I'm not a Vonage customer myself so I must ask: what kind of agreement did Vonage have with their customers? Was it a signed paper agreement or one of those signatures where you type your name on a webpage? If they signed an agreement then yes they're probably in trouble. Erik
The other side of this is, in theory: if my state awarded company X an amount of Y dollars (or perhaps tax relief for the first Y dollars) in order to help it propser as a new enterprise, as well as create jobs for ppl in the surrounding city, I wouldn't want that grant money to be used to pay someone who doesn't even live in the surroundings and does his job over the internet. When grants are awarded to companies, they aren't simply awarded so that company can make money, but they are given to those companies with the intention that:
- The company X will eventually make money and pay taxes back to the state - The company X will hire people in the surrounding which will help decrease un-employment - People who are being payed by company X pay taxes to the state (the one which granted the money in the first place)
I, on the other hand believe they are on the right track. You have to realize the group of ppl who are responsible for this project even admitted themselves as said in the article the prototype was somewhat "simplistic". This for them is a proof of concept to perhaps do a bit of research see if ppl would adopt such a technology. Once they've got their things going and perhaps some ppl convinced about their idea ready to invest they could buy some of these babies.
Erik
For anyone who wants to enter the IT industry, a tech support job is a great start. If the company has it's own technical support group in-house, you get a chance to meet all the big honchoes of the company and you get to learn and understand their vision, even if you're not hired at the position you really wanted (ie: network or system admin). Level1 technical support is commonly used as a stepping-stone so one can create relationships with managers at the company and eventually maybe VIPs, which will help them get their future position. All of this is very obvious to employers, and so they take advantage of it. Although having a small turn-over rate at a company is a very good thing (you get to retain your employees longer, which become more and more familiar with their co-workers, which usually (I did say usually) should lead to a more calmer, better atmosphere at the office) it seems like some companies just don't care. In particular, those companies that are offering in the 7-9$/hr range. I once interviewed for a level1 support job for Microsoft in Toronto and they were actually offering me $2.00/hr less then my current position at a diff company (my current position was customer support, so I already wasn't making much money... For MS I was interviewing for tech support). Although working for Microsoft would of been a great opportunity/adventure, I just could'nt take the scale-back in pay. To me, it seemed like they were targetting young adults (possibly someone who just graduated from community college?) still living with mom and dad which means the young adult wouldn't pay any food or rent.
Well if they leave their SSID as "Linksys" and said intruder happens to have a huge collection of exploits for diff routers I guess you'll just be making the task easier for him to figure out which of is 0day exploits will work:P
There are some might be a big fan and would like to have the lasteast and the greatest before the rest of their friends so they can be the first one to see the movie without having the plot spoiled by some moron who opens his yap. I'm not one of them but those type of people will never stop downloading.
I agree, your line "How many lives does a feature have to save before it should be required equipment?"
has been said too many times and given as an example already too often. The problem here is the same problem as with most of the situations. It's the benjamins (bills) that ppl are addicted too, therefore the goal most of the time is probaly in this order:
- To produce something which ppl will like first of all - Produce something that meets saftey standards - Make it as cheap as possible while still meeting requirements
There are lots of different laws and some are just meant to be broken, ie: downloading MP3s.
or how about how the fact it's common practice in I'm sure more then 50% to always drive the posted speed-limit +10km/h as a minimum, or how about smoking weed. Should you have a criminal record because you smoked weed? There are alot of questionable laws out there.
She didn't go out and buy any of the music, which is why she's now paying a settlement since she got caught for copyright infrigment. You were obviously half a-sleep when you read the article.
I'm no lawyer, but anyone with common sense (and one who sits infront of a judge hopes the judge will have some, if any) would realize that dropping out of college is a non-logical choice. It will diminuish your chances of having a safe financial future, which makes you even less likely to be able to pay that fine. Having students dropping out of college or switching over to community college should NOT be considered as a valid option.
Better then getting a "file not found" which is what happened to me the first two or three times I clicked on the link to read further in the article. Then all of a sudden your comment appeared and I could Read comments again.
