I'm most annoyed by RealOne Player automatically registering the MIME type of a file I opened with it to itself, even after setting the option not to "periodically check for file associations" for me. The only thing that keeps me from blinding hatred for Real is that they release their code a version after it's obsolete, keeping my complaint down to a low grumble.
Which driver? I get distracted watching OTHER people's TVs in their cars.. the few that I've seen. "Hey what movie is that? It's... it's.. WHOA! Phew that was close. Anyways, it's..."
Nah nah, it's easy. Check this site out. here. I didnt know I was unlisted. Yeah, I know I am not cause I had to pay three bucks a month to not be listed, and I said screw that cause it's just a dialup line and I don't even have an actual telephone for it.
I think as the net gets more and more mainstream, it becomes safer and safer to share your personal information online- I think it'll get to a point where it's as safe as real life- whether that be sharing your phone number in your sig, writing your name on a bathroom stall, or filling out all the info on a Church flyer. That is, real life isn't that safe either, but it's safer than what we fear online. Also then again, I'm not in the right demographic for my claims to be bold. If I were a 16 year old girl saying the same thing, these words would have a different weight behind them. Instead, knowing that I'm a 23 year old male and having a phone number of 603 330 3532- I just proved that it's not a big deal cause there ain't but nobody who's gonna look that up, much less call it, and MUCH less stalk me by it.:D "As the Internet becomes less and less an exclusive club, it becomes a universe, common to all, and sacred to none." When's the last time you heard of someone getting hacked via YellowPages?
I asked my physics teacher the very same exact question- "if the sun disappeared, would the earth fly off from its orbit instantly, or would it take about 8 minutes?" He goes "it would be like snipping a cord- instantaneous". Discouraged, I went into the slashdot-posting, linux compiling netadmin that I am today, never knowing the true path of lab coats, leather gauntlets, and welding glasses that is physics- How dare you Stockwell! You stole my life with an assumption and I want my five years back!!!
I wonder what Adobe's take on this is, with the GIMP on the horizon? I wonder what percentage of Photoshop installations are legal viewed from both PC and Mac perspectives. Anyone know that stat, roughly? Course it's a hard number to calculate.
He's working on mariokart for the cube right now right? Seeing that I've been playing the last one for the last 7 years, I havent really had time to read up on when the next one should be due out. Have any of those rumor sites said anything beyond "yeah 2001 sometime"?
Bruce Chizen was reported as proclaiming "Doh!" at the top of his lungs.:D Actually, I thought Adobe dropped this case? (but as a criminal case, the US picked it up and ran with it).
Eh. maybe some places. I am the netadmin at a random nameless ISP, and I've never, ever been told to in any way, shape, or form tweak with a customers settings. i sit in the tech center, along with the call center reps (who do WAY more work than i, as netadmin. they are the heroes at my company, not me). in sitting with the tech reps, i WOULD get physically abused if they had the slightest notion I was messing with things. I don't mean to be contrary- I respect you as a known, intelligent slashdotter, but I cant really think of a good reason for an ISP to randomly disconnect users. Users get angry, and call in. That costs money. I think it costs us like 80 cents for a 60 second call, when you calculate overhead in. When you're a mom and pop company (still a few of us as ISPs!), pennies count. Then again, I would LOVE to get in the head of an AOL tech, one with a good understanding of the secret big ISP mantra. Maybe when you're not the biggest, good connectivity and excellent customer service stand to be the only venue to success. (and if anyone in the call center where I work reads this, let me know in person and I'll grab you a biggie fry:D)
Most all dial-up boxes are purposely misconfigured by the ISP to ensure they drop the connection at the sound of a pin drop. I've been told so by the person at said ISP who has had an opportunity to view the config of these boxes.
There's no admin who is competent enough to understand how to configure a terminal server enough to let you connect, but threshold it enough to drop you randomly but shortly afterwards, who is working for a dialup ISP. They're all working in house for Fortune 5 companies:D
I'll start using this if you can sell me on one worry I have about it- what if I execute some automated task that uses an email interface to get back to me? I don't know who it's going to come from, and I've trained myself to ignore the bulk folder (or am checking it regularly, which is the same effort as not filtering to me). I'd have to say this effectively blocks everyone but people from writing. Very cool, but I could end myself up in trouble with it. And yet I'm still considering installing it:D
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I'm most annoyed by RealOne Player automatically registering the MIME type of a file I opened with it to itself, even after setting the option not to "periodically check for file associations" for me. The only thing that keeps me from blinding hatred for Real is that they release their code a version after it's obsolete, keeping my complaint down to a low grumble.
