At this point, it's hard to tell whether Lightsquared had some real optimists on their tech team, or whether they understand the value of correctly formatted political whining.
...Look, LightSquared. You should've just paid for actual spectrum you could use before. You acted like a cheap bastard and tried to use the wrong parts because it was cheaper, and then you cried when it didn't work.
Amen to that.
I'll add to that:
Hey, LightSquared... It's a piece-by-piece fail. You should know what works for companies that don't have shit to offer and whose ideas have been blocked from actual implementation.. SUE!:D
Copyrights, trademarks, anything. Try to squeeze whatever you can from other corporations who have used the ideas "[you] came up with in your sleep before they did."
They didn't say Assange was a terrorist. They said he was an 'enemy of the state', a category which includes terrorists but is not synonymous with terrorism. Should I draw a Venn diagram?
Could/would this designation be used against any American citizen who provides any type of aid or comfort to him, as in the US Constitution's definition of treason?
Why doesn't every damned citizen in the U.S. give him monetary (or some other kind of) donations? Then let's see how this is handled.
"I did not order the military entities involved to make this decision, nor act on it. I do not believe this is right. Now, with more change comes more delayed response time, and with more delayed response times comes more speculation. I, when re-elected, will definitely move this matter from an actionable item to a point of discussion to implement change; change that will reverse this unfair decision before..... [delay... looks at papers] Julian Assange is harmed in any official way, as long as my opinions and actions are not taken into consideration with this change of change that changes...................."
Thats the problem. This is not about "we the people", is about the government/people in power/etc. The people don't know what they are doing in their name, and if someone dares to give them a hint, then its an enemy of the state.
"We, the Elite" should be the new official phrase.
They will implement the new feature called (eat this one, Google) called "the eye gesture".
If you type "brazillian vacation", you will get those search results. If you do the same search but use your previously set gesture (eyes up, left, up, down, center, right, center - or whatever), it will give you those good.xxx results you're droolin' for.
What would be cool is if you join forums and use your email address in the.xxx namespace and you end up getting spammed but for stuff you actually need.
Nice, nice.
How about adding an additional feature to that - so one doesn't have to get spammed all day and sift through it (oh, god, will there be a LOT), how about having a "spam me now" feature that turns spam delivery on so you can use it to your heart's content, and a "delay spamming" to pause it until later?
Hell, there will be so much that there isn't much to lose on the pusher's part.:)
...my family is definitely addicted to A/V and computer games. Movies are watched, TV shows are seen every night, and video games / inet videos are seen almost all day long.
Funny thing is that when there was a massive storm complex that took out power several times at the household when I was visiting, there was an interesting effect:
We went outside and threw frisbees at the large field across the street. We talked, joked, and even starting getting pretty extreme with the physical exertion.
Guess what happened as soon as the power came back on (lights could be seen outside)? Yep, I'm sure you guessed it correctly; everyone got quiet, slowly walked back toward the house, reset clocks, and turned on the TV and computers.
*sigh* If it were only easy enough to get it through peoples' heads nowadays that there are other things out there in the world aside from their gadgets and appliances, things would be a lot more interpersonal in a direct way and not so... fake.
Microsoft needs the changes in Windows 8, ie the UI formerly known as Metro and it's programming APIs, to create one massive developer community so they can beat down Apple. They have nothing on the mobile device side to compete and without apps everything there fails.
So the real question is, what contributions of corporate complainers does it take to force Microsoft to change? Probably not 500M$.
Or maybe Microsoft could just put the freaking start button back in the lower corner of every windows, AND still allow for the other switching and charm options.
Wait, they're looking for complaints to give them the best "free development ideas" for 8. Damnit.
Apparently he did say Windows 8 wasn't ready — but added that it was still a good idea to get it out before the holiday season."
So how far does the hand extend up into the puppet's rear? I'm just curious because if it looks like a puppet, sounds like a puppet, acts like a puppet..... well... yeah.
If in the younger category (under 30), give him a position as a "secret advisor" for the top dogs. The rule is, in order for him to keep his job, that he has to provide his secret excellent awesome information to the superiors in a polite and well-rounded way or it will not be taken into consideration. If the ideas are well-presented and used, he will get public recognition and an occasional appearance under the right conditions, but not always visible.
