I was once in a fight with an ENTIRE McDonalds night staff. They really tried to charge out the door and fight me and my friends. It was pretty funny as no one got hurt, but the attempt to contact McDonalds to complain became impossible. The phone line for complaints ended up with me contacting the manager who happened to be on duty that night. Other managers that worked there also protected their friends when we tried to go in during the day. There was going to be no way to get the attention of upper management unless I had gone through the police to file charges and presented those through legal procedures. We had spoken with the cops that night, and because one of my friends had stolen a pager during the fight ( this was a long time ago ), we basically declined pressing the issue that night to avoid him having charges pressed for taking,and me for the fact that the pager was hidden in my car.
The phone number doesnt get you far, as this is a company that is interested in selling 1$ sandwiches, and doesnt really need to protect its reputation.
This depends again on how you define the borders of the region. The proper city of Atlanta is a very small area, and it is predominantly black, although there are a lot of whites moving back. If you meet someone on a plane who doesnt feel like diving into the local specifics of their address, they may tell you that they are from Atlanta, when they are from a part of the 14 ( I think?) counties that make up the metro-Atlanta area. There was significant white flight to these counties in teh 70s and 80s, at the same time that the city was growing very rapidly... or I should say the metro area , as the city was shrinking in population. Until very recently the city was nearly dormant at night, as the people who worked there drove and hour or two back home every evening. This is now changing back to being a living city.
The majority black citizenry of the city has allowed the expected control of local politics, and the response from all the white flighters has been to attempt to avoid allowing state funds into the city as much as possible. The isolated area of majority population still suffers from the same minority status issues this way, so my point on defining the borders of the city still stands.
right now I have nearly 100 channels of infomercials, christianity, and shopping. I wouldnt miss most of this... i have to admit an odd affinity for the infomercials when I am drunk. There are less than 10 channels that hold our interest, and my wife and I are always ready to cut off the satellite for netflix and over the air at any time. Not having a la carte or very limited options is going to kill their revenue stream just the same when I finally get tired of the nonsense. The content providers need to be just as wary as the delivery companies.
I think that AMC and TCM are causing a stink with dish network right now also... so anyone who wants to watch walking dead is threatening to leave. Bonus to the content providers to time this together. The bundling really has to stop. I only want a la carte pricing anymore.
I have some of these near my house. I can barely hear them on a good day, due to distance and geography, and if the windows and doors are closed there is almost no chance of them getting my attention. If the wind is blowing enough to push the trees around then I have to go outside to listen for the sirens that would let me know that it is dangerous to be near doors or windows. Wonderful technology.
No need to be careful connecting the property tax dots. It is true that the money would be paid in any case, but it isnt as if people arent paying rent because they are illegal. Their money is paying for a residence, and money from that is paid in property taxes, and the people occupying that space are paying the EXACT same property tax for service that any other tenant would, legal or not. If there was a case that the home could/should/would be occupied by a legal resident then a case could be built, but there is quite a bit of space in this country.
The fact that these day labor pools do not care to inspect the paperwork does not mean that the IRS also skips on them. They may have piles of forged papers, but they are making money by supplying labor, and I am certain that when all receipts are counted, there are taxes paid per dollar/hour earned. This would be impacting local low skill jobs, except that it is extremely difficult to find legal citizens willing to do some of this. Last year Georgia started cracking down on farmers using migrant workers, and many farmers had to change crops to less labor intensive plants as they could not find help to harvest, even when offering what would be considered a very good days pay.
I dont even feel like taking a guess as to the amount of social security that is contributed that will never be seen from the person who earned it, but it has to be significant.
For the last point, there are estimated 11 million illegal immigrants (as of jan 2010, as per immigation statistics provided by homeland security). Many of these will be making under 30000 dollars, along with nearly half of the legal population (150 million) . While this is a sink, it is not so extreme as people paint it, and it is only a small percentage of the same drag provided by citizens.
I love the sig btw, but in my age I cant remember if that is Atari or C64 .
this is always confusing to me. People here illegally live somewhere. They have to at least pay rent, and at some point, the landlord or property owner is paying property taxes. This funds local government and schools, and seems to me that is just as much of a contribution to those as any other non-home-owning tenant. Also, working does often require a tax id or ssn. These are often forged or stolen for illegal workers. There is tax paid on the money earned, but it is credited to someone else who actually owns the ID being used. The illegal immigrant will never recoup the social security paid in this way.
you absolutely can control targetted malware like this in teh same way that you control nuclear weapons. The exact same way, in fact. Even if you have it and test it, you never take the thing out of the box.
working holiday indeed! serious cash to be made in that field, and then you will never feel like you are selling yourself out when you have to compromise your principles throughout your corporate career.
the changes seem to be radiating backwards in this case. The users are becoming more attached to their portable devices, and the desktops are going to have to keep up with compatibility. Microsoft is not in the position ( yet, and hopefully to remain.. so i see your point) to drive the utilization of these devices, as more and more companies are allowing users to supply their own toys.
true, but there needs to be some form of visionary in place to realise the new direction that the entire market wants to go in, and then be capable of providing it. I dont think that MS is going to provide a market leading visionary any time soon. Apple provided the ipod and iphone, both of which provided a fairly large change in a product as far as most people were concerned. For microsoft to pull this off, they are already too far behind on the tablets, and will need to redefine how we use the next pieces of technology.
