This is the exact opposite of what they've done on the main street through my neighborhood. The lights are timed such that you have to speed by about 10 MPH to avoid hitting a bunch of reds.
The reason ISP's use the word "unlimited" in their advertisements is because it sells more accounts than if they don't.
The fact that they are lying is really not a relevant point.
Of course it's relevant. There are these things called false advertising laws, which you apparently need to read up on. They exist to protect honest businesses, as well as consumers. None of this works, however, if you immediately sink to the level of your competition.
Hell, my company is, at this very minute, looking for some MCSE-holding kissass morons to tell the upper management folks that we need to upgrade to Windows 2003 and XP. I never really understood why we need to hire kissass morons to come to the conclusion the management has already come to.
Those "kissass morons" are properly referred to as consultants.
I'd really love to live in Texas where the PDs have a nice habit of showing up drunk and passing out in the middle of your capital murder case.
Actually, we don't even have public defenders in Texas. The judge just appoints a local attorney to act as the defendant's representative. So you get a tax or divorce specialist defending you against capital murder charges. I'm not sure if they're forced to do it pro bono or if there's some minimal compensation. Either way, you end up with a lawyer that's both unqualified and unmotivated.
It would be nicer still if people would take the initiative to move their business to a bank that doesn't pull stunts like this. Bank of America's web site has worked flawlessly with Mozilla for years.
OS/2 itself was just barely usable on an 8 MB machine. (My first system was a 33 MHz 486SX with 8 MB which I used with OS/2 2.1.)
But you're ignoring the rest of the software stack I described. All of IBM's networking at the time was SNA, which required Communications Manager/2 (CM/2) on every PC that needed so much as a 3270 emulator. Then there's Win-OS/2, which really means a copy of DOS plus a copy of Windows.
Now you're ready to load your application. Have fun! (My old PS/2 Model 70 literally took 15 minutes to boot every morning. It was actually pretty nice to have an excuse to sit around BSing.)
The hardware of the time was woefully underpowered for the job. A high-end desktop in the early '90s had maybe 8 MB of RAM. Try running OS/2 2.0, CM/2 (the SNA protocol stack), and Win-OS/2 (Windows 3.0 hacked to run in a DOS session). Win-OS/2 was a requirement, because the 16-bit Windows applications of the time were vastly better than their 32-bit OS/2 counterparts when the latter even existed.
Just a quick note from a former credit union examiner: you're incorrect.
First, second, third, etc. refer to the priority of the liens on the property. So it isn't possible to have a second mortgage without a first mortgage. Nor is is possible to have multiple second mortgages.
Home equity loans are usually second mortgages, and it is, of course, possible to take out a home equity loan on a property that is not otherwise mortgaged. In this case the home equity loan would be the first mortgage, which should be reflected in a lower interest rate.
Both individuals (natural persons) and corporations (artificial persons) have rights protected by the First Amendment. Commercial speech, however, is protected less than other types of speech. This is why false advertising laws are constitutional and apply equally to corporations, sole proprietorships, and partnerships.
The reason that you can't get a sales rep to honestly describe the shortcomings of his (or her) product is that he risks losing the sale by doing so. As long as the drones in procurement keep buying the products that are (dishonestly) described as being all things to all people this is what you're going to get.
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I'm pretty sure that a Neon isn't capable of travelling at 98 MPH (unless it's loaded in a truck).
This is the exact opposite of what they've done on the main street through my neighborhood. The lights are timed such that you have to speed by about 10 MPH to avoid hitting a bunch of reds.
What would you do with ten 30mm propulsion-grade rubber bands in Vegas?
I know I'm missing something, but shouldn't they be encouraging this form of free-adversiting?
No.
If you don't defend a trademark, you lose it.
I'm pretty sure that most brains around here are in their virginal state.
The reason ISP's use the word "unlimited" in their advertisements is because it sells more accounts than if they don't.
The fact that they are lying is really not a relevant point.
Of course it's relevant. There are these things called false advertising laws, which you apparently need to read up on. They exist to protect honest businesses, as well as consumers. None of this works, however, if you immediately sink to the level of your competition.
Get out of the 19th century!
IBM BladeCenters actually come with a muffler that fits on the back!
Hell, my company is, at this very minute, looking for some MCSE-holding kissass morons to tell the upper management folks that we need to upgrade to Windows 2003 and XP. I never really understood why we need to hire kissass morons to come to the conclusion the management has already come to.
Those "kissass morons" are properly referred to as consultants.
Someone needs to do the following:
1. Turn the culprit in.
2. Collect SCO's reward.
3. Give the money to the OSDL SCO defense fund.
I'd really love to live in Texas where the PDs have a nice habit of showing up drunk and passing out in the middle of your capital murder case.
Actually, we don't even have public defenders in Texas. The judge just appoints a local attorney to act as the defendant's representative. So you get a tax or divorce specialist defending you against capital murder charges. I'm not sure if they're forced to do it pro bono or if there's some minimal compensation. Either way, you end up with a lawyer that's both unqualified and unmotivated.
It would be nicer still if people would take the initiative to move their business to a bank that doesn't pull stunts like this. Bank of America's web site has worked flawlessly with Mozilla for years.
It's not the length of your pipeline; it's the thickness.
I'd say that if they do contain nude pictures of J.R.R. Tolkien they're out of luck. I guess I'm just weird that way.
...de facto standards emerge. One need look no further than POSIX/SUS and GNU/Linux for an example.
Put 'em right beside the telephone sanitizers.
But you're ignoring the rest of the software stack I described. All of IBM's networking at the time was SNA, which required Communications Manager/2 (CM/2) on every PC that needed so much as a 3270 emulator. Then there's Win-OS/2, which really means a copy of DOS plus a copy of Windows.
Now you're ready to load your application. Have fun! (My old PS/2 Model 70 literally took 15 minutes to boot every morning. It was actually pretty nice to have an excuse to sit around BSing.)
The hardware of the time was woefully underpowered for the job. A high-end desktop in the early '90s had maybe 8 MB of RAM. Try running OS/2 2.0, CM/2 (the SNA protocol stack), and Win-OS/2 (Windows 3.0 hacked to run in a DOS session). Win-OS/2 was a requirement, because the 16-bit Windows applications of the time were vastly better than their 32-bit OS/2 counterparts when the latter even existed.
The Civilian Conservation Corps.?
You've obviously never seen an IBM 3279.
Just a quick note from a former credit union examiner: you're incorrect.
First, second, third, etc. refer to the priority of the liens on the property. So it isn't possible to have a second mortgage without a first mortgage. Nor is is possible to have multiple second mortgages.
Home equity loans are usually second mortgages, and it is, of course, possible to take out a home equity loan on a property that is not otherwise mortgaged. In this case the home equity loan would be the first mortgage, which should be reflected in a lower interest rate.
Wrong.
Both individuals (natural persons) and corporations (artificial persons) have rights protected by the First Amendment. Commercial speech, however, is protected less than other types of speech. This is why false advertising laws are constitutional and apply equally to corporations, sole proprietorships, and partnerships.
It sounds like Stephenson is turning into Thomas Pynchon.
I can't let this pass.
The reason that you can't get a sales rep to honestly describe the shortcomings of his (or her) product is that he risks losing the sale by doing so. As long as the drones in procurement keep buying the products that are (dishonestly) described as being all things to all people this is what you're going to get.
He won't be able to get into the office with a furrun sounding name like that.
I'm pretty sure that it was an interpretter, not a compiler.