If you want unfiltered search results on Google, just log out. I learned a while ago that my search results are different if I'm logged in versus being logged out. Unless they are tracking search history for every anonymous cookie, logging out should give you unfiltered results.
After working in the downtown area of a major city for nearly 10 years, I can say it was hard to see the beauty at first. In time, however, you can learn to see the beauty among the mundane, or even amidst the foul. As when someone burns a bit of food, the rest can be consumed with joy while the ruined pieces are set aside.
You raised an interesting point. Unfortunately, it's too hard to say what might have been. Personally, I would have been interested in SciFi (full disclosure: I despise "SyFy") if it were a premium channel. In fact, it might have been the only premium channel I would have purchased.
Therein lies the rub. If set up as a premium channel, it would likely end up in a premium bundle rather than as an a la carte offering. I don't know that enough people would have paid (would yet pay) for the service.
The fact remains that they've already set and sailed on a course that alienated many of their (formerly) loyal viewers. After such a disastrous decision, it would be hard for any network to come back.
But such wandering with eyes focused on some screen means people are then not observing the world around them, thereby missing its frequent beauty and many of the lessons it affords.
I believe this will be the start of a downward spiral for RIM. The one thing they do have going for them is a large existing user base with investments in hardward (BESs) and processes/procedures/documentation. While I believe their overall market share will continue to shrink, they'll manage to hold on for a while, perhaps giving them one more shot at getting back in the game.
Thus, I predict a descent and plateau of up to three years. If they cannot get back into the game by that point (and providing they do not experience other factors that could hasten their decline), then I expect we'll be saying farewell to RIM (at least as far as the BlackBerry goes).
I learned the value of lunch years ago, but not simply for solidifying your own team. Lunch was the king of the informal networks where I worked, and this is likely true in many larger companies.
In a company that has its own dining area or cafeteria, take lunch there, and try to sit with friends or associates from other groups. Before inter-group cooperation became the rallying cry of the day, I was keeping up to speed on developments in many departments just by asking questions over lunch.
I had other coworkers who didn't want any business talk during their lunches. I'd lunch with them sometimes--to maintain the relationships--but tried to stay with my informal network. I can't count the number of times having that "insider knowledge" of other departments had a direct influence on our group's decisions (and my own manager's assessment of my worth on the team). IMnshO, lunch is the king of informal networks.
Sure, they think the concept is cool, but they have no plans to buy one. I have no plan to gift one. Two of my boys are saving their money to buy their own systems, and neither of them wants the 3DS. They've had Gameboys/Gameboy Color (used), Micros (new), DSes (new) and DSLites (new). They've been very vocal about the price point, noting that they could sink that kind of mony into an Xbox or another console.
Every technology can be made obsolete by time and progress, but the fact remains that the current state of technology would enable such changes to occur in many existing devices (anything with network connectivity of any sort and flashable memory).
I, too, am glad for this decision, because it kept a bad policy from becoming an accepted precedent. If Sony won, it wouldn't be a stretch to envision a world where networked appliances might have their settings overridden by manufacturers in support of some internal policy or due to external pressures:
To comply with a push to conserve energy, refridgerator manufacturers implements an override that keeps the temperature from being set below a certain temperature (i.e., no more ice-cold milk for you!)
Similar restrictions on air conditioning systems (beyond current opt-in programs available through utility companies).
Televisions/screens that shut off for a mandatory 15 minute break (during which you can't power it back on) every two hours in the name of health.
Blue Ray optical players that receive instructions to no longer play back DVD format disks, so as to force the consumer to buy again under the current format.
Sure, these examples may seem rediculous, but once you set a precedent that allows companies the right to change the basic features of the product after the sale, you open yourself up to all sorts of crap.
I'd love to see online games alongside improvements to the Wii-mote style motion control. I'd love to see games that let one player control two Wii-mote type devices--one in each hand), because the possibilities would be far improved over the current Wii-mote + nunchuck system. Imagine a swords and sorcery game where one controller represents your weapon and the other a shield or focus item. Imagine spells that are activated by specific gestures. First person shooters with two firearms. It puts me in a stupor already.