Why would this happen? Today there are two players in the market that are well ahead of MS, and seem to be standing strong where MS is trying to break in. One of these players encourages a lot of free and open apps, and has plenty of hardware industry support as well as an original enabler of the entire platform with possibly deeper pockets than microsoft.
I would not expect a former monopoly holder on last decades technology who is well behind in the current fields to be able to re-assert itself into the same position as it had enjoyed previously.
I have a VOIP client on my n770, so technically I can use it as a phone. Stopped using it years ago however, so it doesnt matter what it could do if it isnt worth the effort to charge the thing
I had the N770, which was the little tablet that was everything but a phone. Coolest little toy that I had seen in a long time. When the iPhones came out, my wife laughed as it added the phone part of my neat little n770. Then , Nokia releases the n800, updates the OS, and offers no support for the previous piece of hardware. Then the n810 comes along, and mostly replaces the n800 , but at least the OS updates ( at first) remained available for both, and it seemed that both devices would remain useful.
The n900 comes along, and my mouth was watering... the phone was the 4th item on its feature list. The only thing holding me back was purchase price, and that only because I had no trust the Nokia would actually stand by the thing. I waited on it for a while to watch... and Maemo starts turning to Meego, the S60 nonsense is going on, and I was now convinced that money on this thing is lost if there is any intent to use it other than a platform for me to develop to for fun. Way too expensive for a fun only device.
Nokia killed themselves by never standing behind anything in this market.
I thought that the invention that BBN provided was the @ in the address. I worked there, and the lore came up a lot. I walked past the picture of the guy every day in the lobby ( which btw was the greated corp PR picture ever, he was lieing on his side, propped on an elbow ) . I even spoke with him at a christmas event ( but not about email) . I do know that even while this was done, it was seen as an obvious step. A symbol was needed that wasnt used often, so it wouldnt conflict with any names or such that already existed. Sending a message to a user at a different computer... OH SHIT... " AT " a different computer. As many have noted here, the passing around was alreayd taking place, but the shining usefulness was the @ , as that is what lets everyone know that a string means something, in the same way that a phone number or an SSN ( to USA-ians) is instantly recognizable. I dont see the need for the drama over the invention of something that was already happening.
I try to buy online, but keep getting screwed by these specific versions. I often dont even know about the version until teh first day of class when the syllabus is handed out. So, if I take the initiative to find the book before class starts, I get the added bonus of buying it again for a code. In saving money this way, I end up not having the book for several classes, and getting to buy the thing twice. I dont know why the summary says that this is not likely to happen, as it has happened to me three times in the last year.
One of these times it wasnt a code, but there is an "international" version of the same book that was available for $35 instead of $150. I bought it , and the prof said that the version had different questions in it, and the homework may not match up. No one knows who told him that , but I compared it to another student, and the questions were the same. I think it was the boilerplate answer to why a specific version was needed. I got to save the money on that one.
I just dont "surf" enough on my phone, as it is too slow. The connection is not that fast, even at "4g", and the processor in there doesnt really do much for me. If I am browsing something on the phone, it is very specific. I rarely find myself simply killing time browsing on the phone, let alone following links. I am far too impatient.
Until the data speeds are consistent I will only be willing to consider an ad from something on wifi or better.
i wasnt forced into the reader on the way to the article, although i did click from fb originally. it was just a pop-up that wanted me to install something that I am sure would require me to give access to friends of friends to be able to do the same thing that I did that morning. Not a big deal really, but annoying, and it makes sense that everyone is building these "apps" if facebook is pushing a store.
I normally do the actions in the oatmeal strip from the AC above this. just close out and search for the title and view outside of any fb overview.
I tried to read an article from wall street journal, and I get a damn pop-up telling me that I am able to install their facebook reader app. As I wasnt sure why I couldnt just read the article at wsj.com using my "browser app" I just closed the tab and went on with my life. I am pretty sure I didnt lose out on much. If they really want me to share with my friends, I will, as long as the article is something I feel like sharing and discussing. Just because I look at something doesnt mean that it should be publicized and tracked.
