Doesn't Mobil already do this with their Speedpass card?
The CC doesn't have to be broadcast from your card, it can be linked via your registration with the store when you got the VIP card in the first place...
The difference here is the cable TV aspect, however. If Comcast buys Disney, which includes ESPN, for example, you can bet that competitors to ESPN (i.e. Fox Sports) will get 2nd class treatment on their systems. If I recall correctly, isn't something like this the case in Philadelphia, where Comcast owns the Flyers, but if you have some other service, you can't get most of their games on TV?
If there's one useful thing I got out of taking a couple semesters of Classical Greek in college, it's a word I've found perfectly captures my beliefs in this area.
Agnokapathetic - I'll leave it as an exercise to figure out the meaning based on the Greek roots (the "ka-" is equivalent to "and"), but it's so much more accurate for me than Agnostic...
The biggest qualm I have with AA is the annoyance of the training missions. I just want to get my friends on the internet to play me... NOW.
Considering the price of the game (FREE!), I think that's a pretty minor annoyance. Besides, there is a payoff in finally passing that marksmanship exam so you can get that sniper rifle...
For many processes, the multipart form is preferred because at certain steps along the way, one sheet is ripped off while the rest proceed along. If you printed multiple copies on a laserjet instead, you'd have to collate and staple (or do something else) to keep the appropriate copies together - hardly an efficient alternative...
Cory is getting that free press mainly due to the novelty of releasing content for free online - if this became more common, that positive effect would likely get reduced (or perhaps disappear altogether) over time. I would suspect that in the long run, free online release will be an avenue for up-and-comers to get their material out there, but for established authors, we won't see much more than excerpts available for free.
That said, I enjoyed Down & Out, and will give this a try...
That's one point about Tivo that bugs me - it should already know what channels I receive, since it acts as my DirecTV receiver as well. It should also know when packages like HBO offer free preview weekends, and add those to the list for the appropriate time period.
Seriously, the sad truth is that the will isn't there - organizations have tried to focus greater efforts in this area for years, with only partial success. In my mind, the best thing we can do there is to lower the trade barriers that developing countries face in exporting their wares into the US and Europe. This will allow them to earn the income they need.
Check out the work of Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen, who has shown that famine has usually been caused more by a lack of income than any shortage in the food supply...
Au contraire - I'm sure a good deal of effort went into this. You have to check with various departments to examine the benefits & liabilities of making such a change, which isn't easy work. It may well have cost plenty, but it's probably well worth the effort as one poster already noted relating to OCR.
When it comes to getting a signal, DirecTV can also boast an advantage over DishNetwork. We've had DirecTV for several years, and tried switching to DishNetwork because of a great offer. The problem is that with their system your dish must pick up signals from two satellites that are roughly 10 degrees apart in the southern sky, as opposed to picking up the DirecTv signal from a single satellite. Due to the neighbors trees, we were never able to get a good DishNetwork signal and ended up going back to DirecTv...
And just remember that if you have a Tivo receiver, even in the rare instances where you lose signal, you should have plenty of stuff on the HD to tide you over.
The question I have is, if you do this, then pull up Google's cached version of the page, doesn't all the content come from Google? That would be a nice way to bypass corporate proxies...
Personally, I'm waiting to see how the contenders in the Presidential election plan to restore American supremacy in this critical area of the New Economy. Forget mere investment in additional servers, let's jump right to forced annexation of the some of these upstart two-bit "nations"...
This is good news for the small and medium-size businesses that might not otherwise spring for a more expensive, market-leading solution from a provider like Manhattan Associates. If a smaller biz can jump on the RFID-enabled supply chain bandwagon early in the game, it offers an opportunity to develop their relationship with the big boys like Walmart.
That said, it's definitely not an easy thing to implement and realize savings from. It requires a real white-board redesign of how your product flows from supplier all the way through to customer. I'm sure there will be many examples of companies falling on thier faces doing this, spending resources on capabilities that they never end up fully utilizing.
3. Watch the mascots - one of my favorite shots of the playoffs so far was when the camera followed the football as an extra point was kicked, and on the way back down, you saw this mascot banging his head on the goalpost in frustration and falling backward.
