...in my personal opinion the biggest thing Google could do would be to have a personal preferences section and a "wipe my history" button. When clicked, this action would wipe out all of the data collected on me to date (by my cookie data, gmail data, etc).
That would probably be the single biggest proof that Google truly does stand apart from other all other companies.
Yeah, it is known as vigilantism or mob violence. It's sort of the reason we did form societal norms, courts, laws, things like that.
I also believe one of the best periods of history where civilized solutions were eschewed in favor of one or several people kicking the asses of individuals who they found distasteful would be the Dark Ages. See also Salem witch trials.
What in the hell? Our legal system is far from perfect but do you really think that the alternative is better in the long run? As much as I would love to search your post history to find out if the irony of your current post is that your previous ones contain bitching about the current U.S. administration (which is rife with mob mentality), it would be more depressing than anything else.
The beauty of comments like this lies in the fact that I am not smart enough to know if it's total bullshit you made up, or if you are a freaking genius.
Since there tend to be quite a few better informed people reading and posting on here, I thought I would ask a question that has been bugging me.
I thought the first law of thermodynamics was that energy cannot be created or destroyed. Given this, I assumed traveling backwards in time would be impossible since the person or object going back in time would be introducing "extra" energy into a period of time. For example, say I went back into time, either if I was alive during this time or previous to it, wouldn't the energy that I take up/am made of be accounted for already? And wouldn't introducing the quantity of energy I was made of break the aforementioned first law of thermodynamics?
I had actually just started thinking about this again after watching the movie Primer. I would really appreciate people with a lot better understanding of the sciences involved responding.
There are a number of Skype compatible phones. Some plug into your USB port and are similar to normal cheapie handsets. There are also cordless phones, most of which are dual landline/Skype compatible.
Check the Skype website for a starting point for examples, then hit Froogle.
"That little fantasy you all have of buying "Mac OS X for x86", running it on some homebuilt shitbox you cobbled together from spare parts, and having it work as well as a G5 runs Panther today will NEVER come to pass. Microsoft has spent twenty years and untold millions trying to achieve that goal, and they still have quite a way to go."
Wow, and people used to say that Apple users were elitist assholes who ultimately adopt the Jobs-esque communications approach of condescension and hostility....I thought that was an unfair stereotype until now.
It's just odd to see some stereotypes are in fact true....
...that we really need a viable alternative to Paypal to be adopted for use in places like Ebay. At first today I was semi-annoyed at my inability to pay for an auction I had won, but after a few other people told me the issue was widespread I started thinking how much it must have made a sucky impact on a lot of small ebay-based businesses, etc today, and what a prolonged problem could mean.
Seriously, I would love to see an independent company not owned by ebay as a secondary (and widely accepted) alternative to Paypal. I figure that competition can only breed improvement anyhow.
For any of the more involved readers our there, what is the next best alternative to Paypal?
Actually yes. People who put themselves in positions of power or vie for said power have to assume the burden of criticism in all of it's forms as a byproduct of increased notoreity and/or authority.
This guy did not have the power to dictate his work environment or policies, and is then being ridiculed by a person who did/does and should be quite a bit more professional in things such as interviews/press releases, etc...in fact the comment(s) made only serve to suggest a person who is probably not pleasant to work with/for.
Google makes a standalone internal search engine server called the Google Appliance. We have one in use at my current job and I was just thinking it would be neat to see what just a little bit of effort from several law enforcement agencies and one of these appliances could do.
...but every time I see one of these stories, I think of some extremely long-lived alien warlord interns having a conversation like this:
Braxxis009A - "Idiots! How many times do I have to tell you anthropods even a trillionth of a degree of miscalculation will cause a complete and total miss! Now reload the Meteoro 2000 Planet Blaster XL with another rock and GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME!!!!"
Actually, it sort of can. A long time ago I had my outlook configured to play a wav of a girl saying "Die Bitch"...but I turned it off a short while ago.
Well, I installed the Gmail notifier, forgot how loud my speakers were set, and heard
"DIE BITCH" loud enough to make me spill my drink as I watched email notification pop ups in the right hand corner of my screen.
So as a warning to others and a reply to you...the notifier will play sounds for incoming mail.
For me, this article was a great and amusing way to start my Friday. Now I may buy a couple shares of Google stock!
I have been really wanted to see a remote like this or the other multi-everything lcd screen sony remote that was out...but with missing feature:
I want a touchpad key board and in a perfect work, a trackpad.
For the last month or so I have been really thinking about a linux based HTPC, and if I could get a really sweet remote sized (or close enough) device like this, that could also let me use a keyboard type interface and work, well I would be extremely happy.
So here's to hoping this remote is one step closer to that.
