I think the MWR people are pissed because while MWR is trying to learn how to use new media to better serve soldiers and families (and make enough money to keep operating), they have just been painted (in the soldiers' minds) as a scam site or a way to test soldiers' gullibility.
How would you like it if the FBI created a fake copy of your company website, and sent-out an email that contained a link that displayed your URL, but that directed browsers to their gullibility-test site? Then, to triple the damage, they announced that they had done this, so nobody wants to visit your site?
disclaimer: I worked in Army MWR Marketing and IT for seven years.
Yes, lenders love giving (high interest rate) credit cards to people who have declared bankruptcy. These people have erased their old debts, proven that they get themselves into debt (and will thus generate lots of interest and fees for lenders), and cannot declare bankruptcy again for six years. Lenders love targetting, I mean, "serving" that segment of the market.
Except that when my boss tells me to change the way that I dress, he knows that he is not changing the attitude that underlies my clothing choice. He really is just changing my appearance, and he knows it. He cares about the appearance.
Speaking for the USA only: No. Your bonus might increase your check to the point where money is withheld as though you were in a higher tax bracket, but your actual taxes are computed at the end of the year, on your actual earnings. If too much is withheld, then you will get that money back (without interest, of course).
Of course you also have the hassle of building battery charging facilities into the shopping cart storage facility which now has to be completely under cover and temperature controlled to prevent condensation issues at the charging point.
Good point. Microsoft is re-inventing the wheel, but this wheel will be more expensive, more fragile, and harder to use. They call this process "innovation".
It also has quite a high name recognition amongst end-users.
You know who else has high name recognition? Hitler.
You know who has low name recognition? Thousands of companies that make hardware and software that works so well, that no one (aside from a few techies) knows that they're there.
Why quibble over "temporary" vs "limited times", when there is a more interesting point:
to promote the progress of science and the useful arts by securing for limited times to inventors the exclusive right to their respective discoveries
When did Britney Spears or Steamboat Willie become "useful arts"? Carpentry is a useful art. Pottery is a useful art. Software Development is a useful art. "Hit me baby one more time" is less than useful. Where does the Constitutional justification exist for creating copyright laws that protect musicians?
if a husband has sex with another man it's not adultery, right? Further, does infidelity in marriage even say anything about a man's fidelity in regards to his employment?
You might have a point, if the original poster had said, "If a married Senator can get caught cheating on his wife (and keep his job!)" Instead, the poster didn't mention the Senator's marital status, only that the sex was gay. Somebody's priorities are screwed-up, but they aren't mine.
If a Senator can get caught picking up gay sex in a restroom (and keep his job!)
Why shouldn't he keep his job? Sure, the ambiance is lacking a certain je ne sais quois, but even the best potential sex partners have to use the john. If you could pick up a gorgeous, brilliant, geek-girl in the Men's room, wouldn't you?
I have a Samsung (YP-U1, usb stick), it's just a USB mass storage device.
I have the same stick (from ~2 years ago). With the American firmware, it is not a USB Mass Storage device; you have to use MTP to transfer files (it honors DRM, of course). I re-flashed it with a European firmware from Samsung's international website, and not only is it now a USB Mass Storage device, but it now supports Ogg/Vorbis.
I went looking to see why the US firmware didn't have Ogg/Vorbis support, and it seems that in order to get Microsoft's "Plays For Sure" logo, your device is not allowed to support Ogg/Vorbis. Since that logo program didn't exist for Europe, Samsung left Ogg/Vorbis support in the European version of their firmware.
Everyone knows there are three types of accountants: ones who can count, and ones who can't.
No, there are 100 types of accountants: those who can count in binary and decimal, those who can count in binary but not decimal, those who can count in decimal but not binary, and those who can count in neither.
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How would you like it if the FBI created a fake copy of your company website, and sent-out an email that contained a link that displayed your URL, but that directed browsers to their gullibility-test site? Then, to triple the damage, they announced that they had done this, so nobody wants to visit your site?
disclaimer: I worked in Army MWR Marketing and IT for seven years.
