I'm getting nervous now. I placed the order, the site said it was placed, but I decided to call E*TRADE anyway to verify it. They said on the phone that I failed the Customer Profile (which I definitely did not). I'm on hold as I type this.
FYI, Delta runs OS/2. So does Amtrak, whose Quik-Trak ticket machines in Penn Station all rebooted simultaneously a couple of weeks ago while I was trying to retrieve my pre-ordered tickets. I still use OS/2 on occasion, and it's a solid OS, but unfortunately I can't vouch for its "real-world" stability.
Besides their grammar error ("could move up substantial" -- should be "could move up substantially") I noticed one more error in this story. It was reported that Be closed up 1/16 to 6 1/16 on its opening day; however, Be closed up some 30% to over $8 per share on its first day. Alas, he correctly notes that Be is now back around $6, and it hasn't moved much. Volume has also dropped to only a couple hundred thousand shares a day. Oh well.
I am also reminded of the fiasco in the Philipines where either coke or pepsi ran a contest and accidentally printed something like 100,000 winning entries. (The prize was a million dollars, or somesuch.)
I never heard of that one, but remember the "Find the grey M&M and win $2,000,000" contest last year? It turned out that M&M's that miss the color-coating step wind up grey. As a result, several people sent the M&M's in to try and claim their prizes. However, there was no winning wrapper (the official game piece, since you can eat the M&M's by accident after all) so they got denied.
The iPalm isn't real as expressed on that site, but 3Com is now indeed selling a clear Palm IIIe. It retails for $229, and will be sold only at "select college bookstores."
What kind of operating systems will we be able to run on this new chip? I'd hate to see such wondrous technology squandered by the need for new proprietary software.
Fiddled with the GUI for 5 minutes, until I found the Network control panel, entered a few numbers, & two minutes later I was telneting into my Linux box. I've never used NeXT before, & never opened the manual, but less then ten minutes after turning it on, I'd figured out how to network it. Now that's innovative.
I hate to say it, but less than ten minutes after my first Windows networking assignment, I was able to get Windows on a network. Using DHCP makes it even easier. All you need is an IP address, DNS configs, subnet (which can be calc'd in NT) and the drivers for your adapter (usually included). I know this is nothing new, but it's certainly just as easy as NeXT.
It's scheduled for the week of August 9 (next week). It will "price" immediately beforehand, so that all the lucky E*TRADE customers get their hundred(s of) shares.
I'm 18, so I don't think I would fit in in the "good ol' boys" network. The key is not connections, it's not inheritances, it's lying. E*TRADE practically encouraged people to lie the last time around.
Thanks to careful planning and the advice of the investor types here on Slashdot, I got my customer profile approved and now I'm just waiting to see whether I'm lucky enough to get the shares.
Come on, baby... papa needs a new everything!
BTW, E*TRADE's web site seems to have very intermittent problems receiving information, and I thought it was going to be as bad as MovieFone's web site when Star Wars tickets went on sale. However, a quick reload will often cure that problem. E*TRADE, of course, is no stranger to heavy activity all of a sudden.
Oh, give the kid a little credit. He was actually able to install the operating system and get it to start, thus proving that Red Hat's install procedure truly is idiot-proof.
Red Hat 6.0 is based on kernel 2.2.5, although I wouldn't be surprised to see a 6.1 release (on a 2.2.x kernel) after 2.4 is released. Red Hat 7.0 is still a long ways away.
Somehow, I wouldn't take anything written in that guestbook seriously. It's like Slashdot, only even more unfriendly (and you can't view comments in Nested mode, either!)
Jeff Knox noted the Oscar MP3 Player, which looks much less pricey than other stereo type MP3 components.
Sorry to say it, but the Oscar MP3 Player "looks much less pricey" because it's just so plain. The front side has so much blank space, and MP3's can be manipulated in so many ways. You would think there would be at least as many buttons as on a conventional CD player. They could really use a design tweak or two.
Mmm... translucent terminals
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In one of the new KDE screenshots, I noticed that a terminal window had a translucent background (i.e. you could see the background through it). I'm pretty sure I've seen this feature in Enlightenment, but is it possible (easily) to get it with current builds of KDE?
E*TRADE allows people to submit "conditional offers" to buy stock in an IPO about a week before it starts trading. There's a very small window to place the offer -- only about two hours or so. I only hope they won't be Slashdotted during that period, since I really really want that stock. I opened an E*TRADE account with that sole purpose in mind.
I hope I don't sound facetious with this post, but the beauty of the Internet is that everyone is "colorless." I, for one, have been mistaken as a member of a couple of different races in the long time that I've been on-line. And as for women, I'm sorry to say it, but there are a _lot_ more men than women in the computer field in general, and a _lot_ more men than women in higher management positions. However, two stories spring to mind about women in technology recently: HP's female CEO (which was covered by other press outlets) and a 16-year-old girl from the UK devising a new encryption scheme. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Besides, if I were Black/Asian/Hispanic, I wouldn't want to see a headline that says "Black/Asian/Hispanic Man Does Such-and-Such," where Such-and-Such is nothing new. This sort of "ethnic cheerleading" just leads to more disparity between races.
Going from talking about water guns to the role of race in American journalism... God I love Slashdot.:)
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You forgot what happened to me, and many others here:
I got no letter and no shares.
I'm getting nervous now. I placed the order, the site said it was placed, but I decided to call E*TRADE anyway to verify it. They said on the phone that I failed the Customer Profile (which I definitely did not). I'm on hold as I type this.
I hope I get my shares.
Forgive my whining, but this is the second story I submitted today (after the Red Hat IPO price increase) only to see it posted by someone else. Argh.