You are right...I will make a point to develop important things like communication skills as part of my mental/spiritual growth so that I can clearly express what I mean to people without confusing them. Usually I pick at spelling, but your correction somewhat emphasizes my point. With a lot of technical people who just go nuts on focusing on work or in some cases specifics like interacting with machines (programming, administrating, etc, etc) important communication skills gets abandoned. To the rest of the world, someone who cannot spell or use their own native language correctly is often seen as not worthy of taking seriously, or will not be regarded as an intelligent contributor to whatever matter is at hand.
In any case, thanks for the correction, it is always good to learn something or correct a flaw whenever possible.
It's very nice that efforts are being made to improve the environment to get people to fall asleep...but it seems that this may be the wrong approach to the real issue.
A growing amount of sleep disorders suggests problems with higher stress levels, diet, or having a routine sleep pattern. These issues seem to be all common in the U.S. as well as other industrialized nations. In my own humble opinion, I think it's because as a collective group, we put too much time and focus on things that aren't important and in turn have forgotten what's really important, substituting friends, family, and improving oneself mentally/spiritually for material things or work. It would stand to reason that if this substitution leads to these types of problems, it is a poor substitute indeed.
I know I sound like a hippy or self help moron, but I have to say, ever since I read this quote somewhere:
"One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important."...and thought on it, and took it to heart, I have just seen/approached things a lot differently. Haven't been fired yet, and hell even if I do, is it the end of the world?
I forgot where I was going with this, oh well. The next stage I would love to approach would be this qoute:
"I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours."
Oh well, enough posting, I should go take a nap.
My grandparents are in their 80s...and you are probably right, but the generation(s) in their 50s-60s are more likely to have been exposed to technology and it's increasing role in our day to day lives to completely invalidate your theory.
Even more so, each year that passes you will have more grandparents who are moderately tech saavy...it's not in anyway a question of age, but experience. There are still quite a few people in their 20s, 30s, etc who would also not be able to pass your IPOD+ITunes test, because (brace yourself for the shock), they don't drool over tech items like the majority of slashdot readers do.
It's just depressing to see that the rampant ageism that is applied to older people is still going strong in the tech industry...and does not seem to show signs of stopping.
The original poster was offended because she was both a grandparent and a woman into technology, and admittedly, she is a rarity even now....but the real point is that the more time passes, it's more and more possible that this will not be an exception to the standard. And in the spirit of fairness, she was kind of silly to be up in arms about it anyhow...although her point *was* and *is* valid.
I am glad to see the only people bitching back at me over the post are those who clearly have not had to eat the backlash of RedHat's turn on a dime change in support, distribution, and update models.
Until you have spent the time making the case for the value and need for a Linux solution to replace Windows, Unix, or whatever, then had to go back and explain that the one company that seemed a viable option for your implementation screws the customer base, tells you that you'll have to effectively upgrade because they are EOL'ing anything previous to the more expensive, not directly (or easily direct) upgrade/new release and a whole gag of other things.
I can deal with getting the finger on the distro for my playtime, and I don't feel entitled to jack...but I can tell you one thing...RedHat did way more harm than good with their judgement and burning the very people who got their foot in the door in so many businesses is a piss poor decision.
So as to what I am entitled too, the only thing I had hoped for would be for RedHat to not inside of 6 months make Microsoft look better in regards to support, policies, and yes, TCO. My post was a single "why not throw out one good troll response"....past that my feelings and opinion will be expressed properly, but not spending money with a company that I truly do not feel I can trust or rely on in regards to the enterprise business level.
Mark me as a troll, or flamebait, whatever....but I gotta say it at least once.
We done broke up RedHat. You burned me badly, screwed me for telling my bosses you were cool, made me feel like a tool for relying on you, and I'm sorry, but I can't let it happen again.
It's over between us. We broke up, stop driving by my house, calling, telling me your sorry and it won't happen again, or trying tell me you will have a $99 professional workstation release.
None of it's gonna work.
I found me a new woman, you might have seen her around...her name Debbie (short for Debian), and she treats me right.
(Damn I need to get out more...but seriously, I would hope many others have a similar view of RedHat, I just felt from a user perspective and on a business level RedHat kind of gave me the finger with the actions over the last few months)
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...in my personal opinion the biggest thing Google could do would be to have a personal preferences section and a "wipe my history" button. When clicked, this action would wipe out all of the data collected on me to date (by my cookie data, gmail data, etc).
That would probably be the single biggest proof that Google truly does stand apart from other all other companies.
It's difficult to respect the intelligence of your opinion when your AC post shares the sig of your non-AC post. Stupidity and cowardice...way to go.
For the love of God, your only hope of success is to make this movie take place in the 80s.
Yeah, it is known as vigilantism or mob violence. It's sort of the reason we did form societal norms, courts, laws, things like that.
