"Truth in Advertising" has been on the books for many many years. In a sense that is all that this law is and no one on this side of the pond seems to have an objection to it at its core. The stretch with this particular law is that they are not lying about the product they are advertising (what the existing "Truth In Advertising" laws work with). This is lying about the models endorsing their product. It's a fairly grey line between the two. Whether that distinction is enough to make one law legit in the US and one law not is why discussions on the minutia of the 1st Amendment are so interesting.
Ya. The work I do is (or at least was) constantly butting up against ITAR. You'd be surprised how easy it is to be in violation and the penalties are pretty effing severe if you get caught. We have training every year to fresh and remind us how to not potentially commit a company-ending mistake. Usually we come out of said training ticking off the various infractions that may have occurred in the past or even semi regularly.
You'd also be surprised what all falls under the label "arms" as our company is not involved in any way what-so-ever with the production of anything that could be used to inflict damage on another person/entity's body or property (my, maybe limited, definition of the word)
So my question... what are the stats for Windows hosts (infected / most likely infected)?
1/5 Macs have Windows malware. Disturbing percentage unless you consider the fact most Mac users don't install Anti-Virus because they don't feel the need. Ergo, any Malware floating around the usual channels will find its way to their host and stick there.
I'd rather compare that number (1/5) and the 1/36 number of actual Mac viruses to the current infection rate of PCs... ? Are they closer to the 1/5 or the 1/36 or some other relevant number?
I'd say the answer to your first question would have to be no to have that complete lack of understanding current communication amongst the youngins. I'm 35 but I spend a vast majority of my time hanging around 20 somethings (club music biz). Even they pretty much do all of their communicating via text. Calling someone is almost considered rude. The next crop coming out of HS are even worse (better?). I find myself somewhere in the middle. Minimum 500/month but usually closer to 1500-2000.
Cheers! I was wondering when someone was going to point that out... Although I think in the context of the article many NDAs cram a bunch of NCA crap into them and that I won't sign till I'm receiving paychecks with your name on them. If his point is just that NDAs get out of control then be prepared to negotiate a "clean" NDA if he really wants the business. If he's got all the business he needs (as the OP seems to imply) then he should feel free to turn down any business he wants... I'm sure some of us would be plenty happy to have the extra work and be slightly less obtuse with our gate keeping.
The Retail Equation says its Verify-2 software identifies the 1 percent of consumers whose behavior can be identified as return fraud or abuse. The company, whose software is in 20,000 stores throughout the country, says return fraud ranges from $14.3 billion to $18.4 billion each year.
That's a lot of marketing speak but whether accurate or not... there's your citation.
I'm glad AC's comment got modded into visibility. He's apparently the only one who RTFA. This is not an across the board policy for all purchased merchandise. This is a "probation" of sorts that people who fail the analytics get put into to reduce at least the frequency of fraud.
As stated in the article they accept over 99% of all returns. Only people who show a pattern of potentially illegitimate returns get put on this limitation.
A lot of people are crying foul for a variety of reasons... maybe this isn't the best method but it's about all they have and they are literally losing Billions to a pretty damn widespread abuse of their extremely friendly return policy... so give them a little credit for trying. Other policies such as well advertised prohibitions on returning Big Screen TVs around super bowl time have been in place for years. (Yes sir... you can purchase a TV right now but we're just saying that we will charge you an automatic restocking fee if you return it no matter the condition or reason.) those methods were not sufficient.
Best Buy has a lot of problems to fix not the least of which is the decimation of their business model by internet retailers. That being said there are a lot of people who are going to legitimately miss them if they do go out of business. (There goes your free "demo room" and "rental shop" or just place I can grab something that I need "right now" not shipping time.) Something to consider in the midst of all this Best Buy bashing.
I used to work at BB during those days (94-98 right when CC tried to move in on BB's turf and BB not only won but proceeded to move in on their turf and crush them). Honestly, I really think we were better back then. I mean don't get me wrong... we still had to push the accessories and warranties but not a vicious as now and frankly we were regularly trained on the products so if the sales staff weren't up-to-speed it was not for lack of trying. Not sure where they took such a hard wrong turn but losing money to Amazon and other online retailers seems to definitely be an instigator. (We're losing money... how do we fix it?!? "Release the hounds!")
So anyway... as far as CC was concerned it was laughable. I'd stop in every once in a while just to see how bad it was. Best part was when some irritated customer (cause we wouldn't reduce our price just for the asking, etc) would exclaim "I'm going to Circuit City!" We would in no way stop them... even encourage them because we could set our clocks by how quickly we *knew* they would come back, tail between the legs, a MUCH friendlier customer.
Yeah... it's there. After you wade through what is very clearly marketing BS. Most of the article is straight off of the PR on the company's website and is very clearly just a fishing expedition for investors.
I think it's a cool vehicle... wouldn't mind owning one BUT it. is. not. a. flying. car.
