As for the "Tiger" lawsuit, seems kinda silly to me. I suppose when lawyers smell money, they'll do anything to get at it.
True enough, but remember: behind every sleazy lawyer, there's an even sleazier client. I've not had any problems with Tiger Direct myself, but hearing of a lawsuit like this makes me wonder...
Well, I think one way that possibly could work is self-assessment of the value of the IP. Obviously, people would be motivated to lie to keep the tax rate down. This is why we'd tie it to lawsuit limits: you can only receive up to the value you assessed the IP if you win a lawsuit. That would seem to be a good motivator...
Of course, given the legislation that would be necessary to enable something like we're discussing, it'll never happen, but hey, one can dream.
I don't know about him, but I restore from backup. If that's gone, the original media is pristine in its case, rather than all scratched up from repeated use. Works well, I think...
I use something of a small mouse (well, smaller than the old Intellimouse anyway), and I, oddly enough, keep it at about a 35 degree angle, my pointer finger on the scroll wheel, middle finger on the edge of the right mouse button, and the last two fingers sort of on the side of the mouse's case. I slide my finger over to click, and my wrist stays straight -- it's really helped...
Well, if you have the $90 Netgear FWG114P, you hook your modem to the serial port on it... likewise a good number of other similar products. Granted, they're not as common as the normal ones, and a bit pricier, but they're there if you want them...
It may not be a standard in and of itself, but there are standards within VOIP.
As to your issues, I'm just not seeing them. Granted, you're right about Skype, but it doesn't follow any standards at all. I'm all against proprietary system.
I run Asterisk PBX in my own home office. The client phones? Two POTS regular phones, a Cisco 7960, a Polycom SoundPoint IP, and some cheapo wifi SIP phone that I don't recall the make/model of. Guess what? It does just work. Beyond that, you know what? We're working on getting Skype to work with it too, just for kicks. It's an ugly hack, but it appears to be working fairly well so far...
Before you go and spout off junk like that, why don't you actually TRY something, hmm?
Have you considered prepaid cell phones? I know tracfone doesn't have a monthly charge, and the minutes don't expire. I don't use it myself, as my use pattern's different, but it'd seem the perfect thing for you...
Stepmania's quite fine, and in fact, I play both. More variance that way. I prefer playing on a console, though. Computer's for work and pretending to work (see: Slashdot). No, I don't mod my consoles. Laziness, mostly...
Grandparent was responding to your question regarding illegal spamware. Spamware often includes dictionary attack methods to be used, and depending on locale, that may indeed be illegal.
Yep. It's pretty common everywhere now. I'm actually a trucking contractor for a medium sized chain of supermarkets in the northeast. If we're running late, I'll have to fight for dockspace with about a dozen different vendors. There's only one chain around here that's union that I know of, though...hmm...
Those auditors also have another important function, and typically do this more than they do shelfspace calculations.
They're doing inventory auditing. It's cheaper to have them do it than to have your own employees do it, and it's faster. Most of the vendors actually have reps that come in to verify shelf space and actually bring the stock in. All the soda, most of the bread, the chips and snacks, Goya stuff if they have it, and a bunch more is all dealt with by vendors. They even stock the shelves. Funky.
Two reasons. First, they suck to type on. Second, price. Why buy a $30 keyboard when you can buy a $5 cover, and have one that responds better to typing to boot?
I know with my carrier, Sprint PCS, there's two ways to go about it. You either have a certain number of SMS messages with the plan, and pay if you go over (and yes, you do pay for ones received like this), but there's also a $5/month package for unlimited SMS both ways. I know when I had Nextel, similar was available as well...
To be honest, I'm surprised at all of this. I have Sprint PCS in the US and pay $5 extra for unlimited SMS both ways. If you know you're going to use it a lot, it just makes sense.
The owner operators may have not let a Schneider pass them, but most company drivers are governed and have been long before the computers came about. It saves a good deal on fuel and a _lot_ more on insurance. Safety is an issue as well, of course, though differences in speed (see a truck governed at 55 on a 75 mph highway) can cause problems too. From experience, I know some of the governed speeds, and driving a governed truck now isn't so bad. Last I checked, JB Hunt was at 62, Swift at 55 or 65, depending on the truck, CR England was at 65 (O/O at 70), C&S was at 55 or 70 (some of their trucks were at 55 due to a screwed up purchase hehe). I don't know what a Schnedier's at these days, but I know that it was better than 65 last time I tried to pass one! Generally, if you see a truck with a familiar name on it, and it doesn't have piles of lights or a custom paint job, it's probably a company truck and governed between 55 and 65. It's just such a savings to the company, it's a hard thing to resist.
One thing computers did, though, was make it far harder to defeat the governor in the truck. It used to be simple things like plates or throttle stops. Such is the industry, I suppose...
