Just a note of observation: if the talent that creates the CGI actor is in demand, then that talent will command more money, and the copy write of that talent ( the artist, motion, and voice people ) will also be in demand, so it's a switch from one person to a group of people.
>>Besides, I am *not* necessarily willing to stand behind everything I say online
Note taken; accepted and understood by a human that understands hiring.
In this world of 7 minutes to do research, have some flunky decide your fate, they won't read what you posted and get the taste of what you are trying to do.
great example: A woman sent me her resume for a job I had open. I goggled her, found out that she's a punk rocker/ geek / techno-nerd with amazing writing skills. guess what, I read 2 years of her blog and hired her once I confirmed what she wrote. lost 20 hours easy, Now I have someone that can write elegant for me and make sure I don't screw up too much.
anyway, much respect, best of luck and hope you always have some spare cash in your pocket for that extra beer.
>>Many foreclosure sales are done without the ability to see the property
this is very true, but when purchasing Foreclosures, you really look at land value then add the home value. this way you know what the worst case situation is. best case is when you get to purchase below land value. then you can flip it as a handy man special.
yes I buy foreclosures, and no it's not easy, and yes it's very time consuming, and yes it's worth it.
>>Same thing with the idiots who buy "historic" homes only to be shocked with municipal restrictions when they try to renovate the property.
Historic Renovation is something that I did once ( I like to restore Victorians ). I will NEVER do a historic home again.
I could take a Victorian, restore it fully without using anything new ( maybe slight plumbing issues, but everything original and old ) and finish without a problem within 48 days. ( I had the best crew and we always worked 6 days a week ).
the only historic I did ( 1898 home ) took me 13 months from start to finish, it was mostly waiting for inspectors and approvals. NIGHTMARE, I would tell everyone to stay out of that market unless they have the ability to deal with government and local bullsh*t. Like they know the color of a house back then when I have the original paint sample from some of the timber.... uuhhgg what a-holes.
self taught, but the best thing I can tell you is to learn to focus, like what happens right before you crash, where everything is slow motion. once you can get close to that, then you should be able to take a nap within 10 minutes of thinking of it. it still takes me about 5 minutes to zero out completely.
>>that guy in the Seven Samurai who makes himself sleep when the time's available.
How true your statement is. The issue is that the character could do that, most people can not. it took me 3 years to learn how to sleep on a moments notice.
Now do you think anyone could do that? No, now try to focus on your conversation, it's very hard in a rough environment. it's all in the training.
Sometimes it's ok to piss off the person that pays you, but it's never a good idea to piss off ( or mention in bad light ) the person that funds you and your staff. too high of a risk with little to no reward.
I don't know how to shut it off at the post office but I was able to reduce my junk mail ( snail mail ) by following the steps that are posted at the Direct marketing association web site for consumers
www.dmaconsumers.org/consumerassistance.html
I hope that helps you.
I went from 120 pieces of junk mail to 12 in less than 4 months. it works.
Subsidized by the bill payer, under contract to the government to do certain obligation. once that obligation is done for that area, they can do whatever they want. so if the obligation is to add copper, they could at the same time add fiber, absorb the extra cost ( not to the expense of the tax payer ) and offer extra the services.
I have looked at government contracts. It's amazing how easy they are to overly ( at your own expense ) extra services to improve your business.
Your reply made me think for a minute "You'll need it, 'cause selection pressure tends to win."
Reminded me of an old ( mid 80's ) analog issue.
We are progressing along with fewer and fewer operating systems. What would the writer of the virus think if he brought down part of a country. better yet, what would the writer of the virus do if he did it in his own area.
I could not agree with you more on the statement :
""The reason 90% of people give for driving automatics is that they are lazy and/or want to relax. That's just the problem with our driving society here in the US: they aren't paying enough fucking attention.""
I'm currently in Miami. It's a white knuckle drive for me. I see stuff that would have you dead in my old streets back in NJ ( heck just within a few blocks I had: a) dead mans turn ( a location that would get you rear ended if you did not turn on your blinkers early)
b) cemetery jump, ( real bad turn that was off a bridge, if you took it to fast, you would end up head first into the cemetery and most likely dead). every week at least 2 cars would go off
c) tonnelle avenue ( route 1 & 9 ) otherwise know as 8 miles of death ( this road is the most dangerous in NJ at one time, with a death rate of 1 person per day on average )
d) and the 2nd hilliest town in the USA, without too many stops signs.
