Unless this new technology is vastly different from existing ones, it will be good for them and bad for us. I've dealt with very thin boards a few times and I hate them! Why you say?
Ultra thin boards break their solder joints very easily. Thermal cycling seems to affect thinner boards more than thicker ones and leads to bad solder joints. Unless the resulting boards are small and have a LOT of mounting points they flex and break, especially if the boards are large.
Unless the thing can flex like an acordion without breaking solder joints, or the entire resulting circuit is printed in this way (no drilled holes or surface mount components) I'd hate to even touch one of these.
AWS Hired an outsourcing VP 2 years ago, they ran IT into the ground, crippled customer support. Customer support use to be live, you could get people to fix your issues, it was going the way of automation and lower paid support centers. Then they started forcing contracts and fucked up billing for customers, no wonder usnet has tons of complaints.
Wow, that exactly describes my experience with them. Customer service was non-existent, they screwed up my bill and pissed me off, and didn't even say sorry! The $175 early termination fee PER PHONE was all that was keeping me with them the last 8 months of my 2 year contract.
People couldn't understand me when I called them and actually asked me to call them from a real phone. I complained to ATTWS and their solution was to switch to a new phone on a different network. It sounded reasonable, except for one thing.. IT DIDN'T WORK. The new phone sounded just as bad as the old one and now I didn't have 'pocketnet' any more.
Customer service was flat out rude, screwed up my bill, and it took me FOUR calls to get them to fix it (each time they SAID they fixed it.. but low and behold when the bill came, they didn't). I ended up dropping to the lowest plan they offered (Still $40/month for both phones) for the last 3 months and threw the phones in a drawer. Then I signed up with a different provider, Alltel, and my problems went away.
They played the 'you need to switch phones game' with me too.. had absolutely NO EFFECT other than I was now stuck in a new 2 year contract and LESS features (I lost 'pocketnet' since I was on a different 'network'.. but I could pay $10 a month to get the same thing of course).
I called customer support to drop my minutes and complain about their crappy service.. they didn't even appologize; instead they tried to force me into a new contract because I wanted to drop to a plan with less minutes.
Two months later I was still fighting with them to fix my bill. They applied the plan retroactively instead of at the beginning of the next month (I called them on the 20th) and since I didn't start a new contract long distance was now NOT INCLUDED (even though the plan I switched to included it; they said it was a perk for the contract). Canceling their service was almost as difficult as cancelling AOL, they wouldn't take 'DISCONNECT ME' for an answer! At that point all the free minutes in the world couldn't convince me to stay.
I ended up dropping their service and going to Alltel. WHAT A DIFFERENCE! Simular model phone (looks the same but the model number is different) but the audio quality is perfect.
My only beef with Alltel (and I doubt I could escape this with any provider) is all the bullshit charges that are tacked on that weren't disclosed when I signed up. All the taxes, fees, and extra charges end up costing an extra $20 between the two phones on the plan. I asked when I signed up.. they couldn't tell me ahead of time what these charges would be (I live in AZ btw):
911 SERVICE $ 0.37 FEDERAL USF $ 1.27 REG COST RCVRY FEE $ 0.56 TELCOM CNCTVTY FEE $ 0.59 911 SERVICE $ 0.37 FEDERAL USF $ 0.70 REG COST RCVRY FEE $ 0.56 TELCOM CNCTVTY FEE $ 0.59 Subtotal: $ 5.01 I understand the 911 fee.. but what are the other charges?
Taxes (I added the %'s):
Federal Taxes $ 1.44 (2.2%) State Taxes $ 2.65 (4.02%) County Taxes $ 0.48 (0.74%) Local Taxes $ 1.52 (2.34%) Total Taxes, Fees and Surcharges $ 6.09 (extra 9.3%)
Then theres the $4 per phone per month for 'equipment insurance' (another $8). $20 to have the extra phone on the account (same minutes) which seems reasonable.
So after taxes, fees, and insurance my $45.00 plan actually costs me $65.
