You can also change the default template's header, body and footer font to the one you use most often. While you're there, you can add in a few other defaults like an autoinsert into the footer of "Page X of Y" and "/fullpath/to/document".
Making changes to the default template is one of the better ways to gain speed in doc prep.
One thing that may keep execs from loving this idea is the illusion of control it gives those (rabid) subscribers. Sure the studios have a potential new revenue stream, but what happens when the fans start making demands? An interesting question to add to your business plan research might be "How much control do you expect the fan base of said series to have?"
Studios aren't used to (and probably won't stand for) fans making demands, and will let fans know who's boss, at least in terms of production.
They may just decide to avoid the whole conflict, and let the natural dearth of new ST material build the fans to a frenzied pitch before releasing a new series/movie.
"If you surround your query with quotation marks, then Google will assume you want that exact phrase, with the specified punctuation."
See previous comment and examples. No, it really, really doesn't include the punctuation. I've tried literally hundreds of searches for literary works over the years, and punctuation is, in fact, completely ignored.
Try any of the following: "That's why, isn't it?" "No! Give it to me!" ""You're right. That's insane."
See how the punctuation is completely ignored in the results.
You misunderstand...say for example I want to search for the phrase ["What's wrong?", he asked.] (period included). The results you get back include many which ignore the period completely - like ["Elle, what's wrong?" he asked, more persistantly than before."] and ["What's wrong?" He asked again.]
That's NOT what I was searching for. In the "Bill Gates is the devil" example I gave, Google equated '...Bill Gates, is the devil...' with 'Bill Gates is the devil'. I want to search for things the way they are/actually/ punctuated, not arbitrarily strung together because the words are/near/ each other, in the right order, and/might/ have punctuation between the words (which is kinda important, ya know?).
Give it a shot. It, in fact, does/not/ do exactly what I'm asking.
One of the issues I have with most search engines lately is that they don't ignore punctuation. Granted, plenty of people/have/ said "Bill Gates is the Devil", but mixed in some of those results could be things like...
"Even if we ignore who Bill Gates is, the devil is in the details."
-=or=-
"Like the question someone once asked Bill Gates, 'is the devil real or imaginary?'"
I'd love Google/Vivisimo at al. to do something to ignore punctuation. If there's some way to do it now, I'd love to know about it.
...might be that, rather than a full-blown OS, Google is looking into building the next generation of information storage and retrieval. If they were to take a standards-based browser with a platform for plugins and add that to their current search and store technologies, they could create any number of tools. Want a data mining app? GMine! Need an executive dashboard app? GDash! How about a POS terminal? GCash! I'm betting dev for such projects would be wicked quick, too.
Then again, they may just want to make Google incompatible with IE...can you imagine the looks on Redmond faces when the see "Sorry, your browser doesn't support some of Google's search features - would you like to download and install our GBrowser instead?"
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After having read the interview and a few reviews on Amazon about the book, I have to say it sounds like something I'd buy.
I should say "despite the interview", though. LW needs to vet their questions more closely. If "Do you think that Linux is just for home users?" slips through the process, it really cheapens the article in the eyes of knowledgeable readers. I've read some of Kevin Bedell's other work, and this just isn't up to his usual standards.
What I find most objectionable, though, is the author's sweeping statements about what users need, especially home users. The author may not have "...run a proprietary OS in over a decade", but I'd bet that his experience is not the common experience. Does the author think that people who play games could make the switch and not look back? True, these days there are more game choices for Linux, but Linux users face the same problem that Mac users do - few companies take the time to port games to a small segment of users because it's just not feasible...yet.
I am a fan of Linux, truly, and I want to see it succeed because of its utility, quality and especially because of its community-driven development process, but I think there's room for more than one "tool" in users' toolboxes as far as operating systems go. I believe that will have to be the "way things are" until the entire software world has a bottom-line reason to code for Linux.
I blame problems like this on an authority structure driven by Marketing and Sales instead of Operations. EA (and almost all large-scale gaming companies, from what I've heard) allow their Sales/Marketing staff to run roughshod over production and scheduling, basically tossing out tried-and-true practices and standards for software development.
Granted, they're trying to capitalize on trends and want to rush to market quickly, but just because you *can* easily replace the husks of programmers with fresh faces doesn't mean you *should*. As others have pointed out, EA and their contemporaries are making their overhead balloon obscenely by having the turnover rate so high.
The numbers may not matter, but the response to the threats from both organizations matters very much. Of the 7 flaws in Mozilla, all have been fixed as of Moz1.7/FF.9 whereas of IE's 15 vulnerabilities, only 6 have vendor patches.
