My mom was wanting insurance info from her insurance agent in Arizona... she heard a few clicks,then it got weird and static-y, then someone with an indian accent picked up the phone, and you could hear lots of other people with indian accents on the phone.. andh ewas trying to give her help... but she could barely understand him...she just hung up, very pissed off that her insurance company had gotten so cheap that they outsourced their phone help to india... for a company that's just across the state, She doesnt like the idea of someone in some foriegn country knowing her personal info...
So outsourcing isnt good for the employee, and the consumer doesnt like it.
These companies need to rethink their decisions... It's not as bad when they outsource more internal, less consumer interactive work.. but when it's something that directly affects the consumer..and they dont like it... it's not pretty.
My complaint here is, how good will editing be from someone who isnt a native speaker of english?
looking from a male point of view on this in the defense of women.. isnt this somewhat sexist?
even though it was done by women, isnt that very general to say?
because they prolly got the most computer illiterate women they could find, and have them make a model that represents all women..
this is much like volvo's car for women... that boils down to an almost useless, and even more annoying car. if my mom can do basic repairs on a ca, I dont think they need to block access so women dont bother their pretty heads over it.. and this.. bah.. it's another stupid marketing gimmick IMHO
or else that webserver would be screaming in pain right now.
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I think it's the fact that google.com is much easier to type in, it loads fast on slow connections, etc..
type in search.yahoo.com..then wait for all the images and special stuff to load...
type google.com in.. bam.. loaded. put in what you need.. results come up in almost an instant.
that, and better and more accurate search results, minimal ads, etc... makes it king of the ring compare to others that show every off topic search result, load hundreds of images, ads, and other crap... it's easy to see why google became king.
is the fact since he was running a warez group, he prolly had a lot of software covered by US patents and trade laws, which would make him candidate for extradition, IIRC.
who's to say what's a planet and what's not a planet?
we still dont know a lot about space and how it came to be, most of it is guesstimates and theories.. not stone cold facts...
come on, we call two asteroids that are orbiting mars that are slowly coming closer every year moons... I say, anything that is spherical and retains a good chunk of gravity (enough to attract things to it to some good extent, at least could hold down a ship, probe or human) is a planet..
because.. this could be a loophole in the license.. since a company can take bsd source code and close source it.. thus using mysql libraries in their proprietary works.. right?
correct me if I'm wrong.. I dont focus on licensing issues much.
what next? required video camera on every computer monitor or you will be forced to face charges of treason and be tried as a terrorist for defying the us government? it's getting close.. europe has made a few hundred steps backward a few days ago with this act:
http://www.ipjustice.org/CODE/release20040309_en .s html
which allows european AND american companies to do whatever the fuck they want to european citizens. raid their houses, force isp's to give personal information, allow them to have access to prvate government records about people (so they can extort people) give them the freedom to do whatever they want to people... freeze their assets, basically, treat them worse than terrorists.
what's scary is that we're about one step away from that.. that bill did every thing the US government would love to do. and will do within the next few years.
yeah, my sister used to take those and play house with them with these weird little bear figurines... and would cut the heads off and "serve" them to the bear figurines as dinner to the figures.
many beetles died to my sister's little mini plastic knife.
I was living in tennessee when the 13 year cicadas came out.. and months before I found some of the larva tunneling up when I was digging around... and THAT was hellish, they were everywhere, and somehow, I found one with no abdomen... just the head..., and it was still flying around...
weird.
and they attack lawnmowers and lights, me and my friend shot at trees with bottle rockets.. that was fun.
could you ask for a lightbulb and get the glass blowing machine, the parts, the filaments, how to make your own lamp booklet and how to wire your room to have electricity.. but never the lightbulb.
that microsoft is giving the military cyber weaponry! blackops sneak into foriegn computer systems and install microsoft offic and down their systems go!
and the cd's are lethal as hell too, those could be used as throwing discs!
I still suggest linux, because you can customize it to what your folks need..
