I prefer reading the negative feedback of sellers on ebay such as:-
WON AUCTION, SELLER NEVER COMMUNIC> NO ITEM RECIEVED// PAYPAL DISPUTE, DISGUSTI Reply by:For the fifth time, you are in the USA, it takes around a week for the post
item not received Reply by: We are funny like that, we dont send things out until they have been paid for
I AM WAITING THIS SCALE 30 DAYS! WHEN I GET IT!!!!!!!!!!!!! Reply by: When you pay for it!, WITHOUT FRAUDULENT FUNDS.
wrong lead (got plug to socket & 2m), AND slow delivery (11 days!) Reply And so you thought you would rather neg than ask for a replacement???????
The Product is awful, shaved one side and it looked the same as non-shaved side! Reply by : Perhaps you would get better results if you removed the safety cover? Follow-up by ratboyab: o hilarious! perhaps you'd get better results if youd sell better items!
Paid instantly with PayPal, 9 days later but no goods. Reply by: Its actually 5 working days, and it states 2nd class post in the listing
Paid instantly with PayPal, 9 days later but no goods. Reply by: 2nd class post takes 2-5 WORKING DAYS, what is wrong with you people?
And neither can you, since you didn't try it on regular IE, presumably (from the rest of your comment).
Yes, but I'm pretty confident a Google employee would've tried it in regular IE before they launched it. They even list it as a supported browser (versions 5.5 and above) under the FAQ What browsers does Writely support.
Usually the most likely cause of trouble is the cause of trouble.
My first experience was not good - as IE had crashed
But, since I am running IE 7 (Beta 3), I am not sure if there is an issue with IE itself or if the problem is with writely.
It really doesn't inspire my confidence in the reviewer to hear a) they're running Internet Explorer b) running a beta version no less and c) can't tell that it's obviously a problem with IE 7 (Beta 3) (which no doubt Google didn't test it on) rather than Writely.
On the plus side though if it causes IE to crash it might convince those die hard users to switch to Firefox.:)
a) be behind the competition b) bring out something with more features and is the hardware equivalent of bloatware c) As the wi-fi feature only works with other Zune models it seems pretty pointless to have such a feature until it becomes popular enough for this feature to be worth including d) be more expensive than the competition
Well that should be obvious - it's the shareholders. If executives weren't fiddling the dates over share options to make more money, the shareholders would probably get more money in dividends, a higher stock price, shares in a company without a damaged reputation and possibly a company with more money too. All these should be incredibly obvious to someone who's spent more than 2 seconds thinking about it.
A while ago my mum got a speeding ticket/fine through the post as her car had been photographed speeding. It wasn't her that actually did the speeding (it was my brother) but she was the one who was assumed to do it because she was the owner of the car. She told them who it was who was speeding and no action was taken against her.
Now, in the RIAA case against this person if they were acting sanely, rationally and not just trying to extort money from people or launch frivolous lawsuits in an attempt to deter people from infringing copyright they would've dropped it long before the person had died.
I've just thought of something. If they used it on a glass table would the ambient light or perhaps a light shone at the mouse be enough not to have to "hover" it above a surface?
The combination of having to hold it 0.6cm above a surface, plus the generally poor battery life of cameraphones makes it a little impractical for normal use.
Although kudos to them for writing the software to do this.
I'm British so I use British spellings. We spell them tyres over here. Diction Nazi should also notice that sentences have capital letters at the start and so do proper nouns - eg Tyre and Carthage.
Reading about Dell and the exploding batteries reminds me of the story about Ford and its Firestone tyres (oh and Cadbury's and its recall of chocolates because of salmonella). In the latter two cases both companies knew about the problem yet nothing was done (or things were just glossed over by management) until the bad PR forced them to do something. However I'm sure it's bad PR to have to do a product recall at all as it starts making people wonder as to whether your other products have major faults too.
