They could have taken it down with the intent of replacing it with one that ACTUALLY works. I've found that if you choose the wrong audio setting you're completely locked out of the program with no hope of getting back in.
Don't bother trying to contact the Gizmo support guys since when you submit the trouble ticket you have to indicate that you're willing to pay for them to pay attention to you. "Gizmo5 Support is reserved for all paid users. To receive one-on-one support, you can purchase callout credit at: www.gizmo5.com/buy "
I'm REALLY hoping that Google replaces the entire staff with people that have a clue about supporting the product.
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Torrents don't work at work... Funny...neither do I...
I've owned my Insight for just over a year. I drive 70 miles (one way Manchester, CT. to Hudson, MA.) to work on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and every other Wednesday.
My personal best is 800 miles on a single 10 gallon tank. You just can't beat that.
"Whoop-de-doo. Guess what, the Honda Civic CRX HF got mileage in the mid 40s to lower 50s.
True enough, but that kind of mileage was the result of your everyday "I can get there before you / Get out of my way / Drive in the fast lane driver"
I drive a Honda Insight as my commuter car. These cars, when driven "like the rest of the morons doing 85mph on the road" can easily average 60 mpg. If I slow down just a little bit (55-60mph), I can easily manage 75 mpg and higher depending on the terrain. My personal best is 800 miles on a single 10 gallon tank along the hill filled I-84 corridor between Hartford, CT. and Worcester, MA. It's not the technology alone that's going to get us to a high mpg driving status. Attitudes and driving styles will have to change too.
..but halting research in progress due to restrictive "licensing" of a gene is something else. According to the article:
In Philadelphia, for instance, a university stopped testing 700 anxious women a year for a genetic predisposition to breast cancer because its lab was accused of violating a biotechnology company's patents.
IMO, this is complete ignorance. The stoppage of viable, in progress scientific testing by these companies is irresponible and neglectful of the people they are supposedly tring to "help".
I don't see much of a problem in patenting a particular gene sequence, but I don't think companies should be permitted to enforce a patent until a viable cure or product of that sequencing is made available. For instance:
I patent a gene sequence that will, arguably, allow for the 100% early detection and prevention of Down's Syndrome. While modern science may already know the gene sequence involved, work continues to isolate and test, sans patent restrictions. Once a viable procedeure has been validated and accepted, then and only then should patent restrictions be allowed to come into play.
Pros:
-Current research continues without worry or stoppage.
Cons:
The researchers of these projects would receive NO recognition for their work because it would immedeately be scooped up by the patent holder upon release.
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They could have taken it down with the intent of replacing it with one that ACTUALLY works. I've found that if you choose the wrong audio setting you're completely locked out of the program with no hope of getting back in.
Don't bother trying to contact the Gizmo support guys since when you submit the trouble ticket you have to indicate that you're willing to pay for them to pay attention to you. "Gizmo5 Support is reserved for all paid users. To receive one-on-one support, you can purchase callout credit at: www.gizmo5.com/buy "
I'm REALLY hoping that Google replaces the entire staff with people that have a clue about supporting the product.
I've owned my Insight for just over a year. I drive 70 miles (one way Manchester, CT. to Hudson, MA.) to work on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and every other Wednesday.
My personal best is 800 miles on a single 10 gallon tank. You just can't beat that.
Comfortable car.
Fun to drive.
A definate winner
Most definatly one of his MOST "memorable" stories ever. I haven't read it in 15 years, but I can still recall most of the gory details!
hehe...The scary thing is that I was able to follow every bit of that....
Now...if I can only figure out why my Poly Hard Mask tool is showing a 2 nanometer CD mismatch in Litho I'll be doing great!!!
"Whoop-de-doo. Guess what, the Honda Civic CRX HF got mileage in the mid 40s to lower 50s.
True enough, but that kind of mileage was the result of your everyday "I can get there before you / Get out of my way / Drive in the fast lane driver"
I drive a Honda Insight as my commuter car. These cars, when driven "like the rest of the morons doing 85mph on the road" can easily average 60 mpg. If I slow down just a little bit (55-60mph), I can easily manage 75 mpg and higher depending on the terrain. My personal best is 800 miles on a single 10 gallon tank along the hill filled I-84 corridor between Hartford, CT. and Worcester, MA. It's not the technology alone that's going to get us to a high mpg driving status. Attitudes and driving styles will have to change too.
It was hand carried through Intels's Hudson, MA. Fab in 16 days. Nothing was to stand in its way.
...set up a cron job that reboots the computer and fsck's the disk every other day.
..but halting research in progress due to restrictive "licensing" of a gene is something else. According to the article:
In Philadelphia, for instance, a university stopped testing 700 anxious women a year for a genetic predisposition to breast cancer because its lab was accused of violating a biotechnology company's patents.
IMO, this is complete ignorance. The stoppage of viable, in progress scientific testing by these companies is irresponible and neglectful of the people they are supposedly tring to "help".
I don't see much of a problem in patenting a particular gene sequence, but I don't think companies should be permitted to enforce a patent until a viable cure or product of that sequencing is made available. For instance:
I patent a gene sequence that will, arguably, allow for the 100% early detection and prevention of Down's Syndrome. While modern science may already know the gene sequence involved, work continues to isolate and test, sans patent restrictions. Once a viable procedeure has been validated and accepted, then and only then should patent restrictions be allowed to come into play.
Pros:
-Current research continues without worry or stoppage.
Cons:
The researchers of these projects would receive NO recognition for their work because it would immedeately be scooped up by the patent holder upon release.