However there *is* a valid reason to use the appropriate accent from a customer service stand point. Should I get a customer that is *obviously* a Southern native, I deliberatly slip into my FL cracker drawl as it seems to calm the customer & break their trepidation. I'm no longer 'someone on the phone', but a neighbor who is interested in helping them.
Too bad most of the time my customers are transplants from up North. With these customers I immediately have to speak proper, clear, non-accented American (if only b/c of the belief that a Southern drawl=stupid).... & then there are the Spanish speaking customers who call in b/c we somewhere offer bilingual support (cunning separated from our mention of 24/7 support in literature). Sorry Jose, supanigo hanshimasen.
Thank god you left 'Kull the Conqueror' off that list. While not as bad as the D&D movie, it certainly twisted the knife in the Hyborian/Conan setting...
Now if they'd only get started on 'King Conan' to finish what they started...
"I think a classic (and relevant) example of cheaper alternatives in software would be JASC Paint Shop Pro vs. Adobe Photoshop.
Not to be an Adobe fanboy, but I've yet to find *any* program (PSP, Gimp, etc.) that could do the job I need Photoshop for. Not even the mid-ground stuff like paths, filters & layer combination are even close in any other product. (YMMV, I last looked about 2 years ago).
I know, Photoshop is a *specialist* tool, one not meant "for the masses", but I'll never give up PS7 as long as the other programs (I'm looking at you GiMP) cannot compete at the same level, or atleast give the same options, as PS5.....
Until you have read it (& I'll admit that I haven't), it is interesting from the root description if only (& this being a single layer of interpretation) being from the POV of a "schoolbook-machiavelli" character w/a streak of moral feeling (that is slightly "Das Kapital").
Don't think it's worth your time, fine. That's you; just remember, "There are no statues built for critics."(tm)
"Back in the day"(tm) wasn't this one of the ideas of the Soviets trying to beat us to Luna?*
It isn't anymore acceptable now than it was then (unless we're now on Planet Hollywood & we can send a Marine Col. (US, of course) who has been wrongly convicted of murder, etc...)
*Forgive me if I'm wrong, I'm a Reagan kid & Grandpa Ronnie would never lie to *us*....
IRC, a study not to long ago mentioned that sponsorship was one of the bst form of advertising (something like 2/3s of NASCAR fans buy the products sposoring the race or their care (excluding Jeff Gordon, ofcourse). So how far of a move would it be that (like the season premier of 24 this last year (previous years) and PBS) a sponsorship token be added to the beginning of the shows?
The adertising ideal would change from visual Spam to customer loyalty (ie. I only buy GM/Chevy b/c their (or atleast were) easier to work on.
It's either that and/or more billboard type advertising, since the blipvert version just leads to new software that seeks segments of show 5 sec. in endurance... Thought the pay-to-view programs is interesting as well (but like Spam puts the advertising cost back on your wallet/purse/under-matress-cache...)
How about my Gigabyte motherboard utility that says "mianboard". Sure, a simple misspelling might slip through, but I'd bet it's less likely when your target language is your first language....
obExample: "All Your Base Are Belong To Us"
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Tom Lehrer - "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park"
Atleast that was first time I ever heard of Skittles & Beer....
Ditto. Anytime I actually wrote cursive, I was told to print it b/c of my almost-completly illegible handwriting (mind before writing & all that!)
IMHO, cursive is one of the few things that *hasn't* been cut in American education that we could stand to lose (wanna know calligraphy, Barnes & Nobles has a whole freakin' section kid!) It (calligraphy) needs to be put off like latin, interesting & semi-useful but not-so-much for normal people (dump it for, oh I dunno, typing classes!)
Why rent space when you could just run it up the nearest tall pine. (I used to live in an area similar to this, Green Swamp, N. Polk County, FL: Still doesn't have cable in most locales...)
Anyway, I read Rob Cringley using a similar setup to do wireless over some *mountains* (they sure would be in FL) to conect wireless to his downtown. No need for water towers (tough they handle hurricanes better) or C-Sats (which die during the mildest of FL thunderstorms & first down in a real storm).
I am not a network tech ("Don't blame me, it's a hardware problem), but a central point, w/a repeater/transmitter on a tree (Cringley built one for $100 IIRC) then that should give *atleast* you 100mpbs (over # users on local net) for access.
FL is the *frontier* if you will for the last mile idea. The large cities cover so much of the state, but there are still those w/i the margins that are not served (this isn't outback Wyoming, but between Tampa & Orlando is a huge market of *last-mile* waiting to be served).
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What, you mean that when I see a red hue over the bumper of the car infront of me I *do not* have SRM lock on them?
Of course, I usually glance for their tires since all overflow damage doubles & goes internal...
However there *is* a valid reason to use the appropriate accent from a customer service stand point. Should I get a customer that is *obviously* a Southern native, I deliberatly slip into my FL cracker drawl as it seems to calm the customer & break their trepidation. I'm no longer 'someone on the phone', but a neighbor who is interested in helping them.
... & then there are the Spanish speaking customers who call in b/c we somewhere offer bilingual support (cunning separated from our mention of 24/7 support in literature). Sorry Jose, supanigo hanshimasen.
Too bad most of the time my customers are transplants from up North. With these customers I immediately have to speak proper, clear, non-accented American (if only b/c of the belief that a Southern drawl=stupid).
