That's just swell...Google joins the ranks of websites featuring obnoxious, neon pink, rapidly-blinking, "You've won!" ads.
This is a damn shame...I've always been a big fan of the fact that Google not only bucked the trend of coating their main page in ads, but was also one of the least painful websites to look at.
I hope they'll practice moderation, or at least maintain & enforce strict guidelines on what ads can look like.
I couldn't agree more...my wife's from SoCal (Irvine, to be exact), and I definitely wouldn't consider it an ideal testbed for effects of weather on new power/propulsion technology. It does crack me up to hear her family freak out about rain or below-50 (degrees F) temperatures though.
Hell, the last few winters have been tame by Chicago standards, but I bet a nice 6:30am, -20 degree, 3mph commute up the Kennedy would still give this Honda a run for its money.
And I wonder how it would stand up to being doused with a 35-degree Lake Michigan wave on outbound Lake Shore Drive's Oak St. curve....
Incidentally, CHICAGO... January 2, 1999...LARGEST SNOWSTORM TO HIT THE CHICAGO AREA: that was my first winter living in Chicago...talk about your rude awakenings. I haven't experienced bitter cold like that since then, especially considering the last couple mild winters...let's knock on wood that I didn't just challenge the weather gods to do their worst.
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While I don't doubt that this is required for totally new service, I have to agree with the GP for most cases: when I move into a place where the previous owner had phone service, then it should just be a case of someone at a call center entering your info & clicking "OK"...there's no reason for them to come hook anything up at that point.
Of course, I have to add my disclaimer here, because I could be way off: Correct me if I'm wrong.
A quick look at travel.yahoo.com says I can send an indian worker back to India TONIGHT for $1778 going Chicago(ORD) -> Newark(EWR) -> Hong Kong(HKG) -> Bangladesh(DAC)
One problem with this: Dhaka (formerly spelled Dacca, hence the airport code DAC) = the capital of Bangladesh.
Bangladesh != India.
Cancelling the contract of the Indian H1-B in question is one thing...but dumping his ass off in the wrong country that same day? Do you plan on kicking his dog too?;)
It is my understanding, though, that things are different...in Quebec.
That's correct: in Quebec, they have their fries slathered with melty cheese curds & brown gravy (a.k.a. poutine, for those of you that might not be familiar with this hot, greasy plate o' heaven).
It works in so many other businesses, why not cell providers.
Because we Americans have gotten used to "Free" (with 2-year contract, of course) phones...I know very few people who are willing to pay $300 for a run-of-the-mill cellphone. Free/cheap phones are something we've learned to take for granted.
Meanwhile, Asians & Europeans have a totally different mindset: they think of their mobiles the same way that we think of our landlines...you go to an electronics store to buy a phone (for full price), then you swing buy a service provider's hut at your local mall to sign up for service & get your SIM chip.
I personally agree with your comment, and wish it did work that way here...hell, I have an imported, unlocked quad-band phone with a Cingular SIM chip stuck in it right now. But let's be honest, how many Americans do you know that would gladly fork over full price for a phone, á la our European friends? I'm guessing probably the same number that would gladly fork over $4/"litre" for "petrol.";)
I agree wholeheartedly with this sentiment - I used to waste hours at a time on SimCity 2000 (my favorite of the 4). But Sims felt tedious to me...after I made two female roommate sims go lesbian, and killed the creepy family one by one, I got bored.
I especially hated having to wait for them to go to work & sleep & whatnot.
Clearly someone drew a green circle over the picture of a real phone...if you look closely, you can see the outline of a standard keypad & some sort of joystick-style control through the fake scroll wheel.
Any guesses on which existing Motorola phone was photoshopped for that stupid fake picture? I think it sorta looks like an E1000.
In other news, the "SLVR" looks pretty cool. Anyone know the ETA for that thing?
(reposted, because I initially accidentally posted it as a response to some unrelated comment - mea culpa)
Clearly someone drew a green circle over the picture of a real phone...if you look closely, you can see the outline of a standard keypad & some sort of joystick-style control through the fake scroll wheel.
Any guesses on which existing Motorola phone was photoshopped for that stupid fake picture? I think it sorta looks like an E1000.
In other news, the "SLVR" looks pretty cool. Anyone know the ETA for that thing?
Let's review: "Jesus called He said he doesn't exist..."
So, in summary, you say you're receiving phonecalls from someone who you also say doesn't exist...would that make you schizophrenic, delusional, or just high?
Well, people generally get freaked out about the fact that, with digital recording, material can be shared with a huge number of people in a really short time.
Imagine how long it would take to copy & distribute those little microcassettes to as many people as you could reach via P2P.
