If you truly form words completely as your are reading them, and you read much faster than you can write, type, or speak, would this make for quick transcription? With a system like that, I could read a book and have a copy typed up. This might make a good verification tool for Project Gutenberg and other transcriptions.
That's how evolution works. If the skull is too big or the pelvis is too small, then they die. Those that change size incrementally survive, perpetuating the larger pelvis and only slightly larger skulls.
Did anyone else notice that one of the posts said their debt was DUE in February 2004. They didn't just go and pay off a loan. They met their contractual obligations to repay debt.
It's up to the finance guys to say, "Hey, we can borrow another $300 mill for 5% while we're making 6% on our investments." If they can't say that, then they won't borrow more money unless they need it.
I'm going to change my browser tag to point to a consumer agreement on my website and that by accepting connections from my browser, you are accepting the terms of the agreement......if you misuse any data sent by this browser...misuse consisting of UCE, telemarketing, etc...you will be subject to a fee of two hundred fifty dollars per incident...
Oh, great. So anyone who actually writes things like "detail-oriented", "team-player", "works well with others" will pass the keyword search by the HR department, then get dismissed by the department hiring manager "because its unoriginal". So again, the only ones who make it are the ones with the inside connections.
That, and considering the intelligence of most hiring managers, if its over their head, then it MUST have been copied from a book. Its unfortunate that not everyone realizes there are actually people out there who use big words. They're not just for textbooks.
Anyone else see the similarity between Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola? I never heard about any lawsuits there.
Cola is a generic term used in the industry but it is part of Coke's brand identity. It's part of a trademarked name (as is "dows").:)
Win is the abbreviation of Windows and its all around. I don't see dows32 programs being written. Lindows simply replaced the specific portion of a generic word.
It's a good thing Ford didn't name his product the Ford Car. If we talked about someone's "car", we'd have to be corrected that its an "automobile" or "horseless-carriage".
And what about Mazda changing the name of the B-series pickup to the "Mazda Truck". Hopefully they won't decide to trademark the name... especially in Finland or something. My god! They could take Ford out of business!
"Xerox" and "Band-Aid" went from brandname to common use because people were generally happy using those products and preferred them. This makes sense in the case of "Windows" because users of unix, Linux, and Mac OS generally don't prefer Windows, so they definitely won't call what, in their mind is a superior product, "Windows". On the other hand, people that do use Windows primarily and have not been exposed to *nix or Mac tend to call them "Windows."
So basically, I'm just making a couple observations: 1) Technopolitically untainted people DO call other GUIs "Windows" 2) Technologically experienced people refer to an OS by the correct name simply because of their disdain for the opposition.
I signed up for a Yahoo account long ago. I tied it in with a yahoo email account, then cancelled the email account. For years now I've had access to all the Yahoo features and clubs with nary an email. When I sign up for clubs, it still thinks I have a @yahoo.com account. I just read the messages on the site.
I finally take the time to RTFA and all I learn is that Jack Kapica is an idiot. He had Microsoft's automatic update turned on! Ignoring M$' previous history, would you trust a company to safely install updates on your computer when they can't even keep an email password safe?
I'd be unwilling to pay for a service that would accost me with dozens of permission slips daily. You still need some way to filter who can get a message (or request) to you. This technique could only hope to do half as well as effective filtering if it included a check to make sure the person requesting permission is human.
I used to work for ClientLogic, who along with Compaq and TAG (The Answer Group), handled all of the tech support for Bellsouth FastAccess (DSL). The DNS entry for BBR/DSL Reports had been removed so that we couldn't get to their site (unless we used the IP address...). We were told we weren't allowed to post anything related to Bellsouth FastAccess on BBR at all.
Of course we were also told to lie to our customers and tell them that we worked for BellSouth. We were told not to schedule installer/techs earlier than 3-4 days unless the customer was angry, then we could send one out in 24 hrs. We also had the usual stuff like not recommending any brands over others.
