Paragraph 1: Google is making a mistake Paragraph 2: Google is not making a big mistake Paragraph 3: Google can make mistakes Paragraph 4: Google isn't making a mistake
Don't tear into the guy before you. Just say, "I'm sure this was built with an initial objective in mind. And it served the purpose well. The firm is doing well and expanding. I would like to know the best approach to make this product grow with it."
Then, ask the firm to define the objectives/requirements again now that you've found a *few* issues.
1.) Do you want the project to be re-built for _stability_? 2.) Do you want me to improve the _time to market_? 3.) Would you like me to leave it as is?, but be aware that extra QA will be needed.
I had success by porting my landline to Google Voice Account, which has global spam filtering.
First, get an AT&T GoPhone ($20). Then port to Google Voice ($20), choosing AT&T as the option. You are asked for a transfer id that you will need to call AT&T for... It is NOT on the phone, and not available without calling AT&T's support #.
I don't know your story, but this also makes you more flexible to either drop your current landline, or move to a cheaper provider (likely).
Either way, Google Voice does wonders at spam filtering, but some still make it through. Best of luck!
How much info is summarized from google? 3 sentences:
1) Google and HP are pausing sales of the HP Chromebook 11 after receiving a small number of user reports that some chargers included with the device have been damaged due to overheating during use. 2) We are working with the Consumer Product Safety Commission to identify the appropriate corrective action, and will provide additional information and instructions as soon as we can. 3) In the meantime, customers who have purchased an HP Chromebook 11 should not use the original charger provided with the product.
This is a publicity stunt by a company that sells macs or something. I'm not looking up what they do.
Summary: 1) 4 guys get printed shirts with company logos and lines up crazy early. 2) Vice / Gizmodo / engadget / Slashdot talks about them, with pictures of them in their shirts. Make sure you're still there for the NBC crew shows up! 3) Profit!
The summary here is saying the exact opposite of the article. He's saying the kid shouldn't be forced into Chemistry if he can survey OTHER science classes... Sounds pretty reasonable to me.
From the summary: "... argues that his sons shouldn't be forced to take ANY science class."
From the article: "Maybe kids can survey several science classes over the course of a year or two, and explore various options"
"Dad, you were yelling numbers in your sleep again!"
"Son, let me tell you of the Rant snowball of 2012. It started with google talk. The complaining spilled over to twitter. After twitter went down, we all knew it was coming. Facebook, blogs, it kept going downhill. People logged into services they forgot existed to complain, MSN, YAHOO messenger! It was madness.
I only survived by ranting to a spam bot on ICQ, a time before names, '458253 can you hear me! 458253 It's all down! 458253 I highly doubt you're a Nigerian prince!!!!'"
You mentioned you have a eye-fi card already. You're describing the eye-fi premium upgrade:
http://www.eye.fi/how-it-works/eyefiview#premium "Eye-Fi Premium: no limits. With Eye-Fi Premium, photos & videos sent directly from your camera to your Eye-Fi View are available for as long as you like. Enjoy unlimited storage and the flexibility to access, share and download your media in full resolution anytime. Whether you’re at home on a second computer, on your iPhone on the go or on an iPad on vacation, your photo & video history is always just a few clicks away. Get unlimited access with Eye-Fi Premium for only $4.99/month or $49.99/year. Buy Eye-Fi Premium (Monthly) or save $10 with Eye-Fi Premium (Annual)"
To get the pics on your server, install the eye-fi app, which you already did to use the card, and turn on the computer, it'll then sync.
This is a link from Slashdot, to blog spam, linking to a press releases, which is an advertisement for a company that specialises in supplying solutions to the problem in the press release.
"Study: It's hot outside, you should hydrate." - Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
This is the whole article without side-notes, Braced comments and not in the summary:
- Eight to ten million units shipped last year world-wide. - Canonical will be opening their first Beijing office this year. - Last year Ubuntu shipped on 7.5 billion dollars worth of hardware.
After years of tivo ownership i've come to the conclusion that TiVo's future is based on their patents.
So far they've released 2 new model TiVos that are no faster than their model built and designed right around windows 95.
They haven't even looked at the competition to see what works on other DVRS. (they got pnp 2 years ago. The guide still doesn't show if a show is recording)
The kicker: if my TiVo dies, I have a monthly contract with TiVo that I have to cancel. This is when they try to upsell you to their slower "new" model.
