Um, I went to school in the dark anyways. I was catching a bus at 6am in the winter in Connecticut when I went to HS. It was brutal in a storm, but usually peaceful. I lived in suburbia at the time, though. Low traffic and a good neighborhood probably helped not minding.
Anyone else have need to deal with this back in the day? I'm so spoiled at college. Classes before 10 are rare, before 9 are non-existant.
Many of those people are too lazy/uninformed/misled by FUD/"computer illiterate" to switch to mozilla, firefox, or any other open source alternative. Most people who use firefox, etc., especially on this forum have made a choice to do so.
Choosing to use faulty or insecure software and posturing as a fanboy does deserve a label like "zealot".
That said, I'm still most likely to use fox or moz even though this problem is coming out. Until I hear a little more proof to the contrary, it still appears that those OS options are more secure than IE.
In some states, it's illegal to flash your lights at someone. In Maryland, for instance, you must instead honk your horn -- which I beleive is illegal in other states (Connecticut, I think, amongst them).
Driving laws differ from state to state drastically. Most people don't get in trouble for silly things like staying in the far right lane or improperly using their horn. But if an asshole cop wants to cause a little trouble for you, or if any cop notices something else out of the ordinary, they might use those seemingly obscure laws as an excuse to pull you over.
Slightly different method: Instead of trying to alter the sounds and subliminate the audio you want to incorporate, why not just repeat a dozen or so clips that you need to know (encouraging messages, factoids, trivia, vocab, etc.) throughout the day. A couple places you might want to consider attempting this might be your computer error sound effects, or interspersed with your regular mp3 playlist.
For some reason I think creating and listening to short audio clips reciting small ammounts of data you need to know might be a little more effective.
Anyone ever have any success trying any simmilar technique?
Jeez, I haven't heard about this in awhile -- I'd kinda assumed it'd gotten resolved and I missed the story. Any updated word on the situation since it was last widely discussed here?
If you do a search for sucks on google, you'll notice that about 80% are...sucks.com (or.org) sites. Most of them suck, though. Notably www.homedepotsucks.com and www.gapsucks.com are horribly out of date and look like a 4th grader dropout was hired to lead the design editor.
One caught my eye, however. And I Am Appalled! This is something that directly influences and affects all of us! metricsucks.com makes some bold, bald faced lies about who does and doesn't use metric!
Not to mention their clearly inferior message board. Suckers.
Well, those $500 shoes will wear out in a year or two. The case, probably five, six years with minor maintenance. More than that even. (Of course, it'll've been gutted a few times over those years to upgrade to newer systems, but we're just talking case here.)
So the computer case.;^)
I don't happen to be quite the techno-fiend that many here might: I don't need every new piece right when it comes out, so I can wait for a sale or drop in price.
That aside, I work retail (consumer electronics). Usually, (or at least often enough) deals are running to get the media for cheap or free with the player. Would it be worth it, for a nice, small, durable (the NetMD I've been considering is very well built) mp3 player were it packaged with 5 1gb disks for $199?
maybe.
wonder how Connect will look all of a sudden...
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Sony's launching a new online pay music service. I wonder all of a sudden if this new service will be Atrac only (which has been around for awhile, contrary to a couple other posts I've seen here). Would they be that stupid with it?
MDs are great. They combine the size of a flashcard-style mp3 player with the removable media features of a cd/cdrw mp3 player. And cost a bit less to replace than a HDD player.
Personally, I've been eyeing a sony md player for a bit, but I think I'll hold off for the new 1gb md format to pan out a little. If nothing else, it'll drive the cost of the older-style players down a bit. Hopefully, the 1gb format will take off, though.
Now an annoying DRM is a different story. And that will be the only factor (for me) which will make or break it in the long run.
You can get the same thing in any competitive environment.
I work in electronics retail and am paid commission for my sales. Yeah, I have an incentive to push the higher end, higher priced products. But you can gain a person's trust (and subsequently their money) if you can speak intelligently on their problems or issues. Being able to chat shop with the guys who want the best sounding speakers for a specific setup and show the people who haven't a clue how to connect their DVD player have made me numerous sales since I've started working here.
But there's a problem with my situation: I get paid to sell, not know. And people abuse it constantly. You can bet those "mom&pop" stores feel the same abuse, too. People will come in, ask near every question on a product or product line, and as soon as they know all the parts they need to set up their home network (or what have you) they leave and go to a Wal*Mart or other super discount store and buy it all there.