I agree completely - most of the beginner HTML books I've read seemed bent on teaching that content and layout go together, exactly the opposite of what the W3 advocates. Luckily there are a few beginner books that teach HTML and CSS side-by-side, but, as an instructor, I'd like to see this approach adopted by all instead of a few.
The Semantic Web sounds great, but I really don't trust people creating websites to include pertinent and accurate metadata about their site. If someone creates a site and simply wants to drive traffic to it, they're going to include whatever will facilitate that in their metadata.
I really hope they do. One reason I've dedicated time to the Gutenberg Project is that a number of the texts being scanned, proofread and given digitally released are out of print or incredibly difficult to find.
Google could make 100% of GP project pages available instead just a few since most GP projects are in the public domain. It also would be a great philanthropic gesture for Google to sponsor PG's work, if they don't already.
Oh, I dunno - that 'platitude' actually made me (and those who took it to heart) far from docile. If school had taught me how to be docile, I would've stopped learning by now, satisfied that I'd been taught enough for some random job.
The sad thing is that students (and parents) expect an education to be handed to them. That teacher taught me with one simple 'platitude' that that isn't the case -- the challenge is (sadly) up to the students and parents.
I don't disagree with you, though, that schools now are raising sheep rather than citizens, but sometimes a single teacher can make a huge difference.
When I was in junior high school, my algebra instructor gave me a key that unlocked the "trap" described in the book (which I'm still reading). She told me and the rest of the class, "school isn't here to 'teach' you anything except 'how to learn'. The rest of the journey is up to you."
I believe that students aren't taught to nurture and in turn sate their natural curiosity. I consider myself to have received a decent education in the US, but I also know that my experience wasn't even close to a universal one. My instructors and my parents were committed, involved and enthusiastic about learning, but the system they operated in worked against them most of the time.
The students I teach come from some of the poorest sections of Southside Chicago, and a majority of the ones I've taught want to learn more than just making change for McDonald's customers. Teaching in adult education means that I and my colleagues have a chance to re-light the fire that their K-12 schools put out.
That's why I start off every semester with the quote from 7th grade Algebra - they aren't here to 'learn' anything except how to learn, and that one spark will see them through the end of their days.
I have to agree with parent's sentiment - ATITD2 (I just started playing the beta) is amazingly well done, but p0w3rg4m3rz will be bored within minutes...a plus as far as I'm concerned.
The game takes place in the Egypt of antiquity, and all players begin as peasants. The goal of the game is to build "the perfect society" according to the Seven Virtues. You learn how to build structures, and learn new skills at "state sponsored" schools dedicated to the Seven Virtues, eventually completing tests to move higher in the tech tree.
Three things I find of particular interest: cooperative learning (wherein citizens donate materials to Universities in order to unlock higher skills for *all* their region), the ability to teach skills to other players, and player-written laws.
If you don't like the way something works in the game, propose a law. If it has enough votes (and doesn't break game mechanics), the "law" is written into the game by the devs. And speaking of the devs, they seem *very* responsive to player ideas. You really get the sense that they care about the enjoyment factor.
I still play EQ and CoH, but ATITD2 looks like it will appeal to people who like a challenge, but want to go a different route.
Here, here -- an excellent book to help people make clearer presentations.
When I teach people how to use PowerPoint in some of the starter classes, I give them rules of thumb for presentations. I explain to them that if they choose to use swooshes, jarring transitions, eye-raping colorschemes and generally poor organization, the effect is like holding up a sign that reads, "Hi, I'm more interested in the technology I'm using than in getting my message across clearly to the audience." Very amateurish, and usually a waste of your audience's time.
The main carrier of the message should almost always be the speaker, not the PP slides, and I encourage my students to compose with that in mind. If slides are doing your presentation for you, then just send the slideshow to your audience and save them the hassle of having a meeting.
No, I think what the AC is implying is that the only people who don't want their kids hanging out in bondage chat rooms and expect other people (like the government) to keep them out of said chatrooms are religious zealots. Or at least that's what it seems to imply. I'd go farther and say that these dolts are either zealots or are horribly misguided about parenting and responsibility.
You don't have to have children to understand the most critical part of raising a child:: if you had 'em, you raise 'em.
"...or will it be the downfall of the mighty iTunes Music Store?