I'd be rich if I had a nickel every time someone asked me to call them on a real phone when I was using my ATTWS cell phone.. 'You sound like you're in a tin can!'.
Lets hope Cingular can bring something better to their service.
The vehicle, five feet wide, has three basic modes: autonomous, remote control or manually driven by onboard human operators. Depending on battlefield circumstances, the vehicle could be controlled remotely, freeing up the soldiers inside it for other tasks, Greiner said.
Roomba, RC, Human Driven.
Now all we need are robotic guns onboard to complete the 'So you decided to mess with America' clue patrol:)
I still have an old NeXT color station. I've held out giving/throwing it away for years on the prospect that Linux or BSD would eventually have an OS that worked on it without netbooting.
I still remember the day I brought it home... I got it used from a friend and set it up in my living room. Way ahead of it's time. Too bad nothing modern runs on it without booting from another machine:(
Hey Apple.. It's 1992 technology; release the damn specs already so they can finish a version of Linux!
Virtual desktops are available for windows too. Virtual Dimension (sourceforge.net) http://sourceforge.net/projects /virt-dimension/ does a great job of this.
Actually it was a COBOL joke. I was speaking of the 'and'. Back in the day the 'Superfluous to found in add statement' was a common error I'd get when writing COBOL code.
Im writing this from a 400MHZ PII laptop running linux. Why am I running linux? Because Windows XP ran like crap on this machine.
Here's what you don't 'get'. Linux gives you choices. I've been running Linux since the 386 days and still have a machine or two running debian on 486's which is FAR lower than the specs you describe. What can I do to get XP to run on a 486? NOTHING. Linux? I can pick a different window manger like icewm instead of KDE or Gnome (which by the way is what pumps those numbers up). Sure it means I can't go with a stock X install with KDE or Gnome and xdm or gdm running but it is perfectly usable.
If your linux desktop is too slow on your old school hardware, use a different window manager there are a TON to choose from. Install the kde/gnome libs and you can still run their apps.
If you haven't tried bullfighter (from the guys at deloitte) and are use word/powerpoint at the office, you'll love it.
According the the bullfighter Index, the article gets: Bull Composite Index of 5.9 (not horrible) Bull index of 94 (good) Average sentence length (good) Syllables/word (ok).
And the part I love.. the Flesh score.. 36: Diagnosis: Teetering on the edge of unclear. The overall meaning remains discernible, but it becomes possible to lose oneself in corollary thoughts, which may be worth exploration, but which can also detract from the core point of the written article.
That's not entirely true, the people alive in the 30's learned from the depression; it's just the generations after that fail to see similarities in their current situation.
Some people never 'learn' anything.
Being laid off for over 6 months put everything into perspective for me. Before, I actually thought there was such a thing as a secure job. I believed that if you worked hard, and became a critical part of the operation, that I would be indispensable. When the money runs out, everyone is expendable.
I have a great job and STILL started a business!
Failure can be a great motivator and teacher; it was for me. JD
Oh IBM I have a long history with thee.. You were once a monopoly giant that ruled the PC hardware market when all pc's had an '86' processor. The government struck you down a notch but you trudged on, undeterred. You burned me with your screwy ps2 microchannel architecture ; it died the death it deserved.
Later I felt betrayed as a loyal OS/2 user when you half assed promoted it while fully promoting windows on your own hardware, I swore against all things IBM dropping OS/2 after Warp and moved to a new love... Linux.
Now, here you are again, but this time you've totally redeemed yourself! I ask myself if history will repeat itself; I hope not.
DS9 was the best series, hands down. Sisko, the main character, confessed to cold-blooded murder, and says to the camera that he'd do it again. Where else in trek have you seen that without some kind of sickening remorse trailer at the end with a huggy-huggy moral lesson?
Granted, SOME DS9 episodes were pretty good (like the one you mention). However, all of the 'emmisary' episodes lost my interest fast. Too much religion. Too tied to the space station.
