That's what it sounds like to me. People make way too big a deal about facebook. All he needs to do is cut out the email alerts or better yet stop being such a sheep and don't use the site if it is so awful to him. People are so fucking emotional about the stupidest things.
Yes, just the fact that the big three don't like this auction process tells me it is good for consumers. These companies live by the motto "Do Evil". It's not enough to make money, you also have to control every last little thing and be a major pain in the ass or it isn't worth it.
There is no answer that could be of any value to you. Your mind is made up based on your own view that if a relationship hasn't stood the test of time its no longer of any value to go there again.
But, I'll bite. There are millions of reasons that people get separated and I certainly will not get into this specific example. Not all past relationships have ended do to boredom or differences of personality or other negative things like breakups with past girlfriends. Some are outside of the control of the people that were separated and for these people there is value in hooking up again. In fact there is genuine happiness and excitement for some.
I agree that there is a tonne of crap on facebook that is stupid. When I see someone with 496 friends I have to laugh. On the other hand its a good site for keeping in touch with your circle of friends and co-workers and for getting in touch with long lost friends. I generally ignore all application requests and silly shit. But for keeping in touch it does what it does very well.
Example: My wife signed up a few weeks ago because she saw that I had been talking to old high school friends. Within days an old friend of hers sent her a message and happens she lives in the same city as us. Now they are back in touch offline after many years. If facebook only ever does this one thing it will have been priceless to her.
hmmmm....I just tried checking a random domain on the networksolutions whois. ( 21laforest.com ) It's available so I'll check it a month from now to see if its snatched.
Geometry teachers drive '95 Corollas; marketing executives drive this year's BMW.
Using geometric principles, calculate the magnitude of the hotness of the women that each can attract.
I know this is being modded funny right now, but I think it is the most insightful reason that has been provided up to now.
A step up? Really! We have been upgrading our entire fleet for the past few months (approx 40K pc's). Windows XP gives us pretty much nothing from what we can tell except less hassles for drivers on new systems. Windows 2000 was forced obsolescence and that is it. It offers no new functionality for our users, none, zero, nadda.
This is all about paying Microsoft a shit load of money because it is time to.
Blocking MP3s, or at least quarantining until requested by the user, can be a good way for a company to take a proactive stance against the use of email for illegal file sharing.
Ya, sounds like a huge problem facing companies today. Tech journalism rocks sometimes.
This person is insane and has a death wish. I almost got shot for trying to smuggle toothpaste in my carry-on bag and I think I may be on a terrorist list for a nail clipper. Attaching shit to your T-Shirt that looks like a bomb sounds like a great way to end your life. MIT pumping out the best and brightest I see.
This is also a problem in rural Canada. Add Northern Telephone (subsidiary of Bell) to the list of useless, uninterested telcos. They keep advertising high speed to me in my mailbox but when you call them they tell you it isn't available. Don't even get me started with the cable companies and that steaming turd called Persona Communications (they call themselves "The Amazing Persona"). Got the pamphlet advertising high speed cable so I called them up (knowing full well they didn't reach my place) and said "Great!!! Sign me up!" The sales rep was all wonderful until I gave her my address. "No High Speed For You!!" That's not very amazing.
Hey at least we have $60-$200 month Satellite and their rocking 1200ms latency, not to mention the costs of the equipment. Blah!
That leaves dialup and an earth shattering 26.4K connection speed because of the crap phone lines. I mean I am only 10 minutes outside of the city.
Next steps? I don't know, looking at organizing the neighbours to see what our options are. I fear that they will be forever somewhere between slim and none.:-(
This is the oldest trick in the book. Threaten to leave and then get a huge discount from Microsoft. Laugh your ass off knowing full well you never intended to change.
So lame.
I totally agree with you on this. I have never seen an installation anywhere. I would have added a line to the end of the decription that said, "In other news there are no reported plans of anyone ever taking this option seriously."
That's too bad because many places could use this. Many PC's are used for very light tasks and require too much maintenance in relation to their output. Dumb terminals make sense. It seems to me that Microsoft prices terminal server way too high which discourages companies from taking it seriously. Before someone says to use Linux (you are preaching to the converted so save your breath), Microsoft is what the "suits" want and that means full desktop PC's for everyone.
