In days long gone, I used both push-type and electric-powered reel mowers on Bermuda and St Augustine grasses. No problem as long as I didn't catch a stick or a pebble.
The Germans were pretty stupid to insist on Hydrogen rather than Helium, I agree.
Nope. At the time, the only source for helium was the United States and the US government wouldn't sell it to Germany. Thus, the Germans had no other choice but hydrogen.
It is spelled SPIF. Sales Performance Incentive Fund.
As you said, extra money for selling something. Usually (in my experience) a special incentive from the manufacturer to retail salesdroids. But also done privately by store managers to get volume up. (Store managers can be bonused based on store volume so they look on it as an investment in their personal future.)
They are allowed under part 15 of the FCC rules and regs. You can get a real eye-opener reading part 15. It describes multiple frequency bands (902.0MHz - 928.0MHz is just one) that are basically "garbage bands".
Oh yeah, the rules say that everybody is expected to play nicely together and not interfere with anyone else. But you have seen what happens when multiple companies each decides that they own the band.
A decent set of notes about Part 15 and how it applys in the real world are here.
the hagfish, which can when under duress turn the five gallons of water around it into utterly impenetrable sludge
Until recently, I worked in a shop where many of the coders could, under stress, turn megabytes of carefully crafted functional and technical specs into an undocumented morass of disfunctional code.
For most sysadmin/programming jobs I've ever seen, most companies want a CS degree. Why?
Because they know that they will probably wind up with the best candidate having a High School diploma, "some college", and over twenty years professional software experience.
They are terrified that, if they didn't ask for a "CS", they would have to explain to senior management why they hired a perfectly qualified candidate with a High School GED.
This might cause senior management to begin wondering why they spent all that money hiring MBAs and PHDs if the company could be run by less academically qualified peasants.
Which, in turn, might cause senior management to begin an agonizing self-appraisal.
Nope, better not to start a process which culminates with senior management actually trying to think. It doesn't happen often and it's never pretty.
Nope, don't rock the boat; ask for a degree and settle for massive experience.
And I would recomend that the hams leave this one alone. You see, if it takes a ham license to run the transmitter, then non-hams can't legally join the fun.
So, if someone wants to play with this, go read Part 15 of the FCC regulations ("License-free operation and frequencies") and do it there. Legally unlicensed and available to everyone who wants to play.
But if you had printed out a barcode "Cue", they could have scanned it and known exactly what you were talking about.
They might or might not have had it, but they could have scanned your "Cue" and that would have made the experience all worth your trip.
Oh, gosh! New business idea coming up. After store clerk scans barcode in catalog, computer either says "Nope, we don't stock that. Go away." or a strobe light goes off over one of the racks in the back of the store and you go look there.
This business idea hereby placed into the public domain.
Probably easier than trying to sue all of the companies who published their own barcodes without DC's permission.
We should expect them to go after retailers and wholesale distributors next. As well as all the other companies who use barcodes to index into a database. Gee, that covers a lot of territory, doesn't it?
Iraq has anti-aircraft missiles of the same type Cuba used to shoot down Gary Powers in his U-2.
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Mr. Powers was flying over Russia when he was shot down by a Russian V-75 missle. No Cubans were involved. ( http://www.foia.ucia.gov/scripts/cgiservlets/Navig atorServlet.pl?docNumber=12389&partNumbe r=1&method=generateFrameSet&totalNumber=1 )
In magazines in the past, I can remember seeing advertisements from companies nobody ever heard of, offering really low-priced, desirable knick-knacks.
"How can they sell those genuine stainless steel, bone-handled pocket knives for only $1.50 each?", we asked each other.
Because they wanted to collect names and addresses which would later be sold as a database of folk who were known to buy via mail-order. And the mailing list could be sold over and over and over again, more than making up the cost of the "genuine...".
What do you think DC intends to do with those addresses? Mail you your coupon and then wipe the file off of their disk?
We have all seen the word "cookie" used as a noun. But I do not remember ever before seeing the word used as a verb. Have we just witnessed the "birth" of a new dictionary entry?
Cookie: (v.) to surreptitiously place a file on a disk drive attached to someone else's computer.
Warning: IANAE (I am not an etymologist) but I play one on the internet.
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In days long gone, I used both push-type and electric-powered reel mowers on Bermuda and St Augustine grasses. No problem as long as I didn't catch a stick or a pebble.
I wouldn't do it again, though.
The Germans were pretty stupid to insist on Hydrogen rather than Helium, I agree.
Nope. At the time, the only source for helium was the United States and the US government wouldn't sell it to Germany. Thus, the Germans had no other choice but hydrogen.
Some Slashdot followers really need to get the "all journalists are fools" stick out of their asses.
Indeed. All? Surely Sturgeon's Law applies.
It is spelled SPIF. Sales Performance Incentive Fund.
