I actually know a(n admittedly small) number of my local officers by name and face, and through decent, normal means. I've never been in any trouble that requires an officer to visit me in a negative light.
Granted, we've had the police come over a couple of times, but these were for deaths in the family (of which this appears to be a normal thing to do in my town -- if you call and report that someone has passed away, a police officer will swing by and visit, and I guess this goes in the record as official proof that a person is now deceased). Even then, these officers were professional, and compassionate. They were there for us for nearly an hour, while the funeral home sent their people to carry my people home. Hell, when I lost my mother, one of the officers (one I know by name, surprisingly, and long before my mother's passing) actually offered me a hug, which I gratefully accepted.
As for beat cops, I guess you could say we have them in some places. I used to work in a shopping plaza here. Instead of a rent-a-cop (security officer), we actually had a city police officer sitting in the plaza, and a cellphone that we can directly reach him on (our store kept the phone, and probably paid the monthly bill for it, too), should we, or any other shopkeep in the mall need to reach him. Everyone knew the officers that worked that plaza. They'd work a six hour shift there, then trade off with another officer, so we had twelve hours of coverage, five days a week.
Why hell yes, they do. In my brief six month stint in working as a phone agent for one of the Devils of the Internet, they rolled out their branded copy of McAfee. End Users, having been scared into clicking NO to anything asking if they trust something, would manage to block themselves off from their high speed connection except in Safe Mode, where most of the time, McAfee would sod off long enough to let them get online to get the McAfee Removal Tool (affectionately named MCPR2.exe).
One run of this util later, their connections suddenly worked again, and they stopped screaming that their "internets are down".
I've dropped a single stop code on Vista since I started using it. 0xED, Unmountable Boot Volume (Couldn't get yer hard drive up, eh, Windows?).
Restarted, got the click of death from the drive and couldn't even complete POST because of it. Pulled the drive, popped the spare in, and it was biz as usual. Assuming it was 100 MSP (Gotta tie it in with Xbox Live and Zune Marketplaces, of course, and make it so that even people who don't have credit cards can walk down to the local HickMart and buy a card with 1600 MSP on it for $20 USD (That'll be $1.25 per 100 MSP)) per Windows Stop Error, the 100 MSP I've been staring at for the last six months in my account would finally be used!
(On an aside, SOMEONE at Microsoft had a sense of humor. I mean, 0xED when it can't mount the booty partition?:))
Hell yeah. It means something when you're mining ice in Empire space, and three people warp in out of nowhere and pop your Mackinaw before you can warp out, even if you're smart enough to be pre-aligned for a gate or station warp. They don't care that CONCORD comes to pop them shortly thereafter -- they're probably using a cheap ship (Thrasher, fitted with several 270mm Artillery cannons, good for longer range pain, and a spread of ammunition types to eat shields, armor, and hull, for example) that if they lost it, they aren't out of nearly as much as you will be.
Since your highpoints are usually all occupied by MSM2s, you can generally rely on drones and other people for attack or defense. If the person or people you thought you could trust to protect you end up playing double-agent for someone else, then of course, you are soundly buggered out of an expensive ice vacuum with no recourse except to get even.
Same story with any Exhumer that takes forever to get into.
You get to foot the bill for the replacement ship and any equipment you bought to put on there, minus whatever insurance covers.... You did insure your ship, right?
(Barely doing the numbers while at work, a Thrasher will probably run you 1m ISK plus your fittings. Mackinaw will probably run you 90m ISK plus your fittings. Get 5 people who don't care about their security status, stuff them in Thrashers with whatever fittings it will take under their skills, and drop 'em down the Mack's throat. The harder you can make it for the mack to init warp, and the harder you can hit that mack before you get a faceful of CONCORDoken, the more likely you are to ruin someone's day. If you include a sixth, non-aggressive person outfitted with salvagers, you also recoup some of your costs by salvaging the smouldering wrecks of anything left behind.)
I'm no PvP fan, but even I can see the beauty and horror in meaningful PvP like this.
I say give 'em a month, tops, and then there will be a patch (or news of a coming patch) for Windows XP.
Now would be a terrible time for Microsoft to alienate all those big corps that have XP and force them into another OS, if they want to keep their customers. It'd be great for everyone else, as customers may start looking into things they would never have considered otherwise, such as various open source operating systems, and the necessary apps it would take to keep them going in their workflow, post-transition.
