In October I received notices that two rebates I sent to two different companies were both lacking the receipt.
In one of those cases, this was impossible: The postal address that they used to tell me that I didn't include the receipt was written only on the receipt.
Think about that for a minute....
Rebates are a racket, folks.
40% of purchasers take advantage of rebates? Interesting. That's about the same rate that rebates are declined, too. Amusingly, always because the original receipt is missing. Ask around -- we all experience the same thing.
I love open standards as much as the next guy, however, conformity to some open standard doesn't guarranty anything.
Apple built iChat AV around SIP years ago. Today, Gizmo and iChat cannot interoperate.
Another example: XML. Microsoft announced, proudly, that Word would utilize XML in Word's file specifications. Trust me, interoperability was NOT in their plans.
The SIP standard is very small and doesn't dictiate how things are to be accomplished -- merely that they are. Very nice.
However, until projects make interoperability a feature (none do) then SIP doesn't mean much.
There are also instructions buying and replacing the failed parts, with good images. I followed these instructions a couple years ago very successfully.
>> Well. when you paid the licensing fee to legally rip the CD...
Actually, a component of the cost of all the blank CD-ROMs sold in the U.S. is designated to offset sales losses to the RIAA. At least that was the case 10-years ago.
As far as I'm concerned, I've already paid fees so that I can rip the music that I own.
Gee, my message got tagged as flame-bait. I wonder if you were the only person who actually understood my point, even if you disagreed with it.
My understanding of Kevorkian's case is that he never performed euthanasia, he merely facilitated other people's efforts to end their lives be building simple contraptions that they could easily use to do so. Maybe I read wrong.
But in this way, I still think I have a valid, if unsophisticated, point. Can anyone construct and distribute anything that they want without regard to how it can be used?
That's just a rhetorical question, since their are a large number of existing laws and court ruling that hold creators accountable for the things that they create. (This is very out of step with the local Slashdot pathos, I know.)
You have some good points and mostly I agree with you but we're not really interested in the simplistic example of ping.exe. It's in the gray areas where things get interesting.
I don't like it when some people blame others for their problems and sue, sue, sue. By the same token, I don't like software developers who automatically assert holy immunity.
>> I've heard that Apple was a real pain in the ass for IBM.
The first thing I thought when I read the Intel CEO's positive spin on their new relationship with Apple is, "Dude, you do not know what you are in for."
If Intel is ignorant, then they are in for a very unpleasant surprise.
But maybe Intel understands what it means to be a partner with Apple and they're figuring that, hell, what doesn't kill me will make me stronger.
Apple is going to push Intel, make demands of Intel, get moody and pout, and bitch, bitch, bitch. BUT... I think that Intel is aware of this and considers it a fair price to pay to be with a cutting edge, free-wheeling company like Apple.
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Well, if you are a student then you could buy WebObject for $100.
Rebates are for losers... and I'm a loser.
In October I received notices that two rebates I sent to two different companies were both lacking the receipt.
In one of those cases, this was impossible: The postal address that they used to tell me that I didn't include the receipt was written only on the receipt.
Think about that for a minute....
Rebates are a racket, folks.
40% of purchasers take advantage of rebates? Interesting. That's about the same rate that rebates are declined, too. Amusingly, always because the original receipt is missing. Ask around -- we all experience the same thing.
--Richard
>>Do you really want them spending their time trying to figuring out the nuances of the top five distributions as well?
Yes.
My parents owe me some big apologies.
I love open standards as much as the next guy, however, conformity to some open standard doesn't guarranty anything.
Apple built iChat AV around SIP years ago. Today, Gizmo and iChat cannot interoperate.
Another example: XML. Microsoft announced, proudly, that Word would utilize XML in Word's file specifications. Trust me, interoperability was NOT in their plans.
The SIP standard is very small and doesn't dictiate how things are to be accomplished -- merely that they are. Very nice.
However, until projects make interoperability a feature (none do) then SIP doesn't mean much.
The problem with the Airport base station capacitor failures is described on this web page:
http://www.vonwentzel.net/ABS/Repair/
There are also instructions buying and replacing the failed parts, with good images. I followed these instructions a couple years ago very successfully.
>> The thing I'd really like is to get rid of the tower case.