It's not just one U.S. trucking firm. Nearly all I've run into and worked for do it using a system from Qualcomm. JB Hunt, Werner, Swift, C.R. England and Schneider to my knowledge do it. It doesn't cause grousing for a couple reasons.
-- In the event of mechanical trouble, the trucker can be located even easier. -- The system itself allows realtime communication with the dispatcher and other groups within the company. In some cases, it even allows truck to truck communication. -- The GPS allows the driver to request directions to a destination from their current location. -- The fuel information can help an Owner Operator save money. -- The usage tracking can be useful in proving that a driver was operating legally in case of accident or other violation. This is a biggie.
I think it just ended up that the good outweighed the bad. I know it doesn't really bother me, after all, I'm on my employer's dollar anyway. Granted, I don't get paid hourly anyway (per stop and mile instead), so it doesn't make a huge difference unless I'm late to an appointment...
It may be because I'm tired, but you had me literally laughing out loud. Alas, I have no mod points, so it's thorougly useless to even post this...and yet I'm doing so anyway. Imagine that...
I don't know about you, but I fast forward for more reasons than just skipping commercials. So in addition to adding ads to the ads, they're also adding ads to just general scanning of a program.
As to the 'don't like it, don't subscribe', sure, that makes sense if you haven't bought a Tivo yet, but given the price for a Tivo (I paid $200 for mine), it goes a bit beyond that. In all honesty, I wouldn't have bought mine if I had known they were going to do this. It's been long enough that I can just eat the price, but if I had just bought one new, I'd be mighty pissed.
I've found that my advantage with PayPal as a buyer was twofold. Most individuals are not going to have a merchant account, so that gets rid of the idea of using a credit card in the first place. Basically, then, you're stuck with using a money order. Paypal is faster and cheaper than a money order. Instant transfer, no stamps, no waiting for it to get there via postal mail, and actual confirmation that the payment got to the seller. Money orders are traceable, but getting a refund is about as hard once it's cashed as getting one via PayPal. So, it doesn't seem to have any penalties worse ($500 pr0n fine aside) than using a money order, and has some benefits.
Granted, if the seller accepted credit cards, this arguement is moot...but unless the seller is a business I've heard of, I'm not likely to give them my credit card anyway. I do have _some_ trust for PayPal, but only enough to give them a prepaid MasterCard #.
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Yes, I've seen them, and used them in the past with heavy equipment, but hadn't thought of the mechanism by which to make one for a machine.
Wow, that's really a rather ingenious solution. I'll have to keep that in mind...
Thanks!
Nextel actually has a free incoming plan. I used it while I was over the road.
Well, I think one way that possibly could work is self-assessment of the value of the IP. Obviously, people would be motivated to lie to keep the tax rate down. This is why we'd tie it to lawsuit limits: you can only receive up to the value you assessed the IP if you win a lawsuit. That would seem to be a good motivator...
Of course, given the legislation that would be necessary to enable something like we're discussing, it'll never happen, but hey, one can dream.
Informative? The stuff between the quotes is all missing! Bad mods! Anyone know what (s)he was going to put in there?
I don't know about him, but I restore from backup. If that's gone, the original media is pristine in its case, rather than all scratched up from repeated use. Works well, I think...
I use something of a small mouse (well, smaller than the old Intellimouse anyway), and I, oddly enough, keep it at about a 35 degree angle, my pointer finger on the scroll wheel, middle finger on the edge of the right mouse button, and the last two fingers sort of on the side of the mouse's case. I slide my finger over to click, and my wrist stays straight -- it's really helped...
Well, if you have the $90 Netgear FWG114P, you hook your modem to the serial port on it... likewise a good number of other similar products. Granted, they're not as common as the normal ones, and a bit pricier, but they're there if you want them...
It may not be a standard in and of itself, but there are standards within VOIP.
As to your issues, I'm just not seeing them. Granted, you're right about Skype, but it doesn't follow any standards at all. I'm all against proprietary system.
I run Asterisk PBX in my own home office. The client phones? Two POTS regular phones, a Cisco 7960, a Polycom SoundPoint IP, and some cheapo wifi SIP phone that I don't recall the make/model of. Guess what? It does just work. Beyond that, you know what? We're working on getting Skype to work with it too, just for kicks. It's an ugly hack, but it appears to be working fairly well so far...
Before you go and spout off junk like that, why don't you actually TRY something, hmm?
Oh, wait, IHBT. Never mind...
Have you considered prepaid cell phones? I know tracfone doesn't have a monthly charge, and the minutes don't expire. I don't use it myself, as my use pattern's different, but it'd seem the perfect thing for you...
I don't see any fingerdance pads there o.O
Stepmania's quite fine, and in fact, I play both. More variance that way. I prefer playing on a console, though. Computer's for work and pretending to work (see: Slashdot). No, I don't mod my consoles. Laziness, mostly...
