In my experience, eBayers are not as stupid as you may be led to believe. Yes, there are some true mouthbreathers out there, but there are also some rather sophisticated sellers who *purposely* represent themselves as clueless, in order to move the product without haveing to answer specific questions about it.
Guitars are a great example: Almost every older 'consumer' acoustic made in the US (by Harmony) that you see on eBay will require a neck reset or brige re-glue, both very expensive repairs.
By including one picture (straight on to the top, where the soundhole is) and saying, "I bought this at an estate sale, and don't know anything about it - plays good and just tuned!", the seller effectively puts the onus on the buyer to determine its condition in a vacuum.
Yes, there are many clueless sellers, but I have known owners of music stores who get rid of the 'crap' by doing just this.
As always, buyer beware. You may be thinking, "This poor idiot doesn't know any better", but there is a good chance that the seller is thinking the same about you.
A freind of mine who buys and sells pinup and fine art from the 20s-70s bought a painting on eBay for roughly 15,000. This painting was of a famous gal, known for her preference for presidents.
The painting was one of two done before she reached iconic staus. This painting is now selling for 40,000, to the family of the painter, I believe.
The eBay auction title was off by one letter (the artist's name was spelled incorrectly), sadly, I can't remember what the title of it was.
That kind of put eBay deals in perspective for me, though.
What would it take for VT to be number one on the list? Anyone have any idea how many more G5s it would take at 2.0 ghz? At 2.3 ghz (as another poster mentioned)?
With the release of the clustering software, when are all us Mac Zealots;) going to get together and make the biggest, fastest (probably not fastest as bandwidth would be at issue) cluster ever?
That would be rather interesting, especially if it became self-aware and started manufacturing windows viruses. Or hot robot chicks.
Does this virus use Outlook Express to infect others or does it have it's own mail implementation? I've been looking around and see no mention.
I'd like to know how worried I should be about Windows machines with Thunderbird installed.
This may be the last straw. I've been thinking about moving all 3-4 of my work machines (p200) to Beos with Fire/Thunderbird and Gobe Productive - I'm tired of the viruses, and I'm tired of maintaining Windows.
I can see it now. The G5s, after getting a college education, pick and choose their new jobs.
"No offense, but after running thermal dynamics equations, your, how do you call it, 'leet' Photoshops skills are somewhat beneath me. I'm looking for something that will stretch my thinking, not bore me to tears. I don't think I'm right for you. Perhaps a Blueberry iMac would be more your speed. Yes, a beige G3 with 64 megs of ram and os 8.1 should handle your AOL sessions just fine. I'll continue my search. Thanks for your time."
The way I understand it, the Patent office can't investigate many patents as the things discussed are beyond the ken of the Examiners. The Patent office accepts most everything applied for this reason, plus, every submission means money for the office.
It is in the Patent Office's best interest to accept everything and let lawyers battle it out.
So, why would someone smart enough to do a great job at an understaffed office work for government pay and crappy workload when they can work in the private sector for more $$$ and recognition?
Why would the Patent Office examine patents thoroughly when they don't have to? When it is in their best interest to be a cash cow for the government? When the private sector does all the work, research, and 'enforcement'?
Answer these questions that are clouded by money, and we could have patents that actually encourage innovation and invention rather than controlling the use of obvious technology for which prior art is bigger than life.
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And I totally can use Exel, Internet, and Print Card Maker!!!
Ironically, I've been tossing around several ideas having to do with this, and was actually putting a business plan together for a couple. Sadly, I'm one of the music/graphics/computer geeks, and have no experience with CVS, open source or programming - so I don't know what I don't know, which makes some implementation tough.
Of course, I've got irons in the fire for two people already:)
I work at a small company doing all the IT stuff, and all the graphic design (which is 95% of my job).
I don't have formal training in either. I got the job because at the time, I was willing to work for not alot of $$$, I was a quick study, and the person who was currently doing it had absolutely no idea.
It's 3 years later, I'm still working there. The $$$ still isn't great, but I have a job forever if I want it. I've learned a pile of stuff, and more every day. We are slowly and steadily growing and expanding into new markets.
A recent freind of mine work(ed) in the same field (graphic art) for over 30 years. He made the mistake of trying to be a 'one man band', in areas that he was not very good at (recording studio, DJ, Video, etc.)
He lost his shirt, and his sanity.
He was appling for jobs in his 'real' field and was told by the HR person that there were over 300 applicants with similar qualifications, but less experience (fresh new Graphic Art students). All these people, and no jobs.
He now lives in northern Minnesota, trying to get his life together.