You're attracted by the flashy graphics and dime-a-dozen half naked chicks. Fine. Some of us want that, and a decent storyline too. The fact that people like you are in the majority are the main factor contributing to the suckiness of trek today.
Nothing wrong with half naked chicks, though they need some depth. All the the Dax characters were pretty but totally uninteresting for the most part. All of the 'Old Man' references made me cringe. There were a few episodes like the one with her in the the Klingon battle that were good though. I think Klingons have been overdone in StarTrek, I hope they give them a rest for awhile.
The naked chick factor went a little far in the early episodes. The T'Pol sonic shower scenes were a bit over the top for me. Fortunately they don't have those every episode. I remember thinking "Oh Crap.. if my wife walks in here IM DEAD".
I just want them to tell good stories. I'd like to see them make some enemies like the Romulans.
For me Fridays work perfectly, I can watch it after work and then go out. As long as it doesn't compete with Star Gate SG1:)
Where I live (Phoenix) Enterprise is often preempted by some sporting event I could care less about. Hopefully in the new timeslot that won't happen as much.
As far as the show.. I think it's pretty good. I like that they aren't inventing some new technology every show (though it would be cool to 'find out' where all of the technology we know of came from) and using the transporter constantly to get them out of a jam. I like that there isn't a 'prime directive' or a lot of the stuff in the 'later shows'. They're going to have to work at making this show 'fit' into the rest of Star Trek but I think they can do it. Since they're doing a lot of time travel stuff they can do anything, even things that violate what we already know about the future.. and have an episode later that wipes it away from history.
I think Scott Bakula has done a fine job compared to other captains such as Kate Milgrew (Janeway) or Avery Brooks (Sisko). Some of the other characters are so-so.
Tucker has had his share of episodes lately to give him more depth, but Malcolm Reed is a flat character.. they need to flesh him out. Same with Mayweather, he may as well be the red-shirted crew member. If either died today I wouldn't care.
T'Pol has become an interesting character with the addiction and emotions lately but I hope they don't over do it. I'd love to see them explain how spock happened, though they had the perfect chance on the recent episode where they met the future enterpise that was sent back in time.
Hoshi is a somewhat interesting character, though I think she's 'too good' sometimes. I'd like to see a few episodes where they get into major crap for mis-translations/etc.
Phlox is sort of interesting, but I don't honestly care about his character. The EMH on Voyager was more interesting.
For the most part I liked Voyager, especially the borg episodes. What I didn't like were all the retarded Kess episodes that reminded me of Crusher the wonderboy on STNG. It was a little too emotional for me. Though 7of9 made up for a lot;)
DS9.. I hated it, except for Odo and a few other characters. All of the religion, un-engaging war, and pointless episodes had me turning it off too much. Though some of the better parts of DS9 should be incorporated into other Trek series.
One of the coolest episodes for me was when they brought back the Andorans from the original Star Trek. If Enterprise were to meet the changlings, bajorans, Trill (in some weird host), or any of the 'new' aliens from 'later' Star Trek series earlier in their history it would be interesting. Just leave out 'Q', please!
How about meeting the borg before they became the borg, say a society that went heavy on the cybernetic implants. This could be one of the best series yet, just for the posibilities.
This is just the first step in making VOIP just like my cell phone.. $45/month? Wait, you forgot Federal, city, state, local, 911 access fee, long distance access fee, and a bunch of meaningless abbrevations. All these fees add another $20 to my bill and it pisses me off every time I get my bill.
I'd rather they let me decide if I want access to 911 and charge per connect, make it $5 per connect.. then we wouldnt have all these bs calls to 911. I think I've used 911 maybe 10 times in the last 20 years but they charge me for it on my home phone, cell phone, and now voip.
I live in a town with no high paying jobs and I think I know why. The property taxes are higher than the county 10 miles away; the sales tax is higher than the county 10 miles away. What business would want to open a business in the city limits when they can open it 10 miles away and still get the business?
