This is the best piece of humor I've read all year. Given, that's only 22 days so far, but still. This guy should be hired as spokesman for all crap technology!
Also, find a non profit you like; it will almost certainly have a horrible website. Help them upgrade it to something pretty and manageable (CMS? Drupal??)
Keyhole and compuserv jokes aside, there's a long tradition of methods to access the Internet via email, with (at least, 10+ years ago) some good systems set up. You might browse http://www.faqs.org/faqs/internet-services/access-via-email/ and see what's still available.
There are a few orgs that do that, in DC we have CITI (Community IT Innovators) which is basically outsourced IT for nonprofits - they have a basic level "remote assist" call center to handle your most basic PEBCAK-style problems, and then weekly plus visits by their level 2 support (good at checking logs, maintenance tasks, responding to user support needs, commissioning hardware, etc.) and monthly/quarterly engineer visits which can help you buy/install new tech, do strategic work, or solve Big Problems. I use them at my org to avoid having to do the IT work I largely dislike without worrying that it'll fall to pieces b/c of their setup.
Well, true. When reviewing resumes, the number of certificates often reduces your standing (in my eyes) - especially if there's 10+ MCSE/MCP/etc. style certs and nothing like CISSP or anything else. I've seen people who I wouldn't let near my system with a 10 foot ethernet wire get MCPs.
There are lots of IT-ish jobs where 50-80hrs is the norm. That's total BS. Get a new job, or unionize.
If you're willing to take a pay-cut, a lot of non-profits will be more flexible with your hours, either because they can't afford you full-time, or they have lesser needs. the It's also NPO world has its own... challenges... but it's nice to work for a cause you support.
IAWTP - this is bad, especially as lots of ISPs already have their underthings in knots over providing the bandwidth promised when it comes to p2p filesharing.
The silver lining on this is that it will eventually just make p2p technology stronger, or encourage the setup of a wifi+sneakernet transfer system:)
To be fair, Tux4Kids runs on Windows as well and Linux, and there's an OSX port as well. With Sugar, there are a ton of small sugarized logic games including an Amazing Machine port that are great as brain-engaging puzzle games.
On the educational side, TuxType, TuxPaint and TuxMath are all great programs that teach spelling, typing/speed, basic geometry/colors, and basic math problem solving.
1) Prove that Toyota holds the copyright of all images of cars they've created 2) Extrapolate this to all makes/models by all brands 3) Convince all car manufacturers to sue local governments for traffic cams / red light cams/ etc. 4) Not(Not(Profit)) !! (Fail to receive auto-tickets from red-light cams)
I fail to see any other runaway conditions that this legal precedent could possibly set w/r/t copyrights and artistic freedoms! It's PERFECT!
Also, remember that to really "fix" Windows, an intense redesign of user permissions and system architecture would really be needed, something that MS has yet to suck up and do, for a variety of reasons (I'd posit that they misstepped by not doing it for Vista, but that's with hindsight).
If, however, MS wants to continue to capture the developing world market, this is something they simply had to do. The TCO of a MS deployment has a huge recurrent cost just for A-V licensing, especially when you get the low-entry-cost "Unlimited Potential" and "Starter Edition" licenses for XP.
Now, the real question is how will McAfee respond to this? I always harbored a conspiracy theory that MS was getting some form of kickbacks from the various A-V vendors in return for not doing this exact thing.
You're already subscribed to my newsletter, but the damned bots keep marking it as spam and taking my ISP down!
But yes, no auto-takedown; that's just begging for abuse. Perhaps ICANN or another multi-country (technically) agency could set up a small board of reviews to aggregate reports and work with both local relevant law enforcement (hah) as well as peered ISPs as with McColo.
Naturally, this will just continue the cat-and-mouse game, but at least it puts anti-spam back in that game.
And furthermore, this is how it should work - only automated. You click "Report Spam" in your email client and a bot goes out, does some investigation, and packages up a report for the relevant ISP (zombied boxes need to be cleaned as well as malicious hosts)
Excuse me, your neutral, well-reasoned argument fails to mention that microsoft sux, please consider revising and reposting with a more inflammatory, one-sided version. Kthxbai.
To be fair, Vista leveled the playing field so that even people with super-powerful computers get a painfully nonresponsive and crash-prone user experience, just like the "Vista Ready" folks!
