I am amazed at the fierce loyalty to Tivo in spight of their crappy GUI and equipment. The fact that the same folks who are willing to use (and be abused by) AOL, etc are willing to stay, or to lazy to reasearch and switch to the superior DISH NETWORK, is the only reason Tivo are still afloat....for now.
Yeah, we have been DISH customers for years with not a single problem. We have tried others including TIVO, but their lame user interface (crappy menu system) and additional fees should make the choice clear to all that choose to actually try-and-compare the systems.
Bill Voit
Or you could be a nice guy and create a web site for them as we did for our pathetic, scum bag contractor.
www.jeffellisconstruction.com...then you ignore them.;)
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Yes. He was able to encapsule the majority of China born/based ITs.
It is unfortunate that it is acceptable in their societal views to "borrow" others hard work and product without compensation.
Is everyone in China akin to these views? No.
Do the majority of IT people in China think this way and beleive it is ok and acceptable? Yes.
Once Communism is gone, only then will the people be allowed to have input as to what their country can and can not accept.
such as their failed missions. They have had failers, but do to their wise (read discreat) what until it hatches approach, the worlds knowledge of such was kept to a minimum.
I seem to remember at least one flight during the space race of the 60s where the astronauts blood boiled (DOA) do to failure of heat shielding.
They are not superior....just wiser.
I believe his intent was to suggest that having just two companies in control of 85% or more of anything is similar to a monopoly since the competitive edge is dulled when it is between a limited few. In this case just two.
Microsoft - At lunch one day we were discussing past jobs. One of our secretaries who is divorced, has kids, and just getting by mentioned that she only had one other job so she was greatful to have her job at the Lucia Mar Unified School District. She went on to say that it was a good thing she left the other job and moved to the central coast of California since the previous job didn't pay so well.
In fact, there was times when they had to pay her with a partial paycheck...and stock. Someone casually asked what was the company and if it was still around. When she said Microsoft you could have heard a pin drop in Argentina. The rest of us looked at each other and back at her, then I asked her if she still had those shares. She, unknowingly, said yeah, are they worth anything?
She quit the next day, cashed in half of her stock and is a multi-millionaire. Why do I mention this? Because it is wonderful to hear or in this case to know of someone getting filthy rich off of Microsoft...other than Bill!
I hope this wont get killed since we need some good news at/. every once in a while!
It is something I experience daily at my local stop lights. There are only two and they are NOT sinced. The reason, one is county and one is city. Both agencies want the other to spend the five minutes of man-power but more importantly "blinking first" and changing there light to the "standards" of the others.
To standardize batteries would require the agreement of hundreds if not thousands of these CEO children to play nice. It ain't gonna happen.
HOWEVER - If one only a few do agree to one design AND the public prefers and purchases those brands.models over the non-conformists then this will force their hand andonly then shall we see this happen.
COST - if this is allowed to come to fruition then the cost will no doubt be adjusted upward to make up for all of the missed out of current replacement sales.
Most likely this will be killed off do to the massive impact of lost revenue.
TGIF!
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I am amazed at the fierce loyalty to Tivo in spight of their crappy GUI and equipment. The fact that the same folks who are willing to use (and be abused by) AOL, etc are willing to stay, or to lazy to reasearch and switch to the superior DISH NETWORK, is the only reason Tivo are still afloat....for now. Yeah, we have been DISH customers for years with not a single problem. We have tried others including TIVO, but their lame user interface (crappy menu system) and additional fees should make the choice clear to all that choose to actually try-and-compare the systems. Bill Voit
Or you could be a nice guy and create a web site for them as we did for our pathetic, scum bag contractor. www.jeffellisconstruction.com ...then you ignore them. ;)
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It may look like a weather balloon now, but the next gen. is slated to resemble an absolutely huge woman ;)
Yes. He was able to encapsule the majority of China born/based ITs. It is unfortunate that it is acceptable in their societal views to "borrow" others hard work and product without compensation. Is everyone in China akin to these views? No. Do the majority of IT people in China think this way and beleive it is ok and acceptable? Yes. Once Communism is gone, only then will the people be allowed to have input as to what their country can and can not accept.
Yes it will. You can count on more patches, more often.
such as their failed missions. They have had failers, but do to their wise (read discreat) what until it hatches approach, the worlds knowledge of such was kept to a minimum. I seem to remember at least one flight during the space race of the 60s where the astronauts blood boiled (DOA) do to failure of heat shielding. They are not superior....just wiser.
I believe his intent was to suggest that having just two companies in control of 85% or more of anything is similar to a monopoly since the competitive edge is dulled when it is between a limited few. In this case just two. Microsoft - At lunch one day we were discussing past jobs. One of our secretaries who is divorced, has kids, and just getting by mentioned that she only had one other job so she was greatful to have her job at the Lucia Mar Unified School District. She went on to say that it was a good thing she left the other job and moved to the central coast of California since the previous job didn't pay so well. In fact, there was times when they had to pay her with a partial paycheck ...and stock. Someone casually asked what was the company and if it was still around. When she said Microsoft you could have heard a pin drop in Argentina. The rest of us looked at each other and back at her, then I asked her if she still had those shares. She, unknowingly, said yeah, are they worth anything?
She quit the next day, cashed in half of her stock and is a multi-millionaire. Why do I mention this? Because it is wonderful to hear or in this case to know of someone getting filthy rich off of Microsoft...other than Bill!
I hope this wont get killed since we need some good news at /. every once in a while!
It is something I experience daily at my local stop lights. There are only two and they are NOT sinced. The reason, one is county and one is city. Both agencies want the other to spend the five minutes of man-power but more importantly "blinking first" and changing there light to the "standards" of the others. To standardize batteries would require the agreement of hundreds if not thousands of these CEO children to play nice. It ain't gonna happen. HOWEVER - If one only a few do agree to one design AND the public prefers and purchases those brands.models over the non-conformists then this will force their hand andonly then shall we see this happen. COST - if this is allowed to come to fruition then the cost will no doubt be adjusted upward to make up for all of the missed out of current replacement sales. Most likely this will be killed off do to the massive impact of lost revenue. TGIF!
BillSoft will be releasing their own "version" of PDF. Yes, it is compatible with and can assimilate with PDF files. Borg on Bill!
Today Skype...tomorrow....BILL GATES!