Hey government.. want commerce to keep rolling? Keep your hands out of it!
That is exactly what I did, but I didn't pay $800 to do it.
I did all the research myself and filed the paperwork with the state.
$15 trade name registration. $15 service name registration. $50 Articles of Organization filing $75 Publishing of articles of organization. $0 IRS (S4) Tax ID
I found the whole process relatively straight forward and the people at the state were willing to answer any questions I had.
Maybe it's cheaper/easier to start an LLC in AZ than other states?
Oracle applications do work with Mozilla... as long as you're running windows.
The jinitiator installer doesn't work but it is easy enough to copy the jinitiator dll from the Oracle jinitiator directory to the mozilla plugins directory.
That is a recipe for disaster. All you have to do is patch things your way and, voila, you get some "odd" election results that contradict all the polls
I know 'exit polls' should be more or less accurate depending on who's doing it, but I hear all sort of poll related things on the news everyday, much of which sound like total BS.
Not to sound like one of the paranoid tin foil hat people, but as someone who has NEVER been polled by anyone other than consumer products outfits, I have to ask:
WHO are these people that are actually polled, how are they selected?
How do we know that the polling outfits don't pick the people they poll to get a desired result?
Does the result mostly depend on whoever is funding it?
I've heard that they slant the questions they ask to get a desired result, WHY do polls have any credibility in our society?
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Unless this new technology is vastly different from existing ones, it will be good for them and bad for us. I've dealt with very thin boards a few times and I hate them! Why you say?
Ultra thin boards break their solder joints very easily. Thermal cycling seems to affect thinner boards more than thicker ones and leads to bad solder joints. Unless the resulting boards are small and have a LOT of mounting points they flex and break, especially if the boards are large.
Unless the thing can flex like an acordion without breaking solder joints, or the entire resulting circuit is printed in this way (no drilled holes or surface mount components) I'd hate to even touch one of these.
BTW the ram file contains this:
:)
http://abcrad.vo.llnwd.net/o1/kgo/kgo-09.mp3/
Which made me glad since I don't use real player
JD
AWS Hired an outsourcing VP 2 years ago, they ran IT into the ground, crippled customer support. Customer support use to be live, you could get people to fix your issues, it was going the way of automation and lower paid support centers. Then they started forcing contracts and fucked up billing for customers, no wonder usnet has tons of complaints.
Wow, that exactly describes my experience with them. Customer service was non-existent, they screwed up my bill and pissed me off, and didn't even say sorry! The $175 early termination fee PER PHONE was all that was keeping me with them the last 8 months of my 2 year contract.
People couldn't understand me when I called them and actually asked me to call them from a real phone. I complained to ATTWS and their solution was to switch to a new phone on a different network. It sounded reasonable, except for one thing.. IT DIDN'T WORK. The new phone sounded just as bad as the old one and now I didn't have 'pocketnet' any more.
Customer service was flat out rude, screwed up my bill, and it took me FOUR calls to get them to fix it (each time they SAID they fixed it.. but low and behold when the bill came, they didn't). I ended up dropping to the lowest plan they offered (Still $40/month for both phones) for the last 3 months and threw the phones in a drawer. Then I signed up with a different provider, Alltel, and my problems went away.
JD
They played the 'you need to switch phones game' with me too.. had absolutely NO EFFECT other than I was now stuck in a new 2 year contract and LESS features (I lost 'pocketnet' since I was on a different 'network'.. but I could pay $10 a month to get the same thing of course).
I called customer support to drop my minutes and complain about their crappy service.. they didn't even appologize; instead they tried to force me into a new contract because I wanted to drop to a plan with less minutes.
Two months later I was still fighting with them to fix my bill. They applied the plan retroactively instead of at the beginning of the next month (I called them on the 20th) and since I didn't start a new contract long distance was now NOT INCLUDED (even though the plan I switched to included it; they said it was a perk for the contract). Canceling their service was almost as difficult as cancelling AOL, they wouldn't take 'DISCONNECT ME' for an answer! At that point all the free minutes in the world couldn't convince me to stay.
