Last I checked (which was, admittedly, a while ago), salescritters were asked about their "book of business," e.g., who they can poach and bring to the interviewing company, as a standard part of the interview. This isn't that different except that now your "rolodex" includes pictures of your drunk friends puking on themselves.
Putting an OLE object into a Word file will also bloat the file to be so big that no applicant tracking system would accept it, so you're still out of a job.
Yes, you can use this to pirate. Whoopdodoo. There are lots of other benefits you're overlooking.
- Running games off the memstick is much faster than waiting for the UMD to load - You can fit several games on the memstick (some may be pirated, if you're a dishonest prick who wants the platform to fail). That means you don't need to lug a ton of fragile disks around when you travel. - Not using the UMD means extended battery life.
This is really spiffy, don't get me wrong. But what I'd really like is an update to 5.50 firmware so the copy of Final Fantasy VII I just BOUGHT will play on my hacked PSP. I think all the PS1 re-releases from E3 require updated firmware, and that blows.
The Kindle 2 is limited to 16 color grey scale, the original kindle only 4. The iP[od|hone] doesn't have that limitation- so are the diagrams and charts and images that are otherwise utter crap on the Kindle presented in all of their glory on the iP[od|hone] or do you just get the ugly 16 shades of pixel vomit?
That's not true. That's what caused me to finally sign up, and my UID is significantly smaller than yours. Off my lawn, whippersnappers, no sense of history, etc, etc.
Computing power has been a commodity for a long time now. Companies now have to differentiate and *gasp*! Compete! On product benefits beyond "Windows kind of works on it sometimes." Every industry reaches a plateau at some point, and it's not necessarily a bad thing, for businesses or consumers. Sony still makes decent ultra-portables that actually have some power, which the EEE won't compete with. Apple makes trendy machines with a great caché. It looks bad for the companies that put out crap laptops, like Dell, HP/Compaq and Gateway, but really- will anyone be sad to see them either make better machines or die?
There are several campuses of UoP that have had their accreditation revokes precisely because they directly sold their degrees. Anyone who wants to hire a UoP alum might want to dig a bit deeper. Personally, I dump any resume that even mentions UoP or Kaplan University, another online-only school that has a horrible reputation.
The 12" PowerBook doesn't have a PCMCIA slot. That's only on the 15" and 17". An external USB dongle would destroy the aesthetic of the device. Better to get an airport express, plug that into the wired network, and have nice reception in the hotel room.
Well, for one thing, the WiFi reception of the aluminum PowerBooks is pathetic, especially my 12". That shiny case acts like a Faraday cage and keeps the signal out, leaving me high and dry while the Windows laptop users around me don't even notice a weak connection.
But you still won't pry my PowerBook 'cept from my cold, dead fingers.
Are the guys who throw out gigantic nets into the ocean, pull them in and collect the good fish while throwing the fish they don't want overboard fishing or mining?
"Phishing" is still an appropriate term. It's especially apt since they're getting technically advanced- moving up from a single phishing pole to a wide, wide net, like the professionals use.
Shelf space is precious, and existing publishers have the relationships with the big box stores that are required to get space for the box. It may or may not be a problem for as high profile game as HL2, but most self-publishers get relegated to a tiny wire cd rack in a forgotten corner of the store if they get into the store at all.
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It was traced to SEVERAL phoney companies. The same group of people seems to have been behind them, though. Now every other background screening company is scrambling to make sure their clients are fully vetted. It's a mess.
Considering their marketing team was constantly being utterly destroyed and rebuilt over the last 10 years or so, yeah, that's the technical term. It was a great place to work as a techie, but damn, they can't market their way out of a paper sack.
This is how it works- pretty much everything about you is a matter of public record. That time you got arrested, your address and phone number, etc. ChoicePoint sits outside the courts and buys up all the data the counties are willing to sell them, and dumps that into their database.
Then there's things that if you have a permissible purpose (as defined in the FCRA) like someone deciding on whether or not to loan you money, rent you a house or give you a job, that allows them to look at the loan you took out, any bankruptcies, etc. Should your employeer have run a background screen on you through Choicepoint, that data also goes into ChoicePoint's database for future reference and revenue (which, as I read the FCRA, is illegal, but who's going to sue them?). They give any previous data they have along with whatever new data they gather when they run additional searches on a person, so they look like they've got a lot of data. Again illegal as far as I can tell because the FCRA requires screening companies to go to the "most reliable source," which is the county courthouse and not an old, un-updated database, and many state laws have limits about how far back criminal data can be reported (the GTA you had for that joyride in your teens shouldn't be on your report when you apply for a job in your 30's). Again, that is almost never scrubbed out.
They also apparently don't screen the people they sell data too, which is usually a violation of pretty much any data provider, especially DMVs.
I'm of the opinion that ChoicePoint is a fine candidate for the Corporate Death Penalty, their board and executives jailed, and their database should be destroyed.
Yes it was, you fscking whippersnapper! You don't know nuthin' bout' nuthin'; it were great back inna' day. Now go fetch me some Ben Gay for my arthritic fingers.
Seriously, somebody said they registered to post to this thread and had an ID in the 11 *millions*.
You SAY you don't mind when someone scans you up and down, but why then did you take out that restraining order? Peeping through your window is just my way of being friendly.
And I'm sure that the planes the military uses for troop transport and parajumps are bit better sheilded from interferance than the average commuter jet.
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Last I checked (which was, admittedly, a while ago), salescritters were asked about their "book of business," e.g., who they can poach and bring to the interviewing company, as a standard part of the interview. This isn't that different except that now your "rolodex" includes pictures of your drunk friends puking on themselves.