The average TiVo owner is tech savy. Savy enough to know that TiVo gave up on their hardware and is concentrating on other means of income (see parent/patent article).
Quoting the article: "The company (JP Morgan) has been working with Hadoop for more than three years"
Then the article quotes the experts:
"The good news is that Hadoop experts aren't born, they're trained. "I'm sure companies that train their workforces on Hadoop will derive lots of benefits," said Jeremy Lizt, VP of engineering at Rapleaf, in a recent interview. A data provider that has been using Hadoop for nearly four years, Rapleaf was among the earliest adopters."
Slashdot Mirror
Headline: Google is making a mistake
Paragraph 1: Google is making a mistake
Paragraph 2: Google is not making a big mistake
Paragraph 3: Google can make mistakes
Paragraph 4: Google isn't making a mistake
Page 2; 1 Sentence: Don't make mistakes yourself!
"The car stereo I wanted 10 years ago"
"The car stereo I want today":
http://i.imgur.com/NGcUN.jpg
There was a pilot for this program 4 years ago in NYC:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02...
Also there was strike that mandated it 7 years ago for a few days.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09...
In short, no one liked it. If people wanted to have a delayed trip and people with them, they'd just take the Subway.
Don't tear into the guy before you. Just say, "I'm sure this was built with an initial objective in mind. And it served the purpose well. The firm is doing well and expanding. I would like to know the best approach to make this product grow with it."
Then, ask the firm to define the objectives/requirements again now that you've found a *few* issues.
1.) Do you want the project to be re-built for _stability_?
2.) Do you want me to improve the _time to market_?
3.) Would you like me to leave it as is?, but be aware that extra QA will be needed.
Good Luck!
Here's example links to the "actual site" that doesn't require you to sign in:
Tech News: http://trove.com/me/channels/1...
U.S. News: http://trove.com/me/channels/1...
The gif is pretty amazing, credit.
I had success by porting my landline to Google Voice Account, which has global spam filtering.
First, get an AT&T GoPhone ($20). Then port to Google Voice ($20), choosing AT&T as the option.
You are asked for a transfer id that you will need to call AT&T for... It is NOT on the phone, and not available without calling AT&T's support #.
I don't know your story, but this also makes you more flexible to either drop your current landline, or move to a cheaper provider (likely).
Either way, Google Voice does wonders at spam filtering, but some still make it through. Best of luck!
This blog spam quotes The Verge's Report from a Blog post from Google which is summaried in this post on slashdot...
How much info is summarized from google? 3 sentences:
1) Google and HP are pausing sales of the HP Chromebook 11 after receiving a small number of user reports that some chargers included with the device have been damaged due to overheating during use.
2) We are working with the Consumer Product Safety Commission to identify the appropriate corrective action, and will provide additional information and instructions as soon as we can.
3) In the meantime, customers who have purchased an HP Chromebook 11 should not use the original charger provided with the product.
This is a publicity stunt by a company that sells macs or something. I'm not looking up what they do.
Summary:
1) 4 guys get printed shirts with company logos and lines up crazy early.
2) Vice / Gizmodo / engadget / Slashdot talks about them, with pictures of them in their shirts. Make sure you're still there for the NBC crew shows up!
3) Profit!
I want a _Surface_Tablet_ because ________.
Examples, leaving iPad's out:
I want _a_Tivo_ because _I_don't_like_my_Cable_DVR_.
I want a _Honda_ because _I_trust_the_brand_based_on_past_experience_.
My point is that the Surface doesn't fit anything for me.
Based on Microsoft's own site http://www.microsoft.com/surface/en-us/surface-with-windows-8-pro/
Microsoft believes our answers are :
I want a _Surface_Tablet_ because _I_Need_Office_on_a_tablet_.
I want a _Surface_Table_ because _I_need_a_neat_keyboard_on_a_tablet_.
I want a _Surface_Table_ because _I_need_USB_Port_.
I'm not the target market, but I don't know who is?
"640K software is all the memory anybody would ever need on a computer." - Bill Gates (Not Really: http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/1997/01/1484)
The summary here is saying the exact opposite of the article. He's saying the kid shouldn't be forced into Chemistry if he can survey OTHER science classes... Sounds pretty reasonable to me.
From the summary:
"... argues that his sons shouldn't be forced to take ANY science class."
From the article:
"Maybe kids can survey several science classes over the course of a year or two, and explore various options"
Advice on Restaurant Ownership... It's going to be tough, long, and either the wife or friends won't be a wife or friend by the end.
