most anyone that knows anything about cars and engines probably wouldn't buy the classic "family car" anywayas, so who gives a crap what volvo is doing. it'd be more expensive to have the car worked on, which would make lots of people less likely to buy the car since the whole front would have to be removed to get at the engine (that would probably take a bit of time to do in any regular garage, so you'd have to go to a volvo dealer and pay 3 times as much). it's never going to happen because it's just not worthwhile. they did say the seats were designed for women (more than just the ponytail split). i'm also sure there's more features that are there as well (a place to conveniently put a purse). the fact remains however, that it would be more expensive, and where do you draw the line between designing it for women and making it unisex? can't make all the seats designed for women because you have other passengers. so in reality, it's just not worth it to make thsi car. certain features would make sense, but others would not. i think it is completely bogus with teh whole "car phones mechanic who phones driver" thing. that's just plain dumb. oh, and the body scan isn't that great either. i know someone with a chrysler 300m (or something like that). it's got different keys for different drivers and automatically adjusts the mirrors, seat, and steering wheel depending on the key (after you make your manual adjustments, it remembers). i think that's pretty damn cool. that's a good idea, but the body scan thing so thtat it adjusts depending on your body will still require you to make your own adjustments for your own comfort, so it's just something that costs extra money.
There are people out there that for whatever reason, will not buy AMD because of a perception (real or false) that AMD is a second rate follower company. This recent development possibly means the beginning of the end of this perception, and less money flowing into Intel's coffers.
the majority of people that steer clear of amd aren't doing it because they have heard of intel before. in fact, it's because the majority of computer buyers don't really care what's inside. they're the same ones that think black means faster even if they buy a black case with a 386 inside that runs windows 3.1. it's black so it must be faster. they bu intel because that's what the majority of computer manufacturers/assemblers put in them. it has nothing to do with thinking that amd is second rate or intel is the best because it's the biggest.
it figures that the first comment i see would be this pro-linux, anti-article calling linux the least safe OS.
but i will admit that the research does not show anything about one OS being safer than the other if they don't count all the windows worms and stuff. maybe calling it the OS most likely to get hacked.
i'd also like to add that one big determining factor could be the fact that there are a lot more people playing around with linux than with windows or bsd/osx. linux is free, it's become sort of a "cool" thing to be using regardless of whether or not you can secure it properly (or even enough to avoid being hacked). i know people who were investigated by the FBI at my old college because they installed red hat out of the box and were almost immediately used to perform DoS attacks on certain major servers (some government). instead of really learning about security they got a copy of mandrake and installed that out of the box. apparently it's more secure out of the box than red hat. but what i'm saying is that there's a lot more people like that using linux than any other operating system. linux when not properly secured can be far less secure than and out of the box install of windows. i don't know much about bsd, so i can't comment on that, but it's nowhere near as popular as a tinkering toy than linux and osx is properly configured to be secure when you install it out of the box or when you buy your new system. so obviously without all the worms and viruses, linux would be found to be the least safe.
OTOH, should they have considered all the worms and viruses for windows? they aren't directly related to vulnerabilities in the operating system, they're related to the vulnerabilities of the users who don't have proper protection (which is something extra you have to pay for) while most linux vulnerabilities have to do with services running.
and for the guy below who said they considered the whole distribution as the operating system, no shit, why would they consider just the kernel? is the windows kernel less secure than the linux kernel? it has to do with open services and vulnerabilities. those services aren't inherently part of the windows kernel in the same way they're not inherently part of the linux kernel. they just come automatically installed and running in windows and linux allows a bit (ok, a lot) more configuration on the install.
the study really shows the ability of people to properly install and secure their operating systems and which operating systems are inherently more secure when installed out of the box. and i woudl fully agree that in general, windows is not gonna be hacked without the help of worms and viruses which require additional proprietary softawre that you have to pay for.
i actually had luck with them. i think it was monster. i didn't get the job because i coudln't make it to the interview (which they told me about the day before and that was the only day they could, but i had another interview scheduled for that same day). i probably would've had a job working for a contractor at the new york stock exchange and first dibs on any open positions with the stock exchange itself. good way of getting my foot in the door. the guy seemed to want to hire me too. it all worked out though, i'm now working in a college and can get a free education (and better job stability). but if i was ever unemployed again, i'd definitely get my resume back on monster, hotjobs (maybe not that one since it started to suck after yahoo took over), and careerbuilder (since some newspapers post their jobs there). also look for smaller local job sites. they are generally good. i had a few interviews from those sites as well. i definitely wouldn't say stay away from them, but definitely keep your resume up to date on them if you need a job. they could be worth it.
well said. being an american, i believe the same thing. you should not be driving no matter how much alcohol you had. while it might not seem fair to the ordinary citizen who can make intelligent decisions and not drink to the point of intoxication as defined by law, it will certainly cut down on the number of drunk drivers knowing that any amount of alcohol in their system will warrant an arrest. there are more deaths because of drunk driving than for any other reason, and it needs to stop. it's absolutely ridiculous. do i believe that new mexico's new policy is good? not necessarily, but it's not a completely bad idea. while i am one of the smarter people who will have only a beer or 2 in the 3 hours i'm at a bar (so the alcohol is gone when i leave), i realize that there are many more people who cause problems. and it's a problem for me because what if one of those people gets into a car and hits me or one of my family and they die? will i want stronger laws? yes, definitely. the problem is absolutely ridiculous and needs to end and if harsh laws will help, then we need harsh laws.
