Smarterchild does not advertise. I have had Smarterchild on my buddy list for months, I have never had him to even tell me to get up to get a drink, much less tell me to drink coke. I talk to him for about 15 minutes a day, usually cussing him out and apologizing so much that he finally likes me again.
Boo to this woman, she should be fired for making lies up about this useful service.
On a side note, IM smarterchild and say "my name is dick" and then answer back "yes" and he will then refer to you as "dick" whenever you talk to him. Quite amusing, infact.
Jay Mathews is a bit of an extremist when it comes to the education articles. He usually takes the side that would have the public's sympathy on their side but goes too far with it. With that being said, he makes an interesting comment...
"But the freshman was accused of similarities on 30 out of hundreds of lines of computer code, and his accusers--by their very words on the official form--admitted that he was just trying to solve the problem."
Ignore the part that he was trying to solve the problem, 30 lines is a substantial amount of code, and in an intro level computer science course it very well could have been the entire assignment. Or maybe it could have been from a book, or code given from the teacher! We don't know, Jay Mathews doesn't know, he probably doesn't want to know.
There are procedures for this, the student did something against the rules and wound up with a C in the class instead of a B. If the student did something which was against the rules, but not really "wrong" than I don't see how this was an injustice. But we don't know.
People always believe that what they are doing is always of the highest priority and their cell phones will never go off of the top priority. On the other hand, It might not be a bad idea to do with calls to 911 (here in America) or any emergency service place, but then again, I've almost never gotten the fast busy when I am in range of a tower so I don't see much need for the prioritizing anyways.
At my school there's a little poster in the physics building that reads "What Physics majors do when the leave school." Research and management were on there along with medical, but the number one item on the list was "Software."
It's my personal opinion that the piece of paper tells people that you are teachable, not that you know the information, but that you can learn it.
When downloading something large (probably everything, just more noticeable when the file is large) Morpheus connects to different users with the same file.
With all the rumors about what the the Xbox will do, I'm sure someone will come out with an MP3 player for it and you'll be able to copy to and from the Xbox:)
After the first tower was hit I started talking to a co-worker on AIM (I was at home) and she said that something happened to our NY office (it was in one WTC) so I walked upstairs to my television, turned on NBC and watched LIVE as a plane hit the second tower and the anchor on TV said something to the effect of "holy shit, this is intentional."
The Internet cannot do that right now. No matter what webpage or steaming media site I goto I will see it 10 - 15 seconds or read about 3 minutes later... after my roommate (who watches TV all the time) would have screamed "OH MY GOD!"
Don't get me wrong, I get almost all of my news from the Internet but we still cannot beat the Live aspect of TV (I know there's a few sec. propagation delay and all but nowhere near as bad as the net.)
On a side note, washingtpost.com changed their website almost immediately and was up for a good part of the day. I was very pleased with their coverage and especially quickly using some type of hosting site as well. Yahoo! was very slow if it came up at all and I didn't even try msnbc.com.
The "best" part of the Internet for this tragedy was the searchable list of the missing. This is something that could definitely not be done via TV and would take up so much room in print media.
Where I work, we have some neat templates that use Macros so having them completely disabled isn't an option. Luckily before we switched to word97, the Melissa virus came out and we were alerted to problems with the macros so we have a box that comes up and allows users to enable Macros if they think its necessary. It looks very microsoftish, maybe it comes with word and you can set it via something as easy as security levels but I'm sure it's quite easy to either make or enable.
We have educated users to think that if they click yes and its not a template that we have provided them that they could a. lose work, b. give access to confidential documents to people who should not have access to them. We have not had any problem with macro viruses with people who are regular employees. We have had trouble with visitors using someone else's computer, but I guess that comes with the territory a bit.
We also spread similar information about opening Outlook attachments or going to websites that could be considered inappropriate.
It seems to work and since we give users guidelines on what not to do with the computer they feel safer (as we do) about using the computer.
You really think that when Dell comes to take a look at your computer they are going to say, "Oh, you upgraded your Video Card, we're not going to fix your motherboard problem."
Naw, Dell talks a lot of trash about voiding the warranty but when it comes down to it, the service repairmen don't care what you've done to it... They get paid to replace the part and move on to the next job. We frequently have Dell technicians fix the Latitude notebooks we have, and even when they notice something fishy they seem to just laugh it off.
On a related note, when putting a laptop back together never listen to your coworkers tell you that you can't put a GIG of memory inside the notebook. Sometimes having those SIMMs floating around in the case is not good for the life of the equipment.
I agree with your first part and your second part.