Thank god you left 'Kull the Conqueror' off that list. While not as bad as the D&D movie, it certainly twisted the knife in the Hyborian/Conan setting...
Now if they'd only get started on 'King Conan' to finish what they started...
Not to be an Adobe fanboy, but I've yet to find *any* program (PSP, Gimp, etc.) that could do the job I need Photoshop for. Not even the mid-ground stuff like paths, filters & layer combination are even close in any other product. (YMMV, I last looked about 2 years ago).
I know, Photoshop is a *specialist* tool, one not meant "for the masses", but I'll never give up PS7 as long as the other programs (I'm looking at you GiMP) cannot compete at the same level, or atleast give the same options, as PS5.....
Ah good old "Club", put it on your dashboard & you'll never have your car stolen....
Not me, M&M's are too expensive now...
Thanks Slashdot, now everry nerd will be watching this. There goes my chances of snipering it on the cheap....
I don't see how this is that great of a mod. Big freakin' deal, its in a WinXP box, someone tell Virtual Hideout....
Next on Slashdot, a PC mounted in Sun External CD-ROM?
...PHP?
Yeah, I did that once... now I have to "pry" on the case to slip the CD-Rom into the right screw hole (getting it out is even worse).
Now, I just hand test the screws for each device w/o a driver (no way you're gonna strip/break a screw w/only your fingers).
Until you have read it (& I'll admit that I haven't), it is interesting from the root description if only (& this being a single layer of interpretation) being from the POV of a "schoolbook-machiavelli" character w/a streak of moral feeling (that is slightly "Das Kapital").
Don't think it's worth your time, fine. That's you; just remember, "There are no statues built for critics."(tm)
wt we would need 10 saturn V rockets to launch it and get it there. (now wouldn't that be one hell of a launch to see?)
Living only ~30 miles from KSC I'm not quite sure that I'd want to evacuate (so beautiful, but w/a strong seabreeze for a lungful?)
"Back in the day"(tm) wasn't this one of the ideas of the Soviets trying to beat us to Luna?*
It isn't anymore acceptable now than it was then (unless we're now on Planet Hollywood & we can send a Marine Col. (US, of course) who has been wrongly convicted of murder, etc...)
*Forgive me if I'm wrong, I'm a Reagan kid & Grandpa Ronnie would never lie to *us*....
Yeah, & I'm sure that it'll make the perfect backup solution for my TRS-80 5.25" discs too....
IRC, a study not to long ago mentioned that sponsorship was one of the bst form of advertising (something like 2/3s of NASCAR fans buy the products sposoring the race or their care (excluding Jeff Gordon, ofcourse). So how far of a move would it be that (like the season premier of 24 this last year (previous years) and PBS) a sponsorship token be added to the beginning of the shows?
The adertising ideal would change from visual Spam to customer loyalty (ie. I only buy GM/Chevy b/c their (or atleast were) easier to work on.
It's either that and/or more billboard type advertising, since the blipvert version just leads to new software that seeks segments of show 5 sec. in endurance... Thought the pay-to-view programs is interesting as well (but like Spam puts the advertising cost back on your wallet/purse/under-matress-cache...)
I take it I'll have to upgrade again from my Ultra 5 just run this!?!
still on Sol 8
How about my Gigabyte motherboard utility that says "mianboard". Sure, a simple misspelling might slip through, but I'd bet it's less likely when your target language is your first language....
obExample: "All Your Base Are Belong To Us"
Tom Lehrer - "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park"
Atleast that was first time I ever heard of Skittles & Beer....
You say that like *some* of us do not prefer 2k of XP!
I'll never run XP (or it's decendants, as long as I can) thank you very much! 2k:SP3 suits me just fine (& yes, I know SP4 is out!!!)
Ditto. Anytime I actually wrote cursive, I was told to print it b/c of my almost-completly illegible handwriting (mind before writing & all that!)
IMHO, cursive is one of the few things that *hasn't* been cut in American education that we could stand to lose (wanna know calligraphy, Barnes & Nobles has a whole freakin' section kid!) It (calligraphy) needs to be put off like latin, interesting & semi-useful but not-so-much for normal people (dump it for, oh I dunno, typing classes!)
I'm sure that we can needle a couple more points out of this one...
So whoever made that desk I just sold on eBay (from diving) can sue me? WTF?!?
I just picked up 'Pattern Recognition' & it is definitely a decent read (so far)
While honest may not be a hack, it is definitely a virtue of hackers, as well as any decent person.
Why rent space when you could just run it up the nearest tall pine. (I used to live in an area similar to this, Green Swamp, N. Polk County, FL: Still doesn't have cable in most locales...)
Anyway, I read Rob Cringley using a similar setup to do wireless over some *mountains* (they sure would be in FL) to conect wireless to his downtown. No need for water towers (tough they handle hurricanes better) or C-Sats (which die during the mildest of FL thunderstorms & first down in a real storm).
I am not a network tech ("Don't blame me, it's a hardware problem), but a central point, w/a repeater/transmitter on a tree (Cringley built one for $100 IIRC) then that should give *atleast* you 100mpbs (over # users on local net) for access.
FL is the *frontier* if you will for the last mile idea. The large cities cover so much of the state, but there are still those w/i the margins that are not served (this isn't outback Wyoming, but between Tampa & Orlando is a huge market of *last-mile* waiting to be served).
No offense to anyone in Wyoming, of course...