"After the banning of direct-to-consumer. .."
I'm confused. This isn't direct to insurance provider, this isn't direct to employer, this isn't direct to medical professional. This is direct to me. So your saying I can't go to the local Walgreen's and buy a home test kit to see what secrets my dna holds? Not even for shits and giggles? So, that would make my nifty living room sofa art (www.dna11.com) illegal?
I'm dumbfounded. Its my DNA, I should be able to do what ever I damn well please with it. Test it, change it, copyright it, sell it, clone it. . .
If I have money and boredom there should be absolutely no one that should be able to tell me I can't solicit a test from any company i want for any of my genetic material I feel like having tested.
Does this make things like sending your DNA to NatGeo to see what ancient tribal groups you are from illegal? Or does this only prevent you from being tested for genetic defects?
So all we have to do is build a drilling thingy, go down to the core and restart its rotation with nukes a la The Core. Presto, livable moon and no more city destroying earthquakes, right?
ADT maybe subsidized, however after my post I called my Mom, an ADT customer. She was required to upgrade last October. Her equipment was subsidized (so they tell her). Her personal cost for the upgrade was US$200.
What about the 500,000+ first generation OnStar equipped GM vehicles with analog cellular radios? Is GM going to offer a free retrofit? How about ADT and Brinks, are they going to retrofit home security systems for free? Sounds like a possible boon to companies with customers still using legacy equipment.
Read up on your history. Arizona started using pot to target immigrant workers during the depression. ("They are taking American jobs.") The same politcal pressures moved on to Washington where the stamp tax act was passed.
Look, marketers have been promising targeted advertising based on behavior analysis, etc, for several years now. I have opted into EVERYTHING. Online, on my TiVo, even on my Kroger Shopping Card. The minute I get even one reasonably targeted ad, I might consider the ramifications.
I love cage fighting/MMA, collect guns and computers and 8-bit game consoles, love TiVo (own three), hunt, drink light domestic beer, love pizza, play lots of video games with my buddies, Cheer for the Razorbacks and the Colts, work as a bouncer at a bar, am gay, and have been married to my husband for 3 months.
The best I get is TiVo suggesting "Rules of Engagement" and a coupon in the mail for Monostat 1-Day Yeast Infection Cure.
If it meant I could actually see an ad for something I give two shits about, I'd write up the dossier for them myself.
So what your saying is that your from a place full of jaywalking thiefs? No, that wouldn't be a problem where I am from (Arkansas). I'm happily from the type of place where (and I've seen this) when the deputy taking a truckload prisoners out to do highway cleanup stopped to go in McDonalds for breakfast he told them "Y'all don't run off." And they didn't.
I wait for the crosswalk light to change even when there are no cars.
Take your average convenience store... tell the clerk to disappear and monitor the cameras for a half an hour. Only a small number of people will leave the cash for their purchase on the counter. Most will loot and bail.
I'm sorry, but I have to disagree. Where I live there are stands hocking everything from honey to dolls along the highway in people's front yards. Usually there is nothing but a price and a jar. Customers are expected to pick thier item, leave money, and make change from the jar if needed. They system works well and people rarely take advantage of it. Granted this is in the country but I have seen the same thing at hotdog stands in New York City, tell the guy what you want on your dog, make your change from the pile of it on the cart, grab your dog and go. Generally people are happy to take part in and not take advantage of a system they feel provides them with something of value, is convienient, and repectful of them as a customer.
WOW! Okay people, enough FUD. For those interested. . .
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To be expected. I have a buddy from Lousiana that didn't learn English until he joined the army. Imagine deep-fried southern laid over French and peppered with words that belong only to the local dialect.
When LCD's were still pretty expensive, the NYSE replaced all of thier CRT's on the trading floor with LCD's. There were a great many write-ups in biz mags about the space savings, but the trumpets were sounding for the sheer power savings which translates into real cash. Almost immediatly many of my clients with large numbers of computers began requesting LCDs. The justification is, it is easy to buy something expensive and put it in a projected budget. The day to day savings on utilities are actually weighed as more important because those are on-going costs.