what's wrong with gun control? people should have background checks and a proper gun permit before being able to purchase a gun. if you haven't committed a violent crime, you shoudln't have anything to worry about. but if you have, then yes, i'd say there's a good reason not to sell the gun to you. how bad is that? you tell me.
his historical actions were generally against his own nation, not linking him to any international terrorist organizations, such as al quaeda. this is what the bush administration said was true and now they have backed off that assertion. there is no known link between saddam and bin laden or any other major terrorist, and we have yet to find any. why saddam was this "major threat" to the united states that we felt it necessary to just go on as freedom fighters for the rest of the world while our own nation suffers from economic hardships (and don't give me that bullshit about the economy being great because the stock market is doing well... if unemployment is higher than it has been in many many years, there is an economic problem regardless of the stupid stock market).
of course they're extorting. first off, what has to be determined in a copyright infringement case? if the user is a 12 year old girl who has no idea that she's breaking the law because she thought it was legal since she paid $30 for kazaa, is she guilty? does kazaa come with a disclaimer that says it cannot be used for downloading and distribution of copyrighted information? i don't believe so. i don't think kazaa should have that disclaimer, but it would make the 12 year old girl more guilty. the same goes for grandma. what the RIAA should be doing rather than throwing these lawsuits at these people and then barely giving them the option of going to court (using their lack of knowledge to get a few grand out of them) is educating the public on copyright law. make them pay for the songs they had (probably at the same price you can buy them for which is like $1 a pop) and leave them free to go. it would make them look much nicer in the public's eyes, their PR would be much better and they would probably make more money. in addition to this, they need to do other things like LOWER THE PRICES OF THEIR DAMN CD'S. do normal business things to help cd sales increase.
the other issue with their copyright infringement settlements is the transfer of money. who gets it? i'm sure that doesn't go to the artists who were ripped off, they probably don't see a dime of it because in the RIAA's eyes, it has nothig to do with them. if they want to win their PR campaign, they need to support the artist more, give more to the artist, and put out some decent music for once.
but if you can't do the job the way he wants it done or in the fashion described on your resume or in your interview, you can still be canned. when you use the nice phrases that get you through HR and then the hiring manager comes to talk to you, you could very well have screwed yourself.
being humble is not hte same as being honest about your abilities. being humble is more downplaying yourself. just be completely honest and make them like you. when it comes to being laid off, there's nothing you can do about it, the company screwed you over, but don't be bitter about it, just explain what happened in the interview, but only if it's brought up. i've found that generally, it's better not to talk about something like that if the interviewer does not ask about it. bringing up a 5 week job and lots of unemployment in between jobs will make you sound like you're guilty. it's like a murderer on trial telling more than the prosecution asks. while you don't want to lie about it, you don't want to show any form of guilt. be confident, but not cocky. the cockier you are in an interview, the less likely you'll get the job. i know if i was hiring, i would make sure i put the cocky guy in his place before dismissing him and i wouldn't even give him the pleasure of calling him back to tell him he didn't get the job.
what i would think of as an all-in-one diagnostic utility is somethig that checks for bad drivers or resource conflicts. if it just tells you the hardware works fine, that's great, but it doesn't tell you the problem and then it can become a guessing game.
video cards are generally an easy thing since (at lesat older PC's) computers won't boot without a video card (might be different now, that was my experience with my machine, still use that machine all the time). the other stuff is a little more tricky. i realize you can't always have all the stuff there (whcih is what patches are for and the patches would also remove support for some more ancient hardware).
while this method would be fine for one system, it's a time consuming method. from what i could tell by reading the original question is that he wants something that he could easily do several computers relatively quickly (at least more quickly than swapping out all the hardware with stuff you know "works". you know... as far as i know, everything in my machine works just fine, if i were to take it out, and replace it with something, i would still assume it works find if i put it back in, but over time, it could get to the point where it doesn't work anymore. and while it's nice to just go to the manufacturers website for the diagnostic tools, you have a whole bunch of different hardware, and god only knows what is in each machine that you work on. might be easier to have a nice program that checks all this stuff.
but i do agree that your method is graet if it's just your own personal computer.
that's quite amusing that you say this. i hvae met many many many technically unsavvy people who use their cell phones as their phone book, but that could be due to my age. if you're talking a room full of 40+ year olds as opposed to a room full of 20-40 year olds, then i can see the difference even if you (or i) are the only ones that are technically savvy. i don't know a single person who remembers phone numbers anymore, even if the number is simple, only because they use their cell phone all the time and have all numbers programmed in.
since it's a business, a business owner does not have to answer the phone at 3am. and plus, it's a cell phone, so it can be turned off at night. i think your friend was dumb for leaving his phone on and answering it at 3am.
it's a pretty cool idea to have for a record company or record store, aside from the prank calls. another good use of that number is if your name is jenny.:) but then you really gotta watch out for the prank calls.
jenny: hello? caller: jenny? jenny: yes. caller: i got your number *click*
it's too bad that the united states is not more like europe. the euro is worth more than the dollar, less crime, more family-oriented activites, better health care, etc, etc, etc. seems like the quality of life over there is far better than it is here. people generally don't work sundays and take long lunch breaks to eat with their families. and then there's the vacation period in the summer... why can't the US be more like europe?
i read the post i replied to and it doesn't mention anything about nyc.
