Are these privacy policies any more difficult to read than the rules to McDonalds' annual Monopoly game? Come on, they are worded in a way so as to protect the company posting them, not to genuinely inform their customers.
What is the point? Coaxing the state government in to suing him will just cost the tax payers extra money and make this guy look like a douchebag with no life. Why not just keep an eye out for any case where the government sues someone else for "violating the copyright" and then jump in that case? And if it never happens, it apparently doesn't need to, because it is affecting no one.
I don't know what to do about squeezing them for money, but I wouldn't get any a domain under any TLD other than.com for email. People are idiots and couldn't find my domain (at.org) even after I added.org to the application's name that the site hosted (after taking a cue from open office).
I used SF until I got tired of all of the members of the dev team complaining about how awful it was to use. SVN was slow as hell. In the end, the only real benefit was that we found one of our top developers through their classified ads (or whatever they call them -- its been a while). The best choice I think I ever made was finally moving the svn repo to my own webhost.
If "cheapass" 512/512 (which I'd call SDSL, but that's beside the point) is $25 a month and 5mbit is $150, can you blame that guy for bringing down the average? Or is that maybe part of the point of these tests?
Or, in my case, 256k SDSL is $75, but I went hardcore and got our small town telephone coop's top of the line 768k for $90 a month (plus $15 for a phone line I wouldn't otherwise have). So I'm doing my part to bring the average up(/down less).
What "analysis" ? You didn't do any yourself. It's common sense that you want to create more jobs, and that creating more jobs improves the economy. You can only speculate what a politicians motives are, but tangible results are measurable. If you get the results you want, who cares what's going on in a politician's head?
Heh, no, I don't change the aspect ratio. Just make 'em small. But, even still, I was joking. I don't care who knows I have an odd shaped head.;)
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The really disappointing part is the number of special pieces. Nothing is made out of Legos anymore, they're all made out of the same parts as every other toy with Lego connectors instead of GI Joe rivets.
What is the "essence of photography" ? I've heard of people that refuse to crop a photo for the same reason, but most photographers think that's silly. Which reminds me of one of my old religious zealot friends who won't swear or have premarital sex because the Bible says you shouldn't, but he will disobey the "law of man" by driving 20mph over the speed limit.
I guess the point is, everyone is willing to bend a little bit in their interpretation of the "rules." Castrating someone for bending them further is a bit hypocritical.
That said, photoshopping someone in to a photo that wasn't in it originally just for the sake of having a photo of them at that event is pretty silly. The extent to which I'll usually alter a photo is by resizing it so you can't tell how odd shaped my head is.
If you ask a chick what she looks for in a man, she'll say a good sense of humor. It's a complete lie -- what she really wants is a good looking dude. That would mean you are screwed. You might be tempted at that point to feel a little better, saying "Hey, at least I do have a good sense of humor.."
But you don't. You clearly posted these support emails thinking they would be good for a laugh, but, instead, they were just really boring.
"Nu-uh, Sega beats the pants off Nintendo!"
I've never heard anyone say that. Because..
"rather than just playing catch-up with everybody else, which is what we've traditionally done."
..which they've always done very poorly. They were consistantly using inferior technology and pushing inferior games. The only time I think I've ever heard anyone prefer Sega was when the Genesis version of Mortal Kombat had red blood and SNES didn't. The best thing Sega ever had going for them was Toejam and Earl.
Or they would look a lot like they do today. I think nearly everyone in America horribly underestimates the number of pro football players that have juiced.
I'm sure plenty of people felt the pinch of the money China has spent on the Olympics. Certainly none of the people of a social standing that would allow them to attend Olympic events, but maybe a billion others.
To hell with my karma. This may very well be the dumbest argument I've ever seen anyone make. And I've worked with a lot of complete douchebags that will argue about the most meaningless and stupid things.
