They were spamming, they broke the rules google set, bammo, pagerank=0. They're still listed on Yahoo (and other search engines).
Isn't this like a double edged sword? Google resets their pagerank and people can't find it anymore, so they jump over to the next search engine. Do this enough times, and people just stay at the other search engine.
Put a bill board with a blinking light on the cat walk on the CT side of the main structure (where the CT's will be able to clearly see it while coming out of the canyon) and on the T side, replace the broken down 5-ton truck with a utility van w/ an advertisement on the side.
There ya go, 2 adds in places people HAVE to run past displayed in ways that fit in with the environment.
You mean like a giant billboard with the message:
"Mother Truckers Truck Stop, 5 miles ahead, Exit 52"
Even if they served the coffee at the proper temperature range of 180F (82C), I still wouldn't try to drink my coffee through a bong like I would beer, why? Because it's still going to burn.
In fact, drinking such large amounts of proper temperature coffee at that rate would probably cause minor burns to your throat. Does that mean we now can sue for that as well?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but making coffee, tea or any hot beverage requires boiling water, i.e. 100C (212F), shouldn't common sense dictate that it isn't a good idea to splash that liquid on yourself before checking to see if it's ok?
It was the wrong ruling, corporations should not be responsible for personal stupidity.
That doesn't make sense, at some point a computer has to total EVERYONE's taxes to get the bottom line figure for the year, and that sum has got to be way bigger than what Gates has.
You have a good point but please dont think that the "terrorists" wear "dark clothing and hide in the woods. Those kinds of silly assumptions about how people dress or act is what leads us into this mess in the first place.
It's going to look like the Human Torch flying across the sky upon re-entry. Kids everywhere will think that the Fantastic Four movie was actually reality tv.
Poor people are poor because a) they don't know that they can change their lifestyle or b) they're too lazy to do so.
Is that what you really think? Why don't you take a look at some African tribes? Sure, they know how to change their lifestyles, too bad the drought isn't helping their farms. Perhaps they should change to a service industry instead of a farming one? Get real!
Poor people are poor because c) they don't have the opportunity to change, or d) many other reasons beyond a, b, and c.
And, like the AC above me, proper nutrition (and not eating till you're full) is a key part of learning.
Too bad you can't see beyond what you have experienced on your own, otherwise you'd know how beneficial these programs are.
We actually got to try out the earthquake contingency about four years ago. I was a help desk phone tech then, and we got shuttled over to a sort of "battle bridge" call center that had enough equipment for about 1/4 of the team to work normally until our main location was usable again.
But the point is, you assume that your "battle bridge call center" will be there and that the equipment provided will be available. Do you have a contingency for if the equipment had to be seized for some official reason? Probably not, as at some point you have to say, "This is the base line level of preparedness we're willing to do and there's nothing more we can do about that."
It's impossible and time wasting to have a contingency for every possible failure. Some things you just have to take a chance on and assume they will be there.
What contingency does your company have if all your phone service were lost? Or if there were no electricity? Or how about the roads leading into your company having been washed away?
Sure, you could probably string together some paper cups, and have people ride stationary bicycle generators and build a human bridge. But in reality, you probably don't have plans for that.
These companies who have Blackberrys probably had the contingency plan of, "Well, if my primary Blackberry fails, I'll buy a second one."
If you were to make a contingency plan for every possible foreseeable failure, then your business is essentially a business that makes contingency plans. This doesn't even include those failures that are unforeseeable.
A very well-reasoned post, and your conclusions are inescapable--except for one thing. Intelligent Design is falsifiable, thus is science, and thus should be taught in the classroom.
And this is how a science class would go about ID.
Teacher: "Theory of evolution is... strongest survive... competitive advantage... parents... pass... good genes/traits... offsping... therefore... fossil evidence... (blah blah blah)... and that basically sums up what evolution is. I also need to mention Intelligent Design. There. I've mentioned it. Moving along, let me tell you about the wonderful world of molecular biology..."
