Let's look at this another way. I don't worry about the gorvernment assigning me a social security number. I don't worry about being catalogued by the government, nor am I worried about being catalogued and classified by the private industry.
However, for those that do enjoy the occasional bout with their credit card company, or you know the people who don't make as much money as I do. Well, if we could put all those people's social security number in a big database, don't you think that would be a lot better for society?
Better yet, I could rig my voice mail system to screen all my incoming phone calls based on the incoming social security number. This way I could pick up the phone immediately when important people call me up and I could let the unimportant people wander around aimlessly through my voice mail system. Oh boy! <sarcasm>What a truly original idea! I'm certainly glad I am the one who thought of it!</sarcasm>
My name is ______, I have spent $XXXXX on your services this last year alone. Please know that I will stop buying services from your organization until you remove the TRUSTe "trustmark" from your web site and you cut off all ties with that organization.
That's not going to work. Having a canceled account doesn't mean they're going to refrain from using your information, on the contrary.
You should first edit your contact information, you should post your favorite politician's contact information, then you should cancel your account.
If I requested a statue of say, myself, I would expect a completion date. [...] Of course this isn't exact, it's within a few days or weeks, but there should be a ballpark figure, also, changes to the design should be expected to set things back.
Mamamilla! He wants me to do what!!!! - Michanlangelo
Yes, the contract should be binding if you fullfill your part of the agreement and send in the money. Unfortunatly, a binding contract doesn't make it enforceable.
"... Is email more like a letter or a phone call? It has the "look and feel" of a letter, but I would argue that most people use email more like a phone conversation: short, quick, and informal."
If you, TomstDenis, asked me to sign a contract on your behalf. My representation of your signature would be YOUR signature.
Obviously, you could deny that we ever talked. You could deny that you ever gave me permission to sign on your behalf. You could even say that I lied to you about the contract you were signing. But in the end, if you choose not to claim any of those things then your signature stands.
How come noone is reporting on the widening performance gap between olympic athletes and the average Joe Blow? Am I the only one terrified by this alarming trend!
Seriously thought. More knowledge is being accumulated. More people are becoming specialized. Shouldn't it make sense that the gap is becoming wider?
and get yourself the Microsoft.NET book published by Fergal Grimes. The book is the best one and the most current one out there. All the examples in his book are worked out with the C# SDK and the DOS prompt. Visual.NET is nice, really nice, but it should only be used once you've mastered C# and the Microsoft Intermediate Language through DOS.
The only reason people want.com is because it's the most dominant domain out there. That's the main reason. If the.us domain had been the default domain and the most dominant, many foreigners would probably want to have a piece of it.
What would you add? Besides 250KB - 500KB per page of overhead, that is. Animations? Distracts from the text. Better linking? How? Typefaces? I like my defaults, thankyouverymuch. Splash pages? Yeah, I really need a movie at each new page. Programmability? Not in Flash, you don't.
With Flash, we could easily browse Slashdot offline, we could have our client synchronize at regular intervals, or simply whenever the hell we wanted. For Slashdot, Flash could provide an encrypted and an embedded ad-delivery system. It probably wouldn't be tamper-proof, but at least it would ensure 99% of us could not read the content without disabling the ads.
"Programmability?" Yes. Since version 5.0 it is. It's a fully-functioning object-oriented language and just like its brother, Javascript, Flash Actionscript can kick some serious ass. You sound just like my pointy-hair headed boss. When Java first came out, he hated it because he thought Java was only for applets!
The Flash Generator automatically duplicates all the Flash text into HTML text so that Google can find it. I'm not sure what you guys are talking about. Have you been coding your.swf files by hands?
In any case, since version 5.0, Flash Actionscript is a fully featured and pretty powerful programming language. And it's too bad the Flash community is so entranched and obsessed with making pretty graphics.
Most outages are 1 day or less (it is really annoying when you people call after the service is down for 10 mins complaining -- if it is down more than 12 hours, call otherwise, wait, it isn't that important, really.)
Until your service becomes as reliable as my phone service, I'll keep on calling. I'm selfish. This is a service economy. Get used to it.
"It is not the company's responsibility to pay for this. I think it is entirely appropriate that you pay for your own business line to telecommute. That's a decision you have to make..."
