I work in an office environment and even I couldn't get away with playing games on my phone, unless on my lunch break and away from my desk. Even on lunch at my desk a manager would comment if you played a game on your phone (or PC).
How on earth was it allowed that a security guard was allowed to do this in a prison of all places? One would think that there would be basic rules about conduct for the officers, considering how many there are for the inmates.
I had a similar experience, but no run around. I called and complained about being charged and never getting my product and that I hadn't been able to get someone to call me back for a refund or to get said product (almost three months after original purchase date). My credit card company immediately refunded my cash and said that in 4-6 weeks I should call them back if I don't hear anything for a verdict.
I heard nothing, called and was told that the case was closed and that I keep the money. If it had been challenged, I might have lost the money, but since I received no product and had done much legwork and was polite, it was easy.
The key here is that you need to have as much information as possible and if the first person doesn't help, get their name, call back and get a polite representative that WILL help you and even mention the previous person not willing to help.
Dot your T's and cross your I's and all that gives results.
This is entirely true to a point. But is not the only problem.
Some people may do something that seems innocent in their eyes, while to another it seems like cheating or flirting.
I know this from experience, from posting a bunch of random jokes on a few friends walls over photos and a couple of acquaintances pictures. My girlfriend was pissed and said I was flirting (I was not). I see her point of view AFTER the fact and from speaking with other male and female friends. Simply though, she may or may not have over reacted, but that's the way it is, since I know I wasn't flirting, but she did not know.
Interestingly enough, all the guys thought it was innocent and funny, all the girls thought it was a stupid comment.
Different interpretations between females and males will always result in trouble, be it on Facebook or in real life. We men just tend to do stupid things randomly and are wired somewhat differently. Facebook is worse for it though, as sadly the fingers type faster than the brain thinks.
As for those cheaters out there... You deserve what you get.
Space is a dangerous challenge, but the rewards will be worth it. In the end, all of man kind will benefit.
"A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner."
It's not a matter of I.T. guys not taking the proper steps.
It's a matter of price versus "what if". YOU try to convince a pointy haired boss to spend thousands and thousands of extra dollars on something that "may" happen.
It's often hard enough to convince higher ups to just upgrade old infrastructures that are maxed out on resources. Even if you have proof of issues or near failures. The ONLY time they will happily spend money on upgrades and making your infrastructure more robust is after there has been a critical failure and they actually see their bottom line being hurt and even then if you don't get the approval and dollars fast enough, you run the risk of "What are the chances THAT will happen again?"
More often than not, infrastructure is patches built on patches, one I.T. guy coming in trying to "correct" mistakes of his/her predecessor (who they then realize was working with an underwhelming budget), THEN realizing that it's such a mish mash of bubblegum and duct tape, that any serious fixes would require serious downtime with a complete overhaul. Otherwise you run the risk of the whole thing imploding like a blackhole.
How many I.T. guys seriously have the guts to walk up to their boss after being on the job for only a week and say, "I need 50k and you're network will be going up and down for two weeks as I rebuild and fix it all."
I tried it. I, however, had the ammunition that my company went from 3 people to 40 people in 18 months with another 20 predicted in the next 6 months and that the two box servers were maxed out AND that we were renovating a newly purchased building so we could plan everything from cabling, to telephony to security and future planning for 250+ people.
It also didn't hurt that my boss knows that I.T. is an investment when done right and NOT an expense. Even then with everything on my side it still took 3 months of planning, proving, mapping, designing and quoting from vendor after vendor before approval went through.
I agree completely here.
I purchased Mass Effect 1 when it came out, as it was a new generation of RPG/FPS in the science fiction genre I love so much and wanted to support (plus great reviews).
I then spent approximately TWO WEEKS fighting the bugs and DRM in the asinine problems that were happening. At the same time I happened to be having internet issues that occasionally wouldn't even let me load. NOT a good combination for happy gaming. I eventually got fed up with the support saying that "cracked games are why your version isn't working". Bullsh1t. Bigtime.
I promptly went and downloaded said cracked version and ran that FLAWLESSLY on my machine.
Now that Mass Effect 2 is out, I refuse to buy it. EVER. DRM is a black hole of evilness I refuse to get sucked in to. I may download a version of Mass Effect 2 to see how it looks and plays, but I won't play through the whole thing, as I know significant work was put into it. The only time I will buy it, IF I buy it, will be when it's DRM free and patched many times to the damned thing just works THIS time.
