made the switch almost a month ago (using Wubi just in case I needed to get back into my pre-existing Windows partition), and haven't really looked back since... problems have been minimal, and the user community is generally helpful to the large number of newbies coming over, so long as you don't take a pissy-whiny approach to getting support
ummm, s'cuse me, it's not the fact that GOOGLE is taking so long -- it's the fact that the transit systems are taking so long to get their route and SCHEDULE (the kicker in most cases) data into Google, for a variety of reasons, some technological, some political, and some just plain asinine (I say this as the web site manager for a large Midwestern transit system that is not yet on Google Transit, but hopefully soon will be)... transit routing has the factors of time of travel and fixed choice of routes needed to be added into the algorithm, which is why it's orders more complex than point-to-point street following -- factor in the walking time/distance to/from a transit stop, route branching, and/or park-n-ride/other multimodal capability, and it's enough to make a programmer's head assplode
I'm just surprised as all get-out that it took somebody this long to quote that line; the first thing I thought when I heard the suggestion that "many other rights may not exist" was, "hello, 'we hold these truths to be self-evident' ring a bell with anyone?".
PenguinX, I think your statement was spot-on (and I'm a goddess-fearing Wiccan, so the whole Christianity aspect didn't even enter into it)...
Far be it from me to be a VZW fanboy, but there a couple of quick solutions that spring to mind to get around the supposed Verizon "lock-in":
Get a Windows Mobile Smartphone/PPC (can you say Activesync? I knew you could).
As mentioned numerous other times, if your phone is supported, download BitPim. I used it, with nary a hitch, for a couple of years before changing over to a Motorola Q.
I beg to differ... the last thing a pyramid/Ponzi schemist would want you to discover is what's behind the curtain... for you would then see the lack of value in the product/service you're ostensibly being pushed to promote or consume, and the house of cards would come tumbling down.
In some sense, nearly every form of viral marketing is a pyramid scheme itself, the difference being that the products and services promoted successfully through such a method usually have a value or utility associated with them. In a pyramid scheme, the only "value" rests in extending the pyramid.
Seriously, this could bode well for the whole idea of integrating the physical interface with the virtual system, as it's a very adaptable, less constrained design. Sorting objects (files) by physically moving them, zooming in by tapping on an object, sculpting/3D design by actually manipulating a physical object... and I haven't even touched on (no pun intended) the potential porn aspects... the mind boggles...
First of all, 20mpg is the EPA highway estimate for the two-wheel drive model, while the all-wheel drive comes in at 19.
Second, the city estimate for either model is only 13mpg, so assuming a 50/50 mixed driving style, the true mileage figure is approximately 16-17mpg.
Finally, as has been pointed out by other posters, you are assuming the Escalade is full (highly unlikely), and neglecting the added cargo capacity of the 747.
I'm not defending Boeing, but if you're going to make an argument, or disparage someone else's statements, please make sure you have your facts straight.
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I was going to offer a genuine response to this, really I was, and I was going to rip this poor twit a goatse-sized butthole, but then I realized... troll (or else PUI [posting under the influence])
jackass...
is the standard Windows marquee, with the words "Define 'interesting'?" "Oh god, oh god, we're all gonna die?" scrolling across it. Universal can kiss my ass...
Funny, I had a similar sort of scenario when I was applying for my current job as webmaster (technically a business analyst, but responsible for guidance and development of all things web-related, including internet, intranet, e-mail newsletters, etc...) for a fair-sized public transit agency. I was asked, as one of my interview tasks, to design a web site for the IS Department, and was given sixty minutes in front of a machine loaded with Dreamweaver to do so.
At the end of sixty minutes, I had nothing on the screen, just some basic storyboard sketches in paper and pencil, and I explained to the interviewers that something like this, to be done right, would require a lot more time and discussion. I thought I bombed the interview, but they wound up hiring me anyway (at a couple grand more than the entry level for the position, so I'm guessing they really wanted me).
I've since proven my worth, and discovered that I have more of a technical clue, and better business analyst skills, than the majority of folks here. I'm undoing year upon year of doing things the wrong way, but I figure it this way -- it's job security:-). What I'm trying to say is, maybe they weren't looking to see if you'd tell them to fuck off, but rather to think beyond what they're asking for and give them what they need - even if what they need is better understanding of what they're asking for. Had you said that, you might have been surprised at their response.
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are just competing in the search for Ringux, the one distro to rule them all...
http://wubi-installer.org/
made the switch almost a month ago (using Wubi just in case I needed to get back into my pre-existing Windows partition), and haven't really looked back since... problems have been minimal, and the user community is generally helpful to the large number of newbies coming over, so long as you don't take a pissy-whiny approach to getting support
Dear Mssrs. Gates, Ballmer, et al:
Fuck you, I run Ubuntu.