Once bitten, twice shy.
:D
dude i wouldnt worry about you hitting another y2k
Which driver? I get distracted watching OTHER people's TVs in their cars.. the few that I've seen. "Hey what movie is that? It's... it's.. WHOA! Phew that was close. Anyways, it's..."
Nah nah, it's easy. Check this site out. here. I didnt know I was unlisted. Yeah, I know I am not cause I had to pay three bucks a month to not be listed, and I said screw that cause it's just a dialup line and I don't even have an actual telephone for it.
No it's not, do a reverse phone lookup on it.
every day except thursday
So how are Ross and Rachel doing these days?
I think as the net gets more and more mainstream, it becomes safer and safer to share your personal information online- I think it'll get to a point where it's as safe as real life- whether that be sharing your phone number in your sig, writing your name on a bathroom stall, or filling out all the info on a Church flyer. That is, real life isn't that safe either, but it's safer than what we fear online. Also then again, I'm not in the right demographic for my claims to be bold. If I were a 16 year old girl saying the same thing, these words would have a different weight behind them. Instead, knowing that I'm a 23 year old male and having a phone number of 603 330 3532- I just proved that it's not a big deal cause there ain't but nobody who's gonna look that up, much less call it, and MUCH less stalk me by it. :D "As the Internet becomes less and less an exclusive club, it becomes a universe, common to all, and sacred to none." When's the last time you heard of someone getting hacked via YellowPages?
I asked my physics teacher the very same exact question- "if the sun disappeared, would the earth fly off from its orbit instantly, or would it take about 8 minutes?" He goes "it would be like snipping a cord- instantaneous". Discouraged, I went into the slashdot-posting, linux compiling netadmin that I am today, never knowing the true path of lab coats, leather gauntlets, and welding glasses that is physics- How dare you Stockwell! You stole my life with an assumption and I want my five years back!!!
I'm cool with the government letting me write off the 2400 bucks for logging disks :D
that looks like jamie zawinkski's work...
Don't worry, I'm sure other countries will start getting so full with our jobs that they'll send theres over here. Then we'll all be haaaaaaapppppyyyy
"The only thing missing is a nice GUI."
*avoids smart alec temptation to link to apple.com
I wonder what Adobe's take on this is, with the GIMP on the horizon? I wonder what percentage of Photoshop installations are legal viewed from both PC and Mac perspectives. Anyone know that stat, roughly? Course it's a hard number to calculate.
By Jove, another moon!
runs away quickly
I already overclocked one. You can see the firewire running through the backplane.
So what was the consensus on Picard's and Guinan's relationship? It's not fair to keep us hanging!
He's working on mariokart for the cube right now right? Seeing that I've been playing the last one for the last 7 years, I havent really had time to read up on when the next one should be due out. Have any of those rumor sites said anything beyond "yeah 2001 sometime"?
Maybe the next version of Data will come with bzip?
Bruce Chizen was reported as proclaiming "Doh!" at the top of his lungs. :D Actually, I thought Adobe dropped this case? (but as a criminal case, the US picked it up and ran with it).
Eh. maybe some places. I am the netadmin at a random nameless ISP, and I've never, ever been told to in any way, shape, or form tweak with a customers settings. i sit in the tech center, along with the call center reps (who do WAY more work than i, as netadmin. they are the heroes at my company, not me). in sitting with the tech reps, i WOULD get physically abused if they had the slightest notion I was messing with things. I don't mean to be contrary- I respect you as a known, intelligent slashdotter, but I cant really think of a good reason for an ISP to randomly disconnect users. Users get angry, and call in. That costs money. I think it costs us like 80 cents for a 60 second call, when you calculate overhead in. When you're a mom and pop company (still a few of us as ISPs!), pennies count. Then again, I would LOVE to get in the head of an AOL tech, one with a good understanding of the secret big ISP mantra. Maybe when you're not the biggest, good connectivity and excellent customer service stand to be the only venue to success. (and if anyone in the call center where I work reads this, let me know in person and I'll grab you a biggie fry :D)
There's no admin who is competent enough to understand how to configure a terminal server enough to let you connect, but threshold it enough to drop you randomly but shortly afterwards, who is working for a dialup ISP. They're all working in house for Fortune 5 companies
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I'll start using this if you can sell me on one worry I have about it- what if I execute some automated task that uses an email interface to get back to me? I don't know who it's going to come from, and I've trained myself to ignore the bulk folder (or am checking it regularly, which is the same effort as not filtering to me). I'd have to say this effectively blocks everyone but people from writing. Very cool, but I could end myself up in trouble with it. And yet I'm still considering installing it :D