I hate selling for my competitor, but at least it's better than clerking.
Oh, and I picked up a CyberHome DVD player last year. Only thing it's lacking is an optic out for surround sound speakers -- and it's been working fine so far. And I've only had one ever returned broken.
If I read correctly, this affects only those peices sold to LA County -- not individuals or private businesses. Pity it'd never happen, but I'd seriously consider refusing to sell to LAC until they lifted the rediculous restriction.
Alternatively. A modern miracle of engineering could produce an entirely new system that will be entirely compatible with the older termed drives, etc. and it'd only cost LAC a low 200% upcharge (read that as put a sticker on any box or manual which uses the term master/slave).
All in all, the real question is: How will vendors (if at all) respond? I seriously see this flopping. But assuming it stays, it will be near impossible to convert every system to remove all such references.
The innovation here isn't the applications (though the vibration free yacht at top speeds is an admitedly impressive feat), but the process by which the alloy is manufactured. Though they are reluctant to disclose how much or how fast they create the stuff, one could immagine that they've broken it down to a profitable system. I doubt it'd make much news otherwise.
Anyone know how long Teflon was around before it was economically viable to produce? Now it's on everything from frying pans to submarines.
If they manage to drive that price down a little bit, we'd all be set. Though $300 a pair for good quality mid-range speakers isn't too bad at all. (Wonder what the subs will be like)
Hmm. The article's first bit about chinese restaurants sending out coupons to mobile devices, etc. is kind of interesting. I can imagine a bunch of people actually using it. I can imagine more people getting annoyed with it and launching some version of a Do Not Call list for the adverts.
How would you govern that though? The commercial aspect of the technology will certainly be a driving factor, I'd think. Any chance to their product in your face, they'll jump on. But think about walking into a Best Buy or Staples and receiving a text message about the newest sales. Would you find that useful or irritating?
It would be far more interesting, IMO, to change or add a variable: which patients know that there is someone praying for them.
Tell some that there will be prayers for them, others that there will not (or will not know for certain). The power of beleif and the want to be well are very powerful forces, I'd wager.
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Um, I went to school in the dark anyways. I was catching a bus at 6am in the winter in Connecticut when I went to HS. It was brutal in a storm, but usually peaceful. I lived in suburbia at the time, though. Low traffic and a good neighborhood probably helped not minding.
Anyone else have need to deal with this back in the day? I'm so spoiled at college. Classes before 10 are rare, before 9 are non-existant.
But if we allowed for more debates and actual factual statements in advertising, how would we get our traditional idiot in the oval office?
Many of those people are too lazy/uninformed/misled by FUD/"computer illiterate" to switch to mozilla, firefox, or any other open source alternative. Most people who use firefox, etc., especially on this forum have made a choice to do so.
Choosing to use faulty or insecure software and posturing as a fanboy does deserve a label like "zealot".
That said, I'm still most likely to use fox or moz even though this problem is coming out. Until I hear a little more proof to the contrary, it still appears that those OS options are more secure than IE.
In some states, it's illegal to flash your lights at someone. In Maryland, for instance, you must instead honk your horn -- which I beleive is illegal in other states (Connecticut, I think, amongst them).
Driving laws differ from state to state drastically. Most people don't get in trouble for silly things like staying in the far right lane or improperly using their horn. But if an asshole cop wants to cause a little trouble for you, or if any cop notices something else out of the ordinary, they might use those seemingly obscure laws as an excuse to pull you over.
Slightly different method:
Instead of trying to alter the sounds and subliminate the audio you want to incorporate, why not just repeat a dozen or so clips that you need to know (encouraging messages, factoids, trivia, vocab, etc.) throughout the day. A couple places you might want to consider attempting this might be your computer error sound effects, or interspersed with your regular mp3 playlist.
For some reason I think creating and listening to short audio clips reciting small ammounts of data you need to know might be a little more effective.
Anyone ever have any success trying any simmilar technique?
Jeez, I haven't heard about this in awhile -- I'd kinda assumed it'd gotten resolved and I missed the story. Any updated word on the situation since it was last widely discussed here?
If you do a search for sucks on google, you'll notice that about 80% are ...sucks.com (or .org) sites. Most of them suck, though. Notably www.homedepotsucks.com and www.gapsucks.com are horribly out of date and look like a 4th grader dropout was hired to lead the design editor.
