See, the ID number is really like age (although not in years or time spent on/.). The low ones are too "young" to have learned what XD2 is. In my case, I knew what it was but had already forgotten.:-) Maybe those around the 100000 range were in better shape.
Actually, employers can pay minors $4.25/hr, $2.40 less per hour than minimum wage, if they are employed for less than 90 days. This provision means that the minimum wage is not intended for high school students at all.
I disagree. The $4.25/hr you refer to is known as an "introductory wage," and since it only applies for 90 days, most high school students who work after school would soon be earning the full minimum wage. Not like that's anything to brag about, though....:-)
Minimum wage should prove for living at the poverty line at a minimum.
I don't think that's the purpose of minimum wage. There are a number of high school students who work for minimum wage, and they certainly aren't paying for a place to live or food to put on the table. This is not to say that Wal-Mart isn't guilty of some rather grevious attrocities. We should probably ask whether there should be another standard wage level that gets applied to people who are not considered dependents.
By the way, the "scenario" that was profiled on CorpWatch.org seems to be similar to what some of my friends who were starting out in the education field were facing. They had unbelievably low salaries, and were forced to band together in groups of three or four to afford a place to live. In the case of the single parent who couldn't afford living expenses, that's probably what they would have to do as well. Not a very good quality of life, though.
If it was extremely high power, it would be too late by then.
Agreed. Especially if turned on at just the right moment.
I would rather see them not allow anything electronic...
Although this might be smart, it's likely to be even less popular that outlawing mobile phones on the flight. There's a lot of people who, while traveling business, like to get some work done on the flight with their laptop. Flights from Europe to the US are particularly good candidates.
I'm also concerned that somebody could put an electronic device into their luggage and program it to "go off" at a certain time. Finding and eliminating problems in the cargo area could be even worse than in the cabin. Maybe they could put a Faraday Cage around sensitive equipment or the cargo area? If that works, they could probably find a way to do the same to the cabin. Probably really really expensive, though.
The problem is that the airline doesn't want you to light of the mobile until after the engine is turned off. They claim it could interfere with operations of the plane. The study referenced in the article supports that claim. Whether you agree with them or not, that's their rule. If you choose to violate a rule that they have put in place for perceived safety reasons, you're just being selfish. Wait until the engine turns off, which is usually about 5 minutes after landing, and you'll have a couple minutes to make your call before they open the doors.
In my state sexual education, and thus pictures of naked people is required for minors via public education.
Although I don't know what your state is, I doubt this is entirely true. The public school is required to offer sexual education. The parent is required to be notified. I believe the parent may elect to exclude their child from it. Very very few do this, but they are at least aware that it is currently being covered at school and therefore have the opportunity to talk with their children about what they've learned.
Furthermore, and maybe I'm a tad behind the time, I don't recall graphic pictures of anal and bestial sex as well as rape being included in sexual education. I have yet to receive spam that portrays sex in the same light as the education that goes on in public schools.
And just for the record: Yes, the type of images shown in spam mails would be considered criminal if they were handed out to children on the street.
All that really means is that your current or former company can't prevent you from taking another job regardless of what you've signed, IF your other option would be not working.
So, does that mean that if I'm laid off or fired, any non-compete clause I've signed would be void?
Why not just record the odometer reading during the annual inspection, compare it to last year's reading, and charge accordingly?
Because it's relatively simple to disconnect the odometer without any evidence of tampering. This usually has the side-effect of not having a speedometer either, but I wouldn't put it past the real offenders to do it.
I'm more in line with most of the other posts. Tax the gasoline consumption only. It provides incentive to purchase more fuel-efficient cars, makes the "hungrier" consumers pay their fair share and costs nada to implement.
Now they are deregulated, but still own the lines, which has the expected result of producing shit for service -- surprise, monopolies still suck.
Up until recently, there hasn't been a really good answer for this. It's not desirable to have more than one company providing "last mile" service for each utility because one could only begin to imagine how many lines would be draped along the side of the road. Now that we have cable, wireless and even power companies getting into the competition for internet access, we might actually get some "real" price and service benefits. Cable and DSL seem to be just now starting to actually compete with each other, and the net result has actually been a drop in DSL prices.
