Ya... I'm thinking that if it really were some "blistering flame-mail," we wouldn't be seeing this story b/c the message would have just gone in the trash with the rest of the crap I'm sure he gets.
Sounds like more of a PITA than anything at all... and to me, it doesn't seem like it'll make any difference in keeping information "secure" anyways. Anyone that wants to know anything about our military can probably just watch the news. They seem to tell enough of our "secret" plans most of the time anyways.
So they list two cases of people whining that they paid "consultants" to optimize their sites but got caught. And then make Google out to be the bad guy?
Both of the "businesses" seem shady to me anyways, and their practices on optimization only appear to confirm that. They got caught, Google did what it's supposed to do. Now they're being punished.
Sure, they may have reversed any of said optimization, but as the article even says, it can take 6 months to a year to be indexed again anyways. So take two of these and call us in a year...
This is exactly it... they support what they supplied with the system - hardware or software. What's so wrong about that? Why is everyone throwing a fit about this?
I had Dell do the same thing a while back. I had a network card go in one of their systems, but I had upgraded it to XP (shipped with 2000) and they told me they couldn't help me unless it was in it's original condition. Though the guy on the phone said he'd help me get it back to that state if I wanted... I laughed and hung up. Called back when it was back to "normal" and got service as expected.
Ya, anyone who reads/. and can't find themselves a cheap video card should just stop reading/. for a while. Or forever. And how this even was selected as a story just boggles my mind.
That's what I did... my first job out of college was phone support. Thankfully it wasn't for an "outsourcing" company though. It was in-house line. After a year of that I got burnt out too (though some of those people had been there for about 5 yrs before me). I made a transition to desktop support to at least get away from the phones. So now it's more of a "hands on" support role and it's much nicer. Of course not what I'll do forever, but not a bad experience builder either.
So no mention of when they might go to market? Or if the pricing would be comparable to current incandescents?
While I realize there are certain instances where people want/prefer/need to have incandescents, I think a factor for most people switching to the CFLs is $$ upfront.
I realize adblock is working as it should... but it's not "firefox" that the site doesn't work in, like the OP tried to claim. It works fine in firefox. It just doesn't work when you have adblock configured a certain way.
Turn off adblock. It looks like if you have any of the adblock subscriptions the entire site is blocked. I just checked the "blockable items" list for the site and EVERYTHING was red.
It'll probably be an option at some point (if it isn't already). The trouble is that sales tax varies by state/county. So if they leave it open for the seller to put in a % of their choice, buyers will pretty much get screwed on it just like they do on shipping (you know, like charging $10 to ship a dvd via media mail?). It would have to be something automatically added as needed per the buyer's ship to address and the tax rate for that location.
It seems the opposite actually. Since the guy that stole the laptop was not intelligent enough to turn something like SETI off... he is now minus one stolen laptop.
Would they let Jack Thompson play the Donald Trump role here?
"You're fired!"
It would probably wet his panties to get to fire people like that. Certainly a new move on Gamestop's part. This is what we need instead of more stupid legislation.
IMO, it would only undermine their case if the judge understands what is going on... not necessarily in all situations. But as per usual Slashdot commentary, IANAL. So I could be wrong.
But ya, important in a sense that we know it's proof, but I would be very interested in seeing how it might actually help someone - or if it even would.
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Ya... I'm thinking that if it really were some "blistering flame-mail," we wouldn't be seeing this story b/c the message would have just gone in the trash with the rest of the crap I'm sure he gets.
Sounds like more of a PITA than anything at all... and to me, it doesn't seem like it'll make any difference in keeping information "secure" anyways. Anyone that wants to know anything about our military can probably just watch the news. They seem to tell enough of our "secret" plans most of the time anyways.
So they list two cases of people whining that they paid "consultants" to optimize their sites but got caught. And then make Google out to be the bad guy?
Both of the "businesses" seem shady to me anyways, and their practices on optimization only appear to confirm that. They got caught, Google did what it's supposed to do. Now they're being punished.
