Instead of suing eBay, why not try suing the plonker that left rhe negative feedback. Oh, wait.. that's because eBay has deeper pockets. It's no wonder the suit was dismissed.
Well, I didn't mention it.. but the idea of having a security guard implies that the guard be trained well and have a host of procedures to follow. I was suggesting a security guard as an alternative to expensive retina scanners or handprint identifiers:)
Nobody wants to hire a few decent-quality security guards anymore. I mean you'll want to lock the facility down with a nice little card access system, but there's a lot to be said for face recognition and random inspections/stops. Spend money on a person.
According to this logic, if you own a CD and copy the music to MP3 to, say, prevent skipping of an overused CD.... then that gives them the authority to hack into your system and delete those files that you legally own and copied. There's no way to tell what's legal and what's not. All that music traders would do it copy the files to another machine, not attached to an internet gateway. P.S. This has the foul stench of Microsoft all over it. Can anyone say MEDIA PLAYER UPDATE? I'd love to see the text on that one... "Flaw exists in Windows Media Player (all versions) that does not allow a remote attacker to access files on a remote system. Install this patch to correct."
Yeah because you "sucked" so bad at the job they did give you. Assholes. This infuriates me. The same thing happened to my girlfriend. She got a job at a bank. They didn't like her shoes (I shit you not.) They fired her because of her "unprofessional attire" and reported that as the reason to the temp agency. Her shoes were nothing even close to inappropriate (black dress shoes.) I think there was something else, but they wouldn't say (like they couldn't afford to pay or something.) She was fired, and the temp agency wouldn't talk to her anymore because they were told she was a bad apple. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
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Yeah.. That would make sense except for one thing... Some law enforcement agency (so the data must be valid) concluded with numbers and percentages, that one who posesses and looks at child pornography is more likely to harm an actual child. Again, numbers provided by the party making the assertion... hardly valid data.
You may not be interested in any of the comercials, or you may be interested in who in your neighborhood is interested enough in this program to buy ad space, after all you might find other people in their place of business that you may like. Is this stretching things?
Yes and no. I am a stubborn little shit, so I refuse to use the services of, or purchase anything (within reason) which is shown on a commercial. I mean I like Mt. Dew, so I'll buy it even though they advertise. I didn't buy it BECAUSE of their advertisements.. I but it because they make a quality product. That's something that the testimonial of a real-life friend or acquaintance can make, not anyone or anything on television. In a way, commercial spending indicates to me that they have way too much money to blow on advertising rather than product improvement or customer retention/claims handling. I don't want to get flamed over this because I am quite aware how large of a margin of error there is in that statement, but as a general rule it works in MY head;)
My logic also stands in this statement: I don't purchase anything as a result of what I see in the form of TV ads, so skipping them is not causing any corporation any loss for my part. To make me watch ads by mandate only strengthens my desire to avoid their product.
Is there software that can filter commercials out? I've heard TiVO does this.. but I don't own one so I can't verify.:) I just use the GuidePlus program that came with my Radeon, but I'd really like something a little more reliable.. and perhaps that will run when my console is locked (on the Windows machine that is my recorder) If no one can recommend software that cuts commercials (while recording), can anyone recommend good FREE software that can edit an existing MPEG2 stream and chop sections out manually? All of the video editing software I've found that's free will only allow you to hack either end of a clip off, but not cut sections out of the middle. I hope this wasn't too confusing.:)
The "dashboards" provided green/yellow/red status with click-through to actual data points. The execs spent so much time obsessing over the quality of data in the dashboards and fixing problems when they arose that they never got any actual use out of them. It just gives execs one more thing to complain about and blame on other people to get unreasonable performance gains (that in reality areperformance losses in the form of lowered morale and sabotage.)
MS probably jerked them around on this "free software" deal and tried to bill them for it when economic times got tough. I'd bet you that's what this is about:)
Absolutely. I would chock that up more to the business owners and venture capitalists during the boom. Personally, I was interested in technology and it was easy for me to get my foot in the door because of the boom... I'm still motivated by technology and my interests. I never made THAT much money. I don't think anyone else that couldn't be called "guilty" did either.