You had to learn how to drive in my day, You have to look and learn how to use your side mirrors ( never depend on the rear view mirror ). shift, go up hill, pray, then shift into the intersection.
people are too lazy and cut off everyone. what ever happen to placing some space between you and the car in front.
Organics is a consumer base purchase issue, consumers can be educated properly and they will find better standards for organics than the government will. I believe a good example of this is in Kosher foods, I think their are different marks for different forms of Kosher ( IE: standard Kosher, Kosher from a Jewish owned farm, Glatt kosher... and many others ).
part 2 - Now to Peering
From a business standpoint, it makes a lot of sense. I don't have to charge the customers anything, I just charge the web site a priority peering charge.
yes I will loose a few clients ( less than 1% most likely ) but I will make it up in the revenue from the web sites. Some cash with a stock kicker, sounds like plan.
Does the SEC have anything to do with this, Nope, as long as the bidding for the rights to my client is done legally. don't forget it's Bell-south who owns the clients. and it's bell-south's responsibility to maximize shareholders value. Clients can leave if they don't like the service.
Does the FCC have anything to do with this, Maybe, but after seeing the Peering issues that have come about within the last few years, priority peering might be the way to go.
All I know is that everyone whom is a very large player ( web site traffic ) will want to be in the priority peering pool and will pay for the access to that pool. Companies like Yahoo and Google spend a lot of time perfecting the web page delivery. every second to the eyeballs counts.
Onepoint
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>>I don't humor parents who lie to their kids about Santa and the Eostre Bunny, either (I don't go out of my way to disillusion them, but asking me a direct question such as "so what time do you think Santa visited last night" for the amusement of the wee ones will not have a good outcome).
You don't have kids yet do you. I hope whomever you have ruined x-mass won't return the favor. I guess you have never seen a kid's joy on the morning of x-mass or organizing the Easter egg hunt for 30 kids in the neighborhood ( does not matter the faith, the fun is in the search ).
we still make cookies for Santa and leave a carrot out for Rudolph. I hope to do it for ever.
No you are not dreaming, I can give you an idea along the lines of your thinking that this can be applied for.
Bubbles are a film that has a reflective property.
If a bubble is perfectly round it might ( i think ) reflect an image perfectly ( subject to the curve ). Now think it out... take the film of the bubble, surround another object that should have a smooth surface, it should reflect cleanly back, if the object has a crack of any sort or a warp, the reflection will not be perfect. there must be a way to detect the crack or warp due to the reflection.
bubbles with a slightly higher mixture of hydrogen or helium ( which ever is the non-flammable type ) could be floated in a confined area. having a closed environment full these small bubbles could be the first line of defense against some sort fire.
it's real interesting to see what people from 2 different nations think about punishment. I find that I were to commit a crime, I think it would be better to do it in France or Italy than in USA.
I really can not recall, it's been 10 years or more. It's become a family joke that if we would have been paid, dad would be dead. But in the meantime, dad donates his blood for kids and he's happy. Last time he donated all he had to give was a few small vials ( I wish I really understood what he's got in his blood, but they need it all the time ).
anyway thanks for asking, and sorry I could not help.
Some of us are not so lucky to enjoy those moments to walk our children everyday to school, otherwise we would all be doing it daily. ( specifically puddle jumping days, which happen to be my favorite. )
Congrats, You are the first winner of the " I care about something " award. At least you point out that we are all winners if we follow the long term view of helping the planet.
sometimes it's as simple as walking your kid to school 3 times a week. just a little nudge in the right direction from many people and the planet wins. Small steps towards the benefit of mankind.
heck, I'm learning to Rollerblade, this way I can skate to work 2 times a week. it's an idea that I might end up liking a lot.
I look at this situation from 2 views, one personal experience and one on a business level. My father had the chance to become a test subject to a new device, a rather important one.
At the meeting which my father wanted me at, he asked " since it's me you are testing on, what is the cut of the action I will get for each one sold" Honest questions ask jokingly. The reply was: you got to be kidding, we don't do such a thing.
my father turned serious and said to them, "OK, I'm no longer interested". They replied, "but you'll be dead in a year", dad said " OK, so what, find someone else". We just got up and left... this was 10 years ago and dad is still alive, he's got some special rare blood that they pay ton of money for, but instead he finds children research places and gives it away as charity.