I also believe one of the best periods of history where civilized solutions were eschewed in favor of one or several people kicking the asses of individuals who they found distasteful would be the Dark Ages. See also Salem witch trials.
What in the hell? Our legal system is far from perfect but do you really think that the alternative is better in the long run? As much as I would love to search your post history to find out if the irony of your current post is that your previous ones contain bitching about the current U.S. administration (which is rife with mob mentality), it would be more depressing than anything else.
The beauty of comments like this lies in the fact that I am not smart enough to know if it's total bullshit you made up, or if you are a freaking genius.
Since there tend to be quite a few better informed people reading and posting on here, I thought I would ask a question that has been bugging me.
I thought the first law of thermodynamics was that energy cannot be created or destroyed. Given this, I assumed traveling backwards in time would be impossible since the person or object going back in time would be introducing "extra" energy into a period of time. For example, say I went back into time, either if I was alive during this time or previous to it, wouldn't the energy that I take up/am made of be accounted for already? And wouldn't introducing the quantity of energy I was made of break the aforementioned first law of thermodynamics?
I had actually just started thinking about this again after watching the movie Primer. I would really appreciate people with a lot better understanding of the sciences involved responding.
"Bah weep granah weep ninni bong"
There are a number of Skype compatible phones. Some plug into your USB port and are similar to normal cheapie handsets. There are also cordless phones, most of which are dual landline/Skype compatible.
Check the Skype website for a starting point for examples, then hit Froogle.
Intelligent Converters makes conversion tools to dump a variety of databases to other formats.
Off the top of my head snagging their MS SQL to MySQL converter might do the trick for you?
Hope that helps a little...
"That little fantasy you all have of buying "Mac OS X for x86", running it on some homebuilt shitbox you cobbled together from spare parts, and having it work as well as a G5 runs Panther today will NEVER come to pass. Microsoft has spent twenty years and untold millions trying to achieve that goal, and they still have quite a way to go."
Wow, and people used to say that Apple users were elitist assholes who ultimately adopt the Jobs-esque communications approach of condescension and hostility....I thought that was an unfair stereotype until now.
It's just odd to see some stereotypes are in fact true....
...that we really need a viable alternative to Paypal to be adopted for use in places like Ebay. At first today I was semi-annoyed at my inability to pay for an auction I had won, but after a few other people told me the issue was widespread I started thinking how much it must have made a sucky impact on a lot of small ebay-based businesses, etc today, and what a prolonged problem could mean. Seriously, I would love to see an independent company not owned by ebay as a secondary (and widely accepted) alternative to Paypal. I figure that competition can only breed improvement anyhow. For any of the more involved readers our there, what is the next best alternative to Paypal?
Actually yes. People who put themselves in positions of power or vie for said power have to assume the burden of criticism in all of it's forms as a byproduct of increased notoreity and/or authority. This guy did not have the power to dictate his work environment or policies, and is then being ridiculed by a person who did/does and should be quite a bit more professional in things such as interviews/press releases, etc...in fact the comment(s) made only serve to suggest a person who is probably not pleasant to work with/for.
Google makes a standalone internal search engine server called the Google Appliance. We have one in use at my current job and I was just thinking it would be neat to see what just a little bit of effort from several law enforcement agencies and one of these appliances could do.
...but every time I see one of these stories, I think of some extremely long-lived alien warlord interns having a conversation like this:
Braxxis009A - "Idiots! How many times do I have to tell you anthropods even a trillionth of a degree of miscalculation will cause a complete and total miss! Now reload the Meteoro 2000 Planet Blaster XL with another rock and GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME!!!!"
Actually, it sort of can. A long time ago I had my outlook configured to play a wav of a girl saying "Die Bitch"...but I turned it off a short while ago.
Well, I installed the Gmail notifier, forgot how loud my speakers were set, and heard
"DIE BITCH" loud enough to make me spill my drink as I watched email notification pop ups in the right hand corner of my screen.
So as a warning to others and a reply to you...the notifier will play sounds for incoming mail.
For me, this article was a great and amusing way to start my Friday. Now I may buy a couple shares of Google stock!
I have been really wanted to see a remote like this or the other multi-everything lcd screen sony remote that was out...but with missing feature:
I want a touchpad key board and in a perfect work, a trackpad.
For the last month or so I have been really thinking about a linux based HTPC, and if I could get a really sweet remote sized (or close enough) device like this, that could also let me use a keyboard type interface and work, well I would be extremely happy.
So here's to hoping this remote is one step closer to that.
...the sunny days during your short summer. To correct this, you will spend time indoors hacking away and making a homebrew robotic lawnmower.
The best part will be you will have perfected it by the end of August.
So torn....like the step in the right direction to newer distribution methods, but can never get over my absolute hatred of Real.
