Let me know when I can play UT2003 on my cell phone using a 1280x1024 virtual screen that's projected straight into my retinas. Oh yeah, and wireless broadband net access of course.;-)
1. Don't "unsell" anything that your sales team has sold. It doesn't matter that they dont need that particular widget - don't tell them that.
2. Make recomendations for how they could do things better. They will expect this. This is the difference between a consultant and a contractor.
3. Don't make the customer feel like an idiot for having designed/implemented something in a less-than-perfect manner. Politely suggest the necessary changes and give them good reasons why they need said changes. And don't make the customer feel like an idiot.
I used to work for HP, and I know that in terms of revenue, they are not a printer company - They are an ink company.
They suck you in with dirt-cheap printer prices, then stab you in the back with the replacement cost of ink.
I believe some vendors deliberately include only partially filled ink cartridges with new printers so that you HAVE to go buy an expensive refill shortly there after.
This student is a criminal and should be forced to pay the full amount to the RIAA for his criminal misconduct. If he can't pay he should be imprisoned and enslaved or executed. He is a criminal and a terrorist.
Don't forget the condoms! When that hot chick with a corrupt boot sector sees her OS booting for the first time in weeks, the only thing on her mind will be jumping your bones!
It does take some more work to make a LCD screen take VGA or RCA inputs, so there is the cost the LCD is brought at (a lot more than the laptop manufacturers buy them at), and then the intergration of circuits to accept VGA or RCA input.
While this is true, it is not reflected in the real world price of an LCD display. The Digital flat panels (DFP's) which have NO analog converter always cost more than a comparable analog flat panel!
That analog display costs more to manufacturer since it requires the analog-digital convertor, but only high-end machines and enthusiasts will opt for the more elegant DFP - and thus are more willing to pay a higher price for what they percieve as a "better" solution.
In a capitalist system, the value of an item is equal to what someone is willing to pay for it. As long as there are people paying X thousand dollars for a plasma TV, the retailer and manufacturer have no incentive to reduce the price.
I'm casting my vote by not paying that high of a price. Just wait a little... It'll come down.
No, you must closed minded and blind. I was referring to neo conservaties [iraqwar.org] and the hawks [guardian.co.uk] in the White House.
I well aware of these two groups. I live on C and 6th street NE in DC. That's six blocks from the bloody Capitol building. Personally, I side with the Hawks on most issues. Your insinuation that my political thoughts and beliefs exist only because "they" want me to think that way is what I found so asinine.
"The Iraqi people are hostages to a vicious regime. They will be liberated. It's going to happen. The only way to do it, they tried diplomacy for 13 years. They tried economic sanctions. Neither worked. They tried limited military applications in the northern and southern no-fly zones. That didn't work. They tried 17 U.N. resolutions. President Bush went one extra step and provided 48 hours for the Iraqi regime to leave the country and leave it without a conflict. Every single effort was rebutted, rejected.
Now, that leaves only one course. You say, is there any way to do it without conflict? No, everything else was tried. And the Iraqi people are going to end up liberated. The ones that have been liberated in the southern part of this country are grateful and appreciative, and that will be the case as Baghdad is liberated. "
Yes, it may be juvenile and not terribly productive, but calling them terrorists is just misinformed and ignorant.
Wrong sparky. Giving them a slap on the wrist and a $25 dollar fine is misinformed and ignorant.
Is there really such a difference between a man who attacks military infrastructure using his computer, and a man who attacks military troops using a gun? These two are becoming closer and closer each day as the military relies more on high tech devices.
Don't worry, when the Patriot Act expansion goes through, they will be labeled as terrorists and removed from their homes at gun point.
As they should be if it's US military computers that they are attacking.
It all sounds terribly fair eh? Well now, you may think so, but remember who gets to say who is a terrorist. Are you a union member? Being treated unfairly? Haven't seen a raise for 5 years? Strike you say? Well careful there cowboy, your job is essential to the operation of American interests, and you're disrupting commerce. Terrorist!
This "example" is just absurd. Come on man, think before you post!
OK, maybe you're not a union member. Let's say you belong to a group that wrote some cool encryption tool. Well my friend that nasy encryption could aid the enemy. Aid a terrorist? You're a commu -- I mean terrorist! You're little group is busted!
