OK, what was the purpose of the markup then? I mean besides to make the store money -- that's a given. But what's the purpose to the customer that you were implying?
My point was that it's really hard to find something (even combinations) that nobody is doing. I completely agree with the part about there being so much there to work with.
Damn, and I was going to mention that it would be possible to write such a thing.
That's the great thing about Open Source -- someone's probably already implemented what you're thinking. And the community and Google help you find them. It kind of sucks if you're trying to come up with a new idea to make money with.
My guess is that something is causing your focus to move outside of the form fields. Perhaps an over-sensitive trackpad. Maybe a virus or some other type of malware. Either way, I'd recommend that you enable the option that requires you to start searches with the / or ' key.
"Don't be evil" is one of 10 statements of their philosophy. I can't find anywhere that Google itself states that it is their slogan. But I guess you can have a lot of slogans.
There's a great story I once heard similar to that. It was back in the days of dumb terminals lined up in data centers. The guy noticed that he was able to type in his password to log in only when he was sitting down. If he was standing up, it wouldn't allow him to log in. They searched for quite some time to try to figure out if there was some type of short in the chair or something. It just didn't make any sense that the terminal could know whether he was sitting down or standing up. After a long time troubleshooting, they finally noticed the problem. One of the keys he used to type in his password had had its keycap swapped with another key. When he sat down, he touch-typed, but when he typed standing up, he would hunt-and-peck, thus hitting the wrong key.
Gas stations around here dig up their tanks if they close and aren't immediately bought. There must be some regulations requiring that they dig up their tanks so they don't sit there for a long time and start leaking into the surrounding ground. I also suspect that gas stations have to post some sort of bond to ensure that there's money left to remove the tanks after they go out of business.
Well, if it costs 5% as much and pollutes 1% as much, why wouldn't you use it? Those numbers are made up, but I don't understand why you would compare the 2. The only major thing that those numbers tell you are how often you'd have to fuel up, and (assuming nearly the same density) how much energy is wasted by carrying the fuel.
You can't store gasoline all that long actually. I know some of it would evaporate. I'm not sure what the other problems with long-term storage are, perhaps the components compounds separate, or they slowly react to form some other compounds. Not to mention that it's probably not the best idea to have everyone in the business of storing large quantities of volatile liquids next to their barbeque pits.
I think it's much more intelligent to change one's mind when presented with new evidence, than to stick to one's convictions in the face of new evidence.
For example, let's say that you're a juror on a murder case. The prosecution presents a good case, and you're convinced that the defendant is guilty. However, the defense shows even more credible evidence that the defendent was in jail at the time, and that he could not have committed the murder. But you're unwilling to change your mind due to the new evidence. Oh well, it's better to stick to your convictions than to allow an innocent man to go free, right?
Science is all about finding new evidence, and throwing out old convictions when they no longer fit the evidence. (Note that this is probably the opposite of how you view science, but it is how scientists view it.)
Insanity (and seemingly a lot of current American Conservativism and Evangelical Fundamentalism) is all about continuing to think the same way, despite mounting contradictory evidence.
And if you think you live in horrible times, you're definitely ignoring a ton of evidence to the contrary. How many people do you know who don't have enough to eat? How many people do you know who don't have shelter? How many people do you know that have to work every waking moment? How many people do you know that are enslaved and beaten? How many people do you know who live in filth and disease? In contrast to most people in the history of this planet, we live like gods.
Not true. Luxemburg has a much higher GDP per capita. And several other countries are about equal to the US. Especially if you take into account other factors, such as national debt, savings/investment rates, standards of living, expected life-span, etc.
I would guess that most of the retention laws only require that you retain the files, not that you be able to load them into any particular program to make the files useful. So by just retaining the files, you're most likely already complying with the letter of the law.
If someone asks for access to those files, it's their problem/responsibility to make use of them. Of course, if it's something that someone within your company needs, then it would be nice of you to help them access the files in a useful manner.
BTW, translating the files into a different format than that in which they were originally used probably violates the letter of the retention laws.
The other problem is that we're cutting down trees faster than they are being re-grown. (On that planet as a whole, at least. In the US, there's some evidence that urbanization is actually leading to an increase in forest coverage -- although that doesn't necessarily mean an increase in total tree "throughput".)
And what made HR think that they would get good candidates from such an ad? You really should have taken that to management, because it easily leads to a poorer selection of people in your department.
Yeah, our store was OK. I worked in the Tech Shop -- building, upgrading, and fixing PCs. It was pretty good experience, and it helped me get into the IT business; I've moved on to much bigger things since then.
We had some good store-branded hardware to work with when I started, then we started selling some real junk. If you ever want to know what to buy, ask the hard-core techs in the back what they own.
The sales guys at the time were OK. Some were fairly good, and some were your typical sales person who doesn't care what it is he's selling. The Mac guys were generally pretty good. I doubt that they even have anyone specializing in Macs these days. It's gone down-hill so much, I rarely go there. (I'm actually partial to Best Buy, since there aren't any Fry's within 1000 miles. It helps that I pretty much know what I'm looking for/at.) And the store I worked at is no longer in operation.
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I think Digg is probably a better example than Del.icio.us, because it's a bit more "content-ful".
This whole phenomenon is a part of "the read-write web" and "social software".
OK, what was the purpose of the markup then? I mean besides to make the store money -- that's a given. But what's the purpose to the customer that you were implying?
My point was that it's really hard to find something (even combinations) that nobody is doing. I completely agree with the part about there being so much there to work with.
