FWIW, my company had a contract w/ Blue Cross/Blue Shield to rewrite some of their pamphlets at a 7th grade reading level. We evaluated the results using popular reading indexes [1], and the project was generally considered a success. I'm guessing that many of their customers complained, which provided the impetus to rewrite the pamphlets.
Moral? Bitch up. Tell the fuchwads to write privacy statements at a 7th grade reading level as an adjunct to the necessary legal notices.
[1] No, I don't know if they ran usability studies. Just bite me.
Typically, it says you will cooperate with any patent filing decisions or actions. Your employer certainly owns any work product produced in association with your employment. Your employer certainly will receive any and all royalties from the patent. Whether they must share the benefits of the patent with you depends on the contract.
The author of the blog post referenced by this article exhibits a conservative bias, and doesn't disclose a conflict of interest. Others have called him on it. But, it's his blog, isn't it. Nevertheless, the post replies are interesting reading with passionate arguments on all sides, some of whom are ACTUAL PATENT ATTORNEYS!
Those of you truly interested in this story should read the firehose version.
I think the links in the firehose version of the story are more apropos to this post's tags.
Of particular concern to me is the replacement of one the original post's links with one that references a newspaper I consider to be a parody of press oversight. I would never source that bloated, piss-stained, corporate catamite in any post I write.
So, when/. writes "Windrip writes", they're lying. I didn't write what was posted on the front page of/. I didn't even provide one of the links in the story.
Nevertheless, of particular interest to/. readers might be the forensic study conducted on the DB. I found it here.
Browsing posts >3, no-one's read the papers. They don't "troll the web". they ide ntify zites that are "nown tererist angouts" + IRC &c, 'n wade trhough 'em.
'course, question is, who getz to 'cide who's a terrist?
'n ifn youse read them rticles, then youse'd be nowin the gramer in thisn' msg.
One must phrase one's questions in the right way, all the time; no mistakes, no do-overs. If there's a mistake made, if the first post isn't correct, if the wrong turn phrase is used, support dries up immediately.
Contrast that with/paid support/. One gets the opportunity to ask questions until a satisfactory answer is delivered by the vendor, or enough clues are provided that the answer can be uncovered.
That's the kind of support companies like RH & MS sell.
Optional support from volunteers and developers from mailing lists is simply not adequate when trying to solve real world problems in real world timelines.
The finding is significant in that the predicted totals for Bush in Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties are lower^H^H^H^H^H higher then actual values.
Patrick Ruffini doesn't understand statistics. His argument can be likened to the statistical assertion that when Bill Gates walks into a bar, the net wealth of the patrons increases by several orders of magnitude.
The survey proves a statistically significant correlation between Democratic support in certain counties (votes for Gore in 2000, Kerry in 2004), Republican support in certain counties (Bush votes in 2000 and 2004), and touch-screen machines.
Ruffini tries to disprove the finding by averaging the votes by county and technological prowess; which averaging doesn't disprove the correlation.
The finding is significant in that the predicted totals for Bush in Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties are lower then actual values.
Here is the question Ruffini dodges: if the model is correct for the 2000 cycle, why is that same model wrong for the 2004 cycle?
It's not new, and it's not relegated to
corporate sleazery. here's
a reference I found while researching the George
Harrison (RIP) / The Chiffons 1983 case.
It astonishes me that the same people on the Making Linux look harder than it is thread who whine and mope that users are too frigging stoopid to read manuals are bitching and moaning about users who actually use their e-mail client.
Croaker has it right: the/. community really raises the bar on hypocritical speech.
Slashdot Mirror
The same shit-stains whose answer to unionization is "Good way to be instantly undercut by cheaper labor." will mod this post insightful.
Once again, pig-ignorance on... oh yeah...
We live (ostensibly) in a democratic republic. The words "democratic" and "republic" are orthogonal. The initials "USSR" are from what words class?
"Union of Soviet Socialist Republics"
Things you would have learned in school had you been paying attention.
For those of you able to read
Well, there's a collection of pig-ignorant statements.
Pneumonia, Cholera, Dysentery certainly seem to be doing pretty well, despite wiping out their hosts.
an overly-effective disease will destroy its own ecosystem and thus die out.
one can only hope.
Moral? Bitch up. Tell the fuchwads to write privacy statements at a 7th grade reading level as an adjunct to the necessary legal notices.
[1] No, I don't know if they ran usability studies. Just bite me.