the bottom line fucked itself over, and it's kind of a shame, but from what i've heard, they somewhat deserved it. they owed a whole shitload of back-rent to nyu and didn't pay it. nyu was giving them a lot of extra time and giving them the space at way below what the place was worth and they still didn't pay their rent. they were given many chances and never paid their rent. i've heard rants from many people about how nyu should allow this place to stay, but i've also heard the other side of the story from both nyu and from visitors to the club. after hearing everything, it sounds like the club owners are way in teh wrong and didn't take the chance to save themselves.
as for tobacco road, i thought it was still open and it still seems to be according to their webpage. i subscribe to a list that gives me a listing of a lot of the musical happenings in nyc and there are always a lot, usually several choices for each night, and it doesn't include the smaller places.
i don't know how a record store is gonna do better supporting live music. generally, most independent record stores already support local bands. giving away free sample cd's and having them autoload the merchandise page so peopel can buy the recordings online hurts the record store because they aren't buying from the store, they're buying from the band or soem online store that the band uses. so they're supporting the music, but not the record stores which is what the point of this article is. sure it might get more people in the store to get the free cd, but if people feel they can get cheaper music elsewhere, they're screwed, and if people don't even know these independent stores are there, what's the point? they need to make a name for themselves. there's an independent store in new haven, CT. it's cutler's, arguably the best record store in the state. they made a name for themselves. you gotta advertise, and advertising prices might not be a bad idea. cutler's, i will admit, does not have great prices, but you can find anything you're looking for there (well, almost).
live music venues need to do the same thing. and in new york, there's an abundance, so the increased competition with each other is killing them (also another topic discussed on another list i belong to). and they're trying to make the rules stricter for late night venues.
i used to live in CT, and now i'm in RI. i do think target and walmart have comparable prices to the local stores, maybe best buy too, but i'm pretty sure it was a little more expensive. the local stores always had the lowest prices, and since i refuse to support walmart as much as i can help it (it's hard being poor and not buying stuff there), i will never buy cd's at walmart. i'll support target, but not for music (generally walmart and target don't have a good selection anyways, at least not for what i look for). so that leaves me with best buy (and the like) and record stores (whether they be chains or local shops), and i'd rather support the local ones, since they're less expensive than the chains. i've never been to an independent record store that cost more than $15 for a cd.
i have never seen a cd at best buy for $11.99, unless it's on sale, whcih are then either only the top 20 or something and some old album that you probably already have. everything else is at least $15, usually more like $17-18.
however, at the local store, new cd's are $13-15, you can find everything (just not hundreds of copies of it) you find at best buy and more. the staff is more knowledgeable and you have more music for less.
why shop at a chain? because they advertise. that's the only reason i can think of for shopping at a chain store for cd's, because you've heard of them and don't know the local store exists. maybe we all need to start putting up free flyers advertising the local record stores...
the industry will never move to a solely downloadable medium. you will always be able to buy albums, whether they be cd's, dvd-a, sacd, or hdcd, you will always be able to wlak into a store and buy a hard copy of what you want, at least for the rest of most of our lifetimes. the industry is very much anti-change in that sense (which is not necessarily bad). i don't consider paying for mp3's of songs getting the same song as i would on the cd. it's not the same, it's lost some of the quality in the compression. can you get shn or flac (the only major lossless compression schemes i can think of) from itunes? i doubt it. so the point you made can be completely rejected by just that. mp3 and wma seem to be the only major forms of audio compression that you can pay for (unless you do the live music downloads from bands like phish, who offer mp3 or flac to download and burn copies of their shows).
my next major point is that you say 90% (and admit that it's not a fact, which is good) of music buyers don't give a shit about other people's opinions of music. go to any concert for a major touring (touring means bands that constantly tour) act and talk to the people there. they'll all be talking about other bands they heard play at smaller clubs or other big shows they've seen recently. most serious music listeners (which make up a lot more than 10% of the music listening audience) want recommendations. while they might shop at chains, they don't go to places like best buy or walmart to buy their music. they go to music/record store chains. at those places, you do get a relatively knowledgeable staff. while they might be kids and be younger, they are into music and might be able to point many adults in the direction of good newer music they might like in addition to their classic rock or whatever it is they like. mall stores like fye won't be a good place, but tower records generally has a relatively knowledgable staff.
word of mouth popularity will never suffer, look what it has done to a whole lot of bands.... phish, string cheese incident, grateful dead (back in the 60's and 70's), etc all grew in popularity solely because of word of mouth. what major radio stations play any of thsoe bands (with the exception of the dead since they're now on classic rock stations). finding obscure albums and artists has always been tricky, and even if you only go to independent stores, you still might not find it. if you know the record company, you will have a much easier time finding it and will be able to get it ordered. digitizing all cd's will never happen, maybe those released by major record labels, but not the indie labels, which does not make it easier to find the obscure artists.
and as far as 8-tracks and cassettes and vinyl going out of style, no one knows where technology will lead. there will always be some better sounding medium, and right now, there's a transition to dvd-a and sacd. in fact, a lot of newly released albums and re-released old albums are being released as hdcd to offer dual compatibility. better sounding hdcd players can play them and regular cd players can as well. so that argument is gone. there will always be some hard medium that you can buy albums on. i don't think in the next 20 years that the industry will move completely away from it. there are way more constraints than you think. first is the album art, which a lot of people want, and it's not that easy to make a nice jewelcase booklet from jpeg's. even printer technology hasn't made it affordable to print them out perfectly.
so while it's easy to say that the majority of music listeners is the dumb teeny bopper kids that listen to britney and nsync and blink 182, it's definitely not the case. in fact, it's very far from the case. while the majority of teenagers listen to that crap, there are quite a few who don't, who want more out of music, who care about all the stuff i pointed out. add those to the older listeners (which you would be surprised about their tech-savviness) and you get at least half of all people who buy music, probably more.
