The old fluorescent lights gave a headache and teary eyes. I don't have a problem with CFL's. People react differently to the same stimuli, if it doesn't bother you it doesn't mean that it doesn't bother anyone else.
Now, I know it is not precisely WiFi but this study is intriguing... Maybe some people are affected by WFi.
I completely agree with you. I didn't mean Qt is bad, quite the contrary but Nokia reminds me of the old Jerry Pournelle byline "real soon now"...
A couple of weeks ago I had to tell a client, who swears Nokia makes the greatest telephones, that we would have to move the project to a different platform; haven't decided yet which but for me, short term, Nokia is out of the picture.
Funny timing, I'm uninstalling Qt and Symbian as I write...
I think Nokia has fumbled too long between Symbian and Meego and now Qt; one can't get a clear sense of where they are going and thus, as a developer I must move to greener pastures.
I was expelled from school for stating my opinions frankly and I got booted from my last job for the same reason. Between one incident and the other, more than 30 years passed, I will NOT learn to shut up
If you shut up before stronger opponents when you are right, then you have harmed the community where you live.
I always tell my daughters, "Better to live one minute standing up than a century on your knees"
May you live long and learn to stand up. It's not easy but it is what keeps the world from turning into a pit.
We exchanged some comments here at/. back in December but I got no reply to the follow up email I sent to you. Please drop me a line at jerry at elizondo-family.net to make sure I got your email address right.
Watch this TED Talk and ask the your question again, but of yourself.
This is happening now, TODAY, not one or two hundred years ago...
Are the Americans ready to honor the treaties their government signed or are they continue to ask: "What? It was only the effective way to win by conquest."
From one who spent 25+ years on hotel management in different places (USA, Mexico, Grand Cayman, Netherland Antilles, etc.) the "normal" commission earned by a bookie, be it a Wholesaler (Tour Operator), Retailer (Travel Agency) or Booking Engine, is 30%.
Some hotels limit that to 12-15% for certain markets in order to remain competitive, but generally, one third of the rack rate is the norm. That is why you should insist in getting a discount on rack rate, no matter how you book it. As we say in the industry, no one pays rack, except the foolish or desperate.
On the other hand, if your hotel shows less than 30% of Sales as GOP, you're doing something wrong...
Date: Fri, 2 May 1997 16:05:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: Keith Bostic
Subject: The dangers of taking a service droid off script
To:/dev/null@mongoose.bostic.com
So the 2.30p flight from San Jose to Seattle doesn't take off until 5p.
But that's a different story. The point is it's now 8pm: I'm tired, I'm
irritable, I'm hungry, I'm lazy. So I decide to avail myself of that
characteristically American service industry: The fast-food restaurant.
For reasons of privacy, I've changed the name of the establishment in
question and its star sandwich for the purpose of this narrative. Let's
call it "Burger Kong" and "The Whimper".
I arrive at the counter and order a Whimper with cheese combo.
There is an odd pause. A bad sign. Upon further examination, I realize
why: There is no "Whimper with cheese combo" on the menu. There's a
"Whimper combo" and a "Bacon Whimper with cheese combo", but no "Whimper
with cheese combo."
Burger Kong Droid: You mean a Bacon Whimper with cheese combo?
Me: No, just a regular Whimper with cheese combo.
BKD: You mean a Whimper combo?
Me: No, a Whimper with cheese combo.
The BKD is now very confused. So I decide to change my order to get the
ordeal over with.
Me: Nevermind. I'd like a Whimer combo. Number 2 on the menu.
The BKD's demeanor suddenly changes: I'm back on script! Thus relieved,
the BKD then asks the next question on the script, the question that
demonstrates why this story is being retold:
BKD: Would you like cheese on your Whimper?
Concentrate more on promoting than on demoting. The real goal here is to find the juicy good stuff and let others read it. Do not promote personal agendas. Do not let your opinions factor in. Try to be impartial about this. Simply disagreeing with a comment is not a valid reason to mark it down. Likewise, agreeing with a comment is not a valid reason to mark it up. The goal here is to share ideas. To sift through the haystack and find needles. And to keep the children who like to spam Slashdot in check.