Bush spent 8 years imposing government rules on our daily lives, taking away civil liberties, inherent human rights, and personal privacy, and has rounded out his term by buying up (e.g. nationalizing) huge swaths of the mortgage/finance/banking industries.
If you want socialism, vote for the big-government republicans.
(Does anyone else miss small-gov't, pro-personal-liberties republicans? I'm a dyed in the wool liberal, but man am I ready for the neocon/religious right section of the GOP to dry up.)
I have a cache of those things - with a bit of software they make great barcode readers! I've implemented a mini-library system using those plus Koha (an OSS perl library catalog system), and a low-cost inventory management tool using the cutcat, excel sheets, and SalesForce for an international fair trade NGO. Now if only that wasn't explicitly forbidden by the EULA...
"For all of us, there comes a time on any given day, week, and month,every year and in different degrees over our lifetimes, when we choose to act in some way that is oriented toward fulfilling our social and psychological needs, not our market-exchangeable needs. It is that part of our lives and our motivational structure that social production taps, and on which it thrives. There is nothing mysterious about this. It is evident to any of us who rush home to our family or to a restaurant or bar with friends at the end of a workday, rather than staying on for another hour of overtime or to increase our billable hours; or at least regret it when we cannot." --Benkler, _Wealth of Networks_
"Human beings are, and always have been, diversely motivated beings. We act instrumentally, but also noninstrumentally. We act for material gain, but also for psychological well-being and gratification, and for social connectedness. There is nothing new or earth-shattering about this, except perhaps to some economists. " -- Benkler, _Wealth of Networks_
So, you initiate conversation with a Vista Guru while continuing to walk through BB, innocently meandering towards the Apple area, making sure to get near the Apple rep (if any). Once within earshot, ask about the whole iTunes/Vista BSOD silliness, and wait until the Guru and the Apple guy knock each other out, then loot the bodies! Effortless!
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Seems like a clear-cut case of entrapment to me. The cat should sue.
Taken down for TOS violation. Was it because it was porn or because it was rebroadcasting the superbowl?
This is the best piece of humor I've read all year. Given, that's only 22 days so far, but still. This guy should be hired as spokesman for all crap technology!
Also, find a non profit you like; it will almost certainly have a horrible website. Help them upgrade it to something pretty and manageable (CMS? Drupal??)
Keyhole and compuserv jokes aside, there's a long tradition of methods to access the Internet via email, with (at least, 10+ years ago) some good systems set up. You might browse http://www.faqs.org/faqs/internet-services/access-via-email/ and see what's still available.
Regardless, I think it's clear that the consumer is getting screwed with this deal.
There are a few orgs that do that, in DC we have CITI (Community IT Innovators) which is basically outsourced IT for nonprofits - they have a basic level "remote assist" call center to handle your most basic PEBCAK-style problems, and then weekly plus visits by their level 2 support (good at checking logs, maintenance tasks, responding to user support needs, commissioning hardware, etc.) and monthly/quarterly engineer visits which can help you buy/install new tech, do strategic work, or solve Big Problems. I use them at my org to avoid having to do the IT work I largely dislike without worrying that it'll fall to pieces b/c of their setup.
Well, true. When reviewing resumes, the number of certificates often reduces your standing (in my eyes) - especially if there's 10+ MCSE/MCP/etc. style certs and nothing like CISSP or anything else. I've seen people who I wouldn't let near my system with a 10 foot ethernet wire get MCPs.
There are lots of IT-ish jobs where 50-80hrs is the norm. That's total BS. Get a new job, or unionize.
If you're willing to take a pay-cut, a lot of non-profits will be more flexible with your hours, either because they can't afford you full-time, or they have lesser needs. the It's also NPO world has its own ... challenges ... but it's nice to work for a cause you support.
IAWTP - this is bad, especially as lots of ISPs already have their underthings in knots over providing the bandwidth promised when it comes to p2p filesharing.
The silver lining on this is that it will eventually just make p2p technology stronger, or encourage the setup of a wifi+sneakernet transfer system :)
To be fair, Tux4Kids runs on Windows as well and Linux, and there's an OSX port as well. With Sugar, there are a ton of small sugarized logic games including an Amazing Machine port that are great as brain-engaging puzzle games.