Sincerely,
The Real American Public
as has already been mentioned, Google Transit
if your friendly neighborhood transit geek needs a pointer on how to export their system's data for Google's use, the feed spec is here
ummm, s'cuse me, it's not the fact that GOOGLE is taking so long -- it's the fact that the transit systems are taking so long to get their route and SCHEDULE (the kicker in most cases) data into Google, for a variety of reasons, some technological, some political, and some just plain asinine (I say this as the web site manager for a large Midwestern transit system that is not yet on Google Transit, but hopefully soon will be)... transit routing has the factors of time of travel and fixed choice of routes needed to be added into the algorithm, which is why it's orders more complex than point-to-point street following -- factor in the walking time/distance to/from a transit stop, route branching, and/or park-n-ride/other multimodal capability, and it's enough to make a programmer's head assplode
too many Denzel Washington movies. Can we please stop having technology RFP's generated by Hollywood scriptwriters?
The plain fact is, most telecom carrier senior management couldn't find their "orifice" with both hands & a flashlight...
Rhymes? I do not think that word means what you think it means...
I'm just surprised as all get-out that it took somebody this long to quote that line; the first thing I thought when I heard the suggestion that "many other rights may not exist" was, "hello, 'we hold these truths to be self-evident' ring a bell with anyone?". PenguinX, I think your statement was spot-on (and I'm a goddess-fearing Wiccan, so the whole Christianity aspect didn't even enter into it)...
Far be it from me to be a VZW fanboy, but there a couple of quick solutions that spring to mind to get around the supposed Verizon "lock-in":
I beg to differ... the last thing a pyramid/Ponzi schemist would want you to discover is what's behind the curtain... for you would then see the lack of value in the product/service you're ostensibly being pushed to promote or consume, and the house of cards would come tumbling down.
In some sense, nearly every form of viral marketing is a pyramid scheme itself, the difference being that the products and services promoted successfully through such a method usually have a value or utility associated with them. In a pyramid scheme, the only "value" rests in extending the pyramid.
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my Minority Report-style desktop UI?
Seriously, this could bode well for the whole idea of integrating the physical interface with the virtual system, as it's a very adaptable, less constrained design. Sorting objects (files) by physically moving them, zooming in by tapping on an object, sculpting/3D design by actually manipulating a physical object... and I haven't even touched on (no pun intended) the potential porn aspects... the mind boggles...
Your Escalade assumptions are fatally flawed:
First of all, 20mpg is the EPA highway estimate for the two-wheel drive model, while the all-wheel drive comes in at 19.
Second, the city estimate for either model is only 13mpg, so assuming a 50/50 mixed driving style, the true mileage figure is approximately 16-17mpg.
Finally, as has been pointed out by other posters, you are assuming the Escalade is full (highly unlikely), and neglecting the added cargo capacity of the 747.
I'm not defending Boeing, but if you're going to make an argument, or disparage someone else's statements, please make sure you have your facts straight.
I was going to offer a genuine response to this, really I was, and I was going to rip this poor twit a goatse-sized butthole, but then I realized... troll (or else PUI [posting under the influence]) jackass...
is the standard Windows marquee, with the words "Define 'interesting'?" "Oh god, oh god, we're all gonna die?" scrolling across it. Universal can kiss my ass...
I think I need a splint for my fractured brain... or else I need to spring this on some other people, and expand the mental carnage...
Funny, I had a similar sort of scenario when I was applying for my current job as webmaster (technically a business analyst, but responsible for guidance and development of all things web-related, including internet, intranet, e-mail newsletters, etc...) for a fair-sized public transit agency. I was asked, as one of my interview tasks, to design a web site for the IS Department, and was given sixty minutes in front of a machine loaded with Dreamweaver to do so.
:-). What I'm trying to say is, maybe they weren't looking to see if you'd tell them to fuck off, but rather to think beyond what they're asking for and give them what they need - even if what they need is better understanding of what they're asking for. Had you said that, you might have been surprised at their response.
At the end of sixty minutes, I had nothing on the screen, just some basic storyboard sketches in paper and pencil, and I explained to the interviewers that something like this, to be done right, would require a lot more time and discussion. I thought I bombed the interview, but they wound up hiring me anyway (at a couple grand more than the entry level for the position, so I'm guessing they really wanted me).
I've since proven my worth, and discovered that I have more of a technical clue, and better business analyst skills, than the majority of folks here. I'm undoing year upon year of doing things the wrong way, but I figure it this way -- it's job security