Before the transition, we used to get four very scratchy channels. Since the transition, we get nine channel sets (each with anywhere from one to four subchannels), all crystal clear. We just needed to purchase a HD antenna (really, a glorified UHF antenna--you can find plans to make them online).
So, between the antenna and streaming, we have no need for cable or satellite.
We've been using an old laptop for streaming, but will likely buy a Roku box in the next six months, just to have a dedicated appliance for streaming.
As was noted in the article, however (and in rebuttal to the vendor who argued your point), the defendant noted that none of the photos showed his vehicles (company vehicles) with their brake lights on.
While that doesn't mean they weren't speeding prior to the intersection, the calculations and absence of break lights raise reasonable doubt.
If the camera is not taking photos of the vehicles while the violation is being committed, what proof is there that the vehicle was actually breaking the law? They could snap two photos of any vehicle crossing the intersection and claim it was speeding at the sensor location. If they want to use the photos as proof, take a photo at the sensor location and then again at the start of the intersection. That known distance would allow for a more accurate representation of the alleged speed of the drivers.
I concur. Yes, we have some industrial machines that run Windows for Workgroups 3.11. The vendor wants us to upgrade to new control PCs with Windows 7, but there are no real feature improvements over what we have now, and the associated costs are often rediculous.
The only real benefit is for them, the vendors: ease of support.
We did have one of those old machines die recently (a soldered-in heat sink clip that completed a circuit confirming that the heat sink was in place finally broke loose--I used to see that problem in some of the small form factor Dell PCs we once had), so we had to replace the computer. The computer, with their customized install of a newer Windows OS, and a newer version of their control software was over $15k. That's the least expensive one we have around here. Some of the others would also require upgrades to the devices themselves, and that would push costs up significantly.
I've attended a lot of seminars where the giveaway items were "silly" or "kids' toys": miniature Slinkys, mini Play Doh containers, plastic dinosaurs, yo-yos, even pinwheels. Such items are typically used to remind attendees of some key concept in the presentation. I'm guessing that was all that was intended here. Sure, it may not have been the best choice, but there's no need to crucify the idea's originator(s) in the media. Lesson learned. Move on.
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I sense there are a lot of Sony fanboys out there with no sense of humor.
If you want unfiltered search results on Google, just log out. I learned a while ago that my search results are different if I'm logged in versus being logged out. Unless they are tracking search history for every anonymous cookie, logging out should give you unfiltered results.
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From the link you provided:
> Comcast customer care via twitter specifically stated they aren't blocking
> twitter (@comcastcares).
They aren't blocking Twitter?
After working in the downtown area of a major city for nearly 10 years, I can say it was hard to see the beauty at first. In time, however, you can learn to see the beauty among the mundane, or even amidst the foul. As when someone burns a bit of food, the rest can be consumed with joy while the ruined pieces are set aside.
You raised an interesting point. Unfortunately, it's too hard to say what might have been. Personally, I would have been interested in SciFi (full disclosure: I despise "SyFy") if it were a premium channel. In fact, it might have been the only premium channel I would have purchased.
Therein lies the rub. If set up as a premium channel, it would likely end up in a premium bundle rather than as an a la carte offering. I don't know that enough people would have paid (would yet pay) for the service.
The fact remains that they've already set and sailed on a course that alienated many of their (formerly) loyal viewers. After such a disastrous decision, it would be hard for any network to come back.
But such wandering with eyes focused on some screen means people are then not observing the world around them, thereby missing its frequent beauty and many of the lessons it affords.
If it happens, I'll stop using Skype. I'm guessing I'm not the only one with that sentiment, either.
180% of Meh is still effectively Meh.
I believe this will be the start of a downward spiral for RIM. The one thing they do have going for them is a large existing user base with investments in hardward (BESs) and processes/procedures/documentation. While I believe their overall market share will continue to shrink, they'll manage to hold on for a while, perhaps giving them one more shot at getting back in the game.
Thus, I predict a descent and plateau of up to three years. If they cannot get back into the game by that point (and providing they do not experience other factors that could hasten their decline), then I expect we'll be saying farewell to RIM (at least as far as the BlackBerry goes).
I learned the value of lunch years ago, but not simply for solidifying your own team. Lunch was the king of the informal networks where I worked, and this is likely true in many larger companies.