As you said, extra money for selling something. Usually (in my experience) a special incentive from the manufacturer to retail salesdroids. But also done privately by store managers to get volume up. (Store managers can be bonused based on store volume so they look on it as an investment in their personal future.)
They are allowed under part 15 of the FCC rules and regs. You can get a real eye-opener reading part 15. It describes multiple frequency bands (902.0MHz - 928.0MHz is just one) that are basically "garbage bands".
Oh yeah, the rules say that everybody is expected to play nicely together and not interfere with anyone else. But you have seen what happens when multiple companies each decides that they own the band.
A decent set of notes about Part 15 and how it applys in the real world are here.
Until recently, I worked in a shop where many of the coders could, under stress, turn megabytes of carefully crafted functional and technical specs into an undocumented morass of disfunctional code.
Not hackers but haggers?
Forbidden /features/savedotcoms/sally.shtml on this server.
You don't have permission to access
Yup, fixed it good.
Yeah, true enough. But, by gum, it was a fun run. And we could have made it work if only...
And this from a man who doesn't know the difference between slander and libel
If they are "former", then yes they may be able to count. "One example of pre-existing art; two examples of pre-existing art; three examples..."
Present Patent Examiners, on the other hand, appear not to possess this ability.
Because they know that they will probably wind up with the best candidate having a High School diploma, "some college", and over twenty years professional software experience.
They are terrified that, if they didn't ask for a "CS", they would have to explain to senior management why they hired a perfectly qualified candidate with a High School GED.
This might cause senior management to begin wondering why they spent all that money hiring MBAs and PHDs if the company could be run by less academically qualified peasants.
Which, in turn, might cause senior management to begin an agonizing self-appraisal.
Nope, better not to start a process which culminates with senior management actually trying to think. It doesn't happen often and it's never pretty.
Nope, don't rock the boat; ask for a degree and settle for massive experience.
I would suggest a Amateur radio license
And I would recomend that the hams leave this one alone. You see, if it takes a ham license to run the transmitter, then non-hams can't legally join the fun.
So, if someone wants to play with this, go read Part 15 of the FCC regulations ("License-free operation and frequencies") and do it there. Legally unlicensed and available to everyone who wants to play.
But if you had printed out a barcode "Cue", they could have scanned it and known exactly what you were talking about.
They might or might not have had it, but they could have scanned your "Cue" and that would have made the experience all worth your trip.
Oh, gosh! New business idea coming up. After store clerk scans barcode in catalog, computer either says "Nope, we don't stock that. Go away." or a strobe light goes off over one of the racks in the back of the store and you go look there.
This business idea hereby placed into the public domain.
Probably easier than trying to sue all of the companies who published their own barcodes without DC's permission.
We should expect them to go after retailers and wholesale distributors next. As well as all the other companies who use barcodes to index into a database. Gee, that covers a lot of territory, doesn't it?
So, what's to stop me ...
Common sense.
Iraq has anti-aircraft missiles of the same type Cuba used to shoot down Gary Powers in his U-2.
g atorServlet.pl?docNumber=12389&partNumbe r=1&method=generateFrameSet&totalNumber=1 )
[pedantic mode=ON]
Mr. Powers was flying over Russia when he was shot down by a Russian V-75 missle. No Cubans were involved. ( http://www.foia.ucia.gov/scripts/cgiservlets/Navi
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Why do you need to catalogue your books if you already own them ?
Inventory for homeowner's insurance policy.
In magazines in the past, I can remember seeing advertisements from companies nobody ever heard of, offering really low-priced, desirable knick-knacks.
"How can they sell those genuine stainless steel, bone-handled pocket knives for only $1.50 each?", we asked each other.
Because they wanted to collect names and addresses which would later be sold as a database of folk who were known to buy via mail-order. And the mailing list could be sold over and over and over again, more than making up the cost of the "genuine...".
What do you think DC intends to do with those addresses? Mail you your coupon and then wipe the file off of their disk?
OK, I blew it. The usage is not new. Merriam-Webster already has attributions of the usage from last lear.
Shucks.
Is this an historical moment?
We have all seen the word "cookie" used as a noun. But I do not remember ever before seeing the word used as a verb. Have we just witnessed the "birth" of a new dictionary entry?
Cookie: (v.) to surreptitiously place a file on a disk drive attached to someone else's computer.
Warning: IANAE (I am not an etymologist) but I play one on the internet.
Step 1: get a lawyer.
Step 2: ask him what it means when you sign a document with the endorsement "without recourse".
OK, it has a microprocessor.
So how much longer before someone ports Linux to this beastie? Sure, it will need some more memory, but then, who doesn't?
Ladies and Gentleworms, I give you "The Next! World's! Smallest! Webserver!"
... I felt pretty damn invisible ...
Actually, you were. But only to the really cute girls who wouldn't have gone out with you anyway.
This will be easily remedied when you go IPO.
Much too late as comments have already been "loosed".