I ended up dropping their service and going to Alltel. WHAT A DIFFERENCE! Simular model phone (looks the same but the model number is different) but the audio quality is perfect.
My only beef with Alltel (and I doubt I could escape this with any provider) is all the bullshit charges that are tacked on that weren't disclosed when I signed up. All the taxes, fees, and extra charges end up costing an extra $20 between the two phones on the plan.
I asked when I signed up.. they couldn't tell me ahead of time what these charges would be (I live in AZ btw):
911 SERVICE $ 0.37
FEDERAL USF $ 1.27
REG COST RCVRY FEE $ 0.56
TELCOM CNCTVTY FEE $ 0.59
911 SERVICE $ 0.37
FEDERAL USF $ 0.70
REG COST RCVRY FEE $ 0.56
TELCOM CNCTVTY FEE $ 0.59
Subtotal: $ 5.01
I understand the 911 fee.. but what are the other charges?
Taxes (I added the %'s):
Federal Taxes $ 1.44 (2.2%)
State Taxes $ 2.65 (4.02%)
County Taxes $ 0.48 (0.74%)
Local Taxes $ 1.52 (2.34%)
Total Taxes, Fees
and Surcharges $ 6.09 (extra 9.3%)
Then theres the $4 per phone per month for 'equipment insurance' (another $8).
$20 to have the extra phone on the account (same minutes) which seems reasonable.
So after taxes, fees, and insurance my $45.00 plan actually costs me $65.
JD
Now the largest and crappiest network ever!
I'd be rich if I had a nickel every time someone asked me to call them on a real phone when I was using my ATTWS cell phone.. 'You sound like you're in a tin can!'.
Lets hope Cingular can bring something better to their service.
Roomba, RC, Human Driven.
Now all we need are robotic guns onboard to complete the 'So you decided to mess with America' clue patrol
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I still have an old NeXT color station.
:(
I've held out giving/throwing it away for years on the prospect that Linux or BSD would eventually have an OS that worked on it without netbooting.
I still remember the day I brought it home...
I got it used from a friend and set it up in my living room. Way ahead of it's time. Too bad nothing modern runs on it without booting from another machine
Hey Apple.. It's 1992 technology; release the damn specs already so they can finish a version of Linux!
JD
Virtual desktops are available for windows too.s /virt-dimension/
Virtual Dimension (sourceforge.net)
http://sourceforge.net/project
does a great job of this.
It's a godsend on my laptop!
JD
Actually it was a COBOL joke.
I was speaking of the 'and'.
Back in the day the 'Superfluous to found in add statement' was a common error I'd get when writing COBOL code.
Im writing this from a 400MHZ PII laptop running linux. Why am I running linux? Because Windows XP ran like crap on this machine.
Here's what you don't 'get'. Linux gives you choices. I've been running Linux since the 386 days and still have a machine or two running debian on 486's which is FAR lower than the specs you describe. What can I do to get XP to run on a 486? NOTHING. Linux? I can pick a different window manger like icewm instead of KDE or Gnome (which by the way is what pumps those numbers up). Sure it means I can't go with a stock X install with KDE or Gnome and xdm or gdm running but it is perfectly usable.
If your linux desktop is too slow on your old school hardware, use a different window manager there are a TON to choose from. Install the kde/gnome libs and you can still run their apps.
JD
Almost as bad as "all your base are belong to us";
Superfluous "and" found in statement Line 1.
JD
If you haven't tried bullfighter (from the guys at deloitte) and are use word/powerpoint at the office, you'll love it.
According the the bullfighter Index, the article gets:
Bull Composite Index of 5.9 (not horrible)
Bull index of 94 (good)
Average sentence length (good)
Syllables/word (ok).