This is equally absurd as you previous babble. There are many US corporations already dedicated to encryption and encryption tools.
Yeah, I'm sure the Germans said all the time "Just think, another 4 years and we'll be in war, branded as inhuman monsters, and killing massive amounts of innocent Jews. Damn that's gonna be fun".
More of your uneducated nonsense. It was the Nazi's, not the Germans that fit this role. Not all Germans were Nazi's. Very similarly, not all Iraqi's are evil Saddam supporters - which is exactly what this war is about: Freeing the innocent Iraqi people.
Nobody sees this stuff coming, people just get swept up in it.
These vandals are no different than the terrorist regime of Saddam Hussein or the terrorist network of Al Queda. The only difference is that they use a computer as their weapon of choice, instead of a gun. They should be jailed.
The people of Iraq want and need this war to occur. War is a necessary evil, and in this case, it is the right thing to do.
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Top things that you DONT want to beta test.
1. Parachutes.
2. Invasive surgical procedures.
3. Seat Belts.
4. Condoms. (Whoops, it broke. Now was that a Yes or a No to my "Do you have herpes" question?)
5. Pot Holders (So, on a scale of 1 to 5, how badly would you say you were scalded?)
Too bad they didn't do a "public hardware test" on the Ford Pinto before it was released en masse.
Many people's lives would have been spared had Ford not rushed this product to market.
I'll sit this techno fad out...
;-)
Let me know when I can play UT2003 on my cell phone using a 1280x1024 virtual screen that's projected straight into my retinas. Oh yeah, and wireless broadband net access of course.
Forget 3D on wireless, I just want decent 3D graphics on my PC!
;-)
I really should replace my VooDoo 1 card someday...
The PATRIOT act is used to define SPAM as terrorism.
I hope so... If we start hunting down spammers with the same tenacity as if they were terrorists... we'd all be better off.
I've read repeatedly that some percentage of all email is spam. I think the number that usually gets thrown around is 40%.
;-)
Well that sure as hell isn't my inbox. I'm lucky if one in twenty message is NOT spam.
I really should get some friends though...
1. Don't "unsell" anything that your sales team has sold. It doesn't matter that they dont need that particular widget - don't tell them that.
2. Make recomendations for how they could do things better. They will expect this. This is the difference between a consultant and a contractor.
3. Don't make the customer feel like an idiot for having designed/implemented something in a less-than-perfect manner. Politely suggest the necessary changes and give them good reasons why they need said changes. And don't make the customer feel like an idiot.
These 3 should get you started...
I used to work for HP, and I know that in terms of revenue, they are not a printer company - They are an ink company.
;-)
They suck you in with dirt-cheap printer prices, then stab you in the back with the replacement cost of ink.
I believe some vendors deliberately include only partially filled ink cartridges with new printers so that you HAVE to go buy an expensive refill shortly there after.
Oh well... guess it beats using a typewriter
It's only $96 billion dollars...
;-)
Can't he set up an online donation fund or something?
This student is a criminal and should be forced to pay the full amount to the RIAA for his criminal misconduct. If he can't pay he should be imprisoned and enslaved or executed. He is a criminal and a terrorist.
Ok, give it up already... April 1st is long gone.
Don't forget the condoms! When that hot chick with a corrupt boot sector sees her OS booting for the first time in weeks, the only thing on her mind will be jumping your bones!
It's a very positive thing to see government funding OSS software. This is something that gives positive returns to everyone.
It does take some more work to make a LCD screen take VGA or RCA inputs, so there is the cost the LCD is brought at (a lot more than the laptop manufacturers buy them at), and then the intergration of circuits to accept VGA or RCA input.
While this is true, it is not reflected in the real world price of an LCD display. The Digital flat panels (DFP's) which have NO analog converter always cost more than a comparable analog flat panel!
That analog display costs more to manufacturer since it requires the analog-digital convertor, but only high-end machines and enthusiasts will opt for the more elegant DFP - and thus are more willing to pay a higher price for what they percieve as a "better" solution.
Just my two cents.
In a capitalist system, the value of an item is equal to what someone is willing to pay for it. As long as there are people paying X thousand dollars for a plasma TV, the retailer and manufacturer have no incentive to reduce the price.
I'm casting my vote by not paying that high of a price. Just wait a little... It'll come down.