How do you know? Do you even work at his company?
Obviously, his company is receiving some benefit out of this guy, otherwise they wouldn't have accepted his telecommuting arrangement -- Companies are under no obligation to accept telecommuting proposals. In fact, they're not even obligated to pay their employees above minimum wage.
Perhaps, you should spend more time helping yourself instead of telling others what they can or can't do. When it's to their advantage, companies can pay for company cars, they can subsidize commuting cost, and they can pay for broadband internet access.
Respectfully,
"Do you honestly believe that Intel, if it were legal, wouldn't snap up AMD in an instant just to do away with the competition? Come now. "
AMD can not be taken over. If someone tries to take them over, AMD will automatically dilute its shares by issuing more shares to its employees.
This may seem unfair to AMD shareholders, but they were made aware of this before becoming shareholders.
"Nobody really wants to use WikiStyleLinks, they make text harder to read and are difficult to get rid of once you have decided to use them."
[Shameless Plug:] Our Wiki farm solves this problem in three ways.
1) I allows for the traditional Wiki notation PageLink, but it displays the link this way: Page Link
2) It allows you to use a free optional WYSIWYG editor, so you only need to highlight the text in question and click on a button.
3) And just like dreamweaver, it allows you to use and edit standard html.
"Also, access restrictions are necessary in many contexts. "
Yes, Seedwiki.com has that. It has different levels of protection which can be mixed and matched, but we don't encourage our Wiki owners and visitors to use those features until they become absolutely necessary.
There are at least eleven different implementations of Wiki in Java Servlets (not counting the other languages).
Just pick an obscure language and I can bet there is an open source Wiki implementation for it. http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiEngines
A friend and I started a Wiki farm very recently, and we've been literally blown away by the breadth of the results we've received.
Random people have started Wikis on our site for writing books, scheduling batting cages, writing grants, selling Tibetian art, brainstorming, asking random questions, starting clubs, archiving pictures, and the list goes on and on.
I wish I could explain the underlying power of the Wiki, but this is something I am barely beginning to understand myself. Hope this helps.
Hyperchip: 1 Canadian patent (actually it says there it was filed in the US;-)
That patent has 30 claims. Is that what they mean when they say they have 40 patents? Are they also counting "patent pending" applications? Or what? Can someone email the company so they can defend their claims. Please do copy us on it. It would be interesting to know how reliable those patent databases really are.
Stephan
PS1: I'm not counting the first patent because it contains the word hyperchip but the owner does not seem to be affiliated with Hyperchip.
PS2: I know the number of patents doesn't define the worth of a company, but then again Hyperchip doesn't seem to think so.
PS3: Actually, I take back everything I said!!! A company with a flash web site SIMPLY HAS TO BE cutting-edge. Where do I sign up!
Slashdot Mirror
Let's look at this another way. I don't worry about the gorvernment assigning me a social security number. I don't worry about being catalogued by the government, nor am I worried about being catalogued and classified by the private industry.
However, for those that do enjoy the occasional bout with their credit card company, or you know the people who don't make as much money as I do. Well, if we could put all those people's social security number in a big database, don't you think that would be a lot better for society?
Better yet, I could rig my voice mail system to screen all my incoming phone calls based on the incoming social security number. This way I could pick up the phone immediately when important people call me up and I could let the unimportant people wander around aimlessly through my voice mail system. Oh boy! <sarcasm>What a truly original idea! I'm certainly glad I am the one who thought of it!</sarcasm>
Stephan
My name is ______, I have spent $XXXXX on your services this last year alone. Please know that I will stop buying services from your organization until you remove the TRUSTe "trustmark" from your web site and you cut off all ties with that organization.
For details, please see the story below. http://www.wired.com/news/exec/0,1370,51624,00.htm l
Sincerely,
_____________
That's not going to work. Having a canceled account doesn't mean they're going to refrain from using your information, on the contrary. You should first edit your contact information, you should post your favorite politician's contact information, then you should cancel your account.
Stephan
I will suggest my Yahoo groups to get another provider.
I am also willing to pay, but I certainly won't pay a company which has already betrayed my trust. - Stephan
Mamamilla! He wants me to do what!!!!
- Michanlangelo
Hopefully, your contract is not with a twelve year old.