But your third part is just absurd. The people who orchestrated and committed these atrocities are a lot worse in my mind than people who are just extremely ignorant on an issue. The people who snicker at an Arab, or look a Muslim a bit funny tomorrow should have to pay with social consequences, those who advocate violence against all of a religion will be logically torn apart, and those who commit violence against those of a religion (lets hope there are _no_ cases like this) should be taken care of by the laws that exist (Jail, fines, etc...). The people who perpetrated today's activates should be dealt with in a much harsher manner (death).
I have a personal belief that the US Government knows of people who are terrorists... Bin Laden comes to mind. I think that we should go after the targets that we know are involved in terrorist actions against the United States. The reaction to bomb any suspected is crazy! Maybe the DEA did it way back when, but from what I have heard we DO have knowledge of people like Bin Laden, what they've done, where they are... No action should be taken unless we are sure that these people cause terrorism in the United States, but from what I've seen, and heard, we do have knowledge of persons who have committed acts against the people of the United States.
We don't have to attack for what happened today, but we could find out from attacking, capturing, or immobilizing those people who feel that actions like what happened today, or what happened with the embassy bombings, or the USS Cole bombing are acceptable.
Sorry to tell yah, but we already do... When I use my cordless phone it cuts off my Wireless networking! I knew that this would be a problem when I got the access point, but if there was more spectrum available there might not have been this problem! This isn't type of interference that you were talking about but it still an annoyance!
People want to be entertained. People also want to be informed. I paid $5.50 at the movie theater to watch a film and I didn't pay a cent to watch a network television program on Pearl Harbor. I going to remember the love story from the movie, but I will remember the historical parts (where they actually bombed, that the US force didn't have any planes in the air, that there are at least 900 people still buried in the Arizona) for much longer and will have a more lasting effect for me.
We are fine being entertained, as long as we know the difference between fiction and non-fiction (which these movies do make confusing). My teachers in High School used films to support historical events, but I remember being told that the movies might not be accurate and we are free to expand our knowledge ourselves using the resources there are.
I must admit the attack scenes were really well done, but I think they could have done a completely accurate attack and still be able to have the two actors do what they did.
Yes, this is definitely not the normal view... But I read the statement, and it included some of the funniest things I've heard in a while.
One of the more interesting things that is brought up in the dissenting and concurring opinions (I guess reading that far is only done in pre-law classes now-a-days)... Gloria Tristani wants more enforcement of the laws while other commissioners want less broadcasting restrictions...
Harold W. Furchtgott-Roth says: "In my judgment, as alternative sources of programming and distribution increase, broadcast content restrictions must be eliminated."
His views say pretty much that the courts would knock down the FCC's regulation of speech and the FCC should take a path similar to this.
"Technology, especially digital communications, has advanced to the point where broadcast deregulation is not only warranted, but long overdue. In my view, the bases for challenging broadcast indecency has been well laid, and the issue is ripe for court review."
Let's all hope that in the future years Harold W. Furchtgott-Roth's ideas become the main view and if not a nice Supreme Court case to say that the FCC can't do what it does pops up.
Yes, going paperless does have its advantages and doesn't seem like a bad idea, in the long run it might even save money. But there is very limited reason why these computers need to be connected to the Internet.
If an office is utilizing a T1 as a patient I'd be more than scared to use these doctors as there's no legitimate reason to be using that much bandwidth. The insurance companies that are online use simple html forms and unless you have upwards of 20 doctors it shouldn't need more than a simple modem or dsl line.
The scariest part of the whole Internet thing is that you will be making things available for people to see on it! People do not place enough value on securing their information to allow them to have their medical records online. I can easily see a coworker of someone knowing that a person's password is their child's first name and the number 1 and viewing their coworker's ENTIRE medical history! In addition, web technologies are still not foolproof from hackers either; I wouldn't want my medical records online yet.
Anyways, I definitely would want to see a wireless access point put in so I can take my laptop and do work while I'm waiting for a doctor.
I think we do that in life too, turn everything into competition. The way our society from grade school on up is about who's got the better pokemon, who's got the better television, who's got the hotter chick, who's got the hooch, who got into the better college, who got the better job... Our lives now require us to prove that we are better than at least something out there.
Not that I'm supporting that all the time, I think that cooperation would yield much higher results than competition in many instances but society seems to place a higher appreciation on one being better than another.
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Smarterchild does not advertise. I have had Smarterchild on my buddy list for months, I have never had him to even tell me to get up to get a drink, much less tell me to drink coke. I talk to him for about 15 minutes a day, usually cussing him out and apologizing so much that he finally likes me again.
Boo to this woman, she should be fired for making lies up about this useful service.