I exchanged email with Vonage once in the past, and I think the reason they gave me for not having more than one phone connected to the box was that the manufacturer of the equipment only rated it for one phone. I suspect it would work with additional phones connected, but that may nullify the warranty or could at least be blamed for service problems. If I recall correctly, my old ISDN line from years ago suffered from a similar service agreement. Nevertheless, I managed to get three extensions running on it.
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how do we even know that the supposed infringing snippets even exist in their code at all?
Presumably, part of the NDA will allow analysts to look at their code. Additionally, I would assume that some of the people signing the new NDA already have an NDA agreement for the UNIX source code and would thus know whether what SCO points out also exists in the UNIX source.
The spammmer has to open SMTP connections himself to every mail server he wants to spam people on. This takes a lot more resources than putting 1000 addresses on a BCC list and firing the message off to an open relay that does all the hard work.
I hate to say it, but this isn't nearly as much work as you might think. All it takes is a little special coding and some database maintenance -- something serious spammers would be more than willing to do. By maintaining a table of mail servers for each domain, a program could easily be created that scans through the list of email addresses, selects the correct mail server for its domain and then routes the email directly through that server. The most work would be maintaining the table of mail servers, but they could just target the big ones like Earthlink, AOL, MSN, Yahoo, Hotmail, etc. If this ever happens, you may see a rise in the popularity of Ma & Pa ISPs again.
On a good note, spammers who directly route through the recipient's mail server will be much easier to track down -- unless they break into another computer system to do their dirty work.
I dunno, i'd be willing to bet that after a few years with 18c coins, everyone would be really good at multiples of 18.
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I'd be willing to bet that you're wrong, although not for the reason you would suspect. Our high-school aged cashiers seem to be gradually losing the ability to do any math at all. My guess is that within a few years, they would be WORSE at working with multiples of 18 than they would today. Ever see what happens when the cash registers go down at a store? They become paralyzed -- can't even count change back without the register to tell them how much the change should be. </SARCASM>
That, and the fact that IE parks its own fat ass in RAM on startup anyway whether you want it to or not.
And wouldn't we all really like to be able to turn this feature off, too. I've actually stopped using IE outside of our corporate intranet because of the ActiveX exploits. Turning off ActiveX doesn't work for me because lots of web sites recognize the browser and deliver content through ActiveX. Apparently, they recognize Mozilla too and render content in some other way that doesn't put "Gator" on my machine.
This is called an incremental search. It's been a common software feature for a decade.
Yes, of course. I'm aware of that. It was the combination of the two items that mattered.
We can look up spark plugs for example, by typing S... P.... and have the list come up sorted by quantity sold.
You might have an example of prior art. It depends on how the patent is interpreted. In this case, they are collecting sales (or popularity) data in a central repository and sending that data, periodically, to the client, thus letting the client apply the autocompletion algorithm. In your spark plug example, I would guess that the data collection and autocompletion search run on the same system.
Like I said before, I don't think this kind of thing should be patentable even if it is completely unique. However, depending on the interpretation of the patent, some dufus may see it as having merit.
The only exception is that browsers autocomplete based on a previous entry rather than based on speculation about what it thinks you're looking for.
As an aside, I at least wish browsers would display autocomplete choices sorted descending by frequency of use. Internet Explorer drives me totally bonkers by trying to force me to accept its wrong suggestions.
I know you're a troll but come on, try a little bit harder next time.
Not that I think this should be patented, but...
What appears to make this original is the combination of two things.
The autocompletion takes place AS you are typing in the query term, rather than after you hit "Search."
The autocompletion algorithm takes into account searches performed by other users in determining which completion to suggest.
As such, this is not like wildcard searches, nor is it like the Google suggestions. And it is not like autocompletion that uses a static dictionary. They also appear to be targeting this idea towards wireless devices without a keyboard.
The economic woes of Germany are unrelated to the Euro.
Not entirely true. Having lived in Germany just prior to the final dismissal of the DEM, and then having visited early the next year after everything was priced in EUR, I can assure you that there was some rather noticeable deflation. While this alone couldn't be listed as the reason for economic woes (which started before the switch in currency), it is most certainly a contributing factor. When people have to pay more of their earned income to live, they are less likely to spend the remainder (if any) on things that boost the economy.
