Undoubtedly it was in response to Google's bidding to make an "open spectrum".
As a person who has explored making a device for use on Ver*izon's network (job related), I tell you that there is a substantial certification fee for such devices; 2 years ago anyway I was told it was roughly a couple of hundred thousand dollars for a design. I wonder whether they are changing that too...
I concur. I am an embedded software engineer by trade and my first job as a teen was with a large grocery chain where I worked as a cashier for 2-3 years. And yet, *most* of the times I've tried the self-checkouts, a human being had to be called in to "debug" an unexpected situation or the overall poor self-checkout design (price doesn't match shelf's pricing, it won't allow one to buy a gift card, multiple scale mechansim is hopelessly lost). The overall design of these things and their interfaces are terrible...
And, to top it off, I am insulted that they are making me do their work (as well as the fast food places that hand you an empty cup)! I now go out of my way to avoid stores that have such alleged "cost-saving" mechanisms.
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So how do we get this Andrew Jackson guy back in office?
Undoubtedly it was in response to Google's bidding to make an "open spectrum".
As a person who has explored making a device for use on Ver*izon's network (job related), I tell you that there is a substantial certification fee for such devices; 2 years ago anyway I was told it was roughly a couple of hundred thousand dollars for a design. I wonder whether they are changing that too...
"...and I have literally done jobs for $0 just to hang out at places and work with cool people."
Hey, come on over! I'm pretty cool...
You can start with fixing the porch.
You apparently don't know many elderly or other fixed-income folks...
So why aren't the casinos' floors littered with coins? Who ever picks them up?
Besides, it's not identity *theft*. It's copyright infringement... :)
I don't know why so many when there's only a world market for maybe five computers...
Anyone remember this unfortunate happenstance?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayds
I concur. I am an embedded software engineer by trade and my first job as a teen was with a large grocery chain where I worked as a cashier for 2-3 years. And yet, *most* of the times I've tried the self-checkouts, a human being had to be called in to "debug" an unexpected situation or the overall poor self-checkout design (price doesn't match shelf's pricing, it won't allow one to buy a gift card, multiple scale mechansim is hopelessly lost). The overall design of these things and their interfaces are terrible...
And, to top it off, I am insulted that they are making me do their work (as well as the fast food places that hand you an empty cup)! I now go out of my way to avoid stores that have such alleged "cost-saving" mechanisms.
Robin Hood was still a thief.
I've never been a video game fan,
This person has apparently stumbled onto Slashdot by mistake.