According to Rackspace's co-chairman, one-third of users approached via chat engage in conversation with a salesperson, and half of those take the discussion to the next level.
Am I the only one who thought about cybersex when the submitter said "half of those take the discussion to the next level".
It would make sense, right. The other half are women and they couldn't care less about cybersex.
"This ad now requires you to "Select your mortgage rate here." I don't own a home, and I'm not going to click their stupid flash ad just to make their marketing people feel worthwhile.
The beauty of commercials is that you don't have to watch one. But now some advertiser wants me to play the game he designed. Pretty soon we'll be having to play crossword puzzles with advertising slogans just to read the article."
I hope someone mods up the parent up. I realize the parent is angry and obscene, but he's also pretty informative.
Hopefully, Salon people are watching. Accepting to watch a "brief ad" is one thing. Being forced to click on a flash animation is another. And being forced to click on a flash animation that's not even relevant to you, that's one more annoyance still. I can understand why the poster is venting.
The least Salon could do is do like Slashdot and make us chose the kind of advertisements we'd like to watch. People want to watch ads that are relevant to them. It would be in the self-interest of Salon to do this and I'm sure it would take some of the edge off the animosity some of their readers will have toward them.
"Basically the person just scans through the code, looking for the general idea of how things were implemented. "
Hopefully, your colleague or your management makes you explain your code/design as well. Scanning someone else's code is tedious work and after a while it's too easy to scan without paying too much attention.
Yes and no. They'll give you a free day pass if you watch their commercial, they say it's a "brief" commercial, but they won't tell you how long it takes to download it and how long it will take to wach.
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No thanks. The first two paragraphs didn't make me want to read anymore. I'll wait for the comments of the slashdoters to appear.
I dont know about anybody else, but as much as I dont like people invading my privacy, I would rather not be on a plane with a criminal.
Many WTO protestors were stopped from flying to a WTO summit. Many of those people had no criminal records, no arrest records whatsoever.
PS: Btw, I am for free trade, so it's not like I'm going to support those people -- but I still think they should be allowed to fly domestically and protest where they want.
Google does this already. Granted, most users of Google don't have to pay for it, but a country needs this software translated -- I'm pretty sure it will find volunteer translators.
And here my girlfriend is blaming that stupid mozilla program. Try explaing that its Microsofts fault to someone who thinks that MS is infallable.
Tell her it's because of HER hotmail is not working. She's the one who broke it. It's static electricity and she needs to wear one of those static electricity wrist bands.
No, Bill's mom didn't work in IBM. I believe she sat on the same Board with the CEO of IBM on some big charity.
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yeah a good question indeed, what will google gain from IPO ? can any body please answer that ?
You're asking the wrong question. The real question is what will the founders and the coowners gain by having stock that is so overvalued? That's the real question.
Yeah, without a doubt. And we pay them more than a car mechanic simply because humans are that much more complicated and it takes more years of school to learn how to fix them. Therefore a computer technician should be paid somewhere in between the two.
Nice try, but...
Computers and cars are disposable, but humans are not.
In fact, if you take this principle into account, computer technicians will be less paid simply because computers cost less and less to replace (there are some exceptions obviously, sometimes the data on the computer is actually worth a lot more to the client).
Then explain to me this whole H1B visa mess. Its DAMN easy to get a visa here to work in the computer field.
It's not "DAMN easy". Trust me on this one. I was working with a Fortune 500 company and I was asked to push through some paperwork for some high-level Indian (US educated) upper management person and I simply couldn't do it.
The INS gave me the runaround. As the employer, I would call the INS, they would put me on hold for hours, they would forward me to someone else on the switchboard, and then they would hang up on me without explanations. The person my company had hired was exceptional in every way. She qualified for the H1B status. Her application was in order. And yet the INS wouldn't move on it.
And by the way, this was still during the dotcom boom, now I can't imagine how much hell an employer has to go through to get an H1B visa.
"now they can sue me for not using their software?"
They can if you sign a contract with them saying you will.
"will microsoft sue me for not using windows?"