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I was once in a fight with an ENTIRE McDonalds night staff. They really tried to charge out the door and fight me and my friends. It was pretty funny as no one got hurt, but the attempt to contact McDonalds to complain became impossible. The phone line for complaints ended up with me contacting the manager who happened to be on duty that night. Other managers that worked there also protected their friends when we tried to go in during the day. There was going to be no way to get the attention of upper management unless I had gone through the police to file charges and presented those through legal procedures. We had spoken with the cops that night, and because one of my friends had stolen a pager during the fight ( this was a long time ago ), we basically declined pressing the issue that night to avoid him having charges pressed for taking ,and me for the fact that the pager was hidden in my car.
The phone number doesnt get you far, as this is a company that is interested in selling 1$ sandwiches, and doesnt really need to protect its reputation.
This depends again on how you define the borders of the region. The proper city of Atlanta is a very small area, and it is predominantly black, although there are a lot of whites moving back. If you meet someone on a plane who doesnt feel like diving into the local specifics of their address, they may tell you that they are from Atlanta, when they are from a part of the 14 ( I think?) counties that make up the metro-Atlanta area. There was significant white flight to these counties in teh 70s and 80s, at the same time that the city was growing very rapidly ... or I should say the metro area , as the city was shrinking in population. Until very recently the city was nearly dormant at night, as the people who worked there drove and hour or two back home every evening. This is now changing back to being a living city.
The majority black citizenry of the city has allowed the expected control of local politics, and the response from all the white flighters has been to attempt to avoid allowing state funds into the city as much as possible. The isolated area of majority population still suffers from the same minority status issues this way, so my point on defining the borders of the city still stands.
right now I have nearly 100 channels of infomercials, christianity, and shopping. I wouldnt miss most of this ... i have to admit an odd affinity for the infomercials when I am drunk. There are less than 10 channels that hold our interest, and my wife and I are always ready to cut off the satellite for netflix and over the air at any time. Not having a la carte or very limited options is going to kill their revenue stream just the same when I finally get tired of the nonsense. The content providers need to be just as wary as the delivery companies.
I think that AMC and TCM are causing a stink with dish network right now also... so anyone who wants to watch walking dead is threatening to leave. Bonus to the content providers to time this together. The bundling really has to stop. I only want a la carte pricing anymore.
I think google left that part out also.
you are thinking very wrong. Every bit of your comment becomes incorrect the moment you decided to apply your own definition of "free market".
I have some of these near my house. I can barely hear them on a good day, due to distance and geography, and if the windows and doors are closed there is almost no chance of them getting my attention. If the wind is blowing enough to push the trees around then I have to go outside to listen for the sirens that would let me know that it is dangerous to be near doors or windows. Wonderful technology.
No need to be careful connecting the property tax dots. It is true that the money would be paid in any case, but it isnt as if people arent paying rent because they are illegal. Their money is paying for a residence, and money from that is paid in property taxes, and the people occupying that space are paying the EXACT same property tax for service that any other tenant would, legal or not. If there was a case that the home could/should/would be occupied by a legal resident then a case could be built, but there is quite a bit of space in this country.
The fact that these day labor pools do not care to inspect the paperwork does not mean that the IRS also skips on them. They may have piles of forged papers, but they are making money by supplying labor, and I am certain that when all receipts are counted, there are taxes paid per dollar/hour earned. This would be impacting local low skill jobs, except that it is extremely difficult to find legal citizens willing to do some of this. Last year Georgia started cracking down on farmers using migrant workers, and many farmers had to change crops to less labor intensive plants as they could not find help to harvest, even when offering what would be considered a very good days pay.
I dont even feel like taking a guess as to the amount of social security that is contributed that will never be seen from the person who earned it, but it has to be significant.
For the last point, there are estimated 11 million illegal immigrants (as of jan 2010, as per immigation statistics provided by homeland security). Many of these will be making under 30000 dollars, along with nearly half of the legal population (150 million) . While this is a sink, it is not so extreme as people paint it, and it is only a small percentage of the same drag provided by citizens.
I love the sig btw, but in my age I cant remember if that is Atari or C64 .
exactly.
Everyone in the loop knows that the SSN is fake.
this is always confusing to me. People here illegally live somewhere. They have to at least pay rent, and at some point, the landlord or property owner is paying property taxes. This funds local government and schools, and seems to me that is just as much of a contribution to those as any other non-home-owning tenant. Also, working does often require a tax id or ssn. These are often forged or stolen for illegal workers. There is tax paid on the money earned, but it is credited to someone else who actually owns the ID being used. The illegal immigrant will never recoup the social security paid in this way.
you absolutely can control targetted malware like this in teh same way that you control nuclear weapons. The exact same way, in fact. Even if you have it and test it, you never take the thing out of the box.
great, the year of the linux desktop is the same year that the desktop has become irrelevant.
working holiday indeed! serious cash to be made in that field, and then you will never feel like you are selling yourself out when you have to compromise your principles throughout your corporate career.
the changes seem to be radiating backwards in this case. The users are becoming more attached to their portable devices, and the desktops are going to have to keep up with compatibility. Microsoft is not in the position ( yet, and hopefully to remain.. so i see your point) to drive the utilization of these devices, as more and more companies are allowing users to supply their own toys.
true, but there needs to be some form of visionary in place to realise the new direction that the entire market wants to go in, and then be capable of providing it. I dont think that MS is going to provide a market leading visionary any time soon. Apple provided the ipod and iphone, both of which provided a fairly large change in a product as far as most people were concerned. For microsoft to pull this off, they are already too far behind on the tablets, and will need to redefine how we use the next pieces of technology.