there's a disappearance of live music venues? where do you live? in CT and NYC, there's certainly no shortage. it just depends on what you want. if you want top national acts, they're a little harder to find for a good price, but you can usually find smaller, national acts or local acts that are just as good, if not better, than the "top" ones. you just have to go to the smaller clubs and bars to find them.
as far as record stores are concerned, i am almost shocked that people don't support their smaller, local, independent record stores. they are usually cheaper ($3-$5 less per cd) than the chains or best buy type stores, and they generally offer the same selection as the larger stores, but also throw in smaller bands and local bands. whenever i buy cd's, i usually go to the local independent store to get them for these reasons.
i personally believe that music will start to improve within the next 5 years. the quality has been decreasing to a point where it's almost rock bottom for any major acts, and people want more. no one wants those strip shows like you get at britney or janet concerts. people are tired of the stupid antics of these acts just to get media attention (britney's wedding, janet's boob, madonna's kiss, etc.). it's at the point where the people are sick of this crap. it all sounds the same, especially the modern rock that calls itself punk. each and every one of those modern mainstream "punk" bands is exactly the same.
anyways, that's my rant on music... support your local record stores, they're better than the chains and you'll save money... and if they don't have what you want, ask them, they'll order it
now what happens when user "sales-charley" is out deathly ill and "sales-anna" has to quickly scramble to deal with the companies that "sales-charley" is accountable for. "sales-anna" is screwed because she can't access that data without going through IT to get the access she needs, and if there is a major time constraint (morning meeting with charley's companies), your company loses clients. who gets the blame? probably charley (for being deathly ill the day of the most important meeting of his career) and anna (for not being able to cover for him properly).
ok, that aside... how much time (which in reality is money) is spent training new hires who came from purely quickbooks or whatever other software environments? they won't be able to easily use the system right away and if you only give them certain access and then they need more on short notice, they're screwed like charley and anna.
the big question here is training. you hire peopl that come from the common software to use this very uncommon software. they will hate it for most likely their entire stay with the company. ruins productivity because it continuously takes them longer to get stuff done and in the face of deadlines, they are slow and the company loses money.
oh, and an aside about mozilla. i currently use it on my win2k machine as my browser and email client. it's great for email, perfect in fact. it's not quite as great as a browser. i don't remember what page i went to, but it told me i had an older browser and should be using IE 5 or higher or netscape 6 or higher. last i checked this was equivalent to netscape 6, but not according to that site. that means that you can't access all pages with mozilla. maybe it was a config problem on the site admin's side, who knows, but it still didn't work. other than that and the not-so-nice integration into windows (tried and tried and tried, but it won't automatically play wmv files unless i download them first), i lvoe it.
can't they track the IP that the domain in question is associated with to an ISP and get info from the ISP as to who the server belongs to (if it's rented server space, there must be someone who can get the info on the owner). eventually, there will be a way to find out, unless they used false information the entire way through and in that case, the domain should be brought down, the hosted material taken offline and everything put out of service. easy as pie. nothing says the guy can't buy up another domain with another hosting service and do it all over again, but eventually money becomes an issue. as you're paying for service that isnt' there because it was taken down. also, how do they pay for it? you can find that out. if a credit card number was given, track the number. if paid by check, track the check/account #. i think money orders are pretty anonymous though, which makes it more difficult, but the money order had to be purchased somewhere (bank/post office) and in taht case, you can find the date it was purchased just by looking at it and both banks and post offices have surveillance cameras on their tellers/cashiers, just find the tape from the date, assuming old tapes are kept (i would assume they are, or are supposed to be).
the virus specifically attacked www.sco.com. they took it down most likely to save on bandwidth. no need for extra bandwidth if your site is going to be down anyways. it'd be funny if all the people with mydoom got 404 errors sent to their computers because of the site being down.
on the other hand... wasn't microsoft supposed to be attacked today? looks like they were either smart or mydoom didn't work since their site is still up. i would've thought sco would have done something to protect themselves the other day, dumb bastards.
any smart company would have some sort of enterprise anti-virus program that allows you to run an anti-virus server that sets how often they update the virus defs. set it to update once a day and you're all set. there's basically no need for cleaning up except for a few older machines taht aren't on the same image as the others. password protect the AV software so people can't go and change things and you're golden. i've seen it in place and i've seen it work. there's always a few taht get the virus still, but in reality, it's not a huge deal, you go and clean it up. put a virus filter on the email server for extra protection. depending on the size of your business, if it's really small, you just buy computers that come with anti-virus pre-installed and you keep up the subscription. larger ones, you do teh enterprise software with anti-virus server. last i used it, the enterprise norton dealt with something like 3000 clients connecting to one server, and the machine doesn't have to be extremely robust either. and you probably have at least a handful of people smart enough to run around and remove the viruses off the few comptuers that still happen to get them. so you're down about 2-3 hours worth or labor, not really a big deal.
it can't be cured and it shows up every now and then making it very uncomfortable down there... so it's life ruining in the sense that it stays with you forever showing symptoms occasionally.
the people in waco would've died anyways. they were blindly following some jackass who proclaimed that he was jesus christ and they believed him. how stupid can you be? i'm jesus, i need to sleep with all the women, including the little girls. right... makes a lot of sense. if they didn't believe the guy in the first place, they wouldn't have died and david koresh would've just been some stupid jackass calling himself jesus and becoming the laughing stock of the country.
