Seeing as how the name of the agency is in English (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) I'd think they pronounce it as close to the way we would as they can. That'd be something like Jahk-shuh, as we'd say jacks-uh.
Actually, if they didn't, someone else probably would come along and try. And if the other company DID manage to get a patent, Amazon would have a lawsuit on their hands.
They can't just say that's what they are doing, though, or the patent wouldn't be granted.
'Not publicly disclosed' here means the exact details were not given. And I'll give you that they went through some trouble to make sure people couldn't hack his presentation and get the info they need.
But they WERE given a huge helping hand here... They now know that a vulnerability exists, that it's possible on 3 different platforms, and that that it deals with wireless drivers in 'connect to anything' mode. Wow. If I had just a bit more ambition and a tad more skill, I'd be looking for that myself to have some fun with it. Anyone more skilled (and inclined) than me is already working on it. Expect to see results within a week from some blowhard that can't keep his mouth shut.
I enjoyed the beginning of th game. It was interesting, it had a story, it had talking animals... But after a while, there were fewer talking animals, the story got down to heroine-against-the-evil-corporation cliche crap, and it had pretty standard gameplay.
Trying to take pics of all the diff bugs/animals was amusing, but I doubt people cared.
And so I stopped playing about halfway through. I read the plot outline later and it didn't get any better. It apparently even had the standard evil corp moon base or something. -yawn-
So in the end, it wasn't competition that killed it, but general lack of excellence and innovation.
You know what scares me the most? The number of people posting that think (or act like) Colbert is a serious journalist. He's a comedian! He doesn't care about 'making a point'. He just wants a laugh!
1) Create Linux Distribution 2) Gather Community 3) Create Server Version 4) Slashvertise with 'Other Distros Will Die' Prophecy 5)... 6) Profit!
Writers call it a self-fulfilling prophecy. For those unaware of the term, it means that if the prophecy had not been spoken, it wouldn't have happened. But the very act of speaking the prophecy sets into motion a chain of events that will eventually cause the prophecy to come true.
I was planning to switch my (messed up) Slackware server to Ubuntu server a while back, but I got lazy. This made me remember that, and got me a little hyped on it again. Until I realized that it was simply a slashvertisement. (Yes, for a free product. Slashdot has sunk low this time.) My fever has abated, but I will still probably work on that tonight.
I noticed ubuntu.com/server wasn't coming up... I'm guessing their own server didn't survive.
I don't think this is obvious at all. In the last 5 years, I believe I have shipped maybe 2 things from online retailers to myself with USPS. Everything else (and I'm talking dozens of packages) went Fedex or UPS. How many sites even -offer- USPS as a shipping option?
The only 'obvious' thing that would show an increase would be Netflix/Gamefly/etc. There's a LOT of shipping going on there.
The fact that there are freaks and fanatics doesn't change the fact that the cards are -useable- for enjoyment, other than bragging rights and dollar value.
Yes, because we all know the art deparment is SO instrumental in keeping a computer 'free of all security holes, instabilities, and bugs'.
Why do people think that a cmpany -must concentrate all their focus on 1 thing at a time? All successful companies are balanced and work on many things at once.
Why? That kid won his frivolous lawsuit and already has all the money/fame he deserves. Before he won it, there was still the chance he's see sense and drop it and I was for giving him a role in an official Star Wars movie. Now, forget it. He lost his chance for something real, instead of just being a jerk.
Yeah, I get that he was humiliated in front of all of mankind. I also get that he used the school's very expensive equipment wrecklessly and without permission. Maybe the school should now sue him for that $60k he just won in his lawsuit.
And yet you completely managed not to answer his very valid question.
I'll rephrase it:
'But, does it run Linux?'
The obviously answer is: It doesn't exist yet, how could linux possibly have drivers for it yet? On the other hand, name some 'basic' hardware that Linux -doesn't- support. Some intrepid soul will eventually write a driver for it, it's just a matter of time. I don't know whether they left Linux out on purpose (knowing someone else would write an open source driver if they wasted their time on a closed source driver anyhow) or if they are just thoughtless and didn't think about it.
I suppose you think American Indians should play all those roles? Because that's the closest you get to an 'American' if you discount people that came from other countries in the last 300 years.