I had my mom use kde, and she had very little problems with it.
basically, if you're appealing to people who dont want to dig deep into the system and shit, and just want a box that surfs the web, allows people to view family photos, etc... then you're fine.. kde might not bet he choice of most linux users, but it works in this case.
I live north of orange county, surprised I havent heard anything about this on the local news yet.
another example of how e-voting can screw up or be fixed.
just go with good 'ol pen and paper or find a better way to ensure a "hanging chad"*coughbullshit* problem doesnt occur again..
This is also very much the same reason we shouldnt be entrusting our cars with computer chips, computers have yet to be accurate in critical situations like driving or voting.
instead of putting an experimental technology out as an official technology, where we have to depend on it, like at my school where they've made it mandatory to pass highschool using this new experimental math program, which sucks.. because it basically says "you missed an assignment! you fail the entire course!" or "you missed a question! you get a 0 on the paper! you fail the course!" crap like that.
I remember going to a place in Murfreesboro, TN (dont live in that part of the US anymore, thank god) to a place called whitt's barbeque, they had a Mrs. Pacman table there, you looked down and played, it was cool, hmm, if I make an arcade cabinet, I might just cheat and find one of these tables.
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how about open minded software products for blind mac users ;P ...ok, I'll shut up and go back to sitting in the corner now.
Another example of outsourcing issues:
My mom was wanting insurance info from her insurance agent in Arizona... she heard a few clicks,then it got weird and static-y, then someone with an indian accent picked up the phone, and you could hear lots of other people with indian accents on the phone.. andh ewas trying to give her help... but she could barely understand him...she just hung up, very pissed off that her insurance company had gotten so cheap that they outsourced their phone help to india... for a company that's just across the state, She doesnt like the idea of someone in some foriegn country knowing her personal info...
So outsourcing isnt good for the employee, and the consumer doesnt like it.
These companies need to rethink their decisions...
It's not as bad when they outsource more internal, less consumer interactive work.. but when it's something that directly affects the consumer..and they dont like it... it's not pretty.
My complaint here is, how good will editing be from someone who isnt a native speaker of english?
Well, luckily for me, I dont god damn fucking swear at all.. nope, not me... not fucker ever...
fuckers.
but like carlin said, they're just words.. it's the intent behind them that's offensive..
so let's start a campaign into making them null words..
now I gotta update all that mess again...
gah.. a linux user's work is never done.
looking from a male point of view on this in the defense of women.. isnt this somewhat sexist?
even though it was done by women, isnt that very general to say?
because they prolly got the most computer illiterate women they could find, and have them make a model that represents all women..
this is much like volvo's car for women... that boils down to an almost useless, and even more annoying car.
if my mom can do basic repairs on a ca, I dont think they need to block access so women dont bother their pretty heads over it.. and this.. bah.. it's another stupid marketing gimmick IMHO
have they tested a public restroom or a school restroom? trust me, those are NOT CLEANER THAN A WORKSTATION.
considering there's urine.. spit, vomit, standing water, mold, feces, pubes, etc everywhere in the common highschool bathroom in america.
sad aint it?
now, try to tell me that's not as bad as a computer station.
also, we have germs everywhere.. most dont affect us however because of our immune system.. only a few types affect us out of the millions out there.
you could make a distro that could just be for gaming.. in the sense of it just sitting there and loading them up via emulation. or whatever..
as in.. the behind the scenes crap that makes the games go.
or else that webserver would be screaming in pain right now.
I think it's the fact that google.com is much easier to type in, it loads fast on slow connections, etc..
type in search.yahoo.com..then wait for all the images and special stuff to load...
type google.com in.. bam.. loaded. put in what you need.. results come up in almost an instant.
that, and better and more accurate search results, minimal ads, etc... makes it king of the ring compare to others that show every off topic search result, load hundreds of images, ads, and other crap... it's easy to see why google became king.
it simply offered a better service.
is the fact since he was running a warez group, he prolly had a lot of software covered by US patents and trade laws, which would make him candidate for extradition, IIRC.
who's to say what's a planet and what's not a planet?
we still dont know a lot about space and how it came to be, most of it is guesstimates and theories.. not stone cold facts...