I'm.. I'm a UNIX admin and system-level debugger. My job isn't safe anymore, either. Indians will do it for a quarter the rate I have to make just to be able to support myself.
Oh, bull. They're motivated by money and nothing else. It's asinine to assume otherwise. Once there's profit to be had from hiring an American worker, watch how fast the jobs come back.
I've e-filed for the past three years and have never had a problem with it at all. My refunds were fast, and I found the system easy to use. I completed both federal and state in about 30 minutes each year.
I just won't buy Intel processors that can't be overclocked. I'll buy AMD. I know it won't do any good, but I sent an email off Intel's site to the company letting them know I've been an Intel customer for years (buying over 50 of their processors) but no longer will be due to their decision to block overclocking. I'll just buy from their competitor, AMD. I don't see why they care anyway... if someone overheats their processor because it was overclocked, they'll just go out and buy a new one.
I wish I could comment on your question... but I wasn't high-up enough on the chain to be cleared to know about that stuff. It wouldn't surprise me a bit, though. I bet you that's actually one of the bullet points on the sales pitch to the store (Short manufacturer warranty aids in PSP/Ext. Warr. sales) America makes me sick.
They chose the PC platform because they see the direction Microsoft is going in (and already has gone in.) They know that they can assure themselves more sales by preferring, and developing to, a platform that is controlled largely by a monopolistic corporation with exclusive licensing practices. It's only going to get worse for consumer choice (read: more profitable for Adobe) in the PC market. They'll also ensure that their product is "Windows Certified" right away and stays that way.
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Instead of suing eBay, why not try suing the plonker that left rhe negative feedback. Oh, wait.. that's because eBay has deeper pockets. It's no wonder the suit was dismissed.
Well, I didn't mention it.. but the idea of having a security guard implies that the guard be trained well and have a host of procedures to follow. :)
I was suggesting a security guard as an alternative to expensive retina scanners or handprint identifiers
Nobody wants to hire a few decent-quality security guards anymore. I mean you'll want to lock the facility down with a nice little card access system, but there's a lot to be said for face recognition and random inspections/stops. Spend money on a person.
According to this logic, if you own a CD and copy the music to MP3 to, say, prevent skipping of an overused CD.... then that gives them the authority to hack into your system and delete those files that you legally own and copied.
There's no way to tell what's legal and what's not. All that music traders would do it copy the files to another machine, not attached to an internet gateway.
P.S. This has the foul stench of Microsoft all over it. Can anyone say MEDIA PLAYER UPDATE? I'd love to see the text on that one... "Flaw exists in Windows Media Player (all versions) that does not allow a remote attacker to access files on a remote system. Install this patch to correct."
If there's profit in that route, sure. Sounds like a plan.
Yeah because you "sucked" so bad at the job they did give you.
Assholes. This infuriates me.
The same thing happened to my girlfriend. She got a job at a bank. They didn't like her shoes (I shit you not.) They fired her because of her "unprofessional attire" and reported that as the reason to the temp agency. Her shoes were nothing even close to inappropriate (black dress shoes.) I think there was something else, but they wouldn't say (like they couldn't afford to pay or something.)
She was fired, and the temp agency wouldn't talk to her anymore because they were told she was a bad apple.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
Yeah..
That would make sense except for one thing...
Some law enforcement agency (so the data must be valid) concluded with numbers and percentages, that one who posesses and looks at child pornography is more likely to harm an actual child.
Again, numbers provided by the party making the assertion... hardly valid data.
Thank you, anonymous coward :) I'll check it out again. Last time I did, it didn't seem to have the features I wanted.
You may not be interested in any of the comercials, or you may be interested in who in your neighborhood is interested enough in this program to buy ad space, after all you might find other people in their place of business that you may like. Is this stretching things?