Not wanting to purchase an iPod, I kinda already gave up on iTunes. Despite it being a nifty integrated player/store/library, iTunes chose a format I'm not willing to switch to, much less buy a player to play on. My CDs have been converted to the format of my choice, and I'm NOT cataloging 500+ CDs again.
I bought about seven songs, then decided that the hassle factor (burning songs to CD, then converting to MP3 or OGG for my portable device) was too high. If they become the standard, then I'll give up completely on downloadable music, and stick to buying CDs from non-RIAA labels.
The advice I was given when I started my search was to look at other types of degrees beyond an MBA. MBAs can have two unpleasant side effects: pidgeonholing you into a strict business role, and making a decent number of people think you're not worth your pricetag.
Have you thought about maybe mixing in some university-level online coursework in business? If anything, investigate some of the offerings beyond an MBA, and see if you can find a few alternatives before deciding.
...is report building/distribution. Build your report SPs, design reports around the SPs with Crystal or something like it, then let users call up real-time reports from a mirrored db with them. The queries are optimized and can be built with indexed parameters for user interaction. If done well, everything runs fairly quickly and, more importantly, no one in Sales can TOUCH data with ad hoc reporting tools. Bad touch, Marketing Drone!
Honestly, it seems that the writer of the NYT article missed two very important points: one, Gaiman's work (but someone's already mentioned it here), and two, "comic != graphic novel".
I don't consider Maus to be a "comic" - it told a moving if troubling story using both verbal and non-verbal language. It was a brilliant combination that allowed the writer/artist a way to use some of the features of allegory a la Aesop. To me, works like Maus,...Dark Knight, Lone Wolf and Cub and the Sandman series aren't "comics", rather they borrow their visual language from comics.
The writer, though, equates "comics" with the Hulk and Spiderman, howling that Western Culture is about to collapse because people don't read material he deems "worthy" nor do they do it often enough.
I read novels, comics (although with the recent "EXTREMIFICATION!" of Marvel lately, I've stopped reading nearly every title of theirs) and graphic novels. But I guess to be a proper culture snob in 2004 you have to be some kind of weird elitist Luddite.
While I wouldn't go so far as to call them "demon customers", I can understand that "the customer is always right" belongs to an earlier era...one where people seemed to have a bit more integrity as shoppers. I always thought it should be updated to "the customer is frequently right, but can at times be horribly misinformed."
Two things I've done about stores like Best Buy. First, whenever you return something to the store for exchange, mark in heavy black marker on the inside of the box what's wrong with it, the date and, if you're feeling altruistic, give a throw-away email address.
Reason? Many retail stores don't bother checking returns to see if they work (or not) as the original purchaser stated. They simply re-wrap it, and put it back on the shelves. If someone else comes behind you and purchases that unit, they'll see what you wrote (write BIG), and learn to never deal with that store again.
Also, if you left an email address, they can contact you to let you know what happened (and possibly thank you). I was the "second buyer" in that scenario - (thanks, GeorgeC!), and will never buy from that store again (local chain).
Second tip, ask the store selling purchase plans if you can take their "details" home with you -- don't purchase anything...yet. If they tell you that their "Purchase Plan" is only viewable after you actually buy something (as is the case with one major retail chain, iirc), you're getting "MS EULA'd".
I've also been using POPFile for about a year, and it's done an amazing job - 99.87% accuracy, very few false-positives, and great summary info with six email accounts collectively filtered through it.
I recently helped a few friends install it on their machines, and, rather than just having them start from scratch, I copied my Spam corpus for them. With the spam corpus already in place, all of them noticed spam drop to close to zero while they trained their other buckets.
For me this brings up an interesting future scenario re the "Solaris is a derivative work of System V". If a company (SCO) licenses software to a second party (Sun), then the second company builds a huge code base around the licensed work, at what point does the second company's contribution become large enough that it's no longer considered "derivative"?
If enough new code is written to replace original code, is the resultant work still considered to be a derivative of the original? It may be inspired by it, but is it still legally hemmed in under the original copyright?
Maybe in this case Sun feels that enough of the licensed work has been re-written (and vastly improved) by their own staff that it no longer resembles the original System V.
And in the ironies department, I noticed on my last (thankfully) visit to SLC that the megabookstore's coffeehouse on the second floor overlooks the gates of Temple Square. Guess that puts paid to the theory that the Gods have a sense of humor.:)
Since you're already paying in opportunity cost/time to drive to the store, paying for gas to get there and back, and waiting in line, it doesn't sound like we're the only ones 'paying'. With a nominal $5 for Peapod to deliver my groceries, I think I'm getting the better deal than someone who drives down to a grocery store.