My longtime pal (25 years out of 32) is working for a larger nonprofit as a Network Admin. He went to school to be a psycologist, quit 2 weeks before he graduated, and got a job at the U of M in the IT department.
He didn't have any formal training either. He now has a few certs under his belt, and has an entire room full of old PCs, Sparcs and Macs that he messes with at home and takes the experience to work.
We were discussing the irony of us having jobs, while there are people who would blow us away in the certification/experience dept. He thought we just happened to be at the right place at the right time. We both read/., and are well aware of how lucky we are to be working in fields where there are more qualified people sitting at home watching a Sci-Fi Twilight Zone marathon.
I guess my advice would be to screw the certs, leave some stuff off your resume, and try something at a tangent to your experience or something not at all related.
Move to a smaller town, and look at smaller companies.(I live in rural Minnesota, and although I'd make more $$$ doing the same job in the Cities, I would also be competing with a huge population of more experienced people for the same job.)
One thing I've often thought about is how/. has an impressive amount of smart people that are unemployed, and if they all worked together on something, they would be a force to be reckoned with. Perhaps a 'distributed' start-up of some kind - I would think that the OS community would be knowlegable in working with widely located people.
Like I said, not very helpful. I'm just a musician who got lucky.
I can't believe that Slashdotters *of all people* would go along with this! These store cards are the next step to the chip in the head!
Either you're for Privacy or against it! There are no grey areas!
I think that the laws *should* be different for large companies. How often does your local Mom'n'Pop screw over hundred of thousands of people?
Yet, Enron destroyed the lives of that many and more. What's happened to the bigwigs in charge?
Nothing.
I have a friend who 'used' to work for Arthur Anderson. A great employer until some dick in Texas (hmm, note to self: Figure out percentage of dicks from Texas) decided to shred a bunch of incriminating documents.
Now my pal no longer has a great job, as AA closed her office.
Thousands of people are laid off, lose their savings, and are generally screwed by big corporations every day.
So, yeah. I think laws and punishments should be unbelievably strict for large companies. After all, with great power comes great responsibillity.
I love responding to these! For example: The RIAA was sued for price fixing.
The settlement dictates that if you bought one CD, cassete, or album from a member of the RIAA between January 1, 1995, through December 22, 2000, you are entitled to 20 bucks. Max.
If you bought 300 CDs, you would get 20 bucks. Max.
If you bought a CD every day for those five years - 20 dollars. Max.
Please note, the RIAA admits to no wrongdoing. If the total to each claimant is less than 5 dollars, it all goes to charity. (And becomes a tax write off?)
You're right! I don't want 'double standards'. If I do something wrong, like infringe copyright - I want to settle for a fraction of the money a make each year, and admit no wrongdoing.
Just like the 'Big Biz'.
Why do you think it's so hard to justify? With the number of entities trying to screw me over on a daily basis, then 'admitting no wrongdoing' (catchphrase of the 21 century), I have a hard time caring about anything that 'hurts' big business.
Nothing works better than ground up heatsinks under your heatsink!
I mean, c'mon people! Use some logic!
For best results, put heatsinks on the fans to cool the air more. You might want to point a fan at the fan, too. Actually, if you did this enough times, you could reach absolute zero or even absolute -10.
Don't pretend that since you're an AC and you post sneering comments that that makes you qualified to be a professional troll.
Besides, everyone knows that mail servers are only underclocked gamer PCs with tons of PS/2 ports. Don't betray your ignorance. I'll have you know that I AM a professional network admin, and I just upgraded to USB.
Yup. All the lists would be one number short. That said, I would be willing to bet all of my future campaign contributions that at least ONE senator has: Pirated Software, Illegal MP3s, Child Porn, the Cure for Cancer, The Missing 8 Frames of the Zapruder Film (in WMP format) and all the invoices for WMD sold to Iraq.
As someone who bought a BOX of 40 Omnikeys for a dollar (From bankrupppt Northgate - Internal use, some still have the Northgate Inventory Control sticker:), I like knowing that my keyboard will outlive me, and pppprobably outlive the earth at the rate we're going.
Last time I checked, I had one of every kind (except the Evolution with the trackppad). I fully exppppect that the one I have been using for the last 7 years will never die.
Last week, my dog ppissed on it (I know, HUH?) and the keyboard worked great. Well, the 'PP' sticks, anyhow.
What are the physical locations of these IPs? Does gnutella or other protocols tend to stay regional? (IE - clients from the east connect to more eastern servers, western peers are connected to mostly western servers...)
I've assumed that since most filesharing software actively looks for the fastest connection, that most of your connections would be relatively near.
In that case, if the RIAA is based on the east coast, would not most of their 'hits' come from the east coast? (Funny, I thought the RIAA was based in LA, but all the addresses and phone #s I could find were in Washington DC.)