Don't be hard your yourself. IMHO their case selection in the project was their big -- really big -- mistake.
--Richard
>> Well. when you paid the licensing fee to legally rip the CD...
Actually, a component of the cost of all the blank CD-ROMs sold in the U.S. is designated to offset sales losses to the RIAA. At least that was the case 10-years ago.
As far as I'm concerned, I've already paid fees so that I can rip the music that I own.
Gee, my message got tagged as flame-bait. I wonder if you were the only person who actually understood my point, even if you disagreed with it.
My understanding of Kevorkian's case is that he never performed euthanasia, he merely facilitated other people's efforts to end their lives be building simple contraptions that they could easily use to do so. Maybe I read wrong.
But in this way, I still think I have a valid, if unsophisticated, point. Can anyone construct and distribute anything that they want without regard to how it can be used?
That's just a rhetorical question, since their are a large number of existing laws and court ruling that hold creators accountable for the things that they create. (This is very out of step with the local Slashdot pathos, I know.)
You have some good points and mostly I agree with you but we're not really interested in the simplistic example of ping.exe. It's in the gray areas where things get interesting.
I don't like it when some people blame others for their problems and sue, sue, sue. By the same token, I don't like software developers who automatically assert holy immunity.
>> if you develop and sell a software product, are you responsible for what your users choose to do with it?
That's a good question. Why don't you write Dr. Kevorkian a letter and ask him what he thinks?
I don't make those kinds of bets anymore, not since I lot the Brittney Spears virginity thing...
Your leading spaces got trimmed. Took me a second to realize why your calendar differed from mine:
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--Richard
>> "I wonder how easy it would be to associate any particular activity with 'terrorism.'"
Good question. And I wonder how easy it is for any person to become an anarchist. Both good questions.
Maybe we should just pass out a bunch of doobies so that no one cares anymore.
My first Mac was a Plus. I have some sweet memories of my times using that machine.
My favorite. Hearing my own pulse.
Yes, yes, yes. Mod Gotung up 'cause he's absolutely right.
Apple's cross-platform compatible AirPort base station has been doing this since it's first version, quite a few years ago, I believe.
This new device is a lot cheaper, though. Apple's support's AOL... does this one?
--Richard
>> I've heard that Apple was a real pain in the ass for IBM.
The first thing I thought when I read the Intel CEO's positive spin on their new relationship with Apple is, "Dude, you do not know what you are in for."
If Intel is ignorant, then they are in for a very unpleasant surprise.
But maybe Intel understands what it means to be a partner with Apple and they're figuring that, hell, what doesn't kill me will make me stronger.
Apple is going to push Intel, make demands of Intel, get moody and pout, and bitch, bitch, bitch. BUT... I think that Intel is aware of this and considers it a fair price to pay to be with a cutting edge, free-wheeling company like Apple.
No, I was here, too.
That's just sweat.
>> 2. HTTP is a pretty shitty protocol overall.
Well, I know where you're coming from but I just have to say something in defense of HTTP.
HTTP's biggest disadvantage -- the one that you identified yourself -- is also its greatest strength.
Trying to impose persistant, stateful behaviors on a protocol that was designed to be stateless is always going to be bothersome.
I only bring this up because the web got to where it is today, in part, because of HTTP.
HTTP is the ugly wife that cooks great.
--Richard
I have a massive core but no one ever writes about me.
>> Apple getting dumped by IBM is going to put a quick end to the iPod fad.
Put the drugs down and back away slowly....
It's only reasonable to expect innovation like this from the company that invented the Internet.
Microsoft kicks ass!
>> Possessive its has no apostrophe, you fucking retard. How many visitors a day again and you idiots still can't hire an editor?
Yeah, its aggravating when 'tards can't even catch simple errors like that!
>> Nice that the author is admitting his bias up front...makes the obvious skewing in the rest of this 'test' marginally easier to swallow.
Anyone -- ANYONE -- who claims to be objective is a fucking liar.
>> What kind of moron compares one country against a group of several countries?
Good comparison, and you obviously have some experience presenting data, but I have a little more.
Your figures are mere trivia. What a useful figure like rates?
PBS has a wonderful layman-oriented mini-series on string theory online -- several hours of professional quality video presentation.
I highly recommend it as it also gives a nice background into the development of string theory and Very Important People.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/program.html