One caught my eye, however. And I Am Appalled! This is something that directly influences and affects all of us! metricsucks.com makes some bold, bald faced lies about who does and doesn't use metric!
Not to mention their clearly inferior message board. Suckers.
I guess people just really don't care today about another foolish USPTO flub... in MSs' favor no less. huh. news they call it.
Well, those $500 shoes will wear out in a year or two. The case, probably five, six years with minor maintenance. More than that even. (Of course, it'll've been gutted a few times over those years to upgrade to newer systems, but we're just talking case here.) So the computer case. ;^)
I don't happen to be quite the techno-fiend that many here might: I don't need every new piece right when it comes out, so I can wait for a sale or drop in price.
That aside, I work retail (consumer electronics). Usually, (or at least often enough) deals are running to get the media for cheap or free with the player. Would it be worth it, for a nice, small, durable (the NetMD I've been considering is very well built) mp3 player were it packaged with 5 1gb disks for $199?
maybe.
Sony's launching a new online pay music service. I wonder all of a sudden if this new service will be Atrac only (which has been around for awhile, contrary to a couple other posts I've seen here). Would they be that stupid with it?
I still want the Hi-MDs. =^)
MDs are great. They combine the size of a flashcard-style mp3 player with the removable media features of a cd/cdrw mp3 player. And cost a bit less to replace than a HDD player.
Personally, I've been eyeing a sony md player for a bit, but I think I'll hold off for the new 1gb md format to pan out a little. If nothing else, it'll drive the cost of the older-style players down a bit. Hopefully, the 1gb format will take off, though.
Now an annoying DRM is a different story. And that will be the only factor (for me) which will make or break it in the long run.
You can get the same thing in any competitive environment.
I work in electronics retail and am paid commission for my sales. Yeah, I have an incentive to push the higher end, higher priced products. But you can gain a person's trust (and subsequently their money) if you can speak intelligently on their problems or issues. Being able to chat shop with the guys who want the best sounding speakers for a specific setup and show the people who haven't a clue how to connect their DVD player have made me numerous sales since I've started working here.
But there's a problem with my situation: I get paid to sell, not know. And people abuse it constantly. You can bet those "mom&pop" stores feel the same abuse, too. People will come in, ask near every question on a product or product line, and as soon as they know all the parts they need to set up their home network (or what have you) they leave and go to a Wal*Mart or other super discount store and buy it all there.
I hate selling for my competitor, but at least it's better than clerking.
Oh, and I picked up a CyberHome DVD player last year. Only thing it's lacking is an optic out for surround sound speakers -- and it's been working fine so far. And I've only had one ever returned broken.
If I read correctly, this affects only those peices sold to LA County -- not individuals or private businesses. Pity it'd never happen, but I'd seriously consider refusing to sell to LAC until they lifted the rediculous restriction.
Alternatively. A modern miracle of engineering could produce an entirely new system that will be entirely compatible with the older termed drives, etc. and it'd only cost LAC a low 200% upcharge (read that as put a sticker on any box or manual which uses the term master/slave).
All in all, the real question is: How will vendors (if at all) respond? I seriously see this flopping. But assuming it stays, it will be near impossible to convert every system to remove all such references.
The innovation here isn't the applications (though the vibration free yacht at top speeds is an admitedly impressive feat), but the process by which the alloy is manufactured. Though they are reluctant to disclose how much or how fast they create the stuff, one could immagine that they've broken it down to a profitable system. I doubt it'd make much news otherwise.
Anyone know how long Teflon was around before it was economically viable to produce? Now it's on everything from frying pans to submarines.
If they manage to drive that price down a little bit, we'd all be set. Though $300 a pair for good quality mid-range speakers isn't too bad at all. (Wonder what the subs will be like)
Hmm. The article's first bit about chinese restaurants sending out coupons to mobile devices, etc. is kind of interesting. I can imagine a bunch of people actually using it. I can imagine more people getting annoyed with it and launching some version of a Do Not Call list for the adverts.
How would you govern that though? The commercial aspect of the technology will certainly be a driving factor, I'd think. Any chance to their product in your face, they'll jump on. But think about walking into a Best Buy or Staples and receiving a text message about the newest sales. Would you find that useful or irritating?
Definitely something worth watching in any case.
It would be far more interesting, IMO, to change or add a variable: which patients know that there is someone praying for them.
Tell some that there will be prayers for them, others that there will not (or will not know for certain). The power of beleif and the want to be well are very powerful forces, I'd wager.