You don't even have to say all that. Just say the things that you do agree on.
"I read your church's newsletter about this RFID technology being the mark of THE BEAST. I don't agree that it is the beast, but I do think that it is a bad thing for all people. I have attached a donation in support of your work."
Honestly, who could reject a letter like that? I'm sure that some people will, but for the most part, most people do appreciate being able to work with opponents & common enemies. The next time you open your mouth to them, they'll be more attentive and open-minded. They'll probably say, "Oh, here's the guy who approached us to support us with his money. I wonder what he's going to say.".
On top of that, the workers tend to not have people skills. People skills are more important than any other type of skill out there, because it enables more people to find work, and helps coordinate us in ways that computers and lower level workers can't.
If you ask me, using "in legal pragmatics", would have been better than "in theory", because it's more than just theory. The idea is that nobody is holding a gun to your face or striking a law that we must do such 'n such. There are bad situations, but those don't count for the point that I'm trying to make.
Don't get me wrong, though, I agree with your main point.
I agree with what you said. According to a book I read about training and learning, it is always best to learn new tasks in short chunks. That's not to say that problem solving is the same as training, but the principles are similar because the brain is being used.
For example, the book said that playing an instrument for only a few minutes is better, and repeating the task only 3 times is more than enough. The next session will yeild surprisingly better results. If I wanted to play a high note on a trumpet, then I would play it only 3 times successfully in a row, and then quit. The next time around, the next highest note would automatically be achievable, and then I would go at it for 3 times, etc.
The idea is that your mind has had a chance to learn the next note, but the body is too tired in this session to play it. So, attempting it while your body is tired would only develop bad technique. That's not to say that the training has to end. If you want, you could train on other aspects, like a new musical phrase, that doesn't involve those high notes, etc.
I'm sure that problem solving has similar obstacles.
That being said, I agree with what the others have said about attacking a problem for a minimum amount of time. It all depends on the nature of the problem, and how many factors are involved.
Companies shouldn't even be allowed to outsource to China, if they do such things. We're not just talking about hiding the truth. We're talking about ratting out people who believe in doing the right thing. Why should the Chinese government be allowed to benefit from outsourcing when they abuse people like that?
In fact, that is probably what the experiment should be like. As soon as somebody says stop, then that is the amount of pain that that person can take. The give the person a chance (de)hydrate, and then repeat. In fact, the person could be the 1 to control it via a dial or an electronic device.
I honestly find it surprising that anybody would prevent this type of an experiment. It seems unethical to not do it. Maybe the Myth Busters should do it.
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1 technique that I've found helpful is to sort them out into folders. For example: * senders which I know don't exist because they don't have email accounts on our servers * recepients of the same kind * username in subject line * financial, mortgages, etc. * education * sex . . . etc.
The reason for sorting out is that it makes it easier to check if it is spam. You can zip through them much more efficiently, and not get tired.
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I haven't been using the friend/foe system for quite sometime, however, you definitely deserved to be friended. Anybody who is this considerate must be worth listening to.
Hmm, interesting. After reading what you said, I decided to just go for it, and make an HTML page, and an OpenOffice.org document. Each of them had a couple of links, and nothing fancy. Each were printed to the CUPS PDF virtual printer. The OpenOffice.org document also was exported by the provided feature. This gave a total of 3 samples to test, assuming that I created them properly.:^)
It seems that links don't work with the KDE PDF viewers [KPDF & KGhostView]. There were underlines under each link, but it wasn't clickable. I suspect that the clickable links were only features of Adobe Acrobat, or some software that I never tested. I do seem to remember clickable links in PDF files, though.
I don't quite know what to make of it. I suspect that much of this is a KDE problem with lack of features.
I am not very knowledged with regard to printing frameworks.
Yeah, me neither. I'm probably even less knowledgeable about such things, because you thought about such an import question.
But would it be possible for a PDF exporter implemented as a virtual printer to still do things like creating table of contents, provide clickable intra-document links as well as clickable external hyperlinks?
Off the top of my head, I don't think that it is possible. When the document gets sent to the printer, I assume that the document is stripped of all links, while the text still remains.
So, I guess that pretty much puts a damper on my suggestion, unless they can come up with a way of adding that information to the printed document. I sure hope that they can. It seems much more efficient that way.
To know for certain, I would have to check by creating a PDF. I guess I'll have to get back to you on that, because I'm kind of busy right now.
Yeah, it's Gentoo. It's much slower than the rest.;^)
I realize that Opera isn't OSS, but I thought that I'd throw that in, because it is kind of important in that it is standards based, and it isn't an MS product.
So, yeah, you're right, but hopefully, you could grant me this small liberty to list them together.:^)
"Maybe"??:^) I would dare say "definitely". People are extremely frail. They only notice the negatives when there is bad news, and only notice the positives when discussing their own failures and successes.
Disclaimer: I'm only generalizing about human weaknesses.
What you say is exactly right. OOo is supposed to be very efficient, but it appears to get bigger and bigger on the hard drive.
