This is what I do. I've got it all on one PC that knows how to turn itself on and off at the right times outputting to a projector. I find I can usually rely on the EPG and look through upcoming programs every once in a while. I do forget what nights things air on...
She needs to hear the other point-of-view from someone she trusts and respects. Someone she will listen to and actually take it onboard when they tell her she's being pretty stupid and wasting her own time. Probably someone she works for at one of the sites she maintains. And if you locate someone, be nice. Real nice. I shouldn't need to say it, but distingush between Ms Schwager and her actions and also between her actions and these organisations. Point out how her idiocy is making them look bad.
Your post reads a lot like all those people who hate PHP. "It has all these things wrong with it!" Well, actually, no it doesn't - because most of them aren't a problem to the people busy using it effectively. JavaScript doesn't have 'inferior' abstractions: it has *different* ones.
I have programmed a lot over the decades in both strongly typed and weakly typed languages - too many to name. I've come to Java in the last few years after a much longer time in JavaScript and PHP (and others) and have experienced the reverse of the OP's problem. But it's only a problem if you let it be a problem. Solving problems in an untyped language has some fundamental differences to a typed language. Get over that and a lot of the perceived 'problems' Just Go Away.
There is a reason I have multiple accounts on Google's services. And that is because my identity on Youtube is different from my identity on Blogspot and that's different from my identity on Google+. I don't need them merged. I don't want them merged. I made them separate and I want to keep them separate. Google has been showing signs for some years that it doesn't want to accept that. That's too bad: lots of people really want multiple accounts on Google's services and will bend-over backwards to do it.
Fortunately, many of them are corporate (i.e. *paying*) customers, which is posibly why they've done multiple-login. Which is technologically clever, though not documented well enough. But it needs much wider implementation (for example, on the G+ Android app).
The purchase of the movie ticket comes with certain obligations on the purchaser. In this cinema chain, one of those is no talking or texting.
An identical principal applies when I buy a train ticket. On Sydney's trains, you are not allowed to smoke or drink and by purchasing a ticket you agree to those obligations. Get caught and you get thrown off without a refund. In fact, you usually get fined as well.
There is no reason you should get a refund for not following the obligations attached to the ticket.
Actually, a lot of (non-IT) workers just want to get their work done and an enforced 15-minute break is unwelcome and unnerving. Especially when it's because they demonstrably did something stupid.
I agree that IT's job is as you say, but it's not a one-way street. For end-users who won't take responsibility for their mistakes, it is unreasonable for IT accomodate that.
Okay, you need to give up on Tech Support and find an Account Manager. They are outside the Support command-chain and usually have the authority to go yell at Tech Support for these types of things if they are not supposed to be doing them.
I'd be talking to a proper Account Manager at this point, instead of futzing with Support. Account Managers have authority to cut through the behind-the-scenes bullshit and sort things out. Their job is to listen to you so they can be an advocate for your interests inside the company. They can talk to the head of tech support about the root access and where it says in the TOS that you have to or don't have to give it to them. They may even be able to broker a deal where you don't need to give them root.
The Dell salesdroid at one of their product stands wasn't interested in seeing if it could make it happen for a single sale, so I challenged to tell someone higher up about this complaint. I think I'll make a point of doing that, now, every time I walk past one.
Many many many people get stuck on the fancy things the DB writers tell you SQL can do rather than thinking about the data differently. A truly classic mistake is wetting yourself over sub-queries when you're still using parent-IDs to do heirarchies.
Feh.
Parent IDs are a bad idea if you want to be able to look at multiple levels of the tree at once, especially the trees you get in threaded comments. http://www.dbazine.com/oracle/or-articles/tropashk o4 is how you do trees in SQL that obviate that. Doing it that way removes most of the need to produce recursive queries to get all the levels. Unfortunately, *most* forum software *doesn't* do it this way because such advanced data manipulation doesn't occur to them.
One of my favourite scenes in Apollo 13 is where Hanks' character re-calculates six variables for a thrust. He does it in the same time six people in Houston do one each. Even though he was an actor in a drama, this, more than any other scene, shows so well why he was selected to be an astronaut.
I use MelbourneIT myself. No, they're not the cheapest, but they are reliable and they do have people you can call if you have problems. Especially if you're in Australia, as that makes them timezone friendly.
I use my (elderly) Newton as an electronic notepad. Funnily enough, it excels at that. And the external keyboard isn't a big inconvenience. Unfortuantely, my Newton is slowly dying.
