A very valid point. I hear folks say stuff like this all the time, and I use the same argument for work-related use of windows. Different stuff, same concepts, but in a nutshell...
If I'm using time I could be getting paid, it's probably a waste.
If I'm billing a customer for time to assemble or build something I could purchase, it's probably a waste.
If I'm using time I could be spending with my family, it's probably a waste. Unless it's filling a "hobby" role as well.
This is all pretty well described as "opportunity cost" (See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunity_cost) and it should be something you think about when your gonna build something. You could always be doing something else:)
Who is going to verify the accuracy of the 2nd machine. Clearly, we need a 3rd machine to check that the second did, in fact, tally those votes to the right folks...
This is exactly why the big IBM intel servers (x445, x460, x4950) are NUMA based. With lots of CPUs, it just scales better. (that sounds like it should be somebodys slogan...)
I'd further like to point out that the number is 888-921-5732. Thats a toll free number for US callers. That means, it costs them money, not you. Thats right, everytime you dial 888-921-5732 and listen to that voice message, it costs the owners of 888-921-5732 some amount of money. Again, that number is 888-921-5732. Or something.
Follow the instructions exactly. Call ONLY the Legal Department of the ESPC at 214. 350.1892.
Sounds great. Thats a Dallas area code. In fact, google lists it as belonging to one Francisco X Rangel, of Dallax, TX.
Next stop, Dallas... someone wanna confirm THAT number?
Dialing... (after hours, clearly)
1 2 3 4 rings
You have reached the legal dept for the ESPC. Our office hours are Monday - thurs 9:30am through 4pm Central standard time.
Please leave your name, number that you can be reached at between those hours, thank you.
Why Central, if it's in PA?
Monroeville is near Pittsburgh... it's a pity it's a PO box because I am there about once a month. Anyone got a better addy?:)
Except IE is not pushed as a bare-bones minimal web browser for everyday users. Or at least, it hasn't been. Lest we forget all those "designed for IE" logos over the years.
It tells him that the laptop MIGHT be ready, or might be loading another 20 minutes worth of tray icon startup garbage. At least the teapot is pretty accurate when it's "startup sound" blares out, and you can disable it, just stick something in the little hole:P
Excellent idea.
Theres 3 pieces to this puzzle, and at present the most important is making fraud easier to report. I think another hit it on the head when they noted that ebay is aiming their efforts at servicing the sellers, not the buyers. While it is a unique circumstance, since ebay isn't making the marketing effort for the seller, it's really the same old thing... the buyers are the customers. A large retailer has to keep their customers happy, yeah, but this generally ends at paying them ontime and actually selling their products (and thus buying more, keeping the chain healthy).
Ebay, of course, has no liability for unsold products. They lose no initial investment, unlike a retailer that might have bought 1,000 widgets, only to find they are defective and constantly returned.
What they do lose is return customers who will come back, buy again, and keep things going.
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Serial over lan. Much better than thousands of serial cables :)
A very valid point. I hear folks say stuff like this all the time, and I use the same argument for work-related use of windows. Different stuff, same concepts, but in a nutshell... If I'm using time I could be getting paid, it's probably a waste. If I'm billing a customer for time to assemble or build something I could purchase, it's probably a waste. If I'm using time I could be spending with my family, it's probably a waste. Unless it's filling a "hobby" role as well. This is all pretty well described as "opportunity cost" (See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunity_cost) and it should be something you think about when your gonna build something. You could always be doing something else :)
Who is going to verify the accuracy of the 2nd machine. Clearly, we need a 3rd machine to check that the second did, in fact, tally those votes to the right folks...
This is exactly why the big IBM intel servers (x445, x460, x4950) are NUMA based. With lots of CPUs, it just scales better. (that sounds like it should be somebodys slogan...)
I'd further like to point out that the number is 888-921-5732. Thats a toll free number for US callers. That means, it costs them money, not you. Thats right, everytime you dial 888-921-5732 and listen to that voice message, it costs the owners of 888-921-5732 some amount of money. Again, that number is 888-921-5732. Or something.
Next stop, Dallas... someone wanna confirm THAT number?
Dialing... (after hours, clearly) 1 2 3 4 rings You have reached the legal dept for the ESPC. Our office hours are Monday - thurs 9:30am through 4pm Central standard time. Please leave your name, number that you can be reached at between those hours, thank you. Why Central, if it's in PA? Monroeville is near Pittsburgh... it's a pity it's a PO box because I am there about once a month. Anyone got a better addy? :)
Except IE is not pushed as a bare-bones minimal web browser for everyday users. Or at least, it hasn't been. Lest we forget all those "designed for IE" logos over the years.
It tells him that the laptop MIGHT be ready, or might be loading another 20 minutes worth of tray icon startup garbage. At least the teapot is pretty accurate when it's "startup sound" blares out, and you can disable it, just stick something in the little hole :P
Saves time during "the big game"
Excellent idea. Theres 3 pieces to this puzzle, and at present the most important is making fraud easier to report. I think another hit it on the head when they noted that ebay is aiming their efforts at servicing the sellers, not the buyers. While it is a unique circumstance, since ebay isn't making the marketing effort for the seller, it's really the same old thing... the buyers are the customers. A large retailer has to keep their customers happy, yeah, but this generally ends at paying them ontime and actually selling their products (and thus buying more, keeping the chain healthy). Ebay, of course, has no liability for unsold products. They lose no initial investment, unlike a retailer that might have bought 1,000 widgets, only to find they are defective and constantly returned. What they do lose is return customers who will come back, buy again, and keep things going.