If I don't recognise the number on the caller-id, I pick up the phone and reply "Good Afternoon (Insert pizza delivery firm name of choice) pizza, may I take your order?" in the nicest, and sunniest, voice I can muster. After that you just need to stick to the script. Like: "I'm sorry sir/madam, we have no-one here by that name, would you like to order a pizza?" or if they pause in shock from the first part, get in there quickly and say "Hello? May I take your order please?"
You'll be surprised at how often the calls stop coming after that;)
Oh, that feels better:). The horizontal banner ads are appearing at the top, and not in the right sidebar any more. Just need to make the hover buttons toggle on/off for tablet users now. Or is it just IE10 on Surface RT that's doing that? I don't have an iPad available to test them with.
I'm talking about the topics menu. Not a problem with my type cover, but unusable without it.
1. I give Microsoft 6 months, maybe less, before they give the desktop PC users what they want... The ability to ditch the Modern UI in favour of the desktop. 2. To make Windows 8 RT relevant, at the same time they'll remove the restriction on creating desktop apps (Although they'll still have to go through the store) 3. ARM will be welcomed into the corporate workplace by sorting out RT's failure with joining corporate domains (Although, ironically, it doesn't have a problem authenticating with servers directly) 4. They'll fix the discrepancies between the desktop and the Modern UI (Yes, I'm looking at you "Mr split-personality control panel", amongst everything else) 5. Release a user manual, or at least a training video on YouTube on how to use the darn thing.
Can I ask one thing? I understand Paragon owns the rights to the Hero System Role-playing Game. What is the upshot of the NCSoft decision for the pen-and-paper RPG?
Mart
Paragon don't own "Hero system" you're thinking of Champions Online where Mr Emmert jumped ship from NCSoft bought the rights to "Hero System" and used it to make Champions.
Yep, everyone is saying "Start with the 9th Doctor"
Be picky about the "Classic" series. But if there's a classic to watch, it HAS to be "Genesis of the Daleks" It's long, but there's a reason it was voted the best DW story of all time.
The BBC have also been doing some interesting things recently. The "Mara tales" box set, Kinda and Snakedance, have had the some of the old effects replaced with new CGI ones. If they'd had the CGI Mara snake in the original back in the eighties, kids would have run screaming from the room instead of peeking out from under the dining room table, or from behind the safety of a sofa cushion!
Some good classics to mix in when you're ready:
1. Genesis of the Daleks 2. Planet of the Spiders 3. Horror of Fang Rock (Personal favourite, not everyone's) 4. The Key to Time series (The pirate captain is just awesomely over the top)
By not writing software for non-technical users the so called 'digital divide' widens so much that we are no longer 'in danger' of creating a digital underclass, but we are guarenteed of creating it. An interface to a piece of software should be elegant, simple and intuitive. If the ATM's we all use had been more complicated than remembering a 4-digit pin and pushing a plastic card into a slot, then the every-day consumer wouldn't use them.
Re:What about IIS servers using Servermask?
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I completeley agree that Security by Obscurity is no answer to hacks. And you're absolutely right about Nimda/Code Red still flitting about the net. I have zero sympathy for anyone who hasn't properly updated their IIS servers, there's no excuses. But the masking products hide what the server is currently, and I've no doubt that Apache servers get attacked just as much as IIS by Nimda and CodeRed.
Still, I wonder if Netcraft would care to comment on the accuracy of their report given that at least some IIS servers are running these masking utilities. I'm sure Apache is steaming ahead in the polls, but still. I'd prefer a reasonably accurate report, instead of one that's no better than sticking your finger in the air and saying the wind's blowin' that'a way!;)
What about IIS servers using Servermask?
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I've used this NetMask utility to mask my IIS server before now(I tried the trial, and its run out), and in the past Netcraft has properly identified the server as running Apache on Redhat 9. This ain't true, as it's running Win2K with IIS5. So I'm wondering, how many of the new servers are what they say they are? And just HOW skewed are the Netcraft results?
