Don't they understand that people like having atomic systems?
The "people" you refer to are us who read slashdot or seem to have a little technological sense. The people they seem to be designing for are business type folk who think that their life is made easier by not having to switch between apps on their Windows toolbars.
Overture makes its money because marketers for companies feel it's very important to be listed high in the search engines (every single one of them). My company has a couple like this and they're even able to convince our clients to pay us more money to "optimize" their sites for the search engines. I don't really get it though; they should really just use their resources to produce good sites with content instead of wasting them on trying to beat the search engines.
Sorry, I forgot my sarcasm tags.:) It sounded much more sarcastic when I first heard it from the voices in my head. Maybe something got lost in the translation to text.
Sorry, that was a bad example. The McDonald's coffee law suit wasn't quite so cut-and-dry frivolous as many people believe. The coffee at McDonalds was, as a matter of policy, stored at scalding temperatures. The woman, who was 79, was sitting in the passenger seat, not driving the car. The car was parked, not moving. Many people cite this case and claim to know the facts, but most people are just perpetuating misinformation.
I'm not sure if it is in Sony's best interest to make the game quite as addictive as it seems to be. Unless things have changed in the past few months since I quit playing EQ, people payed by the month. So it would actually be in Sony's best interest to make just minimally addictive so people would maintain their monthy subscriptions, but not so much as so they would play 24/7, so they would minimize their bandwidth and related costs.
Thanks for the differing viewpoints in the two reviews. It's kind of nice seeing something from two sides when reading something. Often, I hate to admit it, a review will taint my experience with something, so now if I decide to read this thing, maybe the opposites taints will cancel each other out.
Speaking as someone who developed an "Opt-in" Email program (I tried to keep it as non-spamlike as I could, but it's hard to fight the marketing folk on these types of things), there are lists out there that you can rent.
My boss, however, didn't even bother to rent one. He just grabbed every email address on any email (From and CC) in his Microsoft Outlook (years worth of stuff) and put them in my nifty program. He didn't consider it spamming, since he only used the list to send out a special invitation to join our mailing list. "It's not spam, it's opt-in email, " he says.
What was kind of funny was coming into work after this 5000+ emails had been sent out and seeing our brand new listing in SpamCop.:)
What was really funny was seeing the email we received from our ISP saying we had been reported for spamming and it was against the Acceptable Use Policy. We had been reported by ourselves, since my boss had added our ISP's spam-reporting email address to our mailing list. I'm fairly certain aup@ourisp.com didn't solicit that email.:)
I am getting paid to work for the company, but, at least to me, payment doesn't just come in the form of a paycheck. And part of that payment is the benefit of a fast internet connection. It's not the "me me me" attitude of America, it's part of a concious cost/benefit economic analysis of the decision to keep my job. Which, now that I think about it, is kind of all about "me me me".:) But that's what makes America what it is, right?
This is why you tell managers numbers that will make them comfortable with your progress, no matter if they are really accurate. The better your managers feel about your work on the project, the better you will feel, since they will stop bothering you as much. In other words, arbitrary and meaningless questions deserve arbitrary and meaningless answers.
Of course, you still need to finish everything on time or your arbitrary and meaningless answers won't work the next time.:)
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Don't they understand that people like having atomic systems?
The "people" you refer to are us who read slashdot or seem to have a little technological sense. The people they seem to be designing for are business type folk who think that their life is made easier by not having to switch between apps on their Windows toolbars.
Overture makes its money because marketers for companies feel it's very important to be listed high in the search engines (every single one of them). My company has a couple like this and they're even able to convince our clients to pay us more money to "optimize" their sites for the search engines. I don't really get it though; they should really just use their resources to produce good sites with content instead of wasting them on trying to beat the search engines.
Sorry, I forgot my sarcasm tags. :) It sounded much more sarcastic when I first heard it from the voices in my head. Maybe something got lost in the translation to text.
and an IR Remote that will work from another room with no line of sight.
Great! I hate having to have line of sight when I'm trying to watch some TV.
More details on the McDonalds coffee law suit.
I'm not sure if it is in Sony's best interest to make the game quite as addictive as it seems to be. Unless things have changed in the past few months since I quit playing EQ, people payed by the month. So it would actually be in Sony's best interest to make just minimally addictive so people would maintain their monthy subscriptions, but not so much as so they would play 24/7, so they would minimize their bandwidth and related costs.
Thanks for the differing viewpoints in the two reviews. It's kind of nice seeing something from two sides when reading something. Often, I hate to admit it, a review will taint my experience with something, so now if I decide to read this thing, maybe the opposites taints will cancel each other out.
Speaking as someone who developed an "Opt-in" Email program (I tried to keep it as non-spamlike as I could, but it's hard to fight the marketing folk on these types of things), there are lists out there that you can rent.
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My boss, however, didn't even bother to rent one. He just grabbed every email address on any email (From and CC) in his Microsoft Outlook (years worth of stuff) and put them in my nifty program. He didn't consider it spamming, since he only used the list to send out a special invitation to join our mailing list. "It's not spam, it's opt-in email, " he says.
What was kind of funny was coming into work after this 5000+ emails had been sent out and seeing our brand new listing in SpamCop.
What was really funny was seeing the email we received from our ISP saying we had been reported for spamming and it was against the Acceptable Use Policy. We had been reported by ourselves, since my boss had added our ISP's spam-reporting email address to our mailing list. I'm fairly certain aup@ourisp.com didn't solicit that email.
I am getting paid to work for the company, but, at least to me, payment doesn't just come in the form of a paycheck. And part of that payment is the benefit of a fast internet connection. It's not the "me me me" attitude of America, it's part of a concious cost/benefit economic analysis of the decision to keep my job. Which, now that I think about it, is kind of all about "me me me". :) But that's what makes America what it is, right?
This is why you tell managers numbers that will make them comfortable with your progress, no matter if they are really accurate. The better your managers feel about your work on the project, the better you will feel, since they will stop bothering you as much. In other words, arbitrary and meaningless questions deserve arbitrary and meaningless answers.
:)
Of course, you still need to finish everything on time or your arbitrary and meaningless answers won't work the next time.