"In Locutus Prototype this is somewhat involved so please bear with us - it will be much easier in Locutus Lite (which will use UPNP to automatically configure your NAT)."
Yeah, like anyone trusts UPNP... Additionally, how would it "automatically" configure my hardware firewall? It can't. This clearly assumes a software situation (most likely scenario, I'll give you, but still.) Better off, it should have just said "open these ports..."
On top of that, this line isn't encouraging "We have a strong committment to supporting diverse operating systems with Locutus, however at the time of writing.NET is only available for Windows."
The Fair Credit Reporting Act is online and in it it says:
(in Sec. 1681b. Permissible purposes of consumer reports)
"A consumer reporting agency may furnish a consumer report under the
following circumstances and no other:
(1) In response to the order of a court having jurisdiction to issue
such an order, or a subpoena issued in connection with proceedings before a
Federal grand jury.
(2) In accordance with the written instructions of the consumer to whom
it relates.
(3) To a person which it has reason to believe--
(A) intends to use the information in connection with a credit
transaction involving the consumer on whom the information is to be
furnished and involving the extension of credit to, or review or collection
of an account of, the consumer; or
(B) intends to use the information for employment purposes; or
(C) intends to use the information in connection with the underwriting
of insurance involving the consumer; or
(D) intends to use the information in connection with a determination
of the consumer's eligibility for a license or other benefit granted by a
governmental instrumentality required by law to consider an applicant's
financial responsibility or status; or
(E) otherwise has a legitimate business need for the information in
connection with a business transaction involving the consumer."
Check out section "B". That's the bummer part. They have the right to do so, and they actually can do it without your permission--seems to me they're being nice about even asking you in the first place.
Your prospective employer certainly has a "business relationship" with you, which is legal
grounds for a credit check; and the damage done to you by the credit check is almost certainly zero.
Also ask them to provide any proof or documentation that a person with not-so-good credit may be a risk for theft of company property. And see if they will sign an NDA on your credit report, after all they may "need it," but nobody else needs to, correct? So who's to say they won't do something wacky with it. If they're not willing to go on the record that the info they obtain will never leave the premises, then they're not a company worth working for.
Ok, I know this will cost me a bit of Karma, but I gotta ask: What kind of crack was this lady smoking? I would have told her "No!" She violated her warranty and we would not even attempt to fix it? I don't give a rat's shit about it, this is fucked in the head in a major way. This lady doesn't have a brain cell that operates.... she put the goddamned thing in the fucking oven!... CHRIST!
Just as R. Lee says: "What is your major malfunction, numbnuts?!"
(1) The plot wasn't worthy of the talent arrayed; and, (2) The plot was nothing more than an episode turned feature length;, and, (3) It was all hype, no substance; and, (4) People don't want to see a main character (Data) die in a lame way, give the man some respect, will you?; and, (5) Retarded androids aren't funny.
That's quite true about the "RTFM" comment, but whenever I have a wacky question they have always responded with appropriate help. The Gentoo dudes are "the good guys" and deserve more help.
I was kind of surprised to not see Gentoo's name listed there. Especially since Gentoo was designed from the ground up to be a desktop Linux distro (as opposed to server.) Plus I just plain ol' like Gentoo, and get wood whenever I have the opportunity to pimp them.;)
It's been discussed (and even tried) before, the problems were many, namely security speed, and availability. One cannot guarantee any of those three every important variables. As a result it (the idea) died a horrible death--let's hope it dies again.
The temperature of the exhaust water is still hotter than the ambient temperature of the ocean, right? That's going to make the EPA mad, cause algae blooms, and potentially mess with the ecosystems in areas where this would be used. Interesting. I doubt it gets adopted anywhere for that fact alone, nevermind the problems of scaling this up to a real-sized engine.
...some telemarketing companies (such as Ron Weber and Associates) are moving their ENTIRE operations to Canada. Apparently, Canada doesn't care about DNC lists and the like. Ron Weber just closed a center in Iowa, locked the doors, split, left the servers on, and failed to pay their back rent on the building ($44,000). The money savings from the move and the ability to continue operating outweighs the liabilities they have.