On a side note, IM smarterchild and say "my name is dick" and then answer back "yes" and he will then refer to you as "dick" whenever you talk to him. Quite amusing, infact.
Jay Mathews is a bit of an extremist when it comes to the education articles. He usually takes the side that would have the public's sympathy on their side but goes too far with it. With that being said, he makes an interesting comment...
"But the freshman was accused of similarities on 30 out of hundreds of lines of computer code, and his accusers--by their very words on the official form--admitted that he was just trying to solve the problem."
Ignore the part that he was trying to solve the problem, 30 lines is a substantial amount of code, and in an intro level computer science course it very well could have been the entire assignment. Or maybe it could have been from a book, or code given from the teacher! We don't know, Jay Mathews doesn't know, he probably doesn't want to know.
There are procedures for this, the student did something against the rules and wound up with a C in the class instead of a B. If the student did something which was against the rules, but not really "wrong" than I don't see how this was an injustice. But we don't know.
People always believe that what they are doing is always of the highest priority and their cell phones will never go off of the top priority. On the other hand, It might not be a bad idea to do with calls to 911 (here in America) or any emergency service place, but then again, I've almost never gotten the fast busy when I am in range of a tower so I don't see much need for the prioritizing anyways.
You forgot Osama Bin Laden urinal cakes.
Short Location, Short Company ID, Function, Number.
The first exchange server for company widget located in DC would be DCWGEXCHANGE01.
Use 3 numbers if you'll ever have more than 10. Post sheets explaining company codes and/or location codes around the server room.
Nowhere near as fun, but so much less confusing.
I keep reloading this page to see if I can get a Microsoft Banner Ad on here:)
(I've been waiting weeks for this!)
At my school there's a little poster in the physics building that reads "What Physics majors do when the leave school." Research and management were on there along with medical, but the number one item on the list was "Software."
It's my personal opinion that the piece of paper tells people that you are teachable, not that you know the information, but that you can learn it.
When downloading something large (probably everything, just more noticeable when the file is large) Morpheus connects to different users with the same file.
Why don't you just not sell CDs that have any copy protection scheme?
That would stop all possibility of y'all having to pay a restocking fee.
Even the little guy can be part of the problem.
With all the rumors about what the the Xbox will do, I'm sure someone will come out with an MP3 player for it and you'll be able to copy to and from the Xbox:)
After the first tower was hit I started talking to a co-worker on AIM (I was at home) and she said that something happened to our NY office (it was in one WTC) so I walked upstairs to my television, turned on NBC and watched LIVE as a plane hit the second tower and the anchor on TV said something to the effect of "holy shit, this is intentional."
The Internet cannot do that right now. No matter what webpage or steaming media site I goto I will see it 10 - 15 seconds or read about 3 minutes later... after my roommate (who watches TV all the time) would have screamed "OH MY GOD!"
Don't get me wrong, I get almost all of my news from the Internet but we still cannot beat the Live aspect of TV (I know there's a few sec. propagation delay and all but nowhere near as bad as the net.)
On a side note, washingtpost.com changed their website almost immediately and was up for a good part of the day. I was very pleased with their coverage and especially quickly using some type of hosting site as well. Yahoo! was very slow if it came up at all and I didn't even try msnbc.com.
The "best" part of the Internet for this tragedy was the searchable list of the missing. This is something that could definitely not be done via TV and would take up so much room in print media.
Where I work, we have some neat templates that use Macros so having them completely disabled isn't an option. Luckily before we switched to word97, the Melissa virus came out and we were alerted to problems with the macros so we have a box that comes up and allows users to enable Macros if they think its necessary. It looks very microsoftish, maybe it comes with word and you can set it via something as easy as security levels but I'm sure it's quite easy to either make or enable.
We have educated users to think that if they click yes and its not a template that we have provided them that they could a. lose work, b. give access to confidential documents to people who should not have access to them. We have not had any problem with macro viruses with people who are regular employees. We have had trouble with visitors using someone else's computer, but I guess that comes with the territory a bit.
We also spread similar information about opening Outlook attachments or going to websites that could be considered inappropriate.
It seems to work and since we give users guidelines on what not to do with the computer they feel safer (as we do) about using the computer.
You really think that when Dell comes to take a look at your computer they are going to say, "Oh, you upgraded your Video Card, we're not going to fix your motherboard problem."
Naw, Dell talks a lot of trash about voiding the warranty but when it comes down to it, the service repairmen don't care what you've done to it... They get paid to replace the part and move on to the next job. We frequently have Dell technicians fix the Latitude notebooks we have, and even when they notice something fishy they seem to just laugh it off.