This stuff seems like a silicone sanding block I used when doing drywall this fall. Super light, hard, and would shatter if too much pressure was applied.
I wonder how that compares to Aerogel as far as insulating, and other properties.
Then open them and configure each one for a drive - scratch that, just tested it and it doesn't work.
If you are running Panther, you could try making two new users, run iTunes in each one and configure each for one of your drives (how, I don't know.. I don't have multiple CD drives - I would assume that the preferences would reflect multiple drives.) and rip away.
I for one, welcome these ads! This will make it rather easy to save money, as I won't be spending one F'ING PENNY on anything advertised.
The best way to sell to anyone: Don't piss them off. Oh let me tell ya, this will piss me off. It may piss me off enough to go into stores and subtly destroy your product.
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Guitars are a great example: Almost every older 'consumer' acoustic made in the US (by Harmony) that you see on eBay will require a neck reset or brige re-glue, both very expensive repairs.
By including one picture (straight on to the top, where the soundhole is) and saying, "I bought this at an estate sale, and don't know anything about it - plays good and just tuned!", the seller effectively puts the onus on the buyer to determine its condition in a vacuum.
Yes, there are many clueless sellers, but I have known owners of music stores who get rid of the 'crap' by doing just this.
As always, buyer beware. You may be thinking, "This poor idiot doesn't know any better", but there is a good chance that the seller is thinking the same about you.
The painting was one of two done before she reached iconic staus. This painting is now selling for 40,000, to the family of the painter, I believe.
The eBay auction title was off by one letter (the artist's name was spelled incorrectly), sadly, I can't remember what the title of it was.
That kind of put eBay deals in perspective for me, though.
With the release of the clustering software, when are all us Mac Zealots ;) going to get together and make the biggest, fastest (probably not fastest as bandwidth would be at issue) cluster ever?
That would be rather interesting, especially if it became self-aware and started manufacturing windows viruses. Or hot robot chicks.
I'd like to know how worried I should be about Windows machines with Thunderbird installed.
This may be the last straw. I've been thinking about moving all 3-4 of my work machines (p200) to Beos with Fire/Thunderbird and Gobe Productive - I'm tired of the viruses, and I'm tired of maintaining Windows.
"No offense, but after running thermal dynamics equations, your, how do you call it, 'leet' Photoshops skills are somewhat beneath me. I'm looking for something that will stretch my thinking, not bore me to tears. I don't think I'm right for you. Perhaps a Blueberry iMac would be more your speed. Yes, a beige G3 with 64 megs of ram and os 8.1 should handle your AOL sessions just fine. I'll continue my search. Thanks for your time."
It is in the Patent Office's best interest to accept everything and let lawyers battle it out.
So, why would someone smart enough to do a great job at an understaffed office work for government pay and crappy workload when they can work in the private sector for more $$$ and recognition?
Why would the Patent Office examine patents thoroughly when they don't have to? When it is in their best interest to be a cash cow for the government? When the private sector does all the work, research, and 'enforcement'?
How can we change the Patent office so that it's useful again? Here is a rather extensive history of the Patent Office. (When it was useful)
Answer these questions that are clouded by money, and we could have patents that actually encourage innovation and invention rather than controlling the use of obvious technology for which prior art is bigger than life.
A thorough understanding of virtual post-morph open-source aggregate can unleash ROI, and empower mission-critical real-time marquee partners.
Colaboration of interfaces, while utilizing next-generation schemas will e-track butterfly hub initiatives. I find B2C benchmarks directly lend themselves to a path to profitability in an interactive way.
And I totally can use Exel, Internet, and Print Card Maker!!!
Of course, I've got irons in the fire for two people already :)
I don't have formal training in either. I got the job because at the time, I was willing to work for not alot of $$$, I was a quick study, and the person who was currently doing it had absolutely no idea.
It's 3 years later, I'm still working there. The $$$ still isn't great, but I have a job forever if I want it. I've learned a pile of stuff, and more every day. We are slowly and steadily growing and expanding into new markets.
A recent freind of mine work(ed) in the same field (graphic art) for over 30 years. He made the mistake of trying to be a 'one man band', in areas that he was not very good at (recording studio, DJ, Video, etc.)
He lost his shirt, and his sanity.
He was appling for jobs in his 'real' field and was told by the HR person that there were over 300 applicants with similar qualifications, but less experience (fresh new Graphic Art students). All these people, and no jobs.
He now lives in northern Minnesota, trying to get his life together.
