I used ICQ exclusively for years (I have 6 digit ID, even), but a few months ago it locked me out for no discernable reason. One day, it just decided it didn't like my password any more and hasn't let me log in since. (The timing coincided with that database problem AIM had, so I figured it was related to that, but it was never fixed.)
I can't reset it, because I don't have access to the email account I must have used (if any) when I set it up. ICQ tech support was no help whatsoever. I even created a new ICQ account and tried that, and it didn't work either.
I now use AIM. All the good user IDs have been taken, by the way.
Yeah, that could be done. However, you'd have to make the assumption that software downloads are somehow correlated. I don't know whether that's true - I mean, I can see that someone who is setting up their new system would be downloading a lot of software, but how often do most people set up new systems?
I'm not a market analyst, and I don't know much about the techniques and systems they use. That said, I wouldn't use your suggestion as a primary analysis, but maybe as supporting evidence. (I think that's all you intended anyway.)
I think the ad helped. Maybe people didn't run out and download it right away, but more people now know about it. Here's what convinced me: they've rolled it out on to some end-user's machines as a test at my employer, so presumably everyone will get it soon... at a US government agency! When was the last time you saw a government agency want to use software that didn't have a company name on it? I think that speaks a lot for the quality of Firefox and the mindshare of the project.
Only if they do major upgrades and they have to reactivate (and actually the article wasn't clear on whether reactivation would have to go through the telephone or could be done via internet, so maybe not even then). How many people do that after buying from a PC from one of the OEMs?
Really, the more I think about this, the less I think it's an issue and the more I'm surprised Microsoft didn't set it up this way from day one.
I can't believe Microsoft thinks this is a good idea.
I recently upgraded the motherboard, RAM, and DVD burner in my PC - and I had to reactivate it (online, fortunately). I was annoyed because the activation wouldn't work at first, but eventually it went through.
Will people still be able to re-activate (after doing upgrades like I did) online? I didn't see that in the article, but I'm guessing probably not.
Wouldn't it be easier for MS to just disable the codes that are bulk-activated? After all, they should have an idea of what codes they sold to OEMs that would bulk activate their machines... Or something like that.
Statisticians have a concept called "significance". In this case, we'd compare the number of downloads that week to the average of the previous weeks (excluding the first one since it's the first week of release and so was understandably higher - normally reputable statisticians are loath to throw away data but this time it's the right thing to do). Without running the numbers, by looking at the charts I can tell you that we can't say the downloads that week are significantly higher than previous weeks (I'm a trained professional with several years of experience; please don't try that trick at home).
There's no way to say what would've happened. We could fit a trend to the previous weeks (again excluding the first week) and try to guess (with a huge margin of error), and there might be slight decrease predicted. BUT there are several weeks before the ad where the count jumped back up, too, so I wouldn't be comfortable making any conclusion about a trend from that data.
Isn't this basically how a third season of the original series came to be? I'm not saying it will or won't happen, but you could at least recognize that it *has* happened once already.
Maybe the broadcast stations where you live aren't shit like they are here (DC). Satellite radio is only going to get bigger.
I have two cars, and only one has a satellite radio tuner right now. Since I put that in several months ago, I haven't ONCE listened to FM or AM radio in that car. Sirius is just so much better. When I'm in the other car, I'm frustrated with all the commercials and inane DJ prattle (the DJs on Sirius talk, but nowhere near as much, and they don't have stupid call-in segments or anything like that - plus, the DJs I listen to *know* the music they're playing).
I think digital radio will have the same problem as FM and AM do - they're run by the same stations, so you'll just get the same garbage in better sound quality. No, if anything, digital radio will die, not satellite.
But then, I have no problem with the IT section, either. I figure the problem is that you and I read/. in well-lit rooms while everyone else keeps all the lights off.
I'm on the automatic subscription plan. Very convenient, and it supports my distro of choice. Slightly slower than downloading it, but I'll probably have the discs later this week or sometime next week, so it's really not bad at all.
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PHB: We're killing a dead horse. /Dilbert TV show reference
Dilbert: I think you mean beating a dead horse.
PHB: Why would anyone beat a dead horse?
As does almost everyone else's.
I used ICQ exclusively for years (I have 6 digit ID, even), but a few months ago it locked me out for no discernable reason. One day, it just decided it didn't like my password any more and hasn't let me log in since. (The timing coincided with that database problem AIM had, so I figured it was related to that, but it was never fixed.)
I can't reset it, because I don't have access to the email account I must have used (if any) when I set it up. ICQ tech support was no help whatsoever. I even created a new ICQ account and tried that, and it didn't work either.
I now use AIM. All the good user IDs have been taken, by the way.
He was using it in the sense of "risks". Inevitable risks.
A friend of mine was like you. Even wrote an "Ode to Cell Phones" that covered how much he hated them and the people that use them.