When I first read the name of this car it reminded me of the Tesla coils in Command and Conquer - http://www.cnc-source.com/gallery/data/media/14/te slacoil.jpg . Or maybe that's just what the car looks like when it gets too hot and the batteries explode.:)
The massive attempts (and manpower) China require to keep their Great Firewall of China up to date. Who knows if these "Youth Ambassadors" won't just have their task expanded to include reporting on objectionable material? After all currently Hong Kong isn't covered by the GFC.
Well you say nuclear deterrent but as we bought the system from the Americans it relies on American satellites for targetting and if America didn't want us to fire a nuke (not that we would anyway) you could just by shutting us out of your satellites. So it's not exactly an independent nuclear deterrent like most other country's nuclear deterrents are.
The reasons behind the above are partly because Britain was a maritime empire at one stage - now it's not called an empire but a commonwealth. For example the Queen of England is also the head of state of the "commonwealth realms" - eg UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, Bahamas, Grenda, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, St. Kitts and Nevis. So she's head of state in 5 continents.:) However you're right - we do tend to be more diplomatic as a whole than Americans can be.
OK as I'll reword what I wrote in an attempt to explain it better. Without the centralized server an attacker can spoof the access point in order to fool a client. If a key from a centralized server is also required it requires an attacker to both spoof the access point and to get the key from the centralized server (hopefully a more difficult task). Yes the centralized server leads to security concerns (eg the keys from it could be used to decrypt the encrypted traffic). However AFAIK the centralised server would be run by some trusted company (say in a similar way to the SSL certificates being signed) which would require law enforcement to follow a process (eg search warrant) before handing any keys over.
The only downside would be if the traffic was only encrypted with the key from the centralised server. If a combination of the centralized server's key and the access point's key was used it would make it more secure than the current system is (depending on the encryption scheme used).
As a European I find the article rather America-centric. Here for example in the UK about 10% of people are self-employed. Yes, technically those are pretty much all "startups". Here however most people don't have the desire to chase VC funding, float on the stock market or found an international company (as a number of US startups have).
Of course part of the problem (both in the US and over here) is that a lot of businesses tend to have a blinkered restricted view of just selling/dealing with their domestic market (which of course in the US is larger) rather than doing business globally (which in a lot of businesses is the best way to grow).
Yes but I would've thought that from the Chinese perspective the above makes it easier to protect what they probably view as a trade secret. I can understand them being unwilling to accept a standard that isn't properly defined.
China likes control in a lot of areas - take their censoring of the internet as a example. However the centralized server hopefully would rule out any "piggy in the middle" attacks where an attacker pretends to be the AP in an attempt to fool the client.
There are already at least two wireless encryption formats I can think of. I don't see why adding a third is a problem. As China's economy is very much export-driven I can see how they'd be frustrated if the US attempted to thwart them getting their standard adopted as an international one.
I would say this is normal for my field. How does it compare to yours?
Yes, but if you have a high IQ and the contacts you can skip the degree level section and go straight to a graduate job or postgrad studies. There are shortcuts in everything outside the mainstream.
In particular, how unattractive is the fact that a scientist must spend their late 20's living on a wage they could earn at McDonald's?
It weeds out the scientists who either:-
a) don't have the heart for it or interest and are purely in it for perceived financial gain b) rules out the weaklings (through ill health) from only being able to afford cheap food.
Yes you could earn a minimum wage at McDonalds but your long-term earning prospects (even manager) would be less. It's basically a gamble on your future, hoping you won't die before the ink is dry on your phD. I'm an entrepreneur aged 25, also in the UK. I dropped out/went on strike at the A-Level stage (age 18) - didn't drop back in till I was 21. The experience I gained in those years really stands me in good stead compared to the "degree mill" that churns out 21 year olds who (according to most of the CVs they send me) don't even bother proofreading/spellchecking which in the field I'm in (website design/editing) is a very important to have.
So remember it's not just your speciality that's important, but your publication record and who you know. Doing a degree is partly about the networking side too.
