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It is great. It requires Flash. [...] Worth your time and the 8Mb download.
Now I know what all those unemployed Flash designers are doing with their time.
Seriously, could this guy make it any more *difficult* for us to listen to his message.
I've know several people that follow a recipe very exactly. The food they create just doesn't turn out very good.
One of the variables is the recipe book. Consumer reports did a study a couple of months ago and found that most recipe books had innacurate and incomplete information.
And it is precisely this scenario (and Enron, MCIWorldcom, etc.) that I'm going to use as a counter-point to my laizze-faire free-market friends who claim that government has no business in then business of business. When corporate officers can't be trusted to act in the long-term best interests of their company over their own short-term self-interest, how can we reasonably expect them to make decisions that are in the best interest of society at large?
Personally, I don't like big government and I don't like big corporations. I wouldn't mind if all those big organizations went extinct. They are too large for me to understand and they are too large to be accountable for their actions.
I don't even see how an extra layer of government bureaucracy is going to help. It's only going to make the system more convulated and more complicated. It seems that the bigger the government, the fewer and larger the corporations become.
I'll gladly invest in myself, my family, and the small venture down the street. I only wish that the government would let me invest my money the way I want to. By giving tax breaks only for 401Ks, IRAs, and pension funds; the government is effectively making me give up control of my money to put it at the disposal of a corporation.
"But what value is this, really? Think about it. TiVo viewers (along with ReplayTV viewers) DON'T WATCH COMMERCIALS. Why else would you own one of these machines? "
You're forgetting the electronic embedded ads of soccer and football, product placements in movies, and your standard infomercials (those are watched willingly). If advertisers are truly losing TiVo consumers, then they can find out the extent of the damage and they can plan accordingly.
The only thing worst, than a lawyer claiming there is a precedent without giving a source, is the idiot who tries to repeat what the lawyer said without even giving us the name of the lawyer.
It can have some unpleasant consequences though: some years ago, a batch of Nokia mobile phones was stolen, all of them with the same IMEI number. Those phones eventually ended up in stores, where they were, legally, bought by consumers. Unavoidably, one of those phone got stolen and that IMEI number got blocked. As a result, thousands of people ended up with a disabled phone. Nokia refused to do anything about it, since they can be hold responsible for phone that were bought through 'grey' channels.
Obviously, Nokia shouldn't have to take care of this problem, the stores should. Personally, I would have asked my bank to do a chargeback on the store. Banks don't like doing credit/check card chargebacks, but they usually have the ability to do it and if properly pressured they do do it.
"On the past June 15th, 2002, the US Congress officially recognized that the italian inventor Antonio Meucci is to be credited for the invention of the telephone, and not Alexander G. Bell, as so far claimed." http://www.popular-science.net/history/meucci_bell.html
No, I'm not a troll. I do use open source software from time to time, and while I find this idea noble and "possibly" beneficial for the longterm. I do worry about central governments making those kinds of decisions for its employees.
I live in a place where we never get snow and ice. I didn't intend my point to be taken so literally. I was arguing against increasing the frequency of the driving test (except for old people). You can make the driving test as hard as you want it, in my opinion, it's far too easy anyway.
There is another insidious problem here. There are american programmers who are better educated than I am, and they have been taking contracts away from me. No this is not speculation, I have witnessed this several times. Maybe in time I will have better luck, but first this problem needs to be taken care of. We must stop funding our schools. Young people should know their place.
Airplane black boxes were made to protect the airplanes makers from lawsuits. Each airplaine has anywhere from 200 to 300 black boxes. When the airplane is in perfect condition, at least a third of the boxes are not working. Except for the voice recorder, only the airplane manufacturer has the capability to read the data and recreate a simulation of the crash.
In the case of the GM black boxes, I would suspect that the data collected is designed to help the auto makers, not necessarily the insurance company, and not necessarily the consumer.
In a way, I am glad that the consumer is going to buy black boxes. This means that they will have the capability and the possibility of interpreting the data themselves.
"It works both ways. I don't think any age is better or worse than any other, but I am in favour of everybody taking a road test every 5 years in order to keep your licence. 16, 21, 26, 31, etc... that will force everybody to keep their driving reasonably good."
What good is that going to do? If a 16 year old passed a driving test at 16, he or she can repass it at 21. With the exception of really old people, most accidents are usually caused by carelessness, not lack of skills.
Why should we pay tax dollars to keep a monopoly up and running?
What monopoly? I just switched carriers this morning. Is there some other facet of their business that is a monopoly? In any case, I agree with you, I don't want my tax money to go into that sink hole.
My question focusses on the part about "plugging it into a phone jack." What's to stop an Evildoer (tm) from using his computer at home from uploading other results?
In France, the result of each polling station is posted locally and the count of each polling station is also published in a table format by the newspapers.
So if you had just voted at a polling station, you could check your local results with a newspaper, and then you could check the final tally by going over the final calculations yourself.
If you want to improve your presentation skills, join your local toastmasters club. It's one of the best and cheapest way to learn how to speak in public and/or give public presentations.
"Let the market decide" has put the US a generation behind the rest of the world for mobile services.
Fourteen years ago, the US was a generation behind France in e-commerce. France had given away free network computers to every household in the country. They had furnished every school child with a computer in the classroom. They had a national standard for their own version of the internet. At the time, it really seemed like the US was behind the times. I wonder what happened?
Except when you're roaming of course. However, the convenience of leaving a plane in Barcelona, Copenhagen or London and being instantly reachable under my normal number offsets the slight cost (maybe 30-50 cents a minute).
The true cost for that roaming charge is not 30-50 cents. It's more if you count what the other person has to pay to dial the incoming call. In the US, our carriers are not allowed to profit from the incoming call, so the person receiving the call has to pay the entire cost of the call.
