I predicted the death of broadcast TV back in 1995. IIRC, I gave it 10-15 years. It may take a little longer, but I suspect I was a lot closer than the folks who read my essay suspected....
Actually it will happen in 2009 with the advent of the federally mandated digital-only signals. What the hell were they all thinking? The effect will be catastrophic to the networks -- most people will NOT be able to receive more than one or two channels for free, many homes will not get any channels at all. Apparently they think everyone is going to run out and pay for their mindless drivel? Pfft.
Even living in a semi-major market (Orlando, Florida) I am able to receive 2 channels through digital, and that's not even all of the time. I went to visit family in Idaho Falls, Idaho, which is not a tiny place, and they have exactly one channel whose signal is strong enough to receive digitally. Most of America is going to be cable, satellite, or nothing, and the way gas prices have gone, it's going to be nothing for a lot of people.
When Target, for example, comes in, woos a brand, buys their product, and then discounts the crap out of it, I lose, the manufacturer loses, and the consumers win - for a few months. Then, the brand goes out of business
Ok, so name some names. What brands have actually gone out of business because of this?
Welcome to the land of needles placed inside cokes and severed fingers placed inside Wendy's chili. Retail fraud is all too common on this side of the pond, mate.
He'll start having really "special" feelings for his cash when he gets his ass beaten and mugged and all his precious cash stolen.
Get a bank account, or at least use a credit union. The only people these days who don't use the system are ones with no money, criminals (i.e. bad check writers, etc.), or the preponderously ignorant, as the original poster seems to be.
Some banks do suck less than others. Figure out which bank is most convenient for you and sucks the least, and get an account.
Yeah, and why wouldn't the fat bastard cops go round up the jerks who stole my entire cassette collection in 1993 out of the front seat of my damn hyundai, huh?
As such, users see the prompts as an unimportant nuisance, but soon realize that things don't work unless you click "Allow." Thus, you're training users in Pavlovian fashion to click "Allow" to any damn box that comes up.
I have always called it "Click before reading syndrome" and yes, it most certainly is the hellspawn of Microsoft that affects nearly every Joe sixpack and granny email user in the English-speaking world.
I lived in Central America for a time, and while I was there, a popular song could be heard in the streets, taxis, buses, bars, pretty much everywhere. Its hook, repeated ad nauseum, was, "Quiere chorizo! La chica quiere chorizo!" Which translated means, "She wants sausage! The girl wants sausage!" And yes, they meant "sausage" in exactly the way you're thinking.
I used to love chorizo and scrambled eggs down there, but I noticed a good friend of mine from El Salvador wouldn't eat it. This guy was one of those people who seem to have a lot of common sense. I asked him why he didn't eat it since it was so good. He informed me that butchers would take all the old rancid pork, all the scraps, and then grind it up with spices and call it good. "If you've seen all the stuff that I've seen them put in chorizo, you wouldn't touch it," he said.
If you had valid reasons for leaving each position, then a wise potential employer wouldn't be so alarmed assuming you communicated that in your resume. The way that I have handled this in my own resume, with good results, is to list a salary and reason for leaving on each of my past positions. You might list one or the other, or both. For instance, if you don't want to give specific salary information you could probably get the same point across by saying that your reason for leaving position x was because of a 30% salary increase offered elsewhere.
No joke. I saw a brand new Lincoln Navigator on the road today and I almost died laughing due to its off-the-charts butt ugliness. It dethrones the ubiquitous Pontiac Aztek as
As compelling as those reasons are, they don't seem to be compelling enough to cause you to boycott the Playstation 2 which you stated that you already own, and you alluded to purchasing even more games for.
The sexual harassment problem wasn't caused by Koko, but rather Koko's trainer. You see, Koko was first exposed to human breasts by the trainer. As could be predicted, Koko developed a boobie fetish and demanded to see boobs. Now, when a gorilla demands to see your boobs what do you do? But anyway, as the litigation goes, the trainer allegedly coerced the other female trainers to show Koko their boobs, too.
You can NEVER EVER overstate the benefit of never needing to poop in public places! Public bathrooms, even in a posh office, are NO COMPARISON to your own personal throne.
Slashdot Mirror
Actually it will happen in 2009 with the advent of the federally mandated digital-only signals. What the hell were they all thinking? The effect will be catastrophic to the networks -- most people will NOT be able to receive more than one or two channels for free, many homes will not get any channels at all. Apparently they think everyone is going to run out and pay for their mindless drivel? Pfft.