The way it looks is, some people (usually companies) will view this as a threat from Microsoft that reads: "Upgrade if you want protection." Some of them in this group will obediently upgrade to Fista or 7. Some of them will reluctantly upgrade to Vista or 7. Some of them will stay with XP and find other ways to secure themselves. Some of them will [cross their fingers and hope|pray] that Microsoft changes their mind and offers a patch. Some of them will be offended and migrate to another OS outside of Big Red Robotland. And of course, some of them will feel that litigation solves everything, and want to take MS to court for "refusing to patch an OS that is in such widespread use" (or) "intentionally posing a security risk".
Refusing a patch like this, in my humble opinion, isn't something you want to do until a few months after your new OS lands, at the bare minimum. That way, you've already got people migrating.
XP's patching lifecycle isn't up yet, from what I can see here, though: XP SP2 should be good until July of 2010, and SP3 should be good a bit longer than that, so I'm surprised no-one has really called 'em out on that.
Eh, if you don't mind the refurb bin (as long as it comes with a warranty), I know that Dell usually has their Latitude XT and XT2 tablets available on their Outlet for $1000 to $1400, depending on which one you snag.
It may be what you were looking for. (I'd highly suggest upgrading to the NBD warranty instead of the depot. Really. Can save you weeks of waiting.)
Yeah, Sprint rapes the dumbphones pretty horribly, to be honest.
I have a Samsung A900m here. Don't send it anything other than a contact via Bluetooth, because it will never receive the file, and the phone will usually become sluggish and eventually need to be powered off. You can put pics and music on via data cable, but to add a ringer, you either are stuck going through the Sprint Download Store, or writing your own GCDs to save ringers via mobile internet, or get a copy of QPST and your MSL to put them on via data cable (which is more trouble than it's worth).
Seeing this N900 makes me a little jealous. If I weren't pulling a nice fat (21%) discount on my service as is, I'd consider that device and a carrier switch.
I love you, Utah law-making people things. Have my babies. Please. A law like this should have been in my state so long ago that it's disturbing. I mean it. Maybe we'll copy you down here in America's dangly-bits.
A slap on the wrist for holding any sort of a conversation on the phone when you should be DRIVING has always hacked me off. Should be a baby seal club on the wrist.
I have a cellphone. I strictly refuse to hold a conversation while driving. If I have a family member in a vehicle with me when I'm driving, I hand them the phone and ask them if they recognize the caller (since it's usually family calling). If they do, I tell them to have the conversation. Otherwise, if it's just me, they go to voicemail or send a text. If they send a text, I check it at the next place I stop at, like a store. If they leave voicemail, it's the same thing: Next time I make a substantial, vehicle-leaving stop, I'll check it.
My family hates it, but I tell them the same thing every time: "My attention is best served in avoiding all the other jackasses driving with BlackBerrys coming out of their ears and iPhones in their asses."
I can tell you why Dell isn't having the return issue, even though it will get me modded down by the zealots. Do you want to know why? It is actually quite simple: It is because Dell has the Linux Netbooks hidden, that's why! Are they on the front page? Nope. Are they on the first page you get when you type "Netbook" on their site? Nope again. And there is a REASON for that, and it is pretty damned smart if you ask me. The reason is that the ONLY way you are gonna get a Linux anything from Dell is if you know about them and go hunting for them. That means the customer A-knows EXACTLY what Linux is, and B- Is willing to go out of their way to get it.
Except that your theory is as full of holes as a pair of fishnet stockings.
How to find a Linux netbook on Dell.com in a few easy steps: 1: visit dell.com 2: point at 'for home', then click on 'laptops & minis' then follow one of these steps: 3a: click on 'mini 9' 3b: click on 'mini 10' and continue with this: 4: click on 'customize' or 'customize with ubuntu', but do not click on 'customize with windows xp'.
Of note: the Mini 10v does not appear to have an Ubuntu offering that can be easily located. Four steps to buying a Dell netbook with Ubuntu. Not particularly hard, nor out of the way. It's the same way to get the same unit with Windows, anyway, so it's no extra incantations, or out of the way running to get the job done.
Remember: Research BEFORE FUD. Your comment's a dud.