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I prefer reading the negative feedback of sellers on ebay such as:-
// PAYPAL DISPUTE, DISGUSTI :For the fifth time, you are in the USA, it takes around a week for the post
WON AUCTION, SELLER NEVER COMMUNIC> NO ITEM RECIEVED
Reply by
item not received
Reply by: We are funny like that, we dont send things out until they have been paid for
I AM WAITING THIS SCALE 30 DAYS! WHEN I GET IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reply by: When you pay for it!, WITHOUT FRAUDULENT FUNDS.
wrong lead (got plug to socket & 2m), AND slow delivery (11 days!)
Reply And so you thought you would rather neg than ask for a replacement???????
The Product is awful, shaved one side and it looked the same as non-shaved side!
Reply by : Perhaps you would get better results if you removed the safety cover?
Follow-up by ratboyab: o hilarious! perhaps you'd get better results if youd sell better items!
Paid instantly with PayPal, 9 days later but no goods.
Reply by: Its actually 5 working days, and it states 2nd class post in the listing
Paid instantly with PayPal, 9 days later but no goods.
Reply by: 2nd class post takes 2-5 WORKING DAYS, what is wrong with you people?
That may be true, but what's smarter than a slashdot reader and how long is the memory of one?
And neither can you, since you didn't try it on regular IE, presumably (from the rest of your comment).
Yes, but I'm pretty confident a Google employee would've tried it in regular IE before they launched it. They even list it as a supported browser (versions 5.5 and above) under the FAQ What browsers does Writely support.
Usually the most likely cause of trouble is the cause of trouble.
My first experience was not good - as IE had crashed
:)
But, since I am running IE 7 (Beta 3), I am not sure if there is an issue with IE itself or if the problem is with writely.
It really doesn't inspire my confidence in the reviewer to hear a) they're running Internet Explorer b) running a beta version no less and c) can't tell that it's obviously a problem with IE 7 (Beta 3) (which no doubt Google didn't test it on) rather than Writely.
On the plus side though if it causes IE to crash it might convince those die hard users to switch to Firefox.
a) be behind the competition
b) bring out something with more features and is the hardware equivalent of bloatware
c) As the wi-fi feature only works with other Zune models it seems pretty pointless to have such a feature until it becomes popular enough for this feature to be worth including
d) be more expensive than the competition
"But I don't know who the injured party is here"
Well that should be obvious - it's the shareholders. If executives weren't fiddling the dates over share options to make more money, the shareholders would probably get more money in dividends, a higher stock price, shares in a company without a damaged reputation and possibly a company with more money too. All these should be incredibly obvious to someone who's spent more than 2 seconds thinking about it.
A while ago my mum got a speeding ticket/fine through the post as her car had been photographed speeding. It wasn't her that actually did the speeding (it was my brother) but she was the one who was assumed to do it because she was the owner of the car. She told them who it was who was speeding and no action was taken against her.
Now, in the RIAA case against this person if they were acting sanely, rationally and not just trying to extort money from people or launch frivolous lawsuits in an attempt to deter people from infringing copyright they would've dropped it long before the person had died.
As it seems closing tags is beyond people here is the correct link for those who can't be bothered going through the rigmarole of copy & paste.
I've just thought of something. If they used it on a glass table would the ambient light or perhaps a light shone at the mouse be enough not to have to "hover" it above a surface?
The combination of having to hold it 0.6cm above a surface, plus the generally poor battery life of cameraphones makes it a little impractical for normal use.
Although kudos to them for writing the software to do this.
I'm British so I use British spellings. We spell them tyres over here. Diction Nazi should also notice that sentences have capital letters at the start and so do proper nouns - eg Tyre and Carthage.
In some parts of the world it's Saturday morning and the weather in England makes it too hot to sleep.
Reading about Dell and the exploding batteries reminds me of the story about Ford and its Firestone tyres (oh and Cadbury's and its recall of chocolates because of salmonella). In the latter two cases both companies knew about the problem yet nothing was done (or things were just glossed over by management) until the bad PR forced them to do something. However I'm sure it's bad PR to have to do a product recall at all as it starts making people wonder as to whether your other products have major faults too.