Gotta agree with your first two points, though. The battle at the line of scrimmage really determines the outcome of most games, and the way teams coordinate their offenses these days is amazing. It's easy to call a play and get a snap off playing Madden, but to do it live between coaches, the QB, and the guys on the field is another thing entirely. Just watch Peyton Manning go to work and you'll see technical ability to match any hardcore geek...
Because for the zillions of geeks here who couldn't care less about a "No Outsiders Allowed" club, it will be a pleasure watching their servers melt down under a good/.ing...
I suggest you go back and re-read my comment above. I made no value judgements about people's morals - I only stated the obvious fact that most consumers prefer low prices to the mom-and-pop store experience. Whether they should or should not do this is irrelevant...
What's scary is, the consumer doesn't care either. Maybe it's because we're trapped between one crap company and another, but no one does anything to protect themselves.
I wouldn't qualify that first statement there with the whole "crap company against another". You're flat-out right, the consumer, as a group, doesn't care as much about their experience with a store so much as price and selection.
Those who complain that Walmarts wipe out the local mom-and-pop stores are simply making the same statement. Just because a Walmart opens in your community doesn't mean you HAVE to shop there. It's your choice, and the choice of everyone in the community. They vote with their feet and their dollars, and Walmart wins by a landslide most of the time. There is genuine value in the fact that I can go there and get some groceries, household goods, and have the oil changed in my car all at the same time - all at very low prices.
The wholesalers won't foot the bill, it'll be passed down the food chain to the consumers.
By that logic, Walmart (which has pushed initiatives like this before) would be a high-cost, high-price retailer, instead of the highly efficient, low-cost one that has grown to dominate its industry.
Package-level RFID does have benefits to offer, and will certainly be commonplace 10 years from now. What Walmart is doing is to act as an early adopter. You'd think the Slashdot crowd would be more receptive to companies pushing the tech envelope...
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Any guesses on the percentage of /.er's who even know who Foster Brooks was, err... wazzhhhh?
I've found eBooks on a PocketPC very readable - perfect for bathroom breaks or cab rides...
Heck, you could make the argument that just sending this source code around should be considered "distributing a malicious virus"...
Doesn't Mobil already do this with their Speedpass card?
The CC doesn't have to be broadcast from your card, it can be linked via your registration with the store when you got the VIP card in the first place...
Don't worry - I'm a lifelong Red Wings fan, but travel to Philly on business occasionally, and heard about the situation there...
The difference here is the cable TV aspect, however. If Comcast buys Disney, which includes ESPN, for example, you can bet that competitors to ESPN (i.e. Fox Sports) will get 2nd class treatment on their systems. If I recall correctly, isn't something like this the case in Philadelphia, where Comcast owns the Flyers, but if you have some other service, you can't get most of their games on TV?
If there's one useful thing I got out of taking a couple semesters of Classical Greek in college, it's a word I've found perfectly captures my beliefs in this area.
Agnokapathetic - I'll leave it as an exercise to figure out the meaning based on the Greek roots (the "ka-" is equivalent to "and"), but it's so much more accurate for me than Agnostic...
The biggest qualm I have with AA is the annoyance of the training missions. I just want to get my friends on the internet to play me... NOW.
Considering the price of the game (FREE!), I think that's a pretty minor annoyance. Besides, there is a payoff in finally passing that marksmanship exam so you can get that sniper rifle...
Just keep asking, and a promotion is sure to follow. Then you can be the one at the head of the table, asking the same question...
For many processes, the multipart form is preferred because at certain steps along the way, one sheet is ripped off while the rest proceed along. If you printed multiple copies on a laserjet instead, you'd have to collate and staple (or do something else) to keep the appropriate copies together - hardly an efficient alternative...
Cory is getting that free press mainly due to the novelty of releasing content for free online - if this became more common, that positive effect would likely get reduced (or perhaps disappear altogether) over time. I would suspect that in the long run, free online release will be an avenue for up-and-comers to get their material out there, but for established authors, we won't see much more than excerpts available for free.
That said, I enjoyed Down & Out, and will give this a try...
That's one point about Tivo that bugs me - it should already know what channels I receive, since it acts as my DirecTV receiver as well. It should also know when packages like HBO offer free preview weekends, and add those to the list for the appropriate time period.
how about uniting to end hunger
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Wow, I didn't know Miss America posted on
Seriously, the sad truth is that the will isn't there - organizations have tried to focus greater efforts in this area for years, with only partial success. In my mind, the best thing we can do there is to lower the trade barriers that developing countries face in exporting their wares into the US and Europe. This will allow them to earn the income they need.