And the part I love.. the Flesh score.. 36:
Diagnosis: Teetering on the edge of unclear. The overall meaning remains discernible, but it becomes possible to lose oneself in corollary thoughts, which may be worth exploration, but which can also detract from the core point of the written article.
Anyway.. off topic but fun.
JD
That's not entirely true, the people alive in the 30's learned from the depression; it's just the generations after that fail to see similarities in their current situation.
Some people never 'learn' anything.
Being laid off for over 6 months put everything into perspective for me. Before, I actually thought there was such a thing as a secure job. I believed that if you worked hard, and became a critical part of the operation, that I would be indispensable. When the money runs out, everyone is expendable.
I have a great job and STILL started a business!
Failure can be a great motivator and teacher; it was for me.
JD
Now I can jump up and down and DEMAND a development server and have plenty of examples to back up my need for one.
I'll now be the first person to raise my hand and ask the following question: "So, how will this make money?"
Whenever I hear New - anything - my instant reaction is BULLSHIT!
Those were great times; I wouldn't trade them for anything
I think the lessons learned are worth the pain.
JD
I think I crapped my pants in an elevator about that time.. It was no accident.. Oh wait...
:)
The book shelf fell over precisely as the clock struct 3pm, it must have been caused by the clock!
How long does it take a dying company to die? 2 months? I think not.
Logic called, they want you back in class!
JD
I love that the regular slashdot site has a rss feed, will politics.slashdot.org have a rss feed also?
JD
I totally agree!
:)
If you install Gnome/KDE it will inherit their menus too.
I have used IceWM on a 486, works great
And there is even a version that work in cygwin.
Oh IBM I have a long history with thee..
You were once a monopoly giant that ruled the PC hardware market when all pc's had an '86' processor. The government struck you down a notch but you trudged on, undeterred. You burned me with your screwy ps2 microchannel architecture ; it died the death it deserved.
Later I felt betrayed as a loyal OS/2 user when you half assed promoted it while fully promoting windows on your own hardware, I swore against all things IBM dropping OS/2 after Warp and moved to a new love... Linux.
Now, here you are again, but this time you've totally redeemed yourself! I ask myself if history will repeat itself; I hope not.
signed,
Disgruntled IBM supporter.
DS9 was the best series, hands down. Sisko, the main character, confessed to cold-blooded murder, and says to the camera that he'd do it again. Where else in trek have you seen that without some kind of sickening remorse trailer at the end with a huggy-huggy moral lesson?
Granted, SOME DS9 episodes were pretty good (like the one you mention). However, all of the 'emmisary' episodes lost my interest fast. Too much religion. Too tied to the space station.
You're attracted by the flashy graphics and dime-a-dozen half naked chicks. Fine. Some of us want that, and a decent storyline too. The fact that people like you are in the majority are the main factor contributing to the suckiness of trek today.
Nothing wrong with half naked chicks, though they need some depth. All the the Dax characters were pretty but totally uninteresting for the most part. All of the 'Old Man' references made me cringe. There were a few episodes like the one with her in the the Klingon battle that were good though. I think Klingons have been overdone in StarTrek, I hope they give them a rest for awhile.
The naked chick factor went a little far in the early episodes. The T'Pol sonic shower scenes were a bit over the top for me. Fortunately they don't have those every episode. I remember thinking "Oh Crap.. if my wife walks in here IM DEAD".
I just want them to tell good stories.
I'd like to see them make some enemies like the Romulans.
For me Fridays work perfectly, I can watch it after work and then go out. :)
;)
As long as it doesn't compete with Star Gate SG1
Where I live (Phoenix) Enterprise is often preempted by some sporting event I could care less about. Hopefully in the new timeslot that won't happen as much.
As far as the show.. I think it's pretty good.
I like that they aren't inventing some new technology every show (though it would be cool to 'find out' where all of the technology we know of came from) and using the transporter constantly to get them out of a jam.
I like that there isn't a 'prime directive' or a lot of the stuff in the 'later shows'. They're going to have to work at making this show 'fit' into the rest of Star Trek but I think they can do it. Since they're doing a lot of time travel stuff they can do anything, even things that violate what we already know about the future.. and have an episode later that wipes it away from history.
