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At least for me (and I suspect many others), the lure of alternative medicine is that *it doesn't require a prescription*. If I get sick, I wait quite a while to figure out if it's going to go away. If it lingers, say 3 or four weeks, then I figure I might need antibiotics or something. So I call the doctor:
"We can get you in here in a couple of weeks..."
Well, that's great. I didn't call at the first sniffle, the only reason I call is that I'm *really sick* and can't wait any longer. Of course I'll try some alternative stuff at this point, it's my only option save the emergency room, which isn't really appropriate here obviously.
It's just like tech support. I don't call them first, either.
For whatever reason, they stripped your access. Could be they think you're a risk, could just be legal CYA. Don't worry about why--it's business, nothing personal.
You have a job to do now--make the transition as smooth as possible. They made this significantly harder, but that's life. Deal. Do what you can. Either live without your access, or borrow a coworker's login who's staying behind. It may not be approved according to policy, but it's obviously in the best interest of your soon-to-be former coworkers for you to document as much as possible. Sometimes work gets done in spite of policy instead of because of it.
Don't be afraid to bend a few rules to smooth the transition.
TFA says that they can't use: "any technical device that incorporates springs, wheels or any other element that provides the user with an advantage over another athlete not using such a device."
I use TimeSnapper to do this for my computer usage on Windows. It takes a snapshot (across multiple desktops) at a user-defined interval, and can play the resulting images back as a time-lapse. Extremely useful if you need to figure out what you were doing last Tuesday, or forget where the day went. There's a free version (for non-commercial use) and a paid one with more features. Yeah, it's not a camera--but like many of us, I spend more time most days sitting in front of a computer than talking to people, anyway. --(())
How about this question : Would you rather be a king 100 years ago or a lower middle class American today?
Three words: Jus Primae Noctis.
Actually, in 1905 there weren't a whole lot of kings running around. And in 1905, the existing kings were not in squalor.
One methodology that is gaining popularity for larger organizations is IT Service Management. It started in the uk, and is now being followed internationally. From the bit I've seen of it, it doesn't look harmful. Jury's still out on whether it's helpful.
Why do Americans have to equate work with something bad?
Why is sitting on your ass watching daytime TV and shoving bon bons in your face so coveted? Or sitting playing video games all day?
If I'm not working at work, I sure as hell aren't going to be watching TV or eating bonbons. I'm going to be spending time with friends and family, which are more important. Strangely enough, many more "successful" people realize this, too. How many executives are genuinely good at dealing with people? Most of them, as far as I can tell. People will always be more important than technology.
At last, people who see the light! This has bothered me for quite some time, but it really shouldn't. Nor should it suprise me in light of the other crowd-pleasing stuff that was put in there. Kendo would also have been great.
My completely unsolicited vision would have been Yoda's opponent madly striking, almost flailing away while Yoda calmly deflects each one with economy of motion. It just occurred to me that's what was missing--economy of motion. Yoda doesn't boince around, Yoda is old and moves only as much as he needs to as a master should.
Anyway, as I was saying before the sidetrack, Yoda should have deflected for a while, without making it look easy, and then made one offensive slash and ended it. I almost want to say that he'd just do the "kill the enemy as you draw your sword" thing and kill him as soon as the lightsaber comes out, but there's no tension at all there.
The idea is not to make the opponent look easy, but to make Yoda look like the venerable master he is. But nobody asked me.:P
CVS or Subversion for source control. Either the CLI versions of these if you prefer or Tortise SVN or Tortise CVS for a good UI for these apps.
WSH (a brand new Windows shell, sort-of available now) may be an option, but you can just as well download Cygwin as someone mentioned and just use the tools you're familiar with.
OK, what about the cost of the dedicated PC? Surely you can't find a PC of the required capability for $99, or even $99+$200 for the lifetime subscription. Or am I missing something?
Apologies for the subject. I do actually have a TV, but I get two broadcast channels, neither of them NBC. The lack of internet coverage really pisses me off. If someone had a site with decent coverage, I'd be there.
If you're in an area where woodworking is at all popular, it's make a killer woodworking shop (or machine shop, or...). Plus, you might be able to work out some arrangement where you get to use 'em off hours...
...except in this case it's probably more like 90/10. If you really are wiring everyone, 90% of the cost will be sucked up by 10% of the installs, those out in the middle of nowhere. Then we're suddenly not as ubiquituous as we thought, and not really much better off in terms of coverage.