The story didn't change. A bunch of people walked in a circle. NBC showed you a bunch of people walking in a circle. If it had been edited to look like the fireworks displays were going off when the American team came in, or to look like Nicolas Sarkozy was falling asleep when the Chinese team came on (instead of Uzbekistan or whatever it was), sure, what you are saying might be reasonable. But as it stands, you are making me wish slashdot had [img] tags so I could do better than just link to this. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v340/cowcowmoomoo1/arguingOnTheInternet.jpg
Maybe these people need to talk with someone who has actually been enslaved before they claim they were treated the same way. They should be compensated appropriately for their time, but the shock value of using the term "slave" is pretty ridiculous.
I'm sure in 1979 they could walk in to any corner drug store and buy plutonium, but this is 2008. No, no, the only thing that could generate that kind of electricity is a bolt of lightning, but unfortunately you never know when or where it's going to strike.
That's a pretty short-sighted comment. It's very easy to end up doing something that outwardly looks totally foolish. Maybe these files started out about 4kb (and as I imagine this example, I'm remembering when it happened in my project) and unforseen changes caused it to gradually grow to 32mb. Hand editing from the beginning wasn't a big deal, but now it is.
Which brings up the issue of changing this "process." Have you worked in a fast paced environment with limited resoures? Processes don't just change. Projects just like this are thought up, planned, and indefinately postponed because they don't have extra resources to devote to the two months it would take to rewrite the process, allocate hardware, set up a database, migrate the data, train the users, test, install client software and so on.
1. There's nothing wrong! If something is wrong...
2. Hackers did it! If hackers couldn't have done it...
3. Disgruntled employees did it! If disgruntled employees couldn't have done it...
4. It's the vendor's fault! If the vendor couldn't have done it...
5. There's nothing wrong.
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Are these privacy policies any more difficult to read than the rules to McDonalds' annual Monopoly game? Come on, they are worded in a way so as to protect the company posting them, not to genuinely inform their customers.
What is the point? Coaxing the state government in to suing him will just cost the tax payers extra money and make this guy look like a douchebag with no life. Why not just keep an eye out for any case where the government sues someone else for "violating the copyright" and then jump in that case? And if it never happens, it apparently doesn't need to, because it is affecting no one.
I don't know what to do about squeezing them for money, but I wouldn't get any a domain under any TLD other than .com for email. People are idiots and couldn't find my domain (at .org) even after I added .org to the application's name that the site hosted (after taking a cue from open office).
Setting the guide apart from other tutorials is the ability to edit and run any of the all-Javascript examples directly in your browser.
Am I reading this correctly or does this book actually include example code?! How revolutionary!
I used SF until I got tired of all of the members of the dev team complaining about how awful it was to use. SVN was slow as hell. In the end, the only real benefit was that we found one of our top developers through their classified ads (or whatever they call them -- its been a while). The best choice I think I ever made was finally moving the svn repo to my own webhost.
If "cheapass" 512/512 (which I'd call SDSL, but that's beside the point) is $25 a month and 5mbit is $150, can you blame that guy for bringing down the average? Or is that maybe part of the point of these tests? Or, in my case, 256k SDSL is $75, but I went hardcore and got our small town telephone coop's top of the line 768k for $90 a month (plus $15 for a phone line I wouldn't otherwise have). So I'm doing my part to bring the average up(/down less).
What "analysis" ? You didn't do any yourself. It's common sense that you want to create more jobs, and that creating more jobs improves the economy. You can only speculate what a politicians motives are, but tangible results are measurable. If you get the results you want, who cares what's going on in a politician's head?
Heh, no, I don't change the aspect ratio. Just make 'em small. But, even still, I was joking. I don't care who knows I have an odd shaped head. ;)
The really disappointing part is the number of special pieces. Nothing is made out of Legos anymore, they're all made out of the same parts as every other toy with Lego connectors instead of GI Joe rivets.
What is the "essence of photography" ? I've heard of people that refuse to crop a photo for the same reason, but most photographers think that's silly. Which reminds me of one of my old religious zealot friends who won't swear or have premarital sex because the Bible says you shouldn't, but he will disobey the "law of man" by driving 20mph over the speed limit.