Simply put, pulling a little extra money out of the procurement cookie jar and having your operating budget drop is a manager's wet dream.
Same goes for Government agencies. A budget for aquiring new assets is easy to tinker with, day to day operating expenses run much thinner.
Yes, LCDs are easier on your eyes. My eye doctor told me to switch to an LCD to help slow my run-away myopia. Large companies and government agencies buying LCDs have nothing to do with this. Its simple economics.
It isn't even an issue with being sued for workplace injury. Bringing a suit over ergonomics of your workplace requires, in many places, that you prove your workplace is more hazardous than that of your peers.
Another trip down memory lane. For good grades in 8th grade I recieved my first computer, an Epson Geneva PX-8 bought from a DAK catalog. I feel so old.
Prank calls are most certainly illegal. A quick test call (inform them immediatly there is no emergency) are allowed as people do have to test equipment such as alarms and medic alerts.
In college I (early ninties) I couldn't afford a phone, but I always had one plugged in because even without service I had a dialtone. If you used my phone to try and call a number it would tell you I had 911 service and could also call the customer service 800 # if I would like to order service.
I don't know about everywhere, but yes, there are places that have 911 service even if you don't have phone service. To find out if the phone in your new place has this: Plug in a phone and check for a dial tone. If you have one, dial 911, don't hang up. Tell the dispatcher there is no emergency and you a placing a test call to verify 911 service.
Interestingly enough, from what I have read, Conservatives in the US like deregulation, while Conservatives in the UK seem to enjoy the exact opposite.
I may be completely wrong about this, but it does seem to be the trend.
I hold no strong opinion on either, as both seem to look nice on paper, but have monumental challeges to their execution.
Allow me to be more explicit. I am from a very small community in the southeastern US. In elemetary school I personally saw two cases of hookworm in kids that live "out of town" (read: the boonies). It may be a rare occurence in "modern, western societies", but I will wear shoes when out and about, thank you very much.
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"After the banning of direct-to-consumer. . ."
I'm confused. This isn't direct to insurance provider, this isn't direct to employer, this isn't direct to medical professional. This is direct to me. So your saying I can't go to the local Walgreen's and buy a home test kit to see what secrets my dna holds? Not even for shits and giggles? So, that would make my nifty living room sofa art (www.dna11.com) illegal?
I'm dumbfounded. Its my DNA, I should be able to do what ever I damn well please with it. Test it, change it, copyright it, sell it, clone it. . .
If I have money and boredom there should be absolutely no one that should be able to tell me I can't solicit a test from any company i want for any of my genetic material I feel like having tested.
Does this make things like sending your DNA to NatGeo to see what ancient tribal groups you are from illegal? Or does this only prevent you from being tested for genetic defects?
Are these really that valuable? Why aren't they limited by the carrier to a small amount of data and nothing else.
So all we have to do is build a drilling thingy, go down to the core and restart its rotation with nukes a la The Core. Presto, livable moon and no more city destroying earthquakes, right?
Nuff said.
ADT maybe subsidized, however after my post I called my Mom, an ADT customer. She was required to upgrade last October. Her equipment was subsidized (so they tell her). Her personal cost for the upgrade was US$200.
What about the 500,000+ first generation OnStar equipped GM vehicles with analog cellular radios? Is GM going to offer a free retrofit? How about ADT and Brinks, are they going to retrofit home security systems for free? Sounds like a possible boon to companies with customers still using legacy equipment.
According to the Justice Dept., of the 1.5 million inmates in the U.S.:
* Drug Offenses 59.6%
* Robbery 9.8%
* Property Offenses 5.5%
* Extortion, Fraud, Bribery 6.8%
* Violent Offenses 2.7%
* Firearms, Explosives, Arson 8.6%
* White Collar 1.0%
* Immigration 2.8%
* Courts or Corrections 0.8%
* National Security 0.1%
* Continuing Criminal Enterprise 0.8%
* Miscellaneous 1.5%
Read up on your history. Arizona started using pot to target immigrant workers during the depression. ("They are taking American jobs.") The same politcal pressures moved on to Washington where the stamp tax act was passed.
