My goodness. A company that sells software wanting to dedicate their time to creating new features instead of supporting older OSes that the majority of professionals aren't using these days. Windows 10 was a free update at one point, and everything since then comes with it. Same goes for macOS, free updates, with hardware supported back to 2012. Don't blame the subscription model. This has always been the case with software. New features require new and more advanced OSes.
From Adobe, "If you’re running Windows 8.1, Windows 10 v1511 and v1607 or Mac OS 10.11 (El Capitan), you can continue to run and install current and previous versions of Creative Cloud applications. However, you will not be able to install or run the next major release of Creative Cloud unless you’re on a supported version of Windows or MacOS."
It's not like you lose access because you don't want to update and want to continue to use an OS that's nearly a decade old.
As someone who has used Linux for 15+ years and who has run a small business, there is nothing out there that can match what QuickBooks will do for your business. It is a time saver and has capability beyond what any open source package has. I understand your fundamental want to use OSS, but honestly, you pick the right tool for the business. Maybe GnuCash will work for you, but QuickBooks will work so much better. It's probably the best $200 I ever spent on my business.
If you do not have an Engineering degree, you should not call yourself an Engineer. As someone who works for an Engineering University, who does NOT have an Engineering degree, I would never water down what an Engineer is. It is prestigious, and should remain so. Respect the title. If you're not one, don't call yourself one.
I have ADD and I thought it would be useful to point out that there is a difference between ADD and ADHD. Not everyone is diagnosed with hyperactive disorder in addition to attention deficit. From my readings, many adults do not know and are never diagnosed with ADD/ADHD. It's still one of those things that people haven't accepted, just like giving ritalin to many kids. IMO, it's probably over diagnosed in children and under diagnosed in adults. I am not a doctor though.
As for meds, I take Ritalin SR. I took Concerta for about a year and eventually it started to do nothing for me. Even upping the dosage helped none. I'm on a lower dose of Ritalin SR and it works a lot better. I still have issues with motivation, but I think those are less related to ADD then to just not wanting to start something. Ain't apathy great?:-) There is a definite difference when I don't take meds. Lack of concentration, lose focus easily, etc. Any little noise or motion caught by my eye will distract me.
One thing I haven't seen mentioned is that there is a symptom called hyperfocus. So, not only can one with ADD become distracted by things, but the same person can also become extremely focused on one thing, and no minor thing will distract that person. At work, the whole distraction thing can keep me from getting something done, but once I get so focused on something that nothing distracts me, I can go hours. So there are definitely pros and cons to it.
As for telling your boss, I say try and judge how he/she will react to it. I've told mine as well as my very close coworkers and friends. Whether they believe it's a true disorder or not aside, they know and some have told me when they see improvements or vice versa. If your boss is open to these kinds of things, then I would tell him. May make things easier and he may point things out along the way.
As for your parents and siblings, they can react different ways. My mom is a teacher and actually set me up with a psychologist who comes to her school for the testing and diagnosis. She kept telling me to look into it for about two years. My sister, dad and step-mother all feel the opposite. That I don't have ADD, that I don't need meds, etc. They don't see the difference that occurs when I take the meds. So no matter who you tell, there will be people who are on both sides of the fence.
Lastly I'll close with this... I've found that alcohol has the "same" effect that the Ritalin has. It seems the Ritalin will speed up the slow parts of the brain, where as the alcohol will slow down the fast parts of the brain. Just a personal observation.
Good luck with the diagnosis. One good thing out of it is that you can tell people you take stimulants that are derivatives of speed or other narcotics. Just something I like to joke about. Oh, and my doctor has no red tape, that I know of, to deal with. I just have to pick up a new prescription each month. Oh, and don't take it on weekends if you don't need it. Your body will become accustomed to it and won't have the same effects. (How's that for a bunch of random thoughts?)
In the state of Indiana, try the Attorney General's site. The constitutionality of the law is currently under attack by a Kirby vacuum cleaner sales company.
In the past when I've sent email expressing my opinion on a given topic, I normally receive a letter via snail mail a few months later. You may get a generic email response right away, but you'll probably get real mail later. In the letter your representative or senator will tell you what side they stand on and why.
I'm just trying to get Verizon to stop sending me things in the mail or calling me about it. I cancelled service and switched to cable. If I ever want DSL again, I'll call them. Until then they can stop wasting trees.
I used to make crossbow like weapons out of constructs. I'd use the long rods from the erector set I had (normally used for axles in vehicles) and used it as a guide for the little blue connector thingies. The rod was just the right size for the blue thingies to slide down it. Take a bunch of rubber bands and you got a nice little "toy" to bug your sister with. hehe.
