The new "Call for Help" is produced in Toronto. It's not as flashy/blinky as the old one and Americans can't get it.
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Yeah, I noticed that too. Also blurred is Kahnawake, IIRC. Dunno if this is intentional due to treaty negotiations or the result of the most-recently captured file date on what Google acquired when they bought Keyhole. Does Google own access to the bird or just the archives?
Simple-minded analysis: The reason for this is that America was founded upon the reaction to oppression. As such (and assuming you agree that this is true), the "little guy" getting ahead (often by whatever dubious or unethical means necessary) means that the successful individual is cheered-on by the great unwashed masses. Remember the near hero status of legendary bank robbers in the '30s?
The America we see today has largely been created by television and other mass media since about 1950. Because excitement (take your pick: sex, violence, controversy, Reds, promise of wealth, etc.) sells, that is what is presented and that is what dominates the cultural zeitgeist.
This is apocryphal, but many people I talk to about the subject say that they use *more* paper since computers became ubiquitous in workplaces.
Maybe they print just because they can and don't really need to, maybe these are just older people (40+) that are more comfortable with a hard copy (i.e., the ethereal nature of digital documents combined with potential system crashes) or maybe reading off paper is just easier on the eyes and you can scribble on it without loading up a markup-type program.
I find myself often printing a part of a drawing, adding handwritten comments or sketches in colour and then scanning to PDF. Then I send it as an attachment to an email.
WHoever said that didn't say that Free alternatives to MS are less productive. What they (he/she?) meant is that when something fail, they are likely to blame whoever chose the alternative. If MS product fails, they'll point the finger at MS. Not that it's going to do them any good.
That's what I meant (assuming you are referring to my comment - and I seriously doubt that I'm the only person to notice this phenomenon). http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=145 831&cid=12218996
I guess I should point out that I'm not an MBA or some kind of evil management person. My technical work is in larger engineering/design projects that last 6-12 months or more (like new refineries and fluid-processing plants, for example). Working for an engineering consultant tends to smooth out the financial peaks and valleys that typically accompany working on such intermittent jobs that don't provide continuous, regular employment.
I'm not sure if that post was insightful, interesting or informative or all three. Nice work, please continue the research as it could turn out to be a damn good mainstream press story.
Occasionally I get market survey-type calls that are supposed to "take only five minutes of my time". The callers are not allowed to state up-front what they are calling about because that would "spoil the impartial results".
Right.
1) Pollsters are well-known to ask leading questions that support their sponsors' goals.
2) It's "only 5 minutes of my time". The only person not getting paid in this one-to-one commercial relationship is me.
If you want my opinion, you'd better tell me what we're talking about first and not operate from some you-get-to-find-out-at-the-end type of obfuscation.
"du jour" is probably the phrase you're looking for. It means "of the day". That's of French origin though, so the mispelling is understandable. Or maybe you were writing in another language.
...god fucking forbid you want to change settings on one monitor without fucking up the other. Impossible. Change the refresh on one, watch the color depth on the other change. Change the layout, watch the refresh change.
Are you sure you have the proper drivers (e.g., nView or Hydravision) for your video card? Maybe Multimon is a solution.
...you'd be surprised how relative 'long' is to a computer user, especially one who hasn't spent hours or something spiffier
Some time ago I was forced back to 28.8 after getting used to a 1.5 Mb/s DSL connection. It wasn't all that bad, actually, I just had to plan more and adopt a more relaxed approach to net use.
I don't play FPS games, but my son rents them every now and then. In one of the underground subway scenarios where you have to shoot bad guys a pretty obvious map of the Montreal Metro system was on the wall. Can't remember the name of the game or who the company was.
It's because decision-making managers are largely risk-averse and resist change because failure reflects badly on them. This seems pretty obvious to me.
With commercial software, when something goes wrong, the program vendor/company can be pointed to. With "FOSS" software, the one who approved the adoption of the "alternative solution" shoulders the blame.
Now, you can monitor how many e-mails are sent by a host...
Doesn't Gmail do this already (i.e., receive and analyze millions of messages)? Junk could be filtered with legitimate mailing lists getting a "pass" based on criteria from recipients.
OK, bad idea and someone's sure to post one of those automated checklists any time now.
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The new "Call for Help" is produced in Toronto. It's not as flashy/blinky as the old one and Americans can't get it.
Yeah, I noticed that too. Also blurred is Kahnawake, IIRC. Dunno if this is intentional due to treaty negotiations or the result of the most-recently captured file date on what Google acquired when they bought Keyhole. Does Google own access to the bird or just the archives?
Me too! I typed in "42" and Google responded, "your age"!
I'm thinking about uninstalling the Toolbar.
I've heard rumours that Canada also has a warship. I think it's beaver-powered with maple syrup in the hydraulics systems.
