IBM has a headset-phone which is wireless, and more importantly, which can be plugged into your computer as a microphone and speaker. its got great pickup, decent speaker, a speakerphone in the base, good battery life, and i paid 100 for one at sam's club, if i recall correctly. great deal, especially if you intend to get a landline at some point in the future. I'd give you a model # but i can't remember what it was, and i loaned mine to my brother.
Its my experience that when a bunch of knuckleheads get together and decide on the Next Big Thing, they prototype it in VB, then hire a bunch of people to work on it and the prototype ends up being the final version.
the company i'm with now works exactly the same way. i should have resigned years ago, but stuck it out. now we've finally got an owner who knows what the hell is going on, so my stock options might be the last remaining ones out of the 20th century to be worth more than toilet paper.
I've hardly ever heard of Integraph outside of a few lousy graphics cards, or their workstation Clipper chips -- and just how much of Integraph's corporate income comes from suing Intel?
Then you obviously do jack shit with engineering workstations. Intergraph's graphics cards and workstations were for years among the best in the business. Overpriced, perhaps, but technologically sophisticated. when i worked in huntsville doing graphics, we used to get intergraph workstations on loan from the corporate office to use in our demos and at tradeshows. it was like christmas time, four or five times ayear. anyway, the whole reason this is an issue is because intergraph was doing this stuff years before intel decided to.
Aside from graphics and engineering workstations, intergraph sells a lot of gis and civil engineering solutions worldwide.
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I'm running Phoenix 0.4 and Mozilla 1.1
not to dispute your numbers (they're in line with my experience as well) but if you're using phoenix, you're using moz1.2 vs moz 1.1--not really sure its a fair comparison. it may be as much a statement as to how much mozilla has improved between versions, although i think phoenix is a much tighter browser in general. also from looking at both codebases (the xul/js/css, anyway) phoenix is a LOT cleaner and easier to follow.
actually, when i type a keyword into the url bar, if it doesn't resolve to an url phoenix does a google search right off the bat. plus there's a a search bar right next to my urlbar on my version of phoenix (0.4)
However, combined with the tenth amendment [cornell.edu] the individual states (and localities depending on the state) do have the ability to limit speech.
This is not so. A state cannot pass a law which supersedes either the constitution or federal law. The tenth amendment merely says "Anything we've left out, assume belongs to the states."
With regards to slander and libel, they are not protected speech. There are no laws abridging our right to talk about patents and such--any nda's you sign are responsible for that. the right to speech is NOT "inalienable", meaning that you can sign it away if you choose, unlike your right to life.
still, while the sentence construction is indeed clumsy enough to read like an incomplete sentence, I still maintain that its merely a case of an incomplete prepositional phrase.
that's not an incomplete sentence--its just an incomplete prepositional phrase, which is pretty much accepted in common speech and language. I wouldn't put it in my doctoral dissertation unless i was in engineering, but all the same, you're just being a dick.
What's funny to me is how anyone can interpret the act of copyright extension as an attack on the first clause of that: "To promote the progress of science and useful arts..." its crystal clear to me that if it weren't for the fact that copyrights and patents give incentive to create, there would be no such thing in this country. Likewise, if copyrights did not expire in a limited time, there would be no incentive to create anew, since the revenues from the first creation would continue ad infinitum.
You obviously haven't used it. I'm still using the 0.1 snapshot and i have yet to find a single problem with it, except that i had to copy over my profile from mozilla to get my preferences working the same way. its tight, its small and getting smaller, its quick, and EVERY SINGLE IE user i've gotten to try it has switched permanently.
Try spending a little less time sucking Joel Spolsky's cock and a little more time actually TRYING something before having an opinion about it, and maybe one day you'll actually deserve that +5 rating.
Infomart is in exalted company. Kaii is only the second product of its kind in the world. The first one happens to be the Zaurus PDA from Sharp of Japan, which has recently become commercially available.
Only the second linux pda? what about the Yopy? And though it now seems to be defunct, the Agenda pda that was around awhile back?
in many states,the plaintiff can be made to pay the defendant's legal fees if the case is deemed a frivolous lawsuit, which this case, provided you described it correctly, almost certainly is. my advice is to at least get an initial consultation with a lawyer; most will probably be willing to write you a letter for a small fee ( 500) that may discourage any further action.
Seems like Germany would be a good place to host an anti-Scientology website, since I believe they have laws against scientology, recognizing it for the cult that it is... Without engaging in a debate over the rights/wrongs of religious freedom here, does someone from germany know what would happen with a website of this nature hosted within germany?
Just because you are walking down the street and see someones house, dosnt mean you have permission to walk on that property and knock on that persons door.
Uh, yeah, actually it does, if they don't have it posted no trespassing or make obvious attempts to deter people from coming on the property.
With regards to ratting them out to the VC's, I'd watch out that you don't violate any NDA's or something of that nature.