When I was in London three years ago, I called a friend's cell phone from a pay phone and I had to pay about a pound a minute. In the US, around the same time, the rate for calling a cell phone from a pay phone was 35 american cents for ten minutes (now it's 50 cents for ten minutes).
Don't get me wrong, I do like the option of making the person calling you, paying for the call. With a number like that, I wouldn't be afraid of giving out my number to potential telemarketers. ; )
For that to make sense, you have to believe that cellphones have not been widely adopted in the U.S. And that is simply not true.
You're wrong. I lived in London three years ago, and the widespread use of cell phones in San Francisco still has not caught the level of London three years ago. All your friends may have cell phones, but until you see a lot of bums carry cell phones, it won't even come close.
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Now I know what all those unemployed Flash designers are doing with their time.
Seriously, could this guy make it any more *difficult* for us to listen to his message.
One of the variables is the recipe book. Consumer reports did a study a couple of months ago and found that most recipe books had innacurate and incomplete information.
Personally, I don't like big government and I don't like big corporations. I wouldn't mind if all those big organizations went extinct. They are too large for me to understand and they are too large to be accountable for their actions.
I don't even see how an extra layer of government bureaucracy is going to help. It's only going to make the system more convulated and more complicated. It seems that the bigger the government, the fewer and larger the corporations become.
I'll gladly invest in myself, my family, and the small venture down the street. I only wish that the government would let me invest my money the way I want to. By giving tax breaks only for 401Ks, IRAs, and pension funds; the government is effectively making me give up control of my money to put it at the disposal of a corporation.
You're forgetting the electronic embedded ads of soccer and football, product placements in movies, and your standard infomercials (those are watched willingly). If advertisers are truly losing TiVo consumers, then they can find out the extent of the damage and they can plan accordingly.
Yes, we have it, but the tables here are crap.
Move along, there is nothing to see here.
Unavoidably, one of those phone got stolen and that IMEI number got blocked. As a result, thousands of people ended up with a disabled phone. Nokia refused to do anything about it, since they can be hold responsible for phone that were bought through 'grey' channels.
Obviously, Nokia shouldn't have to take care of this problem, the stores should. Personally, I would have asked my bank to do a chargeback on the store. Banks don't like doing credit/check card chargebacks, but they usually have the ability to do it and if properly pressured they do do it.
"On the past June 15th, 2002, the US Congress officially recognized that the italian inventor Antonio Meucci is to be credited for the invention of the telephone, and not Alexander G. Bell, as so far claimed."l .html
http://www.popular-science.net/history/meucci_bel
No, I'm not a troll. I do use open source software from time to time, and while I find this idea noble and "possibly" beneficial for the longterm. I do worry about central governments making those kinds of decisions for its employees.
I live in a place where we never get snow and ice. I didn't intend my point to be taken so literally. I was arguing against increasing the frequency of the driving test (except for old people). You can make the driving test as hard as you want it, in my opinion, it's far too easy anyway.
There is another insidious problem here. There are american programmers who are better educated than I am, and they have been taking contracts away from me. No this is not speculation, I have witnessed this several times. Maybe in time I will have better luck, but first this problem needs to be taken care of. We must stop funding our schools. Young people should know their place.
Airplane black boxes were made to protect the airplanes makers from lawsuits. Each airplaine has anywhere from 200 to 300 black boxes. When the airplane is in perfect condition, at least a third of the boxes are not working. Except for the voice recorder, only the airplane manufacturer has the capability to read the data and recreate a simulation of the crash. In the case of the GM black boxes, I would suspect that the data collected is designed to help the auto makers, not necessarily the insurance company, and not necessarily the consumer. In a way, I am glad that the consumer is going to buy black boxes. This means that they will have the capability and the possibility of interpreting the data themselves.
What good is that going to do? If a 16 year old passed a driving test at 16, he or she can repass it at 21. With the exception of really old people, most accidents are usually caused by carelessness, not lack of skills.
Try epicurious.com, they open up their recipes to the public.
What monopoly? I just switched carriers this morning. Is there some other facet of their business that is a monopoly? In any case, I agree with you, I don't want my tax money to go into that sink hole.
In France, the result of each polling station is posted locally and the count of each polling station is also published in a table format by the newspapers.
So if you had just voted at a polling station, you could check your local results with a newspaper, and then you could check the final tally by going over the final calculations yourself.
The Federal Government can make citizens persecute other citizens. In that regard, it is extremely powerful and it can affect many of us.
If you need to check out your site with multiple browsers; anybrowser.com has a free site viewer you can use.
If you want to improve your presentation skills, join your local toastmasters club. It's one of the best and cheapest way to learn how to speak in public and/or give public presentations.
Fourteen years ago, the US was a generation behind France in e-commerce. France had given away free network computers to every household in the country. They had furnished every school child with a computer in the classroom. They had a national standard for their own version of the internet. At the time, it really seemed like the US was behind the times. I wonder what happened?
The true cost for that roaming charge is not 30-50 cents. It's more if you count what the other person has to pay to dial the incoming call. In the US, our carriers are not allowed to profit from the incoming call, so the person receiving the call has to pay the entire cost of the call.
Don't get me wrong, I do like the option of making the person calling you, paying for the call. With a number like that, I wouldn't be afraid of giving out my number to potential telemarketers. ; )
You're wrong. I lived in London three years ago, and the widespread use of cell phones in San Francisco still has not caught the level of London three years ago. All your friends may have cell phones, but until you see a lot of bums carry cell phones, it won't even come close.
That's why you have caller id and you can preprogram your phone to ring for some numbers and stay silent for others.
The US cell carriers get this. It's the US government which doesn't get it.