When I first read the name of this car it reminded me of the Tesla coils in Command and Conquer - http://www.cnc-source.com/gallery/data/media/14/te slacoil.jpg . Or maybe that's just what the car looks like when it gets too hot and the batteries explode. :)
The massive attempts (and manpower) China require to keep their Great Firewall of China up to date. Who knows if these "Youth Ambassadors" won't just have their task expanded to include reporting on objectionable material? After all currently Hong Kong isn't covered by the GFC.
Yep but the same argument could be made about google - but that's in the dictionary as a verb now.
I'm still waiting for slashdot and trolling to be added
Well wouldn't it just be possible to block the ports Skype uses on a corporate network?
Here's a link to the "for print" version which only has a couple of ads and saves you having to click through multiple pages.
Well you say nuclear deterrent but as we bought the system from the Americans it relies on American satellites for targetting and if America didn't want us to fire a nuke (not that we would anyway) you could just by shutting us out of your satellites. So it's not exactly an independent nuclear deterrent like most other country's nuclear deterrents are.
:) However you're right - we do tend to be more diplomatic as a whole than Americans can be.
The reasons behind the above are partly because Britain was a maritime empire at one stage - now it's not called an empire but a commonwealth. For example the Queen of England is also the head of state of the "commonwealth realms" - eg UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, Bahamas, Grenda, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, St. Kitts and Nevis. So she's head of state in 5 continents.
OK as I'll reword what I wrote in an attempt to explain it better. Without the centralized server an attacker can spoof the access point in order to fool a client. If a key from a centralized server is also required it requires an attacker to both spoof the access point and to get the key from the centralized server (hopefully a more difficult task). Yes the centralized server leads to security concerns (eg the keys from it could be used to decrypt the encrypted traffic). However AFAIK the centralised server would be run by some trusted company (say in a similar way to the SSL certificates being signed) which would require law enforcement to follow a process (eg search warrant) before handing any keys over.
The only downside would be if the traffic was only encrypted with the key from the centralised server. If a combination of the centralized server's key and the access point's key was used it would make it more secure than the current system is (depending on the encryption scheme used).
As a European I find the article rather America-centric. Here for example in the UK about 10% of people are self-employed. Yes, technically those are pretty much all "startups". Here however most people don't have the desire to chase VC funding, float on the stock market or found an international company (as a number of US startups have).
Of course part of the problem (both in the US and over here) is that a lot of businesses tend to have a blinkered restricted view of just selling/dealing with their domestic market (which of course in the US is larger) rather than doing business globally (which in a lot of businesses is the best way to grow).
Yes but I would've thought that from the Chinese perspective the above makes it easier to protect what they probably view as a trade secret. I can understand them being unwilling to accept a standard that isn't properly defined.
China likes control in a lot of areas - take their censoring of the internet as a example. However the centralized server hopefully would rule out any "piggy in the middle" attacks where an attacker pretends to be the AP in an attempt to fool the client.
There are already at least two wireless encryption formats I can think of. I don't see why adding a third is a problem. As China's economy is very much export-driven I can see how they'd be frustrated if the US attempted to thwart them getting their standard adopted as an international one.
I would say this is normal for my field. How does it compare to yours?
Yes, but if you have a high IQ and the contacts you can skip the degree level section and go straight to a graduate job or postgrad studies. There are shortcuts in everything outside the mainstream.
In particular, how unattractive is the fact that a scientist must spend their late 20's living on a wage they could earn at McDonald's?
It weeds out the scientists who either:-
a) don't have the heart for it or interest and are purely in it for perceived financial gain
b) rules out the weaklings (through ill health) from only being able to afford cheap food.
Yes you could earn a minimum wage at McDonalds but your long-term earning prospects (even manager) would be less. It's basically a gamble on your future, hoping you won't die before the ink is dry on your phD. I'm an entrepreneur aged 25, also in the UK. I dropped out/went on strike at the A-Level stage (age 18) - didn't drop back in till I was 21. The experience I gained in those years really stands me in good stead compared to the "degree mill" that churns out 21 year olds who (according to most of the CVs they send me) don't even bother proofreading/spellchecking which in the field I'm in (website design/editing) is a very important to have.
So remember it's not just your speciality that's important, but your publication record and who you know. Doing a degree is partly about the networking side too.