Yes, the contract should be binding if you fullfill your part of the agreement and send in the money. Unfortunatly, a binding contract doesn't make it enforceable.
What? Never bought something on the phone?
Stephan
If you, TomstDenis, asked me to sign a contract on your behalf. My representation of your signature would be YOUR signature.
Obviously, you could deny that we ever talked. You could deny that you ever gave me permission to sign on your behalf. You could even say that I lied to you about the contract you were signing. But in the end, if you choose not to claim any of those things then your signature stands.
Stephan
Seriously thought. More knowledge is being accumulated. More people are becoming specialized. Shouldn't it make sense that the gap is becoming wider?
Stephan
I know the post office carries the one dollar coins, but where do you get the two dollar bills?
Stephan
Stephan
With Flash, we could easily browse Slashdot offline, we could have our client synchronize at regular intervals, or simply whenever the hell we wanted. For Slashdot, Flash could provide an encrypted and an embedded ad-delivery system. It probably wouldn't be tamper-proof, but at least it would ensure 99% of us could not read the content without disabling the ads.
"Programmability?" Yes. Since version 5.0 it is. It's a fully-functioning object-oriented language and just like its brother, Javascript, Flash Actionscript can kick some serious ass. You sound just like my pointy-hair headed boss. When Java first came out, he hated it because he thought Java was only for applets!
Stephan
In any case, since version 5.0, Flash Actionscript is a fully featured and pretty powerful programming language. And it's too bad the Flash community is so entranched and obsessed with making pretty graphics.
Stephan
Until your service becomes as reliable as my phone service, I'll keep on calling.
I'm selfish. This is a service economy. Get used to it.
Stephan
How do you know? Do you even work at his company?
Obviously, his company is receiving some benefit out of this guy, otherwise they wouldn't have accepted his telecommuting arrangement -- Companies are under no obligation to accept telecommuting proposals. In fact, they're not even obligated to pay their employees above minimum wage.
Perhaps, you should spend more time helping yourself instead of telling others what they can or can't do. When it's to their advantage, companies can pay for company cars, they can subsidize commuting cost, and they can pay for broadband internet access.
Respectfully,
Stephan
Stephan
AMD can not be taken over. If someone tries to take them over, AMD will automatically dilute its shares by issuing more shares to its employees.
This may seem unfair to AMD shareholders, but they were made aware of this before becoming shareholders.
Stephan
Excuse-me, the industry was reregulated, not deregulated.
http://www.cato.org/electricity/electricity.html
Stephan
[Shameless Plug:] Our Wiki farm solves this problem in three ways.
1) I allows for the traditional Wiki notation PageLink, but it displays the link this way: Page Link
2) It allows you to use a free optional WYSIWYG editor, so you only need to highlight the text in question and click on a button.
3) And just like dreamweaver, it allows you to use and edit standard html.
"Also, access restrictions are necessary in many contexts. "
Yes, Seedwiki.com has that. It has different levels of protection which can be mixed and matched, but we don't encourage our Wiki owners and visitors to use those features until they become absolutely necessary.
Stephan
Just pick an obscure language and I can bet there is an open source Wiki implementation for it.
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiEngines
Don't know about Slash.
Stephan
Random people have started Wikis on our site for writing books, scheduling batting cages, writing grants, selling Tibetian art, brainstorming, asking random questions, starting clubs, archiving pictures, and the list goes on and on.
I wish I could explain the underlying power of the Wiki, but this is something I am barely beginning to understand myself. Hope this helps.
Stephan
Hyperchip: 1 Canadian patent (actually it says there it was filed in the US ;-)
That patent has 30 claims. Is that what they mean when they say they have 40 patents? Are they also counting "patent pending" applications? Or what? Can someone email the company so they can defend their claims. Please do copy us on it. It would be interesting to know how reliable those patent databases really are.
Stephan
Hyperchip: 2 patents, not 3.
Stephan
PS1: I'm not counting the first patent because it contains the word hyperchip but the owner does not seem to be affiliated with Hyperchip.
PS2: I know the number of patents doesn't define the worth of a company, but then again Hyperchip doesn't seem to think so.
PS3: Actually, I take back everything I said!!! A company with a flash web site SIMPLY HAS TO BE cutting-edge. Where do I sign up!