Why does it matter if he's Irish, or 1 generation from Irish, or 6?
American is what is it is because people of its people and there's no reason its people shouldn't play in the movies about it.
Make a recommendation to your future customers: Have ALL correspondence with support (tech/sales/etc) attach a note to their account that is visible to their customer when that customer logs onto their website. This should provide the time/date, CSR, and any other pertinent information about the call.
This seems like a nicety until you realize one of the biggest problems with tech support is that there's no way to reliably complain about service.
For instance: I called Earthlink on behalf of a client one day. I could connect and get online, but could not finish signing them up for email. I could browse the web and everything, so the username and password and connection was fine. He insisted I change the phone number. After a few minutes arguing that it was pointless, I did it. He insisted I change it again. I did it. He insisted I change it again. I did it. He... Yeah. I refused this time. He then insisted I install the newest software again (which I had downloaded moments before the call) and tried to get off the phone while I did it. I didn't let him. After all that failed and he could not help me, I asked to talk to his manager. He said he could not disturb him. I asked for a way to identify him. He said 'corporate policy' prevented him from providing it. After about 5 minutes of this, I started telling him that 'corporate policy' prevented me from answering his questions. He eventually hung up on me.
So I called customer service. They were of absolutely no help in regards to the tech support person I had -just talked to.- They couldn't even tell who I'd talked to.
We told the CSR that we were switching the client off Earthlink and would never again recommend it and hung up. And we did.
So in your future dealings, please, make sure such a simple thing is part of the plan. Your customers will love you for it and your customer satisfaction metric will be 1 huge step closer to reality.
This isn't so hard. The answer is simple: Support them when YOU have free time, not when they do.
The last time my mother's computer went fritzy, I forced her to just buy all new parts. She tried the "Dell has a computer for $x" approach and I said "Ooooh, good. I won't have to do tech support any more." She didn't buy a Dell. I eventually got her new parts, but I think I spent about 2 months doing it. She had to limp along with a slow-as-snails malfunctioning computer for that whole time.
The other method is a little tougher. Make THEM do everything, with you on the other side of a phone. Preferably while you're busy doing something else, even if it's just a video game. About the 10th "eh, what?" will bang it into their heads that maybe they should try harder to understand what's happening. And make them feel stupid when you've told them to do something more than twice. "Did you X?" is usually enough with my family. Sometimes a "Why not?" gets the point across. "Maybe you should do that before calling me" is the final try. This is typically used for 'Have you rebooted the computer?" and other pointlessly mundane things that they should understand as instinct. The first thing my mother says now is usually "I tried rebooting it."
The last method is to make sure that EVERY fix hits their pocket book. I haven't had to resort to this yet, but from experience when it HAS taken money to fix it, they are reluctant to even want a fix if they think it'll cost money. I don't mean charge your family a service charge... Mom didn't charge you for thousands of dinners she cooked. But make sure it requires a new part... graphics card, mouse... Something related to the issue, but generally as cheap as you can get it. (This IS a drastic measure.)
And if you can't get any of that to work, simply don't help them buy the next computer. Make them buy a Dell or some other piece of crap and deal with that tech support for the next 5 years. Things will change.
I've always felt the same way. It seems to me that people are complaining about 'specific' pieces that came with certain sets and complaining that there's no imagination room. Eh, I call BS on that. There were always plenty of uses for anything I found to be 'specific' as a kid. Even flower stems could be used for antennas and such. You just need to use imagination again, and forget what you've been told.
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Seeing as how the name of the agency is in English (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) I'd think they pronounce it as close to the way we would as they can. That'd be something like Jahk-shuh, as we'd say jacks-uh.
Actually, if they didn't, someone else probably would come along and try. And if the other company DID manage to get a patent, Amazon would have a lawsuit on their hands.
They can't just say that's what they are doing, though, or the patent wouldn't be granted.
It's a sad, sad system.
Wow, that is SO not what I thought the answer was!
Aladrin Cache for those who missed it:
"This Account Has Exceeded Its CPU Quota"
'Not publicly disclosed' here means the exact details were not given. And I'll give you that they went through some trouble to make sure people couldn't hack his presentation and get the info they need.
