mother to son, and will do anything to keep the gold plated boat floating when charles assumes command next year.
To where? The ship may be sinking but the sea is on fire.
Here are the most effective tools ever made to combat piracy: Steam, Netflix, Crunchyroll, Kickstarter, iTunes, etc etc.
Get my drift?
The more of those services there is, and while they still run under regional availability they will never get that far. Until those services are as one stop shop and easy to use and your torrent site of choice they can only do so much.
Look faggot, not all patent lawsuits are trolling. If prior art hasn't been demonstrated (it hasn't) and the patent covers something novel (it does), it's totally reasonable to sue and collect royalties. Get over yourself.
Having skimmed the patent, it's basically bullshit.
It is simply describing a possibly wireless device with an accelerometer, running some program.
This is, in 1999, exactly as any engineer would design a fall detection thing. It adds nothing to the knowledge of mankind, and in no way deserves protection.
It should not have passed the novelty test.
It basically tries to suck up anything remotely based on motion capture for input.
HOWEVER, with the news coverage, the guy says it is a mechanics who sent him a text message saying his vehicle would be disabled. Two very contradictory versions. If the dealer version is true, then the dealer should sue the guy for a few hundred thousand dollars for attacking its reputation. This would not prevent the guy from suing the financing company for illegally disabling his vehicle.
The facts, what people tell reporters and what reporters report and usually three distinct things.
The alternative for the dealer would have been sending this to collections, so this guy could have been harassed for some indefinite period of time. I am really not sure that is better but it was prior practice.
The alternative is not selling a car to someone who can't afford it for way more than it's worth so you can repossess it down the line, sell it again to someone else in the same boat and keep collecting the payments.
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No, they are not just as good. A degree from Harvard will open a lot of doors. Not only because of the reputation, but also because of the alumni network.
So it's an expensive popularity contest. He was talking about the quality of education.
Dunno about most people but when I hear Harvard I think rich, not smart.
Tane tried to pay but Google wouldn't take checks for less than $10.
Most of the world doesn't take checks for more than $10 either. What kind of archaic payment methods do you use in the USA? Don't you have a bill payment system tied to the banking system that can simply take care of such thing with a simple key press?
If I need to send 1c to a company to pay a bill I just jump on my banking website, click pay bill, type in a biller code and 1c and done.
The only point where this fails is when they owe me money. Then they normally revert to standard methods like bank transfer or credit card refunds.
When I last moved I switched from BT to virgin. BT sent me a check for £1.15 which I cashed because fuck 'em.
So? ... How is this Apples fault?
Because fuck apple.
A few days ago, I happened to be reading something online and paused and said you myself aloud, "Are you serious?" And suddenly, my iPhone — which was far across the room and plugged in — lit up and Siri asked me what I wanted. Apparently, "Are you serious" sounds like "Hey, Siri."
Yes, but, were they serious?
Ignore all voice commands over say 500hz.
Jesus, at least read the fucking summary if you aren't going to read the article.
Maybe I would read them if they weren't huge blocks of text.
Huge blocks of text? Yeah the editors here need some work but that's a paragraph. If your attention span can't make it through a single paragraph or even see one without running scared maybe you should be in the thread about that girl who struggles to button her shirt without getting distracted.
Do what, sit around longing for how things used to be while shouting at the kids using their new fangled gadgets? Or maybe learning to spell in the pleb way like you.
Sometimes I like to sit on the porch in the evenings, light a Coleman lantern, and just enjoy the relaxing glow.
Fuckin' hardcore! So your dad is 96, so I'm going to guess you're at least 60. Probably still have a crt and connect to those internets via AOL dial up and this is about the most modern site you can access?
Speak for yourself
Considering her past writing, particularly the smear job she and her then husband did on Kevin Mitnick, it is likely that the whole story is a fabrication to generate an article for publication.
Well they must have done it one sentence a day seeing as how monumental an effort changing the bed is according to her.
I think the "logic" is that they own it as they had some "experts" check it(for a cheque)..