I looked at the PepperPad when I was thinking of upgrading. I wasn't impressed. What I want is for Apple to resurrect the Newton, upgrade the handwriting recognition, put a CF or SD slot in it, Bluetooth, USB and stereo audio. Colour would be nice, but it doesn't need it. A general upgrade of all the basic apps would also be nice. Form factor suits me well: no bigger and no smaller, please. A compact keyboard in place of the lid would be great.
Nothing I've seen comes close to any of this. The two biggest problems is that the devices are smaller and manufacturers try to cram in too much functionality.
I don't carry my Newton everywhere. I already have a good mobile phone. Neither device I use nor want to use for portable music. I'm sure Apple is capable of making their own market for the Newton. It doesn't need to compete with the iPod or with existing PDAs. Pity Steve Jobs hates it.
It is a badly-kept secret that Pioneer struggled all along to get LaserDisc mainstream because they didn't want to let pornography on it. The DVD Forum knew this and told the porn industry "we won't stop you".
There was a generation of Canon printers between the 3000/6000 and the current crop that use the same cartridges. Tom's Hardware reviewed those and found they were the most economical to print with. The latest ones using the same ink cartridges would probably be likewise. I myself have a 6000 and am happy to buy the Canon cartridges. They last a while and I've never needed to replace them all at once.
What is now IWETHEY originally happened more-or-less by accident. We originated as a magazine's online forum. It worked because the software was easy to use, fast and efficient, and there were always things to talk about. We left when the magazine changed it's forum software to something that simply wasn't up to par (over our protests, no less), chosen by someone who had probably never used the old stuff.
I'm a part of a virtual community. I even help run it. I estimate we have a little over 200 members. Web communities can get too big. Much too big. Compare my SlashDot number to yours', for instance.
The DVD Player manufacturers are supposed to sign agreements to region-inhibit their players. However, they know they public want region-free players and try to get around it.
Unfortunately, the DVD licencing crew periodically check on this. I recall they reduced some of the licencing fees for R4 players in exchange for no more region-free players.
Sure, it was animated entirely by hand. Sure, it got a good cinema release outside Japan. But it's a little too so-so. I've only seen the English dub, note, so I'm guessing there's a lot I've missed.
If you want to see the sort of potential an anime movie has, get The Wings of Honneamise. Arguably better animation than Akira. Much more accesible story line. And the English dub is actually pretty good.
Now, I'm not one to play conspiracy theorist, but Tom thinks something rotten in the State of Slashdot. Important P4 update And not forgetting he re-ran an FPU test on the P4 and it came up smelling like... well, it sure wasn't roses!
This is what happens when the man page is misleading... (do a man wc to see what I mean.) No, the correct number for 2.2.16 is about 13000. Sorry about that guys.
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This is what I do. I've got it all on one PC that knows how to turn itself on and off at the right times outputting to a projector. I find I can usually rely on the EPG and look through upcoming programs every once in a while. I do forget what nights things air on...
She needs to hear the other point-of-view from someone she trusts and respects. Someone she will listen to and actually take it onboard when they tell her she's being pretty stupid and wasting her own time. Probably someone she works for at one of the sites she maintains. And if you locate someone, be nice. Real nice. I shouldn't need to say it, but distingush between Ms Schwager and her actions and also between her actions and these organisations. Point out how her idiocy is making them look bad.
Wade.
Just be aware that he has some strong views on JavaScript and it's foibles which you may find you need to disagree with.
Your post reads a lot like all those people who hate PHP. "It has all these things wrong with it!" Well, actually, no it doesn't - because most of them aren't a problem to the people busy using it effectively. JavaScript doesn't have 'inferior' abstractions: it has *different* ones.
I have programmed a lot over the decades in both strongly typed and weakly typed languages - too many to name. I've come to Java in the last few years after a much longer time in JavaScript and PHP (and others) and have experienced the reverse of the OP's problem. But it's only a problem if you let it be a problem. Solving problems in an untyped language has some fundamental differences to a typed language. Get over that and a lot of the perceived 'problems' Just Go Away.
It's about identity.
There is a reason I have multiple accounts on Google's services. And that is because my identity on Youtube is different from my identity on Blogspot and that's different from my identity on Google+. I don't need them merged. I don't want them merged. I made them separate and I want to keep them separate. Google has been showing signs for some years that it doesn't want to accept that. That's too bad: lots of people really want multiple accounts on Google's services and will bend-over backwards to do it.
Fortunately, many of them are corporate (i.e. *paying*) customers, which is posibly why they've done multiple-login. Which is technologically clever, though not documented well enough. But it needs much wider implementation (for example, on the G+ Android app).
The purchase of the movie ticket comes with certain obligations on the purchaser. In this cinema chain, one of those is no talking or texting.