Why would this happen? Today there are two players in the market that are well ahead of MS, and seem to be standing strong where MS is trying to break in. One of these players encourages a lot of free and open apps, and has plenty of hardware industry support as well as an original enabler of the entire platform with possibly deeper pockets than microsoft.
I would not expect a former monopoly holder on last decades technology who is well behind in the current fields to be able to re-assert itself into the same position as it had enjoyed previously.
fun .
Q: why did the hipster burn his tongue?
A: because he drank his tea before it was cool
so both of these concepts are equally close , and share 99% of their content with each other?
I have a VOIP client on my n770, so technically I can use it as a phone. Stopped using it years ago however, so it doesnt matter what it could do if it isnt worth the effort to charge the thing
I had the N770, which was the little tablet that was everything but a phone. Coolest little toy that I had seen in a long time. When the iPhones came out, my wife laughed as it added the phone part of my neat little n770. Then , Nokia releases the n800, updates the OS, and offers no support for the previous piece of hardware. Then the n810 comes along, and mostly replaces the n800 , but at least the OS updates ( at first) remained available for both, and it seemed that both devices would remain useful.
The n900 comes along, and my mouth was watering... the phone was the 4th item on its feature list. The only thing holding me back was purchase price, and that only because I had no trust the Nokia would actually stand by the thing. I waited on it for a while to watch... and Maemo starts turning to Meego, the S60 nonsense is going on, and I was now convinced that money on this thing is lost if there is any intent to use it other than a platform for me to develop to for fun. Way too expensive for a fun only device.
Nokia killed themselves by never standing behind anything in this market.
I thought that the invention that BBN provided was the @ in the address. I worked there, and the lore came up a lot. I walked past the picture of the guy every day in the lobby ( which btw was the greated corp PR picture ever, he was lieing on his side, propped on an elbow ) . I even spoke with him at a christmas event ( but not about email) . I do know that even while this was done, it was seen as an obvious step. A symbol was needed that wasnt used often, so it wouldnt conflict with any names or such that already existed. Sending a message to a user at a different computer... OH SHIT ... " AT " a different computer. As many have noted here, the passing around was alreayd taking place, but the shining usefulness was the @ , as that is what lets everyone know that a string means something, in the same way that a phone number or an SSN ( to USA-ians) is instantly recognizable. I dont see the need for the drama over the invention of something that was already happening.
I try to buy online, but keep getting screwed by these specific versions. I often dont even know about the version until teh first day of class when the syllabus is handed out. So, if I take the initiative to find the book before class starts, I get the added bonus of buying it again for a code. In saving money this way, I end up not having the book for several classes, and getting to buy the thing twice. I dont know why the summary says that this is not likely to happen, as it has happened to me three times in the last year.
One of these times it wasnt a code, but there is an "international" version of the same book that was available for $35 instead of $150. I bought it , and the prof said that the version had different questions in it, and the homework may not match up. No one knows who told him that , but I compared it to another student, and the questions were the same. I think it was the boilerplate answer to why a specific version was needed. I got to save the money on that one.
I just dont "surf" enough on my phone, as it is too slow. The connection is not that fast, even at "4g", and the processor in there doesnt really do much for me. If I am browsing something on the phone, it is very specific. I rarely find myself simply killing time browsing on the phone, let alone following links. I am far too impatient.
Until the data speeds are consistent I will only be willing to consider an ad from something on wifi or better.
i wasnt forced into the reader on the way to the article, although i did click from fb originally. it was just a pop-up that wanted me to install something that I am sure would require me to give access to friends of friends to be able to do the same thing that I did that morning. Not a big deal really, but annoying, and it makes sense that everyone is building these "apps" if facebook is pushing a store.
I normally do the actions in the oatmeal strip from the AC above this. just close out and search for the title and view outside of any fb overview.
I tried to read an article from wall street journal, and I get a damn pop-up telling me that I am able to install their facebook reader app. As I wasnt sure why I couldnt just read the article at wsj.com using my "browser app" I just closed the tab and went on with my life. I am pretty sure I didnt lose out on much. If they really want me to share with my friends, I will, as long as the article is something I feel like sharing and discussing. Just because I look at something doesnt mean that it should be publicized and tracked.