This means that we, the people of the Pissed off America, have those scummy telemarketers on the run! Sweet.
Oh, and I would be remiss to remind everyone of their rights under the Telecommunications Privacy Act (TCPA)--If they call you, tell them that they must remove your entire contact information from their lists or find themselves in violation of the TCPA, complete with fines exceeding $1 million. (Some lady in Florida got the first award quite some time ago.)
I used to telemarket (for 2 years, I trained trainers. And the stink still is with me even after mor ethan 7 years!) ARGH! I'm filled with self-loathing...
But the idea of AICN doing a games site seems like they just want to throw money away. I've known Billy "Wicked" Wilson for many years (from way back in his VE days), and the market for the gaming site is very much dwindled. There was a time when any ass-monkey (Billy's words) could put up a site and actually make some money on it (Hell, he was making some serious cash), but that time has now gone.
Even his aborted return (www.gaminggroove.com--which may still see the light of day) which would have nuked VE and Bluesnews (and the Shack), even with Billy's name attached (call him what you want, he had some pull and name recognition), was going through some problems.
I seriously doubt that the AICN dudes know what a mess they're getting into.
I've read many times, in many different places, that the superheroes and villians of the Marvel Universe are *not* human at all because of their slight forward step in the evolutionary process. We are 'homo sapiens' they (collectively) are 'homo superior.'
Superman (and any other alien--and yes, I know full well Superman is a DC creation, so I'm not mixing companies here) would fall into the family of 'extraterrestrialis.'
So with that, it's clear that they are not human, and their plasic representations, although possessing humanoid forms, are not humans (as are you and me.)
Kevin, you were a witness for the defense in that trial where it is claimed that "escort service" calls are being rerouted. Do you think your testimony helped or hindered; and was it your infamy that helped or hindered?
Can they force MS to carry Netscape Navigator, Mozilla, Opera, or any other third-party application that competes/conflicts with already installed materials? Can MS produce their own JVM to compete and let the market duke it out, or do we get stuck with just one?
It's almost like all these lame DMCA lawsuits (which mostly are garbage claims) are being filed on purpose in order to get the law reviewed....almost like the lawyers realise that the law, as it now stands, is ripe for abuse (shock and horror! Isn't that what people said before now?) and it needs to be either revised to eliminated all-together.
I totally freaking agree. I want a human, with intuition and experience, working on my noodle, not some hacked code that might not like a video driver resolution, thereby causing me to get a lobotomy. This is a huge mistake.
Think about it, you already pay taxes when you walk into your local store, right? So all the Feds need to do is say "Hey, you have to collect, report, and pay the taxes on online purchases as well." Make it clear that the location of where the electronic purchase server is located is the jurisdiction that get's the taxes.
Like I said, this isn't a big deal if you think abou tit normally. But the Feds are nowhere near normal (or competent) so they'll muck it up somehow.
$20 is only one CD. fF you bought say 50 CDs since 1995, you're getting screwed. If you bought 10 CDs since 1995, and get that $20, you're still getting screwed.... Add to that you have to fork out all sorts of personal info, it's really not worth it.
I figure, give Windows 100 questions; the *nixes get 100 questions; 100 hardware related questions; and 100 networking questions. That's 400 questions, let them have 5 hours for the exam, charge them $500 to take it. Set the pass score at something like 87% and get the thing recognised. Then all the other certs get relegated to the backburner.
"Same with our hardware people -- our 17-year-old interns know more about this stuff than the MCSEs."
There's the flaw. Lots of people think the MCSE/MCSA/MCP is about hardware, it's not. Those certs are more about the system software, not the hardware.
"Blatantly incompetent people don't get very far..."
Ever hear of the Peter Principle? "The theory that employees within an organization will advance to their highest level of competence and then be promoted to and remain at a level at which they are incompetent."
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"In Locutus Prototype this is somewhat involved so please bear with us - it will be much easier in Locutus Lite (which will use UPNP to automatically configure your NAT)."
.NET is only available for Windows."
Yeah, like anyone trusts UPNP... Additionally, how would it "automatically" configure my hardware firewall? It can't. This clearly assumes a software situation (most likely scenario, I'll give you, but still.) Better off, it should have just said "open these ports..."