Putting an OLE object into a Word file will also bloat the file to be so big that no applicant tracking system would accept it, so you're still out of a job.
I just tried that, and it works. Many thanks!
Yes, you can use this to pirate. Whoopdodoo. There are lots of other benefits you're overlooking.
- Running games off the memstick is much faster than waiting for the UMD to load
- You can fit several games on the memstick (some may be pirated, if you're a dishonest prick who wants the platform to fail). That means you don't need to lug a ton of fragile disks around when you travel.
- Not using the UMD means extended battery life.
This is really spiffy, don't get me wrong. But what I'd really like is an update to 5.50 firmware so the copy of Final Fantasy VII I just BOUGHT will play on my hacked PSP. I think all the PS1 re-releases from E3 require updated firmware, and that blows.
The Kindle 2 is limited to 16 color grey scale, the original kindle only 4. The iP[od|hone] doesn't have that limitation- so are the diagrams and charts and images that are otherwise utter crap on the Kindle presented in all of their glory on the iP[od|hone] or do you just get the ugly 16 shades of pixel vomit?
What if they're midgets? Check and mate, good sir.
That's not true. That's what caused me to finally sign up, and my UID is significantly smaller than yours. Off my lawn, whippersnappers, no sense of history, etc, etc.
Computing power has been a commodity for a long time now. Companies now have to differentiate and *gasp*! Compete! On product benefits beyond "Windows kind of works on it sometimes." Every industry reaches a plateau at some point, and it's not necessarily a bad thing, for businesses or consumers. Sony still makes decent ultra-portables that actually have some power, which the EEE won't compete with. Apple makes trendy machines with a great caché. It looks bad for the companies that put out crap laptops, like Dell, HP/Compaq and Gateway, but really- will anyone be sad to see them either make better machines or die?
Then how do you explain that John C. Dvorack still has a job?
There are several campuses of UoP that have had their accreditation revokes precisely because they directly sold their degrees. Anyone who wants to hire a UoP alum might want to dig a bit deeper. Personally, I dump any resume that even mentions UoP or Kaplan University, another online-only school that has a horrible reputation.
The 12" PowerBook doesn't have a PCMCIA slot. That's only on the 15" and 17". An external USB dongle would destroy the aesthetic of the device. Better to get an airport express, plug that into the wired network, and have nice reception in the hotel room.
Well, for one thing, the WiFi reception of the aluminum PowerBooks is pathetic, especially my 12". That shiny case acts like a Faraday cage and keeps the signal out, leaving me high and dry while the Windows laptop users around me don't even notice a weak connection.
But you still won't pry my PowerBook 'cept from my cold, dead fingers.
Are the guys who throw out gigantic nets into the ocean, pull them in and collect the good fish while throwing the fish they don't want overboard fishing or mining?
"Phishing" is still an appropriate term. It's especially apt since they're getting technically advanced- moving up from a single phishing pole to a wide, wide net, like the professionals use.
Three more words: Shelf Space & Distribution.
Shelf space is precious, and existing publishers have the relationships with the big box stores that are required to get space for the box. It may or may not be a problem for as high profile game as HL2, but most self-publishers get relegated to a tiny wire cd rack in a forgotten corner of the store if they get into the store at all.
Now that we've got games targeted at them.
Electrical components tend to last longer if you don't shower with them. Especially components that weren't designed to be water-proof.
Your american laws don't apply in Canada, hoser. Eh.
It was traced to SEVERAL phoney companies. The same group of people seems to have been behind them, though. Now every other background screening company is scrambling to make sure their clients are fully vetted. It's a mess.
A client waved dollars at them. ChoicePoint is like any other company. Get the money first, worry about the consequences later.
Considering their marketing team was constantly being utterly destroyed and rebuilt over the last 10 years or so, yeah, that's the technical term. It was a great place to work as a techie, but damn, they can't market their way out of a paper sack.
This is how it works- pretty much everything about you is a matter of public record. That time you got arrested, your address and phone number, etc. ChoicePoint sits outside the courts and buys up all the data the counties are willing to sell them, and dumps that into their database.
Then there's things that if you have a permissible purpose (as defined in the FCRA) like someone deciding on whether or not to loan you money, rent you a house or give you a job, that allows them to look at the loan you took out, any bankruptcies, etc. Should your employeer have run a background screen on you through Choicepoint, that data also goes into ChoicePoint's database for future reference and revenue (which, as I read the FCRA, is illegal, but who's going to sue them?). They give any previous data they have along with whatever new data they gather when they run additional searches on a person, so they look like they've got a lot of data. Again illegal as far as I can tell because the FCRA requires screening companies to go to the "most reliable source," which is the county courthouse and not an old, un-updated database, and many state laws have limits about how far back criminal data can be reported (the GTA you had for that joyride in your teens shouldn't be on your report when you apply for a job in your 30's). Again, that is almost never scrubbed out.
They also apparently don't screen the people they sell data too, which is usually a violation of pretty much any data provider, especially DMVs.
I'm of the opinion that ChoicePoint is a fine candidate for the Corporate Death Penalty, their board and executives jailed, and their database should be destroyed.
Yes it was, you fscking whippersnapper! You don't know nuthin' bout' nuthin'; it were great back inna' day. Now go fetch me some Ben Gay for my arthritic fingers.
Seriously, somebody said they registered to post to this thread and had an ID in the 11 *millions*.
You SAY you don't mind when someone scans you up and down, but why then did you take out that restraining order? Peeping through your window is just my way of being friendly.
And I'm sure that the planes the military uses for troop transport and parajumps are bit better sheilded from interferance than the average commuter jet.
Who do you think the other half of the settlement went to? Certainly you're not naive enough to think it went to the agreived parties, are you?