From a business stand point, the guy is sitting on a gold mine. I would offer myself up to the back end residual bidder and get the royalties.
From a human level, I would negotiate that the cure should be offered straight out as generic drug. everyone could win.
The guy has a right to do nothing legally. Now the question comes, does he have the moral rights to do nothing?
very good points ( you sound like one of my attorneys reviewing my thinking ). In reading the issue, I felt that the Eula was the main battle ground, and since this wont go to trail by jury ( the spy-ware company would be nut's, even I can not craft a defendable position for what they do, and I'm good and having and creating a defensible position ) I figured the rules would be guided by the convincing of the judge.
I would think that the spy-ware's people are going to hit the detectors company with small issues consistently, just keep chopping at them. scoring small gains.
rough battle for sure. I can not see the clear outcome, again it comes to the word " hopefully".
I think you wrote it out nicely, but I think I've a work around towards your argument of enforcement of the EULA. so I would present the following
a) both firms are software houses, this would negate the stronger/weaker side of the argument. make both sides equal to the judge.
b) both firms are familiar with Eula's, this would slow down or stop spy-ware detectors line of thinking. judge would only have to say " you have one in your software ", spy-ware detection company says "yes sir", Judge says " well you would expect people to agree to yours, so you now have to agree to their " ( or at least place them in a bad light )
c) because both parties are equals, the courts might lean towards the spy-ware company.
I am not a lawyer, been using lawyers since I was 9, I like lawyers. Lawyers make my life easy.
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Just a note of observation:
if the talent that creates the CGI actor is in demand, then that talent will command more money, and the copy write of that talent ( the artist, motion, and voice people ) will also be in demand, so it's a switch from one person to a group of people.
>>Besides, I am *not* necessarily willing to stand behind everything I say online
Note taken; accepted and understood by a human that understands hiring.
In this world of 7 minutes to do research, have some flunky decide your fate, they won't read what you posted and get the taste of what you are trying to do.
great example: A woman sent me her resume for a job I had open. I goggled her, found out that she's a punk rocker/ geek / techno-nerd with amazing writing skills. guess what, I read 2 years of her blog and hired her once I confirmed what she wrote. lost 20 hours easy, Now I have someone that can write elegant for me and make sure I don't screw up too much.
anyway, much respect, best of luck and hope you always have some spare cash in your pocket for that extra beer.
>>Many foreclosure sales are done without the ability to see the property
this is very true, but when purchasing Foreclosures, you really look at land value then add the home value. this way you know what the worst case situation is. best case is when you get to purchase below land value. then you can flip it as a handy man special.
yes I buy foreclosures, and no it's not easy, and yes it's very time consuming, and yes it's worth it.
>>Same thing with the idiots who buy "historic" homes only to be shocked with municipal restrictions when they try to renovate the property.
Historic Renovation is something that I did once ( I like to restore Victorians ). I will NEVER do a historic home again.
I could take a Victorian, restore it fully without using anything new ( maybe slight plumbing issues, but everything original and old ) and finish without a problem within 48 days. ( I had the best crew and we always worked 6 days a week ).
the only historic I did ( 1898 home ) took me 13 months from start to finish, it was mostly waiting for inspectors and approvals. NIGHTMARE, I would tell everyone to stay out of that market unless they have the ability to deal with government and local bullsh*t. Like they know the color of a house back then when I have the original paint sample from some of the timber.... uuhhgg what a-holes.
Michael
self taught, but the best thing I can tell you is to learn to focus, like what happens right before you crash, where everything is slow motion. once you can get close to that, then you should be able to take a nap within 10 minutes of thinking of it. it still takes me about 5 minutes to zero out completely.
>>that guy in the Seven Samurai who makes himself sleep when the time's available.
How true your statement is. The issue is that the character could do that, most people can not. it took me 3 years to learn how to sleep on a moments notice.
