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by sudomal 13y ago
One thing eBay seems to be doing better at than Amazon, is having well known retailers using them as an outlet. I also find it amazing how PayPal has morphed from a payment option that people may have used on suspect e-commerce websites, to
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by sudomal 13y ago
Bear in mind that Microsoft isn't exactly a well regarded player with the tech crowd. Many of us grew up watching our favourite technologies being assimilated and/or wiped out by them, so there is always going to be suspicion and
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by sudomal 13y ago
There has been similar changes in their European operations some months back. Many items are no longer covered by complementary postage. Deliveries also seem to take longer to 'ship' (that might be my imagination though). I think
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by sudomal 13y ago
I am willing to bet that tests give an advantage to applicants with no commercial experience, as well as those that have no life outside of technology. If that's what you want in employees then sure, it's a good way to find them,
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by sudomal 13y ago
Critics don't write reviews to be used for promotion. More experienced reviewers try to construct their articles in such a way that they are difficult to quote.
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by sudomal 13y ago
To me cinemas / movie theaters are about the film. I never eat or drink while I'm there... maybe I missed the memo.
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by sudomal 13y ago
Or just skip the subservient/traditional stuff and use their real name.
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by sudomal 13y ago
The less focused the effort, the more diluted the message.
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by sudomal 13y ago
Movies are probably the most easily justifiable for DRM. They aren't the sorts of 'products' that people watch over and over again (unless they get a cult following). A single viewing of a movie reduces the value to a point w
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by sudomal 13y ago
It would be nice when a company is shuttered or acquired for it to briefly state what it did in the announcement. I saw one business last night that had been acquired by Google with no mention of its purpose.
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by sudomal 13y ago
That's just the standard disclaimer anyone would use if they allow user submitted content. If you change your service in the future, then you need to protect yourself from litigious users.
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by sudomal 13y ago
Developing an in-house browser engine is rather expensive. It's a moving target with constant pressure to better rivals. There's a need to patch an infinite number of websites, which don't care that you exist. I can understan
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by sudomal 13y ago
Better to let the reader make up their own opinion rather than to push your own. 'Slave' is a loaded term, it's like calling someone a 'terrorist' or a 'murderer'.
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by sudomal 13y ago
Aiming towards the higher end makes you vulnerable when recessions hit. You also have to compete with carriers that are run by government related entities, who operate for the prestige rather than the profits.
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by sudomal 13y ago
It's for this reason that I wonder why we are even seeing a news item about it. Retailers like Tesco, Argos, Asda and so on, buy hardware from OEMs all the time and put their brand names on them. I wonder why this one is special?
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by sudomal 13y ago
It's known as soft power. Another example is the BBC World Service, which is currently funded by the British government. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_power
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by sudomal 13y ago
That's more about understanding big business politics than it is about social intelligence.
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by sudomal 13y ago
If 1.1 million users are so desperate to sign up without you actually launching, then there's potentially a heck of a lot more waiting for a proper launch. Their business will be used to dealing with one user = one phone, so the growth
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by sudomal 13y ago
The movie industry is different because their products only last a couple of hours and repeat viewing is minimal. Cinemas need exclusivity in order to justify the premium. Then you get a quick home video version. Then a rental. Perhaps a co
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by sudomal 13y ago
It's one of those situations where people will look back and wonder why this resource was wasted, when we knew it was finite. They won't have a concept of commercial value and will find it difficult to understand that justificatio
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by sudomal 13y ago
It's worth noting that modern offices often have the ability to place walls wherever their clients need them to be. That said, they are no better than cubicles because they have virtually no sound isolation.
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by sudomal 13y ago
Blackberry is still dominant in certain niches. The combination of the: low cost, physical keyboard and messaging makes it popular for youths to communicate unnoticed. It's also well suited for enterprise.
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by sudomal 13y ago
That's awfully negative. Lying to the store employees isn't important. The packaging would have gone to landfill anyway. The wife presumably benefited from the flights. Ruining pudding for kids hopefully means they ate less junk f
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by sudomal 13y ago
It sounds like they aren't able to offer discounts. I did the same with my provider after a few years. They halved the price.
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by sudomal 13y ago
Grab some confidential client documents that a not-so-clever employee dropped in their shared folder? Your example is at one end of the scale, my example is at the other end and there's lots between.
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by sudomal 13y ago
People secure their Wi-Fi for more than just their connection. There is likely to be file servers, media centres, printers, scanners, radios, TVs, tablets, phones, computers with shared folders, security cameras etc all connected to the loc
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by sudomal 13y ago
It's more of a sign that the user is au fait with computers. The sort of person with a 4096-key probably looks at the advanced settings to find the option, or carefully reads the manual.
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by sudomal 13y ago
If you use their website, especially if you build something on it, then you need to live by their rules.
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by sudomal 13y ago
Sarcastic or not, it's an important point. You are giving up a significant attribute of your identity to the protection of a US technology company. Whether that bothers you (or not) depends on how much you value your privacy.
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by sudomal 13y ago
One of the main advantages of phpMyAdmin is the ability to work on the database without the need of a command line. Not all website maintainers have access to that level of control.

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