You think that because I have a computer, an Internet connection and a cushy job that I've always had these things. You can read some of my past posts on Slashdot and you'll see where I've told my story many times. I was born poor, in a house in Appalachia with no running water and a dirt floor. I understand poverty more than most. I worked for everything I have today. I was only the 2nd person in my family to graduate high school and I was the first to graduate college, so please do not lecture me about not understanding the plight of poor people in America. Perhaps it is YOU who presumes to know so much about poor people...when in all actuality your bleeding heart is causing your mouth to spew forth holier-than-though cliches on subjects you've only read about in text books.
And had there been breakfast/lunch/health programs when you were in school, could you presume that many more of your family members would have made it through high school and college?
I have a five-month old baby who has had three ear infections so far. Every time, two days before he showed outward symptoms, one of our dogs (who sees herself as his "mommy") has started to incessantly lick the ear that was infected. I don't think that the robotic pets are going to do that!
Or, it could be read as: Your dog licks the ear of your child, which then takes 2 days to incubate any bacteria and present symptoms.
They don't get sick, thus don't have vet fees amounting to hundreds a year (if not thousands). They don't pee, they don't shit. They don't cause lawsuits from the paper boy who just got his gonads chewed. And you can silent a yapping robot pet by taking out its batteries and not get the SPCA on your ass.
So hell yeah... robot pets are definitely better than those damn pesky biological ones!
They don't get bitchy, thus don't have dinner and theatre events amounting to thousands of dollars a year. They don't whine, they don't cry. They don't sue you for half of all you own when you leave them. And you can silence a robot girlfriend by taking out its batteries and not get the cops on your ass.
So hell yeah... robot girlfriends are definitely better than those damn pesky biological ones!
That's it! The patent is for a "braking system," but (so far) nobody holds a patent on a "breaking system!" a Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm sure someone out there must have the patent on the sledgehammer.
The problem is that pressing your own CDs is not cost effective in any way. It only becomes cost effective once you print many (1000 or more) identical discs. The costs per CD go down as you do more identical discs. Setting up the platter to stamp out just one disc would be extremely expensive, as well as very time consuming.
I was thinking more along the lines of someone inventing, or streamlining the process to make it cheaper.
For instance. Currently we're using lasers to burn out reflective pits on metallic dyes adhered to plastic discs.
For pressed CDs, we're not using dyes, but some metallic compound that is physically pressed into pits.
My idea would be to have the same or similar metallic compound as pressed disc, only use a stronger laser to burn out physical pits. This could be a commercial grade device used in professional shops and not for the average home consumer. Something like this could be viable could it not?
Photo printers are cheap and easy to use and people are beginning to realize that the photos are smearinno use sitting on the HDD.
While that's true, what are the quality of the prints? I know the one that was printed for me on a HP printer with HP paper stuck to my fridge has faded horribly.
The image behind the magnetic frame has held up well, but the part of the picture that is exposed is fading and bleeding.
Well, instead of gold discs for the general public, why not provide a cheap and easy method for everyone to press their own CDs?
I wouldn't mind submitting my photos and videos to some photography shop to press for a small fee if it ensures that I won't have a degradation problem in my archives.
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They were spamming, they broke the rules google set, bammo, pagerank=0.
They're still listed on Yahoo (and other search engines).
Isn't this like a double edged sword? Google resets their pagerank and people can't find it anymore, so they jump over to the next search engine. Do this enough times, and people just stay at the other search engine.
Put a bill board with a blinking light on the cat walk on the CT side of the main structure (where the CT's will be able to clearly see it while coming out of the canyon) and on the T side, replace the broken down 5-ton truck with a utility van w/ an advertisement on the side.
There ya go, 2 adds in places people HAVE to run past displayed in ways that fit in with the environment.
You mean like a giant billboard with the message:
"Mother Truckers Truck Stop, 5 miles ahead, Exit 52"
Even if they served the coffee at the proper temperature range of 180F (82C), I still wouldn't try to drink my coffee through a bong like I would beer, why? Because it's still going to burn.