Now do you think anyone could do that? No, now try to focus on your conversation, it's very hard in a rough environment. it's all in the training.
onepoint
No No No, the first message is :
"All your bases belong to us"
the second message is :
"where is the rendezvous point for the free beer"
the third message is :
"don't forget the chips"
Sometimes it's ok to piss off the person that pays you, but it's never a good idea to piss off ( or mention in bad light ) the person that funds you and your staff. too high of a risk with little to no reward.
I don't know how to shut it off at the post office but I was able to reduce my junk mail ( snail mail ) by following the steps that are posted at the Direct marketing association web site for consumers
www.dmaconsumers.org/consumerassistance.html
I hope that helps you.
I went from 120 pieces of junk mail to 12 in less than 4 months. it works.
Onepoint
Subsidized by the bill payer, under contract to the government to do certain obligation. once that obligation is done for that area, they can do whatever they want. so if the obligation is to add copper, they could at the same time add fiber, absorb the extra cost ( not to the expense of the tax payer ) and offer extra the services.
I have looked at government contracts. It's amazing how easy they are to overly ( at your own expense ) extra services to improve your business.
someone knows history, and if more people would know this, I believe ( at least in my heart ) the world would be a better place.
Onepoint
Your reply made me think for a minute
"You'll need it, 'cause selection pressure tends to win."
Reminded me of an old ( mid 80's ) analog issue.
We are progressing along with fewer and fewer operating systems. What would the writer of the virus think if he brought down part of a country. better yet, what would the writer of the virus do if he did it in his own area.
just makes you wonder.
Onepoint
I could not agree with you more on the statement :
""The reason 90% of people give for driving automatics is that they are lazy and/or want to relax. That's just the problem with our driving society here in the US: they aren't paying enough fucking attention.""
I'm currently in Miami. It's a white knuckle drive for me. I see stuff that would have you dead in my old streets back in NJ ( heck just within a few blocks I had:
a) dead mans turn ( a location that would get you rear ended if you did not turn on your blinkers early)
b) cemetery jump, ( real bad turn that was off a bridge, if you took it to fast, you would end up head first into the cemetery and most likely dead). every week at least 2 cars would go off
c) tonnelle avenue ( route 1 & 9 ) otherwise know as 8 miles of death ( this road is the most dangerous in NJ at one time, with a death rate of 1 person per day on average )
d) and the 2nd hilliest town in the USA, without too many stops signs.
You had to learn how to drive in my day, You have to look and learn how to use your side mirrors ( never depend on the rear view mirror ). shift, go up hill, pray, then shift into the intersection.
people are too lazy and cut off everyone. what ever happen to placing some space between you and the car in front.
ugg.
Yes, that line was cut sometime between 1993 and 1997 with a backhoe. took out all the exchanges in downtown for the day. it was back up in 9 hours.
your quote of 1mm per minute might be right, I would not be surprised.
onepoint
2 parts to this issue first Organics.
Organics is a consumer base purchase issue, consumers can be educated properly and they will find better standards for organics than the government will. I believe a good example of this is in Kosher foods, I think their are different marks for different forms of Kosher ( IE: standard Kosher, Kosher from a Jewish owned farm, Glatt kosher... and many others ).
part 2 - Now to Peering
From a business standpoint, it makes a lot of sense. I don't have to charge the customers anything, I just charge the web site a priority peering charge.
yes I will loose a few clients ( less than 1% most likely ) but I will make it up in the revenue from the web sites. Some cash with a stock kicker, sounds like plan.
Does the SEC have anything to do with this, Nope, as long as the bidding for the rights to my client is done legally. don't forget it's Bell-south who owns the clients. and it's bell-south's responsibility to maximize shareholders value. Clients can leave if they don't like the service.
Does the FCC have anything to do with this, Maybe, but after seeing the Peering issues that have come about within the last few years, priority peering might be the way to go.
All I know is that everyone whom is a very large player ( web site traffic ) will want to be in the priority peering pool and will pay for the access to that pool. Companies like Yahoo and Google spend a lot of time perfecting the web page delivery. every second to the eyeballs counts.
Onepoint
>>I don't humor parents who lie to their kids about Santa and the Eostre Bunny, either (I don't go out of my way to disillusion them, but asking me a direct question such as "so what time do you think Santa visited last night" for the amusement of the wee ones will not have a good outcome).
