Comments for My Hidden Room http://gabrielcain.com/blog Musings on Technology, Society, and Photography Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:34:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Pro Tip: For recruiters… by robbat2 http://gabrielcain.com/blog/2011/09/21/pro-tip-for-recruiters/comment-page-1/#comment-8230 robbat2 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:34:40 +0000 http://gabrielcain.com/blog/?p=187#comment-8230 As an extension, when you reach out to a company for a quote on something, and explicitly state email only in the text area, and they then proceed to phone you without thinking about what hour it might be, that's a way to lose my business. As an extension, when you reach out to a company for a quote on something, and explicitly state email only in the text area, and they then proceed to phone you without thinking about what hour it might be, that’s a way to lose my business.

]]> Comment on MySQL, Alter Table, and How to Observe Progress by Anonymous http://gabrielcain.com/blog/2009/08/05/mysql-alter-table-and-how-to-observe-progress/comment-page-1/#comment-7556 Anonymous Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:15:51 +0000 http://gabrielcain.com/blog/?p=49#comment-7556 Very useful script indeed, thank you. One note, in MySQL 5.5 the command is now show engine innodb status. Very useful script indeed, thank you. One note, in MySQL 5.5 the command is now show engine innodb status.

]]> Comment on Burning Man Tickets – How to reclaim your queue position by Ed http://gabrielcain.com/blog/2011/01/19/burning-man-tickets-how-to-reclaim-your-queue-position/comment-page-1/#comment-2148 Ed Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:11:27 +0000 http://gabrielcain.com/blog/?p=168#comment-2148 Thank you so much!!!! I got screwed out of my pretty good position this morning, but at least I got in to get the $240 tier. Thank you so much!!!! I got screwed out of my pretty good position this morning, but at least I got in to get the $240 tier.

]]> Comment on Burning Man Tickets – How to reclaim your queue position by Claire http://gabrielcain.com/blog/2011/01/19/burning-man-tickets-how-to-reclaim-your-queue-position/comment-page-1/#comment-2147 Claire Wed, 19 Jan 2011 23:53:08 +0000 http://gabrielcain.com/blog/?p=168#comment-2147 Ah, thanks! Helped a bit. I still lost my Tier 1 spot it seems, but I'm farther along. Ah, thanks! Helped a bit. I still lost my Tier 1 spot it seems, but I’m farther along.

]]> Comment on MySQL, Alter Table, and How to Observe Progress by Gary » MySQL, Alter Table, and How to Observe Progress http://gabrielcain.com/blog/2009/08/05/mysql-alter-table-and-how-to-observe-progress/comment-page-1/#comment-311 Gary » MySQL, Alter Table, and How to Observe Progress Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:50:10 +0000 http://gabrielcain.com/blog/?p=49#comment-311 [...] MySQL, Alter Table, and How to Observe Progress [...] [...] MySQL, Alter Table, and How to Observe Progress [...]

]]> Comment on How (not) to Influence Technologists by Sheeri K. Cabral http://gabrielcain.com/blog/2010/03/09/how-not-to-influence-technologists/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Sheeri K. Cabral Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:52:45 +0000 http://gabrielcain.com/blog/?p=98#comment-66 Oh, I *hate* automatically being signed up for things. Every time I buy something online I get a message within a week from that company about their next sale. Just because I bought something from you ONCE doesn't mean I want to know about EVERY LITTLE THING you sell! However, usually I just unsub quietly when I see the link....and I do *look* for it...and if it's not there I send a nastygram including a link to: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/business/ecommerce/bus61.shtm Oh, I *hate* automatically being signed up for things. Every time I buy something online I get a message within a week from that company about their next sale. Just because I bought something from you ONCE doesn’t mean I want to know about EVERY LITTLE THING you sell!

However, usually I just unsub quietly when I see the link….and I do *look* for it…and if it’s not there I send a nastygram including a link to: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/business/ecommerce/bus61.shtm

]]> Comment on Digital Rights, New Media, and Copyright Infringement by robbie http://gabrielcain.com/blog/2008/11/19/digital-rights-new-media-and-copyright-infringement/comment-page-1/#comment-46 robbie Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:26:44 +0000 http://gabrielcain.com/blog/?p=39#comment-46 There's some very specific language and damages for infringement of registered images. If it's not already registered, no problem, just register everything now. Bad, bad NowPublic. You're going to get some compensation for this, one way or another. ASMP has a great guideline about exactly this. There’s some very specific language and damages for infringement of registered images. If it’s not already registered, no problem, just register everything now. Bad, bad NowPublic. You’re going to get some compensation for this, one way or another. ASMP has a great guideline about exactly this.

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