What they're saying is that the people that use p2p are expected to wait until 3 in the morning to get a decent connection. I don't think so.
If I pay for a 5Mb/s connection with unlimited downloads, I should be able to GET 5Mb/s no matter what I do at what time. If I want to be a leech for 24/7. Hey, that's what I paid for. For example some days you'll open up a p2p connection to download some new video you heard about when you get home from work, as it's unlikely you'll be able to use my machine off peak hours (Sorry! Work, family and sleep get in the way of off peak times). That download SHOULD take 1 hour and without being slowed down to 5-6 hours.
I expect to get what I pay for at all times. Peak hours are called that because it's when MOST people are awake and home and actually have free to to use their connection. Off peak hours are for vampires and grue's.
If I pay for a 10Mb/s connection with a cap of 100GB usage, that's what I should get. If I want more, I pay more. But I should GET what I pay for. Here's another car analogy.
I'm not buying a corvette to find the engine acts like a pinto during certain hours.
I'm paying for a specific speed. It should be my choice if I want 100GB (1/2 tank gas) or 200GB (Full tank). If I want a faster speed with a lower or higher cap, let those that use, pay, but GIVE them what they pay for.
If human beings are able to stave off self destruction, natural disasters, space whatevers that we don't know about, etc... and survive another 10,000 years, I think it's pretty certain that "nuclear waste" won't be a worry. Technology, if it hasn't ruined us, will probably be able to detect and use any of those waste materials with ease, or at the very least move it to another rock in the solar system (or even OUT of it).
Mind you, the chances of this planet called Earth still being habitable at all is not very high at the rate we are going.
The same thing happened to me. I had just ran a fresh install of XP SP2, and went to get some updates and drivers, and before I was even finished downloading them I was infested (over 100 hits with my scanner).
Mind you, when I had gone to download everything it was done with IE.7, while using Firefox (1.5 at the time) resulted in only one infection. I suspect it's more of an IE issue than an OS issue (though buggy XP doesn't help at all).
I moved all the updates to an external drive, and had to reinstall and run all the updates and security items before even browsing the net once.
The solution for this is simply put:
1) Corporate contributions directly or indirectly are banned from politics.
2) Only individuals can donate, and there are limits placed on how much one person can donate.
3) Politicians become honest.
4) Pigs grow wings and fly.
I could... But if the power goes out, do I still have a line in case of emergency with VOIP? When I call 911, do they know where you are? I've read about VOIP not working well with 911.
This is why I even bother to keep a land line, instead of only using a cell.
That's hiding the made up bull that they pull. They would rather do this and save their investments in more infrastructure but still get more users and lines leased.
Sigh.
Bell knows that if people see what it is doing, with no valid reasons, that they will go to the competition. I used to be with Bell with internet, but went to another ISP after their "unlimited" placed a cap on my download limit.
Unfortunately, all the ISP now in my area have caps now, but at least you can choose what you need from mine. I can pay for fast speed with a low cap, or a high cap based on my needs. Bell never gave that choice. It was "Next month, you are going the have a limit, and we will charge you for every gig you go over. Plus you will be penalized if you cancel any contracts."
When they told me they would charge me for a canceling my Internet contract, I told them if they try, I would cancel my phone as well. They waived the fee.
Vote with your wallet! Truer words were never spoken or typed.
Now if I can just get cheaper and better phone provider....
My cat plays fetch. Maybe he was a cloned cat programmed with a dogs brain.
And in all seriousnous. He can out fetch any dog. Bet your dog can't get up a tree if the stick is over thrown.
And both he and his brother are constantly coming up to sit on my lap or my wife's lap to be pet or nap with us.
Cats are just as smart and affectionate as dogs. They just need a little more training. For exmaple, my wife's friend trained her cat to poop in thier basement toilet (something about putting a bag of litter over the toilet until they learn).
You want an easy pet? Food, Water, and the occasional flush. No goldfish required.
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I work in an office environment and even I couldn't get away with playing games on my phone, unless on my lunch break and away from my desk. Even on lunch at my desk a manager would comment if you played a game on your phone (or PC).
How on earth was it allowed that a security guard was allowed to do this in a prison of all places? One would think that there would be basic rules about conduct for the officers, considering how many there are for the inmates.
