This type of conversion is expensive. I have 2 applications right now which would run perfectly fine on Linux or BSD, but they're hosted on Windows 2003 right now. Why? Because that's what our sysadmins know best. The app runs fine on Windows, and the rest of our systems and tools are MS-centric. There isn't a compelling business reason to have these 2 systems breaking that, and plenty of good arguments against it.
What's the issue...other than rewriting everything they've developed over the last X years? And the cost of retraining the development and sysadmin staff?
Family Guy and Drive didn't get the crappiest timeslot known to man (Sunday 7 PM in the fall on an NFL network). Pretty sure Firefly didn't either.
All their schedules got shuffled around, which is the kiss of death for any show on any network. Fox even did it to the show that originally got the network noticed - Married w/ Children - once they started moving it all over the calendar, the ratings plummeted because no one knew when to tune in.
It wasn't just about marketing, Fox never gave the show a chance on the schedule. They put it on at 7 PM on Sundays, right where it would get preempted by NFL games November & December (Fox starts their seasons in November for a number of shows). If a game ran more than 5 minutes past 7, they'd stick with post-game coverage till 7:30, then go to King of the Hill.
A show can't build a fanbase, can't get ratings, can't sell ads, if it's not even on when it's scheduled to be.
I don't think Fox wanted it to survive in the first place. I'm amazed it lasted as long as it did on that network.
Go to a local minor-league game. Tickets are cheap, food isn't as overpriced, and you get a lot less of the "barely in shape steroid ridden slobs." Plus it's actually relaxing, going to the ballpack, kicking back and watching the game. You won't be crammed into the stadium as tight as coach seats on a 737.
Bet you five bucks this becomes a campaign issue if Gore decides to run.
But it would only be effective if Gore (or anyone else) were campaigning against someone who had actually been part of the process which put those people in those positions.
Since Bush can't run again, and no one at a high level in his administration is running, what's the point of trying to use it?
Has anyone snatched the phone / blackberry out of someone's hands and thrown it?
I nearly did once. But that was because the bitch was using the phone to take calls from her boytoy right in front of her husband while my wife & I had to explain to people several times over the weekend why one of the bridesmaids wasn't being social with anyone.
A friend of mine was just recently hauled over the carpet for failing to answer a call from her boss on her mobile phone when she was in the loo
I once got called on the work on-call phone while busy with, uh, "something" with my wife at 11 PM (hint: it's something most slashdotters have GBs of video of but haven't experienced themselves).
I pushed whatever button on the phone was closest to make it shut up. 10 minutes later, they called again and gave me shit for not answering earlier. I nearly told him where he could stick his phone, but decided against it as it would have gotten back to my management, who would have taken a rather dim view of my attitude.
When I asked GM about the stupid design, they told me that they weren't sure if it was even technically possible to install an aftermarket deck, and that this is something that the majority of consumers want.
Yeah, I'm sure GM's customers were begging for this "feature".
More like "the majority of customers haven't complained, therefore they must want it."
I've actually heard of kids in middle and high school who use SMS and IM so much that they legitimately don't know how to spell words like "you", "your/you're", and will use internet abbreviations (lol, idk, etc.) in school papers.
I graduated from high school well before SMS came around, and IM was exclusively within the AOL client, but there were plenty of kids who didn't know your/you're and there/their/they're even then.
Hell, I've worked with several MBAs who can't get it right, who went to high school "when things were better" supposedly.
If segregation of duties & data protection is properly adhered to, she shouldn't have access to much, if any, sensitive data. Unless she's in a production support role instead of development/maintenance.
I interviewed with a local supermarket mega-chain a couple years ago for a project doing exactly this. Compare prices at each store against what other stores are charging, and model the impact of tweaking the price of a can of Campbell's Tomato Soup by a cent or two (for example).
Airlines have been doing this for years. And hotels, and other industries. Apartment complex management is getting into the game as well.
I have a friend who works for a rental car company, he does this sort of thing in his head at least a dozen times a day - get the customer into a car at the greatest financial benefit to the agency. You may think that you're getting a great deal when he bumps you from a mid-size to a full-size car for only $6/day more, but he comes out the winner, because he'll turn around and rent that mid-size to someone else for $2/day more than you were going to be paying.
Did you ask for the instructions to be rewritten so you could read them? Ask for more detailed notes? Ask which meds had been administered already, and when?
If so, did you get satisfactory results? If not, why?
I really hope you didn't walk away saying "ok, so this is what they give me, I guess I have to figure it out on my own." As a patient or care-giver, IMHO if you don't understand or can't read what you've been given, you need to get it straightened out before you leave the hospital/doctor. And the hospital/doctor shouldn't be saying "no" to your requests for more/better information.
They still get their percentage of each transaction. Your credit card company makes money off of you regardless of whether you pay the balance in full ever month or not.
efile + direct deposit means a refund in (usually) 72 hours or less. It's almost instant money.