1 example of poor design is the feature to export to PDF. If anything, they should have no export features, and then create virtual printers for CUPS, and any other printing system. As it is, CUPS already has that virtual printer, so they really didn't even need that.
The bottom line is that OSS doesn't allow more eyes access to the source code in a sociological sense, because there aren't any extra eyes available to look at the code. People only have so much time on their hands. If they are looking at source code, then what are they not doing?
Also people really need to take a harder look at the OSS philosophy. Generally speaking, it is a volunteer effort. How many volunteer organizations are able to compete with for-profit organizations?
I use Gentoo, KDE, and Opera, so it's not as if I'm a Windows user just bashing the OSS movement. Also, I think that there are a lot of opportunities for $0.00 software, since there are many hobbists and people in need of cheap software.
That is funny, however a serious answer is that they'll only use it to justify their usage of the words and their views. They'd never bother to improve spelling.
I agree with you. I haven't seen anything either. Then again, I haven't been looking. I just know that my father's company doesn't use Linux much anymore. He used to have a Linux firewall, fire server, and print server. If I understand correctly, it's all back to Windows now. I'm not saying that I support his decision. I'm just saying that it's surprising how much Windows is entrenched in our society. I don't people fully comprehend the depth of it.
I agree with you. I thought that we were supposed to look for a building. The image that I saw was so nondescript that it could have been anything, and thus appeared to never show up.
The easy way to think about it is to consider "his, hers, its".
That's an awesome rule to remember. Thanks! I never even noticed this till now.
On a completely different note, does anyone find themselves previewing maybe a dozen times when posting about spelling or grammar? (And probably missing a half-dozen errors?)
Yes, and yes. I put in a lot of effort and time to make sure that I write clearly and correctly, and yet I still make mistakes.
He also left the window open which lets the heat flow in again. He should have taken an ordinary fan and used it to blow the hot air out of the room. Most people use the fan to move the air around. This is bad, because it is like a convection oven when you do that. Remember, people, hot air out 1 window or door, and cool air in another window or door.
Air conditioning and water wastage is never environmentally friendly. I'm not saying that it's all really easy, though.
I agree with you. That being said, I wouldn't call it a security blanket. I'd rather call it insurance. Having a standard place/method for installation helps to ensure that things will go smoothly.
Even better, use it as a way to harvest email addresses. Keep updating content so that people will tell their friends. Even when they know that they are giving out their addresses to complete strangers, they'll continue to do it because they think that they can't stop the spammers anyways.
I suppose Grafedia will claim to not sell addresses, but who's to say that they are telling the truth?
If Grafedia is reliable, will you trust the next organization to show up?
It would be great if we could charge them to receive spam on their cell phones.
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You don't even have to say all that. Just say the things that you do agree on.
"I read your church's newsletter about this RFID technology being the mark of THE BEAST. I don't agree that it is the beast, but I do think that it is a bad thing for all people. I have attached a donation in support of your work."
Honestly, who could reject a letter like that? I'm sure that some people will, but for the most part, most people do appreciate being able to work with opponents & common enemies. The next time you open your mouth to them, they'll be more attentive and open-minded. They'll probably say, "Oh, here's the guy who approached us to support us with his money. I wonder what he's going to say.".
On top of that, the workers tend to not have people skills. People skills are more important than any other type of skill out there, because it enables more people to find work, and helps coordinate us in ways that computers and lower level workers can't.
If you ask me, using "in legal pragmatics", would have been better than "in theory", because it's more than just theory. The idea is that nobody is holding a gun to your face or striking a law that we must do such 'n such. There are bad situations, but those don't count for the point that I'm trying to make.
Don't get me wrong, though, I agree with your main point.
I agree with what you said. According to a book I read about training and learning, it is always best to learn new tasks in short chunks. That's not to say that problem solving is the same as training, but the principles are similar because the brain is being used.
For example, the book said that playing an instrument for only a few minutes is better, and repeating the task only 3 times is more than enough. The next session will yeild surprisingly better results. If I wanted to play a high note on a trumpet, then I would play it only 3 times successfully in a row, and then quit. The next time around, the next highest note would automatically be achievable, and then I would go at it for 3 times, etc.
The idea is that your mind has had a chance to learn the next note, but the body is too tired in this session to play it. So, attempting it while your body is tired would only develop bad technique. That's not to say that the training has to end. If you want, you could train on other aspects, like a new musical phrase, that doesn't involve those high notes, etc.
I'm sure that problem solving has similar obstacles.
That being said, I agree with what the others have said about attacking a problem for a minimum amount of time. It all depends on the nature of the problem, and how many factors are involved.
Companies shouldn't even be allowed to outsource to China, if they do such things. We're not just talking about hiding the truth. We're talking about ratting out people who believe in doing the right thing. Why should the Chinese government be allowed to benefit from outsourcing when they abuse people like that?
In fact, that is probably what the experiment should be like. As soon as somebody says stop, then that is the amount of pain that that person can take. The give the person a chance (de)hydrate, and then repeat. In fact, the person could be the 1 to control it via a dial or an electronic device.
