Ditto. If I happen to see an add that's humerous or otherwise catches my attention, I might watch it a few times. But then, yeah, "Select - Play - Select - 3 - 0 - Select" is your friend.
Only sort of related: I'm moving to Verizon's FIOS TV service. Anyone know if their DVR device does cable skipping?
Notes is a bitch to admin and has a serious learning-curve but it's absolutely bulletproof. It's also used in some places as a tie-in/point of connection to DMS. Like I said, I'd hate to admin it, but I love know it's going to be reliable (and I mean C&C reliable) when it's administered right.
Isn't that similar to the posting about Berkley's joke recommender posting from the other day? Rate jokes and it then suggests ones you should like. I tried it and I don't know if the pool from which the jokes are pulled is shallow, but the ones it returned after I finished "calibrating" it were terrible and not along the lines of what I would have assumed the system thought I would think were funny.
The only reason I can think that this would be modded "flamebait" is because the parent somehow found a way around the "no modding stories to which you post a comment."
Hey! I resent that. And I can prove it's not true. I've got a 70-page presentation that I'd like to share. I'll read through every single slide and, to keep you interested, it's got all kinds of text that flies in from the left and fades out and...;)
I vaguely recall an episode of Robotech where one of the lead female characters was flying somewhere in (what I think was) a military jet. As the "camera" pulled back, it showed her in a curved, almost bubble seat that appeared to be made of thick metal and had a "lid" resting in an up position. It looked like it was an escape pod, where in an emergency the top of the seat would fold down, sealing the bubble. I assume the intent would have been for the sealed unit to be ejected. I always thought that was a neat concept. No idea if it's feasible, but it certainly seemed to make sense.
You can sell a newspaper for a dime and sell 100 of them, cut it to a nickel and you will sell 300 of them.(adjust number for inflation)
True, as newspapers don't make money on subscriptions. If you give them out, however, you must sell at least 50% of your circulation numbers (or maybe 51%, I don't remember. Been a long time since I worked for one) you have to change what your tell advertisers what your official circulation is and thus affect ad revenue.
All of that said, I'm not sure why the price cut is a surprise. It's marketing: Draws attention back to Vista, shows MS is doing something in an effort to reduce piracy (which will make board members happy) and could _possibly_ add to the size of the user base, thus letting them issue another press release.
Sorry, I have a considerable amount of experience with family members who went the counseling route for years without seeing improvements. After finally deciding to try anti-depressants, anti-anxiety, etc., the problems they had most of their lives went away or were reduced to levels that made it easier for them to have a better life. The biggest problem I've seen is not whether they work or not, it's that GPs are the ones issuing the Rx. GPs are just that - GENERAL practitioners. The good ones admit that their knowledge of the nuances involved with the "low-level" chemical behavior of the brain is limited. A psychiatrist, someone with a medical understanding of the topic (not knocking psychologists, but their understanding is in a different area: the non-biochemical causes of issues) should be the person making the determination of just what a person should be on. They're aware of more of the potential "cocktails" of drugs (one particular drug is not enough) - both in terms of what works and what needs an additional medication to target secondary causes/effects of depression....
I don't see why this is a surprise to people. The internal business decisions outweigh whatever grumbling people may make. At least, that's what the mindset was at Road Runner when I was there. They wanted to pimp internally developed content to the point of using the term "walled garden" to describe their efforts to try and get customers to stay away from the Internet as a whole. That filtered down to the affiliate level: We (the affiliates) didn't give a rat's poop about that content; we wanted to develop our own and have full control of it. Why should they be able to offer their own stuff but we, as the "local experts" couldn't have complete control over our customer's screen real estate? (We were given 20% of the homepage to put up content that was locally grown. The rest was set aside for the corporation to use.) We complained and complained, but it fell on deaf ears. It was headquarters' decision, not the affiliates, who were the direct point of revenue generation.... It wasn't about logic or customer service. It was about bad decisions made by corporate. My point is, they (TW headquarters) have always wanted to offer their own stuff rather than what customers necessarily want. It makes sense: They have their own content, why wouldn't they push back against making it easy for other content owners to move in? Is it logical? Sure. Is it a ridiculous, losing battle that ultimately make them look stupid? Same answer.
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Not going to happen. Everyone knows Han shot first ... ;)
Citation needed.
;)
You're right. There are a ton of different creatures. Each unique.
Ditto. If I happen to see an add that's humerous or otherwise catches my attention, I might watch it a few times. But then, yeah, "Select - Play - Select - 3 - 0 - Select" is your friend.
Only sort of related: I'm moving to Verizon's FIOS TV service. Anyone know if their DVR device does cable skipping?
(Too lazy to lower my comment threshold) but if you're interested in setting up Back to My Mac without a .Mac subscription, check our this article.
5) Holding your wife's purse, waiting for her to finish shopping.
/me is so glad my wife doesn't read /. ;)
Um ...
... moderate use.