I had a similar experience, but no run around. I called and complained about being charged and never getting my product and that I hadn't been able to get someone to call me back for a refund or to get said product (almost three months after original purchase date). My credit card company immediately refunded my cash and said that in 4-6 weeks I should call them back if I don't hear anything for a verdict.
I heard nothing, called and was told that the case was closed and that I keep the money. If it had been challenged, I might have lost the money, but since I received no product and had done much legwork and was polite, it was easy.
The key here is that you need to have as much information as possible and if the first person doesn't help, get their name, call back and get a polite representative that WILL help you and even mention the previous person not willing to help.
Dot your T's and cross your I's and all that gives results.
This is entirely true to a point. But is not the only problem.
Some people may do something that seems innocent in their eyes, while to another it seems like cheating or flirting.
I know this from experience, from posting a bunch of random jokes on a few friends walls over photos and a couple of acquaintances pictures. My girlfriend was pissed and said I was flirting (I was not). I see her point of view AFTER the fact and from speaking with other male and female friends. Simply though, she may or may not have over reacted, but that's the way it is, since I know I wasn't flirting, but she did not know.
Interestingly enough, all the guys thought it was innocent and funny, all the girls thought it was a stupid comment.
Different interpretations between females and males will always result in trouble, be it on Facebook or in real life. We men just tend to do stupid things randomly and are wired somewhat differently. Facebook is worse for it though, as sadly the fingers type faster than the brain thinks.
As for those cheaters out there... You deserve what you get.
Space is a dangerous challenge, but the rewards will be worth it. In the end, all of man kind will benefit.
"A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner."
Q: What's the difference between a fake girlfriend and a real girlfriend?
A: You blow the fake one, the real one blows you until she gets the ring.
There, fixed it for you.
It's not a matter of I.T. guys not taking the proper steps.
It's a matter of price versus "what if". YOU try to convince a pointy haired boss to spend thousands and thousands of extra dollars on something that "may" happen.
It's often hard enough to convince higher ups to just upgrade old infrastructures that are maxed out on resources. Even if you have proof of issues or near failures. The ONLY time they will happily spend money on upgrades and making your infrastructure more robust is after there has been a critical failure and they actually see their bottom line being hurt and even then if you don't get the approval and dollars fast enough, you run the risk of "What are the chances THAT will happen again?"
More often than not, infrastructure is patches built on patches, one I.T. guy coming in trying to "correct" mistakes of his/her predecessor (who they then realize was working with an underwhelming budget), THEN realizing that it's such a mish mash of bubblegum and duct tape, that any serious fixes would require serious downtime with a complete overhaul. Otherwise you run the risk of the whole thing imploding like a blackhole.
How many I.T. guys seriously have the guts to walk up to their boss after being on the job for only a week and say, "I need 50k and you're network will be going up and down for two weeks as I rebuild and fix it all."
I tried it. I, however, had the ammunition that my company went from 3 people to 40 people in 18 months with another 20 predicted in the next 6 months and that the two box servers were maxed out AND that we were renovating a newly purchased building so we could plan everything from cabling, to telephony to security and future planning for 250+ people.
It also didn't hurt that my boss knows that I.T. is an investment when done right and NOT an expense. Even then with everything on my side it still took 3 months of planning, proving, mapping, designing and quoting from vendor after vendor before approval went through.
I agree completely here.
I purchased Mass Effect 1 when it came out, as it was a new generation of RPG/FPS in the science fiction genre I love so much and wanted to support (plus great reviews).
I then spent approximately TWO WEEKS fighting the bugs and DRM in the asinine problems that were happening. At the same time I happened to be having internet issues that occasionally wouldn't even let me load. NOT a good combination for happy gaming. I eventually got fed up with the support saying that "cracked games are why your version isn't working". Bullsh1t. Bigtime.
I promptly went and downloaded said cracked version and ran that FLAWLESSLY on my machine.
Now that Mass Effect 2 is out, I refuse to buy it. EVER. DRM is a black hole of evilness I refuse to get sucked in to. I may download a version of Mass Effect 2 to see how it looks and plays, but I won't play through the whole thing, as I know significant work was put into it. The only time I will buy it, IF I buy it, will be when it's DRM free and patched many times to the damned thing just works THIS time.
What they're saying is that the people that use p2p are expected to wait until 3 in the morning to get a decent connection. I don't think so.