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At least for me (and I suspect many others), the lure of alternative medicine is that *it doesn't require a prescription*. If I get sick, I wait quite a while to figure out if it's going to go away. If it lingers, say 3 or four weeks, then I figure I might need antibiotics or something. So I call the doctor:
"We can get you in here in a couple of weeks..."
Well, that's great. I didn't call at the first sniffle, the only reason I call is that I'm *really sick* and can't wait any longer. Of course I'll try some alternative stuff at this point, it's my only option save the emergency room, which isn't really appropriate here obviously.
It's just like tech support. I don't call them first, either.
Always thought something like this would work amazingly for collectively taking notes on a lecture.
For whatever reason, they stripped your access. Could be they think you're a risk, could just be legal CYA. Don't worry about why--it's business, nothing personal.
You have a job to do now--make the transition as smooth as possible. They made this significantly harder, but that's life. Deal. Do what you can. Either live without your access, or borrow a coworker's login who's staying behind. It may not be approved according to policy, but it's obviously in the best interest of your soon-to-be former coworkers for you to document as much as possible. Sometimes work gets done in spite of policy instead of because of it.
Don't be afraid to bend a few rules to smooth the transition.
TFA says that they can't use: "any technical device that incorporates springs, wheels or any other element that provides the user with an advantage over another athlete not using such a device."
So, ban shoes, then.
I use TimeSnapper to do this for my computer usage on Windows. It takes a snapshot (across multiple desktops) at a user-defined interval, and can play the resulting images back as a time-lapse. Extremely useful if you need to figure out what you were doing last Tuesday, or forget where the day went. There's a free version (for non-commercial use) and a paid one with more features. Yeah, it's not a camera--but like many of us, I spend more time most days sitting in front of a computer than talking to people, anyway. --(())
But what if you're using Windows? Is there a suggested development toolchain for Windows?
I'm definitely with you. Unfortunately, being anonymous, you make it difficult to collaborate with you.
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The funny thing is, it's really +5 insightful.
Three words: Jus Primae Noctis. Actually, in 1905 there weren't a whole lot of kings running around. And in 1905, the existing kings were not in squalor.
Painless Functional Specifications--not precisely what you were looking for, but pretty close, I think.
One methodology that is gaining popularity for larger organizations is IT Service Management. It started in the uk, and is now being followed internationally. From the bit I've seen of it, it doesn't look harmful. Jury's still out on whether it's helpful.
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And where would be this mecca? As specific as you want to be is fine, but I'm in SoCal, with growing family, and looking around. :)
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If I'm not working at work, I sure as hell aren't going to be watching TV or eating bonbons. I'm going to be spending time with friends and family, which are more important. Strangely enough, many more "successful" people realize this, too. How many executives are genuinely good at dealing with people? Most of them, as far as I can tell. People will always be more important than technology.
Anyway, as I was saying before the sidetrack, Yoda should have deflected for a while, without making it look easy, and then made one offensive slash and ended it. I almost want to say that he'd just do the "kill the enemy as you draw your sword" thing and kill him as soon as the lightsaber comes out, but there's no tension at all there.
The idea is not to make the opponent look easy, but to make Yoda look like the venerable master he is. But nobody asked me. :P
WSH (a brand new Windows shell, sort-of available now) may be an option, but you can just as well download Cygwin as someone mentioned and just use the tools you're familiar with.
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Damn, that's funny. I salute you.
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OK, what about the cost of the dedicated PC? Surely you can't find a PC of the required capability for $99, or even $99+$200 for the lifetime subscription. Or am I missing something?
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Apologies for the subject. I do actually have a TV, but I get two broadcast channels, neither of them NBC. The lack of internet coverage really pisses me off. If someone had a site with decent coverage, I'd be there.
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What language, may I ask? Or was this pseudocode that you later implemented?
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Woodworking.
If you're in an area where woodworking is at all popular, it's make a killer woodworking shop (or machine shop, or...). Plus, you might be able to work out some arrangement where you get to use 'em off hours...
--(())
...except in this case it's probably more like 90/10. If you really are wiring everyone, 90% of the cost will be sucked up by 10% of the installs, those out in the middle of nowhere. Then we're suddenly not as ubiquituous as we thought, and not really much better off in terms of coverage.
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Believe me, all the honest politicians are working towards open source systems.
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This shark is jumped.
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Never thought I'd see SWMBO on Slashdot. Hang out at the wreck much?
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France surrenders.
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