Same here, over 370 days for me. I have noticed that the DirecTivo has been giving me the message that I only have two days of program guide left. However, since it has given me this message for over a month and still works, I am not particularly worried about it.
I do exactly this. As it is a DirecTivo and gets the guide data from the satellite, it still works. I do get a "your unit has not made a call in 350 days" message, but that's it. I have a regular DSS receiver in the bedroom connected to a phone line.
I used a kit such as these about 10 years ago on a set of old JBLs and even now they still work great.
I should hope that the speakers sound different, as speakers with busted up surrounds sound like crap. As for whether they sound the same as when they were new, that's a different story.
At the time it was worth it for me as I didn't have enough money to replace the speakers, as always YMMV.
As the previous poster says and my boss always tells me, emphasize all the things that are positive, and indicate how things could be even better.
Upper management is always interested in improving things from a business perspective. It its very helpful if your suggestions have easily measurable value. Obvious cost savings, reduced development time, fewer support calls, additional services, etc... The improvements should be easily quantifiable and verifiable. Figure out how to say this in a few minutes. If they seem interested, you can follow up with an e-mail with additional detail.
Ask yourself if you're looking for a forum to vent your grievances about your boss, your coworkers or the office politics. If you are then don't bother; it will only make things worse.
Actually a few years ago Pepsi sued Coke for anti trust violations in the fountain soda market. Abusing a monopoly condition obtained through questionable business practices is bad for consumers in any market.
Optimum Online is a service of Cable Vision, not Verizon.
I am also in Northern NJ, and get 5 Mbit / 1 Mbit for $50 per month from them. Rock solid connection, no download caps (not that I've seen anyway) and worth every penny imho.
I'm thinking of a Benjamin Franklin quote just for you right about now...
You were seriously going to suggest that putting an end to the needless deaths of hundreds of motorists each year is a little temporary safety, and that speeding unobserved by law enforcement on a public tax-payer funded road is an essential liberty?
Yes, this most basic of Slashdot axioms is absolutely appropriate. As other posters have pointed out speed limits have little to do with safety and these days are all about revenue generation. Originally, the limits were introduced to save fuel during the 1970's oil crisis.
I also have Optimum, and as I do not have Cable TV and own my modem, it is $49.95 (and is not subsidized by my employer). I consider it worth it as the transfer rates are consistently 5 megabit down / 1 megabit up. The service has been rock solid, and they've never hassled me about how much I download or how many machines are connected to my router.
To me it is a much better deal than the $75 I pay for DSS as I spend far more time online than watching TV.
I have never understood why you couldn't mechanically generate the correct hole punches, to eliminate the hanging chad aspect of the "punch card" voting system.
In NJ (and NY when I lived there) we use mechanical tabulators (think The Difference Engine) with little levers to select your votes. AFAIK these have been in use for decades and do not cause any controversy. (I don't know if they keep a secondary record or not.)
At work (a fortune 500 company) one of my production servers (I kid you not) is an old Pentium Pro 200 with two CPUs, running NT 4. It is slow as balls but it is an indestructible compaq and hasn't been replaced yet. It's newer companion is a P-II 450/2 and is a joy to use by comparison. Both are scheduled to be replaced "real soon now" by 3 Ghz P-IV's.
The main argument against the flat tax is that the wealthy disproportionately receive the real benefits of government.
Defense spending primarily creates a nation where it's safe to do business, allowing businesses to function in stable, regulated markets, providing profits for the owners. Regulations and government mean that I can trust the banking, insurance and finance industries.
If I make a lot of money, I want the government to spend a lot of effort ensuring a safe, stable environment so I can maintain my standard of living. This costs a lot of money, and I receive a great deal of benefit from this. The more money I make the more I have to lose. This is how I can justify the need for me to spend some of that money to pay for that security and stability than a subsistance income level family.
I have to agree with heironymous here. I think whether we call it censorship or editorial control is just semantics, albeit censorship is a loaded term.
While Friendster has the right to edit/censor the accounts that exist there, is it wise for them to do so?
I would be inclined to make friends with fakesters for the meta-effects. I would associate with the fake personalities about issues that I am interested in, and these choices would reflect my opinions on the world creating all kinds of network effects. This is the whole point of the site (as noted in the article and by other slashdotters).
