My aunt works as a "live chat operator" for a SF bay hosting company. Her salary is based on how many new clients she gets, so there's a lot of pressure to snag new clients through live chat.
The reason many companies have switched to live chat salespeople (as opposed to phone salespeople) is that instead of having one salesperson with one call, each salesperson can have 5-10 chat windows open at once. Each chat operator has a specialty -- whether virtual hosting, colocation, or dedicated -- so customers interested in a certain plan can be transparently redirected to the proper operator.
Certainly, you'll get your questions answered through live chat, but since you're talking to a salesperson, they want you to purchase a plan. It's how they get paid.
Coming soon: Arthur Miller's "Death of a Live Chat Salesperson"
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I agree. Even if it isn't vaporware, this sounds like a "Hey, let's get-rich-quick with our hot cool idea" company. Their order form raises a big red flag:
For a total of 50% discount, will you pay in advance?
I will not buy into your scam.
I will not buy it, Sam I am.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but most of the suspicion and paranoia surrounding voting systems such as this is the development of a system by a private/commercial developer in a proprietary setting. The source code isn't published nightly, and hackers are generally discouraged, or kindly told to 'piss off' via legal threats.
Considering a replacement in voting tech would have to be secure, and developed with the goal of democratic results (rather than profits), this sounds like a perfect open source project. I don't know if anyone's working on this, but if you are, you've got my vote:) To put things in perspective, as long as I CAN'T see what information is transmitted when I vote against Bush, I'm not going to trust it. However, if I'm able to download the complete source for the system and check it out, I'd be more inclined to trust it (or help fix it). Has anyone heard of such a project? It would be wonderful to have an e-voting system that isn't an Orwellian nightmare;)
And what better way to help spread the good word about free software (both) than to have the election system as a working example. There's something poetic about trusting American democracy to free software.:)
Based on a stripped-down version of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows XP operating system, the Shopping Buddy crams three different forms of wireless communications into one device.
Great... first exploit's discovered, Shopping Buddy AP is hijacked, and i'll be kindly informed while shopping that there's a "0wN3d s4L3 0n ai5le r00t"
I do like the idea of "Bring Your Own Cart," so long as I don't get hassled for bandwidth shoplifting after I leave.
MR. FINKELSTEIN: I would like to thank the Committee for inviting me here. I would also like to beg your indulgence if I make any procedural or cultural errors. I am not a lawyer. I am not a public relations -- sorry, shall I start over again?
Okay, as I say, I would again like to beg the Committee's indulgence if I make any procedural or cultural errors because I am not a lawyer; I am not a public relations person. I did have a better shirt, but I am literally straight off the plane this morning to come here.
This is not my job. I am a professional programmer by trade. I have no training or experience in Washington politics. If I make any mistakes in how I present myself or how I answer, I ask you to indulge me in that.
I must admit, I wasn't too impressed with the new Star Wars movies, but a cartoon spinoff could be interesting. I recently saw Tartakovsky interviewed on a VH1 Special about "prime time" cartoons, so I checked out a few episodes of Samurai Jack.
Tartakovsky definately has a passion for action (yep, that's what the VH1 show said [repeatedly]). My best example is this: just listen to an episode of Samurai Jack and hear how much of it is dialogue, and how much is noises (slash, grunt) and music? (I think the split's around 25/75). Tartakovsky's action is not only constant, but it's fun to watch -- it's beautiful eye candy. Colorful, animated, comedic at times. (so don't just listen to that episode, watch it, too!).
However, I'm an English major; when I notice a weak plot or a missing link, I get the subconscious "yellow flag." Jack's weak on plotline. Episodes are usually strung together with lots of action revolving around a weak premise. It's fun to watch, but not fun to get involved in.
But Star Wars, on the other hand, is.;) The animation itself should be good, but the storyline is going to need some good writers. I think here is where we'll see whether this is just a Marketing-schemed Animatrix-clone, or a quality investment.
(Oh, and PLEASE resist the temptation to spinoff Clone Wars:2021)
the hippies of Arcata have been living with pedestrian-monitoring cameras for some time now. Near the University campus boundry (where shiny rocks and crystals are sold on blankets) there's a large, ugly cement kiosk, which houses the camera.