But they WERE given a huge helping hand here... They now know that a vulnerability exists, that it's possible on 3 different platforms, and that that it deals with wireless drivers in 'connect to anything' mode. Wow. If I had just a bit more ambition and a tad more skill, I'd be looking for that myself to have some fun with it. Anyone more skilled (and inclined) than me is already working on it. Expect to see results within a week from some blowhard that can't keep his mouth shut.
That does sound interesting, and was original, as far as I know.
Unfortunately, there just wasn't enough of that to keep me interested.
Even Halo interested me more, and I'm not really an FPS kind of guy.
Or maybe the game just didn't have what it takes?
I enjoyed the beginning of th game. It was interesting, it had a story, it had talking animals... But after a while, there were fewer talking animals, the story got down to heroine-against-the-evil-corporation cliche crap, and it had pretty standard gameplay.
Trying to take pics of all the diff bugs/animals was amusing, but I doubt people cared.
And so I stopped playing about halfway through. I read the plot outline later and it didn't get any better. It apparently even had the standard evil corp moon base or something. -yawn-
So in the end, it wasn't competition that killed it, but general lack of excellence and innovation.
You know the old saying... If you have to ask the price, you can't afford it.
http://techfee.washington.edu/proposals/2006-110
Yes, that says $24,000 just for the hardware. Software is another $4,000.
You know what scares me the most? The number of people posting that think (or act like) Colbert is a serious journalist. He's a comedian! He doesn't care about 'making a point'. He just wants a laugh!
I'm guessing you're trolling, because every other post so far has DDR in it.
But just in case: http://www.google.com/search?q=DDR
You know, I think that's exactly the same thing they said about DDR.
How about some proof? http://www.gamingsteve.com/archives/spore/index.ph p
It was reported long before that as well. I'm sure I heard that WAY before May.
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Don't hold your breath waiting for it, though.
1) Create Linux Distribution ...
2) Gather Community
3) Create Server Version
4) Slashvertise with 'Other Distros Will Die' Prophecy
5)
6) Profit!
Writers call it a self-fulfilling prophecy. For those unaware of the term, it means that if the prophecy had not been spoken, it wouldn't have happened. But the very act of speaking the prophecy sets into motion a chain of events that will eventually cause the prophecy to come true.
I was planning to switch my (messed up) Slackware server to Ubuntu server a while back, but I got lazy. This made me remember that, and got me a little hyped on it again. Until I realized that it was simply a slashvertisement. (Yes, for a free product. Slashdot has sunk low this time.) My fever has abated, but I will still probably work on that tonight.
I noticed ubuntu.com/server wasn't coming up... I'm guessing their own server didn't survive.
I don't think this is obvious at all. In the last 5 years, I believe I have shipped maybe 2 things from online retailers to myself with USPS. Everything else (and I'm talking dozens of packages) went Fedex or UPS. How many sites even -offer- USPS as a shipping option?
The only 'obvious' thing that would show an increase would be Netflix/Gamefly/etc. There's a LOT of shipping going on there.
The fact that there are freaks and fanatics doesn't change the fact that the cards are -useable- for enjoyment, other than bragging rights and dollar value.
Yes, because we all know the art deparment is SO instrumental in keeping a computer 'free of all security holes, instabilities, and bugs'.
Why do people think that a cmpany -must concentrate all their focus on 1 thing at a time? All successful companies are balanced and work on many things at once.
Why? That kid won his frivolous lawsuit and already has all the money/fame he deserves. Before he won it, there was still the chance he's see sense and drop it and I was for giving him a role in an official Star Wars movie. Now, forget it. He lost his chance for something real, instead of just being a jerk.
Yeah, I get that he was humiliated in front of all of mankind. I also get that he used the school's very expensive equipment wrecklessly and without permission. Maybe the school should now sue him for that $60k he just won in his lawsuit.
And yet you completely managed not to answer his very valid question.
I'll rephrase it:
'But, does it run Linux?'
The obviously answer is: It doesn't exist yet, how could linux possibly have drivers for it yet? On the other hand, name some 'basic' hardware that Linux -doesn't- support. Some intrepid soul will eventually write a driver for it, it's just a matter of time. I don't know whether they left Linux out on purpose (knowing someone else would write an open source driver if they wasted their time on a closed source driver anyhow) or if they are just thoughtless and didn't think about it.
