Why pay $80/month to the cable co. to feed your MythTV when you can just pay $1.99 per episode and download it?
Because over the course of a month, you are (generally) watching far more than 4 episodes of one particular show. If me and my family had to pay $2 for each episode of each show we watch, it would be FAR more than $80. A family of five would spend $80/month to d/l 2 shows per person per week.
but it also annoys me every time I boot my machine I get the Your system is insecure message, because I've chosen to disable the MS firewall and antivirus.
You do know that you can turn that reminder off, right?
Not just that, but the nature of the ad content and delivery will have to change. A lot of ads are time and location sensitive. You don't sell snow tires in Miami in August, nor do you sell beach chairs in Minneapolis in January. And you don't display after Xmas sale ads in June.
There will be a mechanism (on the fly?) for the advertisers to insert new ads as time goes on. The copy of Lost, Season 1 you download today will not be exactly the same as the copy your friend downloads 6 months from now.
Prolonged exposure for an ad is not always a good thing.
Which will make some insurance companies suffer until the government bails them out - but even the rich homeowners there will simply move to the new coastal areas in central-califoria/death-valley.
The vast majority of people in coastal areas, even in the US, are not 'rich homeowners'.
A large percentage (most?) of the worlds population lives within a few miles of a sea.
I've seldom ever seen a paper to electronic system work well.
Sure there are. Simple things, like vacation request forms. Previously, we had a 3-part form to be filled out. Assuming your request is approved, 1 copy gets forwarded/faxed to HR (in another city), 1 to your supv, and 1 back to you. Lots of paper moving around to get lost. And hard to find out exactly how many days you (or your division) have taken this year, and for what.
Replace that with a web- or Outlook forms-based solution. Always backed up on the LAN, and stored in a small DB. Access or MySQL would work here. Poof...no more paper. Biweekly, payroll brings up a relavent list of who's done what, eyeballs it to see if there are any really weird notations, and ports it into the actual payroll system. The first year, it eliminated 1000+ faxes/internal mailings, and many hours of payroll work.
Instant retrieval of a particular individuals transactions, be they requester or approver. Instant collation of the entire division or company's time off "Hmmm...Division Y is our most profitable, AND they actually take the most time off per year per person. Maybe there's something to that." "Director Z denies way too many requests. Maybe I should talk to him and see why."
This will help kickstart China's economy and lower the trade deficit...
Oh please. The introduction of another (probably very marginal) DVD standard will have about as much effect on China's GDP as a single peanut does to an elephant.
If I show up at the bank to do a transaction, how do they know it's me? I provide various forms of ID, answer questions, etc. If a phisher can trick me into giving him those same bits of info, and then masquerades as me...how is the bank liable? How do they know it's not me?
Conversely, how many hoops do I want to jump through to prove it is me?
the only stuff i'd consider making a pack for would be medical supplies. if you guys want something that would take a little preparation- consider faking an injury and stock up on the vicodin, percocet, and (fill in the blank with your favorite thing that requires a prescription).
And repeating every few months as the medicine goes stale.
Don't need to monitor 'your' connection. Simply pump out ads based on access point.
Access point X uses ads A, B, & C. Access point Y uses ads D, E, & F.
They could also cross reference your Gmail ad hits with the WiFi access point you happpened to be connected to, and show you an ad for this tire shop, or that coffee house.
How would we gauge our response to Katrina compared to India's response to the massive tsunami?
Youtellme. "Villagers in India's Andamans and Nicobar Islands have denounced 'paltry' tsunami compensation relief they have received from the local government. One woman received a cheque of just two rupees (less than five US cents) for damage to her coconut crops."
I also remember reading an article recently about how India's Air Force kicked our ass in joint training exercises
While the Indian Air Force did 'win' several (even 'most') of the engagements, to say they 'kicked our ass' is a bit misleading. No AWACS, which the USAF would use if it were real Older F-15C, lacking the upgraded, longer range radar, against newer IAF Su-30's. No BVR engagements
The USAF sent 5 jets, and were outnumbered during the A-A portions of the exercise.
This was a DACT exercise, not a 'beat the other guy' situation.
From an IAF official: "We have appreciated the compliments but we are being pragmatic. We have no doubt about the technological superiority of the US Air Force. The exercise in Gwalior was a low-level one and involved conventional fighter tactics."
Spin it how you want, but that's not quite "kicking our ass"
I would think something like white paint (using the reflective properties to move the asteroid) would be more interesting. Slower, for sure, but much more effective over a period of months or years.
That is one possible way to move an asteroid. What they're trying is another.
How bout we try both, so that if we ever REALLY have to do it, we'll have some clue as to what works better.
I used the term 'generators' as a generic, not specifically and solely car engines or house generators.
The same scale holds true, though. Which is more efficient? A large windmill farm or hydroelectric generator, where the wind actually blows constantly, or a million small windmills, of unreliable and inconstant efficiency?
Personally, I think a combination of both is needed.
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It's not so much the US has 'dropped', but rather other countries are moving up faster.
If you got a 10% raise, and other workers got a 13% raise, you wouldn't say your salary has 'dropped', would you?
What scares me is 'proprietary electronic voting machines', period. Whether the companies be owned by Republicans or Demoracts.