Same thing, if you sign an actual contract with Microsoft, then you're bound by that contract. We're not even talking about an Eula here, we're talking about a real bona fide contract.
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Am I the only one who thought about cybersex when the submitter said "half of those take the discussion to the next level".
It would make sense, right. The other half are women and they couldn't care less about cybersex.
The beauty of commercials is that you don't have to watch one. But now some advertiser wants me to play the game he designed. Pretty soon we'll be having to play crossword puzzles with advertising slogans just to read the article."
I hope someone mods up the parent up. I realize the parent is angry and obscene, but he's also pretty informative.
Hopefully, Salon people are watching. Accepting to watch a "brief ad" is one thing. Being forced to click on a flash animation is another. And being forced to click on a flash animation that's not even relevant to you, that's one more annoyance still. I can understand why the poster is venting.
The least Salon could do is do like Slashdot and make us chose the kind of advertisements we'd like to watch. People want to watch ads that are relevant to them. It would be in the self-interest of Salon to do this and I'm sure it would take some of the edge off the animosity some of their readers will have toward them.
Hopefully, your colleague or your management makes you explain your code/design as well. Scanning someone else's code is tedious work and after a while it's too easy to scan without paying too much attention.
Yes and no. They'll give you a free day pass if you watch their commercial, they say it's a "brief" commercial, but they won't tell you how long it takes to download it and how long it will take to wach.
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No thanks. The first two paragraphs didn't make me want to read anymore. I'll wait for the comments of the slashdoters to appear.
That's going to suck for Kissinger, he won't be able to fly anywhere.
Many WTO protestors were stopped from flying to a WTO summit. Many of those people had no criminal records, no arrest records whatsoever.
PS: Btw, I am for free trade, so it's not like I'm going to support those people -- but I still think they should be allowed to fly domestically and protest where they want.
Considering those guys get paid $100,000 and can't get fire, I'm with management on this one.
Google does this already. Granted, most users of Google don't have to pay for it, but a country needs this software translated -- I'm pretty sure it will find volunteer translators.
I don't think it's fair to count Elvish and Klingoln.
If life truly exists on Europa, then the principle of preemption takes precedence. We attack them before they attack us.
If some gang banger breaks into your house, steals your gun in front of you, and you don't report it. You will be liable for your negligence.
Blacklist them and block their IP addresses.
Tell her it's because of HER hotmail is not working. She's the one who broke it. It's static electricity and she needs to wear one of those static electricity wrist bands.
No, Bill's mom didn't work in IBM. I believe she sat on the same Board with the CEO of IBM on some big charity.
You're asking the wrong question. The real question is what will the founders and the coowners gain by having stock that is so overvalued? That's the real question.
Nice try, but...
Computers and cars are disposable, but humans are not.
In fact, if you take this principle into account, computer technicians will be less paid simply because computers cost less and less to replace (there are some exceptions obviously, sometimes the data on the computer is actually worth a lot more to the client).
Obviously, this didn't work for George W. Bush.
That's fine, I'll be the "CEO of the internet" then.
It's not "DAMN easy". Trust me on this one. I was working with a Fortune 500 company and I was asked to push through some paperwork for some high-level Indian (US educated) upper management person and I simply couldn't do it.
The INS gave me the runaround. As the employer, I would call the INS, they would put me on hold for hours, they would forward me to someone else on the switchboard, and then they would hang up on me without explanations. The person my company had hired was exceptional in every way. She qualified for the H1B status. Her application was in order. And yet the INS wouldn't move on it.
And by the way, this was still during the dotcom boom, now I can't imagine how much hell an employer has to go through to get an H1B visa.
I guess you didn't get the memo. DotNET died six months ago.
They can if you sign a contract with them saying you will.
"will microsoft sue me for not using windows?"
Same thing, if you sign an actual contract with Microsoft, then you're bound by that contract. We're not even talking about an Eula here, we're talking about a real bona fide contract.
Interesting username you have there.
It's your own damn fault, you said it would grow bigger.
I guess this would be good for bars or something.