Typically what we do is have Peapod deliver twice a month (usually the bulk stuff like soda, detergent), then make a few quick dashes to the local Dominick's or Cub Foods for fresh vegetables and fruit and a few replacements when needed. I save a ton of time, and gladly pay for the convenience.
Who wants to pay for delivery? One answer would be people who believe that their time isn't cheap.
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You can also change the default template's header, body and footer font to the one you use most often. While you're there, you can add in a few other defaults like an autoinsert into the footer of "Page X of Y" and "/fullpath/to/document".
Making changes to the default template is one of the better ways to gain speed in doc prep.
One thing that may keep execs from loving this idea is the illusion of control it gives those (rabid) subscribers. Sure the studios have a potential new revenue stream, but what happens when the fans start making demands? An interesting question to add to your business plan research might be "How much control do you expect the fan base of said series to have?"
Studios aren't used to (and probably won't stand for) fans making demands, and will let fans know who's boss, at least in terms of production.
They may just decide to avoid the whole conflict, and let the natural dearth of new ST material build the fans to a frenzied pitch before releasing a new series/movie.
"If you surround your query with quotation marks, then Google will assume you want that exact phrase, with the specified punctuation."
See previous comment and examples. No, it really, really doesn't include the punctuation. I've tried literally hundreds of searches for literary works over the years, and punctuation is, in fact, completely ignored.
Try any of the following:
"That's why, isn't it?"
"No! Give it to me!"
""You're right. That's insane."
See how the punctuation is completely ignored in the results.
You misunderstand...say for example I want to search for the phrase ["What's wrong?", he asked.] (period included). The results you get back include many which ignore the period completely - like ["Elle, what's wrong?" he asked, more persistantly than before."] and ["What's wrong?" He asked again.]
/actually/ punctuated, not arbitrarily strung together because the words are /near/ each other, in the right order, and /might/ have punctuation between the words (which is kinda important, ya know?).
/not/ do exactly what I'm asking.
That's NOT what I was searching for. In the "Bill Gates is the devil" example I gave, Google equated '...Bill Gates, is the devil...' with 'Bill Gates is the devil'. I want to search for things the way they are
Give it a shot. It, in fact, does
One of the issues I have with most search engines lately is that they don't ignore punctuation. Granted, plenty of people /have/ said "Bill Gates is the Devil", but mixed in some of those results could be things like...
-=or=-I'd love Google/Vivisimo at al. to do something to ignore punctuation. If there's some way to do it now, I'd love to know about it.
...might be that, rather than a full-blown OS, Google is looking into building the next generation of information storage and retrieval. If they were to take a standards-based browser with a platform for plugins and add that to their current search and store technologies, they could create any number of tools. Want a data mining app? GMine! Need an executive dashboard app? GDash! How about a POS terminal? GCash! I'm betting dev for such projects would be wicked quick, too.
Then again, they may just want to make Google incompatible with IE...can you imagine the looks on Redmond faces when the see "Sorry, your browser doesn't support some of Google's search features - would you like to download and install our GBrowser instead?"
After having read the interview and a few reviews on Amazon about the book, I have to say it sounds like something I'd buy.
I should say "despite the interview", though. LW needs to vet their questions more closely. If "Do you think that Linux is just for home users?" slips through the process, it really cheapens the article in the eyes of knowledgeable readers. I've read some of Kevin Bedell's other work, and this just isn't up to his usual standards.
What I find most objectionable, though, is the author's sweeping statements about what users need, especially home users. The author may not have "...run a proprietary OS in over a decade", but I'd bet that his experience is not the common experience. Does the author think that people who play games could make the switch and not look back? True, these days there are more game choices for Linux, but Linux users face the same problem that Mac users do - few companies take the time to port games to a small segment of users because it's just not feasible...yet.
I am a fan of Linux, truly, and I want to see it succeed because of its utility, quality and especially because of its community-driven development process, but I think there's room for more than one "tool" in users' toolboxes as far as operating systems go. I believe that will have to be the "way things are" until the entire software world has a bottom-line reason to code for Linux.
I blame problems like this on an authority structure driven by Marketing and Sales instead of Operations. EA (and almost all large-scale gaming companies, from what I've heard) allow their Sales/Marketing staff to run roughshod over production and scheduling, basically tossing out tried-and-true practices and standards for software development.
Granted, they're trying to capitalize on trends and want to rush to market quickly, but just because you *can* easily replace the husks of programmers with fresh faces doesn't mean you *should*. As others have pointed out, EA and their contemporaries are making their overhead balloon obscenely by having the turnover rate so high.