It certainly does not. Perhaps he failed to read and abide by the Moderator Guidelines. Empahsis mine.
Make a note of my email address and drop me a line. I might be interested in working on something new.
I'm not rich by any definition of the word but I choose my projects depending on how interesting they are; I have over 30 years experience in IT and software development, so normally I can tell if something is worth doing or if there is too much competition or the market is too small or any other reasons why it is just not worth it.
The best thing is that if I find it interesting, I would work for a cut of the proceeds... so you don't need to put money up front.
I get, once in a while, people interested in buying into the "next-great-thing", so perhaps we can swap data and get investors together with the people with great software and charge them a percentage of the proceeds.
In my previous incarnation the Marketing DIrector would call me every couple of months about a great idea he had and when I tried to estimate a budget to turn the idea into tangible software, he would say "What? It's simple, you just push the BUTTONS on the computer and it gets DONE"
Let's try your theory: I have many great ideas, you put the money to develop them and we split the proceeds.
And your reasoning is why governments around the world are trying desperately to control the Internet; it changes the game and they might not come up on top anymore.
Why do they need secrecy? To agree to ACTA? Because they say one thing in public to their people and quite a different one to other governments?
If governments are to represents us, they need to talk to us with the truth and nothing but the truth.
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The old fluorescent lights gave a headache and teary eyes. I don't have a problem with CFL's. People react differently to the same stimuli, if it doesn't bother you it doesn't mean that it doesn't bother anyone else.
Now, I know it is not precisely WiFi but this study is intriguing... Maybe some people are affected by WFi.
Good eyesight in exchange for my brains...
Let's see, I've been using my brain for close to fifty years but been wearing glasses for 40+ years...
Yeah! Sign me up!
I completely agree with you. I didn't mean Qt is bad, quite the contrary but Nokia reminds me of the old Jerry Pournelle byline "real soon now"...
A couple of weeks ago I had to tell a client, who swears Nokia makes the greatest telephones, that we would have to move the project to a different platform; haven't decided yet which but for me, short term, Nokia is out of the picture.
Funny timing, I'm uninstalling Qt and Symbian as I write...
I think Nokia has fumbled too long between Symbian and Meego and now Qt; one can't get a clear sense of where they are going and thus, as a developer I must move to greener pastures.
Goodbye Nokia! Hello Android!
Sorry to tell you, that is the wrong way to go.
I was expelled from school for stating my opinions frankly and I got booted from my last job for the same reason. Between one incident and the other, more than 30 years passed, I will NOT learn to shut up
If you shut up before stronger opponents when you are right, then you have harmed the community where you live.
I always tell my daughters, "Better to live one minute standing up than a century on your knees"
May you live long and learn to stand up. It's not easy but it is what keeps the world from turning into a pit.
Hello Bruce:
We exchanged some comments here at /. back in December but I got no reply to the follow up email I sent to you. Please drop me a line at jerry at elizondo-family.net to make sure I got your email address right.
Thanks
Watch this TED Talk and ask the your question again, but of yourself.
This is happening now, TODAY, not one or two hundred years ago...
Are the Americans ready to honor the treaties their government signed or are they continue to ask: "What? It was only the effective way to win by conquest."
From one who spent 25+ years on hotel management in different places (USA, Mexico, Grand Cayman, Netherland Antilles, etc.) the "normal" commission earned by a bookie, be it a Wholesaler (Tour Operator), Retailer (Travel Agency) or Booking Engine, is 30%.
Some hotels limit that to 12-15% for certain markets in order to remain competitive, but generally, one third of the rack rate is the norm. That is why you should insist in getting a discount on rack rate, no matter how you book it. As we say in the industry, no one pays rack, except the foolish or desperate.
On the other hand, if your hotel shows less than 30% of Sales as GOP, you're doing something wrong...