As for the non-payment, your course of action is fairly limited. If it were me, I would notify them that if they don't pay you for the work completed thus far, you will stop work altogether and have to resort to a lawsuit. I'd also consider dropping that company from your client list altogether--given how much trouble you have collecting from them in the first place, I wouldn't be anxious to take on more work from them.
what are you smelling? if its something like burning rubber or toast or something acrid, its probably the equipment, and its probably a fire hazard. kind of gives new meaning to the idea of a burn-in test:)
if its just your average stinky smell, why didn't you smell it before you got everything installed?
the hp 6s seems to fit your bill... solar powered, not overpowered, does fractions, bit ops, base conversions, parens, etc... according to hp its only $10, and not as bulky as the graphic calculators we're all familiar with.
first of all, do not consider this unless you are prepared to be very poor for the next year-18 months, or you have someone else to live off of, or you have a significant savings built up. This is not something you can do overnight, or over a months time. This is an endeavor which, while very very rewarding, can take a couple of years to get off the ground, if you're lucky.
secondly, find someone you can partner with who is also looking to start a company, but whose background is business. I was extremely fortunate in finding a business partner who has become a great friend, who has excellent connections, and who defers to my judgement on technical matters (and I, likewise, defer to his on business decisions). If you can find someone who has been in business in your chosen area or market for a span of time, that's fantastic.
Another point to mention is somethign that's been brought up in other posts. vertical markets are indeed great areas to go into, as long as there isn't competition who does the market well. ASP's are the perfect business plan for these kinds of markets. For instance, few small businesses can afford a 50k or 100k piece of software, but many more would be willing to pay 2k to start up with it, and four dollars a customer in the database, or a patient (in a medical setting) or something like that. it allows them a minimal startup cost and they can pay as they go. you should, however, also provide outstanding customer service in that scenario, and give customers the option of buying the software outright.
This, incidentally, is also where free software shines. A vertical market is actually a market where the technology you need already exists, and you play the role of integrator... for instance, you integrate a webserver, database, message queue, etc, into some application. there's no reason you can't use LAMP or jboss or something like that to fulfill that role. The software you're actually writing isn't much more than glue (albeit pretty damn cool glue;).
enough.. i digress... in any case, i certainly encourage your endeavor, just stay out of my vertical market--there isnt' room for many here.;)
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IBM has a headset-phone which is wireless, and more importantly, which can be plugged into your computer as a microphone and speaker. its got great pickup, decent speaker, a speakerphone in the base, good battery life, and i paid 100 for one at sam's club, if i recall correctly. great deal, especially if you intend to get a landline at some point in the future. I'd give you a model # but i can't remember what it was, and i loaned mine to my brother.
Its my experience that when a bunch of knuckleheads get together and decide on the Next Big Thing, they prototype it in VB, then hire a bunch of people to work on it and the prototype ends up being the final version.
the company i'm with now works exactly the same way. i should have resigned years ago, but stuck it out. now we've finally got an owner who knows what the hell is going on, so my stock options might be the last remaining ones out of the 20th century to be worth more than toilet paper.
I've hardly ever heard of Integraph outside of a few lousy graphics cards, or their workstation Clipper chips -- and just how much of Integraph's corporate income comes from suing Intel?
Then you obviously do jack shit with engineering workstations. Intergraph's graphics cards and workstations were for years among the best in the business. Overpriced, perhaps, but technologically sophisticated. when i worked in huntsville doing graphics, we used to get intergraph workstations on loan from the corporate office to use in our demos and at tradeshows. it was like christmas time, four or five times ayear. anyway, the whole reason this is an issue is because intergraph was doing this stuff years before intel decided to.
Aside from graphics and engineering workstations, intergraph sells a lot of gis and civil engineering solutions worldwide.
I'm running Phoenix 0.4 and Mozilla 1.1
not to dispute your numbers (they're in line with my experience as well) but if you're using phoenix, you're using moz1.2 vs moz 1.1--not really sure its a fair comparison. it may be as much a statement as to how much mozilla has improved between versions, although i think phoenix is a much tighter browser in general. also from looking at both codebases (the xul/js/css, anyway) phoenix is a LOT cleaner and easier to follow.
actually, when i type a keyword into the url bar, if it doesn't resolve to an url phoenix does a google search right off the bat. plus there's a a search bar right next to my urlbar on my version of phoenix (0.4)
Did anyone else giggle when they read that scientists had found "a new moon orbiting uranus"?
However, combined with the tenth amendment [cornell.edu] the individual states (and localities depending on the state) do have the ability to limit speech.
This is not so. A state cannot pass a law which supersedes either the constitution or federal law. The tenth amendment merely says "Anything we've left out, assume belongs to the states."
With regards to slander and libel, they are not protected speech. There are no laws abridging our right to talk about patents and such--any nda's you sign are responsible for that. the right to speech is NOT "inalienable", meaning that you can sign it away if you choose, unlike your right to life.