On a related note, when putting a laptop back together never listen to your coworkers tell you that you can't put a GIG of memory inside the notebook. Sometimes having those SIMMs floating around in the case is not good for the life of the equipment.
I agree with your first part and your second part.
But your third part is just absurd. The people who orchestrated and committed these atrocities are a lot worse in my mind than people who are just extremely ignorant on an issue. The people who snicker at an Arab, or look a Muslim a bit funny tomorrow should have to pay with social consequences, those who advocate violence against all of a religion will be logically torn apart, and those who commit violence against those of a religion (lets hope there are _no_ cases like this) should be taken care of by the laws that exist (Jail, fines, etc...). The people who perpetrated today's activates should be dealt with in a much harsher manner (death).
I have a personal belief that the US Government knows of people who are terrorists... Bin Laden comes to mind. I think that we should go after the targets that we know are involved in terrorist actions against the United States. The reaction to bomb any suspected is crazy! Maybe the DEA did it way back when, but from what I have heard we DO have knowledge of people like Bin Laden, what they've done, where they are... No action should be taken unless we are sure that these people cause terrorism in the United States, but from what I've seen, and heard, we do have knowledge of persons who have committed acts against the people of the United States.
We don't have to attack for what happened today, but we could find out from attacking, capturing, or immobilizing those people who feel that actions like what happened today, or what happened with the embassy bombings, or the USS Cole bombing are acceptable.
Sorry to tell yah, but we already do... When I use my cordless phone it cuts off my Wireless networking! I knew that this would be a problem when I got the access point, but if there was more spectrum available there might not have been this problem! This isn't type of interference that you were talking about but it still an annoyance!
People want to be entertained. People also want to be informed. I paid $5.50 at the movie theater to watch a film and I didn't pay a cent to watch a network television program on Pearl Harbor. I going to remember the love story from the movie, but I will remember the historical parts (where they actually bombed, that the US force didn't have any planes in the air, that there are at least 900 people still buried in the Arizona) for much longer and will have a more lasting effect for me.
We are fine being entertained, as long as we know the difference between fiction and non-fiction (which these movies do make confusing). My teachers in High School used films to support historical events, but I remember being told that the movies might not be accurate and we are free to expand our knowledge ourselves using the resources there are.
I must admit the attack scenes were really well done, but I think they could have done a completely accurate attack and still be able to have the two actors do what they did.
Yes, this is definitely not the normal view... But I read the statement, and it included some of the funniest things I've heard in a while.
One of the more interesting things that is brought up in the dissenting and concurring opinions (I guess reading that far is only done in pre-law classes now-a-days)... Gloria Tristani wants more enforcement of the laws while other commissioners want less broadcasting restrictions...
Harold W. Furchtgott-Roth says: "In my judgment, as alternative sources of programming and distribution increase, broadcast content restrictions must be eliminated." His views say pretty much that the courts would knock down the FCC's regulation of speech and the FCC should take a path similar to this. "Technology, especially digital communications, has advanced to the point where broadcast deregulation is not only warranted, but long overdue. In my view, the bases for challenging broadcast indecency has been well laid, and the issue is ripe for court review."
Let's all hope that in the future years Harold W. Furchtgott-Roth's ideas become the main view and if not a nice Supreme Court case to say that the FCC can't do what it does pops up.
Yes, going paperless does have its advantages and doesn't seem like a bad idea, in the long run it might even save money. But there is very limited reason why these computers need to be connected to the Internet.
If an office is utilizing a T1 as a patient I'd be more than scared to use these doctors as there's no legitimate reason to be using that much bandwidth. The insurance companies that are online use simple html forms and unless you have upwards of 20 doctors it shouldn't need more than a simple modem or dsl line.
The scariest part of the whole Internet thing is that you will be making things available for people to see on it! People do not place enough value on securing their information to allow them to have their medical records online. I can easily see a coworker of someone knowing that a person's password is their child's first name and the number 1 and viewing their coworker's ENTIRE medical history! In addition, web technologies are still not foolproof from hackers either; I wouldn't want my medical records online yet.
Anyways, I definitely would want to see a wireless access point put in so I can take my laptop and do work while I'm waiting for a doctor.
I think we do that in life too, turn everything into competition. The way our society from grade school on up is about who's got the better pokemon, who's got the better television, who's got the hotter chick, who's got the hooch, who got into the better college, who got the better job... Our lives now require us to prove that we are better than at least something out there.
Not that I'm supporting that all the time, I think that cooperation would yield much higher results than competition in many instances but society seems to place a higher appreciation on one being better than another.