In a company that has its own dining area or cafeteria, take lunch there, and try to sit with friends or associates from other groups. Before inter-group cooperation became the rallying cry of the day, I was keeping up to speed on developments in many departments just by asking questions over lunch.
I had other coworkers who didn't want any business talk during their lunches. I'd lunch with them sometimes--to maintain the relationships--but tried to stay with my informal network. I can't count the number of times having that "insider knowledge" of other departments had a direct influence on our group's decisions (and my own manager's assessment of my worth on the team). IMnshO, lunch is the king of informal networks.
This ruling provides just one more reason why the AT&T purchase of T-Mobile, if allowed, would be bad for consumers.
Sure, they think the concept is cool, but they have no plans to buy one. I have no plan to gift one. Two of my boys are saving their money to buy their own systems, and neither of them wants the 3DS. They've had Gameboys/Gameboy Color (used), Micros (new), DSes (new) and DSLites (new). They've been very vocal about the price point, noting that they could sink that kind of mony into an Xbox or another console.
Mutually assured cyber destruction. I can't wait for the made-for-TV movie!
Every technology can be made obsolete by time and progress, but the fact remains that the current state of technology would enable such changes to occur in many existing devices (anything with network connectivity of any sort and flashable memory).
Sure, these examples may seem rediculous, but once you set a precedent that allows companies the right to change the basic features of the product after the sale, you open yourself up to all sorts of crap.
I'd love to see online games alongside improvements to the Wii-mote style motion control. I'd love to see games that let one player control two Wii-mote type devices--one in each hand), because the possibilities would be far improved over the current Wii-mote + nunchuck system. Imagine a swords and sorcery game where one controller represents your weapon and the other a shield or focus item. Imagine spells that are activated by specific gestures. First person shooters with two firearms. It puts me in a stupor already.
Before the transition, we used to get four very scratchy channels. Since the transition, we get nine channel sets (each with anywhere from one to four subchannels), all crystal clear. We just needed to purchase a HD antenna (really, a glorified UHF antenna--you can find plans to make them online).
So, between the antenna and streaming, we have no need for cable or satellite.
We've been using an old laptop for streaming, but will likely buy a Roku box in the next six months, just to have a dedicated appliance for streaming.
What, you mean a modern oil tanker?
As was noted in the article, however (and in rebuttal to the vendor who argued your point), the defendant noted that none of the photos showed his vehicles (company vehicles) with their brake lights on.
While that doesn't mean they weren't speeding prior to the intersection, the calculations and absence of break lights raise reasonable doubt.
If the camera is not taking photos of the vehicles while the violation is being committed, what proof is there that the vehicle was actually breaking the law? They could snap two photos of any vehicle crossing the intersection and claim it was speeding at the sensor location. If they want to use the photos as proof, take a photo at the sensor location and then again at the start of the intersection. That known distance would allow for a more accurate representation of the alleged speed of the drivers.
I can't wait to start making paper airplanes out of this stuf...
I concur. Yes, we have some industrial machines that run Windows for Workgroups 3.11. The vendor wants us to upgrade to new control PCs with Windows 7, but there are no real feature improvements over what we have now, and the associated costs are often rediculous.
The only real benefit is for them, the vendors: ease of support.
We did have one of those old machines die recently (a soldered-in heat sink clip that completed a circuit confirming that the heat sink was in place finally broke loose--I used to see that problem in some of the small form factor Dell PCs we once had), so we had to replace the computer. The computer, with their customized install of a newer Windows OS, and a newer version of their control software was over $15k. That's the least expensive one we have around here. Some of the others would also require upgrades to the devices themselves, and that would push costs up significantly.
I've attended a lot of seminars where the giveaway items were "silly" or "kids' toys": miniature Slinkys, mini Play Doh containers, plastic dinosaurs, yo-yos, even pinwheels. Such items are typically used to remind attendees of some key concept in the presentation. I'm guessing that was all that was intended here. Sure, it may not have been the best choice, but there's no need to crucify the idea's originator(s) in the media. Lesson learned. Move on.
It must be Pacific Time, no? Isn't that where Sarah Connor lives?
I have mod points today. I desperately wanted a mod option labeled "Sounds like fun!"