Actually, users can use the bugme not service [bugmenot.com] to get a free login/pass for chicagotribune. The first one off the top of the list worked for me.
If you would carefully read the complete article I spoke about golden palace's advertisement stunts, which AIRED ON TV MULTIPLE TIMES. I must of heard of at least 2 or 3 objects they bought on eBay(a grilled cheese with the virgin mary printed in it) and I can't remember the rest, but the point is those stunts wered talked about on TV, not just a random blog on the web. Google, if getting attention on TV, is in regards of it's success. They might say that the founders of Google are ivy league college students, blah blah blah. But to the average consumer who's not in the financial line of work, that crap isn't interesting to them. Now, if you start talking about a company who payed 5000$ for a grilled cheese, that will surely grab their attention, because like most ppl they most likely wanted to know what that grilled cheese had which was so special. Lots of my friends who don't own computers are very aware eBay exists, and they get me to buy parts for them. If you would ask them about any other auction sites, probably 9/10 if not all of them wouldn't really know what to say cuz eBay is the big player in the game to beat.
If you've looked at eBay, there is more then just the buy-it-now auction type. There are multiple auction types depending on what type of items you're selling. As far as eBay being singled out, I admit there are other auction sites which are probably doing as good, but none of them are as well known to common luser as eBay. Now think about searchh engines... Doesn't Google feel that same type of way? even ppl who don't own computers know what google is. That's called visibility. Google going in the business of running an auction site, it has alot of visibility compared to other auction sites competing with eBay, not because it's better established (it's not even open yet, no customer-base) but because they're already getting lots of visits at their page b/c of their search engine services.
The conclusion is that you can offer the best product in the world but if you have no visibility to your target audience, you won't sell.
Don't forget that eBay already has a HUGE customer-base established, in addition to having some odd categories which I never thought would get any attention but looking at the listings there's quite a few items already:P Not to mention that thanks to goldenpalace's advertisement stunts (ie: buying odd objects off eBay for exorbitent prices) eBay already got a pretty good spotlight on TV. Two things to keep in mind here:
- When buying the shop that has lots of selection will hold lower prices - As a seller, I'm looking to get maximum exposure when I sell something.
Those two factors, I believe, will give google a pretty good run.
Our computer, our internet account we pay for: If we don't want ads, we won't get them, enough said. Just like the Tivo subscribers who bought the box with a lifetime subscription instead of paying monthly... They shouldn't be forced ads thru their set-top box.
That's because the point of getting you to do puzzle is to see how well you handle wierd situations and/or a changing environment. Also shows how creative you are I guess, and how good of a team player you are (you'll be up for any challenges, regardless how ridiculous it is?) Some people would of probably acted very puzzled (no pun intended) towards being asked to assmble one, which would of not been the reaction the interviewer was looking for.
PS: Battery life is more like 5 days (although the site says 8) of standby, and 3hrs of talktime
How about I rob a bank and buy myself a Ferrari? I won't get in trouble will I? After all, they can't expect a poor guy like me to have enough money to buy one of those right away. I'll just have to save my money and eventually be able to buy one legally.
Proof that democracy DOES exist on slashdot. Enough ppl complained and they removed it, hooray! I can tell you I have a good enough eye-sight (don't wear glasses, don't need 'em as of 3 months ago). Some images were tougher to read then others. At least 2 out of 6 times I just couldn't read the image
This is great, hooray for iTunes but it could still improve. As for an example, if I pay for all these songs and my computer would happen to crash, and it would just happen that I don't have a backup copy, I've essentially payed for something I don't have anymore. This is one of the downsides I believe in downloading from iTune. If I loose an MP3 that I've downloaded from Kazaa, who cares, I'll waste another 30 seconds and download it again. On the other side, iTune is great for reasons such as:
- Great bitrate - Songs are complete, CD songs. Not shortened version (like missing intro) - You support groups that you like
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I'm not a Vonage customer myself so I must ask: what kind of agreement did Vonage have with their customers? Was it a signed paper agreement or one of those signatures where you type your name on a webpage? If they signed an agreement then yes they're probably in trouble.