34, being Rule 34, which I would assume some familiarity with, thanks to XKCD. 63, being Rule 63, was defined as "For any given male character, there is a female version of that character." (with thanks to Urban Dictionary for a clearer, concise definition than what I would have used)
No, but your local copy house (FedEx Office, and anywhere that clerks are trained to do so) or commercial copy machine owner might.
The ones who follow the rules they've been given will tell you, "I am sorry, but this is copyrighted material, and therefore I cannot duplicate this content."
I speak from experience on both sides of the line -- I was once the guy who had to tell someone, "I'm sorry, but I need you to read the big yellow label on the machine before you copy another page, sir.":-/
Guy was 30 pages into his copying, too (at 15 cents a pop).
... scary part is, I've seen the Cheerios bee (whatever his name is) 34'd and 63'd.... and I smiled a little. Everything else is Classified Information.:)
I've never knowingly used a device using e-ink, so I can't call it an advantage, but I won't declare it a disadvantage.
But, my PSP, equipped with the Hold+ plugin does extend the battery life while providing instant on functionality by underclocking the processor to 60Hz and turning off the LCD when the hold switch is engaged, which really helps out when I need to make that bus to bus switch, or get a phone call while I'm at work and reading between work calls.
I can usually get through the day with no worries, and still have about 10-20% of the battery left for the ride home so I can play some Every Extend Extra to break up that Wall Of Text feeling I eventually develop.
Perhaps for my needs, a modified PSP is sufficient, but for others, a little extra oomph is desirable.
Then again, I also spent less than $200, even with buying the necessary kit to modify two used Sony PSPs (PSP-1001, PSP-2000) so I can run eBook reading software on them. Combined with content available via the Gutenberg Project, I'm left scratching my head, wondering what's with people spending money on the Kindle.
The Kindle has all of... one? advantage: Whispernet. I have to be near a wireless router to fire up a browser and get a new book or two on said PSP.
Having worked with people using satellite internet, I can attest to painful service.
Using satellite, don't really expect to game -- fair amount of lag in those connections. Quite literally, I've had to remotely connect to one user in Alaska, where in their area, it's either ultra slow dialup, or relatively slow satellite.
Imagine downloading a 90 MB driver bundle over this. Mobile broadband is 3-5 times faster in the lower 48, for a point of reference.
Visible delay between a mouse movement and its reaction was in the neighborhood of ~3 seconds.
Further, some of the satellite ISPs impose a 250 MB per 24 hour period cap on transmission. Once you hit that, you'd get faster speed on a 1200 baud modem, generally speaking.
As someone who has legit downloads that would push me over that cap easily once or twice a month, that's a non-option for me.
Which is why this number should only be available by an internal transfer, which means that the noise up front gets muffled by your normal front line agents who are already doing just that.
We have a few numbers where I work that can only be reached by an internal transfer being selected from the menu or punched in manually on our phones, should the transferring software not load for us or fail to transfer.
In my two years where I am (I'm a phone jockey for a certain company left unnamed), I've had numerous policemen call in, requesting information "on a stolen computer".
I really cannot give them the information, however, because anyone can call in and say "I am the police. Give me information about _____."
Ideally, the Verizon rep should have known the proper escalation path to get the officers to someone who CAN turn on the phone for law enforcement purposes, be it a fax number, a phone number to a legal group, or dog knows what. Yes, it may take an hour. It may take two. But given the situation, 11-2=9, and 9 hours saved is 9 hours saved.
(In my case, information on a system, or the cases associated with it, can be legally requested via a warrant or subpoena through our legal group. I always offer the fax number, and a case number to the officer, stating -and making sure- that everything he should be in need of is documented right in that case, so they can just rattle that back at him. A legit officer never challenges this, because they understand companies are bound to respect privacy, and they know that people can call in and say they are officers. How are we going to prove it? We don't have a database of every badged officer in the country.)
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$10 for a month's supply of Metformin in my case.
I'd know.
I (am supposed to) take 2500mg daily.
Still pretty cheap, though.
Hold it.
So you're saying that if I rolled out a Cyrillic language pack to all the people I know, then AV2009 and its siblings won't install on their systems?
I think I have to ask, [citation needed], since I can't find something that goes with your statement.
I only ask because this is a curious find, and I think it might be interesting to see.
Thanks.