A few months after he wrote the Ode, he got a cell phone of his own. We teased him mercilessly.
Jesse: "I'm still fighting for the earth. I even got 'em to install a solar-powered electric chair."
Snake: [in the solar electric chair] "Dude, we've been here all morning! Could you at least remoisten my head sponge?"
http://www.snpp.com/episodes/CABF01
Yeah, that could be done. However, you'd have to make the assumption that software downloads are somehow correlated. I don't know whether that's true - I mean, I can see that someone who is setting up their new system would be downloading a lot of software, but how often do most people set up new systems?
I'm not a market analyst, and I don't know much about the techniques and systems they use. That said, I wouldn't use your suggestion as a primary analysis, but maybe as supporting evidence. (I think that's all you intended anyway.)
lol - thanks! :)
I think the ad helped. Maybe people didn't run out and download it right away, but more people now know about it. Here's what convinced me: they've rolled it out on to some end-user's machines as a test at my employer, so presumably everyone will get it soon... at a US government agency! When was the last time you saw a government agency want to use software that didn't have a company name on it? I think that speaks a lot for the quality of Firefox and the mindshare of the project.
Only if they do major upgrades and they have to reactivate (and actually the article wasn't clear on whether reactivation would have to go through the telephone or could be done via internet, so maybe not even then). How many people do that after buying from a PC from one of the OEMs?
Really, the more I think about this, the less I think it's an issue and the more I'm surprised Microsoft didn't set it up this way from day one.
Oops, I missed this the first time through the article:
"...disable Internet product activation on OEM keys used by the top 20 worldwide PC makers."
So, in other words, no this won't affect most people.
I can't believe Microsoft thinks this is a good idea.
I recently upgraded the motherboard, RAM, and DVD burner in my PC - and I had to reactivate it (online, fortunately). I was annoyed because the activation wouldn't work at first, but eventually it went through.
Will people still be able to re-activate (after doing upgrades like I did) online? I didn't see that in the article, but I'm guessing probably not.
Wouldn't it be easier for MS to just disable the codes that are bulk-activated? After all, they should have an idea of what codes they sold to OEMs that would bulk activate their machines... Or something like that.
Statisticians have a concept called "significance". In this case, we'd compare the number of downloads that week to the average of the previous weeks (excluding the first one since it's the first week of release and so was understandably higher - normally reputable statisticians are loath to throw away data but this time it's the right thing to do). Without running the numbers, by looking at the charts I can tell you that we can't say the downloads that week are significantly higher than previous weeks (I'm a trained professional with several years of experience; please don't try that trick at home).
There's no way to say what would've happened. We could fit a trend to the previous weeks (again excluding the first week) and try to guess (with a huge margin of error), and there might be slight decrease predicted. BUT there are several weeks before the ad where the count jumped back up, too, so I wouldn't be comfortable making any conclusion about a trend from that data.
Keep reading. They got one to work in 1985 just as the grandparent (or whomever, I've lost track) claimed.
http://www.answers.com/topic/anti-satellite-weapon
I played it briefly a couple weekends ago at a friend's place. All I can say is this:
The controls are "intuitive"? I do not think that word means what Zonk thinks it means!
Surely I'd get better after some practice, but even after 10 or 15 minutes I still didn't feel like I had control of the guy...
And don't forget to take the emergency brake off when launching the rocket.
(That scene had my girlfriend at the time and I rolling on the floor laughing.)
Isn't this basically how a third season of the original series came to be? I'm not saying it will or won't happen, but you could at least recognize that it *has* happened once already.
There goes their statistics! ;)
Uh, yeah, sure! *shifts eyes* ;)
Maybe the broadcast stations where you live aren't shit like they are here (DC). Satellite radio is only going to get bigger.
I have two cars, and only one has a satellite radio tuner right now. Since I put that in several months ago, I haven't ONCE listened to FM or AM radio in that car. Sirius is just so much better. When I'm in the other car, I'm frustrated with all the commercials and inane DJ prattle (the DJs on Sirius talk, but nowhere near as much, and they don't have stupid call-in segments or anything like that - plus, the DJs I listen to *know* the music they're playing).
I think digital radio will have the same problem as FM and AM do - they're run by the same stations, so you'll just get the same garbage in better sound quality. No, if anything, digital radio will die, not satellite.
You forgot:
10. Girl - matchmaker
It has? How?
Not being allowed to sell trademarks in France to people that don't own them hardly seems "blown to tiny bits and pieces".
I've always liked it, too.
/. in well-lit rooms while everyone else keeps all the lights off.
But then, I have no problem with the IT section, either. I figure the problem is that you and I read
I'm on the automatic subscription plan. Very convenient, and it supports my distro of choice. Slightly slower than downloading it, but I'll probably have the discs later this week or sometime next week, so it's really not bad at all.