Even living in a semi-major market (Orlando, Florida) I am able to receive 2 channels through digital, and that's not even all of the time. I went to visit family in Idaho Falls, Idaho, which is not a tiny place, and they have exactly one channel whose signal is strong enough to receive digitally. Most of America is going to be cable, satellite, or nothing, and the way gas prices have gone, it's going to be nothing for a lot of people.
Congrats, US Congress, you killed broadcast TV!
When the results are final and "American Ninja" receives 801 votes, I think you'll know you're in trouble.
You've forgotten perhaps the #1 benefit of working from home...
NEVER NEEDING TO POOP IN PUBLIC PLACES!!!
Tis no man, tis a remorseless eating machine.
YARRRR!
S-M-R-T! I AM SO SMRT!
This is Slashdot. It's OK, you can say "shit" here. It's really OK, I promise.
>>And the answer should still be know. Just thought I'd clarify.
>Ummm... know or "no" ?
Ummm... I don't no.
Ok, so name some names. What brands have actually gone out of business because of this?
Welcome to the land of needles placed inside cokes and severed fingers placed inside Wendy's chili. Retail fraud is all too common on this side of the pond, mate.
Here's a faster (for me) mirror:
filefront.com
Sujatlh 'e' yImev! tlhIngan maH!
today is a good day to die.
Of course, that's a perfectly cromulent word.
He'll start having really "special" feelings for his cash when he gets his ass beaten and mugged and all his precious cash stolen.
Get a bank account, or at least use a credit union. The only people these days who don't use the system are ones with no money, criminals (i.e. bad check writers, etc.), or the preponderously ignorant, as the original poster seems to be.
Some banks do suck less than others. Figure out which bank is most convenient for you and sucks the least, and get an account.
Yeah, and why wouldn't the fat bastard cops go round up the jerks who stole my entire cassette collection in 1993 out of the front seat of my damn hyundai, huh?
I have always called it "Click before reading syndrome" and yes, it most certainly is the hellspawn of Microsoft that affects nearly every Joe sixpack and granny email user in the English-speaking world.
Chorizo, huh?
I lived in Central America for a time, and while I was there, a popular song could be heard in the streets, taxis, buses, bars, pretty much everywhere. Its hook, repeated ad nauseum, was, "Quiere chorizo! La chica quiere chorizo!" Which translated means, "She wants sausage! The girl wants sausage!" And yes, they meant "sausage" in exactly the way you're thinking.
I used to love chorizo and scrambled eggs down there, but I noticed a good friend of mine from El Salvador wouldn't eat it. This guy was one of those people who seem to have a lot of common sense. I asked him why he didn't eat it since it was so good. He informed me that butchers would take all the old rancid pork, all the scraps, and then grind it up with spices and call it good. "If you've seen all the stuff that I've seen them put in chorizo, you wouldn't touch it," he said.
I still ate it.
If you had valid reasons for leaving each position, then a wise potential employer wouldn't be so alarmed assuming you communicated that in your resume. The way that I have handled this in my own resume, with good results, is to list a salary and reason for leaving on each of my past positions. You might list one or the other, or both. For instance, if you don't want to give specific salary information you could probably get the same point across by saying that your reason for leaving position x was because of a 30% salary increase offered elsewhere.
Will any of the mod chips available allow you to watch DVDs on the Wii?
No joke. I saw a brand new Lincoln Navigator on the road today and I almost died laughing due to its off-the-charts butt ugliness. It dethrones the ubiquitous Pontiac Aztek as
UGLIEST AUTOMOBILE EVER
As compelling as those reasons are, they don't seem to be compelling enough to cause you to boycott the Playstation 2 which you stated that you already own, and you alluded to purchasing even more games for.
The sexual harassment problem wasn't caused by Koko, but rather Koko's trainer. You see, Koko was first exposed to human breasts by the trainer. As could be predicted, Koko developed a boobie fetish and demanded to see boobs. Now, when a gorilla demands to see your boobs what do you do? But anyway, as the litigation goes, the trainer allegedly coerced the other female trainers to show Koko their boobs, too.
IIRC, Koko is a female herself.
You can NEVER EVER overstate the benefit of never needing to poop in public places! Public bathrooms, even in a posh office, are NO COMPARISON to your own personal throne.
Ummmm... gas prices DID suddenly triple!