I actually know a(n admittedly small) number of my local officers by name and face, and through decent, normal means. I've never been in any trouble that requires an officer to visit me in a negative light.
Granted, we've had the police come over a couple of times, but these were for deaths in the family (of which this appears to be a normal thing to do in my town -- if you call and report that someone has passed away, a police officer will swing by and visit, and I guess this goes in the record as official proof that a person is now deceased).
Even then, these officers were professional, and compassionate. They were there for us for nearly an hour, while the funeral home sent their people to carry my people home.
Hell, when I lost my mother, one of the officers (one I know by name, surprisingly, and long before my mother's passing) actually offered me a hug, which I gratefully accepted.
As for beat cops, I guess you could say we have them in some places. I used to work in a shopping plaza here. Instead of a rent-a-cop (security officer), we actually had a city police officer sitting in the plaza, and a cellphone that we can directly reach him on (our store kept the phone, and probably paid the monthly bill for it, too), should we, or any other shopkeep in the mall need to reach him. Everyone knew the officers that worked that plaza. They'd work a six hour shift there, then trade off with another officer, so we had twelve hours of coverage, five days a week.
Yes, they do.
See above for the answer.
Why hell yes, they do.
In my brief six month stint in working as a phone agent for one of the Devils of the Internet, they rolled out their branded copy of McAfee. End Users, having been scared into clicking NO to anything asking if they trust something, would manage to block themselves off from their high speed connection except in Safe Mode, where most of the time, McAfee would sod off long enough to let them get online to get the McAfee Removal Tool (affectionately named MCPR2.exe).
One run of this util later, their connections suddenly worked again, and they stopped screaming that their "internets are down".
It was fun times.
Usually, the Norton Removal Tool does the job in blowing Norton's software off the system.
I've had to be able to get enough people there in my line of work that I know the way there. Grab it, and let it wipe that damn thing out.
Hardly.
I've dropped a single stop code on Vista since I started using it. 0xED, Unmountable Boot Volume (Couldn't get yer hard drive up, eh, Windows?).
Restarted, got the click of death from the drive and couldn't even complete POST because of it. Pulled the drive, popped the spare in, and it was biz as usual.
Assuming it was 100 MSP (Gotta tie it in with Xbox Live and Zune Marketplaces, of course, and make it so that even people who don't have credit cards can walk down to the local HickMart and buy a card with 1600 MSP on it for $20 USD (That'll be $1.25 per 100 MSP)) per Windows Stop Error, the 100 MSP I've been staring at for the last six months in my account would finally be used!
(On an aside, SOMEONE at Microsoft had a sense of humor. I mean, 0xED when it can't mount the booty partition? :))
I don't know whether to laugh, cry, or ask where I can order some of that.
Problem with DDR is that the Americanised machines have absolutely abysmal music selections that at least I wouldn't be caught dead dancing to.
I have no problem dancing to It's Raining Men, but some of that current Amero-pop shit they have in the machines? Aw, hell naw, dawg.
I'd rather put this watch on an Alzheimer's patient, who is likely to wander off to dog knows where and no-one can find him.
Especially so if the patient is in Verizon country.
Meaningful?
Hell yeah. It means something when you're mining ice in Empire space, and three people warp in out of nowhere and pop your Mackinaw before you can warp out, even if you're smart enough to be pre-aligned for a gate or station warp. They don't care that CONCORD comes to pop them shortly thereafter -- they're probably using a cheap ship (Thrasher, fitted with several 270mm Artillery cannons, good for longer range pain, and a spread of ammunition types to eat shields, armor, and hull, for example) that if they lost it, they aren't out of nearly as much as you will be.
Since your highpoints are usually all occupied by MSM2s, you can generally rely on drones and other people for attack or defense. If the person or people you thought you could trust to protect you end up playing double-agent for someone else, then of course, you are soundly buggered out of an expensive ice vacuum with no recourse except to get even.
Same story with any Exhumer that takes forever to get into.
You get to foot the bill for the replacement ship and any equipment you bought to put on there, minus whatever insurance covers. ... You did insure your ship, right?