Promotions were dependent not on whether we went above and beyond, but if we could get the customer off the phone in a certain amount of time. Our target was 16 minutes total handle time including our opening spiel and verification (1-2 minutes) and ACW (after call work, 1 min) of entering notes about the call. If you averaged about 16 minutes you were meeting the requirement, but you should be about 12 minutes to be "good". Anyone remember OfficeSpace's "flair"?
Half the tech support calls I took were people complaining because the previous agent told them to download new drivers from the website using dialup since they were calling because their DSL was out.
We were supposed to be there to help people, but our "metrics" were about how fast we handled the call and whether we mentioned the "Connection Manager" which didn't actually manage your connection, it was basically spyware and slowly evolved into being able to backup/restore your internet settings... but not drivers etc where we really needed it, and it didn't make a connection to FastAccess like all the customers thought.
If anyone DOES buy a CD from BMG, exchange it a few times. Make it cost them 3-4 times as much to produce a crippled CD.
If the store has to eat the cost, they'll be quick to inform their customers of problems with the CD (decrease sales). If the store can put the cost back on the producer, then it'll be another hit on a dying business model.
Whether the processor is idle, the hard drive spun down, or the LEDs flashing on the front o the computer, the power supply is still eating the same amout of power. Power supply current usage varies only minutely, except in the various states: On, Off, and Standby.
The EPA Energy Star program specifies a watt limit for sleep modes. For consumer appliances I believe its less than 3 W. For a computer I'm sure its higher, more likely 30 W.
The point is, spinning down the hard drive will not save electricity. The power supply will just dissipate more heat and magnetism in the transformer coil. Same goes for all those AC adapters in your house. They all use the same amount of power whether they're hooked to you CD player or not.
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If you truly form words completely as your are reading them, and you read much faster than you can write, type, or speak, would this make for quick transcription? With a system like that, I could read a book and have a copy typed up. This might make a good verification tool for Project Gutenberg and other transcriptions.
That's how evolution works. If the skull is too big or the pelvis is too small, then they die. Those that change size incrementally survive, perpetuating the larger pelvis and only slightly larger skulls.
Did anyone else notice that one of the posts said their debt was DUE in February 2004. They didn't just go and pay off a loan. They met their contractual obligations to repay debt.
It's up to the finance guys to say, "Hey, we can borrow another $300 mill for 5% while we're making 6% on our investments." If they can't say that, then they won't borrow more money unless they need it.
I'm going to change my browser tag to point to a consumer agreement on my website and that by accepting connections from my browser, you are accepting the terms of the agreement... ...if you misuse any data sent by this browser...misuse consisting of UCE, telemarketing, etc...you will be subject to a fee of two hundred fifty dollars per incident...
Oh, great. So anyone who actually writes things like "detail-oriented", "team-player", "works well with others" will pass the keyword search by the HR department, then get dismissed by the department hiring manager "because its unoriginal". So again, the only ones who make it are the ones with the inside connections.
That, and considering the intelligence of most hiring managers, if its over their head, then it MUST have been copied from a book. Its unfortunate that not everyone realizes there are actually people out there who use big words. They're not just for textbooks.
I'm not so sure about your math. I'm also on Cox. Their website lists 30 GB/month and 2 GB/day as the limits for their AUP.
That looks like 24 kB/s for a day, or 12 kB/s for a month.
To me, these are at least decent. I believe I far exceed them anyways and haven't gotten a complaint.
It is sad that it may become more convenient/cheaper to use the USPS for P2P file sharing. With a 32 kB/s upload cap its faster to mail CDs for sure.
Anyone else see the similarity between Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola? I never heard about any lawsuits there.
:)
Cola is a generic term used in the industry but it is part of Coke's brand identity. It's part of a trademarked name (as is "dows").
Win is the abbreviation of Windows and its all around. I don't see dows32 programs being written. Lindows simply replaced the specific portion of a generic word.