I think with a self moderation system the s/n ratio would be manageable, and all parties would get the site that they are looking for. It just seems counter productive to alienate a sector of your userbase (I haven't seen any percentages listed) when you are forming a community.
While I agree with you, (and posted as such further down the page) I though it might be useful to provide MLB's definition of a strike.
The STRIKE ZONE is that area over home plate the upper limit of which is a horizontal line at the midpoint between the top of the shoulders and the top of the uniform pants, and the lower level is a line at the hallow beneath the knee cap. The Strike Zone shall be determined from the batter's stance as the batter is prepared to swing at a pitched ball.
This is commonly refered to as between the letters (on the uniform jersey) and the knees.
"Our objection is that the system is not accurate and not reliable and too heavily dependent on the operator,"
Also from the article:
QuesTec uses a series of cameras that track the baseball as it leaves the pitcher's hand, measuring speed, location and curvature of the pitch. The strike zone is set manually on the basis of a snapshot of the batter at the plate. A computer records each ball and strike and compares it to the actual call from the human ump behind home plate.
So for each at bat the operator is manually configuring the strike zone from a photograph. This is why the umps have a problem with this system.
I can see the umps point, though I am for procedures for establishing conststancy across umpires and games.
In many ways, the point of writing "predictive" science fiction e.g. 1984 or Fahrenheit 451 is to insure that these events do not come to pass, by pointing out the implications of societal choices.
I have done somthing similar to this in deep snow, with my AWD subaru. I managed to get all 4 wheels spinning to the point where my car slid sideways into a space.
AFAIK, this is quite common in financial and related industries. I was required to submit to a credit and backround check for my current job, before I recieved an official job offer. I would think you could tell certain things about a person by their credit history. Mine wasn't spotless, and I was still hired. The generally high level of competance and number of quality employees would seem to indicate that somthing about the hiring process here works correctly. It is a very large company, and has turned out to be one of the better jobs I've had, however YMMY.
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Same here, over 370 days for me. I have noticed that the DirecTivo has been giving me the message that I only have two days of program guide left. However, since it has given me this message for over a month and still works, I am not particularly worried about it.
I do exactly this. As it is a DirecTivo and gets the guide data from the satellite, it still works. I do get a "your unit has not made a call in 350 days" message, but that's it. I have a regular DSS receiver in the bedroom connected to a phone line.
I used a kit such as these about 10 years ago on a set of old JBLs and even now they still work great.
I should hope that the speakers sound different, as speakers with busted up surrounds sound like crap. As for whether they sound the same as when they were new, that's a different story.
At the time it was worth it for me as I didn't have enough money to replace the speakers, as always YMMV.
As the previous poster says and my boss always tells me, emphasize all the things that are positive, and indicate how things could be even better.
Upper management is always interested in improving things from a business perspective. It its very helpful if your suggestions have easily measurable value. Obvious cost savings, reduced development time, fewer support calls, additional services, etc... The improvements should be easily quantifiable and verifiable. Figure out how to say this in a few minutes. If they seem interested, you can follow up with an e-mail with additional detail.
Ask yourself if you're looking for a forum to vent your grievances about your boss, your coworkers or the office politics. If you are then don't bother; it will only make things worse.
I am also in Northern NJ, and get 5 Mbit / 1 Mbit for $50 per month from them. Rock solid connection, no download caps (not that I've seen anyway) and worth every penny imho.
Trick Play Patent No. 6,327,418
Time Warp Patent No. 6,233,389
You were seriously going to suggest that putting an end to the needless deaths of hundreds of motorists each year is a little temporary safety, and that speeding unobserved by law enforcement on a public tax-payer funded road is an essential liberty?
Yes, this most basic of Slashdot axioms is absolutely appropriate. As other posters have pointed out speed limits have little to do with safety and these days are all about revenue generation. Originally, the limits were introduced to save fuel during the 1970's oil crisis.
US lowers limits in 1974,
UK also lowers speed limits in 1974
I also have Optimum, and as I do not have Cable TV and own my modem, it is $49.95 (and is not subsidized by my employer). I consider it worth it as the transfer rates are consistently 5 megabit down / 1 megabit up. The service has been rock solid, and they've never hassled me about how much I download or how many machines are connected to my router.
To me it is a much better deal than the $75 I pay for DSS as I spend far more time online than watching TV.
I think some mods sarcasm detectors are on the blink....a three digit id troll?
