One of the most popluar men on the face of the earth wears a red and white suit, has a big fluffly beard, wears a stocking cap, is over weight. I think someone needs to cut the ponytail/sandal crowd some slack lest they find a lump of coal in their stocking.
I recently had an MRI. If there was ever going to be a place for magnetic sources to mess with my electric brain it would be inside one of those machines. I didn't feel a thing. I don't buy the guilt by association analogy.
The biggest offender of late is KDE. Must EVERYTHING be named Ksomething? Good God... what is a Konqueor ? What will Kompare do ? Will Kannibale eat my computer? Will K9copy reproduce my dog? Some are predictable but they all begin with that friggin' K. Enough already. It's too Kute and as pedestrian as Karls Kuntry Kitchen.
This statement; "given your talents as a coder and someone elses talent as a coder" means they are equal in this area and the only difference is the degree. Does this mean I should hire the high school dropout because he might be the next Bill Gates? I'm not impressed with "coders" who are able to assimilate programming languages but couldn't tell me the difference between a shell sort and a selection sort. It takes much more than "coding" to be hiring material and I despise cleaning up after them.
As a manager I must say that given your talents as a coder and someone elses talent as a coder... with the only difference being one of you has a CS degree and the other dropped out of high-school, guess which one I will hire?
Once the dumping has driven out business the $15 goes to $60. They already do this to some extent as a bait and switch tactic. It's only $15 for the first year.
Yea I saw that too. "ALONtm is virtually scratch resistant" Kind of like virtually almost pregnant. It could be scratch resistant or virtally scratch free but both in the same sentence is like so much jello. So if I kind of pretended to scratch it but didn't it might now show anything... maybe.
Look at it this way. There are already laws on the books that say I can sue company X for giving me a POS. Why go after the poor slob who works for the company. If I have a blowout on a tire on my car should I track down the guy on the assembly line that was working that day or go after they company whose prosess stinks?
"don't go because you think it'll raise your average salary by another 5 grand,... GO BECAUSE YOU WANT TO AND YOU THINK YOU CAN TAKE SOMETHING AWAY FROM IT!"
Um... I think taking another 5 grand (make that 50 grand in my case) is "taking something away from it". YMMV
Ah yes. That old story plays well, especially told by one of the few deservedly-lucky. Job's message is one of condolence to those who will never be as lucky as he, not a guide to those yearning for nouveau riche power status. The iPod-clad psychophants on the sidelines will be the first of the new crop of worker bees thinking some of his coolness will rub off on them.
Exactly. I have had my systems outstrip the drives storage capacity / usefullness LONG before they (would have) failed. Of the systems I've had for oh, say 20 years, I have had only one hard drive fail before it's time and that was largely due to it getting bumped HARD while it was running.
"Without a legislations like this, there won't be any choices..."
Nobody is forcing you to take a cell phone service. Your first choice is not to have a cell phone. A second choice is to ask service providers to shoot you the price for a no-contract service. If they won't offer you one walk out the door and see how fast some of them suddenly decide they'd like your money after all. Part of your "contract" covers getting a "free" phone. Trust me, regulations do nothing but cost us all and set up government regulators that NEVER go away.
Consumers should vote with their dollars. If they are that opposed to contracts then do not sign one. If one is burned by a contract then avoid this next time. Efforts like this will ultimately cost consumers more not less. Thsi kind of regulation lets the government have one more way to manipulate what we can and cannot freely do.
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One of the most popluar men on the face of the earth wears a red and white suit, has a big fluffly beard, wears a stocking cap, is over weight. I think someone needs to cut the ponytail/sandal crowd some slack lest they find a lump of coal in their stocking.
I recently had an MRI. If there was ever going to be a place for magnetic sources to mess with my electric brain it would be inside one of those machines. I didn't feel a thing. I don't buy the guilt by association analogy.
Yea, I purchased one of those Drivers Rights Management cars and found my wife wasn't allowed to drive it. So I'm not to big on this DRM thing.
