You're assuming that porn-pushers are only interested in their existing customers finding them. Many (not all) are very interested in new people stumbling onto their sites.
And that is exactly why kindly suggesting (or legislating) to the porn industry that they voluntarily relocate onto its own TLD or away from port 80 to some other reserved number will never work.
How many people rely on their brower's auto-completion? I'm sure a large number of people just type "yahoo" into IE and expect it to add the "www." and ".com". This would either break that functionality that they have become accustomed to or explode the number of domain-squatting sites that match the auto-completion list.
But then again, each of those domain-squatters is a paying customer of ICANN, which might be the point, really.
Call me cynical, but this is a marketing project, for the following reasons:
1. Knowing that the film is watermarked and traceable, and knowing that leaking it would jeopardize all future projects with the entire film industry, what effects house would do this?
2. Their PR department having at least the smallest clue about the Streisand effect, why would they announce the leak?
The only possible answer is they are hoping for a "wow, it's so good people can't even wait for it to be released!" reaction from the public. "Dood! This is the movie that everyone is talking about on MySpace! LOL!"
This may seem to be a good approach to get some free/low-cost development, but keep in mind:
A student close to graduation has no experience. If your budget is this tight, you probably don't want to bet all your hopes on the guy who's never done this before. You recognize that you don't have the needed experience, so hiring someone else without the experience is no help. An experienced engineer will know enough to not just layout your PCB, but will be able to foresee problems in your design, or ways to reduce the component count or make the software guy's job easier.
The student needs to publish his project and results. Remember he's going to be graded on this, so he at a minimum will be expected to share his data with his professors, and probably will be presenting it to others in his class as part of the curriculum. If he agrees to sign an NDA, he has no idea what he's doing since there is no way he can get credit for a secret project. If you are concerned about the cat getting out of the bag before you've applied for a patent, this may be a big deal.
To reclaim the spectrum (the FCC auctioned off access to the reclaimed spectrum for more than the converter box program spent).
This is the part I don't understand: if the FCC made all this money off the auction, why did the coupon program run out of money until an "emergency" infusion of cash from stimulus funds? Shouldn't the the accepted auction prices been high enough to at least cover the cost of freeing up the spectrum being auctioned? This smells fishy...
The article mentions being able to SMS over the WiFi in an attempt to complete the package of being a cell-phone replacement. Does anybody know of a free/low-cost provider for such a service?
Exactly. Putting out the "disposable" version is a common marketing ploy. Say you walk into a store selling alarm clocks. If there were only one model, costing $40, you might be disappointed in the lack of choice, and not very excited about the features offered for $40. You have no idea if this is a good deal, since it's the only model for sale. Unhappy, you decide to take your business elsewhere.
Now imagine you walk into a store with three models on display:
one for $90 (why would I spend so much on an alarm clock?)
A crappy one for $30 (not even a battery backup? No thanks!)
And the same $40 model you might see at the other store
Now, you feel like an intelligent shopper, who has thoroughly researched your alarm clock choices, and you settle on the $40 model, which has most the features you are looking for. You feel like the $10 increase from the inferior model is money well spent.
That's a stupid rule. You don't have to stop in the distance between you and the car ahead of you. You have to stop in the distance between you plus the distance it takes him to stop.
No, you have to react and then stop in that distance. When the car in front of you slams on the brakes for the deer in the road, your brain needs to recognize the tail lights of the car in front of you, move your foot from the accelerator to the brake pedal, and apply stopping force to your car.
At 65 MPH, you are moving at a bit over 95 feet/second. In the quarter of a second that it took you to start to apply the brakes, you've traveled over 23 feet--well over a car length.
If C&H cannot compete on the world market, then let them fail. Why should the population of the US prop up an industry which has had many many decades to compete on the world market.
Maybe they need to make cars, then we can bail them out.
Don't get me wrong - we treat our staff *very*, very well. We offer compensation well above the area average, even for the skill level required. We offer excellent benefits, flexible schedule, respectful and courteous work environment, and an extremely cooperative style of management.
