And you get a warmer picture than the rest of us, right?;-)
Yup. Another neat feature, is that the projector is the only signifigant heat source up there, and if I leave it on during the day, it will get up to 60^oF in the third floor. As it is, I think the snow is the only signifigant insulation up there.
Yup. Analog here. Many tubes, and an analog NEC projector. HDMI can go screw itself. I'll be analog with coax until anything else is far far far cheaper (or better).
This makes legit people (like me) hopping mad. Imagine that you do what you can to build *useful* applications on the Internet, being sure to avoid porn, spam, and warez methods. Then, Google turns off the ads on your site, when you can barely keep up with the constant bombardment from comment spam. Then, you find out that Google is okay with providing ads for warez groups. How much fun is that?
In the same vein, Recruiter-Rater is a site for rating recruiters, and for jobseekers (and HR professionals) to rate these agencies. Help fight jobboard spam!
I read this too -- they found two fake pipe bombs, they knew who made 'em, and didn't go after the guy. Boston's Police are fucked-up with their priorities.
Looks like we're going to have to wait for the pirates to bring a few hundred million copies over through the airports, wide-open borders, by sea, or other means. Couldn't they have put some DRM into this?
For those of us that do think of things like this (and many others), it is more of a forehead smacking "I wish I could have afforded to patent that idea when I thought of it" moment. I think the requirement for a lawyer and an expensive application fee keeps lots of us would-be inventors from even getting in the game.
...now where did I put those writings about my soylent bulk animal farming aparatus...
Find a law on the books that says I can be forced to redact a picture that I take of a building clearly visible from a public place.
Hi. That's what I thought. I like to take pictures of architecture. Especially run-down old buildings right next to fancy new buildings. So, one day, I left with a friend of mine. Left my house, mind you, and went for a stroll around my own goddam neighborhood. A couple of blocks away, I was taking pictures of the Brew House, and the local evil hospital, when a security guard came out and said that we couldn't take pictures of the hospital. "We weren't taking pictures of the hospital," I told him. He said we couldn't take pictures anywhere near here, and told us that it was a security violation, and that he'd call the cops. He got real close to me. We left quickly.
Later that day, I found that there was no ordinance, law, rule, or anything that would prevent me from taking a picture of the Brew House, hospital, or even the security guard.
I live in Pittsburgh. This is fucked up right here.
The customer is always right - Have you ever done customer service for computer related issues?
Yes. For years, and then for several ISPs. I have dealt with stupid users who don't know how to use the mouse who'd call everyday with the same problem. You still have to treat them properly, and help them out as much as possible. Some of the serious problem customers, if sent away at all, are sent away politely.
Butric acid actually catches flies even better - but you would never deliberately put it in the house.
I am not a chemist, but I've used acid on a sink to get rid of grime.
Make sure your products don't suck - Lycos is a web portal. It has free email. It has a clear policy that if you go over 30 days without checking your account, they can delete it when they want to. What do you want them to do, hold it active for eternity waiting for you to return? Not going to happen. Shouldn't have to happen. They actually have a policy that gave her an oportunity to recover that email - for a measly $20. If you can find a contractor who will rebuild an account on a mailserver from an archive tape for $20, I'd piss myself in surprise. Their service doesn't suck any more than any of the other free mail services out there - almost all of them have a come back or loose the acct policy. Most of them don't offer any way of getting the mail back.
Web portal or not, some of Lycos' products do suck. Some of Google's products suck. If I came to check my mail, regardless of which service I use, and it wasn't there -- I'd be pissed. I'd be more pissed if I got a customer service rep that told me about some stupid fine-print message about having my stuff deleted if I didn't check it often enough. What if I went on vacation for a month? And look what happens -- bad press for Lycos due to bogus policies.
[snip] get away with being assholes. - which part do you find being assholish? The policy is clear.
Verizon's policy about cancelling service is clear -- pay $280 if you cancel the service before the term is finished. What if the service sucks and you hate it? Too bad, you pay. That I find assholant. This is the culture we have with utilities, government services, and now our web portals.
Lycos' offices used to be here in Pittsburgh, across the street from a strip club. I'm sure they were a better company then.
I learned from my father, a musician, about customer service. There are a couple of rules which keep customers happy, and keep them coming back:
The customer is always right
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar (or muriatic acid)
Make sure your product doesn't suck
I have a hard time with this kind of reaction from Lycos, and other companies. How can they get away with being assholes?
I worked for Lycos as a contractor for two months. In that time, I survived two rounds of layoffs, in which they lost half their workforce. I didn't survive the third.
Interesting that the health of our world is being decided by politicialns, rather than the scientists that study this kinda stuff. I sure hope some sensemaking comes of this. Why is it now my fault that scientists aren't taken seriously by this administration?
Can I declare politics to be illegal and akin to terrorism?
whatever's in my body lets me eat like 6000 calories a day, sit on my ass, and never gain a pound. I don't want people copying that! I better encode my internal chemicals with DRM so people can't decode and copy me.