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That's what it sounds like to me. People make way too big a deal about facebook. All he needs to do is cut out the email alerts or better yet stop being such a sheep and don't use the site if it is so awful to him. People are so fucking emotional about the stupidest things.
Yes, just the fact that the big three don't like this auction process tells me it is good for consumers. These companies live by the motto "Do Evil". It's not enough to make money, you also have to control every last little thing and be a major pain in the ass or it isn't worth it.
The threat of a punch in the mouth is a great deterrent to rude behaviour.
Ummm....no, it's just the initial bet. The cards are still very much hidden.
We had a user check it with her luggage on a flight. She was shocked when it didn't come around on the conveyor belt with her suitcase. :-)
Oh great. 6 months of wet dreams in 3 minutes at my desk.
There is no answer that could be of any value to you. Your mind is made up based on your own view that if a relationship hasn't stood the test of time its no longer of any value to go there again.
But, I'll bite. There are millions of reasons that people get separated and I certainly will not get into this specific example. Not all past relationships have ended do to boredom or differences of personality or other negative things like breakups with past girlfriends. Some are outside of the control of the people that were separated and for these people there is value in hooking up again. In fact there is genuine happiness and excitement for some.
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Example: My wife signed up a few weeks ago because she saw that I had been talking to old high school friends. Within days an old friend of hers sent her a message and happens she lives in the same city as us. Now they are back in touch offline after many years. If facebook only ever does this one thing it will have been priceless to her.
Good point, now I will check a second secret domain to prove or disprove the "ass-tunnel" hypothesis.
hmmmm....I just tried checking a random domain on the networksolutions whois. ( 21laforest.com ) It's available so I'll check it a month from now to see if its snatched.
I know this is being modded funny right now, but I think it is the most insightful reason that has been provided up to now.
This is all about paying Microsoft a shit load of money because it is time to.
But it sure does have some "perty eye candy"
Ya, sounds like a huge problem facing companies today. Tech journalism rocks sometimes.
"Fuck me!!!" "screws up and slaps forehead and laughs if off with colleagues" -- meh!
"Fuck me!!!" "makes eye contact and within earshot of cute new office receptionist" -- bad!
Quite honestly nothing is really lost by not swearing, however harmless it might be. I actually find it unoriginal.
or just search the link in google and use the View As HTML option if it really worries you.
This person is insane and has a death wish. I almost got shot for trying to smuggle toothpaste in my carry-on bag and I think I may be on a terrorist list for a nail clipper. Attaching shit to your T-Shirt that looks like a bomb sounds like a great way to end your life. MIT pumping out the best and brightest I see.
This is also a problem in rural Canada. Add Northern Telephone (subsidiary of Bell) to the list of useless, uninterested telcos. They keep advertising high speed to me in my mailbox but when you call them they tell you it isn't available. Don't even get me started with the cable companies and that steaming turd called Persona Communications (they call themselves "The Amazing Persona"). Got the pamphlet advertising high speed cable so I called them up (knowing full well they didn't reach my place) and said "Great!!! Sign me up!" The sales rep was all wonderful until I gave her my address. "No High Speed For You!!" That's not very amazing.
:-(
Hey at least we have $60-$200 month Satellite and their rocking 1200ms latency, not to mention the costs of the equipment. Blah!
That leaves dialup and an earth shattering 26.4K connection speed because of the crap phone lines. I mean I am only 10 minutes outside of the city.
Next steps? I don't know, looking at organizing the neighbours to see what our options are. I fear that they will be forever somewhere between slim and none.
Good one, I wish I could have added that to various exam answers over the years. :-)
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My thoughts exactly. Well said.
Agreed, religion is the politics of spirituality.
The average user is out of touch with all the options. Many don't even know it exists.
This is the oldest trick in the book. Threaten to leave and then get a huge discount from Microsoft. Laugh your ass off knowing full well you never intended to change. So lame.
That's too bad because many places could use this. Many PC's are used for very light tasks and require too much maintenance in relation to their output. Dumb terminals make sense. It seems to me that Microsoft prices terminal server way too high which discourages companies from taking it seriously. Before someone says to use Linux (you are preaching to the converted so save your breath), Microsoft is what the "suits" want and that means full desktop PC's for everyone.
It means the government will exploit this puppy to the very max but will bitchslap any citizen who tries to use it against them.
But I usually catch myself and fill her back up.