Give the guy a break. He just wanted to see Gentoo compile in less than 2 weeks; he had a cluster handy...
Yes, lenders love giving (high interest rate) credit cards to people who have declared bankruptcy. These people have erased their old debts, proven that they get themselves into debt (and will thus generate lots of interest and fees for lenders), and cannot declare bankruptcy again for six years. Lenders love targetting, I mean, "serving" that segment of the market.
Now you know what the acronym "SCO" really stands for: Space Comma Outer
As Richard Dawkins said in a speech: If you find an intermediate fossil that plugs a hole, now you have two holes.
Give him a break. Nexuspal obviously attended a Florida highschool.
Except that when my boss tells me to change the way that I dress, he knows that he is not changing the attitude that underlies my clothing choice. He really is just changing my appearance, and he knows it. He cares about the appearance.
He's not judging the "tool" on appearance. He's judging the tool on attitudes and priorities (as discerned through sartorial expression).
Speaking for the USA only: No. Your bonus might increase your check to the point where money is withheld as though you were in a higher tax bracket, but your actual taxes are computed at the end of the year, on your actual earnings. If too much is withheld, then you will get that money back (without interest, of course).
Good point. Microsoft is re-inventing the wheel, but this wheel will be more expensive, more fragile, and harder to use. They call this process "innovation".
You know who else has high name recognition? Hitler.
You know who has low name recognition? Thousands of companies that make hardware and software that works so well, that no one (aside from a few techies) knows that they're there.
What are you talking about? I have two "Support Our Troops" magnets on the back of my SUV.
to promote the progress of science and the useful arts by securing for limited times to inventors the exclusive right to their respective discoveries
When did Britney Spears or Steamboat Willie become "useful arts"? Carpentry is a useful art. Pottery is a useful art. Software Development is a useful art. "Hit me baby one more time" is less than useful. Where does the Constitutional justification exist for creating copyright laws that protect musicians?
Those people are incorrect. Most definitions of the word 'terrorist' preclude nation-states. George Bush is a 'War Criminal'.
Just install Vista; it practically bashes itself.
You might have a point, if the original poster had said, "If a married Senator can get caught cheating on his wife (and keep his job!)" Instead, the poster didn't mention the Senator's marital status, only that the sex was gay. Somebody's priorities are screwed-up, but they aren't mine.
Why shouldn't he keep his job? Sure, the ambiance is lacking a certain je ne sais quois, but even the best potential sex partners have to use the john. If you could pick up a gorgeous, brilliant, geek-girl in the Men's room, wouldn't you?
I read The Silmarillion, and the name of the first dragon was mentioned (Glarung?). Was the name of the first troll given?
I have the same stick (from ~2 years ago). With the American firmware, it is not a USB Mass Storage device; you have to use MTP to transfer files (it honors DRM, of course). I re-flashed it with a European firmware from Samsung's international website, and not only is it now a USB Mass Storage device, but it now supports Ogg/Vorbis.
I went looking to see why the US firmware didn't have Ogg/Vorbis support, and it seems that in order to get Microsoft's "Plays For Sure" logo, your device is not allowed to support Ogg/Vorbis. Since that logo program didn't exist for Europe, Samsung left Ogg/Vorbis support in the European version of their firmware.
It does if your Makefile has a "me" target, and "a" target, and a "sandwich" target. But who needs root access to build software?
What do you mean "complete lack of competition"? The year 2000 was the second annual "Year of the Linux Desktop".
No, there are 100 types of accountants: those who can count in binary and decimal, those who can count in binary but not decimal, those who can count in decimal but not binary, and those who can count in neither.
This bomb is a Haliburton initiative. I see lots of rebuilding contracts in their future.
No, the only way that HP could find a substance more expensive than inkjet ink, was to team-up with Big Pharma.
The Internet is a smell-o-scope. Actually, the Internet is a bunch of tubes; if you don't like the smell, don't stick the tubes up your nose.