Heh. A good way to ensure that none of your genes are copied, is to stay in your mom's basement. Why even bother with DRM?
While my home theatre doesn't look anywhere as nice as this guy's, it is imporant to note that he's using a projector, and not a (hugely expensive) plasma or LCD -- far less glass to move, HUGE image size, and higher quality
Of course, I'm using MythTV, and an NEC 135LC analog 3-tube projector. Captain Kirk's head is sometimes 6 feet tall.
I keep saying this. Perhaps they're forcing E85, and fuel-cells on us unstead of doing the proper thing -- they want us to buy their cartridges, and fuel, just like Gillette, and the razors.
Otherwise, a gas-turbine powered car is most ideal as a generator for an electric car. I'd sure like to see my Subaru without a transmission, and far less mechanical resistance -- and prolly far better than the 26.7mpg that I get commuting 40m each way.
Agreed. I've made it to the second interview in some places, and never heard from them again -- no replies to email, no returned voicemails. It was months later before I got a thank you for sending-in an application, and that someone would call me soon. The polite thing would have been to at least call back, or send an email saying that they hired someone else. It isn't too much to ask!
Did Apple expect this? Are they already planning on cutting Cisco a check (after signifigant sales)? Otherwise, the iPwn3d looks more like a phone I'd rather have in 2007, than the hopped-up StarTacs that are out today.
I hope everyone uses a bluetooth headset, or the thing will get really nasty.
Well, if you're sure, then raise about $1M from your friends and family, build a prototype, and then see if you can come up with major venture funding to get it off the ground. Good luck to you!
Thanks for the advice, but I think that like most of us, if my family and friends gave me all of their money, I may have enough to be able to buy a used bicycle, but not enough to buy parts and tools for even an electric bicycle.
Believe me, I really did try to make a few million durring the dotcom days. Of course, now my resume looks like a list of examples of major downsizing, and dot-bombs. I do have a whole bunch of experience, though, which I kinda wish would help me to get even a low-end job. Instead, I'll have to pull a Dave Thomas out of my ass. Luckilly, there's still time.
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No bulb, 3 electron guns. NEC 135LC is big, bad, and has adjustable color temperature.
And you get a warmer picture than the rest of us, right? ;-)
Yup. Another neat feature, is that the projector is the only signifigant heat source up there, and if I leave it on during the day, it will get up to 60^oF in the third floor. As it is, I think the snow is the only signifigant insulation up there.
Yup. Analog here. Many tubes, and an analog NEC projector. HDMI can go screw itself. I'll be analog with coax until anything else is far far far cheaper (or better).
This makes legit people (like me) hopping mad. Imagine that you do what you can to build *useful* applications on the Internet, being sure to avoid porn, spam, and warez methods. Then, Google turns off the ads on your site, when you can barely keep up with the constant bombardment from comment spam. Then, you find out that Google is okay with providing ads for warez groups. How much fun is that?
Wasn't the Internet designed to work around nuclear destruction?
Right, but what we get now, are botnets that work around nuclear distruction!
In the same vein, Recruiter-Rater is a site for rating recruiters, and for jobseekers (and HR professionals) to rate these agencies. Help fight jobboard spam!
I read this too -- they found two fake pipe bombs, they knew who made 'em, and didn't go after the guy. Boston's Police are fucked-up with their priorities.
This is an apt quote from the movie. Why is this rated zero?
Looks like we're going to have to wait for the pirates to bring a few hundred million copies over through the airports, wide-open borders, by sea, or other means. Couldn't they have put some DRM into this?
Seriously can't wait to get my copies!
For those of us that do think of things like this (and many others), it is more of a forehead smacking "I wish I could have afforded to patent that idea when I thought of it" moment. I think the requirement for a lawyer and an expensive application fee keeps lots of us would-be inventors from even getting in the game.
...now where did I put those writings about my soylent bulk animal farming aparatus...
Find a law on the books that says I can be forced to redact a picture that I take of a building clearly visible from a public place.
Hi. That's what I thought. I like to take pictures of architecture. Especially run-down old buildings right next to fancy new buildings. So, one day, I left with a friend of mine. Left my house, mind you, and went for a stroll around my own goddam neighborhood. A couple of blocks away, I was taking pictures of the Brew House, and the local evil hospital, when a security guard came out and said that we couldn't take pictures of the hospital. "We weren't taking pictures of the hospital," I told him. He said we couldn't take pictures anywhere near here, and told us that it was a security violation, and that he'd call the cops. He got real close to me. We left quickly.
Later that day, I found that there was no ordinance, law, rule, or anything that would prevent me from taking a picture of the Brew House, hospital, or even the security guard.
I live in Pittsburgh. This is fucked up right here.
Here's one, theWavebubble.
In Soviet Amerika, Bill Gates sends gulag to YOU!
Hm, now wouldn't that be convenient...
