I always figured that "Transparant Aluminum" really should be "Transparant Aluminum(r)" as it is a trademarked brand name that a company used to describe the product that it makes. sort of like "Lexian(r)" is a trademark of GE.
There is a term that perfectly describes the stock market that for some reason has fallen from common use.
The current word, folks like to use when describing the purchase of stock is "invest" as in "I am investing in the stock market"
The term that should be used is "speculate" as in "I am speculating in the stock market"
You see, if you "invest" in something, you expect to see a profit. If you "speculate" you acknowledge that there is risk involved, but you hope for a profit. I concede that it is a very subtle difference.
I blame the drop from common use on the stockbrokers. (or are they called "investment agents" now?) They want you to feel all happy, warm and fuzzy while they make their commissions on your speculations.
Words are powerful tools. As with all tools, you should try to use the right one for the task at hand.
my company's legal team didn't see it that way, insisting that "gift cards" did not constitute a "product" being purchased, it was simply money exchanged between "accounts".
So the compsny's legal team would have no problem reversing the exchange of money between accounts and provide cash for the face value of the Gift Card?
I mean computer storage is cheaper now than it ever has been in the past. I mean heck, Google is giving me tons of free storage, Yahoo is giving me tons of free storage too. I can go to Fry's Electronics and pick up an ungodly amount of compuer storage for a few hundred bucks.
Geez, you would think that these people that work in a COMPUTER museum would know how to add a freaking hard drive for additional storage...
If I say that Microsoft's is akin to those of the Maifa,
I recommend against that!!!
You don't want to make the mafia look bad.
Accidents happen to those that make 'The Family' look bad.
Look, I like you, and might be in a position to talk to those that may have been offended by your indiscretion.
I will go out on a limb for you.
There will come a time that I will ask you to go out on a limb for me. I trust that the favor will be returned in kind at that time. Look you are smart, but sometimes you need to stop being smart and think for a minute. If you stop being smart so much, you won't find yourself into these kind of jams.
Don't worry, I'm sure that I will smooth it over for you.
The headline is great! Not really on it's own merits, but I instantly imagined the remarks from when the "story" is posted again in 2 weeks: "When Lightning Strikes Twice"
Today's most sophisticated phones have the processing power of a mid-1990s PC while consuming 100 times less electricity.
Can someone explain to me how something can use "less" than 1 times the energy of something else.
SCENERAO:
Device A uses X amount of electricity to perform a task
Device B uses 100X of electricity to perform the same task
I get that device B uses 100 times the electricity of device A.
Device A uses 1% of the electricity that device B uses. Since when did "100 times less" == 1%?
"Why would someone want to do X? It requires hundreds of gigabytes of disk space, and runs poorly on anything less than gigabit ethernet."
Hold on there, pardner!
I have it on great authority that many, many unixy type folkses have been running all sorts of applications over X (They keep wanting to call it the X Window System or some sort of techy name) for many years now. I'm pretty sure that they didn't have "hundreds of gigabytes of disk space" or "gigabit ethernet" back in the day...
Maybe you are making a comment with the "runs poorly" part...
Actually, I remember a case where disconnecting the printer actually helped find the problem.
A customer called up because his computer would lock up frequently. We troubleshot the hell out of the system. We found that when the printer was not connected, the system was stable. So, he returned the printer, thinking that he had a bad printer. Next day, new printer, same model... Same problem. So, we went into SERIOUS troubleshooting mode.
It turns out that he recently fixed the ongoing moisture problem in his basement, and the grounding rod (Yes, this was a very old house) was not grounded. He poured some water over the rod, and found that the system was stable. I strongly advised him to get the house re-grounded.
He figured that he'd just give his house a cup of coffee every morning until he could have someone come out.
I pray to my diety that these nanofactories do not get conntcted to any type of computer network. If they are, you just KNOW that there will be some kind of virus or worm that will attack these nanofactories and have them create any kind of nastiness.