I honestly find it surprising that anybody would prevent this type of an experiment. It seems unethical to not do it. Maybe the Myth Busters should do it.
"You can't be a gynecologist, unless you are a woman."
I believe that women should have an advantage in this area of study, but that doesn't mean that men know nothing.
What do you think of HTML 5?
1 technique that I've found helpful is to sort them out into folders. For example:
* senders which I know don't exist because they don't have email accounts on our servers
* recepients of the same kind
* username in subject line
* financial, mortgages, etc.
* education
* sex
.
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etc.
The reason for sorting out is that it makes it easier to check if it is spam. You can zip through them much more efficiently, and not get tired.
I haven't been using the friend/foe system for quite sometime, however, you definitely deserved to be friended. Anybody who is this considerate must be worth listening to.
Thanks for your consideration.
Hmm, interesting. After reading what you said, I decided to just go for it, and make an HTML page, and an OpenOffice.org document. Each of them had a couple of links, and nothing fancy. Each were printed to the CUPS PDF virtual printer. The OpenOffice.org document also was exported by the provided feature. This gave a total of 3 samples to test, assuming that I created them properly. :^)
It seems that links don't work with the KDE PDF viewers [KPDF & KGhostView]. There were underlines under each link, but it wasn't clickable. I suspect that the clickable links were only features of Adobe Acrobat, or some software that I never tested. I do seem to remember clickable links in PDF files, though.
I don't quite know what to make of it. I suspect that much of this is a KDE problem with lack of features.
So, I guess that pretty much puts a damper on my suggestion, unless they can come up with a way of adding that information to the printed document. I sure hope that they can. It seems much more efficient that way.
To know for certain, I would have to check by creating a PDF. I guess I'll have to get back to you on that, because I'm kind of busy right now.
Yeah, it's Gentoo. It's much slower than the rest. ;^)
:^)
I realize that Opera isn't OSS, but I thought that I'd throw that in, because it is kind of important in that it is standards based, and it isn't an MS product.
So, yeah, you're right, but hopefully, you could grant me this small liberty to list them together.
"Maybe"?? :^) I would dare say "definitely". People are extremely frail. They only notice the negatives when there is bad news, and only notice the positives when discussing their own failures and successes.
Disclaimer: I'm only generalizing about human weaknesses.
What you say is exactly right. OOo is supposed to be very efficient, but it appears to get bigger and bigger on the hard drive.
1 example of poor design is the feature to export to PDF. If anything, they should have no export features, and then create virtual printers for CUPS, and any other printing system. As it is, CUPS already has that virtual printer, so they really didn't even need that.
The bottom line is that OSS doesn't allow more eyes access to the source code in a sociological sense, because there aren't any extra eyes available to look at the code. People only have so much time on their hands. If they are looking at source code, then what are they not doing?
Also people really need to take a harder look at the OSS philosophy. Generally speaking, it is a volunteer effort. How many volunteer organizations are able to compete with for-profit organizations?
I use Gentoo, KDE, and Opera, so it's not as if I'm a Windows user just bashing the OSS movement. Also, I think that there are a lot of opportunities for $0.00 software, since there are many hobbists and people in need of cheap software.
That is funny, however a serious answer is that they'll only use it to justify their usage of the words and their views. They'd never bother to improve spelling.
I agree with you. I haven't seen anything either. Then again, I haven't been looking. I just know that my father's company doesn't use Linux much anymore. He used to have a Linux firewall, fire server, and print server. If I understand correctly, it's all back to Windows now. I'm not saying that I support his decision. I'm just saying that it's surprising how much Windows is entrenched in our society. I don't people fully comprehend the depth of it.
I agree with you. I thought that we were supposed to look for a building. The image that I saw was so nondescript that it could have been anything, and thus appeared to never show up.
Thanks. I think that you are doing people a service when you help them to learn words.
pcfinancial.ca had problems when I tried to log in as Opera. I checked again, but the site seems to be down.
He also left the window open which lets the heat flow in again. He should have taken an ordinary fan and used it to blow the hot air out of the room. Most people use the fan to move the air around. This is bad, because it is like a convection oven when you do that. Remember, people, hot air out 1 window or door, and cool air in another window or door.
Air conditioning and water wastage is never environmentally friendly. I'm not saying that it's all really easy, though.
If it is more stable, then I'll upgrade at 3.4.2 instead of waiting longer.
I agree with you. That being said, I wouldn't call it a security blanket. I'd rather call it insurance. Having a standard place/method for installation helps to ensure that things will go smoothly.
Even better, use it as a way to harvest email addresses. Keep updating content so that people will tell their friends. Even when they know that they are giving out their addresses to complete strangers, they'll continue to do it because they think that they can't stop the spammers anyways.
I suppose Grafedia will claim to not sell addresses, but who's to say that they are telling the truth?
If Grafedia is reliable, will you trust the next organization to show up?
It would be great if we could charge them to receive spam on their cell phones.