Wait, it sounds like I'm describing raising a bad kid. Well, that's my advice, and I'm sticking to it.:)
Find managers that can bridge the communication gap between jerks and the rest of the business. There are plenty of business people who know how to talk with someone like a specialized programmer for instance, without having any practical programming skills themselves. Every business success or failure is about finding the right people, culture, etc. Productivity is only one measure and people must be in place to motivate and communicate with all types of people.
*nodnodnod* If we didn't have one of those where I work, the place would be on fire in minutes.
...The industry wants us to be THANKFUL of their generosity in providing such wonderfully expensive crappy service because it puts more money in the pockets of those at the top.
We have passed law that allows business to exact full payment for undefined partial service. Clever business use of phrases like " service up to " followed by phrases like " for only $$$.$$/mo* " then " * other charges may apply " and the like have led to a business environment where business can provide whatever they feel like and customers have to take what they are lucky enough to get...........
I love your comment!
Also, it got my brain imagining what ads for telecom companies would be like if there were FDA-like required statements issued in their advertisements. LOL!
e.g. "Check out our new*1 fiber*2 internet service*3 for ONLY*4 $49.95/month*5 for unlimited bandwidth*6 and speeds*7 up to*8 100mbps*9!"
*1 New internal or external hardware is NOT used for the delivery of this service unless it is the best bargain at the exact time of sale. Hardware may be changed at any time with or without notice. We sometimes fake service outages to get you to use different hardware. Oh, and you will pay for the service call for the replacement of your not-bad "bad hardware" when we choose.
*2 Fiber is not necessarily extended up to the point of service. Fiber is only guaranteed to be in use from the central routing location of the corporate headquarters of our company to a minimum of one other point beyond that. It sounds better and more popular in an advertisement so that is why we use it. Hey, it's legal!
*3 We can choose to use our own DNS services to route you to locations of our choice. We try to point you to services that are internal up-sell points of our business products and services. We can choose to start our own network that does not connect to the former so-called "Internet" at any time with or without cause or notice to the customer.
*4 Does not include federal, state, local, or made-up taxes or service charges. Does not include emergency services, whether you have voice service or not (because we decided that's what makes more monetary sense - make money off stuff that isn't being used). Does not include "a fee" or "fees" of any type or amount, which we may set with or without notice at any time.
*5 You wish. It looks pretty in type, though, doesn't it? Such a small number and it doesn't even start with a 5!
*6 Unless we think you are using too much of it ("too much" is a number of our choosing, with or without any cause). If you use too much, we will port scan your ass, try to find open wireless access points near your place of use, use subtle or direct means of finding out whether you have children or not (and if you do, rat you out to the MPAA or RIAA [or any other governmental institution we choose to] for illegal file or information serving or sharing). Hell, we'll do whatever we can to make sure you feel guilty and scared enough to quit using bandwidth. We'll even try to make you feel that switching to another provider of service will end up in us reporting more dirt on you to anyone we choose. This is fun, isn't it?
*7 It's not limited "officially." We love this play on words.
*8 What we choose to allow is always to our advantage in a way that prevents the purchase or use of new hardware unless the new hardware allows us to screw you up the *blip* in some other way. The points we're reading to you at a fast rate that's almost incomprehensible right now are not the only ones that we can use to screw you out of more and more money as time goes on and making you *blip*ping like it.
*9 Go ahead. After hearing all of this, we dare you to try and use that 100mbps for more than 5 seconds. Mwahahahaha!
In America, they tell U-Verse subscribers that copper *IS* fiber. Check forums and yahoo answers for confused victims. Hilarious if it wasn't so sad. Note, there is a 1% of U-Verse that is fiber, the rest is just short shot DSL.
But it was delivered to the nearest injection point on fiber, so you're "definitely" getting "fiber" to your house. *fingers crossed behind back* </snark>
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At this point, it's hard to tell whether Lightsquared had some real optimists on their tech team, or whether they understand the value of correctly formatted political whining.
Franklins and Clevelands? :)
...Look, LightSquared. You should've just paid for actual spectrum you could use before. You acted like a cheap bastard and tried to use the wrong parts because it was cheaper, and then you cried when it didn't work.
Amen to that.