Damn, and I was going to mention that it would be possible to write such a thing.
That's the great thing about Open Source -- someone's probably already implemented what you're thinking. And the community and Google help you find them. It kind of sucks if you're trying to come up with a new idea to make money with.
My guess is that something is causing your focus to move outside of the form fields. Perhaps an over-sensitive trackpad. Maybe a virus or some other type of malware. Either way, I'd recommend that you enable the option that requires you to start searches with the / or ' key.
Just point out to the notebook users that they're working overtime from home for free.
Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.
"Don't be evil" is one of 10 statements of their philosophy. I can't find anywhere that Google itself states that it is their slogan. But I guess you can have a lot of slogans.
Not to mention, the "window system" in "X Window System" is a generic term describing what the thing is.
There's a great story I once heard similar to that. It was back in the days of dumb terminals lined up in data centers. The guy noticed that he was able to type in his password to log in only when he was sitting down. If he was standing up, it wouldn't allow him to log in. They searched for quite some time to try to figure out if there was some type of short in the chair or something. It just didn't make any sense that the terminal could know whether he was sitting down or standing up. After a long time troubleshooting, they finally noticed the problem. One of the keys he used to type in his password had had its keycap swapped with another key. When he sat down, he touch-typed, but when he typed standing up, he would hunt-and-peck, thus hitting the wrong key.
Well Robin Williams does write books about Macs.
Disabled sex? Now that's just disgusting!
(Actually, the scene in Monkeyshines was pretty good.)
Gas stations around here dig up their tanks if they close and aren't immediately bought. There must be some regulations requiring that they dig up their tanks so they don't sit there for a long time and start leaking into the surrounding ground. I also suspect that gas stations have to post some sort of bond to ensure that there's money left to remove the tanks after they go out of business.
Well, if it costs 5% as much and pollutes 1% as much, why wouldn't you use it? Those numbers are made up, but I don't understand why you would compare the 2. The only major thing that those numbers tell you are how often you'd have to fuel up, and (assuming nearly the same density) how much energy is wasted by carrying the fuel.
You can't store gasoline all that long actually. I know some of it would evaporate. I'm not sure what the other problems with long-term storage are, perhaps the components compounds separate, or they slowly react to form some other compounds. Not to mention that it's probably not the best idea to have everyone in the business of storing large quantities of volatile liquids next to their barbeque pits.
Actually, it says it WILL run Linux.
For example, let's say that you're a juror on a murder case. The prosecution presents a good case, and you're convinced that the defendant is guilty. However, the defense shows even more credible evidence that the defendent was in jail at the time, and that he could not have committed the murder. But you're unwilling to change your mind due to the new evidence. Oh well, it's better to stick to your convictions than to allow an innocent man to go free, right?
Science is all about finding new evidence, and throwing out old convictions when they no longer fit the evidence. (Note that this is probably the opposite of how you view science, but it is how scientists view it.)
Insanity (and seemingly a lot of current American Conservativism and Evangelical Fundamentalism) is all about continuing to think the same way, despite mounting contradictory evidence.
And if you think you live in horrible times, you're definitely ignoring a ton of evidence to the contrary. How many people do you know who don't have enough to eat? How many people do you know who don't have shelter? How many people do you know that have to work every waking moment? How many people do you know that are enslaved and beaten? How many people do you know who live in filth and disease? In contrast to most people in the history of this planet, we live like gods.
Not true. Luxemburg has a much higher GDP per capita. And several other countries are about equal to the US. Especially if you take into account other factors, such as national debt, savings/investment rates, standards of living, expected life-span, etc.
From the title of your post, I wasn't sure if you were going to talk about Pat Robertson, George W. Bush, or Hugo Chavez. ;)
I would guess that most of the retention laws only require that you retain the files, not that you be able to load them into any particular program to make the files useful. So by just retaining the files, you're most likely already complying with the letter of the law.
If someone asks for access to those files, it's their problem/responsibility to make use of them. Of course, if it's something that someone within your company needs, then it would be nice of you to help them access the files in a useful manner.
BTW, translating the files into a different format than that in which they were originally used probably violates the letter of the retention laws.
The other problem is that we're cutting down trees faster than they are being re-grown. (On that planet as a whole, at least. In the US, there's some evidence that urbanization is actually leading to an increase in forest coverage -- although that doesn't necessarily mean an increase in total tree "throughput".)
As I like to say, make it easy enough for a monkey to do it, and you'll end up with monkleys doing the work.
And what made HR think that they would get good candidates from such an ad? You really should have taken that to management, because it easily leads to a poorer selection of people in your department.
"I can't give you a brain, but I can give you a diploma."
-- The Wizard of Oz (possibly paraphrased) to the Scarecrow
A college education is not vocational training.
Yeah, our store was OK. I worked in the Tech Shop -- building, upgrading, and fixing PCs. It was pretty good experience, and it helped me get into the IT business; I've moved on to much bigger things since then.
We had some good store-branded hardware to work with when I started, then we started selling some real junk. If you ever want to know what to buy, ask the hard-core techs in the back what they own.
The sales guys at the time were OK. Some were fairly good, and some were your typical sales person who doesn't care what it is he's selling. The Mac guys were generally pretty good. I doubt that they even have anyone specializing in Macs these days. It's gone down-hill so much, I rarely go there. (I'm actually partial to Best Buy, since there aren't any Fry's within 1000 miles. It helps that I pretty much know what I'm looking for/at.) And the store I worked at is no longer in operation.