I'm a 24 year old in the restaurant business, and most of my friends are in the same field. I generally use text before phone calls, because text messaging doesn't require an immediate response. They can finish their task without having to answer in a certain time-frame (4 rings.)
If I have an urgent need that requires an immediate response, I'll call the person. I guess I use text much like email, but with the knowledge that the message will reach them wherever they may be. When someone creates hardware along the lines of a blackberry, without the steep cost (a $50 handset is a lot cheaper than a $500 one when you make a living waiting tables,) I'll probably switch back to email.
I live about 30 seconds away from the RIAA Lawyer's office. Ann Arbor is a very progressive city, maybe I should go protest (but getting sued would suck.) Any suggestions for signs? "Dead people can't steal music" has a good ring to it.
The biggest problem in your restaurant is management. Servers who don't know how to write a hard check, and bartenders who don't know how to mix drinks?
This computer system should be usefull in restaurants exactly like the ones you worked in. In a place like that, do you really think management is getting optimum use of their staff?
You can always retort an innovation with the statement "What if that (said innovation) breaks. then where will we be?" I guess the answer is Amish.
I don't know about you guys, but since the early Ultima Online days, I havn't been able to play a single player game all the way through. I just get sick of puzzles that seem artificially hard/annoying. Nothing, in my book, stands up to the challenge of facing other people.
GTA Online could be fun though. "Only 3 more dead hookers and I can level up!"
What about those which died in previous wars to protect our civil liberties and way of life?
My real problem with Bush, is that he seems much too eager to sacrifice our liberties to try and secure a relatively small amount of safety (Hasn't the American death toll in Iraq surpassed that of 9/11 already?) I honestly believe that the path he's taking us down will lead to far more many deaths than any terrorist attack could. Take Palestine... they actually elected a government of what we call "terrorists", and they did it for a reason. The U.S. can't invade every Muslim country on this planet.
Now lets take me for an example. Bush said that there is "constructive debate, and debate which aides the enemy." And he went on to classify anti-war debate as non-constructive. Therefor I'm aiding the enemy. I've lived abroad since 9/11 and the Iraq war, and I've never been shy about my stance on the war. Therefore my communications are foreign communications which are aiding terrorism. Next stop for me, a military trial. I don't honestly think that they're going to send me to Guantanamo, but it scares me that they could.
So next time you blindly support a leader as you march our soldiers to their deaths (in search of WMDS,) remember that's not patriotism. Patriotism is trying to make our country better.
And one more for the road; "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Ben Franklin
Is it just me, or does it seem kind of ridiculous that all of Google's negative publicity lately has a postscript of "(MSN and Yahoo! already censor, gave s**t to the government, etc...)" I mean really, someone should point out that since their competitors already took these measures, but perhaps in a worse way, Google would be handing them a huge win if they weren't to follow suit.
Seriously! The fact is that the record companies are still making enough money to pay off our government. Lets face it; 10000./ers and the EFF don't really stand a chance against a huge conglomerate armed with millions of dollars which they are still earning off of crappy cookie-cutter band-of-the-week groups.
How about we all find a non tech-literate friend with one of the tainted Sony CDs, and point out to them that it will f*** up their computer.
Or my favorite (I've said it before on/.) Pick a band from Etree. Download some decent free live music. Buy a concert ticket. Don't buy CDs.
Like your true-false whatever page. I've become so accustomed to using my extra mouse button linked with my back button, that when I try to back out of a site with a redirect (IE back button to a flash detect page, which redirects me right back to where I started,) it just bugs the s**t out of me! Also on some CGI-laden pages which require a repost of data when you hit the back button (that's mostly on things which don't involve $... if I'm worried about being double-charged I'll navigate within the page.)
I actually just switched my major from IT to business. There were quite a few factors; The first of which having to do with the quality of classes offered. I went through Cisco's CCNA pilot class in high school, and found that the networking classes offered at my community college are just plain boring. I seem to spend my time doing projects on things which I already know how to do. I also watched my dad struggle as a data-warehousing consultant. He's been in the business for 25 years, but more and more he's been struggling with large companies off-shoring much of the work which needs to be done. He can't compete with newer foriegn worker's wages. Watching an established IT professional struggle with these decisions makes me question the merits of persuing an IT degree. The last (and probably the most important) factor I considered was simply how much I enjoyed doing IT work. I've worked as a scuba instructor, and as a bartender, and I simply just enjoy either of those jobs more. I'm sure my goals will change as I look to settle down, but for know I can't justify trading 30k a year managing a restauraunt and bartending (which I enjoy,) to making 40k a year doing something which I don't.
I'm not an Ubergeek, and I've known this for years now. I enjoy the problem-solving of an IT job, but I need a more social role to play in my everyday work to be happy. Maybe the drop in enrollment comes from the fringe students (like me) who aren't really convinced that they can be happy doing IT work in the future.