Not saying this is the case with your shop, but one of the root problems with many places of business is that they think they are doing this...
The media is pretending this race is close because the media is a bunch of morons.
The media are pretending it's close because, if it's not close, what's there to report on? People don't tune in to the 6 o'clock news or buy newspapers to find out that there's no story.
Being a smoker, specifically, can't officially be listed as a reason to deny employment, but it can be a reason employers use.
Sure about that? Smokers aren't a protected class. Any employer can choose not to hire you because you smoke just like they could choose not to hire you because they don't like your shoes or that you have too much nose hair.
Sure, being so superficial is to their detriment, but they are well within their rights (at least in the US.)
What makes you think it was a bad test? It sounds like the interviewer heard exactly what they were looking for: someone who realized the details were trivial and wouldn't stand for BS.
If this is the reason to pull it, then Apple needs to drop the maximum possible price from $999.99, or it is just a matter of time until someone else puts up another app for the same price.
i was having weight gain problems when i was eating breakfast cereal daily
An interesting experiment next time you sit down to the breakfast table: look at the "serving size" listed on your cereal (many cereals say that a serving is 1/2 cup). Measure that amount into your bowl, and add the 1/2 cup of milk that the label shows as adding to the calorie total for the serving. Is this more or less than the amount of this cereal you usually eat for the meal?
Unfortunately, the calculations on cardio equipment are usually off by about a factor of 2x, meaning that they're giving a figure which is typically about double the number of calories actually being burned.
Disclaimer: I design treadmill electronics and firmware.
I don't know about 2x off, but you are correct that ANY calorie calculations should be considered suspicious. The number of calories being burned by a person exercising is subject to many variables. Some of them, like incline, speed, and time can be measured by the equipment, but there are so many more that are not known to the machine, such as a person's gait, muscle tone, posture, etc.
The best use of the calorie number given by your treadmill or pedometer or whatnot is to assume that the approximation it is displaying is consistent, and so it can be useful to compare your amount of effort from one workout to the next.
What we need to do is continue to work on hydrogen tech--the main hurdle being the low energy density. Hydrogen is chiefly derived from extracting it from water using electricity (thermodynamics states this does not "create" energy, just change its form).
So why use the electricity to create hydrogen? The low energy density of gaseous hydrogen is an unsolvable problem, and thermodynamics also states that converting electricity to hydrogen must be less than 100% efficient. We should instead focus on making purely electric vehicles more viable with better storage cells and on generating the electricity in a more sustainable way. There are also large hurdles in safely handling and distributing hydrogen, while there is already a distribution network for electricity in place. Granted, the power grid would need improving as the demand for electricity for cars increased, but we've got over 100 years of experience handling that, with 0 for hydrogen.
An optometrist once recommended to me the "20-20-20" rule: Every 20 minutes at the computer, look at something at least 20 feet away for at least 20 seconds.
I am a Mormon, but of course don't speak officially for the church. I was a scout as a boy, and have been a leader at various levels as an adult. 10-15 years ago during a time when the gay leader issue was being elevated to the supreme court, I saw movements in church policy that I was sure was preparation to have a replacement program in place if the court were to rule against my church's stand on the issue. In my opinion, there is no bluff; the LDS church would drop support (leaders, members, and monetary) for the BSA if they strayed from the principles that the church views are important in the program. Overnight. It wouldn't be that big of a deal for the church, but would probably be a serious blow to the viability of the BSA. It wouldn't be the first time the church introduced a new program for youth, but the BSA would be hurt with the large drop of people/dollars provided by the church.
The sad thing in my mind is that people still equate "gay" with "child molester" and feel that for some reason their kids are not safe with someone who may not prefer women. There are a lot of things that worry me much more about potential leaders like "mentally stable", "trustworthy", "able to think in a crisis", or "not a jackass".
One thing that always puzzles me is why people feel slighted by not belonging to an organization that they don't agree with.
I wonder... is the fact that they can now prove he received the letter the reason that it was sent postage due? Is this the el-cheapo way to prove receipt without paying for certified/registered delivery?