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most anyone that knows anything about cars and engines probably wouldn't buy the classic "family car" anywayas, so who gives a crap what volvo is doing. it'd be more expensive to have the car worked on, which would make lots of people less likely to buy the car since the whole front would have to be removed to get at the engine (that would probably take a bit of time to do in any regular garage, so you'd have to go to a volvo dealer and pay 3 times as much). it's never going to happen because it's just not worthwhile. they did say the seats were designed for women (more than just the ponytail split). i'm also sure there's more features that are there as well (a place to conveniently put a purse). the fact remains however, that it would be more expensive, and where do you draw the line between designing it for women and making it unisex? can't make all the seats designed for women because you have other passengers. so in reality, it's just not worth it to make thsi car. certain features would make sense, but others would not. i think it is completely bogus with teh whole "car phones mechanic who phones driver" thing. that's just plain dumb. oh, and the body scan isn't that great either. i know someone with a chrysler 300m (or something like that). it's got different keys for different drivers and automatically adjusts the mirrors, seat, and steering wheel depending on the key (after you make your manual adjustments, it remembers). i think that's pretty damn cool. that's a good idea, but the body scan thing so thtat it adjusts depending on your body will still require you to make your own adjustments for your own comfort, so it's just something that costs extra money.
There are people out there that for whatever reason, will not buy AMD because of a perception (real or false) that AMD is a second rate follower company. This recent development possibly means the beginning of the end of this perception, and less money flowing into Intel's coffers.
the majority of people that steer clear of amd aren't doing it because they have heard of intel before. in fact, it's because the majority of computer buyers don't really care what's inside. they're the same ones that think black means faster even if they buy a black case with a 386 inside that runs windows 3.1. it's black so it must be faster. they bu intel because that's what the majority of computer manufacturers/assemblers put in them. it has nothing to do with thinking that amd is second rate or intel is the best because it's the biggest.
it figures that the first comment i see would be this pro-linux, anti-article calling linux the least safe OS.
but i will admit that the research does not show anything about one OS being safer than the other if they don't count all the windows worms and stuff. maybe calling it the OS most likely to get hacked.
i'd also like to add that one big determining factor could be the fact that there are a lot more people playing around with linux than with windows or bsd/osx. linux is free, it's become sort of a "cool" thing to be using regardless of whether or not you can secure it properly (or even enough to avoid being hacked). i know people who were investigated by the FBI at my old college because they installed red hat out of the box and were almost immediately used to perform DoS attacks on certain major servers (some government). instead of really learning about security they got a copy of mandrake and installed that out of the box. apparently it's more secure out of the box than red hat. but what i'm saying is that there's a lot more people like that using linux than any other operating system. linux when not properly secured can be far less secure than and out of the box install of windows. i don't know much about bsd, so i can't comment on that, but it's nowhere near as popular as a tinkering toy than linux and osx is properly configured to be secure when you install it out of the box or when you buy your new system. so obviously without all the worms and viruses, linux would be found to be the least safe.
OTOH, should they have considered all the worms and viruses for windows? they aren't directly related to vulnerabilities in the operating system, they're related to the vulnerabilities of the users who don't have proper protection (which is something extra you have to pay for) while most linux vulnerabilities have to do with services running.
and for the guy below who said they considered the whole distribution as the operating system, no shit, why would they consider just the kernel? is the windows kernel less secure than the linux kernel? it has to do with open services and vulnerabilities. those services aren't inherently part of the windows kernel in the same way they're not inherently part of the linux kernel. they just come automatically installed and running in windows and linux allows a bit (ok, a lot) more configuration on the install.
the study really shows the ability of people to properly install and secure their operating systems and which operating systems are inherently more secure when installed out of the box. and i woudl fully agree that in general, windows is not gonna be hacked without the help of worms and viruses which require additional proprietary softawre that you have to pay for.
i actually had luck with them. i think it was monster. i didn't get the job because i coudln't make it to the interview (which they told me about the day before and that was the only day they could, but i had another interview scheduled for that same day). i probably would've had a job working for a contractor at the new york stock exchange and first dibs on any open positions with the stock exchange itself. good way of getting my foot in the door. the guy seemed to want to hire me too. it all worked out though, i'm now working in a college and can get a free education (and better job stability). but if i was ever unemployed again, i'd definitely get my resume back on monster, hotjobs (maybe not that one since it started to suck after yahoo took over), and careerbuilder (since some newspapers post their jobs there). also look for smaller local job sites. they are generally good. i had a few interviews from those sites as well. i definitely wouldn't say stay away from them, but definitely keep your resume up to date on them if you need a job. they could be worth it.
well said. being an american, i believe the same thing. you should not be driving no matter how much alcohol you had. while it might not seem fair to the ordinary citizen who can make intelligent decisions and not drink to the point of intoxication as defined by law, it will certainly cut down on the number of drunk drivers knowing that any amount of alcohol in their system will warrant an arrest. there are more deaths because of drunk driving than for any other reason, and it needs to stop. it's absolutely ridiculous. do i believe that new mexico's new policy is good? not necessarily, but it's not a completely bad idea. while i am one of the smarter people who will have only a beer or 2 in the 3 hours i'm at a bar (so the alcohol is gone when i leave), i realize that there are many more people who cause problems. and it's a problem for me because what if one of those people gets into a car and hits me or one of my family and they die? will i want stronger laws? yes, definitely. the problem is absolutely ridiculous and needs to end and if harsh laws will help, then we need harsh laws.