INCOMPETENCE:
When You Earnestly Believe You Can Compensate For A Lack Of Skill By Doubling Your Efforts, There's No End To What You Can't Do.
I have never understood why you couldn't mechanically generate the correct hole punches, to eliminate the hanging chad aspect of the "punch card" voting system.
In NJ (and NY when I lived there) we use mechanical tabulators (think The Difference Engine) with little levers to select your votes. AFAIK these have been in use for decades and do not cause any controversy. (I don't know if they keep a secondary record or not.)
At work (a fortune 500 company) one of my production servers (I kid you not) is an old Pentium Pro 200 with two CPUs, running NT 4. It is slow as balls but it is an indestructible compaq and hasn't been replaced yet. It's newer companion is a P-II 450/2 and is a joy to use by comparison. Both are scheduled to be replaced "real soon now" by 3 Ghz P-IV's.
The main argument against the flat tax is that the wealthy disproportionately receive the real benefits of government.
Defense spending primarily creates a nation where it's safe to do business, allowing businesses to function in stable, regulated markets, providing profits for the owners. Regulations and government mean that I can trust the banking, insurance and finance industries.
If I make a lot of money, I want the government to spend a lot of effort ensuring a safe, stable environment so I can maintain my standard of living. This costs a lot of money, and I receive a great deal of benefit from this. The more money I make the more I have to lose. This is how I can justify the need for me to spend some of that money to pay for that security and stability than a subsistance income level family.
IMHO one of the funniest on-line comics around.
I have to agree with heironymous here. I think whether we call it censorship or editorial control is just semantics, albeit censorship is a loaded term.
While Friendster has the right to edit/censor the accounts that exist there, is it wise for them to do so?
I would be inclined to make friends with fakesters for the meta-effects. I would associate with the fake personalities about issues that I am interested in, and these choices would reflect my opinions on the world creating all kinds of network effects. This is the whole point of the site (as noted in the article and by other slashdotters).
I think with a self moderation system the s/n ratio would be manageable, and all parties would get the site that they are looking for. It just seems counter productive to alienate a sector of your userbase (I haven't seen any percentages listed) when you are forming a community.
While I agree with you, (and posted as such further down the page) I though it might be useful to provide MLB's definition of a strike.
The STRIKE ZONE is that area over home plate the upper limit of which is a horizontal line at the midpoint between the top of the shoulders and the top of the uniform pants, and the lower level is a line at the hallow beneath the knee cap. The Strike Zone shall be determined from the batter's stance as the batter is prepared to swing at a pitched ball.
This is commonly refered to as between the letters (on the uniform jersey) and the knees.
The problem is this:
From the article:
"Our objection is that the system is not accurate and not reliable and too heavily dependent on the operator,"
Also from the article:
QuesTec uses a series of cameras that track the baseball as it leaves the pitcher's hand, measuring speed, location and curvature of the pitch. The strike zone is set manually on the basis of a snapshot of the batter at the plate. A computer records each ball and strike and compares it to the actual call from the human ump behind home plate.
So for each at bat the operator is manually configuring the strike zone from a photograph. This is why the umps have a problem with this system.
I can see the umps point, though I am for procedures for establishing conststancy across umpires and games.
In many ways, the point of writing "predictive" science fiction e.g. 1984 or Fahrenheit 451 is to insure that these events do not come to pass, by pointing out the implications of societal choices.
I have done somthing similar to this in deep snow, with my AWD subaru. I managed to get all 4 wheels spinning to the point where my car slid sideways into a space.
The Fletcher Memorial Home for incurable Tyrants and Kings....
.sig is pretty obscure, but I've always liked The Final Cut.
That
Another good one from that album, and somewhat apropos:
Get your filthy hands off my desert!......(whoosh BOOM!)
It's a line from a very funny song. "Stuart", by the Dead Milk Men. See link for details.
+ Mi lkmen&Album=Stuart&Song=Stuart
http://www.getlyrics.com/lyrics.php?Artist=Dead
AFAIK, this is quite common in financial and related industries. I was required to submit to a credit and backround check for my current job, before I recieved an official job offer. I would think you could tell certain things about a person by their credit history. Mine wasn't spotless, and I was still hired. The generally high level of competance and number of quality employees would seem to indicate that somthing about the hiring process here works correctly. It is a very large company, and has turned out to be one of the better jobs I've had, however YMMY.