Sorry, I've got karma to burn... :)
still, while the sentence construction is indeed clumsy enough to read like an incomplete sentence, I still maintain that its merely a case of an incomplete prepositional phrase.
dude, you really gotta get out more... :)
that's not an incomplete sentence--its just an incomplete prepositional phrase, which is pretty much accepted in common speech and language. I wouldn't put it in my doctoral dissertation unless i was in engineering, but all the same, you're just being a dick.
What's funny to me is how anyone can interpret the act of copyright extension as an attack on the first clause of that: "To promote the progress of science and useful arts..." its crystal clear to me that if it weren't for the fact that copyrights and patents give incentive to create, there would be no such thing in this country. Likewise, if copyrights did not expire in a limited time, there would be no incentive to create anew, since the revenues from the first creation would continue ad infinitum.
You obviously haven't used it. I'm still using the 0.1 snapshot and i have yet to find a single problem with it, except that i had to copy over my profile from mozilla to get my preferences working the same way. its tight, its small and getting smaller, its quick, and EVERY SINGLE IE user i've gotten to try it has switched permanently.
Try spending a little less time sucking Joel Spolsky's cock and a little more time actually TRYING something before having an opinion about it, and maybe one day you'll actually deserve that +5 rating.
Infomart is in exalted company. Kaii is only the second product of its kind in the world. The first one happens to be the Zaurus PDA from Sharp of Japan, which has recently become commercially available.
Only the second linux pda? what about the Yopy? And though it now seems to be defunct, the Agenda pda that was around awhile back?
I'm gonna try to be, if my work schedule permits... boy would i love to get in on a Q&A session with some of those fsckers...
No-one has opened many of the drawers of the furniture here since they were last shut
no friggin way! really? nobody's opened them up since somebody shut it? go figure...
in many states,the plaintiff can be made to pay the defendant's legal fees if the case is deemed a frivolous lawsuit, which this case, provided you described it correctly, almost certainly is. my advice is to at least get an initial consultation with a lawyer; most will probably be willing to write you a letter for a small fee ( 500) that may discourage any further action.
nice idea, but I don't think that one-click-shopping is going to win any wars. What are we gonna do, bombard them with books?
Seems like Germany would be a good place to host an anti-Scientology website, since I believe they have laws against scientology, recognizing it for the cult that it is... Without engaging in a debate over the rights/wrongs of religious freedom here, does someone from germany know what would happen with a website of this nature hosted within germany?
Just because you are walking down the street and see someones house, dosnt mean you have permission to walk on that property and knock on that persons door.
Uh, yeah, actually it does, if they don't have it posted no trespassing or make obvious attempts to deter people from coming on the property.
Ask Google.
With regards to ratting them out to the VC's, I'd watch out that you don't violate any NDA's or something of that nature.
As for the non-payment, your course of action is fairly limited. If it were me, I would notify them that if they don't pay you for the work completed thus far, you will stop work altogether and have to resort to a lawsuit. I'd also consider dropping that company from your client list altogether--given how much trouble you have collecting from them in the first place, I wouldn't be anxious to take on more work from them.
what are you smelling? if its something like burning rubber or toast or something acrid, its probably the equipment, and its probably a fire hazard. kind of gives new meaning to the idea of a burn-in test :)
if its just your average stinky smell, why didn't you smell it before you got everything installed?
the hp 6s seems to fit your bill... solar powered, not overpowered, does fractions, bit ops, base conversions, parens, etc... according to hp its only $10, and not as bulky as the graphic calculators we're all familiar with.
first of all, do not consider this unless you are prepared to be very poor for the next year-18 months, or you have someone else to live off of, or you have a significant savings built up. This is not something you can do overnight, or over a months time. This is an endeavor which, while very very rewarding, can take a couple of years to get off the ground, if you're lucky.
;).
;)
secondly, find someone you can partner with who is also looking to start a company, but whose background is business. I was extremely fortunate in finding a business partner who has become a great friend, who has excellent connections, and who defers to my judgement on technical matters (and I, likewise, defer to his on business decisions). If you can find someone who has been in business in your chosen area or market for a span of time, that's fantastic.
Another point to mention is somethign that's been brought up in other posts. vertical markets are indeed great areas to go into, as long as there isn't competition who does the market well. ASP's are the perfect business plan for these kinds of markets. For instance, few small businesses can afford a 50k or 100k piece of software, but many more would be willing to pay 2k to start up with it, and four dollars a customer in the database, or a patient (in a medical setting) or something like that. it allows them a minimal startup cost and they can pay as they go. you should, however, also provide outstanding customer service in that scenario, and give customers the option of buying the software outright.
This, incidentally, is also where free software shines. A vertical market is actually a market where the technology you need already exists, and you play the role of integrator... for instance, you integrate a webserver, database, message queue, etc, into some application. there's no reason you can't use LAMP or jboss or something like that to fulfill that role. The software you're actually writing isn't much more than glue (albeit pretty damn cool glue
enough.. i digress... in any case, i certainly encourage your endeavor, just stay out of my vertical market--there isnt' room for many here.