what's wrong with gun control? people should have background checks and a proper gun permit before being able to purchase a gun. if you haven't committed a violent crime, you shoudln't have anything to worry about. but if you have, then yes, i'd say there's a good reason not to sell the gun to you. how bad is that? you tell me.
his historical actions were generally against his own nation, not linking him to any international terrorist organizations, such as al quaeda. this is what the bush administration said was true and now they have backed off that assertion. there is no known link between saddam and bin laden or any other major terrorist, and we have yet to find any. why saddam was this "major threat" to the united states that we felt it necessary to just go on as freedom fighters for the rest of the world while our own nation suffers from economic hardships (and don't give me that bullshit about the economy being great because the stock market is doing well... if unemployment is higher than it has been in many many years, there is an economic problem regardless of the stupid stock market).
of course they're extorting. first off, what has to be determined in a copyright infringement case? if the user is a 12 year old girl who has no idea that she's breaking the law because she thought it was legal since she paid $30 for kazaa, is she guilty? does kazaa come with a disclaimer that says it cannot be used for downloading and distribution of copyrighted information? i don't believe so. i don't think kazaa should have that disclaimer, but it would make the 12 year old girl more guilty. the same goes for grandma. what the RIAA should be doing rather than throwing these lawsuits at these people and then barely giving them the option of going to court (using their lack of knowledge to get a few grand out of them) is educating the public on copyright law. make them pay for the songs they had (probably at the same price you can buy them for which is like $1 a pop) and leave them free to go. it would make them look much nicer in the public's eyes, their PR would be much better and they would probably make more money. in addition to this, they need to do other things like LOWER THE PRICES OF THEIR DAMN CD'S. do normal business things to help cd sales increase.
the other issue with their copyright infringement settlements is the transfer of money. who gets it? i'm sure that doesn't go to the artists who were ripped off, they probably don't see a dime of it because in the RIAA's eyes, it has nothig to do with them. if they want to win their PR campaign, they need to support the artist more, give more to the artist, and put out some decent music for once.
but if you can't do the job the way he wants it done or in the fashion described on your resume or in your interview, you can still be canned. when you use the nice phrases that get you through HR and then the hiring manager comes to talk to you, you could very well have screwed yourself.
being humble is not hte same as being honest about your abilities. being humble is more downplaying yourself. just be completely honest and make them like you. when it comes to being laid off, there's nothing you can do about it, the company screwed you over, but don't be bitter about it, just explain what happened in the interview, but only if it's brought up. i've found that generally, it's better not to talk about something like that if the interviewer does not ask about it. bringing up a 5 week job and lots of unemployment in between jobs will make you sound like you're guilty. it's like a murderer on trial telling more than the prosecution asks. while you don't want to lie about it, you don't want to show any form of guilt. be confident, but not cocky. the cockier you are in an interview, the less likely you'll get the job. i know if i was hiring, i would make sure i put the cocky guy in his place before dismissing him and i wouldn't even give him the pleasure of calling him back to tell him he didn't get the job.
what i would think of as an all-in-one diagnostic utility is somethig that checks for bad drivers or resource conflicts. if it just tells you the hardware works fine, that's great, but it doesn't tell you the problem and then it can become a guessing game.
video cards are generally an easy thing since (at lesat older PC's) computers won't boot without a video card (might be different now, that was my experience with my machine, still use that machine all the time). the other stuff is a little more tricky. i realize you can't always have all the stuff there (whcih is what patches are for and the patches would also remove support for some more ancient hardware).
while this method would be fine for one system, it's a time consuming method. from what i could tell by reading the original question is that he wants something that he could easily do several computers relatively quickly (at least more quickly than swapping out all the hardware with stuff you know "works". you know... as far as i know, everything in my machine works just fine, if i were to take it out, and replace it with something, i would still assume it works find if i put it back in, but over time, it could get to the point where it doesn't work anymore. and while it's nice to just go to the manufacturers website for the diagnostic tools, you have a whole bunch of different hardware, and god only knows what is in each machine that you work on. might be easier to have a nice program that checks all this stuff.
but i do agree that your method is graet if it's just your own personal computer.
that's quite amusing that you say this. i hvae met many many many technically unsavvy people who use their cell phones as their phone book, but that could be due to my age. if you're talking a room full of 40+ year olds as opposed to a room full of 20-40 year olds, then i can see the difference even if you (or i) are the only ones that are technically savvy. i don't know a single person who remembers phone numbers anymore, even if the number is simple, only because they use their cell phone all the time and have all numbers programmed in.
since it's a business, a business owner does not have to answer the phone at 3am. and plus, it's a cell phone, so it can be turned off at night. i think your friend was dumb for leaving his phone on and answering it at 3am.
:) but then you really gotta watch out for the prank calls.
it's a pretty cool idea to have for a record company or record store, aside from the prank calls. another good use of that number is if your name is jenny.
jenny: hello?
caller: jenny?
jenny: yes.
caller: i got your number *click*
it's too bad that the united states is not more like europe. the euro is worth more than the dollar, less crime, more family-oriented activites, better health care, etc, etc, etc. seems like the quality of life over there is far better than it is here. people generally don't work sundays and take long lunch breaks to eat with their families. and then there's the vacation period in the summer... why can't the US be more like europe?
i read the post i replied to and it doesn't mention anything about nyc.
