I disagree. If an employer is paying for the machines and network and paying the employee to work then they have every right to read any email they want, anytime.
It's got nothing to do with human rights. Don't use work email for anything other than work and you'll be OK.
Exactly my point. It will be meaningless, harmless photo op content, only in video on the 'net rather than in printed media. Nothing to see, move along.
I don't know about you, but I do NOT want all White House meetings available to the public. They talk about some secret stuff sometimes you know. I can see maybe a few general policy meetings for public consumption, but the President *needs* a certain level of secrecy.
Agreed. I can only grow enough hops for a couple of batches, and the price of store bought has gone up quite a bit. I wish I had a couple of acres to grow barley on! I didn't brew for close to a year mainly because I was travelling. I went to buy my grains and hops and had some serious sticker shock.
You infer something I did not say. I also know that many of my close friends stay in stealth mode. I message them anyways and if they are around they get back to me.
I never said it should only work one way, but you know what happens when you ass-ume;)
Yes when I am not invisible, especially on private work IM, I often set status messages. My primary public IM id's are so old now though that my buddy lists are HUGE. Invisibility helps when you don't want to hear from some guy you played Quake with years ago, or a former girlfriend for that matter.
I love your graefruit id. I might just steal it. Can I subscribe to your newsletter?
I don't see much discourse on that subject in the scientific media.
You mean in popular scientific media. The origin of the first life is a very hot topic amongst those in biological disciplines, and there are several competing theories. I suggest you start with a bit of reading on Abiogenesis on Wikipedia. You'll find quite a few relevant citations as well as a discussion of past and current models.
I just stay invisible on IM most of the time. If someone is on that I want to talk to, I can message them. My close friends and family know that if I am around I'll answer them even if they can't see them.
I also don't feel the need to instantly answer, even on private work related IM. If it's urgent sure, but urgent matters warrant a phone call generally. I place IM somewhere in between email and phone for the sense of urgency factor. Of course the actual content and context of the message matters and everything in life should be taken case by case:)
People stress themselves out too much with the 'OMG I JUST GOT IM'ED I'D BETTER ANSWER RIGHT AWAY'.
The irony of this whole piece is that just about every single on of Blizzards "innovations" are things Sony Online was doing with EverQuest for half a decade before it (Beta tests, test servers, employees playing the game, upgrades, cancelling titles that didn't work, broad demographics, stats analysis, the fun of a gaming company).
Ultima Online did all or most of those things before Sony or Blizzard did. WoW was a marketing success but hardly any kind of innovation.
Um, ok, but it's my boycott, not theirs. I'm not a lemming like so many others are. Since my inital reason for not doing business with them they have done little to nothing to make me care enough to give them any. You shop where you want, I'll shop where I want:)
The savings are not THAT much more than what you can get elsewhere. I stopped buying anything from Amazon when they patented the 'One Click Buy' way back and I have bought nothing from them since. I've payed a couple of bucks more here and there for books, but hardly enough to make it worth doing business with such an ethically bankrupt organization.
I was about to say the same thing. My wife has Verizon (I have Sprint, provided by my employer) and she has great call quality. I guess it's a YMMV thing.
While another poster already pointed out how wrong you are about advertising vs. marketing, this tidbit caught my attention:
"Slashdot's ads are actual advertising, while those seizure inducing flashers, popup windows, and fake system alerts are marketing.
In the past week or so I've three times clicked on a discussion link here only to be greeted by one of those full page ads with the 'Click here to skip' links at the top. I'd call that just about as annoying and intrusive as popups.
I'm a capitalist and have no problem with sites using advertising to generate revenue, but this is an instance where marketing research was just plain bad. I'm betting quite a few other slashdot users are annoyed as these full page ads become more common here.
Corporate lawyers are paid a very nice salary but do not get to bill by the hour. I'm pretty sure T Mobile is big enough to employ lawyers in it's legal department.
Yes. The problem is both sides and the judge nowadays do their best to collude in order to pick mostly stupid people who have no idea of their real rights. Take a look at the typical 'instructions' a judge gives them as well.
Lawyers and judges (who are lawyers in robes, after all), HATE jury nullification and have done a pretty good job of neutering it.
In this instance (not the previous one), the issue is did Apple advertise them as supporting 8 bit per plane or did they not? If they tried selling them as 8 bit and they were really 6, then there is a problem. It's called false advertising.
Generally speaking, one treats human as one would treat pork. I would suggest a nice Reisling unless you go with something on the spicy side, in which case a Pinot Grigio works. If it's got a heavy tomato sauce I'd just go with Chianti though, or if it's smoked and has bbq sauce maybe a Shiraz. So, mostly white but sometimes a red.
Yes I know but with regards to our Government, if the first two fail the jury box isn't going to do you any good, because at that point you've probably already lost the court system as well. I prefer my condensed version with regards to the protection of liberty, since all too often the courts and juries are used to restrict liberty and not enhance it.
Still, I probably should have properly attributed the quote from which I draw that particular philosophical notion. Thanks for elaborating.
You're correct to a point. I should have clarified as 'inciting to violence' rather than inciting to break the law. Civil disobedience is a good thing. For that matter, there sometimes comes a point where violent revolution is a good thing as well (prior art: The American Revolution).
I am basically of the mind that you just have to follow the course of the three boxes. Soap Box, then Ballot Box, then Ammo Box. I also hope and pray that the latter option is never really required. I would far prefer a political revolution to an armed one.
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I disagree. If an employer is paying for the machines and network and paying the employee to work then they have every right to read any email they want, anytime.
It's got nothing to do with human rights. Don't use work email for anything other than work and you'll be OK.
Nonono. That's Canada. The UK is the 52nd State.