Time will tell.
You don't have time to sit down for 20 minutes 1 time and fill out a checklist? Or you don't have the time to once a month put money on the card?
I suppose you think American Indians should play all those roles? Because that's the closest you get to an 'American' if you discount people that came from other countries in the last 300 years.
Why does it matter if he's Irish, or 1 generation from Irish, or 6?
American is what is it is because people of its people and there's no reason its people shouldn't play in the movies about it.
Disclaimer: I'm Irish/English/Scottish/German/Candian/American.
Hey, you're the guy I need to talk to then!
Make a recommendation to your future customers: Have ALL correspondence with support (tech/sales/etc) attach a note to their account that is visible to their customer when that customer logs onto their website. This should provide the time/date, CSR, and any other pertinent information about the call.
This seems like a nicety until you realize one of the biggest problems with tech support is that there's no way to reliably complain about service.
For instance: I called Earthlink on behalf of a client one day. I could connect and get online, but could not finish signing them up for email. I could browse the web and everything, so the username and password and connection was fine. He insisted I change the phone number. After a few minutes arguing that it was pointless, I did it. He insisted I change it again. I did it. He insisted I change it again. I did it. He... Yeah. I refused this time. He then insisted I install the newest software again (which I had downloaded moments before the call) and tried to get off the phone while I did it. I didn't let him. After all that failed and he could not help me, I asked to talk to his manager. He said he could not disturb him. I asked for a way to identify him. He said 'corporate policy' prevented him from providing it. After about 5 minutes of this, I started telling him that 'corporate policy' prevented me from answering his questions. He eventually hung up on me.
So I called customer service. They were of absolutely no help in regards to the tech support person I had -just talked to.- They couldn't even tell who I'd talked to.
We told the CSR that we were switching the client off Earthlink and would never again recommend it and hung up. And we did.
So in your future dealings, please, make sure such a simple thing is part of the plan. Your customers will love you for it and your customer satisfaction metric will be 1 huge step closer to reality.
This isn't so hard. The answer is simple: Support them when YOU have free time, not when they do.
The last time my mother's computer went fritzy, I forced her to just buy all new parts. She tried the "Dell has a computer for $x" approach and I said "Ooooh, good. I won't have to do tech support any more." She didn't buy a Dell. I eventually got her new parts, but I think I spent about 2 months doing it. She had to limp along with a slow-as-snails malfunctioning computer for that whole time.
The other method is a little tougher. Make THEM do everything, with you on the other side of a phone. Preferably while you're busy doing something else, even if it's just a video game. About the 10th "eh, what?" will bang it into their heads that maybe they should try harder to understand what's happening. And make them feel stupid when you've told them to do something more than twice. "Did you X?" is usually enough with my family. Sometimes a "Why not?" gets the point across. "Maybe you should do that before calling me" is the final try. This is typically used for 'Have you rebooted the computer?" and other pointlessly mundane things that they should understand as instinct. The first thing my mother says now is usually "I tried rebooting it."
The last method is to make sure that EVERY fix hits their pocket book. I haven't had to resort to this yet, but from experience when it HAS taken money to fix it, they are reluctant to even want a fix if they think it'll cost money. I don't mean charge your family a service charge... Mom didn't charge you for thousands of dinners she cooked. But make sure it requires a new part... graphics card, mouse... Something related to the issue, but generally as cheap as you can get it. (This IS a drastic measure.)
And if you can't get any of that to work, simply don't help them buy the next computer. Make them buy a Dell or some other piece of crap and deal with that tech support for the next 5 years. Things will change.
I've always felt the same way. It seems to me that people are complaining about 'specific' pieces that came with certain sets and complaining that there's no imagination room. Eh, I call BS on that. There were always plenty of uses for anything I found to be 'specific' as a kid. Even flower stems could be used for antennas and such. You just need to use imagination again, and forget what you've been told.
Hm, 'A Clockwork Orange,' anyone?
Nah, sorry. This was way back around '98, in the Orlando call center. I haven't worked a call center since then. He sounds like a keeper though ;) Hehe