When my grandfather passed away, my uncle's only advice to my grandmother was: "go to the bank, withdraw a bunch of money, and clean out the safe deposit box before they find out".
Seemed insensitive at the time, but it was a prudent move for someone on social security who couldn't afford to have access to their (her) funds restricted at a time like that.
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You're assuming that porn-pushers are only interested in their existing customers finding them. Many (not all) are very interested in new people stumbling onto their sites.
And that is exactly why kindly suggesting (or legislating) to the porn industry that they voluntarily relocate onto its own TLD or away from port 80 to some other reserved number will never work.
How many people rely on their brower's auto-completion? I'm sure a large number of people just type "yahoo" into IE and expect it to add the "www." and ".com". This would either break that functionality that they have become accustomed to or explode the number of domain-squatting sites that match the auto-completion list.
But then again, each of those domain-squatters is a paying customer of ICANN, which might be the point, really.
Call me cynical, but this is a marketing project, for the following reasons:
1. Knowing that the film is watermarked and traceable, and knowing that leaking it would jeopardize all future projects with the entire film industry, what effects house would do this?
2. Their PR department having at least the smallest clue about the Streisand effect, why would they announce the leak?
The only possible answer is they are hoping for a "wow, it's so good people can't even wait for it to be released!" reaction from the public. "Dood! This is the movie that everyone is talking about on MySpace! LOL!"
This may seem to be a good approach to get some free/low-cost development, but keep in mind:
To reclaim the spectrum (the FCC auctioned off access to the reclaimed spectrum for more than the converter box program spent).
This is the part I don't understand: if the FCC made all this money off the auction, why did the coupon program run out of money until an "emergency" infusion of cash from stimulus funds? Shouldn't the the accepted auction prices been high enough to at least cover the cost of freeing up the spectrum being auctioned? This smells fishy...
Step 4: Warehouse all the unsold junk, to try and to be moved at the next location.
The article mentions being able to SMS over the WiFi in an attempt to complete the package of being a cell-phone replacement. Does anybody know of a free/low-cost provider for such a service?
Exactly. Putting out the "disposable" version is a common marketing ploy.
Say you walk into a store selling alarm clocks. If there were only one model, costing $40, you might be disappointed in the lack of choice, and not very excited about the features offered for $40. You have no idea if this is a good deal, since it's the only model for sale. Unhappy, you decide to take your business elsewhere.
Now imagine you walk into a store with three models on display:
Now, you feel like an intelligent shopper, who has thoroughly researched your alarm clock choices, and you settle on the $40 model, which has most the features you are looking for. You feel like the $10 increase from the inferior model is money well spent.
Don't forget to make sure your drains aren't frozen, too. If they freeze, your open taps can flood your house too.
But heating the valve with a flame will open it back up, allowing you to light it in a pinch.
That's a stupid rule. You don't have to stop in the distance between you and the car ahead of you. You have to stop in the distance between you plus the distance it takes him to stop.
No, you have to react and then stop in that distance. When the car in front of you slams on the brakes for the deer in the road, your brain needs to recognize the tail lights of the car in front of you, move your foot from the accelerator to the brake pedal, and apply stopping force to your car.
At 65 MPH, you are moving at a bit over 95 feet/second. In the quarter of a second that it took you to start to apply the brakes, you've traveled over 23 feet--well over a car length.
If C&H cannot compete on the world market, then let them fail. Why should the population of the US prop up an industry which has had many many decades to compete on the world market.
Maybe they need to make cars, then we can bail them out.
Don't get me wrong - we treat our staff *very*, very well. We offer compensation well above the area average, even for the skill level required. We offer excellent benefits, flexible schedule, respectful and courteous work environment, and an extremely cooperative style of management.
Not saying this is the case with your shop, but one of the root problems with many places of business is that they think they are doing this...
The media is pretending this race is close because the media is a bunch of morons.
The media are pretending it's close because, if it's not close, what's there to report on? People don't tune in to the 6 o'clock news or buy newspapers to find out that there's no story.
Being a smoker, specifically, can't officially be listed as a reason to deny employment, but it can be a reason employers use.