Doesn't this fall into the category of "don't live there?" I'm not saying it wouldn't suck to live in an area without sunlight, but to knowingly move into said area, and then use taxpayer's money (correct me if I'm wrong, I'm assuming EU money = EU taxpayer's money) to change that... in the tone of millions... just seems stupid. It just seems that our global community should spend $ on better things than trying to cram people into every possible nook and cranny on earth!
I remember for a couple years in high school I'd be able to log in about 50 hours over the weekend playing UO (there are ~64 playable hours between when school gets out on friday and restarts on monday.) By the time I went off to college I really felt like I had some social catching-up to do. It really did have about the same influence on my life as a drug addiction would have. I cut off most social ties which didn't involve game-playing, my school work went to sh*t, and it caused all kinds of friction between my parents and I.
Luckly, once I went off to college I started bartending... and it's hard not to make friends or get dates when you get people drunk for a living!
I had the same thought at first, but the article states: TRUSTe, an organization that already certifies and monitors Web site privacy and e-mail practices for businesses, will rely on testing by two outside labs for the vetting. It would not name the labs.
A user-run system of moderation is a great idea though. Although TRUSTe seems to be somewhat independant we have just recently seen that the big media corporations aren't exactly the most trustworthy entities when it comes to our personal privacy *cough...sony*, and there is sure to be alot of money at stake.
Maybe I'm just being ignorant, but I see these types of articles as fuel for our current atmosphere of fear. Our current administration pushes this fear on us everytime they want something done. Fear of anthrax, terrorists, and WMDs pushed us into war in Iraq, got the patriot act passed, and allows our government to take more and more control of our daily lives. I guess I just don't want/. to be part of that same cycle. If I want to feel scared I'll watch some dipshit on the local news tell me how my cell phone is going to give me cancer, or how the world is coming to an end with the natural-disaster-au-ju. Enjoying life involves some inherent danger. That's what makes it worth living.
I'm not. I just think that the Firefox crew may want to take a closer look at how someone such as myself uses their browser. Offering websites incentives to pitch me Firefox wont get me to switch untill the program suits my needs. It's unfortunate that IE does, but for now it does. If someone were to write me a small, streamlined browser, rather than a big do-it-all one, I'd be all for it.
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I'm a 24 year old in the restaurant business, and most of my friends are in the same field. I generally use text before phone calls, because text messaging doesn't require an immediate response. They can finish their task without having to answer in a certain time-frame (4 rings.)
If I have an urgent need that requires an immediate response, I'll call the person. I guess I use text much like email, but with the knowledge that the message will reach them wherever they may be. When someone creates hardware along the lines of a blackberry, without the steep cost (a $50 handset is a lot cheaper than a $500 one when you make a living waiting tables,) I'll probably switch back to email.
I live about 30 seconds away from the RIAA Lawyer's office. Ann Arbor is a very progressive city, maybe I should go protest (but getting sued would suck.) Any suggestions for signs? "Dead people can't steal music" has a good ring to it.
The biggest problem in your restaurant is management. Servers who don't know how to write a hard check, and bartenders who don't know how to mix drinks?
This computer system should be usefull in restaurants exactly like the ones you worked in. In a place like that, do you really think management is getting optimum use of their staff?
You can always retort an innovation with the statement "What if that (said innovation) breaks. then where will we be?" I guess the answer is Amish.
Maybe with all these pirates around the Flying Spaghetti Monster will fix global warming with his noodly appendage!
Just look at the average football player's chance to reproduce compared to the average /.er's chance...
I challenge everyone here to do their part in raising the IQ of humanity (go get yourself laid damnit!)
That original post was a joke... sarcasm doesn't show that well in print I guess.
You're both going to burn in hell!
Sucks!
Hooray!
I told my senator to tell the RIAA and Sony to go f##k themselves... I guess he listened.
I don't know about you guys, but since the early Ultima Online days, I havn't been able to play a single player game all the way through. I just get sick of puzzles that seem artificially hard/annoying. Nothing, in my book, stands up to the challenge of facing other people.
GTA Online could be fun though. "Only 3 more dead hookers and I can level up!"
What about those which died in previous wars to protect our civil liberties and way of life?
My real problem with Bush, is that he seems much too eager to sacrifice our liberties to try and secure a relatively small amount of safety (Hasn't the American death toll in Iraq surpassed that of 9/11 already?) I honestly believe that the path he's taking us down will lead to far more many deaths than any terrorist attack could. Take Palestine... they actually elected a government of what we call "terrorists", and they did it for a reason. The U.S. can't invade every Muslim country on this planet.
Now lets take me for an example. Bush said that there is "constructive debate, and debate which aides the enemy." And he went on to classify anti-war debate as non-constructive. Therefor I'm aiding the enemy. I've lived abroad since 9/11 and the Iraq war, and I've never been shy about my stance on the war. Therefore my communications are foreign communications which are aiding terrorism. Next stop for me, a military trial. I don't honestly think that they're going to send me to Guantanamo, but it scares me that they could.
So next time you blindly support a leader as you march our soldiers to their deaths (in search of WMDS,) remember that's not patriotism. Patriotism is trying to make our country better.