I guess the point is, everyone is willing to bend a little bit in their interpretation of the "rules." Castrating someone for bending them further is a bit hypocritical.
That said, photoshopping someone in to a photo that wasn't in it originally just for the sake of having a photo of them at that event is pretty silly. The extent to which I'll usually alter a photo is by resizing it so you can't tell how odd shaped my head is.
I suppose, but that guy could certainly use some tire-wet. Those sidewalls look awful.
That's not green, buddy. It's teal. Which is incredibly annoying regardless of any other factors.
If you ask a chick what she looks for in a man, she'll say a good sense of humor. It's a complete lie -- what she really wants is a good looking dude. That would mean you are screwed. You might be tempted at that point to feel a little better, saying "Hey, at least I do have a good sense of humor.."
But you don't. You clearly posted these support emails thinking they would be good for a laugh, but, instead, they were just really boring.
"Nu-uh, Sega beats the pants off Nintendo!"
I've never heard anyone say that. Because..
"rather than just playing catch-up with everybody else, which is what we've traditionally done."
..which they've always done very poorly. They were consistantly using inferior technology and pushing inferior games. The only time I think I've ever heard anyone prefer Sega was when the Genesis version of Mortal Kombat had red blood and SNES didn't. The best thing Sega ever had going for them was Toejam and Earl.
Or they would look a lot like they do today. I think nearly everyone in America horribly underestimates the number of pro football players that have juiced.
I'm sure plenty of people felt the pinch of the money China has spent on the Olympics. Certainly none of the people of a social standing that would allow them to attend Olympic events, but maybe a billion others.
To hell with my karma. This may very well be the dumbest argument I've ever seen anyone make. And I've worked with a lot of complete douchebags that will argue about the most meaningless and stupid things.
The story didn't change. A bunch of people walked in a circle. NBC showed you a bunch of people walking in a circle. If it had been edited to look like the fireworks displays were going off when the American team came in, or to look like Nicolas Sarkozy was falling asleep when the Chinese team came on (instead of Uzbekistan or whatever it was), sure, what you are saying might be reasonable. But as it stands, you are making me wish slashdot had [img] tags so I could do better than just link to this. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v340/cowcowmoomoo1/arguingOnTheInternet.jpg
No shit. If it isn't made out of milk, it isn't butter. Who said anything about race?
Maybe these people need to talk with someone who has actually been enslaved before they claim they were treated the same way. They should be compensated appropriately for their time, but the shock value of using the term "slave" is pretty ridiculous.
I'm sure in 1979 they could walk in to any corner drug store and buy plutonium, but this is 2008. No, no, the only thing that could generate that kind of electricity is a bolt of lightning, but unfortunately you never know when or where it's going to strike.
..or that they may have girlfriends. Get real!
This is complete BS. Everyone knows the only thing you need to do to guarantee a movie will be great is Terry Hogan.
That's a pretty short-sighted comment. It's very easy to end up doing something that outwardly looks totally foolish. Maybe these files started out about 4kb (and as I imagine this example, I'm remembering when it happened in my project) and unforseen changes caused it to gradually grow to 32mb. Hand editing from the beginning wasn't a big deal, but now it is.
Which brings up the issue of changing this "process." Have you worked in a fast paced environment with limited resoures? Processes don't just change. Projects just like this are thought up, planned, and indefinately postponed because they don't have extra resources to devote to the two months it would take to rewrite the process, allocate hardware, set up a database, migrate the data, train the users, test, install client software and so on.
1. There's nothing wrong! If something is wrong...
2. Hackers did it! If hackers couldn't have done it...
3. Disgruntled employees did it! If disgruntled employees couldn't have done it...
4. It's the vendor's fault! If the vendor couldn't have done it...
5. There's nothing wrong.
Fixed.
Yet you didn't mention that their primary religion isn't Islam. Something is awry!