If I pay for a 5Mb/s connection with unlimited downloads, I should be able to GET 5Mb/s no matter what I do at what time. If I want to be a leech for 24/7. Hey, that's what I paid for. For example some days you'll open up a p2p connection to download some new video you heard about when you get home from work, as it's unlikely you'll be able to use my machine off peak hours (Sorry! Work, family and sleep get in the way of off peak times). That download SHOULD take 1 hour and without being slowed down to 5-6 hours.
I expect to get what I pay for at all times. Peak hours are called that because it's when MOST people are awake and home and actually have free to to use their connection. Off peak hours are for vampires and grue's.
If I pay for a 10Mb/s connection with a cap of 100GB usage, that's what I should get. If I want more, I pay more. But I should GET what I pay for. Here's another car analogy.
I'm not buying a corvette to find the engine acts like a pinto during certain hours.
I'm paying for a specific speed. It should be my choice if I want 100GB (1/2 tank gas) or 200GB (Full tank). If I want a faster speed with a lower or higher cap, let those that use, pay, but GIVE them what they pay for.
I guess the Judges really got a use out of those Viagra e-mails...
The Batman workout video collection...
How much will you pay for this?
900$?
NO!
500$?
NO!
For a limited time, just two easy payments of one parent!
If human beings are able to stave off self destruction, natural disasters, space whatevers that we don't know about, etc... and survive another 10,000 years, I think it's pretty certain that "nuclear waste" won't be a worry. Technology, if it hasn't ruined us, will probably be able to detect and use any of those waste materials with ease, or at the very least move it to another rock in the solar system (or even OUT of it).
Mind you, the chances of this planet called Earth still being habitable at all is not very high at the rate we are going.
The same thing happened to me. I had just ran a fresh install of XP SP2, and went to get some updates and drivers, and before I was even finished downloading them I was infested (over 100 hits with my scanner).
Mind you, when I had gone to download everything it was done with IE.7, while using Firefox (1.5 at the time) resulted in only one infection. I suspect it's more of an IE issue than an OS issue (though buggy XP doesn't help at all).
I moved all the updates to an external drive, and had to reinstall and run all the updates and security items before even browsing the net once.
Step 1) Find NEO's
Step 2) Plant Canadian Flag on NEO's for future mining.
Step 3) Canadian Profit!
The solution for this is simply put:
1) Corporate contributions directly or indirectly are banned from politics.
2) Only individuals can donate, and there are limits placed on how much one person can donate.
3) Politicians become honest.
4) Pigs grow wings and fly.
I could... But if the power goes out, do I still have a line in case of emergency with VOIP? When I call 911, do they know where you are? I've read about VOIP not working well with 911.
This is why I even bother to keep a land line, instead of only using a cell.
Maybe he should rant about it on his Facebook page.
That's hiding the made up bull that they pull. They would rather do this and save their investments in more infrastructure but still get more users and lines leased.
Sigh.
Bell knows that if people see what it is doing, with no valid reasons, that they will go to the competition. I used to be with Bell with internet, but went to another ISP after their "unlimited" placed a cap on my download limit.
Unfortunately, all the ISP now in my area have caps now, but at least you can choose what you need from mine. I can pay for fast speed with a low cap, or a high cap based on my needs. Bell never gave that choice. It was "Next month, you are going the have a limit, and we will charge you for every gig you go over. Plus you will be penalized if you cancel any contracts."
When they told me they would charge me for a canceling my Internet contract, I told them if they try, I would cancel my phone as well. They waived the fee.
Vote with your wallet! Truer words were never spoken or typed.
Now if I can just get cheaper and better phone provider....
I've been working on and in PC's for years and have never seen THAT bad a clog. Big dust bunnies are the worst I've seen...
Where the hell did this laptop go? It looks like it sucked up a ferret (look at the page 5 gallery).
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9096720&pageNumber=5
My cat plays fetch. Maybe he was a cloned cat programmed with a dogs brain.
And in all seriousnous. He can out fetch any dog. Bet your dog can't get up a tree if the stick is over thrown.
And both he and his brother are constantly coming up to sit on my lap or my wife's lap to be pet or nap with us.
Cats are just as smart and affectionate as dogs. They just need a little more training. For exmaple, my wife's friend trained her cat to poop in thier basement toilet (something about putting a bag of litter over the toilet until they learn).
You want an easy pet? Food, Water, and the occasional flush. No goldfish required.