I'll add to that:
Hey, LightSquared... It's a piece-by-piece fail. You should know what works for companies that don't have shit to offer and whose ideas have been blocked from actual implementation.. SUE! :D
Copyrights, trademarks, anything. Try to squeeze whatever you can from other corporations who have used the ideas "[you] came up with in your sleep before they did."
"Follow me on Twitter for more"
XD
They didn't say Assange was a terrorist. They said he was an 'enemy of the state', a category which includes terrorists but is not synonymous with terrorism. Should I draw a Venn diagram?
No, I demand a car analogy!
Will motorcycle suffice?
Assangels
Touché :)
....copyrighted. Sick 'em, Buena Vista Pictures!
Could/would this designation be used against any American citizen who provides any type of aid or comfort to him, as in the US Constitution's definition of treason?
Why doesn't every damned citizen in the U.S. give him monetary (or some other kind of) donations? Then let's see how this is handled.
after Obama yesterday's utopian freedom of speech speech at the UN.
Future quote from Obama:
"I did not order the military entities involved to make this decision, nor act on it. I do not believe this is right. Now, with more change comes more delayed response time, and with more delayed response times comes more speculation. I, when re-elected, will definitely move this matter from an actionable item to a point of discussion to implement change; change that will reverse this unfair decision before..... [delay... looks at papers] Julian Assange is harmed in any official way, as long as my opinions and actions are not taken into consideration with this change of change that changes...................."
Thats the problem. This is not about "we the people", is about the government/people in power/etc. The people don't know what they are doing in their name, and if someone dares to give them a hint, then its an enemy of the state.
"We, the Elite" should be the new official phrase.
"We, the people" should be the one that matters.
They will implement the new feature called (eat this one, Google) called "the eye gesture".
If you type "brazillian vacation", you will get those search results. If you do the same search but use your previously set gesture (eyes up, left, up, down, center, right, center - or whatever), it will give you those good .xxx results you're droolin' for.
What would be cool is if you join forums and use your email address in the .xxx namespace and you end up getting spammed but for stuff you actually need.
Nice, nice.
How about adding an additional feature to that - so one doesn't have to get spammed all day and sift through it (oh, god, will there be a LOT), how about having a "spam me now" feature that turns spam delivery on so you can use it to your heart's content, and a "delay spamming" to pause it until later?
Hell, there will be so much that there isn't much to lose on the pusher's part. :)
But the main question is: will they have a "I'm feeling lucky button?"
Will there be a frame inserted at the top with two buttons that say "Oh, yeah +1" or "GAG ME -1" when use use that button? :)
With all of the security, child-safety, privacy, and other stuff Google thrives on, how are they gonna one-up this one? :)
...my family is definitely addicted to A/V and computer games. Movies are watched, TV shows are seen every night, and video games / inet videos are seen almost all day long.
Funny thing is that when there was a massive storm complex that took out power several times at the household when I was visiting, there was an interesting effect:
We went outside and threw frisbees at the large field across the street. We talked, joked, and even starting getting pretty extreme with the physical exertion.
Guess what happened as soon as the power came back on (lights could be seen outside)? Yep, I'm sure you guessed it correctly; everyone got quiet, slowly walked back toward the house, reset clocks, and turned on the TV and computers.
*sigh* If it were only easy enough to get it through peoples' heads nowadays that there are other things out there in the world aside from their gadgets and appliances, things would be a lot more interpersonal in a direct way and not so... fake.
Just my worthless $0.0002.
Microsoft needs the changes in Windows 8, ie the UI formerly known as Metro and it's programming APIs, to create one massive developer community so they can beat down Apple. They have nothing on the mobile device side to compete and without apps everything there fails.
So the real question is, what contributions of corporate complainers does it take to force Microsoft to change? Probably not 500M$.
Modified that for ya.
Good work.
Or maybe Microsoft could just put the freaking start button back in the lower corner of every windows, AND still allow for the other switching and charm options.
Wait, they're looking for complaints to give them the best "free development ideas" for 8. Damnit.
Apparently he did say Windows 8 wasn't ready — but added that it was still a good idea to get it out before the holiday season."
So how far does the hand extend up into the puppet's rear? I'm just curious because if it looks like a puppet, sounds like a puppet, acts like a puppet..... well... yeah.
Depends on his age.