So that's the justification behind some people's paranoia. But in reality, who the hell would want to "steal" some apathetic professor's boring-ass lecture on organic chemistry anyway?
Let's be honest - this is a Good Thing. Hopefully they'll start pushing it as hard & in as widespread a manner as they do MSN Search, etc..
Actually, how cool would it be if this was rolled out as an automatic update?
I'm all for any solution that might stem the tide of adware/spyware-filled systems, and the bot-driven-spam & "my computer's broke" complaints that they bring.
This probably isn't said very often on/., but kudos to Microsoft for not trying to turn consumers upsidedown and shake the change out of their pockets (more so than they currently do, that is).
Nevertheless, Stiennon also indicated the creators, maintainers, and even users of Firefox will quickly and aggressively step up their anti-spyware efforts along with the increased threat.
"The people who use Firefox -- their reaction to any spyware-type attacks will be pretty vehement," he said. "There'll be fast reaction from both Firefox developers and users."
I think this part sums up the beauty of Firefox, and the reason why I don't think this is any sort of cause for alarm:
There is a whole community of brilliant frickin' people out there who have taken a personal interest in making sure Mozilla products are secure & as bug-free as possible. I don't think it would be an exaggeration to say that they might look at Firefox as "their baby."
More importantly, some of these individuals are well-versed with the shadier aspects of software...so I predict Firefox security holes being patched as quickly as they're found.
Not only that, but I don't see many Firefox users (especially not those that have used it since its early days) taking spyware/adware lightly...turning the other cheek or throwing hands up in frustration don't seem to be personality traits of bastards like us;)
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One of the earlier inventors of computer-type devices was Alan Turing. A homo. And most Mac users? Coincidence? I think not...
Is it just me, or have the trolls just stopped trying lately?
That's just swell...Google joins the ranks of websites featuring obnoxious, neon pink, rapidly-blinking, "You've won!" ads.
This is a damn shame...I've always been a big fan of the fact that Google not only bucked the trend of coating their main page in ads, but was also one of the least painful websites to look at.
I hope they'll practice moderation, or at least maintain & enforce strict guidelines on what ads can look like.
Please tell me which nation you hail from, so that I might hurl generalizations and stereotypes at you.
Thank you.
I couldn't agree more...my wife's from SoCal (Irvine, to be exact), and I definitely wouldn't consider it an ideal testbed for effects of weather on new power/propulsion technology. It does crack me up to hear her family freak out about rain or below-50 (degrees F) temperatures though.
Hell, the last few winters have been tame by Chicago standards, but I bet a nice 6:30am, -20 degree, 3mph commute up the Kennedy would still give this Honda a run for its money.
And I wonder how it would stand up to being doused with a 35-degree Lake Michigan wave on outbound Lake Shore Drive's Oak St. curve....
Incidentally, CHICAGO... January 2, 1999...LARGEST SNOWSTORM TO HIT THE CHICAGO AREA: that was my first winter living in Chicago...talk about your rude awakenings. I haven't experienced bitter cold like that since then, especially considering the last couple mild winters...let's knock on wood that I didn't just challenge the weather gods to do their worst.
While I don't doubt that this is required for totally new service, I have to agree with the GP for most cases: when I move into a place where the previous owner had phone service, then it should just be a case of someone at a call center entering your info & clicking "OK"...there's no reason for them to come hook anything up at that point.
Of course, I have to add my disclaimer here, because I could be way off: Correct me if I'm wrong.
A quick look at travel.yahoo.com says I can send an indian worker back to India TONIGHT for $1778 going Chicago(ORD) -> Newark(EWR) -> Hong Kong(HKG) -> Bangladesh(DAC)
One problem with this: Dhaka (formerly spelled Dacca, hence the airport code DAC) = the capital of Bangladesh.
Bangladesh != India.
Cancelling the contract of the Indian H1-B in question is one thing...but dumping his ass off in the wrong country that same day? Do you plan on kicking his dog too? ;)
It is my understanding, though, that things are different...in Quebec.
That's correct: in Quebec, they have their fries slathered with melty cheese curds & brown gravy (a.k.a. poutine, for those of you that might not be familiar with this hot, greasy plate o' heaven).
It works in so many other businesses, why not cell providers.
Because we Americans have gotten used to "Free" (with 2-year contract, of course) phones...I know very few people who are willing to pay $300 for a run-of-the-mill cellphone. Free/cheap phones are something we've learned to take for granted.
Meanwhile, Asians & Europeans have a totally different mindset: they think of their mobiles the same way that we think of our landlines...you go to an electronics store to buy a phone (for full price), then you swing buy a service provider's hut at your local mall to sign up for service & get your SIM chip.