(Barely doing the numbers while at work, a Thrasher will probably run you 1m ISK plus your fittings. Mackinaw will probably run you 90m ISK plus your fittings. Get 5 people who don't care about their security status, stuff them in Thrashers with whatever fittings it will take under their skills, and drop 'em down the Mack's throat. The harder you can make it for the mack to init warp, and the harder you can hit that mack before you get a faceful of CONCORDoken, the more likely you are to ruin someone's day. If you include a sixth, non-aggressive person outfitted with salvagers, you also recoup some of your costs by salvaging the smouldering wrecks of anything left behind.)
I'm no PvP fan, but even I can see the beauty and horror in meaningful PvP like this.
I say give 'em a month, tops, and then there will be a patch (or news of a coming patch) for Windows XP.
Now would be a terrible time for Microsoft to alienate all those big corps that have XP and force them into another OS, if they want to keep their customers.
It'd be great for everyone else, as customers may start looking into things they would never have considered otherwise, such as various open source operating systems, and the necessary apps it would take to keep them going in their workflow, post-transition.
The way it looks is, some people (usually companies) will view this as a threat from Microsoft that reads: "Upgrade if you want protection."
Some of them in this group will obediently upgrade to Fista or 7.
Some of them will reluctantly upgrade to Vista or 7.
Some of them will stay with XP and find other ways to secure themselves.
Some of them will [cross their fingers and hope|pray] that Microsoft changes their mind and offers a patch.
Some of them will be offended and migrate to another OS outside of Big Red Robotland.
And of course, some of them will feel that litigation solves everything, and want to take MS to court for "refusing to patch an OS that is in such widespread use" (or) "intentionally posing a security risk".
Refusing a patch like this, in my humble opinion, isn't something you want to do until a few months after your new OS lands, at the bare minimum. That way, you've already got people migrating.
XP's patching lifecycle isn't up yet, from what I can see here, though: XP SP2 should be good until July of 2010, and SP3 should be good a bit longer than that, so I'm surprised no-one has really called 'em out on that.
Eh, if you don't mind the refurb bin (as long as it comes with a warranty), I know that Dell usually has their Latitude XT and XT2 tablets available on their Outlet for $1000 to $1400, depending on which one you snag.
It may be what you were looking for. (I'd highly suggest upgrading to the NBD warranty instead of the depot. Really. Can save you weeks of waiting.)
Yeah, Sprint rapes the dumbphones pretty horribly, to be honest.
I have a Samsung A900m here. Don't send it anything other than a contact via Bluetooth, because it will never receive the file, and the phone will usually become sluggish and eventually need to be powered off.
You can put pics and music on via data cable, but to add a ringer, you either are stuck going through the Sprint Download Store, or writing your own GCDs to save ringers via mobile internet, or get a copy of QPST and your MSL to put them on via data cable (which is more trouble than it's worth).
Seeing this N900 makes me a little jealous. If I weren't pulling a nice fat (21%) discount on my service as is, I'd consider that device and a carrier switch.
I love you, Utah law-making people things. Have my babies. Please. A law like this should have been in my state so long ago that it's disturbing. I mean it. Maybe we'll copy you down here in America's dangly-bits.
A slap on the wrist for holding any sort of a conversation on the phone when you should be DRIVING has always hacked me off. Should be a baby seal club on the wrist.
I have a cellphone. I strictly refuse to hold a conversation while driving. If I have a family member in a vehicle with me when I'm driving, I hand them the phone and ask them if they recognize the caller (since it's usually family calling). If they do, I tell them to have the conversation. Otherwise, if it's just me, they go to voicemail or send a text.
If they send a text, I check it at the next place I stop at, like a store. If they leave voicemail, it's the same thing: Next time I make a substantial, vehicle-leaving stop, I'll check it.
My family hates it, but I tell them the same thing every time: "My attention is best served in avoiding all the other jackasses driving with BlackBerrys coming out of their ears and iPhones in their asses."
Except that your theory is as full of holes as a pair of fishnet stockings.
How to find a Linux netbook on Dell.com in a few easy steps:
1: visit dell.com
2: point at 'for home', then click on 'laptops & minis'
then follow one of these steps:
3a: click on 'mini 9'
3b: click on 'mini 10'
and continue with this:
4: click on 'customize' or 'customize with ubuntu', but do not click on 'customize with windows xp'.
Of note: the Mini 10v does not appear to have an Ubuntu offering that can be easily located.
Four steps to buying a Dell netbook with Ubuntu.