If in the younger category (under 30), give him a position as a "secret advisor" for the top dogs. The rule is, in order for him to keep his job, that he has to provide his secret excellent awesome information to the superiors in a polite and well-rounded way or it will not be taken into consideration. If the ideas are well-presented and used, he will get public recognition and an occasional appearance under the right conditions, but not always visible.
Wait, it sounds like I'm describing raising a bad kid. Well, that's my advice, and I'm sticking to it. :)
Find managers that can bridge the communication gap between jerks and the rest of the business. There are plenty of business people who know how to talk with someone like a specialized programmer for instance, without having any practical programming skills themselves. Every business success or failure is about finding the right people, culture, etc. Productivity is only one measure and people must be in place to motivate and communicate with all types of people.
*nodnodnod* If we didn't have one of those where I work, the place would be on fire in minutes.
I'd mod this one up. Very realistic. :)
...I guess they'll have to resort to that completely ineffective method of "talking" to spread garbage or convincing arguments.
That could never work. :)
</sarcasm>
...I bet it was terrorizing to him.
...The industry wants us to be THANKFUL of their generosity in providing such wonderfully expensive crappy service because it puts more money in the pockets of those at the top.
I fixed that up a little for ya. Sorry.
:)
We have passed law that allows business to exact full payment for undefined partial service. Clever business use of phrases like " service up to " followed by phrases like " for only $$$.$$/mo* " then " * other charges may apply " and the like have led to a business environment where business can provide whatever they feel like and customers have to take what they are lucky enough to get. ..........
I love your comment!
Also, it got my brain imagining what ads for telecom companies would be like if there were FDA-like required statements issued in their advertisements. LOL!
e.g. "Check out our new*1 fiber*2 internet service*3 for ONLY*4 $49.95/month*5 for unlimited bandwidth*6 and speeds*7 up to*8 100mbps*9!"
*1 New internal or external hardware is NOT used for the delivery of this service unless it is the best bargain at the exact time of sale. Hardware may be changed at any time with or without notice. We sometimes fake service outages to get you to use different hardware. Oh, and you will pay for the service call for the replacement of your not-bad "bad hardware" when we choose.
*2 Fiber is not necessarily extended up to the point of service. Fiber is only guaranteed to be in use from the central routing location of the corporate headquarters of our company to a minimum of one other point beyond that. It sounds better and more popular in an advertisement so that is why we use it. Hey, it's legal!
*3 We can choose to use our own DNS services to route you to locations of our choice. We try to point you to services that are internal up-sell points of our business products and services. We can choose to start our own network that does not connect to the former so-called "Internet" at any time with or without cause or notice to the customer.
*4 Does not include federal, state, local, or made-up taxes or service charges. Does not include emergency services, whether you have voice service or not (because we decided that's what makes more monetary sense - make money off stuff that isn't being used). Does not include "a fee" or "fees" of any type or amount, which we may set with or without notice at any time.
*5 You wish. It looks pretty in type, though, doesn't it? Such a small number and it doesn't even start with a 5!
*6 Unless we think you are using too much of it ("too much" is a number of our choosing, with or without any cause). If you use too much, we will port scan your ass, try to find open wireless access points near your place of use, use subtle or direct means of finding out whether you have children or not (and if you do, rat you out to the MPAA or RIAA [or any other governmental institution we choose to] for illegal file or information serving or sharing). Hell, we'll do whatever we can to make sure you feel guilty and scared enough to quit using bandwidth. We'll even try to make you feel that switching to another provider of service will end up in us reporting more dirt on you to anyone we choose. This is fun, isn't it?
*7 It's not limited "officially." We love this play on words.
*8 What we choose to allow is always to our advantage in a way that prevents the purchase or use of new hardware unless the new hardware allows us to screw you up the *blip* in some other way. The points we're reading to you at a fast rate that's almost incomprehensible right now are not the only ones that we can use to screw you out of more and more money as time goes on and making you *blip*ping like it.
*9 Go ahead. After hearing all of this, we dare you to try and use that 100mbps for more than 5 seconds. Mwahahahaha!
In America, they tell U-Verse subscribers that copper *IS* fiber. Check forums and yahoo answers for confused victims. Hilarious if it wasn't so sad.
Note, there is a 1% of U-Verse that is fiber, the rest is just short shot DSL.
But it was delivered to the nearest injection point on fiber, so you're "definitely" getting "fiber" to your house. *fingers crossed behind back*
</snark>