We all know that the universal network protocol is AppleTalk. AppleTalk is available on all MacOS and many UNIX operating systems. It seems like the only logical choice. And it worked in Independence Day. If it happened in a movie, it must be real.
And the universal OS of choice is definitely MovieOS. You can do anything you want at any time without actually having to tell the computer what to do. Absolutely amazing.
On another note, how about a spam auto-replyer that replys not with an email complaining about the spam, but instead hires and assassin to mame the spammer.
I have emailed my representative on a number of occasions, and they do read them. The thing that I don't understand is why send a snail mail reply when they could just reply to the email. Maybe it's that whole photocopied signature thing. Can't do that on an email I guess. hehe.
I might be able to read longer things on web pages if I didn't have to look at blinking things the whole time. People who use animated gifs should be beaten.
I got the opportunity to set one of these up this summer. They are really cool. We used one of the Qube II's. The web interface for setting it up is easy enough for your MS network admins. If there is something that you can't do through the web interface, you can always telnet to the box. Out of the box it runs very quick. Just don't turn it off. It takes about 30 minutes to fsck the disk. Figured I might as well test that while we had it.
They come in a few different configurations. There is the Qube and the Raq. The Qube by default has two ethernet interfaces and an open PCI slot. The Raq has one ethernet interface, but I think it had SCSI. Not sure if they support RAID or not.
As for their sales guy, he was very knowledgable. He answered every question we had, and with a bunch of security buffs and other Linux users sitting in on the presentation, he got his share of toughys.
The only thing that I didn't like, was all the admin stuff is done in the clear. There is no standard SSL package for the admin side. It doesn't come with SSH, but I think they provide a compiled RPM of it on one of their distribution servers outside the US.
It's statble and most of the software that a small business is going to use is already preinstalled on it. It does run the 2.0.34 kernel, Apache 1.2, and Samba 1.9.x. I think they're working on new machines, but I don't know much about that.
All in all, it's a good box. Easy to set up and manage. It looks cool too. I love that color of blue. Try and find the picture on their website of 40 of their Raq mount units in a Raq. It's slick...
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My goodness. A company that sells software wanting to dedicate their time to creating new features instead of supporting older OSes that the majority of professionals aren't using these days. Windows 10 was a free update at one point, and everything since then comes with it. Same goes for macOS, free updates, with hardware supported back to 2012. Don't blame the subscription model. This has always been the case with software. New features require new and more advanced OSes.
From Adobe, "If you’re running Windows 8.1, Windows 10 v1511 and v1607 or Mac OS 10.11 (El Capitan), you can continue to run and install current and previous versions of Creative Cloud applications. However, you will not be able to install or run the next major release of Creative Cloud unless you’re on a supported version of Windows or MacOS."
It's not like you lose access because you don't want to update and want to continue to use an OS that's nearly a decade old.
As someone who has used Linux for 15+ years and who has run a small business, there is nothing out there that can match what QuickBooks will do for your business. It is a time saver and has capability beyond what any open source package has. I understand your fundamental want to use OSS, but honestly, you pick the right tool for the business. Maybe GnuCash will work for you, but QuickBooks will work so much better. It's probably the best $200 I ever spent on my business.
If you do not have an Engineering degree, you should not call yourself an Engineer. As someone who works for an Engineering University, who does NOT have an Engineering degree, I would never water down what an Engineer is. It is prestigious, and should remain so. Respect the title. If you're not one, don't call yourself one.
Internet retailers are not required to _collect_ the taxes, but you are still _required to pay them_. Internet shopping is not tax free.
I have ADD and I thought it would be useful to point out that there is a difference between ADD and ADHD. Not everyone is diagnosed with hyperactive disorder in addition to attention deficit. From my readings, many adults do not know and are never diagnosed with ADD/ADHD. It's still one of those things that people haven't accepted, just like giving ritalin to many kids. IMO, it's probably over diagnosed in children and under diagnosed in adults. I am not a doctor though.
:-) There is a definite difference when I don't take meds. Lack of concentration, lose focus easily, etc. Any little noise or motion caught by my eye will distract me.
As for meds, I take Ritalin SR. I took Concerta for about a year and eventually it started to do nothing for me. Even upping the dosage helped none. I'm on a lower dose of Ritalin SR and it works a lot better. I still have issues with motivation, but I think those are less related to ADD then to just not wanting to start something. Ain't apathy great?
One thing I haven't seen mentioned is that there is a symptom called hyperfocus. So, not only can one with ADD become distracted by things, but the same person can also become extremely focused on one thing, and no minor thing will distract that person. At work, the whole distraction thing can keep me from getting something done, but once I get so focused on something that nothing distracts me, I can go hours. So there are definitely pros and cons to it.