If this comes to pass, the next computer virus could very well kill you.
I can see the virus threat warning...
======== W64.nanodeath
Discovered on: April 2, 2044
W64.nanodeath is a mass-mailing worm that attempts to spread using mail and file-sharing networks. The worm also opens a backdoor on an infected computer.
When the worm runs, it activates all network attached Microsoft NanoFactory(TM) systems in the local area network. The affected Microsoft NanoFactory systems will randomly produce MicroSoft MicroMachines(TM) designed to do one of the following: * Destroy human flesh * Destroy bone matter * Destroy human brain tissue * Produce plush penguin toys
Also Known As: Die.MSUsers.Die, Long.Live.Linux
Type: Worm Infection Length: varies
Systems Affected: Windows 2020, Windows 2016, Windows 2013, Windows 2010. Systems Not Affected: Everything Else
But how many people have criminal defense lawyers on call, anyway? Besides former Enron executives?
I would have to say any number of former presidents of the USA, almost ALL politicians in my home state of AZ, professional criminals and of course, lawyers. (would you consider the last two redundant?)
When I design a DHTML web page I want to make the best user experience possoible. In some cases that involves a pop-up. You know the kind where you click something and you expect to get a popup.
...snip...
Somebody needs to sit down and bitchslap the developers who did the AOL and the Earthlink blockers. They are making the web a mess. Tell them to look over the shoulders of the Google/Mozilla folks.
Maybe someone should bitchslap the designer that assumes that they can uses popups in an effort to "make the best user experience possoible"
Face it, popups will be blocked on a increasing percentage of clients. I'd recommend that you clue yourself in that the popup as a enhancement tool is going to be as effective as the {blink} tag. You HAVE stopped using the {blink} tag, haven't you???
Slashdot Mirror
I understand that the purist following is upset because in the lastest version Tinkerbell shoots first.....
"F - as in Frank"
"R - as in Frank"
"A - as in Frank"
"N - as in Frank"
"K - as in Frank"
I always figured that "Transparant Aluminum" really should be "Transparant Aluminum(r)" as it is a trademarked brand name that a company used to describe the product that it makes. sort of like "Lexian(r)" is a trademark of GE.
The current word, folks like to use when describing the purchase of stock is "invest" as in "I am investing in the stock market"
The term that should be used is "speculate" as in "I am speculating in the stock market"
You see, if you "invest" in something, you expect to see a profit. If you "speculate" you acknowledge that there is risk involved, but you hope for a profit. I concede that it is a very subtle difference.
I blame the drop from common use on the stockbrokers. (or are they called "investment agents" now?) They want you to feel all happy, warm and fuzzy while they make their commissions on your speculations.
Words are powerful tools. As with all tools, you should try to use the right one for the task at hand.
If you don't smell smoke at a laser show, you must be going to the wrong laser shows!
That's what I thought.
You are aware that 0.00% IS a valid percentage, aren't you?
The entire story has to be untrue.
I mean computer storage is cheaper now than it ever has been in the past. I mean heck, Google is giving me tons of free storage, Yahoo is giving me tons of free storage too. I can go to Fry's Electronics and pick up an ungodly amount of compuer storage for a few hundred bucks.
Geez, you would think that these people that work in a COMPUTER museum would know how to add a freaking hard drive for additional storage...
Ob Reference:
I always wondered how Hotblack Desiato's ship was detailed so, well, black. Now we know. It's still a shame about the tax thing.
NOTE: If you don't understand this post, don't moderate it! Yes, I mean you. I'm not being funny here! Stop it!
You don't want to make the mafia look bad.
Accidents happen to those that make 'The Family' look bad. Look, I like you, and might be in a position to talk to those that may have been offended by your indiscretion.
I will go out on a limb for you.
There will come a time that I will ask you to go out on a limb for me. I trust that the favor will be returned in kind at that time. Look you are smart, but sometimes you need to stop being smart and think for a minute. If you stop being smart so much, you won't find yourself into these kind of jams.