On the educational side, TuxType, TuxPaint and TuxMath are all great programs that teach spelling, typing/speed, basic geometry/colors, and basic math problem solving.
Screw that; I think this is great!
1) Prove that Toyota holds the copyright of all images of cars they've created
2) Extrapolate this to all makes/models by all brands
3) Convince all car manufacturers to sue local governments for traffic cams / red light cams/ etc.
4) Not(Not(Profit)) !! (Fail to receive auto-tickets from red-light cams)
I fail to see any other runaway conditions that this legal precedent could possibly set w/r/t copyrights and artistic freedoms! It's PERFECT!
Also, remember that to really "fix" Windows, an intense redesign of user permissions and system architecture would really be needed, something that MS has yet to suck up and do, for a variety of reasons (I'd posit that they misstepped by not doing it for Vista, but that's with hindsight).
If, however, MS wants to continue to capture the developing world market, this is something they simply had to do. The TCO of a MS deployment has a huge recurrent cost just for A-V licensing, especially when you get the low-entry-cost "Unlimited Potential" and "Starter Edition" licenses for XP.
Now, the real question is how will McAfee respond to this? I always harbored a conspiracy theory that MS was getting some form of kickbacks from the various A-V vendors in return for not doing this exact thing.
You're already subscribed to my newsletter, but the damned bots keep marking it as spam and taking my ISP down!
But yes, no auto-takedown; that's just begging for abuse. Perhaps ICANN or another multi-country (technically) agency could set up a small board of reviews to aggregate reports and work with both local relevant law enforcement (hah) as well as peered ISPs as with McColo.
Naturally, this will just continue the cat-and-mouse game, but at least it puts anti-spam back in that game.
And furthermore, this is how it should work - only automated. You click "Report Spam" in your email client and a bot goes out, does some investigation, and packages up a report for the relevant ISP (zombied boxes need to be cleaned as well as malicious hosts)
Excuse me, your neutral, well-reasoned argument fails to mention that microsoft sux, please consider revising and reposting with a more inflammatory, one-sided version. Kthxbai.
To be fair, Vista leveled the playing field so that even people with super-powerful computers get a painfully nonresponsive and crash-prone user experience, just like the "Vista Ready" folks!
I don't get this socialist BS.
Bush spent 8 years imposing government rules on our daily lives, taking away civil liberties, inherent human rights, and personal privacy, and has rounded out his term by buying up (e.g. nationalizing) huge swaths of the mortgage/finance/banking industries.
If you want socialism, vote for the big-government republicans.
(Does anyone else miss small-gov't, pro-personal-liberties republicans? I'm a dyed in the wool liberal, but man am I ready for the neocon/religious right section of the GOP to dry up.)
....F#cks the world? The original "FTW"?
I have a cache of those things - with a bit of software they make great barcode readers! I've implemented a mini-library system using those plus Koha (an OSS perl library catalog system), and a low-cost inventory management tool using the cutcat, excel sheets, and SalesForce for an international fair trade NGO. Now if only that wasn't explicitly forbidden by the EULA...
"For all of us, there comes a time on any given day, week, and month,every year and in different degrees over our lifetimes, when we choose to act in some way that is oriented toward fulfilling our social and
psychological needs, not our market-exchangeable needs. It is that part of our lives and our motivational structure that social production taps, and on which it thrives. There is nothing mysterious about this. It is evident to any of us who rush home to our family or to a restaurant or bar with friends at the end of a workday, rather than staying on for another hour of overtime or to increase our billable hours; or at least
regret it when we cannot." --Benkler, _Wealth of Networks_
"Human beings are, and always have been, diversely motivated beings. We act instrumentally, but also noninstrumentally. We act for material gain, but also for psychological well-being and gratification, and for social connectedness. There is nothing new or earth-shattering about this, except perhaps to some economists. " -- Benkler, _Wealth of Networks_
I was thinking more along the line of catching enemies in their own crossfire in DOOM.
But that works too.
So, you initiate conversation with a Vista Guru while continuing to walk through BB, innocently meandering towards the Apple area, making sure to get near the Apple rep (if any). Once within earshot, ask about the whole iTunes/Vista BSOD silliness, and wait until the Guru and the Apple guy knock each other out, then loot the bodies! Effortless!
It's probably a bug in iTunes, but a failure of Vista. BSODs for an application? Really?