"...there should be no problem with normal stores like Walmart or EB selling GTA."
No kidding- my wife, who is 31, actually had to show her driver's license to buy Robitussin at Walmart's last week. We got into a discussion with the cashier; the register prompts them to ask for ID for cough medicine, Pseudophed, even brake fluid (I think, whatever is used to make meth).
It would be no problem for retailers to do the ID thing and then the parents would be able to buy their kids "Whack a Mole for the Ho" or whatever. (Hmmm, sounds like a good title.....)
One thing I have not noticed mentioned yet is that no one is questioning the "productivity" angle. Are not most jobs quantifiable in some way? I mean, this worker was not conjuring spirits or some such? When you hire someone, you usually tell them you need to do such and such, in such amount of time, or something like that. Did they hire this person to perfect the fung shei of the library?
Once again managers, bosses, supervisors not giving a whole lot of thought into what their people are supposed to do and how that work gets evaluated. If you can not figure out an employees productivity fairly easily, then you have problems.
Ok, I see people just itching to reply about writing software, how it's so hard to define progress, how you can not do it just by lines of code per day or functions per week. This is true (mostly), but if you give at least rough timetables for when things should be done, who cares if only one line of code is done on Tuesday if the module is done on Thursday?
My guess, the boss knew the employee had access to better porn and was just trolling to find it.
that the option of telling the government to stay the hell out of private interests is out? Yeah, yeah, environment and such- but just think when they extend this to general recycling of plastic and paper. Who pays- the manufacturer of the milk bottle, the consumer, or the supermarket? What about magazines- the publisher or the buyer?
Can we get a 1 cent discount if we recycle a magazine? 2 cents for a beer bottle?
I know that computers are a bit different because of the caustic bits insides them, but so are several plastics if "disposed of" incorrectly.
Sorry for the rant, I just wish the government would take off 11 months of the year and spend the other month worrying about things that really mattered.
Can we please stop this crap cliche phrasing?! I know it works for the computer-not-so-literate, but stop this "We will blow your mind for $2.50" and just advertise real-life broadband connections.
"Perhaps the era of security through obscurity for Apple is drawing to an end, and the true security of OS-X will be tested. Should be interesting to watch."
Isn't there some company or group that does a yearly test of Apple security by putting a machine online and offering a prize for anyone that can own it? Unless they use a rigged machine, I would think that that would be a good security check.
Jeebus, and I thought I had a weird art teacher in high school. Apparently he had some odd sinus problem- he would come in on Monday and tell us, in _graphic_ detail, how his sinustologist (this is the term he used, not ear-nose-throat doc) would stick nearly foot long QTip-like things to the back of his sinuses and wipe them out. He was also 40-something and still living with his mother (only moved out to go to college) in her purple house, and was, to put it midly, rather effeminate.
Thank God I never saw him naked, I would still be having nightmares 12 years later.
I thought it was illegal to send junk faxes, up to $500 per fax? Or maybe it was a state-by-state law? Something you may want to look into, you may be able to recoup all those costs from the junk faxes.
Dear God man- are you a prancing fairy or what?! I've acted, stage managed, and directed from high school to regional theatre and you just sound like a prat from Juliard who has about zip talent and all the "theory".
Mentioning that you are trying to win an award is about as bad as it get (your international multimedia award). Until you get it, do not speak about it, because I am working on an Emmy, even though I am not attractive, can't act well, but I took an acting class! And hell almighty- you think yogup.com is the "cream of the crop"? It's freakin' the sim "Life" with penis looking animations.
I just checked your comments to stories, and I see that you were a teacher. I guess that explains most of your leanings.
I'm sure you are a nice guy and all, but you do come off as very pretentious.
I used to get wrist and elbow pain after a day in front on the computer, so I got a trackball (Kensington Orbit) and have been hooked since. Kensington's software is pretty good, also.
Who took my hamsters! Jerk ruined my fusion project, just so he could play piano. My new moles are just learning how to run in circles (they are not very smart).
You know, the thing on the Dilbert website where you can generate a valid sounding mission statement from buzzwords? Sounds like your post- "insufficient management with technical competency"; "lacks a familiar liason to traditional business"; "that would enable effective utilization".