Sure about that? Smokers aren't a protected class. Any employer can choose not to hire you because you smoke just like they could choose not to hire you because they don't like your shoes or that you have too much nose hair.
Sure, being so superficial is to their detriment, but they are well within their rights (at least in the US.)
What makes you think it was a bad test? It sounds like the interviewer heard exactly what they were looking for: someone who realized the details were trivial and wouldn't stand for BS.
Anything that seats less than 35 is unacceptable for my daily solo commute.
If this is the reason to pull it, then Apple needs to drop the maximum possible price from $999.99, or it is just a matter of time until someone else puts up another app for the same price.
i was having weight gain problems when i was eating breakfast cereal daily
An interesting experiment next time you sit down to the breakfast table: look at the "serving size" listed on your cereal (many cereals say that a serving is 1/2 cup). Measure that amount into your bowl, and add the 1/2 cup of milk that the label shows as adding to the calorie total for the serving. Is this more or less than the amount of this cereal you usually eat for the meal?
Unfortunately, the calculations on cardio equipment are usually off by about a factor of 2x, meaning that they're giving a figure which is typically about double the number of calories actually being burned.
Disclaimer: I design treadmill electronics and firmware.
I don't know about 2x off, but you are correct that ANY calorie calculations should be considered suspicious. The number of calories being burned by a person exercising is subject to many variables. Some of them, like incline, speed, and time can be measured by the equipment, but there are so many more that are not known to the machine, such as a person's gait, muscle tone, posture, etc.
The best use of the calorie number given by your treadmill or pedometer or whatnot is to assume that the approximation it is displaying is consistent, and so it can be useful to compare your amount of effort from one workout to the next.
What we need to do is continue to work on hydrogen tech--the main hurdle being the low energy density. Hydrogen is chiefly derived from extracting it from water using electricity (thermodynamics states this does not "create" energy, just change its form).
So why use the electricity to create hydrogen? The low energy density of gaseous hydrogen is an unsolvable problem, and thermodynamics also states that converting electricity to hydrogen must be less than 100% efficient. We should instead focus on making purely electric vehicles more viable with better storage cells and on generating the electricity in a more sustainable way. There are also large hurdles in safely handling and distributing hydrogen, while there is already a distribution network for electricity in place. Granted, the power grid would need improving as the demand for electricity for cars increased, but we've got over 100 years of experience handling that, with 0 for hydrogen.
An optometrist once recommended to me the "20-20-20" rule: Every 20 minutes at the computer, look at something at least 20 feet away for at least 20 seconds.
I am a Mormon, but of course don't speak officially for the church. I was a scout as a boy, and have been a leader at various levels as an adult. 10-15 years ago during a time when the gay leader issue was being elevated to the supreme court, I saw movements in church policy that I was sure was preparation to have a replacement program in place if the court were to rule against my church's stand on the issue.
In my opinion, there is no bluff; the LDS church would drop support (leaders, members, and monetary) for the BSA if they strayed from the principles that the church views are important in the program. Overnight.
It wouldn't be that big of a deal for the church, but would probably be a serious blow to the viability of the BSA. It wouldn't be the first time the church introduced a new program for youth, but the BSA would be hurt with the large drop of people/dollars provided by the church.
The sad thing in my mind is that people still equate "gay" with "child molester" and feel that for some reason their kids are not safe with someone who may not prefer women. There are a lot of things that worry me much more about potential leaders like "mentally stable", "trustworthy", "able to think in a crisis", or "not a jackass".
One thing that always puzzles me is why people feel slighted by not belonging to an organization that they don't agree with.
I wonder... is the fact that they can now prove he received the letter the reason that it was sent postage due? Is this the el-cheapo way to prove receipt without paying for certified/registered delivery?
When my grandfather passed away, my uncle's only advice to my grandmother was: "go to the bank, withdraw a bunch of money, and clean out the safe deposit box before they find out".
Seemed insensitive at the time, but it was a prudent move for someone on social security who couldn't afford to have access to their (her) funds restricted at a time like that.
Illegal? Ethical?