...The era of "hijacking" airplanes has come to an end? At least in the west? Sure, someone might sneak the odd thing on board, but between the locked & secure cockpit doors, the lack of complacency on behalf of the passengers, the fact you have to practically strip naked to get on a plane, racial profiling, "don't fly lists" and a myriad of other "improvements" I suspect most terrorists are now saying "Oh well, it was fun while it lasted" and have given up hijacking and moved on to other things, like shooting down airplanes from the ground, smuggling in bombs in cargo containers or ?
Basically, you need to hire a good sales manager who will explain to you how to land customers. Make sure your business plan budgets for this. In a nutshell he'll need to drum up business from higher-ups in companies who might be willing to hire your service. It doesn't really do any good to call on the juniors in a company because it creates conversations like this:
IT Dude: We need to hire these guys to do an audit
Boss: Why? Aren't you doing your job? What am I paying you IT guys for?
I've seen variations on this numerous times at various companies.
The thing I don't understand, at least in the category of credit card data, is this: In the USA, are people liable for potentially fraudulent transactions? If I check my visa statement and there are charges on it that aren't mine I'm not liable for them. I realize it's a hassle to call Visa or MasterCard etc. and deal with it, but in the big scheme of things it's not really an issue for me financially. Last February my wallet was stolen in Spain. On my statement I was able to watch my credit card number travel through tollbooths throughout western and eastern Europe. It didn't cost me a nickel and my credit rating wasn't impacted one iota.
This is why I'll almost never pay for anything with my ATM card. The less I use my ATM card, the less chance there is my PIN will get out into the public domain. Once my PIN is out there the "protection" found with my credit card is gone.
But that doesn't change the fact that I think that waiters should be paid a real wage, and not have this ******** run around them where their employers can do this.
I agree with you in principle. However, the problem for me is this: The places where tips are accepted invariably have better service. Here in Vancouver there's a popular restaurant chain where some of the locations are unionized, servers are paid more, and have tip pools, and some are non-unionized and the servers keep the tips. The latter restaurants always have orders of magnitude better service than the former.
the Canadian gov't seems to have a large faction willing to bend over for the US in some regards.
We can't really afford not to. Over the past 50 or so years Canada has created an environment for ourselves that depends on the USA to defend us, and buy our products. We can irritate Americans to some degree (and do, witness drug laws and gay marriage) but we can't push it too far without risking damaging ourselves. (Witness beef and softwood lumber disputes.)
I generally look for any kind of talk radio that I can find. Instead of doing music or what have you on a CD or mp3 player, I look for talk radio, and try to learn stuff.
I too enjoy talk radio (especially US talk radio, as I'm a Canadian). However, what drives me CRAZY are all the ads.
Plus you'll get something like news, traffic, sports until seven minutes past the hour, couple minutes of ads, then talk for seven minutes, more ads, another seven minutes, then the bottom-of-the-hour cycle of ads, news, ads, sports, ads, weather, ads, traffic, ads then the talk starts again. So in an hour's programming I might get 30 minutes that interests me.
Area Man Constantly Mentioning He Doesn't Own A Television
(c) The Onion
CHAPEL HILL, NC--Area resident Jonathan Green does not own a television, a fact he repeatedly points out to friends, family, and coworkers--as well as to his mailman, neighborhood convenience-store clerks, and the man who cleans the hallways in his apartment building.
"I, personally, would rather spend my time doing something useful than watch television," Green told a random woman Monday at the Suds 'N' Duds Laundromat, noticing the establishment's wall-mounted TV. "I don't even own one."
According to Melinda Elkins, a coworker of Green's at The Frame Job, a Chapel Hill picture-frame shop, Green steers the conversation toward television whenever possible, just so he can mention not owning one.
"A few days ago, [store manager] Annette [Haig] was saying her new contacts were bothering her," Elkins said. "The second she said that, I knew Jonathan would pounce. He was like, 'I didn't know you had contacts, Annette. Are your eyes bad? That a shame. I'm really lucky to have almost perfect vision. I'm guessing it's because I don't watch TV. In fact, I don't even own one."
According to Elkins, "idiot box" is Green's favorite derogatory term for television.
"He uses that one a lot," she said. "But he's got other ones, too, like 'boob tube' and 'electronic babysitter.'"
Elkins said Green always makes sure to read the copies of Entertainment Weekly and People lying around the shop's break room, "just so he can point out all the stars and shows he's never heard of."
"Last week, in one of the magazines, there was a picture of Calista Flockhart," Elkins said, "and Jonathan announced, 'I have absolutely no idea who this woman is. Calista who? Am I supposed to have heard of her? I'm sorry, but I haven't.'"
