On July 16th, 2004, a decision was handed down from the National Arbitration Forum that took away ownership of RadioAid.com's website "ClearChannelSucks.net" and gave the website to the complaintant, Clear Channel Communications, Inc. The decision of the arbitration panel has left us (the founders of RadioAid.com) with only one choice. That choice is,
...of course, to register clearchannelreallysucks.org, clearchannelblows.net, and clearchannelcanbiteme.com
"I forgot where I read it, but it is something about the bandwidth to the satellite isn't large enough to support true VoD. This is one area where cable providers are going pull ahead of satellite"
They may will pull ahead, but only briefly. To support true VOD, you need enough bandwidth to send a different movie to each individual subscriber. I don't know the specifics of cable, but I highly doubt that there is enough bandwitdh available to do that. Sure, if there are only a few subscribers, no problem. But what happens when you reach the bandwidth limit due to too many simultaneous VOD viewers. "Sorry, bandwidth exceeded. Try again later"? That isn't going to fly.
I don't really get the fascination with the "on demand" part. Do you really need to see the movie *this instant*? Most PPV offers multiple channels of the same movie (even on satellite) with overlapping schedules so you can usually see any movie on the 1/2 hour. That's good enough for most people I think. Better yet, get yourself a Tivo/Myth/whatever, and order the PPV movies you want a week in advance. Not much different than Netflix, except you dont have to deal with the post office. That's the VOD model that works well for me and I'm guessing many others as well.
Gates... bah! I read somewhere that Linus Torvalds predicts *he'll* be obsolete in 10 years.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think the Fairpay rules go into effect until August 23. http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/whd/fa irpay/main.htm
I had trouble finding what the current rules are (only looked briefly though)
From what I recall (my brief visit to DOL found nothing except the forthcoming changes to the FLSA) is that you were exempt if you were: Professional (engineer, programmer, etc) Administrative (CEO, manager, etc) and, uh, something else.
Anyhow, it would seem that a programmer ought to fall under the Professional category. Perhaps that is a bit fuzzy under the current FLSA, which may be why they've revised it (and to get a bunch of new people classed exempt).
As far as compelling overtime, that's easy. Just use the "or else" method.
Look up the definition of exempt here. It has nothing to do with whether or not you are salaried. Managers are by definition, exempt and therefore don't have to be paid overtime.
If you are classified an exempt employee, you have no right to bitch about not getting paid overtime... 80 hrs is part of the job. OTOH, non exempt employees are required by law to get paid overtime, and judging by the assertion in the article ("forging time sheets"), it sure looks like "evil management".
Just becuase you are salaried does not make you non-exempt. The article says these are non-exempt employees, and therefore should be entitled to overtime. How you can be a non-exempt programmer is beyond me, but that's a different issue.
I don't disagree, but my comment was targeted at the whining AC.
It's great that your employer lets you do personal stuff at work (mine does as well). But that hardly gives anyone the right to bitch and moan that they must stop doing personal stuff at work because they are "forced" to use IE.
" we asked AT&T to place us on there "Do not call list" and were told that because they had establish a buisness relationship with us that we could not do this for three years."
Then AT&T lied to you. This is from the donotcall.gov Business FAQ: Q: What about an established business relationship?
A: A telemarketer or seller may call a consumer with whom it has an established business relationship for up to 18 months after the consumer's last purchase, delivery, or payment - even if the consumer's number is on the National Do Not Call Registry. In addition, a company may call a consumer for up to three months after the consumer makes an inquiry or submits an application to the company. And if a consumer has given a company written permission, the company may call even if the consumer's number is on the National Do Not Call Registry.
One caveat: if a consumer asks a company not to call, the company may not call, even if there is an established business relationship. Indeed, a company may not call a consumer - regardless of whether the consumer's number is on the registry - if the consumer has asked to be put on the company's own do not call list.
Sure, many Microsoft products solve a particular set of customer problems. Yet the same products can and often do create a whole set of new problems (maybe you missed this story)
To me, there is more to "great software" than solving one set of problems. It is solving them well, and well... if you create more problems than you solve, I'm sorry but that isn't "great software".
Yes, I use alot of Windows software, and no I'm not a Linux zealot (love Knoppix though). With the exception of IE (which I abandoned long ago), most Microsoft software I use (Office, Outlook) is "good enough" but certainly not great.
I don't post with HREF very often. It is not because it is hard or because it is time consuming, afterall I used to write web pages for a living. Rather, I do it because of all the goatse links out there. Let them see the URL before they click it
Yabut...why cant you just mouse over the HREF'd URL to see what the real URL is, before you click it? Opera shows you the URL in the status bar, as I'm sure IE/Mozilla/etc do as well. Am I missing something?
I love the little segment they do for the non-existant "Colbert Report". Of course, Colbert is pronounced with the "t" silent, but they pronounce report with the "t" silent as well. Then, Colbert turns to the camera and deadpans "It's French....Bitch!"
Hatch is a conservative Mormon who has denounced pornography in the past and who suggested last year that copyright holders should be allowed to remotely destroy the computers of music pirates
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On July 16th, 2004, a decision was handed down from the National Arbitration Forum that took away ownership of RadioAid.com's website "ClearChannelSucks.net" and gave the website to the complaintant, Clear Channel Communications, Inc. The decision of the arbitration panel has left us (the founders of RadioAid.com) with only one choice. That choice is,
...of course, to register clearchannelreallysucks.org, clearchannelblows.net, and clearchannelcanbiteme.com
.ass TLD
Too bad there's not a
"I forgot where I read it, but it is something about the bandwidth to the satellite isn't large enough to support true VoD.