Wrong, Wrong, Wrong shit-for-brains.
I do have a
real certificate
FF3 pops ups the warning box. There is something to do with the chain of trust that works in IE, not in FF3.
Typically, it says you will cooperate with any patent filing decisions or actions. Your employer certainly owns any work product produced in association with your employment. Your employer certainly will receive any and all royalties from the patent. Whether they must share the benefits of the patent with you depends on the contract.
sux 2 b u
FF3's behavior is utter crap: It's more than self-signed certs.
I've paid for a certificate. I've installed it on a website that uses Plesk, which doesn't correctly install certs.
IE doesn't complain, FF3 does. It's got something to do with the trust chain.
Don't bother posting the inevitable reply: "Google for certs + plesk". I've tried that technique. Fail.
I know: "FF3 developers are just so much smarter than the rest of us, we should just be grateful for their work." Screw you.
The author of the blog post referenced by this article exhibits a conservative bias, and doesn't disclose a conflict of interest. Others have called him on it. But, it's his blog, isn't it.
Nevertheless, the post replies are interesting reading with passionate arguments on all sides, some of whom are ACTUAL PATENT ATTORNEYS!
ISTR Rand (not /that/ Rand) thought that establishing a priesthood &c. would be about the best method to warn future generations.
Also, can't Ballard's fusion device burn spent fuel?
Those of you truly interested in this story should read the firehose version.
I think the links in the firehose version of the story are more apropos to this post's tags.
Of particular concern to me is the replacement of one the original post's links with one that references a newspaper I consider to be a parody of press oversight. I would never source that bloated, piss-stained, corporate catamite in any post I write.
So, when /. writes "Windrip writes", they're lying. I didn't write what was posted on the front page of /. I didn't even provide one of the links in the story.
Nevertheless, of particular interest to /. readers might be the forensic study conducted on the DB. I found it here.
Browsing posts >3, no-one's read the papers.
They don't "troll the web". they ide
ntify zites that are "nown tererist angouts"
+ IRC &c, 'n wade trhough 'em.
'course, question is, who getz to 'cide who's a terrist?
'n ifn youse read them rticles, then youse'd be nowin the
gramer in thisn' msg.
Community radio cannot move offshore.
Open Source support is risible.
/paid support/. One gets the opportunity to ask questions until a satisfactory answer is delivered by the vendor, or enough clues are provided that the answer can be uncovered.
One must phrase one's questions in the right way, all the time; no mistakes, no do-overs. If there's a mistake made, if the first post isn't correct, if the wrong turn phrase is used, support dries up immediately.
Contrast that with
That's the kind of support companies like RH & MS sell.
Optional support from volunteers and developers from mailing lists is simply not adequate when trying to solve real world problems in real world timelines.
Part II is 7:44 minutes of my life I'll never get back.
I cannot believe these guys had an insider tour of SLAC and they post cheesy tourist shots of a FUCKING COOLING TOWER!!!!!!!!!!!!
No wonder Engineering/Physics &c suffers in this country.
Oh, and I also resent Bebo's comparison of chemistry to postage stamp collecting. But at least he has earned his "I'm a HEPP*" stripes.
*High Energy Physics Prick
of course HEP also means How Easily Phooled...
This was brought out by Plaintiff's opening statement in Comes. Check around 12/7 or 12/8 Because it was in opening statements, it's not evidence.
Oh please, please, describe the nuance in Kelso.
Microsoft is patenting the standard
Let's sing along with Frank:
Must be a slow news day
The finding is significant in that the predicted totals for Bush in Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties are lower^H^H^H^H^H higher then actual values.
The survey proves a statistically significant correlation between Democratic support in certain counties (votes for Gore in 2000, Kerry in 2004), Republican support in certain counties (Bush votes in 2000 and 2004), and touch-screen machines.
Ruffini tries to disprove the finding by averaging the votes by county and technological prowess; which averaging doesn't disprove the correlation.
The finding is significant in that the predicted totals for Bush in Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties are lower then actual values.
Here is the question Ruffini dodges: if the model is correct for the 2000 cycle, why is that same model wrong for the 2004 cycle?
Correction: Lem isn't French, he's Polish.
It's not new, and it's not relegated to corporate sleazery. here's a reference I found while researching the George Harrison (RIP) / The Chiffons 1983 case.
Croaker has it right: the /. community really raises the bar on hypocritical speech.