Nope.
Grandparent was responding to your question regarding illegal spamware. Spamware often includes dictionary attack methods to be used, and depending on locale, that may indeed be illegal.
Yep. It's pretty common everywhere now. I'm actually a trucking contractor for a medium sized chain of supermarkets in the northeast. If we're running late, I'll have to fight for dockspace with about a dozen different vendors. There's only one chain around here that's union that I know of, though...hmm...
Those auditors also have another important function, and typically do this more than they do shelfspace calculations.
They're doing inventory auditing. It's cheaper to have them do it than to have your own employees do it, and it's faster. Most of the vendors actually have reps that come in to verify shelf space and actually bring the stock in. All the soda, most of the bread, the chips and snacks, Goya stuff if they have it, and a bunch more is all dealt with by vendors. They even stock the shelves. Funky.
Two reasons. First, they suck to type on. Second, price. Why buy a $30 keyboard when you can buy a $5 cover, and have one that responds better to typing to boot?
I know with my carrier, Sprint PCS, there's two ways to go about it. You either have a certain number of SMS messages with the plan, and pay if you go over (and yes, you do pay for ones received like this), but there's also a $5/month package for unlimited SMS both ways. I know when I had Nextel, similar was available as well...
To be honest, I'm surprised at all of this. I have Sprint PCS in the US and pay $5 extra for unlimited SMS both ways. If you know you're going to use it a lot, it just makes sense.
The owner operators may have not let a Schneider pass them, but most company drivers are governed and have been long before the computers came about. It saves a good deal on fuel and a _lot_ more on insurance. Safety is an issue as well, of course, though differences in speed (see a truck governed at 55 on a 75 mph highway) can cause problems too. From experience, I know some of the governed speeds, and driving a governed truck now isn't so bad. Last I checked, JB Hunt was at 62, Swift at 55 or 65, depending on the truck, CR England was at 65 (O/O at 70), C&S was at 55 or 70 (some of their trucks were at 55 due to a screwed up purchase hehe). I don't know what a Schnedier's at these days, but I know that it was better than 65 last time I tried to pass one! Generally, if you see a truck with a familiar name on it, and it doesn't have piles of lights or a custom paint job, it's probably a company truck and governed between 55 and 65. It's just such a savings to the company, it's a hard thing to resist.
One thing computers did, though, was make it far harder to defeat the governor in the truck. It used to be simple things like plates or throttle stops. Such is the industry, I suppose...
It's not just one U.S. trucking firm. Nearly all I've run into and worked for do it using a system from Qualcomm. JB Hunt, Werner, Swift, C.R. England and Schneider to my knowledge do it. It doesn't cause grousing for a couple reasons.
-- In the event of mechanical trouble, the trucker can be located even easier.
-- The system itself allows realtime communication with the dispatcher and other groups within the company. In some cases, it even allows truck to truck communication.
-- The GPS allows the driver to request directions to a destination from their current location.
-- The fuel information can help an Owner Operator save money.
-- The usage tracking can be useful in proving that a driver was operating legally in case of accident or other violation. This is a biggie.
I think it just ended up that the good outweighed the bad. I know it doesn't really bother me, after all, I'm on my employer's dollar anyway. Granted, I don't get paid hourly anyway (per stop and mile instead), so it doesn't make a huge difference unless I'm late to an appointment...
That's cool, but how do you type http://slashdot.org ? ;)
It may be because I'm tired, but you had me literally laughing out loud. Alas, I have no mod points, so it's thorougly useless to even post this. ..and yet I'm doing so anyway. Imagine that...
I don't know about you, but I fast forward for more reasons than just skipping commercials. So in addition to adding ads to the ads, they're also adding ads to just general scanning of a program.
As to the 'don't like it, don't subscribe', sure, that makes sense if you haven't bought a Tivo yet, but given the price for a Tivo (I paid $200 for mine), it goes a bit beyond that. In all honesty, I wouldn't have bought mine if I had known they were going to do this. It's been long enough that I can just eat the price, but if I had just bought one new, I'd be mighty pissed.
I've found that my advantage with PayPal as a buyer was twofold. Most individuals are not going to have a merchant account, so that gets rid of the idea of using a credit card in the first place. Basically, then, you're stuck with using a money order. Paypal is faster and cheaper than a money order. Instant transfer, no stamps, no waiting for it to get there via postal mail, and actual confirmation that the payment got to the seller. Money orders are traceable, but getting a refund is about as hard once it's cashed as getting one via PayPal. So, it doesn't seem to have any penalties worse ($500 pr0n fine aside) than using a money order, and has some benefits.
Granted, if the seller accepted credit cards, this arguement is moot...but unless the seller is a business I've heard of, I'm not likely to give them my credit card anyway. I do have _some_ trust for PayPal, but only enough to give them a prepaid MasterCard #.