Tony Gerela, who lives in the apartment directly below Green's and occasionally chats with the 37-year-old by the mailboxes, is well aware of his neighbor's disdain for television.
"About a week after I met him, we were talking, and I made some kind of Simpsons reference," Gerela said. "He asked me what I was talking about, and when I told him it was from a TV show, he just went off, saying how the last show he watched was some episode of Cheers, and even then, he could only watch for about two minutes before having to shut it off because it insulted his intelligence so terribly."
Added Gerela: "Once, I made the mistake of saying I saw something on the news, and he started in with, 'Saw the news? I don't know about you, but I read the news."
Green has lived without television since 1989, when his then-girlfriend moved out and took her set with her.
"When Claudia went, the TV went with her," Green said. "But instead of just going out and buying another one--which I certainly could have afforded, that wasn't the issue--I decided to stand up to the glass teat."
"I'm not an elitist," Green said. "It's just that I'd much rather sculpt or write in my journal or read Proust than sit there passively staring at some phosphorescent screen."
"If I need a fix of passive audio-visual stimulation, I'll go to catch a Bergman or Truffaut film down at the university," Green said. "I certainly wouldn't waste my time watching the so-called Learning Channel or, God forbid, any of the mind sewage the major networks pump out."
Continued Green: "People don't realize just how much time their TV-watching habit--or, shall I say, addiction--eats up. Four hours of television a day, over the course of a month, adds up to 120 hours. That's five entire days! Why not spend that time living your own life, instead of watching fictional people live theirs
would love for their to be a Netflix-ish "subscription" service to something like this
It would be tricky... Unlike DVDs, books are all different shapes / sizes / weights. You'd need the right size mailer with the correct postage etc. Furthermore, a lot of books cost more than DVDs, so that would have to be factored into the business model too.
Instead of just 'stories' why don't they just stream the same CNN I can get on my TV? Complete with ads? In fact, they could stream all the CNN variants - CNN, Headline News, the CNN I see in Europe etc.
You don't have to spend $9.50 on a ticket to watch 20 minutes of TV ads and commercials.
I remember talking to a bunch of people who were ranting about this and I asked them this question: If they had two options:
Option 1: A theatre that charged $10 but showed 20 minutes of ads or Option 2: A theatre next door that was identical in every way, except that movies were $12 and there were no ads
...which would they pick? The cheaper theatre won hands down every time.
It's exactly the same with airlines... People say they want legroom and free meals, but give them the choice between a cheaper airfare or these perks they pick the cheaper airfare every time.
I'll also say that the ads in the theatre seem to be a little "edgier" than the ones on TV. (At least here in Canada, anyway.) As a result, I usually enjoy them more.
I recall reading a book several years ago (co-authored by Buzz Aldrin) called "The Return." The details are fuzzy to me now, but IIRC it postulated a return to the moon using the Space Shuttle. Basically, once in orbit the orbiter attached to a "booster" (that was already in orbit) that hucked the orbiter to the moon. Once in orbit of the moon a "LEM" was launched from the cargo bay. Or some such thing. It was an entertaining read.
Keep in mind 2K was the last "easily pirated" MS-OS. This might be a reason for its longevity. Plus, even if you're not pirating it, it's much easier to (legally) move it from machine to machine (no product activation).
We may find ourselves in a situation where people simply start pirate broadcasting on the unused television channels
I think it's more likely that you'll see a lot more people "stealing" cable. The incentive to "steal" cable TV is reduced if you can still watch WWE Smackdown! on your rabbit ears. However, if that disappears then people will probably start splitting cable ten ways to Sunday.
Being on call 24/7 for work requires me to be able to fix issues on our servers via remote desktop over our VPN. This means if I will be out of contact for more than an hour, or am planning to go some place where it would take me more than an hour to get to an internet connection, it is basically frowned upon.
Not to preach, but what kind of a life is that? This weekend I went up to the cottage. I sat on the beach with a whiskey in one hand and a cigar in the other and watched the tide roll in and the eagles fishing. No cell phone, no page, no internet. What if you want to go to the movies, or out on a date or? Do you always have to be ready to stop whatever you're doing at a moment's notice?
Here's a clue: the fold-out table on jets is on rails; it pulls out, toward you
Either you don't fly very often, or when you do you're in business class or "economy plus" or on American Airlines "old" more-room-in-economy configuration. On a "typical" carrier the tray table is not on rails and doesn't slide forward because there is nowhere for it to slide - There is simply no space on a flight with thirty-one inches of seat pitch.