Erik
The other side of this is, in theory: if my state awarded company X an amount of Y dollars (or perhaps tax relief for the first Y dollars) in order to help it propser as a new enterprise, as well as create jobs for ppl in the surrounding city, I wouldn't want that grant money to be used to pay someone who doesn't even live in the surroundings and does his job over the internet. When grants are awarded to companies, they aren't simply awarded so that company can make money, but they are given to those companies with the intention that:
- The company X will eventually make money and pay taxes back to the state
- The company X will hire people in the surrounding which will help decrease un-employment
- People who are being payed by company X pay taxes to the state (the one which granted the money in the first place)
If you wanna play it safe I'll take your job :)
Erik
I, on the other hand believe they are on the right track. You have to realize the group of ppl who are responsible for this project even admitted themselves as said in the article the prototype was somewhat "simplistic". This for them is a proof of concept to perhaps do a bit of research see if ppl would adopt such a technology. Once they've got their things going and perhaps some ppl convinced about their idea ready to invest they could buy some of these babies. Erik
For anyone who wants to enter the IT industry, a tech support job is a great start. If the company has it's own technical support group in-house, you get a chance to meet all the big honchoes of the company and you get to learn and understand their vision, even if you're not hired at the position you really wanted (ie: network or system admin). Level1 technical support is commonly used as a stepping-stone so one can create relationships with managers at the company and eventually maybe VIPs, which will help them get their future position. All of this is very obvious to employers, and so they take advantage of it. Although having a small turn-over rate at a company is a very good thing (you get to retain your employees longer, which become more and more familiar with their co-workers, which usually (I did say usually) should lead to a more calmer, better atmosphere at the office) it seems like some companies just don't care. In particular, those companies that are offering in the 7-9$/hr range. I once interviewed for a level1 support job for Microsoft in Toronto and they were actually offering me $2.00/hr less then my current position at a diff company (my current position was customer support, so I already wasn't making much money... For MS I was interviewing for tech support). Although working for Microsoft would of been a great opportunity/adventure, I just could'nt take the scale-back in pay. To me, it seemed like they were targetting young adults (possibly someone who just graduated from community college?) still living with mom and dad which means the young adult wouldn't pay any food or rent.
Well if they leave their SSID as "Linksys" and said intruder happens to have a huge collection of exploits for diff routers I guess you'll just be making the task easier for him to figure out which of is 0day exploits will work :P
There are some might be a big fan and would like to have the lasteast and the greatest before the rest of their friends so they can be the first one to see the movie without having the plot spoiled by some moron who opens his yap. I'm not one of them but those type of people will never stop downloading.
Erik
I agree, your line "How many lives does a feature have to save before it should be required equipment?"
has been said too many times and given as an example already too often. The problem here is the same problem as with most of the situations. It's the benjamins (bills) that ppl are addicted too, therefore the goal most of the time is probaly in this order:
- To produce something which ppl will like first of all
- Produce something that meets saftey standards
- Make it as cheap as possible while still meeting requirements
Erik
*belt strap*
What happened to carrying your phone in your pockets instead of having it out on your belt buckle, that should let you walk right thru as well.
Erik
There are lots of different laws and some are just meant to be broken, ie: downloading MP3s.
or how about how the fact it's common practice in I'm sure more then 50% to always drive the posted speed-limit +10km/h as a minimum, or how about smoking weed. Should you have a criminal record because you smoked weed? There are alot of questionable laws out there.
Erik
She didn't go out and buy any of the music, which is why she's now paying a settlement since she got caught for copyright infrigment. You were obviously half a-sleep when you read the article.
Erik
I'm no lawyer, but anyone with common sense (and one who sits infront of a judge hopes the judge will have some, if any) would realize that dropping out of college is a non-logical choice. It will diminuish your chances of having a safe financial future, which makes you even less likely to be able to pay that fine. Having students dropping out of college or switching over to community college should NOT be considered as a valid option.
Better then getting a "file not found" which is what happened to me the first two or three times I clicked on the link to read further in the article. Then all of a sudden your comment appeared and I could Read comments again.