Advertising on TV?
Oh wait...
Because over the course of a month, you are (generally) watching far more than 4 episodes of one particular show.
If me and my family had to pay $2 for each episode of each show we watch, it would be FAR more than $80. A family of five would spend $80/month to d/l 2 shows per person per week.
You do know that you can turn that reminder off, right?
There will be a mechanism (on the fly?) for the advertisers to insert new ads as time goes on. The copy of Lost, Season 1 you download today will not be exactly the same as the copy your friend downloads 6 months from now.
Prolonged exposure for an ad is not always a good thing.
Which will make some insurance companies suffer until the government bails them out - but even the rich homeowners there will simply move to the new coastal areas in central-califoria/death-valley.
The vast majority of people in coastal areas, even in the US, are not 'rich homeowners'.
A large percentage (most?) of the worlds population lives within a few miles of a sea.
In my area, Cox Cable is slowly rolling out 15Mbps/2Mbps for $55. Of course, my neighborhood is probably last on the list.
Retouch/modify, save them out to your little card of choice, then take THAT to Costco/Walmart...
Sure there are. Simple things, like vacation request forms. Previously, we had a 3-part form to be filled out. Assuming your request is approved, 1 copy gets forwarded/faxed to HR (in another city), 1 to your supv, and 1 back to you. Lots of paper moving around to get lost. And hard to find out exactly how many days you (or your division) have taken this year, and for what.
Replace that with a web- or Outlook forms-based solution. Always backed up on the LAN, and stored in a small DB. Access or MySQL would work here. Poof...no more paper. Biweekly, payroll brings up a relavent list of who's done what, eyeballs it to see if there are any really weird notations, and ports it into the actual payroll system. The first year, it eliminated 1000+ faxes/internal mailings, and many hours of payroll work.
Instant retrieval of a particular individuals transactions, be they requester or approver. Instant collation of the entire division or company's time off
"Hmmm...Division Y is our most profitable, AND they actually take the most time off per year per person. Maybe there's something to that."
"Director Z denies way too many requests. Maybe I should talk to him and see why."
HR, finance, and the Cxx level LOVED this.
Oh please. The introduction of another (probably very marginal) DVD standard will have about as much effect on China's GDP as a single peanut does to an elephant.
Either way...in person or online. If the phisher can onvince me to give him everything the bank requires.....how do they know it's not me.
Conversely, how many hoops do I want to jump through to prove it is me?
And repeating every few months as the medicine goes stale.
Promotion, producer resources, prepaid studio time, access to other musicians and projects.
Access point X uses ads A, B, & C. Access point Y uses ads D, E, & F.
They could also cross reference your Gmail ad hits with the WiFi access point you happpened to be connected to, and show you an ad for this tire shop, or that coffee house.
Don't have to do much more than they already are.
BWAHAHAHAHAHA
BWAHAHAHAHAHA
Allow me to laugh my ass off.
Sorry....couldn't help myself. Seeing as I just started a new job at age 48, that is just too damn funny.
My dad, computer geek from WAY back, who was teaching computer classes for MicroCenter, quit his job just shy of his 81st birthday.
My old shop, average age was around 40. New, bigger, shop, average age around 45 or so.
Again....BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA
You tell me.
"Villagers in India's Andamans and Nicobar Islands have denounced 'paltry' tsunami compensation relief they have received from the local government.
One woman received a cheque of just two rupees (less than five US cents) for damage to her coconut crops."
I also remember reading an article recently about how India's Air Force kicked our ass in joint training exercises
While the Indian Air Force did 'win' several (even 'most') of the engagements, to say they 'kicked our ass' is a bit misleading.
No AWACS, which the USAF would use if it were real
Older F-15C, lacking the upgraded, longer range radar, against newer IAF Su-30's.
No BVR engagements
The USAF sent 5 jets, and were outnumbered during the A-A portions of the exercise. This was a DACT exercise, not a 'beat the other guy' situation.
Having said that...
General Hal Hornburg, head of the US Air Combat Command said "that we may not be as far ahead of the rest of the world as we once thought we were"
From an IAF official:
"We have appreciated the compliments but we are being pragmatic. We have no doubt about the technological superiority of the US Air Force. The exercise in Gwalior was a low-level one and involved conventional fighter tactics."
Spin it how you want, but that's not quite "kicking our ass"
It's 'news' only in the navel gazing world of /. Meanwhile, the rest of the world just keeps on doing business.
Without either the US or the Russian space program honestly the ISS project would be dead right now.
I think that's why they called it the "International" Space Station.
If I am expected to be working, then I am not 'sick', I am working from home, and expect to be paid as such. That is called telecommuting.
That is one possible way to move an asteroid. What they're trying is another.
How bout we try both, so that if we ever REALLY have to do it, we'll have some clue as to what works better.
Everyone knows light can't escape from a black hole.
And every military aircraft that flies 'could be' carrying nuclear weapons.
But they arent.
The same scale holds true, though. Which is more efficient? A large windmill farm or hydroelectric generator, where the wind actually blows constantly, or a million small windmills, of unreliable and inconstant efficiency?
Personally, I think a combination of both is needed.