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...The era of "hijacking" airplanes has come to an end? At least in the west? Sure, someone might sneak the odd thing on board, but between the locked & secure cockpit doors, the lack of complacency on behalf of the passengers, the fact you have to practically strip naked to get on a plane, racial profiling, "don't fly lists" and a myriad of other "improvements" I suspect most terrorists are now saying "Oh well, it was fun while it lasted" and have given up hijacking and moved on to other things, like shooting down airplanes from the ground, smuggling in bombs in cargo containers or ?
IT Dude: We need to hire these guys to do an audit
Boss: Why? Aren't you doing your job? What am I paying you IT guys for?
I've seen variations on this numerous times at various companies.
This is why I'll almost never pay for anything with my ATM card. The less I use my ATM card, the less chance there is my PIN will get out into the public domain. Once my PIN is out there the "protection" found with my credit card is gone.
http://www.vancouver2010.com/Emblem/emblem.htm
Exactly!
See:
http://www.hybridcars.com/silverado-sierra.html
I agree with you in principle. However, the problem for me is this: The places where tips are accepted invariably have better service. Here in Vancouver there's a popular restaurant chain where some of the locations are unionized, servers are paid more, and have tip pools, and some are non-unionized and the servers keep the tips. The latter restaurants always have orders of magnitude better service than the former.
Yes, did you check your link with Snopes.com? A simple search yields:
http://www.snopes.com/language/document/1895exam.h tm
The one I heard the other day that I enjoyed was:
Time flies like an arrow.
Fruit flies like a banana.
We can't really afford not to. Over the past 50 or so years Canada has created an environment for ourselves that depends on the USA to defend us, and buy our products. We can irritate Americans to some degree (and do, witness drug laws and gay marriage) but we can't push it too far without risking damaging ourselves. (Witness beef and softwood lumber disputes.)
I too enjoy talk radio (especially US talk radio, as I'm a Canadian). However, what drives me CRAZY are all the ads.
Plus you'll get something like news, traffic, sports until seven minutes past the hour, couple minutes of ads, then talk for seven minutes, more ads, another seven minutes, then the bottom-of-the-hour cycle of ads, news, ads, sports, ads, weather, ads, traffic, ads then the talk starts again. So in an hour's programming I might get 30 minutes that interests me.
Obligatory "Area Man Constantly Mentioning He Doesn't Own A Television" post:
http://tinyurl.com/dknj9
Area Man Constantly Mentioning He Doesn't Own A Television
(c) The Onion
CHAPEL HILL, NC--Area resident Jonathan Green does not own a television, a fact he repeatedly points out to friends, family, and coworkers--as well as to his mailman, neighborhood convenience-store clerks, and the man who cleans the hallways in his apartment building.
"I, personally, would rather spend my time doing something useful than watch television," Green told a random woman Monday at the Suds 'N' Duds Laundromat, noticing the establishment's wall-mounted TV. "I don't even own one."
According to Melinda Elkins, a coworker of Green's at The Frame Job, a Chapel Hill picture-frame shop, Green steers the conversation toward television whenever possible, just so he can mention not owning one.
"A few days ago, [store manager] Annette [Haig] was saying her new contacts were bothering her," Elkins said. "The second she said that, I knew Jonathan would pounce. He was like, 'I didn't know you had contacts, Annette. Are your eyes bad? That a shame. I'm really lucky to have almost perfect vision. I'm guessing it's because I don't watch TV. In fact, I don't even own one."
According to Elkins, "idiot box" is Green's favorite derogatory term for television.
"He uses that one a lot," she said. "But he's got other ones, too, like 'boob tube' and 'electronic babysitter.'"
Elkins said Green always makes sure to read the copies of Entertainment Weekly and People lying around the shop's break room, "just so he can point out all the stars and shows he's never heard of."
"Last week, in one of the magazines, there was a picture of Calista Flockhart," Elkins said, "and Jonathan announced, 'I have absolutely no idea who this woman is. Calista who? Am I supposed to have heard of her? I'm sorry, but I haven't.'"
Tony Gerela, who lives in the apartment directly below Green's and occasionally chats with the 37-year-old by the mailboxes, is well aware of his neighbor's disdain for television.
"About a week after I met him, we were talking, and I made some kind of Simpsons reference," Gerela said. "He asked me what I was talking about, and when I told him it was from a TV show, he just went off, saying how the last show he watched was some episode of Cheers, and even then, he could only watch for about two minutes before having to shut it off because it insulted his intelligence so terribly."
