Perhaps the objects within his directory are not company employees. Perhaps they use a directory service for their customers. There are a number of companies that would have millions of customers..
Here in Australia we ditched notes for our smallest denominations years ago ($1 in 1984 and $2 in 1988)... WHen I say ditched, I mean ditched... The notes were taken out of cirulation.. The public had to learn to use coins...
Then in 1992 we left the 1c and 2c coins for dead... Now all our prices are adverised to the nearest cent (ie. $1.99) but when you get to the check out, they are all added up and the total is rounded to the nearest 5cents...
http://www.ramint.gov.au/about_ram/default.cfm?Def aultpage=faq.cfm
Just to top it all off, we started phasing out paper notes in 1988. Now all our notes are made of a polymer that lasts far longer than paper and is far more difficult to counterfeit (holograms, clear windows, tiny tiny tiny print)..
http://www.dfat.gov.au/facts/currency.html
Check out Oki. I work for a large hospital, and we use Oki's for our impact printing needs. We have found these to be fast and reliable. We are still using some Oki Mircolines that were purchased in the early 90's. These printers print 1000's of pages a week, without a hitch.
I am on a 12month round the world holiday, and I have pulled out some of the currency i have managed to collect along the way.
I have found the circles on the Euro, the Pound, and Canadian dollar. These circles only appear on one side of the note.
Coming from Australia, we have plastic money. All our notes are made of a polymer which increases the life of a note by 4 times.
http://www.noteprinting.com/sc02_home.html
As an Australian, I find this rather insulting that no one will sell this man some fuel. What is more annoying is that the Americans themselves are tourists in Antartica. The US has no rights to any of the land. Australia and New Zealand have stakes on the largest cliams of land in Antarctic Territory.
The number of times the Australian Navy has travelled 1000's of Km to rescue numerous US, NZ, French and NZ adventurers as they try and sail around the world is so many I have lost count. And on no occassion has the Australian Government ever asked for any payment for these rescue missions.
Where is peoples sense of good will? I don't know if it is different in other parts of Australia, but I have on a number of occasions GIVEN fuel away to tourists that have tried drive across Australia with no comprehension of the distances between fuel stops. All so they can be on the way, and I know that they will be alright.
Maybe next time NZ requires the services of our Airforce (they scrapped theirs), or Navy (they never had one) then we should say no. Or next time the US requires the Australia SAS soldiers to aid in covert operations in foreign wars for oil we should say no.
But then again, maybe they are both just still crying over their poor showing in the Rugby World Cup!!!
Quoted from the article
"(the inside of the lamp is a vacuum, filled with an inert gas that's excited with a high voltage generator to produce the light)."
A vacuum filled with gas is no longer a vacuum!
Having just read their 'Sales and Distribution' section, I immediately got shivers up my spine. The type you get when you hear a knock at the front door and the salesperson starts talking about a 'dynamic company' with 'opportunities for hard working people'...
The return of the trapezoid business model?
Well, in Australia it is still compulsary to vote. And I for one (being an Aussie) think it is a wonderful idea. Not for political reasons, but because it gets people out of the house and out into the community for one day.
Most of the polling booths are located at the government owned (and somewhat underfunded) schools. These schools use election day as an opportunity to have a BBQ lunch, sell some cakes, and put on a bit of a school awareness display. It is a major fund raiser for these schools and I do my best every election to get over the road to the local school and help out where I can.
Politically, it is good idea because at least everyone has been given the opportunity to have their say. If they don't like any party they can just scribble on the sheet of paper and walk out. But you'll find most of the people, once they are out of the house and have made trip to the voting booths do give it 2 minutes of thought and pick a candidate for the upper and lower houses.
It has always amazed me that the 'leader of the free world' was on elected by 25% of the population of the United States.
Slashdot Mirror
$536M of Microsoft's cash...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3994319.stm
Let Wikipedia explain..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novell_eDirectory
eDirectory leaves AD for dead.
Maybe I am showing my age... But where are the real, proper web fads... The Big Red Button, and the coffee pot web cam... *sigh*
Here in Australia we ditched notes for our smallest denominations years ago ($1 in 1984 and $2 in 1988)... WHen I say ditched, I mean ditched... The notes were taken out of cirulation.. The public had to learn to use coins... Then in 1992 we left the 1c and 2c coins for dead... Now all our prices are adverised to the nearest cent (ie. $1.99) but when you get to the check out, they are all added up and the total is rounded to the nearest 5cents... http://www.ramint.gov.au/about_ram/default.cfm?Def aultpage=faq.cfm
Just to top it all off, we started phasing out paper notes in 1988. Now all our notes are made of a polymer that lasts far longer than paper and is far more difficult to counterfeit (holograms, clear windows, tiny tiny tiny print)..
http://www.dfat.gov.au/facts/currency.html
Check out Oki. I work for a large hospital, and we use Oki's for our impact printing needs. We have found these to be fast and reliable. We are still using some Oki Mircolines that were purchased in the early 90's. These printers print 1000's of pages a week, without a hitch.
I am on a 12month round the world holiday, and I have pulled out some of the currency i have managed to collect along the way. I have found the circles on the Euro, the Pound, and Canadian dollar. These circles only appear on one side of the note. Coming from Australia, we have plastic money. All our notes are made of a polymer which increases the life of a note by 4 times. http://www.noteprinting.com/sc02_home.html
As an Australian, I find this rather insulting that no one will sell this man some fuel. What is more annoying is that the Americans themselves are tourists in Antartica. The US has no rights to any of the land. Australia and New Zealand have stakes on the largest cliams of land in Antarctic Territory.
The number of times the Australian Navy has travelled 1000's of Km to rescue numerous US, NZ, French and NZ adventurers as they try and sail around the world is so many I have lost count. And on no occassion has the Australian Government ever asked for any payment for these rescue missions.
Where is peoples sense of good will? I don't know if it is different in other parts of Australia, but I have on a number of occasions GIVEN fuel away to tourists that have tried drive across Australia with no comprehension of the distances between fuel stops. All so they can be on the way, and I know that they will be alright.
Maybe next time NZ requires the services of our Airforce (they scrapped theirs), or Navy (they never had one) then we should say no. Or next time the US requires the Australia SAS soldiers to aid in covert operations in foreign wars for oil we should say no.
But then again, maybe they are both just still crying over their poor showing in the Rugby World Cup!!!
Quoted from the article "(the inside of the lamp is a vacuum, filled with an inert gas that's excited with a high voltage generator to produce the light)." A vacuum filled with gas is no longer a vacuum!
Having just read their 'Sales and Distribution' section, I immediately got shivers up my spine. The type you get when you hear a knock at the front door and the salesperson starts talking about a 'dynamic company' with 'opportunities for hard working people'... The return of the trapezoid business model?
Well, in Australia it is still compulsary to vote. And I for one (being an Aussie) think it is a wonderful idea. Not for political reasons, but because it gets people out of the house and out into the community for one day. Most of the polling booths are located at the government owned (and somewhat underfunded) schools. These schools use election day as an opportunity to have a BBQ lunch, sell some cakes, and put on a bit of a school awareness display. It is a major fund raiser for these schools and I do my best every election to get over the road to the local school and help out where I can. Politically, it is good idea because at least everyone has been given the opportunity to have their say. If they don't like any party they can just scribble on the sheet of paper and walk out. But you'll find most of the people, once they are out of the house and have made trip to the voting booths do give it 2 minutes of thought and pick a candidate for the upper and lower houses. It has always amazed me that the 'leader of the free world' was on elected by 25% of the population of the United States.