I'm not saying you don't know what you are talking about, but you come off sounding like a traditional PHB. (And if you are being sarcastic and I fell for it, I'm gonna cry)
And by the way, I'm an unemployed IT network guy for 2 years now. Maybe I need a gender modification?
"A galaxy full of Dyson spheres would be radiating the same amount of energy, but in the IR. If that was the case, Keck would see it glowing merrily away."
Unless all the Dyson spheres had energy -> matter converters, in which case the galaxy is probably aswarm in trillions of Boston Creme donuts.
Well, I did the 10-10-3, which is pretty close to what I actually do (varies from 8-12 movies per month), and I have never had a 7 day turnaround period. In a period of around 2 years. I occasionally get an extra day or 2 on processing, but most times they email me saying the got the movie the day after I mail it, and then email me the same day or the day after saying the mailed out the next movie (must be a USPS thing as to what time they get their shipment of movies). And the next day I get my movie. So, usually 3 days turnaround, sometimes 2, and occasionally 4-5 days.
I think someone should do a comparison of where people have bad experiences to the distribution site they are closest to. Maybe some distribution sites are worse than others? Maybe on purpose? I use the southeastern PA site, which is kinda close to my house, so maybe that helps, also.
I don't deny that some people have had bad experiences, and I'm pretty sure that at some points in the past that I dropped way down on the queue list for really popular movies, but I don't believe the evidence is there suggesting that Netflix is deliberately trying to screw their customers.
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"...there should be no problem with normal stores like Walmart or EB selling GTA."
No kidding- my wife, who is 31, actually had to show her driver's license to buy Robitussin at Walmart's last week. We got into a discussion with the cashier; the register prompts them to ask for ID for cough medicine, Pseudophed, even brake fluid (I think, whatever is used to make meth).
It would be no problem for retailers to do the ID thing and then the parents would be able to buy their kids "Whack a Mole for the Ho" or whatever. (Hmmm, sounds like a good title.....)
At least Serenity came out yesterday. The wife and I are seeing it on Sunday! Stupid goram MPAA.
"ask them to allocate a bigger budget to the USPTO"
You do realize that the USPTO MAKES money for the Fed Gov through the application fees?
I think there budget is like $2, after the billions they pore into the gov.
I am not sure if I am more wowed by the fact someone wrote that or that you came across that and linked it.
Truly fascinating, in its own way.
You just made my incredibly crappy day better- thank you!
"Ummm... because my desktop is neither round nor curved?"
Wuss- real men use spherical furniture!
One thing I have not noticed mentioned yet is that no one is questioning the "productivity" angle. Are not most jobs quantifiable in some way? I mean, this worker was not conjuring spirits or some such? When you hire someone, you usually tell them you need to do such and such, in such amount of time, or something like that. Did they hire this person to perfect the fung shei of the library?
Once again managers, bosses, supervisors not giving a whole lot of thought into what their people are supposed to do and how that work gets evaluated. If you can not figure out an employees productivity fairly easily, then you have problems.
Ok, I see people just itching to reply about writing software, how it's so hard to define progress, how you can not do it just by lines of code per day or functions per week. This is true (mostly), but if you give at least rough timetables for when things should be done, who cares if only one line of code is done on Tuesday if the module is done on Thursday?
My guess, the boss knew the employee had access to better porn and was just trolling to find it.
Not most of the sites I've been to....
that the option of telling the government to stay the hell out of private interests is out? Yeah, yeah, environment and such- but just think when they extend this to general recycling of plastic and paper. Who pays- the manufacturer of the milk bottle, the consumer, or the supermarket? What about magazines- the publisher or the buyer?
Can we get a 1 cent discount if we recycle a magazine? 2 cents for a beer bottle?
I know that computers are a bit different because of the caustic bits insides them, but so are several plastics if "disposed of" incorrectly.
Sorry for the rant, I just wish the government would take off 11 months of the year and spend the other month worrying about things that really mattered.
Can we please stop this crap cliche phrasing?! I know it works for the computer-not-so-literate, but stop this "We will blow your mind for $2.50" and just advertise real-life broadband connections.
But I guess I am just a fool.
Ha Haa!
"Perhaps the era of security through obscurity for Apple is drawing to an end, and the true security of OS-X will be tested. Should be interesting to watch."