In fact, drinking such large amounts of proper temperature coffee at that rate would probably cause minor burns to your throat. Does that mean we now can sue for that as well?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but making coffee, tea or any hot beverage requires boiling water, i.e. 100C (212F), shouldn't common sense dictate that it isn't a good idea to splash that liquid on yourself before checking to see if it's ok?
It was the wrong ruling, corporations should not be responsible for personal stupidity.
Guy 1: "Can you hear me now?"
Guy 2: "What?"
Guy 1: "Can you hear me now?"
Guy 2: "Eh? What did you say?"
Guy 1: "Can you hear me now?"
Guy 2: "Ugh? YO! What did you say?"
Guy 1: "Can you hear me now?"
Guy 2: "Whaaat?"
Guy 1: "Can you hea...."
Guy 2: "HEY! Yo! Hello?!"
Guy 1: "...r me now?"
Guy 2: "I'M LISTENING TO MY IPOD, CAN YOU SPEAK LOUDER???"
Guy 1: "Awe, fuck this guy!" *click*
Guy 2: "I'M GOING TO TURN OFF MY IPOD NOW, CAN YOU SPEAK UP?"
*tone*
Guy 2: "Yeah, I'm doing good... you?"
Where's the clue club when you need it...
Sorry... I'll give it back to you once I'm done using it on a client with a technical support issue.
I'm going to sue my monitor company for my eye prescription getting worse!
That doesn't make sense, at some point a computer has to total EVERYONE's taxes to get the bottom line figure for the year, and that sum has got to be way bigger than what Gates has.
You have a good point but please dont think that the "terrorists" wear "dark clothing and hide in the woods. Those kinds of silly assumptions about how people dress or act is what leads us into this mess in the first place.
By "terrorist", do you mean "paparazzi"?
It's going to look like the Human Torch flying across the sky upon re-entry. Kids everywhere will think that the Fantastic Four movie was actually reality tv.
Poor people are poor because a) they don't know that they can change their lifestyle or b) they're too lazy to do so.
Is that what you really think? Why don't you take a look at some African tribes? Sure, they know how to change their lifestyles, too bad the drought isn't helping their farms. Perhaps they should change to a service industry instead of a farming one? Get real!
Poor people are poor because c) they don't have the opportunity to change, or d) many other reasons beyond a, b, and c.
And, like the AC above me, proper nutrition (and not eating till you're full) is a key part of learning.
Too bad you can't see beyond what you have experienced on your own, otherwise you'd know how beneficial these programs are.
We actually got to try out the earthquake contingency about four years ago. I was a help desk phone tech then, and we got shuttled over to a sort of "battle bridge" call center that had enough equipment for about 1/4 of the team to work normally until our main location was usable again.
But the point is, you assume that your "battle bridge call center" will be there and that the equipment provided will be available. Do you have a contingency for if the equipment had to be seized for some official reason? Probably not, as at some point you have to say, "This is the base line level of preparedness we're willing to do and there's nothing more we can do about that."
It's impossible and time wasting to have a contingency for every possible failure. Some things you just have to take a chance on and assume they will be there.
What contingency does your company have if all your phone service were lost? Or if there were no electricity? Or how about the roads leading into your company having been washed away?
Sure, you could probably string together some paper cups, and have people ride stationary bicycle generators and build a human bridge. But in reality, you probably don't have plans for that.
These companies who have Blackberrys probably had the contingency plan of, "Well, if my primary Blackberry fails, I'll buy a second one."
If you were to make a contingency plan for every possible foreseeable failure, then your business is essentially a business that makes contingency plans. This doesn't even include those failures that are unforeseeable.
A very well-reasoned post, and your conclusions are inescapable--except for one thing. Intelligent Design is falsifiable, thus is science, and thus should be taught in the classroom.
... strongest survive ... competitive advantage ... parents ... pass ... good genes/traits ... offsping ... therefore ... fossil evidence ... (blah blah blah)... and that basically sums up what evolution is. I also need to mention Intelligent Design. There. I've mentioned it. Moving along, let me tell you about the wonderful world of molecular biology..."