You have the right to say that (at least here) and I'll in no way try to stop you. But I also have the right to say that I completely disagree with you on all points.
It is the subjective nature of what is "on the table" that demands that free speech be universal.
When do we get the reality TV show!? "Pawn Stars -- USPTO" and "Pawn Stars -- Wall Street". We've already seen plenty of activity from both and it's popular as ever! There's plenty of nuts doing the work to make the show interesting too. Gotta sell this crap to the History channel fast!
As I recall a bunch of theaters tried to install jammers and were bitch slapped by the FCC. Their response was mostly "We're the only ones who have a right to do that so get off our lawn!" but in the conversation a variety of other issues crept up such as: Medical emergency in the theater. Patrons try to call 911 with their cells (all the while not spending time trying to find some wired form of communication) and get blocked. Family of victim sues theater out of existence for blocking "potentially life saving" calls.
That's not even getting into what happens when the blocker's range exceeds its purvey. Either way the FCC said "No you can't do that" and didn't seem to give any indication that they had any "maybe" in that decree.
I used to have a chemlab-grade bottle of pure caffeine. It had no less than 8 different warning labels on it telling you how it could (and most likely would) kill you. Most people don't understand how small a 'real' amount of Caffeine they are consuming. In amounts the equivalent of say, snorting a line of cocaine, you would cause *serious damage. What's to keep your average marker-sniffing high school student from cracking these open and going to town (and then to the hospital)?
On a related, less funny, note: Why are they primarily designing for a fully integrated product? I would envision 2 tracks to this: 1) A bluetooth HUD that uses the brain/connectivity/etc of your existing smart phone and 2) the integrated device they are talking about here.
Biggest issue for me is price. I wouldn't like the form factor enough to replace my phone with it BUT I would appreciate having the HUD capabilities occasionally. $250-$600 is just a bit too high for my tastes for an accessory.
SO have the "integrated" version that sells for that price range. The have the bluetooth version that is basically the HUD w/ built in camera for maybe the $100-$250 range?
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My body's already a multi-touch surface... :-)
"Truth in Advertising" has been on the books for many many years. In a sense that is all that this law is and no one on this side of the pond seems to have an objection to it at its core. The stretch with this particular law is that they are not lying about the product they are advertising (what the existing "Truth In Advertising" laws work with). This is lying about the models endorsing their product. It's a fairly grey line between the two. Whether that distinction is enough to make one law legit in the US and one law not is why discussions on the minutia of the 1st Amendment are so interesting.
Ya. The work I do is (or at least was) constantly butting up against ITAR. You'd be surprised how easy it is to be in violation and the penalties are pretty effing severe if you get caught. We have training every year to fresh and remind us how to not potentially commit a company-ending mistake. Usually we come out of said training ticking off the various infractions that may have occurred in the past or even semi regularly.
You'd also be surprised what all falls under the label "arms" as our company is not involved in any way what-so-ever with the production of anything that could be used to inflict damage on another person/entity's body or property (my, maybe limited, definition of the word)
Ya... terrible title doesn't match summary or linked article. News at 11.
Those instructions are very similar to something else...
Setting up a grow room. :-)
So my question... what are the stats for Windows hosts (infected / most likely infected)?
1/5 Macs have Windows malware. Disturbing percentage unless you consider the fact most Mac users don't install Anti-Virus because they don't feel the need. Ergo, any Malware floating around the usual channels will find its way to their host and stick there.
I'd rather compare that number (1/5) and the 1/36 number of actual Mac viruses to the current infection rate of PCs... ? Are they closer to the 1/5 or the 1/36 or some other relevant number?
Is there an echo in here?
I'd say the answer to your first question would have to be no to have that complete lack of understanding current communication amongst the youngins. I'm 35 but I spend a vast majority of my time hanging around 20 somethings (club music biz). Even they pretty much do all of their communicating via text. Calling someone is almost considered rude. The next crop coming out of HS are even worse (better?). I find myself somewhere in the middle. Minimum 500/month but usually closer to 1500-2000.
Cheers! I was wondering when someone was going to point that out... Although I think in the context of the article many NDAs cram a bunch of NCA crap into them and that I won't sign till I'm receiving paychecks with your name on them. If his point is just that NDAs get out of control then be prepared to negotiate a "clean" NDA if he really wants the business. If he's got all the business he needs (as the OP seems to imply) then he should feel free to turn down any business he wants... I'm sure some of us would be plenty happy to have the extra work and be slightly less obtuse with our gate keeping.
Personally I think the true impact of such a series would be improved if they followed my complete mis-reading of the summary:
spread for hundreds of miles across Europe by biting midgeTs
Now THAT's a story I'd watch :-)
You want a citation... how 'bout you RTFA?
The Retail Equation says its Verify-2 software identifies the 1 percent of consumers whose behavior can be identified as return fraud or abuse. The company, whose software is in 20,000 stores throughout the country, says return fraud ranges from $14.3 billion to $18.4 billion each year.