Check out the work of Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen, who has shown that famine has usually been caused more by a lack of income than any shortage in the food supply...
Au contraire - I'm sure a good deal of effort went into this. You have to check with various departments to examine the benefits & liabilities of making such a change, which isn't easy work. It may well have cost plenty, but it's probably well worth the effort as one poster already noted relating to OCR.
When it comes to getting a signal, DirecTV can also boast an advantage over DishNetwork. We've had DirecTV for several years, and tried switching to DishNetwork because of a great offer. The problem is that with their system your dish must pick up signals from two satellites that are roughly 10 degrees apart in the southern sky, as opposed to picking up the DirecTv signal from a single satellite. Due to the neighbors trees, we were never able to get a good DishNetwork signal and ended up going back to DirecTv...
And just remember that if you have a Tivo receiver, even in the rare instances where you lose signal, you should have plenty of stuff on the HD to tide you over.
The question I have is, if you do this, then pull up Google's cached version of the page, doesn't all the content come from Google? That would be a nice way to bypass corporate proxies...
Personally, I'm waiting to see how the contenders in the Presidential election plan to restore American supremacy in this critical area of the New Economy. Forget mere investment in additional servers, let's jump right to forced annexation of the some of these upstart two-bit "nations"...
This is good news for the small and medium-size businesses that might not otherwise spring for a more expensive, market-leading solution from a provider like Manhattan Associates. If a smaller biz can jump on the RFID-enabled supply chain bandwagon early in the game, it offers an opportunity to develop their relationship with the big boys like Walmart.
That said, it's definitely not an easy thing to implement and realize savings from. It requires a real white-board redesign of how your product flows from supplier all the way through to customer. I'm sure there will be many examples of companies falling on thier faces doing this, spending resources on capabilities that they never end up fully utilizing.
Forget that - I want free shipping if I contribute over $25...
Since when???
You forgot...
3. Watch the mascots - one of my favorite shots of the playoffs so far was when the camera followed the football as an extra point was kicked, and on the way back down, you saw this mascot banging his head on the goalpost in frustration and falling backward.
Gotta agree with your first two points, though. The battle at the line of scrimmage really determines the outcome of most games, and the way teams coordinate their offenses these days is amazing. It's easy to call a play and get a snap off playing Madden, but to do it live between coaches, the QB, and the guys on the field is another thing entirely. Just watch Peyton Manning go to work and you'll see technical ability to match any hardcore geek...
Why, exactly, is this on Slashdot?
/.ing...
Because for the zillions of geeks here who couldn't care less about a "No Outsiders Allowed" club, it will be a pleasure watching their servers melt down under a good
I suggest you go back and re-read my comment above. I made no value judgements about people's morals - I only stated the obvious fact that most consumers prefer low prices to the mom-and-pop store experience. Whether they should or should not do this is irrelevant...
What's scary is, the consumer doesn't care either. Maybe it's because we're trapped between one crap company and another, but no one does anything to protect themselves.
I wouldn't qualify that first statement there with the whole "crap company against another". You're flat-out right, the consumer, as a group, doesn't care as much about their experience with a store so much as price and selection.
Those who complain that Walmarts wipe out the local mom-and-pop stores are simply making the same statement. Just because a Walmart opens in your community doesn't mean you HAVE to shop there. It's your choice, and the choice of everyone in the community. They vote with their feet and their dollars, and Walmart wins by a landslide most of the time. There is genuine value in the fact that I can go there and get some groceries, household goods, and have the oil changed in my car all at the same time - all at very low prices.
The wholesalers won't foot the bill, it'll be passed down the food chain to the consumers.
By that logic, Walmart (which has pushed initiatives like this before) would be a high-cost, high-price retailer, instead of the highly efficient, low-cost one that has grown to dominate its industry.
Package-level RFID does have benefits to offer, and will certainly be commonplace 10 years from now. What Walmart is doing is to act as an early adopter. You'd think the Slashdot crowd would be more receptive to companies pushing the tech envelope...