On top of that, this line isn't encouraging "We have a strong committment to supporting diverse operating systems with Locutus, however at the time of writing
Why, you ask? Becuase companies tend to be in a couple of categories, as it comes to email marketing:
(1) Deep pockets to lobby the elimination of this bill; or
(2) Fly-by-night or off-shore types that could care less.
Pity, as I would love to see the end of spam in my lifetime.
The Fair Credit Reporting Act is online and in it it says:
(in Sec. 1681b. Permissible purposes of consumer reports) "A consumer reporting agency may furnish a consumer report under the following circumstances and no other: (1) In response to the order of a court having jurisdiction to issue such an order, or a subpoena issued in connection with proceedings before a Federal grand jury. (2) In accordance with the written instructions of the consumer to whom it relates. (3) To a person which it has reason to believe-- (A) intends to use the information in connection with a credit transaction involving the consumer on whom the information is to be furnished and involving the extension of credit to, or review or collection of an account of, the consumer; or (B) intends to use the information for employment purposes; or (C) intends to use the information in connection with the underwriting of insurance involving the consumer; or (D) intends to use the information in connection with a determination of the consumer's eligibility for a license or other benefit granted by a governmental instrumentality required by law to consider an applicant's financial responsibility or status; or (E) otherwise has a legitimate business need for the information in connection with a business transaction involving the consumer."
Check out section "B". That's the bummer part. They have the right to do so, and they actually can do it without your permission--seems to me they're being nice about even asking you in the first place. Your prospective employer certainly has a "business relationship" with you, which is legal grounds for a credit check; and the damage done to you by the credit check is almost certainly zero.
Also ask them to provide any proof or documentation that a person with not-so-good credit may be a risk for theft of company property. And see if they will sign an NDA on your credit report, after all they may "need it," but nobody else needs to, correct? So who's to say they won't do something wacky with it. If they're not willing to go on the record that the info they obtain will never leave the premises, then they're not a company worth working for.
Ok, I know this will cost me a bit of Karma, but I gotta ask: What kind of crack was this lady smoking? I would have told her "No!" She violated her warranty and we would not even attempt to fix it? I don't give a rat's shit about it, this is fucked in the head in a major way. This lady doesn't have a brain cell that operates. ... she put the goddamned thing in the fucking oven!... CHRIST!
Just as R. Lee says: "What is your major malfunction, numbnuts?!"
Why ST: Nemesis "tanked":
(1) The plot wasn't worthy of the talent arrayed; and,
(2) The plot was nothing more than an episode turned feature length;, and,
(3) It was all hype, no substance; and,
(4) People don't want to see a main character (Data) die in a lame way, give the man some respect, will you?; and,
(5) Retarded androids aren't funny.
That's quite true about the "RTFM" comment, but whenever I have a wacky question they have always responded with appropriate help. The Gentoo dudes are "the good guys" and deserve more help.
I was kind of surprised to not see Gentoo's name listed there. Especially since Gentoo was designed from the ground up to be a desktop Linux distro (as opposed to server.) Plus I just plain ol' like Gentoo, and get wood whenever I have the opportunity to pimp them. ;)
It's been discussed (and even tried) before, the problems were many, namely security speed, and availability. One cannot guarantee any of those three every important variables. As a result it (the idea) died a horrible death--let's hope it dies again.
The temperature of the exhaust water is still hotter than the ambient temperature of the ocean, right? That's going to make the EPA mad, cause algae blooms, and potentially mess with the ecosystems in areas where this would be used. Interesting. I doubt it gets adopted anywhere for that fact alone, nevermind the problems of scaling this up to a real-sized engine.
...some telemarketing companies (such as Ron Weber and Associates) are moving their ENTIRE operations to Canada. Apparently, Canada doesn't care about DNC lists and the like. Ron Weber just closed a center in Iowa, locked the doors, split, left the servers on, and failed to pay their back rent on the building ($44,000). The money savings from the move and the ability to continue operating outweighs the liabilities they have.
This means that we, the people of the Pissed off America, have those scummy telemarketers on the run! Sweet.