The biggest offender of late is KDE. Must EVERYTHING be named Ksomething? Good God... what is a Konqueor ? What will Kompare do ? Will Kannibale eat my computer? Will K9copy reproduce my dog? Some are predictable but they all begin with that friggin' K. Enough already. It's too Kute and as pedestrian as Karls Kuntry Kitchen.
-- TT
I despise quicktime. Installing that beast is nearly as bad as real-player.
This statement; "given your talents as a coder and someone elses talent as a coder" means they are equal in this area and the only difference is the degree. Does this mean I should hire the high school dropout because he might be the next Bill Gates? I'm not impressed with "coders" who are able to assimilate programming languages but couldn't tell me the difference between a shell sort and a selection sort. It takes much more than "coding" to be hiring material and I despise cleaning up after them.
As a manager I must say that given your talents as a coder and someone elses talent as a coder... with the only difference being one of you has a CS degree and the other dropped out of high-school, guess which one I will hire?
Once the dumping has driven out business the $15 goes to $60. They already do this to some extent as a bait and switch tactic. It's only $15 for the first year.
Fuck France, Germany, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. I never call there anyway nor would I want to!
Yea I saw that too. "ALONtm is virtually scratch resistant" Kind of like virtually almost pregnant. It could be scratch resistant or virtally scratch free but both in the same sentence is like so much jello. So if I kind of pretended to scratch it but didn't it might now show anything... maybe.
Look at it this way. There are already laws on the books that say I can sue company X for giving me a POS. Why go after the poor slob who works for the company. If I have a blowout on a tire on my car should I track down the guy on the assembly line that was working that day or go after they company whose prosess stinks?
Wouldn't that be like holding a car manufacturer liable for mis-use of a vehicle?
"don't go because you think it'll raise your average salary by another 5 grand, ... GO BECAUSE YOU WANT TO AND YOU THINK YOU CAN TAKE SOMETHING AWAY FROM IT!"
Um... I think taking another 5 grand (make that 50 grand in my case) is "taking something away from it". YMMV
Ah yes. That old story plays well, especially told by one of the few deservedly-lucky. Job's message is one of condolence to those who will never be as lucky as he, not a guide to those yearning for nouveau riche power status. The iPod-clad psychophants on the sidelines will be the first of the new crop of worker bees thinking some of his coolness will rub off on them.
I bet Jobs ate it up.
Interestingly enough there is a site dedicated to those of us who truly admire france.
http://www.fuckfrance.com/
I don't have an identity you insensitive clod!
Doesnt' World Of Warcraft use BitTorrent to do updates? How dare they!
Exactly. I have had my systems outstrip the drives storage capacity / usefullness LONG before they (would have) failed. Of the systems I've had for oh, say 20 years, I have had only one hard drive fail before it's time and that was largely due to it getting bumped HARD while it was running.
- Mark
Yes, now if we can just get more cowbell ...
I for one will be waiting for the 128-electrode technology to come out so I can think faster.
I wouldn't pay for any downloadable music that wasn't CD quality and storable to as many CDs or MP3 players as I wanted.
What is this "Star Wars" thing you speak of and who is George Lucas?
The 30-day wording bothers me. I would like it to be long enough to allow a typical billing cycle to occur.
"Without a legislations like this, there won't be any choices..."
Nobody is forcing you to take a cell phone service. Your first choice is not to have a cell phone. A second choice is to ask service providers to shoot you the price for a no-contract service. If they won't offer you one walk out the door and see how fast some of them suddenly decide they'd like your money after all. Part of your "contract" covers getting a "free" phone. Trust me, regulations do nothing but cost us all and set up government regulators that NEVER go away.
Consumers should vote with their dollars. If they are that opposed to contracts then do not sign one. If one is burned by a contract then avoid this next time. Efforts like this will ultimately cost consumers more not less. Thsi kind of regulation lets the government have one more way to manipulate what we can and cannot freely do.