Sure, they may have reversed any of said optimization, but as the article even says, it can take 6 months to a year to be indexed again anyways. So take two of these and call us in a year...
"Ya, all I had to do was suck it out of a hose."
There's also an EMI Press Release.
I think Google just drew a big middle finger over the Viacom HQ on Google Maps...
This is exactly it... they support what they supplied with the system - hardware or software. What's so wrong about that? Why is everyone throwing a fit about this?
I had Dell do the same thing a while back. I had a network card go in one of their systems, but I had upgraded it to XP (shipped with 2000) and they told me they couldn't help me unless it was in it's original condition. Though the guy on the phone said he'd help me get it back to that state if I wanted... I laughed and hung up. Called back when it was back to "normal" and got service as expected.
"Do they get a bonus at the end of the week, for the number of patents they have past."
Where's the motivation? If USPTO approves a few more patents, I don't see another dime!
Maybe this idea is just my head spinning... but does this make sense to anyone else? Using some of their analogy:
:: iTunes File : iPod
CD : CD Player
Kinda makes sense to me like that... and at least sort of reasonable.
Maybe I should be able to play my CDs in my tape player too though?
Ya... who needs to patch holes in Windows when people might run their own code on a 360! Oh the humanity!
Who said it wasn't working right? I wouldn't want to give my info to "such websites" either!
Just how is "Bad Google" these days? I haven't seen him in ages!
What is with the capital B?!
Ya, anyone who reads /. and can't find themselves a cheap video card should just stop reading /. for a while. Or forever. And how this even was selected as a story just boggles my mind.
That's what I did... my first job out of college was phone support. Thankfully it wasn't for an "outsourcing" company though. It was in-house line. After a year of that I got burnt out too (though some of those people had been there for about 5 yrs before me). I made a transition to desktop support to at least get away from the phones. So now it's more of a "hands on" support role and it's much nicer. Of course not what I'll do forever, but not a bad experience builder either.
Um.. I'm not sure if you were trying to work in some other joke I don't know about... but it's somebody set up us the bomb.
He didn't have to read the whole article to post that... he just copied what was in the story above. And that certainly takes less than a minute.
Think of the search engine's children!
So no mention of when they might go to market? Or if the pricing would be comparable to current incandescents?
While I realize there are certain instances where people want/prefer/need to have incandescents, I think a factor for most people switching to the CFLs is $$ upfront.
Or did I just miss that in TFA?
I realize adblock is working as it should... but it's not "firefox" that the site doesn't work in, like the OP tried to claim. It works fine in firefox. It just doesn't work when you have adblock configured a certain way.
And I never said it was a bug.
Turn off adblock. It looks like if you have any of the adblock subscriptions the entire site is blocked. I just checked the "blockable items" list for the site and EVERYTHING was red.
Works fine after that.
It'll probably be an option at some point (if it isn't already). The trouble is that sales tax varies by state/county. So if they leave it open for the seller to put in a % of their choice, buyers will pretty much get screwed on it just like they do on shipping (you know, like charging $10 to ship a dvd via media mail?). It would have to be something automatically added as needed per the buyer's ship to address and the tax rate for that location.
What a PITA that would be though.
It seems the opposite actually. Since the guy that stole the laptop was not intelligent enough to turn something like SETI off... he is now minus one stolen laptop.
PS3 = BluRay
Other than that... who knows. Maybe they're still relating to the BluRay "dominance" to PS3 sales - hence games.
Would they let Jack Thompson play the Donald Trump role here?
"You're fired!"
It would probably wet his panties to get to fire people like that. Certainly a new move on Gamestop's part. This is what we need instead of more stupid legislation.
IMO, it would only undermine their case if the judge understands what is going on... not necessarily in all situations. But as per usual Slashdot commentary, IANAL. So I could be wrong.
But ya, important in a sense that we know it's proof, but I would be very interested in seeing how it might actually help someone - or if it even would.