Oh, and I would be remiss to remind everyone of their rights under the Telecommunications Privacy Act (TCPA)--If they call you, tell them that they must remove your entire contact information from their lists or find themselves in violation of the TCPA, complete with fines exceeding $1 million. (Some lady in Florida got the first award quite some time ago.)
I used to telemarket (for 2 years, I trained trainers. And the stink still is with me even after mor ethan 7 years!) ARGH! I'm filled with self-loathing...
But the idea of AICN doing a games site seems like they just want to throw money away. I've known Billy "Wicked" Wilson for many years (from way back in his VE days), and the market for the gaming site is very much dwindled. There was a time when any ass-monkey (Billy's words) could put up a site and actually make some money on it (Hell, he was making some serious cash), but that time has now gone.
Even his aborted return (www.gaminggroove.com--which may still see the light of day) which would have nuked VE and Bluesnews (and the Shack), even with Billy's name attached (call him what you want, he had some pull and name recognition), was going through some problems.
I seriously doubt that the AICN dudes know what a mess they're getting into.
I've read many times, in many different places, that the superheroes and villians of the Marvel Universe are *not* human at all because of their slight forward step in the evolutionary process. We are 'homo sapiens' they (collectively) are 'homo superior.'
Superman (and any other alien--and yes, I know full well Superman is a DC creation, so I'm not mixing companies here) would fall into the family of 'extraterrestrialis.'
So with that, it's clear that they are not human, and their plasic representations, although possessing humanoid forms, are not humans (as are you and me.)
Kevin, you were a witness for the defense in that trial where it is claimed that "escort service" calls are being rerouted. Do you think your testimony helped or hindered; and was it your infamy that helped or hindered?
Can they force MS to carry Netscape Navigator, Mozilla, Opera, or any other third-party application that competes/conflicts with already installed materials? Can MS produce their own JVM to compete and let the market duke it out, or do we get stuck with just one?
We shall see...we shall see...
It's almost like all these lame DMCA lawsuits (which mostly are garbage claims) are being filed on purpose in order to get the law reviewed. ...almost like the lawyers realise that the law, as it now stands, is ripe for abuse (shock and horror! Isn't that what people said before now?) and it needs to be either revised to eliminated all-together.
I vote, the latter.
I totally freaking agree. I want a human, with intuition and experience, working on my noodle, not some hacked code that might not like a video driver resolution, thereby causing me to get a lobotomy. This is a huge mistake.
...and it was rejected, so i posted it to my journal...
Hey moderators! How about getting a clue?!
Mullen has been stoned since day one. This wacked out idea is just another bit of proof of that.
Think about it, you already pay taxes when you walk into your local store, right? So all the Feds need to do is say "Hey, you have to collect, report, and pay the taxes on online purchases as well." Make it clear that the location of where the electronic purchase server is located is the jurisdiction that get's the taxes.
Like I said, this isn't a big deal if you think abou tit normally. But the Feds are nowhere near normal (or competent) so they'll muck it up somehow.
Whew! That was a relief! Without SUN we'd all be incompetent! ;)
Linux threates the existance of UNIX not Windows. Ergo, UNIX vendors are forced to eek out as much as they can as they lose ground.
$20 is only one CD. fF you bought say 50 CDs since 1995, you're getting screwed. If you bought 10 CDs since 1995, and get that $20, you're still getting screwed.... Add to that you have to fork out all sorts of personal info, it's really not worth it.
I figure, give Windows 100 questions; the *nixes get 100 questions; 100 hardware related questions; and 100 networking questions. That's 400 questions, let them have 5 hours for the exam, charge them $500 to take it. Set the pass score at something like 87% and get the thing recognised. Then all the other certs get relegated to the backburner.
Ok, I'm crazy, nevermind...
"Same with our hardware people -- our 17-year-old interns know more about this stuff than the MCSEs."
There's the flaw. Lots of people think the MCSE/MCSA/MCP is about hardware, it's not. Those certs are more about the system software, not the hardware.
"Blatantly incompetent people don't get very far..."
Ever hear of the Peter Principle? "The theory that employees within an organization will advance to their highest level of competence and then be promoted to and remain at a level at which they are incompetent."
This happens all the time.