And one more for the road;
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Ben Franklin
"It keeps people from resorting to illegal actions during the dispute"
Unless you're part of the Bush administration... I guess you can't break the law when you're the one picking the judges.
Is it just me, or does it seem kind of ridiculous that all of Google's negative publicity lately has a postscript of "(MSN and Yahoo! already censor, gave s**t to the government, etc...)" I mean really, someone should point out that since their competitors already took these measures, but perhaps in a worse way, Google would be handing them a huge win if they weren't to follow suit.
Seriously! The fact is that the record companies are still making enough money to pay off our government. Lets face it; 10000 ./ers and the EFF don't really stand a chance against a huge conglomerate armed with millions of dollars which they are still earning off of crappy cookie-cutter band-of-the-week groups. /.) Pick a band from Etree. Download some decent free live music. Buy a concert ticket. Don't buy CDs.
How about we all find a non tech-literate friend with one of the tainted Sony CDs, and point out to them that it will f*** up their computer.
Or my favorite (I've said it before on
Like your true-false whatever page. I've become so accustomed to using my extra mouse button linked with my back button, that when I try to back out of a site with a redirect (IE back button to a flash detect page, which redirects me right back to where I started,) it just bugs the s**t out of me! Also on some CGI-laden pages which require a repost of data when you hit the back button (that's mostly on things which don't involve $... if I'm worried about being double-charged I'll navigate within the page.)
But DRM and copyright flags will prohibit us from watching it with our eyes open.
Im scared of Trapper Keeper!
It's called "Feed the Anyds." Seriously though, I'm hungry!
Google; get laid. All the other google functions seem to work pretty well. C'mon Google, please?
I actually just switched my major from IT to business. There were quite a few factors; The first of which having to do with the quality of classes offered. I went through Cisco's CCNA pilot class in high school, and found that the networking classes offered at my community college are just plain boring. I seem to spend my time doing projects on things which I already know how to do. I also watched my dad struggle as a data-warehousing consultant. He's been in the business for 25 years, but more and more he's been struggling with large companies off-shoring much of the work which needs to be done. He can't compete with newer foriegn worker's wages. Watching an established IT professional struggle with these decisions makes me question the merits of persuing an IT degree. The last (and probably the most important) factor I considered was simply how much I enjoyed doing IT work. I've worked as a scuba instructor, and as a bartender, and I simply just enjoy either of those jobs more. I'm sure my goals will change as I look to settle down, but for know I can't justify trading 30k a year managing a restauraunt and bartending (which I enjoy,) to making 40k a year doing something which I don't.
I'm not an Ubergeek, and I've known this for years now. I enjoy the problem-solving of an IT job, but I need a more social role to play in my everyday work to be happy. Maybe the drop in enrollment comes from the fringe students (like me) who aren't really convinced that they can be happy doing IT work in the future.
Doesn't this fall into the category of "don't live there?" I'm not saying it wouldn't suck to live in an area without sunlight, but to knowingly move into said area, and then use taxpayer's money (correct me if I'm wrong, I'm assuming EU money = EU taxpayer's money) to change that... in the tone of millions... just seems stupid. It just seems that our global community should spend $ on better things than trying to cram people into every possible nook and cranny on earth!
I'll see you guys in a month!
I remember for a couple years in high school I'd be able to log in about 50 hours over the weekend playing UO (there are ~64 playable hours between when school gets out on friday and restarts on monday.) By the time I went off to college I really felt like I had some social catching-up to do. It really did have about the same influence on my life as a drug addiction would have. I cut off most social ties which didn't involve game-playing, my school work went to sh*t, and it caused all kinds of friction between my parents and I.
Luckly, once I went off to college I started bartending... and it's hard not to make friends or get dates when you get people drunk for a living!
I had the same thought at first, but the article states:
TRUSTe, an organization that already certifies and monitors Web site privacy and e-mail practices for businesses, will rely on testing by two outside labs for the vetting. It would not name the labs.
A user-run system of moderation is a great idea though. Although TRUSTe seems to be somewhat independant we have just recently seen that the big media corporations aren't exactly the most trustworthy entities when it comes to our personal privacy *cough...sony*, and there is sure to be alot of money at stake.
Maybe I'm just being ignorant, but I see these types of articles as fuel for our current atmosphere of fear. Our current administration pushes this fear on us everytime they want something done. Fear of anthrax, terrorists, and WMDs pushed us into war in Iraq, got the patriot act passed, and allows our government to take more and more control of our daily lives. I guess I just don't want /. to be part of that same cycle. If I want to feel scared I'll watch some dipshit on the local news tell me how my cell phone is going to give me cancer, or how the world is coming to an end with the natural-disaster-au-ju. Enjoying life involves some inherent danger. That's what makes it worth living.
I'm not. I just think that the Firefox crew may want to take a closer look at how someone such as myself uses their browser. Offering websites incentives to pitch me Firefox wont get me to switch untill the program suits my needs. It's unfortunate that IE does, but for now it does. If someone were to write me a small, streamlined browser, rather than a big do-it-all one, I'd be all for it.