This is one area where cable providers are going pull ahead of satellite"
They may will pull ahead, but only briefly. To support true VOD, you need enough bandwidth to send a different movie to each individual subscriber. I don't know the specifics of cable, but I highly doubt that there is enough bandwitdh available to do that. Sure, if there are only a few subscribers, no problem. But what happens when you reach the bandwidth limit due to too many simultaneous VOD viewers. "Sorry, bandwidth exceeded. Try again later"? That isn't going to fly.
I don't really get the fascination with the "on demand" part. Do you really need to see the movie *this instant*? Most PPV offers multiple channels of the same movie (even on satellite) with overlapping schedules so you can usually see any movie on the 1/2 hour. That's good enough for most people I think. Better yet, get yourself a Tivo/Myth/whatever, and order the PPV movies you want a week in advance. Not much different than Netflix, except you dont have to deal with the post office. That's the VOD model that works well for me and I'm guessing many others as well.
Gates... bah! I read somewhere that Linus Torvalds predicts *he'll* be obsolete in 10 years.
Like all rebates, they hope you forget to mail it in, or they give you some BS story about how you forgot to submit the proper proof of purchase.
Right... like Dell actually has a chance in hell of harming Apple with this pathetic offer. Your used/dead ipod is worth more on ebay.
You forgot the ??? step.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think the Fairpay rules go into effect until August 23.a irpay /main.htm
http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/whd/f
I had trouble finding what the current rules are (only looked briefly though)
From what I recall (my brief visit to DOL found nothing except the forthcoming changes to the FLSA) is that you were exempt if you were:
Professional (engineer, programmer, etc)
Administrative (CEO, manager, etc)
and, uh, something else.
Anyhow, it would seem that a programmer ought to fall under the Professional category. Perhaps that is a bit fuzzy under the current FLSA, which may be why they've revised it (and to get a bunch of new people classed exempt).
As far as compelling overtime, that's easy. Just use the "or else" method.
Look up the definition of exempt here. It has nothing to do with whether or not you are salaried. Managers are by definition, exempt and therefore don't have to be paid overtime.
If you are classified an exempt employee, you have no right to bitch about not getting paid overtime... 80 hrs is part of the job. OTOH, non exempt employees are required by law to get paid overtime, and judging by the assertion in the article ("forging time sheets"), it sure looks like "evil management".
Just becuase you are salaried does not make you non-exempt. The article says these are non-exempt employees, and therefore should be entitled to overtime.
How you can be a non-exempt programmer is beyond me, but that's a different issue.
I don't disagree, but my comment was targeted at the whining AC.
It's great that your employer lets you do personal stuff at work (mine does as well). But that hardly gives anyone the right to bitch and moan that they must stop doing personal stuff at work because they are "forced" to use IE.
Better yet... they should do their online banking on their own time.
No kidding. Try catching 'em with a teletype on a 9600 baud connection now.
" we asked AT&T to place us on there "Do not call list" and were told that because they had establish a buisness relationship with us that we could not do this for three years."
Then AT&T lied to you. This is from the donotcall.gov Business FAQ:
Q: What about an established business relationship?
A: A telemarketer or seller may call a consumer with whom it has an established business relationship for up to 18 months after the consumer's last purchase, delivery, or payment - even if the consumer's number is on the National Do Not Call Registry. In addition, a company may call a consumer for up to three months after the consumer makes an inquiry or submits an application to the company. And if a consumer has given a company written permission, the company may call even if the consumer's number is on the National Do Not Call Registry.
One caveat: if a consumer asks a company not to call, the company may not call, even if there is an established business relationship. Indeed, a company may not call a consumer - regardless of whether the consumer's number is on the registry - if the consumer has asked to be put on the company's own do not call list.
You got a personal phone call from John Kerry?! Damn, just how much money did you give to the Democrats anyways?
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"NT 4 shipped with 65K defects?"
There were probably more, but they rounded down to avoid the "integer out of range" error in their bug tracking software.
Sure, many Microsoft products solve a particular set of customer problems. Yet the same products can and often do create a whole set of new problems (maybe you missed this story)
To me, there is more to "great software" than solving one set of problems. It is solving them well, and well... if you create more problems than you solve, I'm sorry but that isn't "great software".
Yes, I use alot of Windows software, and no I'm not a Linux zealot (love Knoppix though). With the exception of IE (which I abandoned long ago), most Microsoft software I use (Office, Outlook) is "good enough" but certainly not great.
I have no fingers, you insensitive clod!
Anyway, to bring this back on topic, this situation requires a server side fix. I'm sorry, I can't tell every customer to switch browsers.
It's been fixed. Here's the patch
Once again it's UNPATCHED USERS who are having problems
Not sure what article you are reading (maybe it's changed?).
This one (from ZDNET, which is the one linked to in the story) states:
"This time, however, the flaws affect every user of Internet Explorer, because Microsoft has not yet released a patch."
A shame to see that corporate welfare is not limited to the US.
I don't post with HREF very often. It is not because it is hard or because it is time consuming, afterall I used to write web pages for a living. Rather, I do it because of all the goatse links out there. Let them see the URL before they click it
Yabut...why cant you just mouse over the HREF'd URL to see what the real URL is, before you click it? Opera shows you the URL in the status bar, as I'm sure IE/Mozilla/etc do as well. Am I missing something?
quoting 'sources close to Microsoft's senior Xbox executives' explaining some of the thinking behind the decision
3. Profit!
I love the little segment they do for the non-existant "Colbert Report". Of course, Colbert is pronounced with the "t" silent, but they pronounce report with the "t" silent as well. Then, Colbert turns to the camera and deadpans "It's French....Bitch!"
That cracks me up every time.
Hatch is a conservative Mormon who has denounced pornography in the past and who suggested last year that copyright holders should be allowed to remotely destroy the computers of music pirates
I think they misspelled "moron"
Give this man some points.