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Yes and no. I am a stubborn little shit, so I refuse to use the services of, or purchase anything (within reason) which is shown on a commercial. I mean I like Mt. Dew, so I'll buy it even though they advertise. I didn't buy it BECAUSE of their advertisements.. I but it because they make a quality product. That's something that the testimonial of a real-life friend or acquaintance can make, not anyone or anything on television.
In a way, commercial spending indicates to me that they have way too much money to blow on advertising rather than product improvement or customer retention/claims handling. I don't want to get flamed over this because I am quite aware how large of a margin of error there is in that statement, but as a general rule it works in MY head
My logic also stands in this statement: I don't purchase anything as a result of what I see in the form of TV ads, so skipping them is not causing any corporation any loss for my part. To make me watch ads by mandate only strengthens my desire to avoid their product.
How about getting rid of the men?
Is there software that can filter commercials out? I've heard TiVO does this.. but I don't own one so I can't verify. :) :)
I just use the GuidePlus program that came with my Radeon, but I'd really like something a little more reliable.. and perhaps that will run when my console is locked (on the Windows machine that is my recorder)
If no one can recommend software that cuts commercials (while recording), can anyone recommend good FREE software that can edit an existing MPEG2 stream and chop sections out manually? All of the video editing software I've found that's free will only allow you to hack either end of a clip off, but not cut sections out of the middle.
I hope this wasn't too confusing.
It doesn't work. Surprised, huh? ;)
The "dashboards" provided green/yellow/red status with click-through to actual data points.
The execs spent so much time obsessing over the quality of data in the dashboards and fixing problems when they arose that they never got any actual use out of them.
It just gives execs one more thing to complain about and blame on other people to get unreasonable performance gains (that in reality areperformance losses in the form of lowered morale and sabotage.)
MS probably jerked them around on this "free software" deal and tried to bill them for it when economic times got tough. I'd bet you that's what this is about :)
I'll bet this is a way for Microsoft (or other ISP/connection providers) to place liens on homes for non-payment of bills.
Won't work.. your solution makes sense, which is enough to keep it from going anywhere. ;)
Plus, there's no profit in it.
...is how long I figure it will take before there are methods in place to circumvent the copy protection :)
Absolutely. I would chock that up more to the business owners and venture capitalists during the boom. Personally, I was interested in technology and it was easy for me to get my foot in the door because of the boom... I'm still motivated by technology and my interests. I never made THAT much money. I don't think anyone else that couldn't be called "guilty" did either.
I'm.. I'm a UNIX admin and system-level debugger. My job isn't safe anymore, either. Indians will do it for a quarter the rate I have to make just to be able to support myself.
Oh, bull. They're motivated by money and nothing else. It's asinine to assume otherwise. Once there's profit to be had from hiring an American worker, watch how fast the jobs come back.
I've e-filed for the past three years and have never had a problem with it at all. My refunds were fast, and I found the system easy to use. I completed both federal and state in about 30 minutes each year.
I just won't buy Intel processors that can't be overclocked. I'll buy AMD.
I know it won't do any good, but I sent an email off Intel's site to the company letting them know I've been an Intel customer for years (buying over 50 of their processors) but no longer will be due to their decision to block overclocking. I'll just buy from their competitor, AMD.
I don't see why they care anyway... if someone overheats their processor because it was overclocked, they'll just go out and buy a new one.
Yeah... that and when I *do* overheat and damage my CPU, I'll go out and buy a new one :)
Oops! I meant movies, not music. Got my damn M-words mixed up. Sorry.
I wish I could comment on your question... but I wasn't high-up enough on the chain to be cleared to know about that stuff. It wouldn't surprise me a bit, though. I bet you that's actually one of the bullet points on the sales pitch to the store (Short manufacturer warranty aids in PSP/Ext. Warr. sales)
America makes me sick.
They chose the PC platform because they see the direction Microsoft is going in (and already has gone in.) They know that they can assure themselves more sales by preferring, and developing to, a platform that is controlled largely by a monopolistic corporation with exclusive licensing practices.
It's only going to get worse for consumer choice (read: more profitable for Adobe) in the PC market. They'll also ensure that their product is "Windows Certified" right away and stays that way.