the bottom line fucked itself over, and it's kind of a shame, but from what i've heard, they somewhat deserved it. they owed a whole shitload of back-rent to nyu and didn't pay it. nyu was giving them a lot of extra time and giving them the space at way below what the place was worth and they still didn't pay their rent. they were given many chances and never paid their rent. i've heard rants from many people about how nyu should allow this place to stay, but i've also heard the other side of the story from both nyu and from visitors to the club. after hearing everything, it sounds like the club owners are way in teh wrong and didn't take the chance to save themselves.
as for tobacco road, i thought it was still open and it still seems to be according to their webpage. i subscribe to a list that gives me a listing of a lot of the musical happenings in nyc and there are always a lot, usually several choices for each night, and it doesn't include the smaller places.
i don't know how a record store is gonna do better supporting live music. generally, most independent record stores already support local bands. giving away free sample cd's and having them autoload the merchandise page so peopel can buy the recordings online hurts the record store because they aren't buying from the store, they're buying from the band or soem online store that the band uses. so they're supporting the music, but not the record stores which is what the point of this article is. sure it might get more people in the store to get the free cd, but if people feel they can get cheaper music elsewhere, they're screwed, and if people don't even know these independent stores are there, what's the point? they need to make a name for themselves. there's an independent store in new haven, CT. it's cutler's, arguably the best record store in the state. they made a name for themselves. you gotta advertise, and advertising prices might not be a bad idea. cutler's, i will admit, does not have great prices, but you can find anything you're looking for there (well, almost).
live music venues need to do the same thing. and in new york, there's an abundance, so the increased competition with each other is killing them (also another topic discussed on another list i belong to). and they're trying to make the rules stricter for late night venues.
i used to live in CT, and now i'm in RI. i do think target and walmart have comparable prices to the local stores, maybe best buy too, but i'm pretty sure it was a little more expensive. the local stores always had the lowest prices, and since i refuse to support walmart as much as i can help it (it's hard being poor and not buying stuff there), i will never buy cd's at walmart. i'll support target, but not for music (generally walmart and target don't have a good selection anyways, at least not for what i look for). so that leaves me with best buy (and the like) and record stores (whether they be chains or local shops), and i'd rather support the local ones, since they're less expensive than the chains. i've never been to an independent record store that cost more than $15 for a cd.
i have never seen a cd at best buy for $11.99, unless it's on sale, whcih are then either only the top 20 or something and some old album that you probably already have. everything else is at least $15, usually more like $17-18.
however, at the local store, new cd's are $13-15, you can find everything (just not hundreds of copies of it) you find at best buy and more. the staff is more knowledgeable and you have more music for less.
why shop at a chain? because they advertise. that's the only reason i can think of for shopping at a chain store for cd's, because you've heard of them and don't know the local store exists. maybe we all need to start putting up free flyers advertising the local record stores...
the industry will never move to a solely downloadable medium. you will always be able to buy albums, whether they be cd's, dvd-a, sacd, or hdcd, you will always be able to wlak into a store and buy a hard copy of what you want, at least for the rest of most of our lifetimes. the industry is very much anti-change in that sense (which is not necessarily bad). i don't consider paying for mp3's of songs getting the same song as i would on the cd. it's not the same, it's lost some of the quality in the compression. can you get shn or flac (the only major lossless compression schemes i can think of) from itunes? i doubt it. so the point you made can be completely rejected by just that. mp3 and wma seem to be the only major forms of audio compression that you can pay for (unless you do the live music downloads from bands like phish, who offer mp3 or flac to download and burn copies of their shows).
my next major point is that you say 90% (and admit that it's not a fact, which is good) of music buyers don't give a shit about other people's opinions of music. go to any concert for a major touring (touring means bands that constantly tour) act and talk to the people there. they'll all be talking about other bands they heard play at smaller clubs or other big shows they've seen recently. most serious music listeners (which make up a lot more than 10% of the music listening audience) want recommendations. while they might shop at chains, they don't go to places like best buy or walmart to buy their music. they go to music/record store chains. at those places, you do get a relatively knowledgeable staff. while they might be kids and be younger, they are into music and might be able to point many adults in the direction of good newer music they might like in addition to their classic rock or whatever it is they like. mall stores like fye won't be a good place, but tower records generally has a relatively knowledgable staff.
word of mouth popularity will never suffer, look what it has done to a whole lot of bands.... phish, string cheese incident, grateful dead (back in the 60's and 70's), etc all grew in popularity solely because of word of mouth. what major radio stations play any of thsoe bands (with the exception of the dead since they're now on classic rock stations). finding obscure albums and artists has always been tricky, and even if you only go to independent stores, you still might not find it. if you know the record company, you will have a much easier time finding it and will be able to get it ordered. digitizing all cd's will never happen, maybe those released by major record labels, but not the indie labels, which does not make it easier to find the obscure artists.
and as far as 8-tracks and cassettes and vinyl going out of style, no one knows where technology will lead. there will always be some better sounding medium, and right now, there's a transition to dvd-a and sacd. in fact, a lot of newly released albums and re-released old albums are being released as hdcd to offer dual compatibility. better sounding hdcd players can play them and regular cd players can as well. so that argument is gone. there will always be some hard medium that you can buy albums on. i don't think in the next 20 years that the industry will move completely away from it. there are way more constraints than you think. first is the album art, which a lot of people want, and it's not that easy to make a nice jewelcase booklet from jpeg's. even printer technology hasn't made it affordable to print them out perfectly.
so while it's easy to say that the majority of music listeners is the dumb teeny bopper kids that listen to britney and nsync and blink 182, it's definitely not the case. in fact, it's very far from the case. while the majority of teenagers listen to that crap, there are quite a few who don't, who want more out of music, who care about all the stuff i pointed out. add those to the older listeners (which you would be surprised about their tech-savviness) and you get at least half of all people who buy music, probably more.