In Soviet Russia, Bill Gates hates YOU!
I'm sorry, I had to.
The customer is always right - Have you ever done customer service for computer related issues?
Yes. For years, and then for several ISPs. I have dealt with stupid users who don't know how to use the mouse who'd call everyday with the same problem. You still have to treat them properly, and help them out as much as possible. Some of the serious problem customers, if sent away at all, are sent away politely.
Butric acid actually catches flies even better - but you would never deliberately put it in the house.
I am not a chemist, but I've used acid on a sink to get rid of grime.
Make sure your products don't suck - Lycos is a web portal. It has free email. It has a clear policy that if you go over 30 days without checking your account, they can delete it when they want to. What do you want them to do, hold it active for eternity waiting for you to return? Not going to happen. Shouldn't have to happen. They actually have a policy that gave her an oportunity to recover that email - for a measly $20. If you can find a contractor who will rebuild an account on a mailserver from an archive tape for $20, I'd piss myself in surprise. Their service doesn't suck any more than any of the other free mail services out there - almost all of them have a come back or loose the acct policy. Most of them don't offer any way of getting the mail back.
Web portal or not, some of Lycos' products do suck. Some of Google's products suck. If I came to check my mail, regardless of which service I use, and it wasn't there -- I'd be pissed. I'd be more pissed if I got a customer service rep that told me about some stupid fine-print message about having my stuff deleted if I didn't check it often enough. What if I went on vacation for a month? And look what happens -- bad press for Lycos due to bogus policies.
[snip] get away with being assholes. - which part do you find being assholish? The policy is clear.
Verizon's policy about cancelling service is clear -- pay $280 if you cancel the service before the term is finished. What if the service sucks and you hate it? Too bad, you pay. That I find assholant. This is the culture we have with utilities, government services, and now our web portals.
Lycos' offices used to be here in Pittsburgh, across the street from a strip club. I'm sure they were a better company then.
I have a hard time with this kind of reaction from Lycos, and other companies. How can they get away with being assholes?
I worked for Lycos as a contractor for two months. In that time, I survived two rounds of layoffs, in which they lost half their workforce. I didn't survive the third.
Or, you could skip the whole Windows XP/Vista issue, and install your favorite GNU/Linux distro. Seriously. I'm using CentOS, and it work very well.
Interesting that the health of our world is being decided by politicialns, rather than the scientists that study this kinda stuff. I sure hope some sensemaking comes of this. Why is it now my fault that scientists aren't taken seriously by this administration?
Can I declare politics to be illegal and akin to terrorism?
whatever's in my body lets me eat like 6000 calories a day, sit on my ass, and never gain a pound. I don't want people copying that! I better encode my internal chemicals with DRM so people can't decode and copy me.
Heh. A good way to ensure that none of your genes are copied, is to stay in your mom's basement. Why even bother with DRM?
While my home theatre doesn't look anywhere as nice as this guy's, it is imporant to note that he's using a projector, and not a (hugely expensive) plasma or LCD -- far less glass to move, HUGE image size, and higher quality
Of course, I'm using MythTV, and an NEC 135LC analog 3-tube projector. Captain Kirk's head is sometimes 6 feet tall.
I keep saying this. Perhaps they're forcing E85, and fuel-cells on us unstead of doing the proper thing -- they want us to buy their cartridges, and fuel, just like Gillette, and the razors.
Otherwise, a gas-turbine powered car is most ideal as a generator for an electric car. I'd sure like to see my Subaru without a transmission, and far less mechanical resistance -- and prolly far better than the 26.7mpg that I get commuting 40m each way.
In Corporate America, hotel tracks you!
...
1. Install wifi network
2. track wifi users' net traffic
3.
4. Profit!
Agreed. I've made it to the second interview in some places, and never heard from them again -- no replies to email, no returned voicemails. It was months later before I got a thank you for sending-in an application, and that someone would call me soon. The polite thing would have been to at least call back, or send an email saying that they hired someone else. It isn't too much to ask!
Did Apple expect this? Are they already planning on cutting Cisco a check (after signifigant sales)? Otherwise, the iPwn3d looks more like a phone I'd rather have in 2007, than the hopped-up StarTacs that are out today.
I hope everyone uses a bluetooth headset, or the thing will get really nasty.
Well, if you're sure, then raise about $1M from your friends and family, build a prototype, and then see if you can come up with major venture funding to get it off the ground. Good luck to you!
Thanks for the advice, but I think that like most of us, if my family and friends gave me all of their money, I may have enough to be able to buy a used bicycle, but not enough to buy parts and tools for even an electric bicycle.
Believe me, I really did try to make a few million durring the dotcom days. Of course, now my resume looks like a list of examples of major downsizing, and dot-bombs. I do have a whole bunch of experience, though, which I kinda wish would help me to get even a low-end job. Instead, I'll have to pull a Dave Thomas out of my ass. Luckilly, there's still time.