I've still got the first logitech mouse I bought as a student over ten years ago. It's currently being used on my home server, but it's the longest lasting piece of kit I have. Logitech make good stuff, but it's a shame they discontinued the Kidz mouse, as its perfect for small hands, not to mention it's got the longest cable I've ever seen on a mouse, a whopping metre and a half!
The launch failed! The BBC are reporting an aborted launch after the Russian engines ignited at the wrong end when fired. They also say that it'll take 3 years for India to develop their own engine. Personally I think it would be better for them to do that. Fresh ideas in the rocket arena wouldn't go amiss. Plus, knowing India, it'll probably end up being a fraction of the price of US, China or European rocket engines!
Just having the map doesn't mean you can read it
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The comments made are valid in a totalitarian society. Which fortunately we do not have. At least so I'm lead to believe. However, having a map doesn't mean you can read it; and more often than not you usually need a compass. The map as it exists is largely unintelligible and has landmarks which we know nothing about. Creating the map was the easy part. The hard part is to understand what we're now looking at. This will take decades, if not longer, of research. Imminent 'cures' for cancer and aging are no closer than they were 10 years ago. Designer babies won't happen because society won't allow it. Tests already exist for such 'deformities' and parents already have the option for an abortion. Some don't do it because it is their child and they are prepared to give their love as a parent. The same will be said of genetically modifying the foetus before the child is born. Most parents won't do it. Some, undoubtdly will, but most won't. Accurately predicting the outcome of a genome of our complexity is astronomical. To make its use prevalent and reliable is beyond our current capabilities, and will be so for some time to come. At the moment all we can do is give ourselves a pat on the back, and a relaxing cup of tea and a biscuit. Before we commence the real work. Fear mongery and paranoia isn't going to advance our knowledge. We only have a short time in this universe, lets make the most of it while we're here.
Erm, excuse me. But wasn't there an infinitesimal risk of generating 'Strange Matter' by mistake? I'm no physicist, but I thought strange matter could drop local space into a lower energy state. Thus causing lots of problems for just about everyone within a few parsecs, if not more.
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Funny... That's what I thought too :)
If I don't recognise the number on the caller-id, I pick up the phone and reply "Good Afternoon (Insert pizza delivery firm name of choice) pizza, may I take your order?" in the nicest, and sunniest, voice I can muster. After that you just need to stick to the script. Like: "I'm sorry sir/madam, we have no-one here by that name, would you like to order a pizza?" or if they pause in shock from the first part, get in there quickly and say "Hello? May I take your order please?"
You'll be surprised at how often the calls stop coming after that ;)
Oh, that feels better :). The horizontal banner ads are appearing at the top, and not in the right sidebar any more.
Just need to make the hover buttons toggle on/off for tablet users now. Or is it just IE10 on Surface RT that's doing that? I don't have an iPad available to test them with.
I'm talking about the topics menu. Not a problem with my type cover, but unusable without it.
Some predictions:
1. I give Microsoft 6 months, maybe less, before they give the desktop PC users what they want... The ability to ditch the Modern UI in favour of the desktop.
2. To make Windows 8 RT relevant, at the same time they'll remove the restriction on creating desktop apps (Although they'll still have to go through the store)
3. ARM will be welcomed into the corporate workplace by sorting out RT's failure with joining corporate domains (Although, ironically, it doesn't have a problem authenticating with servers directly)
4. They'll fix the discrepancies between the desktop and the Modern UI (Yes, I'm looking at you "Mr split-personality control panel", amongst everything else)
5. Release a user manual, or at least a training video on YouTube on how to use the darn thing.
Hi Tony,
Can I ask one thing? I understand Paragon owns the rights to the Hero System Role-playing Game. What is the upshot of the NCSoft decision for the pen-and-paper RPG?
Mart
Paragon don't own "Hero system" you're thinking of Champions Online where Mr Emmert jumped ship from NCSoft bought the rights to "Hero System" and used it to make Champions.
Apologies. I'm on a lot of drugs right now for an infection. I meant the slashdot entry doesn't mention Fujitsu, not the linked article.