;)
There are 2 keywords here: privacy
I know there's a joke in here somewhere, but I haven't had coffee yet
Notes is a bitch to admin and has a serious learning-curve but it's absolutely bulletproof. It's also used in some places as a tie-in/point of connection to DMS. Like I said, I'd hate to admin it, but I love know it's going to be reliable (and I mean C&C reliable) when it's administered right.
Isn't that similar to the posting about Berkley's joke recommender posting from the other day? Rate jokes and it then suggests ones you should like. I tried it and I don't know if the pool from which the jokes are pulled is shallow, but the ones it returned after I finished "calibrating" it were terrible and not along the lines of what I would have assumed the system thought I would think were funny.
I told everyone we'd have a day of zero dupes on /.
A large part of IBM's decline was because their sales of mainframes to other countries slowed down as smaller, more powerful computers came around.
Great. Now we've got something else we need to accidently ship to Taiwan ... :)
And the Internet is just a fad. As soon as people get tired of pr0n, the Internet will go away ... ;)
The only reason I can think that this would be modded "flamebait" is because the parent somehow found a way around the "no modding stories to which you post a comment."
You don't. As he's talking to you, you take off your shoes and belt, put the cat on the conveyer belt and hope you don't miss your flight ;)
>fuelled by a mediocre knowledge of PowerPoint
... ;)
Hey! I resent that. And I can prove it's not true. I've got a 70-page presentation that I'd like to share. I'll read through every single slide and, to keep you interested, it's got all kinds of text that flies in from the left and fades out and
> nor do I necessarily want to display to the world what commands I am giving to my device
... "Why yes! I would like to make her love me all night!"
Nor do I want to be sitting next to the person without a spam filter
>And I'm within mine telling them to piss up a rope.
... ;)
And gravity is within its rights to
> laser beam
... ;)
They were hidden in the frickin' sharks
I vaguely recall an episode of Robotech where one of the lead female characters was flying somewhere in (what I think was) a military jet. As the "camera" pulled back, it showed her in a curved, almost bubble seat that appeared to be made of thick metal and had a "lid" resting in an up position. It looked like it was an escape pod, where in an emergency the top of the seat would fold down, sealing the bubble. I assume the intent would have been for the sealed unit to be ejected. I always thought that was a neat concept. No idea if it's feasible, but it certainly seemed to make sense.
You can sell a newspaper for a dime and sell 100 of them, cut it to a nickel and you will sell 300 of them.(adjust number for inflation)
True, as newspapers don't make money on subscriptions. If you give them out, however, you must sell at least 50% of your circulation numbers (or maybe 51%, I don't remember. Been a long time since I worked for one) you have to change what your tell advertisers what your official circulation is and thus affect ad revenue.
All of that said, I'm not sure why the price cut is a surprise. It's marketing: Draws attention back to Vista, shows MS is doing something in an effort to reduce piracy (which will make board members happy) and could _possibly_ add to the size of the user base, thus letting them issue another press release.
Sorry, I have a considerable amount of experience with family members who went the counseling route for years without seeing improvements. After finally deciding to try anti-depressants, anti-anxiety, etc., the problems they had most of their lives went away or were reduced to levels that made it easier for them to have a better life. The biggest problem I've seen is not whether they work or not, it's that GPs are the ones issuing the Rx. GPs are just that - GENERAL practitioners. The good ones admit that their knowledge of the nuances involved with the "low-level" chemical behavior of the brain is limited. A psychiatrist, someone with a medical understanding of the topic (not knocking psychologists, but their understanding is in a different area: the non-biochemical causes of issues) should be the person making the determination of just what a person should be on. They're aware of more of the potential "cocktails" of drugs (one particular drug is not enough) - both in terms of what works and what needs an additional medication to target secondary causes/effects of depression....
I would consider defacing websites more of a prank
Really? Depending on the circumstances, I'd call it a felony.
The Comic Book Guy must be on a lunch break. I'm sure he'll chime in when he gets back ...
I don't see why this is a surprise to people. The internal business decisions outweigh whatever grumbling people may make. At least, that's what the mindset was at Road Runner when I was there. They wanted to pimp internally developed content to the point of using the term "walled garden" to describe their efforts to try and get customers to stay away from the Internet as a whole. That filtered down to the affiliate level: We (the affiliates) didn't give a rat's poop about that content; we wanted to develop our own and have full control of it. Why should they be able to offer their own stuff but we, as the "local experts" couldn't have complete control over our customer's screen real estate? (We were given 20% of the homepage to put up content that was locally grown. The rest was set aside for the corporation to use.) We complained and complained, but it fell on deaf ears. It was headquarters' decision, not the affiliates, who were the direct point of revenue generation.... It wasn't about logic or customer service. It was about bad decisions made by corporate. My point is, they (TW headquarters) have always wanted to offer their own stuff rather than what customers necessarily want. It makes sense: They have their own content, why wouldn't they push back against making it easy for other content owners to move in? Is it logical? Sure. Is it a ridiculous, losing battle that ultimately make them look stupid? Same answer.