It's a good thing Ford didn't name his product the Ford Car. If we talked about someone's "car", we'd have to be corrected that its an "automobile" or "horseless-carriage".
And what about Mazda changing the name of the B-series pickup to the "Mazda Truck". Hopefully they won't decide to trademark the name... especially in Finland or something. My god! They could take Ford out of business!
"Xerox" and "Band-Aid" went from brandname to common use because people were generally happy using those products and preferred them. This makes sense in the case of "Windows" because users of unix, Linux, and Mac OS generally don't prefer Windows, so they definitely won't call what, in their mind is a superior product, "Windows". On the other hand, people that do use Windows primarily and have not been exposed to *nix or Mac tend to call them "Windows."
So basically, I'm just making a couple observations:
1) Technopolitically untainted people DO call other GUIs "Windows"
2) Technologically experienced people refer to an OS by the correct name simply because of their disdain for the opposition.
I signed up for a Yahoo account long ago. I tied it in with a yahoo email account, then cancelled the email account. For years now I've had access to all the Yahoo features and clubs with nary an email. When I sign up for clubs, it still thinks I have a @yahoo.com account. I just read the messages on the site.
I finally take the time to RTFA and all I learn is that Jack Kapica is an idiot. He had Microsoft's automatic update turned on! Ignoring M$' previous history, would you trust a company to safely install updates on your computer when they can't even keep an email password safe?
Could you imagine a Beowulf cluster of these crop circle robots...
Maybe someone would even start using them to reap their crops...
I'd be unwilling to pay for a service that would accost me with dozens of permission slips daily. You still need some way to filter who can get a message (or request) to you. This technique could only hope to do half as well as effective filtering if it included a check to make sure the person requesting permission is human.
I used to work for ClientLogic, who along with Compaq and TAG (The Answer Group), handled all of the tech support for Bellsouth FastAccess (DSL). The DNS entry for BBR/DSL Reports had been removed so that we couldn't get to their site (unless we used the IP address...). We were told we weren't allowed to post anything related to Bellsouth FastAccess on BBR at all.
Of course we were also told to lie to our customers and tell them that we worked for BellSouth. We were told not to schedule installer/techs earlier than 3-4 days unless the customer was angry, then we could send one out in 24 hrs. We also had the usual stuff like not recommending any brands over others.
Promotions were dependent not on whether we went above and beyond, but if we could get the customer off the phone in a certain amount of time. Our target was 16 minutes total handle time including our opening spiel and verification (1-2 minutes) and ACW (after call work, 1 min) of entering notes about the call. If you averaged about 16 minutes you were meeting the requirement, but you should be about 12 minutes to be "good". Anyone remember OfficeSpace's "flair"?
Half the tech support calls I took were people complaining because the previous agent told them to download new drivers from the website using dialup since they were calling because their DSL was out.
We were supposed to be there to help people, but our "metrics" were about how fast we handled the call and whether we mentioned the "Connection Manager" which didn't actually manage your connection, it was basically spyware and slowly evolved into being able to backup/restore your internet settings... but not drivers etc where we really needed it, and it didn't make a connection to FastAccess like all the customers thought.
If anyone DOES buy a CD from BMG, exchange it a few times. Make it cost them 3-4 times as much to produce a crippled CD.
If the store has to eat the cost, they'll be quick to inform their customers of problems with the CD (decrease sales). If the store can put the cost back on the producer, then it'll be another hit on a dying business model.
Whether the processor is idle, the hard drive spun down, or the LEDs flashing on the front o the computer, the power supply is still eating the same amout of power. Power supply current usage varies only minutely, except in the various states: On, Off, and Standby. The EPA Energy Star program specifies a watt limit for sleep modes. For consumer appliances I believe its less than 3 W. For a computer I'm sure its higher, more likely 30 W. The point is, spinning down the hard drive will not save electricity. The power supply will just dissipate more heat and magnetism in the transformer coil. Same goes for all those AC adapters in your house. They all use the same amount of power whether they're hooked to you CD player or not.