"But you imply something quite scary: Do humans have the right to determine which species ar contributing to the ecosystem, and exterminate the rest?"
Yes, I think we do. In the same manor that a beaver does when it dams up a river with no regard for what happens to the rest of the system. It is, after all, survival of the fittest. We are not casting net in order to kill off any species, we are just trying to survive another day. (and eat sushi while we do)
Furthur more, if we are nieve enough to think that we can understand all the factors that go into species proliferation, then, we deserve what we get.
Maybe it's just me but I am still waiting for the thermal/electric re-writable digital paper. I don't like reading large volumes on a screen. Show me the digital paper and I could be interested. Till then, I am still reading the old fashioned way.
" Yeah, they'll let you charge whatever you want through their internet services because the rates are absurd."
That is so false. So false. Typically, my clients pay about 2.3% per trans plus about $0.20 per for processing. So long as you're not dealing with $2 charges, those prices are better than a regular merchant account. (the kind with the machine) One of my clients pays 2.8%/trans with his machine in the store and only 2.3%/trans for his online transactions. No monthly fees and no setup charges. How is that absurd?
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"Well maybe they can't ask, but when they meet you they can probably tell what sex you are, perhaps your race by your name or any distinguishing pigmentation features you may have, and quite possibly a ballpark figure for your age."
*OR* they could look at your resume, see what year you graduated high school and/or college and determine your age from those dates.
*OR* they could look at your resume and see when your first post-education job started and ballpark it that way.
There's lots of ways to determine the age of people without ever meeting them.
It's true and obvioulsy I had thought of writing my own but if I can find something that I can use, I would rather spend my time elsewhere. I looked at L'ane POS and found it to be kinda L'ame. I wanted to avoid re-inventing the wheel if I could.
With all the fuss over open source these days, you would think that there would be something out there that can compete with the bigger Windows based systems. Seems to me, with the growth of Unix based servers and e-commerce going hand in hand that someone would have already written something good. Maybe I need to be that guy.
Retail baby. I am currently dealing with three retail clients. (clothing mainly) The inventory is all in one spot and none of the clients really have what I would call a large inventory. Their needs are basically the same in that they need to have ONE terminal in the store to do cash/credit transactions as well as track inventory, customers, paid-ins/paid-outs, etc.
The catch is that they all have websites that need to have an accurate inventory that is synced daily if not live. (live obviously being better) I expect to write a good deal of code to make it all happen however I wanted to avoid writing the whole thing from scratch. So, if I could find a simple POS system that stores data in a DB that I can get to with web-tools (perl, python, PHP, whatever), I would be satisfied.
By "simple POS" I mean something that is easy to use (not dealing with superstar operators here) while being powerfull enough to replace the current system. (a box for cash and lousy Quick Books files for the accountant) Bar-coding would be nice but not vital.
The real key point is price. These clients cannot afford to spend thousands on software. They all know that they need to spend some money on hardware but > $2000 for POS software is a deal breaker. I am already writing a good deal of code that they will be paying for so I would like to keep the POS stuff as inexpensive as I can. (it's mine...all mine...)
..."and if you need this software to run credit cards I can tell you it's unlikely you'll find a free version."
Actually, that's not really true. If you have an internet merchant account(which my clients do...), credit card processing is a snap. iBill, for example, has a nice little API for doing transactions as well as a little SDK to roll into your own app. The software is free but they take a piece of the transaction (processing fee...)but usually it's somewhere in the $0.20/trans zone. Even though they are internet based, they do allow regular in-store charges through your own or the provided software.
Instead of traditional locks, there's an electronic kiosk with a touchscreen, a biometric scanner, and a smartcard reader. Go ahead and make eye contact; if you're a match, you'll pass through into your future home - a time and place a half-dozen years from now when your living quarters will recognize you, communicate with you, and anticipate your every need.
"Somebody cracked into my front door."
I hope this happens becuase I can't wait to read the security patches for the front door on the "Update" page.
Lactose Intolerant?...You have got to be kidding me!... The major side effect of lactose intolorance is gas? How(why?) could you possibly know about million year old farts? Jesus fucking christ!