Bruce, have you attempted to contact anyone in the EU to express these same concerns? It would seem that perhaps implying intention to deceive prior to the vote would either get the vote delayed for an investigation or at least make people reconsider their position. I understand that you have to be careful about accusations, as we don't know whether this is deliberate deception or simply a case of being misinformed.
Sure, I suggest this over a year ago [slashdot.org] and get moderated down to a '1'. Someone else suggests it, and it gets its own article on Slashdot.
You were just ahead of your time. Next time, post ideas you though of a year ago.:-)
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See, the ID number is really like age (although not in years or time spent on /.). The low ones are too "young" to have learned what XD2 is. In my case, I knew what it was but had already forgotten. :-) Maybe those around the 100000 range were in better shape.
I disagree. The $4.25/hr you refer to is known as an "introductory wage," and since it only applies for 90 days, most high school students who work after school would soon be earning the full minimum wage. Not like that's anything to brag about, though.... :-)
I don't think that's the purpose of minimum wage. There are a number of high school students who work for minimum wage, and they certainly aren't paying for a place to live or food to put on the table. This is not to say that Wal-Mart isn't guilty of some rather grevious attrocities. We should probably ask whether there should be another standard wage level that gets applied to people who are not considered dependents.
By the way, the "scenario" that was profiled on CorpWatch.org seems to be similar to what some of my friends who were starting out in the education field were facing. They had unbelievably low salaries, and were forced to band together in groups of three or four to afford a place to live. In the case of the single parent who couldn't afford living expenses, that's probably what they would have to do as well. Not a very good quality of life, though.
Agreed. Especially if turned on at just the right moment.
I would rather see them not allow anything electronic...
Although this might be smart, it's likely to be even less popular that outlawing mobile phones on the flight. There's a lot of people who, while traveling business, like to get some work done on the flight with their laptop. Flights from Europe to the US are particularly good candidates.
I'm also concerned that somebody could put an electronic device into their luggage and program it to "go off" at a certain time. Finding and eliminating problems in the cargo area could be even worse than in the cabin. Maybe they could put a Faraday Cage around sensitive equipment or the cargo area? If that works, they could probably find a way to do the same to the cabin. Probably really really expensive, though.
Maybe instead we should urge the airline industry to adopt detectors that can find mobile phones that are turned on (as well as dangerous devices).
The problem is that the airline doesn't want you to light of the mobile until after the engine is turned off. They claim it could interfere with operations of the plane. The study referenced in the article supports that claim. Whether you agree with them or not, that's their rule. If you choose to violate a rule that they have put in place for perceived safety reasons, you're just being selfish. Wait until the engine turns off, which is usually about 5 minutes after landing, and you'll have a couple minutes to make your call before they open the doors.
Although I don't know what your state is, I doubt this is entirely true. The public school is required to offer sexual education. The parent is required to be notified. I believe the parent may elect to exclude their child from it. Very very few do this, but they are at least aware that it is currently being covered at school and therefore have the opportunity to talk with their children about what they've learned.
Furthermore, and maybe I'm a tad behind the time, I don't recall graphic pictures of anal and bestial sex as well as rape being included in sexual education. I have yet to receive spam that portrays sex in the same light as the education that goes on in public schools.
And just for the record: Yes, the type of images shown in spam mails would be considered criminal if they were handed out to children on the street.
So, does that mean that if I'm laid off or fired, any non-compete clause I've signed would be void?
Oh, that's no mystery. It's the Norwegian word for "dyeing." :-)
Resulting in corrosive deflation....
No one is garunteed job security, so why does uncle sam try so damned hard to never fire anyone?
Most likely because they'll still be paying them if they lay them off -- via the unemployment line.
uncle sam is the only stupid employer to still over pention plans.
Bear in mind that we're talking state taxes and not federal. We should see, instead, if Oregon has an employee pension plan.
A more interesting question is, "How stupid are the taxpayers?" It'll be interesting to see if this gets approved.
Because it's relatively simple to disconnect the odometer without any evidence of tampering. This usually has the side-effect of not having a speedometer either, but I wouldn't put it past the real offenders to do it.
I'm more in line with most of the other posts. Tax the gasoline consumption only. It provides incentive to purchase more fuel-efficient cars, makes the "hungrier" consumers pay their fair share and costs nada to implement.