Hey, I submitted this earlier today. Stupid lousy rotten luck.
No, no, no! It's:
"My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead, and that's the way I likes it!" -- Abraham Simpson
Look it up.
FYI, Delta runs OS/2. So does Amtrak, whose Quik-Trak ticket machines in Penn Station all rebooted simultaneously a couple of weeks ago while I was trying to retrieve my pre-ordered tickets. I still use OS/2 on occasion, and it's a solid OS, but unfortunately I can't vouch for its "real-world" stability.
Besides their grammar error ("could move up substantial" -- should be "could move up substantially") I noticed one more error in this story. It was reported that Be closed up 1/16 to 6 1/16 on its opening day; however, Be closed up some 30% to over $8 per share on its first day. Alas, he correctly notes that Be is now back around $6, and it hasn't moved much. Volume has also dropped to only a couple hundred thousand shares a day. Oh well.
I am also reminded of the fiasco in the Philipines where either coke or pepsi ran a contest and accidentally printed something like 100,000 winning entries. (The prize was a million dollars, or somesuch.)
I never heard of that one, but remember the "Find the grey M&M and win $2,000,000" contest last year? It turned out that M&M's that miss the color-coating step wind up grey. As a result, several people sent the M&M's in to try and claim their prizes. However, there was no winning wrapper (the official game piece, since you can eat the M&M's by accident after all) so they got denied.
The iPalm isn't real as expressed on that site, but 3Com is now indeed selling a clear Palm IIIe. It retails for $229, and will be sold only at "select college bookstores."
What kind of operating systems will we be able to run on this new chip? I'd hate to see such wondrous technology squandered by the need for new proprietary software.
Fiddled with the GUI for 5 minutes, until I found the Network control panel, entered a few numbers, & two minutes later I was telneting into my Linux box. I've never used NeXT before, & never opened the manual, but less then ten minutes after turning it on, I'd figured out how to network it. Now that's innovative.
I hate to say it, but less than ten minutes after my first Windows networking assignment, I was able to get Windows on a network. Using DHCP makes it even easier. All you need is an IP address, DNS configs, subnet (which can be calc'd in NT) and the drivers for your adapter (usually included). I know this is nothing new, but it's certainly just as easy as NeXT.
It's scheduled for the week of August 9 (next week). It will "price" immediately beforehand, so that all the lucky E*TRADE customers get their hundred(s of) shares.
Dude.
:)
You the man. I just happened to check E*TRADE's web site at the right time.
Try again. Their servers display weird messages when they're under heavy loads.
I'm 18, so I don't think I would fit in in the "good ol' boys" network. The key is not connections, it's not inheritances, it's lying. E*TRADE practically encouraged people to lie the last time around.
Thanks to careful planning and the advice of the investor types here on Slashdot, I got my customer profile approved and now I'm just waiting to see whether I'm lucky enough to get the shares.
Come on, baby... papa needs a new everything!
BTW, E*TRADE's web site seems to have very intermittent problems receiving information, and I thought it was going to be as bad as MovieFone's web site when Star Wars tickets went on sale. However, a quick reload will often cure that problem. E*TRADE, of course, is no stranger to heavy activity all of a sudden.
Oh, give the kid a little credit. He was actually able to install the operating system and get it to start, thus proving that Red Hat's install procedure truly is idiot-proof.
Red Hat 6.0 is based on kernel 2.2.5, although I wouldn't be surprised to see a 6.1 release (on a 2.2.x kernel) after 2.4 is released. Red Hat 7.0 is still a long ways away.
Somehow, I wouldn't take anything written in that guestbook seriously. It's like Slashdot, only even more unfriendly (and you can't view comments in Nested mode, either!)
Jeff Knox noted the Oscar MP3 Player, which looks much less pricey than other stereo type MP3 components.
Sorry to say it, but the Oscar MP3 Player "looks much less pricey" because it's just so plain. The front side has so much blank space, and MP3's can be manipulated in so many ways. You would think there would be at least as many buttons as on a conventional CD player. They could really use a design tweak or two.
In one of the new KDE screenshots, I noticed that a terminal window had a translucent background (i.e. you could see the background through it). I'm pretty sure I've seen this feature in Enlightenment, but is it possible (easily) to get it with current builds of KDE?
You don't need brains to invest in ETrade. Only a credit card.
Since when do you need a credit card to invest with E*TRADE? From what I saw, all you need is a signature and a check for at least $1000.
E*TRADE allows people to submit "conditional offers" to buy stock in an IPO about a week before it starts trading. There's a very small window to place the offer -- only about two hours or so. I only hope they won't be Slashdotted during that period, since I really really want that stock. I opened an E*TRADE account with that sole purpose in mind.
E*TRADE and Red Hat allow people who got "the letter" to submit conditional offers before the general public has an opportunity.
I hope I don't sound facetious with this post, but the beauty of the Internet is that everyone is "colorless." I, for one, have been mistaken as a member of a couple of different races in the long time that I've been on-line. And as for women, I'm sorry to say it, but there are a _lot_ more men than women in the computer field in general, and a _lot_ more men than women in higher management positions. However, two stories spring to mind about women in technology recently: HP's female CEO (which was covered by other press outlets) and a 16-year-old girl from the UK devising a new encryption scheme. Correct me if I'm wrong.
:)
Besides, if I were Black/Asian/Hispanic, I wouldn't want to see a headline that says "Black/Asian/Hispanic Man Does Such-and-Such," where Such-and-Such is nothing new. This sort of "ethnic cheerleading" just leads to more disparity between races.
Going from talking about water guns to the role of race in American journalism... God I love Slashdot.