But if you don't pay the Dixie Chicks *now*, how do you expect to get paid *later*?
I don't expect to get paid later.
And what happens if you sign up with someone, and then they get carried by iTunes Music Store... what would your attitude be if I said, "Why should I be paying for Tha_Mink when I can borrow it for free?"
I'd be saying "I don't see any reason you should..." and I'd be thinking "I don't see any reason he should..."
I know it's wrong since I am a musician myself, but these days, with P2P the way it is presently, you really gotta feel like a sucker if you're paying for pop music. I suppose you can feel good about supporting struggling artists like the Dixie Chicks but man...
I would just feel like a sucker if I spent money on music that I could "borrow" for free. (I never archive anything either anymore...I mean, it's there now and probably will be forever right??? right???) Anyways, can you really "own" a file?
Hello!!! Why the fuck would you even consider cracking open a TV that's a year old to hack a chip in it to fix a problem that you're not even sure is the v-chip in the first place. (the rectangle described by the poster is probably only the closed caption setting which can cause problems on sharp TVs)
I am all about fixing stuff but dude, cmon, it's a new TV set that is under the SHARP warranty. Just bring it in and at least let them tell you it's the v-chip and not some other problem caused by misconfiguration before ya go busting it open. That's just common sense. It'd be like you not being able to boot into your OS and just assuming it's your hardware that causes the problem. Right? Right?
Instead of brining your tv to the store and getting a NEW one, you want to crack it open, void your warranty, and rick breaking it so you can hack your v-chip?
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And how's that workin out for BeOS? So great, that it isn't around anymore. Plus you can hardly relate the two.
It just can't be good. Using MS SQL as a database is bad enough, I couldn't imagine depending on it as a file system.
Bob Moses. Nuff said (start with "Moses/Munoz Love Everlasting")
Actually naif is a perfectly cromulent word. It's a variant of naive.
"But you imply something quite scary: Do humans have the right to determine which species ar contributing to the ecosystem, and exterminate the rest?"
Yes, I think we do. In the same manor that a beaver does when it dams up a river with no regard for what happens to the rest of the system. It is, after all, survival of the fittest. We are not casting net in order to kill off any species, we are just trying to survive another day. (and eat sushi while we do)
Furthur more, if we are nieve enough to think that we can understand all the factors that go into species proliferation, then, we deserve what we get.
Something a little like this.
Maybe it's just me but I am still waiting for the thermal/electric re-writable digital paper. I don't like reading large volumes on a screen. Show me the digital paper and I could be interested. Till then, I am still reading the old fashioned way.
" Yeah, they'll let you charge whatever you want through their internet services because the rates are absurd."
That is so false. So false. Typically, my clients pay about 2.3% per trans plus about $0.20 per for processing. So long as you're not dealing with $2 charges, those prices are better than a regular merchant account. (the kind with the machine) One of my clients pays 2.8%/trans with his machine in the store and only 2.3%/trans for his online transactions. No monthly fees and no setup charges. How is that absurd?
"Well maybe they can't ask, but when they meet you they can probably tell what sex you are, perhaps your race by your name or any distinguishing pigmentation features you may have, and quite possibly a ballpark figure for your age."
*OR* they could look at your resume, see what year you graduated high school and/or college and determine your age from those dates.
*OR* they could look at your resume and see when your first post-education job started and ballpark it that way.
There's lots of ways to determine the age of people without ever meeting them.
It's true and obvioulsy I had thought of writing my own but if I can find something that I can use, I would rather spend my time elsewhere. I looked at L'ane POS and found it to be kinda L'ame. I wanted to avoid re-inventing the wheel if I could.
With all the fuss over open source these days, you would think that there would be something out there that can compete with the bigger Windows based systems. Seems to me, with the growth of Unix based servers and e-commerce going hand in hand that someone would have already written something good. Maybe I need to be that guy.
Retail baby. I am currently dealing with three retail clients. (clothing mainly) The inventory is all in one spot and none of the clients really have what I would call a large inventory. Their needs are basically the same in that they need to have ONE terminal in the store to do cash/credit transactions as well as track inventory, customers, paid-ins/paid-outs, etc.
