I totally agree. It is a pretentious op-ed piece and nothing more. I was hoping it would be good and it started out okay but it got repetitive and boring within the first few chapters.
Ô Canada! Terre de nos aïeux, Ton front est ceint de fleurons glorieux! Car ton bras sait porter l'épée, Il sait porter la croix; Ton histoire est une épopée Des plus brillants exploits. Et ta valeur de foi trempée Protégera nos foyers et nos droits; Protégera nos foyers et nos droits.
I occasionally use zmodem to transfer files to Unix systems over the serial port through SecureCRT. No network connection? No CDROM? Serial console access? Zmodem time.
I know you're saying that to be a dick, but in a lot of cases it's true. There are a lot of instances where your ROI on certain computer based systems will be less than zero. Pen and paper has it's place, just as computers have their place. Even cell phones have their place, but I ain't that place.
The "newer is better" philosophy takes over a lot of people.
I got rid of it a year ago. I don't need people calling me when I'm not at home. I don't want to call people when I'm not at home and if I do I can use a pay phone.
People got by fine for many years before cell phones became popular, now people treat them like they're vital. I hate that digital leash. Now I just need to work on getting rid of my stupid work pager.
I've got a circuit at work drawing 17A through a 15A breaker. You're only supposed to draw 80% of the rated current through any given circuit, so that would be 13A.
What's that about breakers tripping when the current draw is too high?
Convergys has call centers in the US and Canada as well as India. I don't know how they choose whose calls go where, but it's not like they're simply an Indian call center. They're actually hiring phone monkeys in the US and Canada too.
Yeah, but how long until you have companies with only sales and execs in North America simply ordering their software from "Development to go" companies in India? The company in North America would just say "we want software that does x." The cost of the software would be significantly lower and the only overhead is the sales team and upper management.
Keep in mind that here in Canada something like 90% of the population lives within a small strip along the southern border too, it's not like we're running DSL links to Tuktoyaktuk.
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The difference is that a calling card can call anyone and iSkoot can only call Skype users. So it's more difficult AND less functional.
I totally agree. It is a pretentious op-ed piece and nothing more. I was hoping it would be good and it started out okay but it got repetitive and boring within the first few chapters.
And you wondered why there was a
Flowers
By
Irene
truck parked on your street all week?
I was at Social D next door at the commodore. Now THAT was a concert.
Canada is a bilingual country:
Ô Canada! Terre de nos aïeux,
Ton front est ceint de fleurons glorieux!
Car ton bras sait porter l'épée,
Il sait porter la croix;
Ton histoire est une épopée
Des plus brillants exploits.
Et ta valeur de foi trempée
Protégera nos foyers et nos droits;
Protégera nos foyers et nos droits.
Or you could do what Sea Launch does.
Linux is 100% vulnerable to root users installing trojans.
Must be Linux's fault that users install trojans.
Sounds familiar.
I occasionally use zmodem to transfer files to Unix systems over the serial port through SecureCRT. No network connection? No CDROM? Serial console access? Zmodem time.
I just got one of these last night, it's the coolest device ever. My library is full of shitty encodes so all 800 songs come in under 2GB.
I know you're saying that to be a dick, but in a lot of cases it's true. There are a lot of instances where your ROI on certain computer based systems will be less than zero. Pen and paper has it's place, just as computers have their place. Even cell phones have their place, but I ain't that place.
The "newer is better" philosophy takes over a lot of people.
Insert joke about DMCA making it illegal to "reverse engineer" your phone and remove the battery here.
I got rid of it a year ago. I don't need people calling me when I'm not at home. I don't want to call people when I'm not at home and if I do I can use a pay phone.
People got by fine for many years before cell phones became popular, now people treat them like they're vital. I hate that digital leash. Now I just need to work on getting rid of my stupid work pager.
I've got a circuit at work drawing 17A through a 15A breaker. You're only supposed to draw 80% of the rated current through any given circuit, so that would be 13A.
What's that about breakers tripping when the current draw is too high?
Welcome to the true realization of human nature.
Your only friends here are cynicism and pragmatism.
Convergys has call centers in the US and Canada as well as India. I don't know how they choose whose calls go where, but it's not like they're simply an Indian call center. They're actually hiring phone monkeys in the US and Canada too.
Yeah, but how long until you have companies with only sales and execs in North America simply ordering their software from "Development to go" companies in India? The company in North America would just say "we want software that does x." The cost of the software would be significantly lower and the only overhead is the sales team and upper management.
And they couldn't access this.
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." -- Albert Einstein
Along with a team of ten other men he robbed three casinos and stole his girlfriend.
I was hoping for Pentuim 4 Turbo Alpha.
HAAAAADOUKEN
Considering they figured this stuff out on slide rules in the '40s and '50s, it can't be that hard.
Or they could be worried that he may build a fusion bomb.
What can sun do that Dell can't?
High volume I/O
Keep in mind that here in Canada something like 90% of the population lives within a small strip along the southern border too, it's not like we're running DSL links to Tuktoyaktuk.