The numbers may not matter, but the response to the threats from both organizations matters very much. Of the 7 flaws in Mozilla, all have been fixed as of Moz1.7/FF.9 whereas of IE's 15 vulnerabilities, only 6 have vendor patches.
I agree completely - most of the beginner HTML books I've read seemed bent on teaching that content and layout go together, exactly the opposite of what the W3 advocates. Luckily there are a few beginner books that teach HTML and CSS side-by-side, but, as an instructor, I'd like to see this approach adopted by all instead of a few.
The Semantic Web sounds great, but I really don't trust people creating websites to include pertinent and accurate metadata about their site. If someone creates a site and simply wants to drive traffic to it, they're going to include whatever will facilitate that in their metadata.
I really hope they do. One reason I've dedicated time to the Gutenberg Project is that a number of the texts being scanned, proofread and given digitally released are out of print or incredibly difficult to find.
Google could make 100% of GP project pages available instead just a few since most GP projects are in the public domain. It also would be a great philanthropic gesture for Google to sponsor PG's work, if they don't already.
Oh, I dunno - that 'platitude' actually made me (and those who took it to heart) far from docile. If school had taught me how to be docile, I would've stopped learning by now, satisfied that I'd been taught enough for some random job.
The sad thing is that students (and parents) expect an education to be handed to them. That teacher taught me with one simple 'platitude' that that isn't the case -- the challenge is (sadly) up to the students and parents.
I don't disagree with you, though, that schools now are raising sheep rather than citizens, but sometimes a single teacher can make a huge difference.
When I was in junior high school, my algebra instructor gave me a key that unlocked the "trap" described in the book (which I'm still reading). She told me and the rest of the class, "school isn't here to 'teach' you anything except 'how to learn'. The rest of the journey is up to you."
I believe that students aren't taught to nurture and in turn sate their natural curiosity. I consider myself to have received a decent education in the US, but I also know that my experience wasn't even close to a universal one. My instructors and my parents were committed, involved and enthusiastic about learning, but the system they operated in worked against them most of the time.
The students I teach come from some of the poorest sections of Southside Chicago, and a majority of the ones I've taught want to learn more than just making change for McDonald's customers. Teaching in adult education means that I and my colleagues have a chance to re-light the fire that their K-12 schools put out.
That's why I start off every semester with the quote from 7th grade Algebra - they aren't here to 'learn' anything except how to learn, and that one spark will see them through the end of their days.
I have to agree with parent's sentiment - ATITD2 (I just started playing the beta) is amazingly well done, but p0w3rg4m3rz will be bored within minutes...a plus as far as I'm concerned.
The game takes place in the Egypt of antiquity, and all players begin as peasants. The goal of the game is to build "the perfect society" according to the Seven Virtues. You learn how to build structures, and learn new skills at "state sponsored" schools dedicated to the Seven Virtues, eventually completing tests to move higher in the tech tree.
Three things I find of particular interest: cooperative learning (wherein citizens donate materials to Universities in order to unlock higher skills for *all* their region), the ability to teach skills to other players, and player-written laws.
If you don't like the way something works in the game, propose a law. If it has enough votes (and doesn't break game mechanics), the "law" is written into the game by the devs. And speaking of the devs, they seem *very* responsive to player ideas. You really get the sense that they care about the enjoyment factor.
I still play EQ and CoH, but ATITD2 looks like it will appeal to people who like a challenge, but want to go a different route.
Here, here -- an excellent book to help people make clearer presentations.
When I teach people how to use PowerPoint in some of the starter classes, I give them rules of thumb for presentations. I explain to them that if they choose to use swooshes, jarring transitions, eye-raping colorschemes and generally poor organization, the effect is like holding up a sign that reads, "Hi, I'm more interested in the technology I'm using than in getting my message across clearly to the audience." Very amateurish, and usually a waste of your audience's time.
The main carrier of the message should almost always be the speaker, not the PP slides, and I encourage my students to compose with that in mind. If slides are doing your presentation for you, then just send the slideshow to your audience and save them the hassle of having a meeting.
No, I think what the AC is implying is that the only people who don't want their kids hanging out in bondage chat rooms and expect other people (like the government) to keep them out of said chatrooms are religious zealots. Or at least that's what it seems to imply. I'd go farther and say that these dolts are either zealots or are horribly misguided about parenting and responsibility.
You don't have to have children to understand the most critical part of raising a child :: if you had 'em, you raise 'em.