The catch is that they all have websites that need to have an accurate inventory that is synced daily if not live. (live obviously being better) I expect to write a good deal of code to make it all happen however I wanted to avoid writing the whole thing from scratch. So, if I could find a simple POS system that stores data in a DB that I can get to with web-tools (perl, python, PHP, whatever), I would be satisfied.
By "simple POS" I mean something that is easy to use (not dealing with superstar operators here) while being powerfull enough to replace the current system. (a box for cash and lousy Quick Books files for the accountant) Bar-coding would be nice but not vital.
The real key point is price. These clients cannot afford to spend thousands on software. They all know that they need to spend some money on hardware but > $2000 for POS software is a deal breaker. I am already writing a good deal of code that they will be paying for so I would like to keep the POS stuff as inexpensive as I can. (it's mine...all mine...)
Yeah, maybe but I don't want a foothold in the market. I just want to USE a POS system, not gain market share with one.
"Why limit yourself to Linux? There are many nice POS systems based on Windows CE or Embedded Windows."
Because $10,000 for a windows POS system (without hardware) is not acceptable.
Limit? I wouldn't call it that.
..."and if you need this software to run credit cards I can tell you it's unlikely you'll find a free version."
Actually, that's not really true. If you have an internet merchant account(which my clients do...), credit card processing is a snap. iBill, for example, has a nice little API for doing transactions as well as a little SDK to roll into your own app. The software is free but they take a piece of the transaction (processing fee...)but usually it's somewhere in the $0.20/trans zone. Even though they are internet based, they do allow regular in-store charges through your own or the provided software.
Instead of traditional locks, there's an electronic kiosk with a touchscreen, a biometric scanner, and a smartcard reader. Go ahead and make eye contact; if you're a match, you'll pass through into your future home - a time and place a half-dozen years from now when your living quarters will recognize you, communicate with you, and anticipate your every need.
"Somebody cracked into my front door."
I hope this happens becuase I can't wait to read the security patches for the front door on the "Update" page.
Lactose Intolerant?...You have got to be kidding me!... The major side effect of lactose intolorance is gas? How(why?) could you possibly know about million year old farts? Jesus fucking christ!
You, my friend, are going to get unfairly modded down to a troll. But long live Alabama Man.
Perl wasn't invented/intended really....it happened as a result of the big explosion at the punctuation factory.
Lecture 11??? Pssst....I can't even get index.html.
Really? I mean, is this news? How slow does it have to be out there to "report" this? BTW, wrestling is pre-determined too...
But if you don't pay the Dixie Chicks *now*, how do you expect to get paid *later*?
I don't expect to get paid later.
And what happens if you sign up with someone, and then they get carried by iTunes Music Store... what would your attitude be if I said, "Why should I be paying for Tha_Mink when I can borrow it for free?"
I'd be saying "I don't see any reason you should..." and I'd be thinking "I don't see any reason he should..."
I know it's wrong since I am a musician myself, but these days, with P2P the way it is presently, you really gotta feel like a sucker if you're paying for pop music. I suppose you can feel good about supporting struggling artists like the Dixie Chicks but man...
I would just feel like a sucker if I spent money on music that I could "borrow" for free. (I never archive anything either anymore...I mean, it's there now and probably will be forever right??? right???) Anyways, can you really "own" a file?
The only elegant PHP layout...Is when it is rewritten in Perl
Cue stock footage of explosion at the punctuation factory...fade to black...
Hello!!! Why the fuck would you even consider cracking open a TV that's a year old to hack a chip in it to fix a problem that you're not even sure is the v-chip in the first place. (the rectangle described by the poster is probably only the closed caption setting which can cause problems on sharp TVs)
I am all about fixing stuff but dude, cmon, it's a new TV set that is under the SHARP warranty. Just bring it in and at least let them tell you it's the v-chip and not some other problem caused by misconfiguration before ya go busting it open. That's just common sense. It'd be like you not being able to boot into your OS and just assuming it's your hardware that causes the problem. Right? Right?
Instead of brining your tv to the store and getting a NEW one, you want to crack it open, void your warranty, and rick breaking it so you can hack your v-chip?