Lotus Notes (5.0.5), as installed on my system is 127M (no modem files etc) with 59M in help.nsf files, and my.NSF file and templates area hair over 12M. MS Office is over 160M, without PPT, and that's just the Program Files\Microsoft Office directory.
Lotus Notes is pretty clean, so most of it's files are in 1 directory, not spread out over umpteen directories like Office.
99% of the "end users"...don't really give a rip about your job frustrations
You hit the nail on the head! They have enough problems with their own job frustrations.
Every time I hear that AOL commercial and that guy says "no more of that computer mumbo-jumbo" is causes me to shudder - I think "It's not mumbo-jumob, it's easy!" and then I realize to them it is mumbo-jumbo.
So treat is as such. Don't explain to them what viruses do or how they spread, if hotmail is causing problems, I block hotmail. But then again, I can do that. My boss is so comp-illiterate I don't even give him a PC, PDA, terminal - nothing! But when someone complains that they need hotmail, I ask "what business purpose does it serve?" I explain how much a virus outbreak costs the company, and the boss backs me up. End of problem.
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I hear you. There's one guy in Canadian Parlament who's kicking up a fuss about how our government is basically useless because of the PM, but there is only one story in the news up here.
Outrageous! I am stunned! I get a picture in my head of the first person charged under that law, and it is very similar to that scene in the Phantom Menace with the droid..."mmmm that does not compute...mmmm...YOU'RE UNDER ARREST"
When the NSA's new supercomputer 8 qBit quantum computer crunches through it and breaks the encryption, it'll still be garbage but they had to work for it.
It's like finding a treasure map, finding the treasure, digging it up, only to get an empty box.
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In Mauritania - as in most countries - owners of cybercafés are required to supply government intelligence agents with copies of e-mail sent or received at their establishments.
If anyone is ever in a cybercafe in Mauritania or Elbonia, let's mail them 64k of encrypted random data. Let the government snoops try to decode that!
Have you noticed over the last few months, statements of "possible threats" from OHS and the FBI, but they are extremely vague?
"We thing everyone should be prepared for a terrorist attack, but we can't say where, and can't say when and can't say from who...just be 'alert'." If that isn't fear mongering, I don't know what is.
Only in Bond films.
Wow someone got it. Some of these people need to get hit with a clue-by-four. I guess that film could be considered a 'classic' by now huh...
Please do learn how. We Canuckleheads use that as an indicator that the speaker is an ingorant American and immediately KICK THEIR ASS. Oh yes, and your friend Dave, from Toronto; he's dead. 'Hunting' accident. So sorry.
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Isn't Drake's equation falling victim to the classic human flaw of being too, well
human-centric?
I whole heartedly agree!
In his book 'Cosmos', Carl Sagan made allowances for lifeforms similar to us, but with minor differences. Copper in the blood, instead of iron in our blood. Silicon based instead of carbon based. Even methane breather instead of oxygen breathers.
Ward and Brownlee seem to be taking our definitions and knowledge of what it takes to create life, and manipulating the Drake equation to fit those criteria; rather than allowing the universe to create life and develop it as the universe sees fit.
There is no legal difference between "firing to wound" and "firing to kill".
True. But there is intention. In Canada I believe the term is "Reasonable Force" as well - He had a knife and meant to hurt/kill you, so I shot him in the [ Insert extremedy]. A jury would find that reasonable force. If you killed him, without being mortally wounded first, that might be unreasonable force. That's up to the Jury.
*threatening* someone with a gun is not considered deadly force.[snip]
Correct, but in Military Peace Keeping duty, sentries are given instructions like "You must state that anyone approaching this gate must be warned verbally, you must fire a warning shot and then you are authorized to use deadly force."
The actual order of events is: 1) Shoot for the head 2) Yell "Stop or I'll shoot" 3) Fire 1 shot into the air.
If anyone were ever to break into my home, refuse to leave, and produce any sort of weapon; they would get one right between the eyes. Then there would be another shot into the roof. Then my significant other can hire a good shyster to get the charge reduced to probation or a slap on the wrist, while my kids are safe and still have both parents.
The entire concept of "shoot to wound" is utter crap
Really? Are you so bad a shot that you don't feel confident shooting at a specific point on a target within 10 feet of you? Remember - these guys were in his living room.
4. Don't shoot someone unless you plan to kill them.
Always get a shot off fast. It keeps them off guard long enough for you to make the second one count.
5. Always aim for the center of mass. Trying to aim for legs or hands or heads is showing off, stupid, and likely to get someone (the wrong someone) killed.
If you have the time and the ability, a small caliber hole in a non-vital area, such as shoulder or leg will effectively take the fight out of someone without risking anyone's life. It kinda lets them know you really are serious. I wouldn't consider it showing off to take someone's life, and the well being of any family they (or you) might have. Remember too (from an earlier post) the rifle that this guy had was a Ruger 10/22.
The who point is that this escalates from self defense to manslaughter unless you *try* to wound him. Putting a.44 mag in his chest is no attempt to wound him.
I'm surprised that they didn't press charges against you for making death threats. Litigious as they are, you'd think they would do that.
There are laws, at least in Canada that allow you to do this. (IANAL)
First, they forcibly entered the house without permission - AKA "home invasion". Second, they did not leave - you ask them twice to leave, if they don't it's tresspassing.