Actually, users can use the bugme not service [bugmenot.com] to get a free login/pass for chicagotribune. The first one off the top of the list worked for me.
If you would carefully read the complete article I spoke about golden palace's advertisement stunts, which AIRED ON TV MULTIPLE TIMES. I must of heard of at least 2 or 3 objects they bought on eBay(a grilled cheese with the virgin mary printed in it) and I can't remember the rest, but the point is those stunts wered talked about on TV, not just a random blog on the web. Google, if getting attention on TV, is in regards of it's success. They might say that the founders of Google are ivy league college students, blah blah blah. But to the average consumer who's not in the financial line of work, that crap isn't interesting to them. Now, if you start talking about a company who payed 5000$ for a grilled cheese, that will surely grab their attention, because like most ppl they most likely wanted to know what that grilled cheese had which was so special. Lots of my friends who don't own computers are very aware eBay exists, and they get me to buy parts for them. If you would ask them about any other auction sites, probably 9/10 if not all of them wouldn't really know what to say cuz eBay is the big player in the game to beat.
If you've looked at eBay, there is more then just the buy-it-now auction type. There are multiple auction types depending on what type of items you're selling. As far as eBay being singled out, I admit there are other auction sites which are probably doing as good, but none of them are as well known to common luser as eBay. Now think about searchh engines... Doesn't Google feel that same type of way? even ppl who don't own computers know what google is. That's called visibility. Google going in the business of running an auction site, it has alot of visibility compared to other auction sites competing with eBay, not because it's better established (it's not even open yet, no customer-base) but because they're already getting lots of visits at their page b/c of their search engine services.
The conclusion is that you can offer the best product in the world but if you have no visibility to your target audience, you won't sell.
Erik
Don't forget that eBay already has a HUGE customer-base established, in addition to having some odd categories which I never thought would get any attention but looking at the listings there's quite a few items already :P Not to mention that thanks to goldenpalace's advertisement stunts (ie: buying odd objects off eBay for exorbitent prices) eBay already got a pretty good spotlight on TV. Two things to keep in mind here:
- When buying the shop that has lots of selection will hold lower prices
- As a seller, I'm looking to get maximum exposure when I sell something.
Those two factors, I believe, will give google a pretty good run.
Erik
Something simillar to this was already done over a year ago at a club for example [cnn.com]. Old news
Our computer, our internet account we pay for: If we don't want ads, we won't get them, enough said. Just like the Tivo subscribers who bought the box with a lifetime subscription instead of paying monthly... They shouldn't be forced ads thru their set-top box.
Erik
You don't get it, the whole point is to see how creative people can be.
Erik
That's because the point of getting you to do puzzle is to see how well you handle wierd situations and/or a changing environment. Also shows how creative you are I guess, and how good of a team player you are (you'll be up for any challenges, regardless how ridiculous it is?) Some people would of probably acted very puzzled (no pun intended) towards being asked to assmble one, which would of not been the reaction the interviewer was looking for.
PS: Battery life is more like 5 days (although the site says 8) of standby, and 3hrs of talktime
How about I rob a bank and buy myself a Ferrari? I won't get in trouble will I? After all, they can't expect a poor guy like me to have enough money to buy one of those right away. I'll just have to save my money and eventually be able to buy one legally.
Proof that democracy DOES exist on slashdot. Enough ppl complained and they removed it, hooray! I can tell you I have a good enough eye-sight (don't wear glasses, don't need 'em as of 3 months ago). Some images were tougher to read then others. At least 2 out of 6 times I just couldn't read the image
This is great, hooray for iTunes but it could still improve. As for an example, if I pay for all these songs and my computer would happen to crash, and it would just happen that I don't have a backup copy, I've essentially payed for something I don't have anymore. This is one of the downsides I believe in downloading from iTune. If I loose an MP3 that I've downloaded from Kazaa, who cares, I'll waste another 30 seconds and download it again. On the other side, iTune is great for reasons such as:
- Great bitrate
- Songs are complete, CD songs. Not shortened version (like missing intro)
- You support groups that you like
Erik