Simple-minded analysis: The reason for this is that America was founded upon the reaction to oppression. As such (and assuming you agree that this is true), the "little guy" getting ahead (often by whatever dubious or unethical means necessary) means that the successful individual is cheered-on by the great unwashed masses. Remember the near hero status of legendary bank robbers in the '30s?
The America we see today has largely been created by television and other mass media since about 1950. Because excitement (take your pick: sex, violence, controversy, Reds, promise of wealth, etc.) sells, that is what is presented and that is what dominates the cultural zeitgeist.
Yeah, I can't figure out if you trolled me or I trolled you. Probably lower UID wins.
Anyway, I like the current sig anyway as it's kinda relevant.
This is apocryphal, but many people I talk to about the subject say that they use *more* paper since computers became ubiquitous in workplaces.
Maybe they print just because they can and don't really need to, maybe these are just older people (40+) that are more comfortable with a hard copy (i.e., the ethereal nature of digital documents combined with potential system crashes) or maybe reading off paper is just easier on the eyes and you can scribble on it without loading up a markup-type program.
I find myself often printing a part of a drawing, adding handwritten comments or sketches in colour and then scanning to PDF. Then I send it as an attachment to an email.
Newsprint recycling.
OK.
WHoever said that didn't say that Free alternatives to MS are less productive. What they (he/she?) meant is that when something fail, they are likely to blame whoever chose the alternative. If MS product fails, they'll point the finger at MS. Not that it's going to do them any good.
That's what I meant (assuming you are referring to my comment - and I seriously doubt that I'm the only person to notice this phenomenon). http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=14
I guess I should point out that I'm not an MBA or some kind of evil management person. My technical work is in larger engineering/design projects that last 6-12 months or more (like new refineries and fluid-processing plants, for example). Working for an engineering consultant tends to smooth out the financial peaks and valleys that typically accompany working on such intermittent jobs that don't provide continuous, regular employment.
I'm not sure if that post was insightful, interesting or informative or all three. Nice work, please continue the research as it could turn out to be a damn good mainstream press story.
Bingo, new sig (I work for a consulting firm, but not in IT).
Occasionally I get market survey-type calls that are supposed to "take only five minutes of my time". The callers are not allowed to state up-front what they are calling about because that would "spoil the impartial results".
Right.
1) Pollsters are well-known to ask leading questions that support their sponsors' goals.
2) It's "only 5 minutes of my time". The only person not getting paid in this one-to-one commercial relationship is me.
If you want my opinion, you'd better tell me what we're talking about first and not operate from some you-get-to-find-out-at-the-end type of obfuscation.
"du jour" is probably the phrase you're looking for. It means "of the day". That's of French origin though, so the mispelling is understandable. Or maybe you were writing in another language.
Getting successively smaller and faster is a matter of refinement, not revolution.
Now...if this philosophy could just be instilled in the brains of attractive, big-boobied females I'd have better chances of getting supermodel booty.
Raquel Welch, thou hast forsaken me!
Are you sure you have the proper drivers (e.g., nView or Hydravision) for your video card? Maybe Multimon is a solution.
Some time ago I was forced back to 28.8 after getting used to a 1.5 Mb/s DSL connection. It wasn't all that bad, actually, I just had to plan more and adopt a more relaxed approach to net use.
And no Canadians.
That's the *real* reason it failed.
Splinter Cell: Quebec Under Siege!
I don't play FPS games, but my son rents them every now and then. In one of the underground subway scenarios where you have to shoot bad guys a pretty obvious map of the Montreal Metro system was on the wall. Can't remember the name of the game or who the company was.
Want fries with that?
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PS The new must login requirement for foo.slashdot.org is surely an added inconenience to encourage existing subscribers to pay up.
I'm not sure why this is.
I've addressed this before here.
It's because decision-making managers are largely risk-averse and resist change because failure reflects badly on them. This seems pretty obvious to me.
With commercial software, when something goes wrong, the program vendor/company can be pointed to. With "FOSS" software, the one who approved the adoption of the "alternative solution" shoulders the blame.
"No One Ever Got Fired For Buying IBM"
And worse, this wouldn't be just cookie crumbs or Jolt cola residue, it'd be your actual, unique DNA identifier!
Montreal's Metro currently has an ad campaign against door-holders. These people are called illegal retards.
Now, you can monitor how many e-mails are sent by a host...
Doesn't Gmail do this already (i.e., receive and analyze millions of messages)? Junk could be filtered with legitimate mailing lists getting a "pass" based on criteria from recipients.
OK, bad idea and someone's sure to post one of those automated checklists any time now.
Not, "shew, fly."
(unless the intent was to buy 3 pairs of really tiny sneakers)
Did someone go and change TEL while I wasn't paying attention again?