Was it that quick for you this year? I filed electronically via TaxCut, sent the final data in on a Sunday. Not that Friday but the one after (almost 2 weeks later), I got the direct deposit from the Feds.
My state refund took another 2 weeks to appear after that.
The delay was not with TaxCut, as I got the confirmation that the IRS had received & accepted my filing within 24 hours of submitting.
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But this time, can we please leave him on the rock instead of Bruce Willis? Please?
And, in both directions, it's a good argument.
This type of conversion is expensive. I have 2 applications right now which would run perfectly fine on Linux or BSD, but they're hosted on Windows 2003 right now. Why? Because that's what our sysadmins know best. The app runs fine on Windows, and the rest of our systems and tools are MS-centric. There isn't a compelling business reason to have these 2 systems breaking that, and plenty of good arguments against it.
What's the issue...other than rewriting everything they've developed over the last X years? And the cost of retraining the development and sysadmin staff?
Family Guy and Drive didn't get the crappiest timeslot known to man (Sunday 7 PM in the fall on an NFL network). Pretty sure Firefly didn't either.
All their schedules got shuffled around, which is the kiss of death for any show on any network. Fox even did it to the show that originally got the network noticed - Married w/ Children - once they started moving it all over the calendar, the ratings plummeted because no one knew when to tune in.
It wasn't just about marketing, Fox never gave the show a chance on the schedule. They put it on at 7 PM on Sundays, right where it would get preempted by NFL games November & December (Fox starts their seasons in November for a number of shows). If a game ran more than 5 minutes past 7, they'd stick with post-game coverage till 7:30, then go to King of the Hill.
A show can't build a fanbase, can't get ratings, can't sell ads, if it's not even on when it's scheduled to be.
I don't think Fox wanted it to survive in the first place. I'm amazed it lasted as long as it did on that network.
Yeah, voice commands will work great in my open-plan office where there's plenty of ambient noise already from people on the phone.
Sure, the computer might be able to filter, but I don't want the noise going UP around me. I like quiet.
He who has the gold, makes the rules.
Only because of NYC & Long Island.
Look north of Westchester County and NY favors the republicans, though that has been changing slowly over the last few years.
The Supreme Court also ruled in 1978 that one can't say those words on TV in FCC vs. Pacifica Foundation. Yes, different court, etc.
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Go to a local minor-league game. Tickets are cheap, food isn't as overpriced, and you get a lot less of the "barely in shape steroid ridden slobs." Plus it's actually relaxing, going to the ballpack, kicking back and watching the game. You won't be crammed into the stadium as tight as coach seats on a 737.
Since Bush can't run again, and no one at a high level in his administration is running, what's the point of trying to use it?
I pushed whatever button on the phone was closest to make it shut up. 10 minutes later, they called again and gave me shit for not answering earlier. I nearly told him where he could stick his phone, but decided against it as it would have gotten back to my management, who would have taken a rather dim view of my attitude.
More like "the majority of customers haven't complained, therefore they must want it."
Hell, I've worked with several MBAs who can't get it right, who went to high school "when things were better" supposedly.
If segregation of duties & data protection is properly adhered to, she shouldn't have access to much, if any, sensitive data. Unless she's in a production support role instead of development/maintenance.
Not sure I'd call something that's well-documented in the FAQ a "trick."
I interviewed with a local supermarket mega-chain a couple years ago for a project doing exactly this. Compare prices at each store against what other stores are charging, and model the impact of tweaking the price of a can of Campbell's Tomato Soup by a cent or two (for example).
Airlines have been doing this for years. And hotels, and other industries. Apartment complex management is getting into the game as well.
I have a friend who works for a rental car company, he does this sort of thing in his head at least a dozen times a day - get the customer into a car at the greatest financial benefit to the agency. You may think that you're getting a great deal when he bumps you from a mid-size to a full-size car for only $6/day more, but he comes out the winner, because he'll turn around and rent that mid-size to someone else for $2/day more than you were going to be paying.
Did you ask for the instructions to be rewritten so you could read them? Ask for more detailed notes? Ask which meds had been administered already, and when?
If so, did you get satisfactory results? If not, why?
I really hope you didn't walk away saying "ok, so this is what they give me, I guess I have to figure it out on my own." As a patient or care-giver, IMHO if you don't understand or can't read what you've been given, you need to get it straightened out before you leave the hospital/doctor. And the hospital/doctor shouldn't be saying "no" to your requests for more/better information.
They still get their percentage of each transaction. Your credit card company makes money off of you regardless of whether you pay the balance in full ever month or not.
My state refund took another 2 weeks to appear after that.
The delay was not with TaxCut, as I got the confirmation that the IRS had received & accepted my filing within 24 hours of submitting.