If anyone is interested - the way they got more characters available was by cutting down characters to 7bits instead of the normal 8, thus limiting the possible characters to 128.
It seems like the old Spam Karma module for Wordpress did this. It calculated how long they were on the page vs. how much they had typed, how fast they typed, and a bunch of other factors before it ever hit a captcha. Back when I used wordpress I remember being it pretty accurate too.
Woah woah woah - I wouldn't say they're unused. If you started powering down your PCs at night it will severely impact the effectiveness of my zombie network.
It is wrong to stereotype a community based on your limited and narrow view. Although you talk like an expert, you clearly don't know what you're talking about. I would imagine an issue like this would split more down age lines then it would religious lines.
Also, Utah has many people in state leadership who are not Mormon.
While I agree in theory, remember that we're talking about a story about the wrong words being applied to something... and about how stupid it is to fuss about it.
This is bad news for football players. If my high school experience is at all indicative of these guys mental powers, they're not exactly bangin' on all cylinders to begin with. I can't imagine some of these guys any dumber then they already were.
Microsoft knows the tiered system is bad for consumers. An idiot could tell you that. But they;re doing it on purpose and here's why.
When Joe the Plumber goes to buy Windows and sees so many different versions, he's going to be confused. Then he's going to sit there and say something like "Well, the cheapest one is $250, but it's only $50 for this upgrade. Then it's only another $100 to get this one in the shinier box and then it's only another $100 to get this cool looking black one that says ultimate on it."
Essentially every version of Windows is there to make you think it's not as expensive as it really is and to trick you into paying more then you ever would have before. It's an old psychological trick, people will spend more if there is a cheaper option (it's a trick Wal*Mart is practically based on - cheap up front options and expensive stuff sitting next to it).
Nobody is going to buy basic when they don't know what they're going to need. You'd feel ripped off if you did.
The tiered system is Microsoft's way of getting people to pay $500 for software that isn't worth half that.
What has this guy done except lead a company that makes a crappy product that only succeeds because of their volume license deals with computer manufacturers and Microsoft's own ineptness and inability to produce a secure product?
Symantec produces software that slows down your computer, makes your other software stop working, and makes itself difficult to uninstall. Pretty much the same as a virus.
It really is amazing to think about, isn't it? Nobody even realizes that even with how expensive calling and texting plans are, no matter how ridiculous they get and no matter how much they can squeeze out of you, they're actually charging DOUBLE that because the person on the other end is paying the same thing.
40 cents for a single text message? I can have a written letter hand delivered to you doorstep anywhere in the U.S. for 41 cents. I can't imagine that the little postmen who live inside the cellular towers get paid very much.
That example doesn't really have anything to do with text messaging. A pen and a piece of paper have accomplished the same thing for some odd hundreds of years.
It seems like the more comments I read, the more people who don't understand MAP. MAP does not enforce a selling price - in fact, you can't do that - it's called price fixing and it's illegal. MAP simply states that you may not advertise something below a certain amount.
So, if MAP on a product is $100, you can sell them at $75 all day long, you just can't say so on your site. This is why a lot of retailers make you add something to your cart before you can see the price. They are dealing with a supplier who enforces MAP, and they're getting around it.
Also, MAP is an agreement between the supplier and the retailer. There is no law or way that a supplier can tell Joe Blow on eBay that he can't sell his crap for whatever he decides. Unless you made an agreement with the supplier, MAP does not apply to you. It's not a law - it's a policy (the legal ruling didn't make it a law either, it just stated that the policy was legal).
MAP can actually be a good thing. It allows smaller startups to compete with the big boys by not letting the big guys get price advantages. The big guys will get higher margins on their stuff, but the startups can still make a reasonable profit.
So long as it is not excessive, I think MAP is fine even for enforcing the idea of brand quality. A lot of brand rely on price as part of their overall experience. You pay a premium for a premium product - and as soon as you product starts showing up in discount bins you lose that. I think MAP is a reasonable way to keep your image up.