there's a disappearance of live music venues? where do you live? in CT and NYC, there's certainly no shortage. it just depends on what you want. if you want top national acts, they're a little harder to find for a good price, but you can usually find smaller, national acts or local acts that are just as good, if not better, than the "top" ones. you just have to go to the smaller clubs and bars to find them.
as far as record stores are concerned, i am almost shocked that people don't support their smaller, local, independent record stores. they are usually cheaper ($3-$5 less per cd) than the chains or best buy type stores, and they generally offer the same selection as the larger stores, but also throw in smaller bands and local bands. whenever i buy cd's, i usually go to the local independent store to get them for these reasons.
i personally believe that music will start to improve within the next 5 years. the quality has been decreasing to a point where it's almost rock bottom for any major acts, and people want more. no one wants those strip shows like you get at britney or janet concerts. people are tired of the stupid antics of these acts just to get media attention (britney's wedding, janet's boob, madonna's kiss, etc.). it's at the point where the people are sick of this crap. it all sounds the same, especially the modern rock that calls itself punk. each and every one of those modern mainstream "punk" bands is exactly the same.
anyways, that's my rant on music... support your local record stores, they're better than the chains and you'll save money... and if they don't have what you want, ask them, they'll order it
now what happens when user "sales-charley" is out deathly ill and "sales-anna" has to quickly scramble to deal with the companies that "sales-charley" is accountable for. "sales-anna" is screwed because she can't access that data without going through IT to get the access she needs, and if there is a major time constraint (morning meeting with charley's companies), your company loses clients. who gets the blame? probably charley (for being deathly ill the day of the most important meeting of his career) and anna (for not being able to cover for him properly).
ok, that aside... how much time (which in reality is money) is spent training new hires who came from purely quickbooks or whatever other software environments? they won't be able to easily use the system right away and if you only give them certain access and then they need more on short notice, they're screwed like charley and anna.
the big question here is training. you hire peopl that come from the common software to use this very uncommon software. they will hate it for most likely their entire stay with the company. ruins productivity because it continuously takes them longer to get stuff done and in the face of deadlines, they are slow and the company loses money.
oh, and an aside about mozilla. i currently use it on my win2k machine as my browser and email client. it's great for email, perfect in fact. it's not quite as great as a browser. i don't remember what page i went to, but it told me i had an older browser and should be using IE 5 or higher or netscape 6 or higher. last i checked this was equivalent to netscape 6, but not according to that site. that means that you can't access all pages with mozilla. maybe it was a config problem on the site admin's side, who knows, but it still didn't work. other than that and the not-so-nice integration into windows (tried and tried and tried, but it won't automatically play wmv files unless i download them first), i lvoe it.
can't they track the IP that the domain in question is associated with to an ISP and get info from the ISP as to who the server belongs to (if it's rented server space, there must be someone who can get the info on the owner). eventually, there will be a way to find out, unless they used false information the entire way through and in that case, the domain should be brought down, the hosted material taken offline and everything put out of service. easy as pie. nothing says the guy can't buy up another domain with another hosting service and do it all over again, but eventually money becomes an issue. as you're paying for service that isnt' there because it was taken down. also, how do they pay for it? you can find that out. if a credit card number was given, track the number. if paid by check, track the check/account #. i think money orders are pretty anonymous though, which makes it more difficult, but the money order had to be purchased somewhere (bank/post office) and in taht case, you can find the date it was purchased just by looking at it and both banks and post offices have surveillance cameras on their tellers/cashiers, just find the tape from the date, assuming old tapes are kept (i would assume they are, or are supposed to be).
the virus specifically attacked www.sco.com. they took it down most likely to save on bandwidth. no need for extra bandwidth if your site is going to be down anyways. it'd be funny if all the people with mydoom got 404 errors sent to their computers because of the site being down.
on the other hand... wasn't microsoft supposed to be attacked today? looks like they were either smart or mydoom didn't work since their site is still up. i would've thought sco would have done something to protect themselves the other day, dumb bastards.
any smart company would have some sort of enterprise anti-virus program that allows you to run an anti-virus server that sets how often they update the virus defs. set it to update once a day and you're all set. there's basically no need for cleaning up except for a few older machines taht aren't on the same image as the others. password protect the AV software so people can't go and change things and you're golden. i've seen it in place and i've seen it work. there's always a few taht get the virus still, but in reality, it's not a huge deal, you go and clean it up. put a virus filter on the email server for extra protection. depending on the size of your business, if it's really small, you just buy computers that come with anti-virus pre-installed and you keep up the subscription. larger ones, you do teh enterprise software with anti-virus server. last i used it, the enterprise norton dealt with something like 3000 clients connecting to one server, and the machine doesn't have to be extremely robust either. and you probably have at least a handful of people smart enough to run around and remove the viruses off the few comptuers that still happen to get them. so you're down about 2-3 hours worth or labor, not really a big deal.
it can't be cured and it shows up every now and then making it very uncomfortable down there... so it's life ruining in the sense that it stays with you forever showing symptoms occasionally.
the people in waco would've died anyways. they were blindly following some jackass who proclaimed that he was jesus christ and they believed him. how stupid can you be? i'm jesus, i need to sleep with all the women, including the little girls. right... makes a lot of sense. if they didn't believe the guy in the first place, they wouldn't have died and david koresh would've just been some stupid jackass calling himself jesus and becoming the laughing stock of the country.