You don't have kids yet do you. I hope whomever you have ruined x-mass won't return the favor. I guess you have never seen a kid's joy on the morning of x-mass or organizing the Easter egg hunt for 30 kids in the neighborhood ( does not matter the faith, the fun is in the search ).
we still make cookies for Santa and leave a carrot out for Rudolph. I hope to do it for ever.
Onepoint
No you are not dreaming, I can give you an idea along the lines of your thinking that this can be applied for.
... take the film of the bubble, surround another object that should have a smooth surface, it should reflect cleanly back, if the object has a crack of any sort or a warp, the reflection will not be perfect. there must be a way to detect the crack or warp due to the reflection.
Bubbles are a film that has a reflective property.
If a bubble is perfectly round it might ( i think ) reflect an image perfectly ( subject to the curve ). Now think it out
bubbles with a slightly higher mixture of hydrogen or helium ( which ever is the non-flammable type ) could be floated in a confined area. having a closed environment full these small bubbles could be the first line of defense against some sort fire.
onepoint
Tin Foil Hat's have been proven to increase the range of reception and transmission.
go with the F-cage
Onepoint
>>I'd say 6 years is pretty light
it's real interesting to see what people from 2 different nations think about punishment. I find that I were to commit a crime, I think it would be better to do it in France or Italy than in USA.
Prison sentence seems shorter over there.
Onepoint
I really can not recall, it's been 10 years or more. It's become a family joke that if we would have been paid, dad would be dead. But in the meantime, dad donates his blood for kids and he's happy. Last time he donated all he had to give was a few small vials ( I wish I really understood what he's got in his blood, but they need it all the time ).
anyway thanks for asking, and sorry I could not help.
Onepoint
Some of us are not so lucky to enjoy those moments to walk our children everyday to school, otherwise we would all be doing it daily. ( specifically puddle jumping days, which happen to be my favorite. )
Congrats, You are the first winner of the " I care about something " award. At least you point out that we are all winners if we follow the long term view of helping the planet.
sometimes it's as simple as walking your kid to school 3 times a week. just a little nudge in the right direction from many people and the planet wins. Small steps towards the benefit of mankind.
heck, I'm learning to Rollerblade, this way I can skate to work 2 times a week. it's an idea that I might end up liking a lot.
I look at this situation from 2 views, one personal experience and one on a business level. My father had the chance to become a test subject to a new device, a rather important one.
At the meeting which my father wanted me at, he asked " since it's me you are testing on, what is the cut of the action I will get for each one sold" Honest questions ask jokingly. The reply was: you got to be kidding, we don't do such a thing.
my father turned serious and said to them, "OK, I'm no longer interested". They replied, "but you'll be dead in a year", dad said " OK, so what, find someone else". We just got up and left... this was 10 years ago and dad is still alive, he's got some special rare blood that they pay ton of money for, but instead he finds children research places and gives it away as charity.
From a business stand point, the guy is sitting on a gold mine. I would offer myself up to the back end residual bidder and get the royalties.
From a human level, I would negotiate that the cure should be offered straight out as generic drug. everyone could win.
The guy has a right to do nothing legally. Now the question comes, does he have the moral rights to do nothing?
onepoint
very good points ( you sound like one of my attorneys reviewing my thinking ). In reading the issue, I felt that the Eula was the main battle ground, and since this wont go to trail by jury ( the spy-ware company would be nut's, even I can not craft a defendable position for what they do, and I'm good and having and creating a defensible position ) I figured the rules would be guided by the convincing of the judge.
I would think that the spy-ware's people are going to hit the detectors company with small issues consistently, just keep chopping at them. scoring small gains.
rough battle for sure. I can not see the clear outcome, again it comes to the word " hopefully".
thanks again for your views.
I think you wrote it out nicely, but I think I've a work around towards your argument of enforcement of the EULA. so I would present the following
a) both firms are software houses, this would negate the stronger/weaker side of the argument. make both sides equal to the judge.
b) both firms are familiar with Eula's, this would slow down or stop spy-ware detectors line of thinking. judge would only have to say " you have one in your software ", spy-ware detection company says "yes sir", Judge says " well you would expect people to agree to yours, so you now have to agree to their " ( or at least place them in a bad light )
c) because both parties are equals, the courts might lean towards the spy-ware company.
I am not a lawyer, been using lawyers since I was 9, I like lawyers. Lawyers make my life easy.