Third, use of a weapon - they invaded his home, they were tresspassing. Using the rifle to persuade them to leave is self defense. If they had charged him, or produced a weapon he could have shot and wounded them (not killed!!)
In Canada you are allowed to use reasonable force to defend yourself. If someone uses a 2X4, you can use a baseball bat. If they pull a knife, you can shoot to wound. If you wound them, it self defense. If you kill them, it's manslaughter.
Personally, I wouldn't have shot them. The meat is greasy and the pelts are useless
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Lotus Notes (5.0.5), as installed on my system is 127M (no modem files etc) with 59M in help.nsf files, and my .NSF file and templates area hair over 12M. MS Office is over 160M, without PPT, and that's just the Program Files\Microsoft Office directory.
Lotus Notes is pretty clean, so most of it's files are in 1 directory, not spread out over umpteen directories like Office.
It automagically does full text indexing of all specified databases. To it, your Inbox is just another database.
You hit the nail on the head! They have enough problems with their own job frustrations.
Every time I hear that AOL commercial and that guy says "no more of that computer mumbo-jumbo" is causes me to shudder - I think "It's not mumbo-jumob, it's easy!" and then I realize to them it is mumbo-jumbo.
So treat is as such. Don't explain to them what viruses do or how they spread, if hotmail is causing problems, I block hotmail. But then again, I can do that. My boss is so comp-illiterate I don't even give him a PC, PDA, terminal - nothing! But when someone complains that they need hotmail, I ask "what business purpose does it serve?" I explain how much a virus outbreak costs the company, and the boss backs me up. End of problem.
It would be like asking someone on the street to prove they didn't have the key to the house they happened to be walking by.
It's like finding a treasure map, finding the treasure, digging it up, only to get an empty box.
If anyone is ever in a cybercafe in Mauritania or Elbonia, let's mail them 64k of encrypted random data. Let the government snoops try to decode that!
"We thing everyone should be prepared for a terrorist attack, but we can't say where, and can't say when and can't say from who...just be 'alert'." If that isn't fear mongering, I don't know what is.
Cars can't talk.
Why don't they 'salt' a few 1982 Lotus Turbo Esprits? Don't those blow up when you break into them?
Please do learn how. We Canuckleheads use that as an indicator that the speaker is an ingorant American and immediately KICK THEIR ASS. Oh yes, and your friend Dave, from Toronto; he's dead. 'Hunting' accident. So sorry.
I whole heartedly agree!
In his book 'Cosmos', Carl Sagan made allowances for lifeforms similar to us, but with minor differences. Copper in the blood, instead of iron in our blood. Silicon based instead of carbon based. Even methane breather instead of oxygen breathers.
Ward and Brownlee seem to be taking our definitions and knowledge of what it takes to create life, and manipulating the Drake equation to fit those criteria; rather than allowing the universe to create life and develop it as the universe sees fit.
True. But there is intention. In Canada I believe the term is "Reasonable Force" as well - He had a knife and meant to hurt/kill you, so I shot him in the [ Insert extremedy]. A jury would find that reasonable force. If you killed him, without being mortally wounded first, that might be unreasonable force. That's up to the Jury.
Correct, but in Military Peace Keeping duty, sentries are given instructions like "You must state that anyone approaching this gate must be warned verbally, you must fire a warning shot and then you are authorized to use deadly force."
The actual order of events is: 1) Shoot for the head 2) Yell "Stop or I'll shoot" 3) Fire 1 shot into the air.
If anyone were ever to break into my home, refuse to leave, and produce any sort of weapon; they would get one right between the eyes. Then there would be another shot into the roof. Then my significant other can hire a good shyster to get the charge reduced to probation or a slap on the wrist, while my kids are safe and still have both parents.
Really? Are you so bad a shot that you don't feel confident shooting at a specific point on a target within 10 feet of you? Remember - these guys were in his living room.
Always get a shot off fast. It keeps them off guard long enough for you to make the second one count.
If you have the time and the ability, a small caliber hole in a non-vital area, such as shoulder or leg will effectively take the fight out of someone without risking anyone's life. It kinda lets them know you really are serious. I wouldn't consider it showing off to take someone's life, and the well being of any family they (or you) might have. Remember too (from an earlier post) the rifle that this guy had was a Ruger 10/22.
The who point is that this escalates from self defense to manslaughter unless you *try* to wound him. Putting a .44 mag in his chest is no attempt to wound him.
Exactally what I have beside my bed *err* locked in my gun cabinet, rotary clip in a locked drawer nearby!
Lots of damage, nice little *POP*, no bullets flying through your neighbours wall!
There are laws, at least in Canada that allow you to do this. (IANAL)
First, they forcibly entered the house without permission - AKA "home invasion".
Second, they did not leave - you ask them twice to leave, if they don't it's tresspassing.
Third, use of a weapon - they invaded his home, they were tresspassing. Using the rifle to persuade them to leave is self defense. If they had charged him, or produced a weapon he could have shot and wounded them (not killed!!)
In Canada you are allowed to use reasonable force to defend yourself. If someone uses a 2X4, you can use a baseball bat. If they pull a knife, you can shoot to wound. If you wound them, it self defense. If you kill them, it's manslaughter.
Personally, I wouldn't have shot them. The meat is greasy and the pelts are useless
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