As for telling your boss, I say try and judge how he/she will react to it. I've told mine as well as my very close coworkers and friends. Whether they believe it's a true disorder or not aside, they know and some have told me when they see improvements or vice versa. If your boss is open to these kinds of things, then I would tell him. May make things easier and he may point things out along the way.
As for your parents and siblings, they can react different ways. My mom is a teacher and actually set me up with a psychologist who comes to her school for the testing and diagnosis. She kept telling me to look into it for about two years. My sister, dad and step-mother all feel the opposite. That I don't have ADD, that I don't need meds, etc. They don't see the difference that occurs when I take the meds. So no matter who you tell, there will be people who are on both sides of the fence.
Lastly I'll close with this... I've found that alcohol has the "same" effect that the Ritalin has. It seems the Ritalin will speed up the slow parts of the brain, where as the alcohol will slow down the fast parts of the brain. Just a personal observation.
Good luck with the diagnosis. One good thing out of it is that you can tell people you take stimulants that are derivatives of speed or other narcotics. Just something I like to joke about. Oh, and my doctor has no red tape, that I know of, to deal with. I just have to pick up a new prescription each month. Oh, and don't take it on weekends if you don't need it. Your body will become accustomed to it and won't have the same effects. (How's that for a bunch of random thoughts?)
-Chris
Think Andromeda Strain. Didn't it eat through some plastics?
-Chris
In the state of Indiana, try the Attorney General's site. The constitutionality of the law is currently under attack by a Kirby vacuum cleaner sales company.
-Chris
IMDB - Howard The Duck
-Chris
In the past when I've sent email expressing my opinion on a given topic, I normally receive a letter via snail mail a few months later. You may get a generic email response right away, but you'll probably get real mail later. In the letter your representative or senator will tell you what side they stand on and why.
-Chris
I'm just trying to get Verizon to stop sending me things in the mail or calling me about it. I cancelled service and switched to cable. If I ever want DSL again, I'll call them. Until then they can stop wasting trees.
-Chris
I used to make crossbow like weapons out of constructs. I'd use the long rods from the erector set I had (normally used for axles in vehicles) and used it as a guide for the little blue connector thingies. The rod was just the right size for the blue thingies to slide down it. Take a bunch of rubber bands and you got a nice little "toy" to bug your sister with. hehe.
-Chris
We all know that the universal network protocol is AppleTalk. AppleTalk is available on all MacOS and many UNIX operating systems. It seems like the only logical choice. And it worked in Independence Day. If it happened in a movie, it must be real.
And the universal OS of choice is definitely MovieOS. You can do anything you want at any time without actually having to tell the computer what to do. Absolutely amazing.
-Chris
So I guess they'll be going after Microshaft next huh? Could be the first time it's worth having them throw their weight around.
I swear. People are stupid.
Just proxy the heck out of everything.
On another note, how about a spam auto-replyer that replys not with an email complaining about the spam, but instead hires and assassin to mame the spammer.
-Chris
I have emailed my representative on a number of occasions, and they do read them. The thing that I don't understand is why send a snail mail reply when they could just reply to the email. Maybe it's that whole photocopied signature thing. Can't do that on an email I guess. hehe.
-Chris
I might be able to read longer things on web pages if I didn't have to look at blinking things the whole time. People who use animated gifs should be beaten.
-Chris
I got the opportunity to set one of these up this summer. They are really cool. We used one of the Qube II's. The web interface for setting it up is easy enough for your MS network admins. If there is something that you can't do through the web interface, you can always telnet to the box. Out of the box it runs very quick. Just don't turn it off. It takes about 30 minutes to fsck the disk. Figured I might as well test that while we had it.
They come in a few different configurations. There is the Qube and the Raq. The Qube by default has two ethernet interfaces and an open PCI slot. The Raq has one ethernet interface, but I think it had SCSI. Not sure if they support RAID or not.
As for their sales guy, he was very knowledgable. He answered every question we had, and with a bunch of security buffs and other Linux users sitting in on the presentation, he got his share of toughys.
The only thing that I didn't like, was all the admin stuff is done in the clear. There is no standard SSL package for the admin side. It doesn't come with SSH, but I think they provide a compiled RPM of it on one of their distribution servers outside the US.
It's statble and most of the software that a small business is going to use is already preinstalled on it. It does run the 2.0.34 kernel, Apache 1.2, and Samba 1.9.x. I think they're working on new machines, but I don't know much about that.
All in all, it's a good box. Easy to set up and manage. It looks cool too. I love that color of blue. Try and find the picture on their website of 40 of their Raq mount units in a Raq. It's slick...