I bought about seven songs, then decided that the hassle factor (burning songs to CD, then converting to MP3 or OGG for my portable device) was too high. If they become the standard, then I'll give up completely on downloadable music, and stick to buying CDs from non-RIAA labels.
Gotta go - my high horse has the munchies.
The advice I was given when I started my search was to look at other types of degrees beyond an MBA. MBAs can have two unpleasant side effects: pidgeonholing you into a strict business role, and making a decent number of people think you're not worth your pricetag.
Have you thought about maybe mixing in some university-level online coursework in business? If anything, investigate some of the offerings beyond an MBA, and see if you can find a few alternatives before deciding.
Best of luck!
...is report building/distribution. Build your report SPs, design reports around the SPs with Crystal or something like it, then let users call up real-time reports from a mirrored db with them. The queries are optimized and can be built with indexed parameters for user interaction. If done well, everything runs fairly quickly and, more importantly, no one in Sales can TOUCH data with ad hoc reporting tools. Bad touch, Marketing Drone!
Honestly, it seems that the writer of the NYT article missed two very important points: one, Gaiman's work (but someone's already mentioned it here), and two, "comic != graphic novel".
I don't consider Maus to be a "comic" - it told a moving if troubling story using both verbal and non-verbal language. It was a brilliant combination that allowed the writer/artist a way to use some of the features of allegory a la Aesop. To me, works like Maus, ...Dark Knight, Lone Wolf and Cub and the Sandman series aren't "comics", rather they borrow their visual language from comics.
The writer, though, equates "comics" with the Hulk and Spiderman, howling that Western Culture is about to collapse because people don't read material he deems "worthy" nor do they do it often enough.
I read novels, comics (although with the recent "EXTREMIFICATION!" of Marvel lately, I've stopped reading nearly every title of theirs) and graphic novels. But I guess to be a proper culture snob in 2004 you have to be some kind of weird elitist Luddite.
While I wouldn't go so far as to call them "demon customers", I can understand that "the customer is always right" belongs to an earlier era...one where people seemed to have a bit more integrity as shoppers. I always thought it should be updated to "the customer is frequently right, but can at times be horribly misinformed."
Two things I've done about stores like Best Buy. First, whenever you return something to the store for exchange, mark in heavy black marker on the inside of the box what's wrong with it, the date and, if you're feeling altruistic, give a throw-away email address.
Reason? Many retail stores don't bother checking returns to see if they work (or not) as the original purchaser stated. They simply re-wrap it, and put it back on the shelves. If someone else comes behind you and purchases that unit, they'll see what you wrote (write BIG), and learn to never deal with that store again.
Also, if you left an email address, they can contact you to let you know what happened (and possibly thank you). I was the "second buyer" in that scenario - (thanks, GeorgeC!), and will never buy from that store again (local chain).
Second tip, ask the store selling purchase plans if you can take their "details" home with you -- don't purchase anything...yet. If they tell you that their "Purchase Plan" is only viewable after you actually buy something (as is the case with one major retail chain, iirc), you're getting "MS EULA'd".
I've also been using POPFile for about a year, and it's done an amazing job - 99.87% accuracy, very few false-positives, and great summary info with six email accounts collectively filtered through it.
I recently helped a few friends install it on their machines, and, rather than just having them start from scratch, I copied my Spam corpus for them. With the spam corpus already in place, all of them noticed spam drop to close to zero while they trained their other buckets.
For me this brings up an interesting future scenario re the "Solaris is a derivative work of System V". If a company (SCO) licenses software to a second party (Sun), then the second company builds a huge code base around the licensed work, at what point does the second company's contribution become large enough that it's no longer considered "derivative"?
If enough new code is written to replace original code, is the resultant work still considered to be a derivative of the original? It may be inspired by it, but is it still legally hemmed in under the original copyright?
Maybe in this case Sun feels that enough of the licensed work has been re-written (and vastly improved) by their own staff that it no longer resembles the original System V.
And in the ironies department, I noticed on my last (thankfully) visit to SLC that the megabookstore's coffeehouse on the second floor overlooks the gates of Temple Square. Guess that puts paid to the theory that the Gods have a sense of humor. :)
Typically what we do is have Peapod deliver twice a month (usually the bulk stuff like soda, detergent), then make a few quick dashes to the local Dominick's or Cub Foods for fresh vegetables and fruit and a few replacements when needed. I save a ton of time, and gladly pay for the convenience.
Who wants to pay for delivery? One answer would be people who believe that their time isn't cheap.