I personally agree with your comment, and wish it did work that way here...hell, I have an imported, unlocked quad-band phone with a Cingular SIM chip stuck in it right now. But let's be honest, how many Americans do you know that would gladly fork over full price for a phone, á la our European friends? I'm guessing probably the same number that would gladly fork over $4/"litre" for "petrol." ;)
The most interesting part about Vertu, to me? It's a division of Nokia.
I agree wholeheartedly with this sentiment - I used to waste hours at a time on SimCity 2000 (my favorite of the 4). But Sims felt tedious to me...after I made two female roommate sims go lesbian, and killed the creepy family one by one, I got bored.
I especially hated having to wait for them to go to work & sleep & whatnot.
WHY?!
What reason could they possibly have for spending $100B on this? Exploratory oil drilling is the first thing that comes to mind.
Clearly someone drew a green circle over the picture of a real phone...if you look closely, you can see the outline of a standard keypad & some sort of joystick-style control through the fake scroll wheel.
Any guesses on which existing Motorola phone was photoshopped for that stupid fake picture? I think it sorta looks like an E1000.
In other news, the "SLVR" looks pretty cool. Anyone know the ETA for that thing?
(reposted, because I initially accidentally posted it as a response to some unrelated comment - mea culpa)
Clearly someone drew a green circle over the picture of a real phone...if you look closely, you can see the outline of a standard keypad & some sort of joystick-style control through the fake scroll wheel.
Any guesses on which existing Motorola phone was photoshopped for that stupid fake picture? I think it sorta looks like an E1000.
In other news, the "SLVR" looks pretty cool. Anyone know the ETA for that thing?
Your first paragraph almost prompted a knee-jerk, "What kind of crack have you been smoking" reaction from me.
Your second paragraph, however, made me wish I hadn't wasted all my mod points on the bullet train article - I'd "+1 Insightful" you if I could.
Someone actually modded the previous post "Offtopic" for posting NYT login info?
What, did a New York Times staffer get mod points or something?
The main thing I was wondering about is, what kind of self-respecting Punjabi would name their son "Jasmine?"
Wait, check that: replace "Punjabi" with "individual."
But I always thought that any non-native Californians should be kicked out so we can have our state back!
Man, I hope that's a subtle joke, as opposed to a staggering (but hilarious) display of ignorance.
Joke, right?
Ahh, the petty schoolyard insult...the desperate reaction of someone who can't think of an intelligent comeback.
Nicely done, smarticus.
Let's review: "Jesus called He said he doesn't exist..."
So, in summary, you say you're receiving phonecalls from someone who you also say doesn't exist...would that make you schizophrenic, delusional, or just high?
Well, people generally get freaked out about the fact that, with digital recording, material can be shared with a huge number of people in a really short time.
Imagine how long it would take to copy & distribute those little microcassettes to as many people as you could reach via P2P.
So that's the justification behind some people's paranoia. But in reality, who the hell would want to "steal" some apathetic professor's boring-ass lecture on organic chemistry anyway?
The cords coming out of the butt is pretty funny...but I must admit, I'm a bit uncomfortable with the placement of the power & voice buttons.
if she called out house from there
You've got a phone in your outhouse? You got one a them 'lectric fans what let the bad smells out too, city boy?
Let's be honest - this is a Good Thing. Hopefully they'll start pushing it as hard & in as widespread a manner as they do MSN Search, etc..
/., but kudos to Microsoft for not trying to turn consumers upsidedown and shake the change out of their pockets (more so than they currently do, that is).
Actually, how cool would it be if this was rolled out as an automatic update?
I'm all for any solution that might stem the tide of adware/spyware-filled systems, and the bot-driven-spam & "my computer's broke" complaints that they bring.
This probably isn't said very often on
Here's the Google cache for your viewing pleasure.
Bon apetit.
Nevertheless, Stiennon also indicated the creators, maintainers, and even users of Firefox will quickly and aggressively step up their anti-spyware efforts along with the increased threat. "The people who use Firefox -- their reaction to any spyware-type attacks will be pretty vehement," he said. "There'll be fast reaction from both Firefox developers and users."
;)
I think this part sums up the beauty of Firefox, and the reason why I don't think this is any sort of cause for alarm:
There is a whole community of brilliant frickin' people out there who have taken a personal interest in making sure Mozilla products are secure & as bug-free as possible. I don't think it would be an exaggeration to say that they might look at Firefox as "their baby."
More importantly, some of these individuals are well-versed with the shadier aspects of software...so I predict Firefox security holes being patched as quickly as they're found.
Not only that, but I don't see many Firefox users (especially not those that have used it since its early days) taking spyware/adware lightly...turning the other cheek or throwing hands up in frustration don't seem to be personality traits of bastards like us