And this is how a science class would go about ID.
Teacher: "Theory of evolution is
The fecal test was optional and you mailed the cards off to a lab if you wanted the results.
And you wonder why so many postal workers go crazy?
You think that because I have a computer, an Internet connection and a cushy job that I've always had these things. You can read some of my past posts on Slashdot and you'll see where I've told my story many times. I was born poor, in a house in Appalachia with no running water and a dirt floor. I understand poverty more than most. I worked for everything I have today. I was only the 2nd person in my family to graduate high school and I was the first to graduate college, so please do not lecture me about not understanding the plight of poor people in America. Perhaps it is YOU who presumes to know so much about poor people...when in all actuality your bleeding heart is causing your mouth to spew forth holier-than-though cliches on subjects you've only read about in text books.
And had there been breakfast/lunch/health programs when you were in school, could you presume that many more of your family members would have made it through high school and college?
I have a five-month old baby who has had three ear infections so far. Every time, two days before he showed outward symptoms, one of our dogs (who sees herself as his "mommy") has started to incessantly lick the ear that was infected. I don't think that the robotic pets are going to do that!
Or, it could be read as: Your dog licks the ear of your child, which then takes 2 days to incubate any bacteria and present symptoms.
They don't get sick, thus don't have vet fees amounting to hundreds a year (if not thousands). They don't pee, they don't shit. They don't cause lawsuits from the paper boy who just got his gonads chewed. And you can silent a yapping robot pet by taking out its batteries and not get the SPCA on your ass.
So hell yeah... robot pets are definitely better than those damn pesky biological ones!
They don't get bitchy, thus don't have dinner and theatre events amounting to thousands of dollars a year. They don't whine, they don't cry. They don't sue you for half of all you own when you leave them. And you can silence a robot girlfriend by taking out its batteries and not get the cops on your ass.
So hell yeah... robot girlfriends are definitely better than those damn pesky biological ones!
How asinine could that possibly sound?
If you make a robotic dog that looks real, and acts all happy when it sees it's owner. What makes it less real than an organic dog?
That's the exact demographic that http://www.realdoll.com/ is looking for in a customer.
That's it! The patent is for a "braking system," but (so far) nobody holds a patent on a "breaking system!"
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm sure someone out there must have the patent on the sledgehammer.
I consider myself an excellent driver
There isn't one person I know that doesn't consider themselves to be an excellent driver.
The people who actually are excellent drivers, don't even consider themselves to be excellent drivers.
Unless you're a professional racer, you're probably overrating your driving skills.
I was thinking more along the lines of ESPN's Fight Night series. Best boxing simulator I've played.
Does your work use straight MSN?
No. My work uses the homosexual MSN.
More lesbians that way.
The problem is that pressing your own CDs is not cost effective in any way. It only becomes cost effective once you print many (1000 or more) identical discs. The costs per CD go down as you do more identical discs. Setting up the platter to stamp out just one disc would be extremely expensive, as well as very time consuming.
I was thinking more along the lines of someone inventing, or streamlining the process to make it cheaper.
For instance. Currently we're using lasers to burn out reflective pits on metallic dyes adhered to plastic discs.
For pressed CDs, we're not using dyes, but some metallic compound that is physically pressed into pits.
My idea would be to have the same or similar metallic compound as pressed disc, only use a stronger laser to burn out physical pits. This could be a commercial grade device used in professional shops and not for the average home consumer. Something like this could be viable could it not?
Photo printers are cheap and easy to use and people are beginning to realize that the photos are smearinno use sitting on the HDD.
While that's true, what are the quality of the prints? I know the one that was printed for me on a HP printer with HP paper stuck to my fridge has faded horribly.
The image behind the magnetic frame has held up well, but the part of the picture that is exposed is fading and bleeding.
Well, instead of gold discs for the general public, why not provide a cheap and easy method for everyone to press their own CDs?
I wouldn't mind submitting my photos and videos to some photography shop to press for a small fee if it ensures that I won't have a degradation problem in my archives.