My longtime pal (25 years out of 32) is working for a larger nonprofit as a Network Admin. He went to school to be a psycologist, quit 2 weeks before he graduated, and got a job at the U of M in the IT department.
He didn't have any formal training either. He now has a few certs under his belt, and has an entire room full of old PCs, Sparcs and Macs that he messes with at home and takes the experience to work.
We were discussing the irony of us having jobs, while there are people who would blow us away in the certification/experience dept. He thought we just happened to be at the right place at the right time. We both read /., and are well aware of how lucky we are to be working in fields where there are more qualified people sitting at home watching a Sci-Fi Twilight Zone marathon.
I guess my advice would be to screw the certs, leave some stuff off your resume, and try something at a tangent to your experience or something not at all related.
Move to a smaller town, and look at smaller companies .(I live in rural Minnesota, and although I'd make more $$$ doing the same job in the Cities, I would also be competing with a huge population of more experienced people for the same job.)
One thing I've often thought about is how /. has an impressive amount of smart people that are unemployed, and if they all worked together on something, they would be a force to be reckoned with. Perhaps a 'distributed' start-up of some kind - I would think that the OS community would be knowlegable in working with widely located people.
Like I said, not very helpful. I'm just a musician who got lucky.
Except in this hamburger here... urp.
GAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Yet, Enron destroyed the lives of that many and more. What's happened to the bigwigs in charge?
Nothing.
I have a friend who 'used' to work for Arthur Anderson. A great employer until some dick in Texas (hmm, note to self: Figure out percentage of dicks from Texas) decided to shred a bunch of incriminating documents.
Now my pal no longer has a great job, as AA closed her office.
Thousands of people are laid off, lose their savings, and are generally screwed by big corporations every day.
So, yeah. I think laws and punishments should be unbelievably strict for large companies. After all, with great power comes great responsibillity.
So far, I haven't seen any responsibillity.
The settlement dictates that if you bought one CD, cassete, or album from a member of the RIAA between January 1, 1995, through December 22, 2000, you are entitled to 20 bucks. Max.
If you bought 300 CDs, you would get 20 bucks. Max.
If you bought a CD every day for those five years - 20 dollars. Max.
Please note, the RIAA admits to no wrongdoing. If the total to each claimant is less than 5 dollars, it all goes to charity. (And becomes a tax write off?)
You're right! I don't want 'double standards'. If I do something wrong, like infringe copyright - I want to settle for a fraction of the money a make each year, and admit no wrongdoing.
Just like the 'Big Biz'.
Why do you think it's so hard to justify? With the number of entities trying to screw me over on a daily basis, then 'admitting no wrongdoing' (catchphrase of the 21 century), I have a hard time caring about anything that 'hurts' big business.
According to this story, you can make thermal grease though.
I mean, c'mon people! Use some logic!
For best results, put heatsinks on the fans to cool the air more. You might want to point a fan at the fan, too. Actually, if you did this enough times, you could reach absolute zero or even absolute -10.
This isn't rocket smarts, guys.
Besides, everyone knows that mail servers are only underclocked gamer PCs with tons of PS/2 ports. Don't betray your ignorance. I'll have you know that I AM a professional network admin, and I just upgraded to USB.
I want a free goddam coffee and an apple pie right now or I'll sue!
He probably cheats at CounterStrike too. Fucker.
Last time I checked, I had one of every kind (except the Evolution with the trackppad). I fully exppppect that the one I have been using for the last 7 years will never die.
Last week, my dog ppissed on it (I know, HUH?) and the keyboard worked great. Well, the 'PP' sticks, anyhow.
Think of the cool macros you could do!
I've assumed that since most filesharing software actively looks for the fastest connection, that most of your connections would be relatively near.
In that case, if the RIAA is based on the east coast, would not most of their 'hits' come from the east coast? (Funny, I thought the RIAA was based in LA, but all the addresses and phone #s I could find were in Washington DC.)
Gotta be close to the congresswhores, I guess.
I wonder how that compares to Aerogel as far as insulating, and other properties.
Any drywall installers on Slashdot using Aerogel?
If you are running Panther, you could try making two new users, run iTunes in each one and configure each for one of your drives (how, I don't know.. I don't have multiple CD drives - I would assume that the preferences would reflect multiple drives.) and rip away.
That'd be one for you to try.
Other than that - I got nuttin'
As I don't currently have Photoshop CS, anyone want to give it a try?
Certainly would be interesting, as the manual was made in '98.... did MS know something...hmmmm...
The best way to sell to anyone: Don't piss them off. Oh let me tell ya, this will piss me off. It may piss me off enough to go into stores and subtly destroy your product.
Let's put it to the test!
William Smith doesn't have a forehead, he's got a fivehead!