Consider the future, you or someone will bow out. Accountants and/or Lawyers will be involved and they don't know GnuAnything. They know QuickBooks.
You may sell your restaurant as a group, the buyer will likely want to see the accounts in QuickBooks.
You may be successful! congrats! you can now hire an accountant, they'll want QuickBooks.
In short, pool the wife & friend's money, pay the minor entry-fee for QuickBooks and save yourself the time (which you'll need the most now).
Good luck!
Baskerville: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baskerville
Open Baskerville: http://klepas.org/openbaskerville/
"Dad, you were yelling numbers in your sleep again!"
"Son, let me tell you of the Rant snowball of 2012. It started with google talk. The complaining spilled over to twitter. After twitter went down, we all knew it was coming. Facebook, blogs, it kept going downhill. People logged into services they forgot existed to complain, MSN, YAHOO messenger! It was madness.
I only survived by ranting to a spam bot on ICQ, a time before names, '458253 can you hear me! 458253 It's all down! 458253 I highly doubt you're a Nigerian prince!!!!'"
This design is great, but Windows for Workgroups 8.11 is going to be even better!
You mentioned you have a eye-fi card already. You're describing the eye-fi premium upgrade:
http://www.eye.fi/how-it-works/eyefiview#premium
"Eye-Fi Premium: no limits.
With Eye-Fi Premium, photos & videos sent directly from your camera to your Eye-Fi View are available for as long as you like. Enjoy unlimited storage and the flexibility to access, share and download your media in full resolution anytime. Whether you’re at home on a second computer, on your iPhone on the go or on an iPad on vacation, your photo & video history is always just a few clicks away. Get unlimited access with Eye-Fi Premium for only $4.99/month or $49.99/year. Buy Eye-Fi Premium (Monthly) or save $10 with Eye-Fi Premium (Annual)"
To get the pics on your server, install the eye-fi app, which you already did to use the card, and turn on the computer, it'll then sync.
In summary:
1. Upgrade here: http://www.eye.fi/how-it-works/eyefiview#premium
2. Turn on your computer.
This is a link from Slashdot, to blog spam, linking to a press releases, which is an advertisement for a company that specialises in supplying solutions to the problem in the press release.
"Study: It's hot outside, you should hydrate." - Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
This is the whole article without side-notes, Braced comments and not in the summary:
- Eight to ten million units shipped last year world-wide.
- Canonical will be opening their first Beijing office this year.
- Last year Ubuntu shipped on 7.5 billion dollars worth of hardware.
After years of tivo ownership i've come to the conclusion that TiVo's future is based on their patents.
So far they've released 2 new model TiVos that are no faster than their model built and designed right around windows 95.
They haven't even looked at the competition to see what works on other DVRS. (they got pnp 2 years ago. The guide still doesn't show if a show is recording)
The kicker: if my TiVo dies, I have a monthly contract with TiVo that I have to cancel. This is when they try to upsell you to their slower "new" model.
The average TiVo owner is tech savy. Savy enough to know that TiVo gave up on their hardware and is concentrating on other means of income (see parent/patent article).
"Dam company to provide leak protection in future dams. Dam contractors angry."
"..how do I get back the enjoyment I used to have writing code?"
What do you like? Code something to do more of that.
I used to like music, so I wrote a music DB similar to scrobbler.
I like tech news now, so I wrote a "better" site to get it to me faster.
I watch a lot of tv, and I got annoyed when the daily show was a repeat. .
Are you a Sneakerhead? Write a db for your shoes.
Find anything, and write something to make that thing better.
Quoting the article: "The company (JP Morgan) has been working with Hadoop for more than three years"
Then the article quotes the experts:
"The good news is that Hadoop experts aren't born, they're trained. "I'm sure companies that train their workforces on Hadoop will derive lots of benefits," said Jeremy Lizt, VP of engineering at Rapleaf, in a recent interview. A data provider that has been using Hadoop for nearly four years, Rapleaf was among the earliest adopters."
What a difference a few months makes...
Given the number of comments take each post and divide by....
Got an email Hold on...
Management has now changed the comments to votes...
Given the number of votes FOR a post...
Email again, 1 sec...
We're now on a new project making a "facebook for insurance policies"?
This explains a lot. A Tahoe simply won't fit in my apt, in my cube, on my train to work, or anywhere else I need a signal.