You are right...I will make a point to develop important things like communication skills as part of my mental/spiritual growth so that I can clearly express what I mean to people without confusing them. Usually I pick at spelling, but your correction somewhat emphasizes my point. With a lot of technical people who just go nuts on focusing on work or in some cases specifics like interacting with machines (programming, administrating, etc, etc) important communication skills gets abandoned. To the rest of the world, someone who cannot spell or use their own native language correctly is often seen as not worthy of taking seriously, or will not be regarded as an intelligent contributor to whatever matter is at hand.
In any case, thanks for the correction, it is always good to learn something or correct a flaw whenever possible.
Recently, I've been looking into hypnotism, subliminal pursuation, inducing alpha state conciously and lucid dreams.
Maybe you can check if they also happen to have a Learn to Spell While You Sleep course in whatever resource lists you are checking.
It's very nice that efforts are being made to improve the environment to get people to fall asleep...but it seems that this may be the wrong approach to the real issue. A growing amount of sleep disorders suggests problems with higher stress levels, diet, or having a routine sleep pattern. These issues seem to be all common in the U.S. as well as other industrialized nations. In my own humble opinion, I think it's because as a collective group, we put too much time and focus on things that aren't important and in turn have forgotten what's really important, substituting friends, family, and improving oneself mentally/spiritually for material things or work. It would stand to reason that if this substitution leads to these types of problems, it is a poor substitute indeed. I know I sound like a hippy or self help moron, but I have to say, ever since I read this quote somewhere: "One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important." ...and thought on it, and took it to heart, I have just seen/approached things a lot differently. Haven't been fired yet, and hell even if I do, is it the end of the world?
I forgot where I was going with this, oh well. The next stage I would love to approach would be this qoute:
"I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours."
Oh well, enough posting, I should go take a nap.
Judge - "I'm going to ask you some questions, and I want you to answer them immediately"
SCO Lawyer - "We're aren't ready yet. Who the hell are you to make demands?!?"
Judge - "I'M A JUDGE YOU IIIDIOT!"
Judge - "Who is your client, and what do they do.."
Bah, I give up, this Arnold joke was much funnier in my head...now that I am writing it, it sucks. I'll post anyways.
Ridiculous.
My grandparents are in their 80s...and you are probably right, but the generation(s) in their 50s-60s are more likely to have been exposed to technology and it's increasing role in our day to day lives to completely invalidate your theory.
Even more so, each year that passes you will have more grandparents who are moderately tech saavy...it's not in anyway a question of age, but experience. There are still quite a few people in their 20s, 30s, etc who would also not be able to pass your IPOD+ITunes test, because (brace yourself for the shock), they don't drool over tech items like the majority of slashdot readers do.
It's just depressing to see that the rampant ageism that is applied to older people is still going strong in the tech industry...and does not seem to show signs of stopping.
The original poster was offended because she was both a grandparent and a woman into technology, and admittedly, she is a rarity even now....but the real point is that the more time passes, it's more and more possible that this will not be an exception to the standard. And in the spirit of fairness, she was kind of silly to be up in arms about it anyhow...although her point *was* and *is* valid.
I am glad to see the only people bitching back at me over the post are those who clearly have not had to eat the backlash of RedHat's turn on a dime change in support, distribution, and update models. Until you have spent the time making the case for the value and need for a Linux solution to replace Windows, Unix, or whatever, then had to go back and explain that the one company that seemed a viable option for your implementation screws the customer base, tells you that you'll have to effectively upgrade because they are EOL'ing anything previous to the more expensive, not directly (or easily direct) upgrade/new release and a whole gag of other things. I can deal with getting the finger on the distro for my playtime, and I don't feel entitled to jack...but I can tell you one thing...RedHat did way more harm than good with their judgement and burning the very people who got their foot in the door in so many businesses is a piss poor decision. So as to what I am entitled too, the only thing I had hoped for would be for RedHat to not inside of 6 months make Microsoft look better in regards to support, policies, and yes, TCO. My post was a single "why not throw out one good troll response"....past that my feelings and opinion will be expressed properly, but not spending money with a company that I truly do not feel I can trust or rely on in regards to the enterprise business level.
Mark me as a troll, or flamebait, whatever....but I gotta say it at least once.
We done broke up RedHat. You burned me badly, screwed me for telling my bosses you were cool, made me feel like a tool for relying on you, and I'm sorry, but I can't let it happen again.
It's over between us. We broke up, stop driving by my house, calling, telling me your sorry and it won't happen again, or trying tell me you will have a $99 professional workstation release.
None of it's gonna work.
I found me a new woman, you might have seen her around...her name Debbie (short for Debian), and she treats me right.
(Damn I need to get out more...but seriously, I would hope many others have a similar view of RedHat, I just felt from a user perspective and on a business level RedHat kind of gave me the finger with the actions over the last few months)