Up until recently, there hasn't been a really good answer for this. It's not desirable to have more than one company providing "last mile" service for each utility because one could only begin to imagine how many lines would be draped along the side of the road. Now that we have cable, wireless and even power companies getting into the competition for internet access, we might actually get some "real" price and service benefits. Cable and DSL seem to be just now starting to actually compete with each other, and the net result has actually been a drop in DSL prices.
I exchanged email with Vonage once in the past, and I think the reason they gave me for not having more than one phone connected to the box was that the manufacturer of the equipment only rated it for one phone. I suspect it would work with additional phones connected, but that may nullify the warranty or could at least be blamed for service problems. If I recall correctly, my old ISDN line from years ago suffered from a similar service agreement. Nevertheless, I managed to get three extensions running on it.
Presumably, part of the NDA will allow analysts to look at their code. Additionally, I would assume that some of the people signing the new NDA already have an NDA agreement for the UNIX source code and would thus know whether what SCO points out also exists in the UNIX source.
I hate to say it, but this isn't nearly as much work as you might think. All it takes is a little special coding and some database maintenance -- something serious spammers would be more than willing to do. By maintaining a table of mail servers for each domain, a program could easily be created that scans through the list of email addresses, selects the correct mail server for its domain and then routes the email directly through that server. The most work would be maintaining the table of mail servers, but they could just target the big ones like Earthlink, AOL, MSN, Yahoo, Hotmail, etc. If this ever happens, you may see a rise in the popularity of Ma & Pa ISPs again.
On a good note, spammers who directly route through the recipient's mail server will be much easier to track down -- unless they break into another computer system to do their dirty work.
<SARCASM>
I'd be willing to bet that you're wrong, although not for the reason you would suspect. Our high-school aged cashiers seem to be gradually losing the ability to do any math at all. My guess is that within a few years, they would be WORSE at working with multiples of 18 than they would today. Ever see what happens when the cash registers go down at a store? They become paralyzed -- can't even count change back without the register to tell them how much the change should be.
</SARCASM>
And wouldn't we all really like to be able to turn this feature off, too. I've actually stopped using IE outside of our corporate intranet because of the ActiveX exploits. Turning off ActiveX doesn't work for me because lots of web sites recognize the browser and deliver content through ActiveX. Apparently, they recognize Mozilla too and render content in some other way that doesn't put "Gator" on my machine.
Yes, of course. I'm aware of that. It was the combination of the two items that mattered.
We can look up spark plugs for example, by typing S... P.... and have the list come up sorted by quantity sold.
You might have an example of prior art. It depends on how the patent is interpreted. In this case, they are collecting sales (or popularity) data in a central repository and sending that data, periodically, to the client, thus letting the client apply the autocompletion algorithm. In your spark plug example, I would guess that the data collection and autocompletion search run on the same system.
Like I said before, I don't think this kind of thing should be patentable even if it is completely unique. However, depending on the interpretation of the patent, some dufus may see it as having merit.
As an aside, I at least wish browsers would display autocomplete choices sorted descending by frequency of use. Internet Explorer drives me totally bonkers by trying to force me to accept its wrong suggestions.
Not that I think this should be patented, but...
What appears to make this original is the combination of two things.
As such, this is not like wildcard searches, nor is it like the Google suggestions. And it is not like autocompletion that uses a static dictionary. They also appear to be targeting this idea towards wireless devices without a keyboard.
Not entirely true. Having lived in Germany just prior to the final dismissal of the DEM, and then having visited early the next year after everything was priced in EUR, I can assure you that there was some rather noticeable deflation. While this alone couldn't be listed as the reason for economic woes (which started before the switch in currency), it is most certainly a contributing factor. When people have to pay more of their earned income to live, they are less likely to spend the remainder (if any) on things that boost the economy.
Bruce, have you attempted to contact anyone in the EU to express these same concerns? It would seem that perhaps implying intention to deceive prior to the vote would either get the vote delayed for an investigation or at least make people reconsider their position. I understand that you have to be careful about accusations, as we don't know whether this is deliberate deception or simply a case of being misinformed.
You were just ahead of your time. Next time, post ideas you though of a year ago. :-)
A public hanging would help ensure that many children would not grow up to be spammers....