This is probably fairly acurate reporting if you were describing a Ford Pinto!
There's a reason they never compare anything to a Crown Victoria or an SUV, though you might see comparisons made to 'big as two Bugs' in such cases.
Actually I think that it's because Astronomers tend to be intelligent human beings, and would shy away from such poorly build luddite machinery.
American SUV's and Chevy Crown Victorias are low-tech, obsolete, and are only purchased by rednecks and people who don't know any better.
Not to mention that ALL american SUV's are completely unsafe and are death-traps for their occupants.
I don't know what the fuck a "'57 Chevy" looks like.
And most people outside the USA probably don't.
If it's as ugly as 99% of American cars are, then I'm glad I haven't seen one.
No, you must closed minded and blind. I was referring to neo conservaties [iraqwar.org] and the hawks [guardian.co.uk] in the White House.
I well aware of these two groups. I live on C and 6th street NE in DC. That's six blocks from the bloody Capitol building. Personally, I side with the Hawks on most issues. Your insinuation that my political thoughts and beliefs exist only because "they" want me to think that way is what I found so asinine.
Whoops... Meant to say "Rumsfeld".
What a misguided soul you are...
I think Remsfeld put it best:
"The Iraqi people are hostages to a vicious regime. They will be liberated. It's going to happen. The only way to do it, they tried diplomacy for 13 years. They tried economic sanctions. Neither worked. They tried limited military applications in the northern and southern no-fly zones. That didn't work. They tried 17 U.N. resolutions. President Bush went one extra step and provided 48 hours for the Iraqi regime to leave the country and leave it without a conflict. Every single effort was rebutted, rejected.
Now, that leaves only one course. You say, is there any way to do it without conflict? No, everything else was tried. And the Iraqi people are going to end up liberated. The ones that have been liberated in the southern part of this country are grateful and appreciative, and that will be the case as Baghdad is liberated. "
That's what those neo conservatives and hawks want you to believe.
I'm sure your wearing your tinfoil hat as we speak.
Yes, it may be juvenile and not terribly productive, but calling them terrorists is just misinformed and ignorant.
Wrong sparky. Giving them a slap on the wrist and a $25 dollar fine is misinformed and ignorant.
Is there really such a difference between a man who attacks military infrastructure using his computer, and a man who attacks military troops using a gun? These two are becoming closer and closer each day as the military relies more on high tech devices.
Think about it.
Don't worry, when the Patriot Act expansion goes through, they will be labeled as terrorists and removed from their homes at gun point.
As they should be if it's US military computers that they are attacking.
It all sounds terribly fair eh? Well now, you may think so, but remember who gets to say who is a terrorist. Are you a union member? Being treated unfairly? Haven't seen a raise for 5 years? Strike you say? Well careful there cowboy, your job is essential to the operation of American interests, and you're disrupting commerce. Terrorist!
This "example" is just absurd. Come on man, think before you post!
OK, maybe you're not a union member. Let's say you belong to a group that wrote some cool encryption tool. Well my friend that nasy encryption could aid the enemy. Aid a terrorist? You're a commu -- I mean terrorist! You're little group is busted!
This is equally absurd as you previous babble. There are many US corporations already dedicated to encryption and encryption tools.
Yeah, I'm sure the Germans said all the time "Just think, another 4 years and we'll be in war, branded as inhuman monsters, and killing massive amounts of innocent Jews. Damn that's gonna be fun".
More of your uneducated nonsense. It was the Nazi's, not the Germans that fit this role. Not all Germans were Nazi's. Very similarly, not all Iraqi's are evil Saddam supporters - which is exactly what this war is about: Freeing the innocent Iraqi people.
Nobody sees this stuff coming, people just get swept up in it.
That's bullshit. Think about it.
Maybe these corporations should spend a bit of money and manpower on securing their sites. Ever think of that?
Following your logic, if I were to shoot and kill you, it would be your fault for not wearing a bullet proof vest?
Come on man, think before you post!
These vandals are no different than the terrorist regime of Saddam Hussein or the terrorist network of Al Queda. The only difference is that they use a computer as their weapon of choice, instead of a gun. They should be jailed.
The people of Iraq want and need this war to occur. War is a necessary evil, and in this case, it is the right thing to do.