Don't worry, I'm sure that I will smooth it over for you.
The headline is great!
Not really on it's own merits, but I instantly imagined the remarks from when the "story" is posted again in 2 weeks: "When Lightning Strikes Twice"
SCENERAO:
Device A uses X amount of electricity to perform a task
Device B uses 100X of electricity to perform the same task
I get that device B uses 100 times the electricity of device A.
Device A uses 1% of the electricity that device B uses.
Since when did "100 times less" == 1%?
Hold on there, pardner!
I have it on great authority that many, many unixy type folkses have been running all sorts of applications over X (They keep wanting to call it the X Window System or some sort of techy name) for many years now. I'm pretty sure that they didn't have "hundreds of gigabytes of disk space" or "gigabit ethernet" back in the day...
Maybe you are making a comment with the "runs poorly" part...
Actually, I remember a case where disconnecting the printer actually helped find the problem.
A customer called up because his computer would lock up frequently. We troubleshot the hell out of the system. We found that when the printer was not connected, the system was stable. So, he returned the printer, thinking that he had a bad printer.
Next day, new printer, same model... Same problem.
So, we went into SERIOUS troubleshooting mode.
It turns out that he recently fixed the ongoing moisture problem in his basement, and the grounding rod (Yes, this was a very old house) was not grounded. He poured some water over the rod, and found that the system was stable. I strongly advised him to get the house re-grounded.
He figured that he'd just give his house a cup of coffee every morning until he could have someone come out.
I pray to my diety that these nanofactories do not get conntcted to any type of computer network. If they are, you just KNOW that there will be some kind of virus or worm that will attack these nanofactories and have them create any kind of nastiness.
If this comes to pass, the next computer virus could very well kill you.
I can see the virus threat warning...
========
W64.nanodeath
Discovered on: April 2, 2044
W64.nanodeath is a mass-mailing worm that attempts to spread using mail and file-sharing networks. The worm also opens a backdoor on an infected computer.
When the worm runs, it activates all network attached Microsoft NanoFactory(TM) systems in the local area network. The affected Microsoft NanoFactory systems will randomly produce MicroSoft MicroMachines(TM) designed to do one of the following:
* Destroy human flesh
* Destroy bone matter
* Destroy human brain tissue
* Produce plush penguin toys
Also Known As: Die.MSUsers.Die, Long.Live.Linux
Type: Worm
Infection Length: varies
Systems Affected: Windows 2020, Windows 2016, Windows 2013, Windows 2010.
Systems Not Affected: Everything Else
"Joshua5" IIRC
Is that what you meant?
I can't believe that I just read that statement on this site. This IS /. right? Faster is ALWAYS better here, right?
I'll put in a bid for the whole shebang!
They will accept bids with dollar amounts with unreal numbers, right??
On a whim, I decided to do a "Google Backwards" search on "Microsoft" and clicked "ykcuL gnileeF m'I" and was quite amused by the results...
I heard that she was already in promiscuous mode when you met her...
I would have to say any number of former presidents of the USA, almost ALL politicians in my home state of AZ, professional criminals and of course, lawyers. (would you consider the last two redundant?)
Mass Destruction, Mass Distraction, what's the difference?
Maybe someone should bitchslap the designer that assumes that they can uses popups in an effort to "make the best user experience possoible"
Face it, popups will be blocked on a increasing percentage of clients. I'd recommend that you clue yourself in that the popup as a enhancement tool is going to be as effective as the {blink} tag. You HAVE stopped using the {blink} tag, haven't you???
Oh Really?
Check out Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. It happens to be placed right in the middle of the 6th largest city in the USA. (It's unofficially grown larger than Philly, making it 5th) It also happens to be the 5th busiest airport in the world for takeoffs and landings.
I've learned that the secret to getting in and out of the airport is to not drive to it, but to call for a taxi.
It all depends on how much your time is worth to you.