Not particularly hard, nor out of the way. It's the same way to get the same unit with Windows, anyway, so it's no extra incantations, or out of the way running to get the job done.
Remember: Research BEFORE FUD. Your comment's a dud.
Simpler solution:
Don't install Digsby.
Really.
(Un?)fortunately, no. :)
34, being Rule 34, which I would assume some familiarity with, thanks to XKCD.
63, being Rule 63, was defined as "For any given male character, there is a female version of that character." (with thanks to Urban Dictionary for a clearer, concise definition than what I would have used)
No, but your local copy house (FedEx Office, and anywhere that clerks are trained to do so) or commercial copy machine owner might.
The ones who follow the rules they've been given will tell you, "I am sorry, but this is copyrighted material, and therefore I cannot duplicate this content."
I speak from experience on both sides of the line -- I was once the guy who had to tell someone, "I'm sorry, but I need you to read the big yellow label on the machine before you copy another page, sir." :-/
Guy was 30 pages into his copying, too (at 15 cents a pop).
... scary part is, I've seen the Cheerios bee (whatever his name is) 34'd and 63'd. ... and I smiled a little. :)
Everything else is Classified Information.
Hm.
I've never knowingly used a device using e-ink, so I can't call it an advantage, but I won't declare it a disadvantage.
But, my PSP, equipped with the Hold+ plugin does extend the battery life while providing instant on functionality by underclocking the processor to 60Hz and turning off the LCD when the hold switch is engaged, which really helps out when I need to make that bus to bus switch, or get a phone call while I'm at work and reading between work calls.
I can usually get through the day with no worries, and still have about 10-20% of the battery left for the ride home so I can play some Every Extend Extra to break up that Wall Of Text feeling I eventually develop.
Perhaps for my needs, a modified PSP is sufficient, but for others, a little extra oomph is desirable.
I don't have this problem with my ebook reading.
Then again, I also spent less than $200, even with buying the necessary kit to modify two used Sony PSPs (PSP-1001, PSP-2000) so I can run eBook reading software on them.
Combined with content available via the Gutenberg Project, I'm left scratching my head, wondering what's with people spending money on the Kindle.
The Kindle has all of... one? advantage: Whispernet. I have to be near a wireless router to fire up a browser and get a new book or two on said PSP.
Having worked with people using satellite internet, I can attest to painful service.
Using satellite, don't really expect to game -- fair amount of lag in those connections. Quite literally, I've had to remotely connect to one user in Alaska, where in their area, it's either ultra slow dialup, or relatively slow satellite.
Imagine downloading a 90 MB driver bundle over this. Mobile broadband is 3-5 times faster in the lower 48, for a point of reference.
Visible delay between a mouse movement and its reaction was in the neighborhood of ~3 seconds.
Further, some of the satellite ISPs impose a 250 MB per 24 hour period cap on transmission. Once you hit that, you'd get faster speed on a 1200 baud modem, generally speaking.
As someone who has legit downloads that would push me over that cap easily once or twice a month, that's a non-option for me.
Which is why this number should only be available by an internal transfer, which means that the noise up front gets muffled by your normal front line agents who are already doing just that.
We have a few numbers where I work that can only be reached by an internal transfer being selected from the menu or punched in manually on our phones, should the transferring software not load for us or fail to transfer.
The situation is not as unique as you'd like.
In my two years where I am (I'm a phone jockey for a certain company left unnamed), I've had numerous policemen call in, requesting information "on a stolen computer".
I really cannot give them the information, however, because anyone can call in and say "I am the police. Give me information about _____."
Ideally, the Verizon rep should have known the proper escalation path to get the officers to someone who CAN turn on the phone for law enforcement purposes, be it a fax number, a phone number to a legal group, or dog knows what. Yes, it may take an hour. It may take two. But given the situation, 11-2=9, and 9 hours saved is 9 hours saved.
(In my case, information on a system, or the cases associated with it, can be legally requested via a warrant or subpoena through our legal group. I always offer the fax number, and a case number to the officer, stating -and making sure- that everything he should be in need of is documented right in that case, so they can just rattle that back at him. A legit officer never challenges this, because they understand companies are bound to respect privacy, and they know that people can call in and say they are officers. How are we going to prove it? We don't have a database of every badged officer in the country.)