Anonimous Coward comment notwhitstandig
Date: Fri, 2 May 1997 16:05:00 -0400 (EDT) /dev/null@mongoose.bostic.com
From: Keith Bostic
Subject: The dangers of taking a service droid off script
To:
So the 2.30p flight from San Jose to Seattle doesn't take off until 5p. But that's a different story. The point is it's now 8pm: I'm tired, I'm irritable, I'm hungry, I'm lazy. So I decide to avail myself of that characteristically American service industry: The fast-food restaurant.
For reasons of privacy, I've changed the name of the establishment in question and its star sandwich for the purpose of this narrative. Let's call it "Burger Kong" and "The Whimper".
I arrive at the counter and order a Whimper with cheese combo.
There is an odd pause. A bad sign. Upon further examination, I realize why: There is no "Whimper with cheese combo" on the menu. There's a "Whimper combo" and a "Bacon Whimper with cheese combo", but no "Whimper with cheese combo."
Burger Kong Droid: You mean a Bacon Whimper with cheese combo?
Me: No, just a regular Whimper with cheese combo.
BKD: You mean a Whimper combo?
Me: No, a Whimper with cheese combo.
The BKD is now very confused. So I decide to change my order to get the ordeal over with.
Me: Nevermind. I'd like a Whimer combo. Number 2 on the menu.
The BKD's demeanor suddenly changes: I'm back on script! Thus relieved, the BKD then asks the next question on the script, the question that demonstrates why this story is being retold:
BKD: Would you like cheese on your Whimper?
Found at Yuks Digest years ago
It certainly does not. Perhaps he failed to read and abide by the Moderator Guidelines. Empahsis mine.
Please, if you are going to close a money-losing operation, you can do it in november. Why keep it going just another couple of weeks?
Now, if another couple of weeks makes no difference, then close it down after Xmas
3 - Profit!!
Sorry pal, if you're posting on /. on Friday afternoon you must be as bored as I am
I'm not denying your experience with such sites but perhaps, maybe, you expected too much of them.
I've have done a couple of components (never an entire project) with people hired through Elance and I had good results.
Before you say my standards are low, I'll tell you that they are not; after all, it's me facing the customer.
You're welcome.
Make a note of my email address and drop me a line. I might be interested in working on something new.
I'm not rich by any definition of the word but I choose my projects depending on how interesting they are; I have over 30 years experience in IT and software development, so normally I can tell if something is worth doing or if there is too much competition or the market is too small or any other reasons why it is just not worth it.
The best thing is that if I find it interesting, I would work for a cut of the proceeds... so you don't need to put money up front.
Well that's a business.
I get, once in a while, people interested in buying into the "next-great-thing", so perhaps we can swap data and get investors together with the people with great software and charge them a percentage of the proceeds.
BTW, I'm not joking.
Clearly you are a marketroid!
In my previous incarnation the Marketing DIrector would call me every couple of months about a great idea he had and when I tried to estimate a budget to turn the idea into tangible software, he would say "What? It's simple, you just push the BUTTONS on the computer and it gets DONE"
Let's try your theory: I have many great ideas, you put the money to develop them and we split the proceeds.
Yes, it does exist: Elance
If you can imagine it, then someone has already done it or is working on it
Forget spying. Any middle to high rank politician knows he's under surveillance by his own government, his political opponents, other governments.
What scares me is getting "biometric data" on them. What for? To impersonate them?
Hear, hear!
Apparently the US elected a new president "Obushabama"
I so disappointed, I could cry
Very good piece indeed.
And your reasoning is why governments around the world are trying desperately to control the Internet; it changes the game and they might not come up on top anymore.
Why do they need secrecy? To agree to ACTA? Because they say one thing in public to their people and quite a different one to other governments?
If governments are to represents us, they need to talk to us with the truth and nothing but the truth.
So are they ready to abide by the Fort Laramie treaties or do you mean something else?
Amen brother!
Good lord! You can't charge with treason a foreign national, he owes NO loyalty to the U.S!
Get your arguments in order before posting!
You mean 'Canadians' as in northern gringos?
Sorry to pull your leg, I live in México but according to our mutual neighbors, I live in Central America.
As for copyright or other messages in genetically modified organisms, it has been done before.