Unfortunately, a lot of suppliers misunderstand MAP. I've had suppliers contact me really pissed because they found out I was selling quantity products under MAP to a customer. Nowhere had I advertised that I was selling below MAP, I had just come to an agreement with one particular customer who needed to buy a lot of the product. The supplier has nothing to do with it and has no legal right to tell me what I can SELL something for, only what I can ADVERTISE something for.
Suppliers will still cut you off, though, and a lot of times you need to fall in line with their illegal policies because they're the only guys who will supply you with whizbangamatrons and you don't want to piss them off by telling them they're doing something illegal.
Presumably evidence was shown that she was guilty. This "proof" was never questioned as the defendant never showed up to defend herself. She wasn't just proven guilty without a trial, there was a trial and she failed to be there.
Get a tattoo of the encryption key to a document with all your passwords and instructions on informing your e-friends of your demise. Tattoo the encryption key somewhere on your body that nobody is likely to see while you are alive (or at least not often. Your big toe would work, or the inside of your butt crack).
Send everyone the document and tell them the encryption key can be found on your dead body, tattooed on the inside of your lip, on your heart, or wherever you decided.
Would there even be a question of Neanderthals had become extinct last week? Of course not - we would assume we were the cause and therefore it was out responsibility to bring them back.
Since it really was our fault that we killed them all off by evolving into something better, I think it's our responsibility to bring them back.
Wow I can't believe how much I don't care. There's a difference between touching up a photo and adding a cheesy looking American flag in the background and editing a photo to distort facts. The only fact here that was distorted was the quality of the lady's skin.
Call me when someone photoshops in a bunch of fake missiles into their propaganda photos (again).
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If anyone is interested - the way they got more characters available was by cutting down characters to 7bits instead of the normal 8, thus limiting the possible characters to 128.
1120bits/7bits = 160 characters.
It seems like the old Spam Karma module for Wordpress did this. It calculated how long they were on the page vs. how much they had typed, how fast they typed, and a bunch of other factors before it ever hit a captcha. Back when I used wordpress I remember being it pretty accurate too.
Woah woah woah - I wouldn't say they're unused. If you started powering down your PCs at night it will severely impact the effectiveness of my zombie network.
Fortunately I have the internet backed up on to some CDs. Yup, all 8 gigabytes.
It is wrong to stereotype a community based on your limited and narrow view. Although you talk like an expert, you clearly don't know what you're talking about. I would imagine an issue like this would split more down age lines then it would religious lines.
Also, Utah has many people in state leadership who are not Mormon.
While I agree in theory, remember that we're talking about a story about the wrong words being applied to something ... and about how stupid it is to fuss about it.
I've been trying to get the news out that we have 50mbit fiber (that's 50 up and 50 down) here in Orem Utah for $50/mo.
Let's keep hoping 20/2 FiOS gets to your neighborhood though.
This is bad news for football players. If my high school experience is at all indicative of these guys mental powers, they're not exactly bangin' on all cylinders to begin with. I can't imagine some of these guys any dumber then they already were.
Microsoft knows the tiered system is bad for consumers. An idiot could tell you that. But they;re doing it on purpose and here's why.
When Joe the Plumber goes to buy Windows and sees so many different versions, he's going to be confused. Then he's going to sit there and say something like "Well, the cheapest one is $250, but it's only $50 for this upgrade. Then it's only another $100 to get this one in the shinier box and then it's only another $100 to get this cool looking black one that says ultimate on it."
Essentially every version of Windows is there to make you think it's not as expensive as it really is and to trick you into paying more then you ever would have before. It's an old psychological trick, people will spend more if there is a cheaper option (it's a trick Wal*Mart is practically based on - cheap up front options and expensive stuff sitting next to it).
Nobody is going to buy basic when they don't know what they're going to need. You'd feel ripped off if you did.
The tiered system is Microsoft's way of getting people to pay $500 for software that isn't worth half that.
What has this guy done except lead a company that makes a crappy product that only succeeds because of their volume license deals with computer manufacturers and Microsoft's own ineptness and inability to produce a secure product?
Symantec produces software that slows down your computer, makes your other software stop working, and makes itself difficult to uninstall. Pretty much the same as a virus.
Oh no, that's not a printer - it's just a homefill!
Anyone, anyone?