Look, marketers have been promising targeted advertising based on behavior analysis, etc, for several years now. I have opted into EVERYTHING. Online, on my TiVo, even on my Kroger Shopping Card. The minute I get even one reasonably targeted ad, I might consider the ramifications. I love cage fighting/MMA, collect guns and computers and 8-bit game consoles, love TiVo (own three), hunt, drink light domestic beer, love pizza, play lots of video games with my buddies, Cheer for the Razorbacks and the Colts, work as a bouncer at a bar, am gay, and have been married to my husband for 3 months. The best I get is TiVo suggesting "Rules of Engagement" and a coupon in the mail for Monostat 1-Day Yeast Infection Cure. If it meant I could actually see an ad for something I give two shits about, I'd write up the dossier for them myself.
I wait for the crosswalk light to change even when there are no cars.
I'm sorry, but I have to disagree. Where I live there are stands hocking everything from honey to dolls along the highway in people's front yards. Usually there is nothing but a price and a jar. Customers are expected to pick thier item, leave money, and make change from the jar if needed. They system works well and people rarely take advantage of it. Granted this is in the country but I have seen the same thing at hotdog stands in New York City, tell the guy what you want on your dog, make your change from the pile of it on the cart, grab your dog and go. Generally people are happy to take part in and not take advantage of a system they feel provides them with something of value, is convienient, and repectful of them as a customer.
Remove IE (or whatever else) from Windows 98,Me,2000,XP:
LitePC
Get all your patches for Windows 2000,XP,2003 (Microsoft and otherwise) on one handy autopatching CD:
AutoPatcher
I am not affiliated with either product, however, I use both and would say they both work well. A machine running Windows98 with the MSHTML Engine removed is a thing of beauty. I used LitePC (then 98Lite) to run Windows98 with the Windows95 Explorer for several years until LitePC for XP came out. A note about the AutoPatcher. It have EVERY IMAGINABLE patch. Don't just check them all, just check the ones you actually want/need, otherwise you could create a mess.
To be expected. I have a buddy from Lousiana that didn't learn English until he joined the army. Imagine deep-fried southern laid over French and peppered with words that belong only to the local dialect.
I see you lack the satire gene.
Okay Godwin's Law has definatly been reached. Lets kill this thread people.
Simply put, pulling a little extra money out of the procurement cookie jar and having your operating budget drop is a manager's wet dream.
Same goes for Government agencies. A budget for aquiring new assets is easy to tinker with, day to day operating expenses run much thinner.
Yes, LCDs are easier on your eyes. My eye doctor told me to switch to an LCD to help slow my run-away myopia. Large companies and government agencies buying LCDs have nothing to do with this. Its simple economics.
It isn't even an issue with being sued for workplace injury. Bringing a suit over ergonomics of your workplace requires, in many places, that you prove your workplace is more hazardous than that of your peers.
Another trip down memory lane. For good grades in 8th grade I recieved my first computer, an Epson Geneva PX-8 bought from a DAK catalog. I feel so old.
Prank calls are most certainly illegal. A quick test call (inform them immediatly there is no emergency) are allowed as people do have to test equipment such as alarms and medic alerts.
I don't know about everywhere, but yes, there are places that have 911 service even if you don't have phone service. To find out if the phone in your new place has this: Plug in a phone and check for a dial tone. If you have one, dial 911, don't hang up. Tell the dispatcher there is no emergency and you a placing a test call to verify 911 service.
Yeah, got it from a water fountain.
Interestingly enough, from what I have read, Conservatives in the US like deregulation, while Conservatives in the UK seem to enjoy the exact opposite.
I may be completely wrong about this, but it does seem to be the trend.
I hold no strong opinion on either, as both seem to look nice on paper, but have monumental challeges to their execution.
Allow me to be more explicit. I am from a very small community in the southeastern US. In elemetary school I personally saw two cases of hookworm in kids that live "out of town" (read: the boonies). It may be a rare occurence in "modern, western societies", but I will wear shoes when out and about, thank you very much.
Its called hookworm , bubba.