Isn't there some company or group that does a yearly test of Apple security by putting a machine online and offering a prize for anyone that can own it? Unless they use a rigged machine, I would think that that would be a good security check.
Jeebus, and I thought I had a weird art teacher in high school. Apparently he had some odd sinus problem- he would come in on Monday and tell us, in _graphic_ detail, how his sinustologist (this is the term he used, not ear-nose-throat doc) would stick nearly foot long QTip-like things to the back of his sinuses and wipe them out. He was also 40-something and still living with his mother (only moved out to go to college) in her purple house, and was, to put it midly, rather effeminate.
Thank God I never saw him naked, I would still be having nightmares 12 years later.
I thought it was illegal to send junk faxes, up to $500 per fax? Or maybe it was a state-by-state law? Something you may want to look into, you may be able to recoup all those costs from the junk faxes.
That would put a bit of a crimp into my day when I call my customers to let them know I'm coming out the next day. :(
:)
But it would be perfect for waking me up on those slow summer afternoons!
Dear God man- are you a prancing fairy or what?! I've acted, stage managed, and directed from high school to regional theatre and you just sound like a prat from Juliard who has about zip talent and all the "theory".
Mentioning that you are trying to win an award is about as bad as it get (your international multimedia award). Until you get it, do not speak about it, because I am working on an Emmy, even though I am not attractive, can't act well, but I took an acting class! And hell almighty- you think yogup.com is the "cream of the crop"? It's freakin' the sim "Life" with penis looking animations.
I just checked your comments to stories, and I see that you were a teacher. I guess that explains most of your leanings.
I'm sure you are a nice guy and all, but you do come off as very pretentious.
Cheers!
Just had to reply to say I agree with you. Gonna put you into the Friend category.
Have you looked into a trackball? I was having wrist pain and tried out a Kensington Orbit. Still have it.
(No, I don't work for Kensington.)
Just ancedotally-
I used to get wrist and elbow pain after a day in front on the computer, so I got a trackball (Kensington Orbit) and have been hooked since. Kensington's software is pretty good, also.
I can count to 4 in quantum now.
Who took my hamsters! Jerk ruined my fusion project, just so he could play piano. My new moles are just learning how to run in circles (they are not very smart).
You know, the thing on the Dilbert website where you can generate a valid sounding mission statement from buzzwords? Sounds like your post- "insufficient management with technical competency"; "lacks a familiar liason to traditional business"; "that would enable effective utilization".
I'm not saying you don't know what you are talking about, but you come off sounding like a traditional PHB. (And if you are being sarcastic and I fell for it, I'm gonna cry)
And by the way, I'm an unemployed IT network guy for 2 years now. Maybe I need a gender modification?
"A galaxy full of Dyson spheres would be radiating the same amount of energy, but in the IR. If that was the case, Keck would see it glowing merrily away."
Unless all the Dyson spheres had energy -> matter converters, in which case the galaxy is probably aswarm in trillions of Boston Creme donuts.
Well, I did the 10-10-3, which is pretty close to what I actually do (varies from 8-12 movies per month), and I have never had a 7 day turnaround period. In a period of around 2 years. I occasionally get an extra day or 2 on processing, but most times they email me saying the got the movie the day after I mail it, and then email me the same day or the day after saying the mailed out the next movie (must be a USPS thing as to what time they get their shipment of movies). And the next day I get my movie. So, usually 3 days turnaround, sometimes 2, and occasionally 4-5 days.
I think someone should do a comparison of where people have bad experiences to the distribution site they are closest to. Maybe some distribution sites are worse than others? Maybe on purpose? I use the southeastern PA site, which is kinda close to my house, so maybe that helps, also.
I don't deny that some people have had bad experiences, and I'm pretty sure that at some points in the past that I dropped way down on the queue list for really popular movies, but I don't believe the evidence is there suggesting that Netflix is deliberately trying to screw their customers.
Just a few thoughts.
Odd, in 2 years I've only had 1 not delivered to me and 1 not delivered back to Netflix. Obviously not the same one :)
I wonder if Martians can ice skate? If so, perhaps we could import them here and have a hockey season. Imagine ESPN's ratings for the Mars Cup!