Added Gerela: "Once, I made the mistake of saying I saw something on the news, and he started in with, 'Saw the news? I don't know about you, but I read the news."
Green has lived without television since 1989, when his then-girlfriend moved out and took her set with her.
"When Claudia went, the TV went with her," Green said. "But instead of just going out and buying another one--which I certainly could have afforded, that wasn't the issue--I decided to stand up to the glass teat."
"I'm not an elitist," Green said. "It's just that I'd much rather sculpt or write in my journal or read Proust than sit there passively staring at some phosphorescent screen."
"If I need a fix of passive audio-visual stimulation, I'll go to catch a Bergman or Truffaut film down at the university," Green said. "I certainly wouldn't waste my time watching the so-called Learning Channel or, God forbid, any of the mind sewage the major networks pump out."
Continued Green: "People don't realize just how much time their TV-watching habit--or, shall I say, addiction--eats up. Four hours of television a day, over the course of a month, adds up to 120 hours. That's five entire days! Why not spend that time living your own life, instead of watching fictional people live theirs
That's alright, I live in Vancouver, and I've never heard of The Great Canadien Superstore
Of course The Real Canadian Superstore is all over the place in Vancouver.
What boggles me is how the OP could make this typo when it's spelled correctly (with the correct name) IN THE SOURCE ARTICLE QUOTED! (grin)
Obligatory "Area Man Constantly Mentioning He Doesn't Own A Television" post:
http://tinyurl.com/dknj9
It would be tricky... Unlike DVDs, books are all different shapes / sizes / weights. You'd need the right size mailer with the correct postage etc. Furthermore, a lot of books cost more than DVDs, so that would have to be factored into the business model too.
The CBC had an article a little while back about the spammer (Jeremy Jaynes) who was sentenced to nine years in jail. To quote the article:
Prosecutors said Jaynes received 10,000 credit card orders in one month for the [product], each for $39.95 US.
You do the math. Not millions perhaps, but very lucrative.
source: http://www.cbc.ca/story/business/national/2005/04/ 08/spam-050408.html
What are these "checkbooks" you American keep going on about? I don't think I've written a cheque in five years.
Instead of just 'stories' why don't they just stream the same CNN I can get on my TV? Complete with ads? In fact, they could stream all the CNN variants - CNN, Headline News, the CNN I see in Europe etc.
I remember talking to a bunch of people who were ranting about this and I asked them this question: If they had two options:
Option 1: A theatre that charged $10 but showed 20 minutes of ads or
Option 2: A theatre next door that was identical in every way, except that movies were $12 and there were no ads
...which would they pick? The cheaper theatre won hands down every time.
It's exactly the same with airlines... People say they want legroom and free meals, but give them the choice between a cheaper airfare or these perks they pick the cheaper airfare every time.
I'll also say that the ads in the theatre seem to be a little "edgier" than the ones on TV. (At least here in Canada, anyway.) As a result, I usually enjoy them more.
I recall reading a book several years ago (co-authored by Buzz Aldrin) called "The Return." The details are fuzzy to me now, but IIRC it postulated a return to the moon using the Space Shuttle. Basically, once in orbit the orbiter attached to a "booster" (that was already in orbit) that hucked the orbiter to the moon. Once in orbit of the moon a "LEM" was launched from the cargo bay. Or some such thing. It was an entertaining read.
Keep in mind 2K was the last "easily pirated" MS-OS. This might be a reason for its longevity. Plus, even if you're not pirating it, it's much easier to (legally) move it from machine to machine (no product activation).
???
Escher showed us you don't need no stinkin' energy-wasteful pump! Just use this arrangement:
http://diariodeumpintelhofo.no.sapo.pt/Escher.jpg
I think it's more likely that you'll see a lot more people "stealing" cable. The incentive to "steal" cable TV is reduced if you can still watch WWE Smackdown! on your rabbit ears. However, if that disappears then people will probably start splitting cable ten ways to Sunday.
Not to preach, but what kind of a life is that? This weekend I went up to the cottage. I sat on the beach with a whiskey in one hand and a cigar in the other and watched the tide roll in and the eagles fishing. No cell phone, no page, no internet. What if you want to go to the movies, or out on a date or? Do you always have to be ready to stop whatever you're doing at a moment's notice?
Either you don't fly very often, or when you do you're in business class or "economy plus" or on American Airlines "old" more-room-in-economy configuration. On a "typical" carrier the tray table is not on rails and doesn't slide forward because there is nowhere for it to slide - There is simply no space on a flight with thirty-one inches of seat pitch.