Most journal reviewers don't get paid for their work. They own it because you cede the copyright. In fact, the writer pays for the curation, editing process and reputation of the publisher.
So why do they do it? Unless the publication has paid for the work to be done what legit claim could they have to profit from it? Why do all that work just to hand it over to a parasite?
For example, if I email my wife to let her know that I will be home late because of work I would not expect my employer to fire me for personal use of work email. However, if you tried to run a small business of eBay selling things through your work email then yes I would expect any employer would likely fire you for that!
And how would you expect the employer to know you are doing either? Because they have access to your work email and the ability to look through it. For example, say you work at super company x. You email your wife to say you'll be late or to get milk, some colleagues or even friends about non work related matter. Not really a big deal unless you take the piss. Now say rival company y comes to you and wants some trade secrets in exchange for bags of cash, you wouldn't dream of sending that from your work email would you? Obviously not because you already know that's not your email address and they have complete access. Now if you emailed the secrets from within work but from your own actual personal account they would have a lot harder time knowing what you were up to and no real right to access unless they had substantial other proof and went through a court.
So I'm going to assume they can and will read anything I do at work and act accordingly.
Yeah, shouldn't that be the base assumption? Even if it's not actively being monitored or has ever been it has the potential to be and can at least be checked up on.
>Right now if you're a contractor working in the public sector through a PSC you have the worst of both worlds; you don't get holiday or sick pay, pension, or other benefits but you *do* have to pay income tax and NI at permie rates.
If you're self employed who do you expect to pay you while you're on holiday or sick etc and why should you pay less tax? Those things aren't paid for out of tax and why should your NI be lower? Are you less likely to need the NHS somehow?
Get out of the UK while you still can, they are insolvent from mother to son, and will do anything to keep the gold plated boat floating when charles assumes command next year.
To where? The ship may be sinking but the sea is on fire.
Wow, you're even stupider than I realized.
You've exposed the chink in his armour.
Here are the most effective tools ever made to combat piracy: Steam, Netflix, Crunchyroll, Kickstarter, iTunes, etc etc. Get my drift?
The more of those services there is, and while they still run under regional availability they will never get that far. Until those services are as one stop shop and easy to use and your torrent site of choice they can only do so much.
Please mash the keyboard to order your typing wand.
Have laptops not been detecting falling situations from far before this came along?
The earliest reference I can find to hard drive fall sensors had IBM shipping them around 2032, so four years after this patent.
And 15 years after now?
Look faggot, not all patent lawsuits are trolling. If prior art hasn't been demonstrated (it hasn't) and the patent covers something novel (it does), it's totally reasonable to sue and collect royalties. Get over yourself.
Spot the guy from iLife.
Having skimmed the patent, it's basically bullshit. It is simply describing a possibly wireless device with an accelerometer, running some program. This is, in 1999, exactly as any engineer would design a fall detection thing. It adds nothing to the knowledge of mankind, and in no way deserves protection. It should not have passed the novelty test.
It basically tries to suck up anything remotely based on motion capture for input.
Fuck you n1gg3r. No apologies.
If you're going to be a racist cunt why bother masking it? Not like there's a filter or anything here.
HOWEVER, with the news coverage, the guy says it is a mechanics who sent him a text message saying his vehicle would be disabled. Two very contradictory versions. If the dealer version is true, then the dealer should sue the guy for a few hundred thousand dollars for attacking its reputation. This would not prevent the guy from suing the financing company for illegally disabling his vehicle.
The facts, what people tell reporters and what reporters report and usually three distinct things.
I can't believe you guys are arguing over the semantics of this.
You know this is /. right? Semantics are important, you have to choose the right shapes to get your point across.
The alternative for the dealer would have been sending this to collections, so this guy could have been harassed for some indefinite period of time. I am really not sure that is better but it was prior practice.
The alternative is not selling a car to someone who can't afford it for way more than it's worth so you can repossess it down the line, sell it again to someone else in the same boat and keep collecting the payments.