Exactly my point. It will be meaningless, harmless photo op content, only in video on the 'net rather than in printed media. Nothing to see, move along.
Divide it by the number of cars sold...you'll be surprised at the flip flop in your thinking.
I don't know about you, but I do NOT want all White House meetings available to the public. They talk about some secret stuff sometimes you know. I can see maybe a few general policy meetings for public consumption, but the President *needs* a certain level of secrecy.
I think a chunk of it just hit your head.
Agreed. I can only grow enough hops for a couple of batches, and the price of store bought has gone up quite a bit. I wish I had a couple of acres to grow barley on! I didn't brew for close to a year mainly because I was travelling. I went to buy my grains and hops and had some serious sticker shock.
I imagine the people who will find this laptop most useful are Intel executives.
Seeing as it uses a Via CPU, I somehow doubt Intel will find it useful.
I've been saying that for years...it's COMCRAPTIC! I am so glad I fired them and got FIOS the moment it was available.
Meh, I meant idea but I think you knew that. That's what I get for multitasking too much :)
Anyways, I laughed at that one, thanks. On a Monday laughs are especially needed.
You infer something I did not say. I also know that many of my close friends stay in stealth mode. I message them anyways and if they are around they get back to me.
;)
I never said it should only work one way, but you know what happens when you ass-ume
Yes when I am not invisible, especially on private work IM, I often set status messages. My primary public IM id's are so old now though that my buddy lists are HUGE. Invisibility helps when you don't want to hear from some guy you played Quake with years ago, or a former girlfriend for that matter.
I love your graefruit id. I might just steal it. Can I subscribe to your newsletter?
I don't see much discourse on that subject in the scientific media.
You mean in popular scientific media. The origin of the first life is a very hot topic amongst those in biological disciplines, and there are several competing theories. I suggest you start with a bit of reading on Abiogenesis on Wikipedia. You'll find quite a few relevant citations as well as a discussion of past and current models.
I just stay invisible on IM most of the time. If someone is on that I want to talk to, I can message them. My close friends and family know that if I am around I'll answer them even if they can't see them.
:)
I also don't feel the need to instantly answer, even on private work related IM. If it's urgent sure, but urgent matters warrant a phone call generally. I place IM somewhere in between email and phone for the sense of urgency factor. Of course the actual content and context of the message matters and everything in life should be taken case by case
People stress themselves out too much with the 'OMG I JUST GOT IM'ED I'D BETTER ANSWER RIGHT AWAY'.
The irony of this whole piece is that just about every single on of Blizzards "innovations" are things Sony Online was doing with EverQuest for half a decade before it (Beta tests, test servers, employees playing the game, upgrades, cancelling titles that didn't work, broad demographics, stats analysis, the fun of a gaming company).
Ultima Online did all or most of those things before Sony or Blizzard did. WoW was a marketing success but hardly any kind of innovation.
Um, ok, but it's my boycott, not theirs. I'm not a lemming like so many others are. Since my inital reason for not doing business with them they have done little to nothing to make me care enough to give them any. You shop where you want, I'll shop where I want :)
have a nice day
The savings are not THAT much more than what you can get elsewhere. I stopped buying anything from Amazon when they patented the 'One Click Buy' way back and I have bought nothing from them since. I've payed a couple of bucks more here and there for books, but hardly enough to make it worth doing business with such an ethically bankrupt organization.
I was about to say the same thing. My wife has Verizon (I have Sprint, provided by my employer) and she has great call quality. I guess it's a YMMV thing.
While another poster already pointed out how wrong you are about advertising vs. marketing, this tidbit caught my attention:
"Slashdot's ads are actual advertising, while those seizure inducing flashers, popup windows, and fake system alerts are marketing.
In the past week or so I've three times clicked on a discussion link here only to be greeted by one of those full page ads with the 'Click here to skip' links at the top. I'd call that just about as annoying and intrusive as popups.
I'm a capitalist and have no problem with sites using advertising to generate revenue, but this is an instance where marketing research was just plain bad. I'm betting quite a few other slashdot users are annoyed as these full page ads become more common here.
Know...your...audience...
Corporate lawyers are paid a very nice salary but do not get to bill by the hour. I'm pretty sure T Mobile is big enough to employ lawyers in it's legal department.
Yes. The problem is both sides and the judge nowadays do their best to collude in order to pick mostly stupid people who have no idea of their real rights. Take a look at the typical 'instructions' a judge gives them as well.
Lawyers and judges (who are lawyers in robes, after all), HATE jury nullification and have done a pretty good job of neutering it.
In this instance (not the previous one), the issue is did Apple advertise them as supporting 8 bit per plane or did they not? If they tried selling them as 8 bit and they were really 6, then there is a problem. It's called false advertising.
Generally speaking, one treats human as one would treat pork. I would suggest a nice Reisling unless you go with something on the spicy side, in which case a Pinot Grigio works. If it's got a heavy tomato sauce I'd just go with Chianti though, or if it's smoked and has bbq sauce maybe a Shiraz. So, mostly white but sometimes a red.
Yes I know but with regards to our Government, if the first two fail the jury box isn't going to do you any good, because at that point you've probably already lost the court system as well. I prefer my condensed version with regards to the protection of liberty, since all too often the courts and juries are used to restrict liberty and not enhance it.
Still, I probably should have properly attributed the quote from which I draw that particular philosophical notion. Thanks for elaborating.
You're correct to a point. I should have clarified as 'inciting to violence' rather than inciting to break the law. Civil disobedience is a good thing. For that matter, there sometimes comes a point where violent revolution is a good thing as well (prior art: The American Revolution).
I am basically of the mind that you just have to follow the course of the three boxes. Soap Box, then Ballot Box, then Ammo Box. I also hope and pray that the latter option is never really required. I would far prefer a political revolution to an armed one.