I think Scott Bakula has done a fine job compared to other captains such as Kate Milgrew (Janeway) or Avery Brooks (Sisko). Some of the other characters are so-so.
Tucker has had his share of episodes lately to give him more depth, but Malcolm Reed is a flat character.. they need to flesh him out. Same with Mayweather, he may as well be the red-shirted crew member. If either died today I wouldn't care.
T'Pol has become an interesting character with the addiction and emotions lately but I hope they don't over do it. I'd love to see them explain how spock happened, though they had the perfect chance on the recent episode where they met the future enterpise that was sent back in time.
Hoshi is a somewhat interesting character, though I think she's 'too good' sometimes. I'd like to see a few episodes where they get into major crap for mis-translations/etc.
Phlox is sort of interesting, but I don't honestly care about his character. The EMH on Voyager was more interesting.
For the most part I liked Voyager, especially the borg episodes. What I didn't like were all the retarded Kess episodes that reminded me of Crusher the wonderboy on STNG. It was a little too emotional for me. Though 7of9 made up for a lot
DS9.. I hated it, except for Odo and a few other characters. All of the religion, un-engaging war, and pointless episodes had me turning it off too much. Though some of the better parts of DS9 should be incorporated into other Trek series.
One of the coolest episodes for me was when they brought back the Andorans from the original Star Trek. If Enterprise were to meet the changlings, bajorans, Trill (in some weird host), or any of the 'new' aliens from 'later' Star Trek series earlier in their history it would be interesting.
Just leave out 'Q', please!
How about meeting the borg before they became the borg, say a society that went heavy on the cybernetic implants. This could be one of the best series yet, just for the posibilities.
This is just the first step in making VOIP just like my cell phone.. $45/month? Wait, you forgot Federal, city, state, local, 911 access fee, long distance access fee, and a bunch of meaningless abbrevations. All these fees add another $20 to my bill and it pisses me off every time I get my bill.
I'd rather they let me decide if I want access to 911 and charge per connect, make it $5 per connect.. then we wouldnt have all these bs calls to 911. I think I've used 911 maybe 10 times in the last 20 years but they charge me for it on my home phone, cell phone, and now voip.
I live in a town with no high paying jobs and I think I know why. The property taxes are higher than the county 10 miles away; the sales tax is higher than the county 10 miles away. What business would want to open a business in the city limits when they can open it 10 miles away and still get the business?
Hey government.. want commerce to keep rolling? Keep your hands out of it!
JD
That is exactly what I did, but I didn't pay $800 to do it.
I did all the research myself and filed the paperwork with the state.
$15 trade name registration.
$15 service name registration.
$50 Articles of Organization filing
$75 Publishing of articles of organization.
$0 IRS (S4) Tax ID
I found the whole process relatively straight forward and the people at the state were willing to answer any questions I had.
Maybe it's cheaper/easier to start an LLC in AZ than other states?
JD
Oracle applications do work with Mozilla... as long as you're running windows.
The jinitiator installer doesn't work but it is easy enough to copy the jinitiator dll from the Oracle jinitiator directory to the mozilla plugins directory.
I run Mozilla on windows every day with 11i.
JD
That is a recipe for disaster. All you have to do is patch things your way and, voila, you get some "odd" election results that contradict all the polls
I know 'exit polls' should be more or less accurate depending on who's doing it, but I hear all sort of poll related things on the news everyday, much of which sound like total BS.
Not to sound like one of the paranoid tin foil hat people, but as someone who has NEVER been polled by anyone other than consumer products outfits, I have to ask:
WHO are these people that are actually polled, how are they selected?
How do we know that the polling outfits don't pick the people they poll to get a desired result?
Does the result mostly depend on whoever is funding it?
I've heard that they slant the questions they ask to get a desired result, WHY do polls have any credibility in our society?