come on, we call two asteroids that are orbiting mars that are slowly coming closer every year moons... I say, anything that is spherical and retains a good chunk of gravity (enough to attract things to it to some good extent, at least could hold down a ship, probe or human) is a planet..
isnt the bsd license opensource?
because.. this could be a loophole in the license.. since a company can take bsd source code and close source it.. thus using mysql libraries in their proprietary works.. right?
correct me if I'm wrong.. I dont focus on licensing issues much.
what next? required video camera on every computer monitor or you will be forced to face charges of treason and be tried as a terrorist for defying the us government? it's getting close.. europe has made a few hundred steps backward a few days ago with this act:
n .s html
http://www.ipjustice.org/CODE/release20040309_e
which allows european AND american companies to do whatever the fuck they want to european citizens. raid their houses, force isp's to give personal information, allow them to have access to prvate government records about people (so they can extort people) give them the freedom to do whatever they want to people... freeze their assets, basically, treat them worse than terrorists.
what's scary is that we're about one step away from that.. that bill did every thing the US government would love to do. and will do within the next few years.
this stuff is scary.
time for some new politicians.
it reminds me of that ep of simpsons where lisa is president... and they talk about that program for healthy and smarter kids
"we only made stronger and smarter super criminals"
btw, the last sentence is referring to trees with cicadas in them.. they were EVERYWHERE.
yeah, my sister used to take those and play house with them with these weird little bear figurines... and would cut the heads off and "serve" them to the bear figurines as dinner to the figures.
many beetles died to my sister's little mini plastic knife.
I was living in tennessee when the 13 year cicadas came out.. and months before I found some of the larva tunneling up when I was digging around... and THAT was hellish, they were everywhere, and somehow, I found one with no abdomen... just the head..., and it was still flying around...
weird.
and they attack lawnmowers and lights, me and my friend shot at trees with bottle rockets.. that was fun.
could you ask for a lightbulb and get the glass blowing machine, the parts, the filaments, how to make your own lamp booklet and how to wire your room to have electricity.. but never the lightbulb.
that microsoft is giving the military cyber weaponry! blackops sneak into foriegn computer systems and install microsoft offic and down their systems go!
and the cd's are lethal as hell too, those could be used as throwing discs!
wouldnt this just kill both sides off?
and if a site is being attacked by drones, wouldnt this just cause unecessary internet traffic?
this would lead to more problems.
not to mention it would cause the network being attacked to go down much faster.
seeing as pixar and apple have ties that go back when they were still a nothing animation company that presented short films at film festivals.
hell, watch knick knack and some earlier ones and you'll see steve jobs in the credits and thanks to him and apple computers in the creds...
looks like an old reunion to me.
pfft, use notepad, you outdated command line junkie! :P
*note to mods, not a troll*
I still suggest linux, because you can customize it to what your folks need..
I had my mom use kde, and she had very little problems with it.
basically, if you're appealing to people who dont want to dig deep into the system and shit, and just want a box that surfs the web, allows people to view family photos, etc... then you're fine.. kde might not bet he choice of most linux users, but it works in this case.
I live north of orange county, surprised I havent heard anything about this on the local news yet.
another example of how e-voting can screw up or be fixed.
just go with good 'ol pen and paper
or find a better way to ensure a "hanging chad"*coughbullshit* problem doesnt occur again..
This is also very much the same reason we shouldnt be entrusting our cars with computer chips, computers have yet to be accurate in critical situations like driving or voting.
instead of putting an experimental technology out as an official technology, where we have to depend on it, like at my school where they've made it mandatory to pass highschool using this new experimental math program, which sucks.. because it basically says "you missed an assignment! you fail the entire course!" or "you missed a question! you get a 0 on the paper! you fail the course!" crap like that.
bottom line, we shouldnt be using this crap yet.
I remember going to a place in Murfreesboro, TN (dont live in that part of the US anymore, thank god)
to a place called whitt's barbeque, they had a Mrs. Pacman table there, you looked down and played, it was cool, hmm, if I make an arcade cabinet, I might just cheat and find one of these tables.