That's a lot of marketing speak but whether accurate or not... there's your citation.
I'm glad AC's comment got modded into visibility. He's apparently the only one who RTFA. This is not an across the board policy for all purchased merchandise. This is a "probation" of sorts that people who fail the analytics get put into to reduce at least the frequency of fraud.
As stated in the article they accept over 99% of all returns. Only people who show a pattern of potentially illegitimate returns get put on this limitation.
A lot of people are crying foul for a variety of reasons... maybe this isn't the best method but it's about all they have and they are literally losing Billions to a pretty damn widespread abuse of their extremely friendly return policy... so give them a little credit for trying. Other policies such as well advertised prohibitions on returning Big Screen TVs around super bowl time have been in place for years. (Yes sir... you can purchase a TV right now but we're just saying that we will charge you an automatic restocking fee if you return it no matter the condition or reason.) those methods were not sufficient.
Best Buy has a lot of problems to fix not the least of which is the decimation of their business model by internet retailers. That being said there are a lot of people who are going to legitimately miss them if they do go out of business. (There goes your free "demo room" and "rental shop" or just place I can grab something that I need "right now" not shipping time.) Something to consider in the midst of all this Best Buy bashing.
I used to work at BB during those days (94-98 right when CC tried to move in on BB's turf and BB not only won but proceeded to move in on their turf and crush them). Honestly, I really think we were better back then. I mean don't get me wrong... we still had to push the accessories and warranties but not a vicious as now and frankly we were regularly trained on the products so if the sales staff weren't up-to-speed it was not for lack of trying. Not sure where they took such a hard wrong turn but losing money to Amazon and other online retailers seems to definitely be an instigator. (We're losing money... how do we fix it?!? "Release the hounds!")
So anyway... as far as CC was concerned it was laughable. I'd stop in every once in a while just to see how bad it was. Best part was when some irritated customer (cause we wouldn't reduce our price just for the asking, etc) would exclaim "I'm going to Circuit City!" We would in no way stop them... even encourage them because we could set our clocks by how quickly we *knew* they would come back, tail between the legs, a MUCH friendlier customer.
well... depends on what shape it decides to form whilst it's in there.
There's a whole 'nother pron category just waiting to be explored!
Best. Socket Wrench. Evar.
Has no one seen The Outer Limits - Sandkings?!
lather rinse repeat... always repeat.
Yeah... it's there. After you wade through what is very clearly marketing BS. Most of the article is straight off of the PR on the company's website and is very clearly just a fishing expedition for investors.
I think it's a cool vehicle... wouldn't mind owning one BUT it. is. not. a. flying. car.
I can't speak for the anonymous parent's smiling but for me...
Those "biggies" have all failed in their own way (not all 100% dead but you know what I'm saying) so they tie in nicely to an article about OS/2.
That makes me smile (or at least I smiled when I read the parent's comment as I didn't actually RTFA :-)
INCONCEIVABLE!!!
You have the right to say that (at least here) and I'll in no way try to stop you. But I also have the right to say that I completely disagree with you on all points.
It is the subjective nature of what is "on the table" that demands that free speech be universal.
When do we get the reality TV show!? "Pawn Stars -- USPTO" and "Pawn Stars -- Wall Street". We've already seen plenty of activity from both and it's popular as ever! There's plenty of nuts doing the work to make the show interesting too. Gotta sell this crap to the History channel fast!
As I recall a bunch of theaters tried to install jammers and were bitch slapped by the FCC. Their response was mostly "We're the only ones who have a right to do that so get off our lawn!" but in the conversation a variety of other issues crept up such as: Medical emergency in the theater. Patrons try to call 911 with their cells (all the while not spending time trying to find some wired form of communication) and get blocked. Family of victim sues theater out of existence for blocking "potentially life saving" calls.
That's not even getting into what happens when the blocker's range exceeds its purvey. Either way the FCC said "No you can't do that" and didn't seem to give any indication that they had any "maybe" in that decree.
They do... it's called "scissors".
WCPGW
I used to have a chemlab-grade bottle of pure caffeine. It had no less than 8 different warning labels on it telling you how it could (and most likely would) kill you. Most people don't understand how small a 'real' amount of Caffeine they are consuming. In amounts the equivalent of say, snorting a line of cocaine, you would cause *serious damage. What's to keep your average marker-sniffing high school student from cracking these open and going to town (and then to the hospital)?
On a related, less funny, note: Why are they primarily designing for a fully integrated product? I would envision 2 tracks to this: 1) A bluetooth HUD that uses the brain/connectivity/etc of your existing smart phone and 2) the integrated device they are talking about here.
Biggest issue for me is price. I wouldn't like the form factor enough to replace my phone with it BUT I would appreciate having the HUD capabilities occasionally. $250-$600 is just a bit too high for my tastes for an accessory.
SO have the "integrated" version that sells for that price range. The have the bluetooth version that is basically the HUD w/ built in camera for maybe the $100-$250 range?