It really is amazing to think about, isn't it? Nobody even realizes that even with how expensive calling and texting plans are, no matter how ridiculous they get and no matter how much they can squeeze out of you, they're actually charging DOUBLE that because the person on the other end is paying the same thing.
40 cents for a single text message? I can have a written letter hand delivered to you doorstep anywhere in the U.S. for 41 cents. I can't imagine that the little postmen who live inside the cellular towers get paid very much.
That example doesn't really have anything to do with text messaging. A pen and a piece of paper have accomplished the same thing for some odd hundreds of years.
Paying for convenience is admirable, but there's a difference between cost and worth.
Basically, someone is charging you to breathe air. Is in convenient to breathe air? Yes. Should you be paying for it? Probably not.
I'm developing an artificial bone right now that I'd sure like to inject into something...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5oGaZIKYvo
'nuff said.
Just setting the record straight for people who don't understand the basics of the legal system.
The RIAA does enough unconscionable crap that we don't need misunderstandings to hate them.
But of course, you know that already, because YAAL (You are a lawyer).
It seems like the more comments I read, the more people who don't understand MAP. MAP does not enforce a selling price - in fact, you can't do that - it's called price fixing and it's illegal. MAP simply states that you may not advertise something below a certain amount.
So, if MAP on a product is $100, you can sell them at $75 all day long, you just can't say so on your site. This is why a lot of retailers make you add something to your cart before you can see the price. They are dealing with a supplier who enforces MAP, and they're getting around it.
Also, MAP is an agreement between the supplier and the retailer. There is no law or way that a supplier can tell Joe Blow on eBay that he can't sell his crap for whatever he decides. Unless you made an agreement with the supplier, MAP does not apply to you. It's not a law - it's a policy (the legal ruling didn't make it a law either, it just stated that the policy was legal).
MAP can actually be a good thing. It allows smaller startups to compete with the big boys by not letting the big guys get price advantages. The big guys will get higher margins on their stuff, but the startups can still make a reasonable profit.
So long as it is not excessive, I think MAP is fine even for enforcing the idea of brand quality. A lot of brand rely on price as part of their overall experience. You pay a premium for a premium product - and as soon as you product starts showing up in discount bins you lose that. I think MAP is a reasonable way to keep your image up.
Unfortunately, a lot of suppliers misunderstand MAP. I've had suppliers contact me really pissed because they found out I was selling quantity products under MAP to a customer. Nowhere had I advertised that I was selling below MAP, I had just come to an agreement with one particular customer who needed to buy a lot of the product. The supplier has nothing to do with it and has no legal right to tell me what I can SELL something for, only what I can ADVERTISE something for.
Suppliers will still cut you off, though, and a lot of times you need to fall in line with their illegal policies because they're the only guys who will supply you with whizbangamatrons and you don't want to piss them off by telling them they're doing something illegal.
Presumably evidence was shown that she was guilty. This "proof" was never questioned as the defendant never showed up to defend herself. She wasn't just proven guilty without a trial, there was a trial and she failed to be there.
Not that I'm defending the RIAA.
Get a tattoo of the encryption key to a document with all your passwords and instructions on informing your e-friends of your demise. Tattoo the encryption key somewhere on your body that nobody is likely to see while you are alive (or at least not often. Your big toe would work, or the inside of your butt crack).
Send everyone the document and tell them the encryption key can be found on your dead body, tattooed on the inside of your lip, on your heart, or wherever you decided.
How about a nice video that Adrian Chen did for his own death:
http://vimeo.com/1417352
Would there even be a question of Neanderthals had become extinct last week? Of course not - we would assume we were the cause and therefore it was out responsibility to bring them back.
Since it really was our fault that we killed them all off by evolving into something better, I think it's our responsibility to bring them back.
Okay, but how can I be lazy while keeping my mind sharp?
Wow I can't believe how much I don't care. There's a difference between touching up a photo and adding a cheesy looking American flag in the background and editing a photo to distort facts. The only fact here that was distorted was the quality of the lady's skin.
Call me when someone photoshops in a bunch of fake missiles into their propaganda photos (again).
Sorry, I agree with the troll. That was probably the worst get a mac ad I've ever seen.