An identical principal applies when I buy a train ticket. On Sydney's trains, you are not allowed to smoke or drink and by purchasing a ticket you agree to those obligations. Get caught and you get thrown off without a refund. In fact, you usually get fined as well.
There is no reason you should get a refund for not following the obligations attached to the ticket.
Actually, a lot of (non-IT) workers just want to get their work done and an enforced 15-minute break is unwelcome and unnerving. Especially when it's because they demonstrably did something stupid.
I agree that IT's job is as you say, but it's not a one-way street. For end-users who won't take responsibility for their mistakes, it is unreasonable for IT accomodate that.
Okay, you need to give up on Tech Support and find an Account Manager. They are outside the Support command-chain and usually have the authority to go yell at Tech Support for these types of things if they are not supposed to be doing them.
I'd be talking to a proper Account Manager at this point, instead of futzing with Support. Account Managers have authority to cut through the behind-the-scenes bullshit and sort things out. Their job is to listen to you so they can be an advocate for your interests inside the company. They can talk to the head of tech support about the root access and where it says in the TOS that you have to or don't have to give it to them. They may even be able to broker a deal where you don't need to give them root.
The Dell salesdroid at one of their product stands wasn't interested in seeing if it could make it happen for a single sale, so I challenged to tell someone higher up about this complaint. I think I'll make a point of doing that, now, every time I walk past one.
Many many many people get stuck on the fancy things the DB writers tell you SQL can do rather than thinking about the data differently. A truly classic mistake is wetting yourself over sub-queries when you're still using parent-IDs to do heirarchies.
k o4 is how you do trees in SQL that obviate that. Doing it that way removes most of the need to produce recursive queries to get all the levels. Unfortunately, *most* forum software *doesn't* do it this way because such advanced data manipulation doesn't occur to them.
Feh.
Parent IDs are a bad idea if you want to be able to look at multiple levels of the tree at once, especially the trees you get in threaded comments. http://www.dbazine.com/oracle/or-articles/tropash
One of my favourite scenes in Apollo 13 is where Hanks' character re-calculates six variables for a thrust. He does it in the same time six people in Houston do one each. Even though he was an actor in a drama, this, more than any other scene, shows so well why he was selected to be an astronaut.
Wade.
I use MelbourneIT myself. No, they're not the cheapest, but they are reliable and they do have people you can call if you have problems. Especially if you're in Australia, as that makes them timezone friendly.
I use my (elderly) Newton as an electronic notepad. Funnily enough, it excels at that. And the external keyboard isn't a big inconvenience. Unfortuantely, my Newton is slowly dying.
I looked at the PepperPad when I was thinking of upgrading. I wasn't impressed. What I want is for Apple to resurrect the Newton, upgrade the handwriting recognition, put a CF or SD slot in it, Bluetooth, USB and stereo audio. Colour would be nice, but it doesn't need it. A general upgrade of all the basic apps would also be nice. Form factor suits me well: no bigger and no smaller, please. A compact keyboard in place of the lid would be great.
Nothing I've seen comes close to any of this. The two biggest problems is that the devices are smaller and manufacturers try to cram in too much functionality.
I don't carry my Newton everywhere. I already have a good mobile phone. Neither device I use nor want to use for portable music. I'm sure Apple is capable of making their own market for the Newton. It doesn't need to compete with the iPod or with existing PDAs. Pity Steve Jobs hates it.
It is a badly-kept secret that Pioneer struggled all along to get LaserDisc mainstream because they didn't want to let pornography on it. The DVD Forum knew this and told the porn industry "we won't stop you".
There was a generation of Canon printers between the 3000/6000 and the current crop that use the same cartridges. Tom's Hardware reviewed those and found they were the most economical to print with. The latest ones using the same ink cartridges would probably be likewise. I myself have a 6000 and am happy to buy the Canon cartridges. They last a while and I've never needed to replace them all at once.
Wade.
Wade.
Wade.
Unfortunately, the DVD licencing crew periodically check on this. I recall they reduced some of the licencing fees for R4 players in exchange for no more region-free players.
Wade.
Indeed. We tried this back on IWETHEY, and earlier back on IWE. It didn't take us anywhere but 'round in circles.
Good luck with the clueless horde here on /. You'll need it.
Wade.
If you want to see the sort of potential an anime movie has, get The Wings of Honneamise. Arguably better animation than Akira. Much more accesible story line. And the English dub is actually pretty good.
Wade.
Wade.
Wade.
Wade.
FWIW, grep and wc report more than half a million #ifdefs in the 2.2.16 kernel.
Wade.