Yep, everyone is saying "Start with the 9th Doctor"
Be picky about the "Classic" series. But if there's a classic to watch, it HAS to be "Genesis of the Daleks" It's long, but there's a reason it was voted the best DW story of all time.
The BBC have also been doing some interesting things recently. The "Mara tales" box set, Kinda and Snakedance, have had the some of the old effects replaced with new CGI ones. If they'd had the CGI Mara snake in the original back in the eighties, kids would have run screaming from the room instead of peeking out from under the dining room table, or from behind the safety of a sofa cushion!
Some good classics to mix in when you're ready:
1. Genesis of the Daleks
2. Planet of the Spiders
3. Horror of Fang Rock (Personal favourite, not everyone's)
4. The Key to Time series (The pirate captain is just awesomely over the top)
By not writing software for non-technical users the so called 'digital divide' widens so much that we are no longer 'in danger' of creating a digital underclass, but we are guarenteed of creating it. An interface to a piece of software should be elegant, simple and intuitive. If the ATM's we all use had been more complicated than remembering a 4-digit pin and pushing a plastic card into a slot, then the every-day consumer wouldn't use them.
I completeley agree that Security by Obscurity is no answer to hacks. And you're absolutely right about Nimda/Code Red still flitting about the net. I have zero sympathy for anyone who hasn't properly updated their IIS servers, there's no excuses. But the masking products hide what the server is currently, and I've no doubt that Apache servers get attacked just as much as IIS by Nimda and CodeRed.
;)
Still, I wonder if Netcraft would care to comment on the accuracy of their report given that at least some IIS servers are running these masking utilities. I'm sure Apache is steaming ahead in the polls, but still. I'd prefer a reasonably accurate report, instead of one that's no better than sticking your finger in the air and saying the wind's blowin' that'a way!
I've used this NetMask utility to mask my IIS server before now(I tried the trial, and its run out), and in the past Netcraft has properly identified the server as running Apache on Redhat 9. This ain't true, as it's running Win2K with IIS5. So I'm wondering, how many of the new servers are what they say they are? And just HOW skewed are the Netcraft results?
I've still got the first logitech mouse I bought as a student over ten years ago. It's currently being used on my home server, but it's the longest lasting piece of kit I have. Logitech make good stuff, but it's a shame they discontinued the Kidz mouse, as its perfect for small hands, not to mention it's got the longest cable I've ever seen on a mouse, a whopping metre and a half!
The launch failed! The BBC are reporting an aborted launch after the Russian engines ignited at the wrong end when fired. They also say that it'll take 3 years for India to develop their own engine. Personally I think it would be better for them to do that. Fresh ideas in the rocket arena wouldn't go amiss. Plus, knowing India, it'll probably end up being a fraction of the price of US, China or European rocket engines!
The comments made are valid in a totalitarian society. Which fortunately we do not have. At least so I'm lead to believe. However, having a map doesn't mean you can read it; and more often than not you usually need a compass. The map as it exists is largely unintelligible and has landmarks which we know nothing about. Creating the map was the easy part. The hard part is to understand what we're now looking at. This will take decades, if not longer, of research. Imminent 'cures' for cancer and aging are no closer than they were 10 years ago. Designer babies won't happen because society won't allow it. Tests already exist for such 'deformities' and parents already have the option for an abortion. Some don't do it because it is their child and they are prepared to give their love as a parent. The same will be said of genetically modifying the foetus before the child is born. Most parents won't do it. Some, undoubtdly will, but most won't. Accurately predicting the outcome of a genome of our complexity is astronomical. To make its use prevalent and reliable is beyond our current capabilities, and will be so for some time to come. At the moment all we can do is give ourselves a pat on the back, and a relaxing cup of tea and a biscuit. Before we commence the real work. Fear mongery and paranoia isn't going to advance our knowledge. We only have a short time in this universe, lets make the most of it while we're here.
Erm, excuse me. But wasn't there an infinitesimal risk of generating 'Strange Matter' by mistake? I'm no physicist, but I thought strange matter could drop local space into a lower energy state. Thus causing lots of problems for just about everyone within a few parsecs, if not more.