Repeatedly, and without fail, every few weeks the unsightly camera-box is broken into, and the camera is either stolen or smashed.
Hippies really don't like getting their picture taken.
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You've got trailing slashes on your urls that the xbox site doesn't like. Try:s heet.htm
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox360/peripheralsfact
and
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox360/factsheet.htm
The high-res "Is this you?" ad is available in pdf format here.
According to the banned books project (http://solonor.com/bannedbooks/archives/001808.ht ml):
Nudity.
Guess someone found something more than just Waldo.
I'm wondering myself what an "Internet Meltdown" looks like.
My aunt works as a "live chat operator" for a SF bay hosting company. Her salary is based on how many new clients she gets, so there's a lot of pressure to snag new clients through live chat.
The reason many companies have switched to live chat salespeople (as opposed to phone salespeople) is that instead of having one salesperson with one call, each salesperson can have 5-10 chat windows open at once. Each chat operator has a specialty -- whether virtual hosting, colocation, or dedicated -- so customers interested in a certain plan can be transparently redirected to the proper operator.
Certainly, you'll get your questions answered through live chat, but since you're talking to a salesperson, they want you to purchase a plan. It's how they get paid.
Coming soon: Arthur Miller's "Death of a Live Chat Salesperson"
I will not buy it, Sam I am.
So how many of you read the article just to see Ellison's photo?
I'll be honest. I did.
Heh, you're right; 4 hours sleep can do wonders to how well one filters information :) Thanks for the real update info.
Nah, it's up now. Here's what it does:
6 52
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25
Sadly, most of the "Enhancements" sound more like "Bug Fixes." Heh.
Considering a replacement in voting tech would have to be secure, and developed with the goal of democratic results (rather than profits), this sounds like a perfect open source project. I don't know if anyone's working on this, but if you are, you've got my vote :) To put things in perspective, as long as I CAN'T see what information is transmitted when I vote against Bush, I'm not going to trust it. However, if I'm able to download the complete source for the system and check it out, I'd be more inclined to trust it (or help fix it). Has anyone heard of such a project? It would be wonderful to have an e-voting system that isn't an Orwellian nightmare ;)
And what better way to help spread the good word about free software (both) than to have the election system as a working example. There's something poetic about trusting American democracy to free software. :)
Great... first exploit's discovered, Shopping Buddy AP is hijacked, and i'll be kindly informed while shopping that there's a "0wN3d s4L3 0n ai5le r00t"
I do like the idea of "Bring Your Own Cart," so long as I don't get hassled for bandwidth shoplifting after I leave.
from: http://sethf.com/anticensorware/hearing_dc.php
Tartakovsky definately has a passion for action (yep, that's what the VH1 show said [repeatedly]). My best example is this: just listen to an episode of Samurai Jack and hear how much of it is dialogue, and how much is noises (slash, grunt) and music? (I think the split's around 25/75). Tartakovsky's action is not only constant, but it's fun to watch -- it's beautiful eye candy. Colorful, animated, comedic at times. (so don't just listen to that episode, watch it, too!).
However, I'm an English major; when I notice a weak plot or a missing link, I get the subconscious "yellow flag." Jack's weak on plotline. Episodes are usually strung together with lots of action revolving around a weak premise. It's fun to watch, but not fun to get involved in.
But Star Wars, on the other hand, is. ;) The animation itself should be good, but the storyline is going to need some good writers. I think here is where we'll see whether this is just a Marketing-schemed Animatrix-clone, or a quality investment.
(Oh, and PLEASE resist the temptation to spinoff Clone Wars:2021)
the hippies of Arcata have been living with pedestrian-monitoring cameras for some time now. Near the University campus boundry (where shiny rocks and crystals are sold on blankets) there's a large, ugly cement kiosk, which houses the camera. Repeatedly, and without fail, every few weeks the unsightly camera-box is broken into, and the camera is either stolen or smashed. Hippies really don't like getting their picture taken.