I can assure you that a lot of us have a ton of interesting projects that need a lot of research and we don't have the time to do it. You'll probably be interested in working with ISVs.
My clients are required to be at a certain level of security before they are eligible for our unlimited support plan. Until that point is reached, hourly billing is used. The reason for that is because it takes a lot of effort to keep their systems running smoothly at that point, so it's not profitable for us to keep them on the unlimited support plan.
You are enjoying unlimited no-charge support from me, but it takes away from our time to talk with each other. Wouldn't you rather talk to me about stuff other than work when I come to visit you? If so, please follow these simple guidelines and don't install any software unless you call me first.
In particular on Yahoo, it is not just bad, it is stifling to the point of being a full-scale DoS attack.
You may not get spam on your IM account, but don't you dare try to go into some chat rooms. I like to give advice to people on launching and expanding businesses, and I have to ignore, immediately on entry, at least and I kid you not, 20 userIDs that belong to bots.
If I had time, I'd track down the spammers and get their accounts terminated with their sponsors. Unfortunately, I don't have that time right now as we are in the middle of a release.
When I quit working for an employer to open my own firm, my dissatisfaction was based on the fact that IT professionals had a fixed ceiling on earnings. I have the opportunity in my company for employees to get compensated for sales as well.
That way I don't have to give away my company, and the income to those who bring the clients in is much higher than those who get assigned a client.
I make no secret that I can make a compelling presentation on the subject of security and exploiting vulnerabilities with no preparation at any time of the day or night.
My clients know that when they need something done, I'll find a way to get it done for them. Data mining is a frequent request that deals with modifying underlying queries on public websites. I contact the data source, ask them if there are any limits on how their data can be accessed. Typically they have none. Good for the client who winds up saving 100s of hours of manual labor with my tricks. Another frequent request is making machines that were not designed for it talk to each other, which yields combined functionality of equipment that costs an order of magnitude more. They also know that when debugging an obscure problem, I have no problem reading register dumps and locating offending files and that this I did not learn that in school.
I have theoretical knowledge that could be used for nefarious purposes in practice quite easily, but my ethics standards prevent me from doing anything stupid. Besides, it is more fun to be paid to catch blackhats who are unfortunate enough to wonder into my domain.
If I catch a glimpse of a relevant ad I don't recognize, I rewind the skipped ad. I have bought products as a direct result of this as well, such as the Sharpie Mini marker that's on my keychain. Anyone who burns CDs at clients' sites will never find one when needed. I picked up the mini and it's beingused often. Ad inspiration? The car driving test where the student gets to color the bumper paint.:-)
USB is +5v on bus. Most typical toys are 2-3 batteries so that's 3-4.5v. In this application, voltage matters. Besides, it's fun to program them. Have you ever tried modifying the firmware on the fancier toys?;-) A powered USB hub is quite a nifty thing in our bedroom.
Can you take me with you this year? I want to see if I can win the wardriving contest! I promise to pretend being sweet, innocent, and clueless.
You will notice that the girl is wearing a white badge, which is $100, and otherwise dressed appropriately. Not the youngest person I saw there anyway.
I support SBS and am considered one of the best in the world on this platform.
Addressing the nightmare scenario is simple. Sell a machine with a minimum of (4) hard drives. Set them up as two mirrors. Add a couple of additional drives in removable racks or just host the whole thing in a 4-drive SATA backplane. You can try to get away with (2) drives and putting Exchange on a separate partition, but (4) drives is far more preferable.
Keep your Exchange data separate from system drives. Backup to a removable pair of drives. Keep one of those drives offsite, bring it back, resync the mirror, and take it away again. Configure system monitoring reports correctly to actually get alerts if things go wrong.
DO NOT RELY ON BACKUPEXEC FOR BARE METAL RESTORES (known to fail)!!!
Reason for the customer? If you don't do this, you will wind up with an at least 10-hour service charge as soon as the system dies and a lot of wasted time on behalf of your employees.
I'd be very happy to take those nightmares off your hands.;-)
That's why I never bother asking whether TV equipment can be tested. The store represenative has no ability to authorize modifications to the display anyway. My attitude is simple - if I am there to buy something, I will test that something on the spot with my own equipment store policies be damned. When I purchased my last LCD monitor, I did in fact go ahead and test it for dead pixels right on the spot by opening the box, connecting it to DVI, and running some simple tests. The store rep started saying something, which was duly ignored. No dead pixels.:-)
The worst that can happen is for me to get asked to leave, which won't happen since I have a clear intent to either buy for myself or recommend for a client a particular unit. By the way, that never happened. I do get some strange looks, but my position is that they should be happy not to have to pay my invoice for adjustments done.
My HP LaserJet 4M Plus (600dpi, 12ppm, JetDirect 10mbps, Post Script) was $64.99
When purchased, it had a nearly full toner cartridge and a history of printing 130,000+ pages in its lifetime, according to its diagnostics.
It's a workgroup class network printer that uses very high capacity toner cartridges, is compatible with everything since everything emulates it, and keeps on printing with a 40,000-pages/month duty cycle.
Prior to that, my printer was an HP LaserJet 4L for about $99, which lasted about 3 years and is still in the trunk of my car with an empty toner cartridge. When time came to purchase a new cartridge, I simply bought my 4M Plus for less.
T20 laptop, originally shipped with 98 User upgrades to XP Home. Setup completes. User activates normal video resolution. System crashes with persistent bluescreens. I look at the thing. Bad CD drive? Yes. Can this thing boot from a USB CD drive? You need a T21 for that! I dig up an antique Win98 CD and do an upgrade to Home on that. Works! I run convert to NTFS. Same bluescreens. Redo the effort, install XP Home from scratch but on FAT32 vs. NTFS. Works to this day without any issues. Instruction to the user - any tech you'll take this to will want to run convert on this machine. Please tell them if they do that the machine will not function.
There is no such thing as a Microsoft site license.
The machines were licensed at OEM level first, and then at the corporate level. As long as the original OEM sticker is intact, the license stays with the machine.
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Friend,
...
:-)
MY NAME IS PRINCE AL.SAHIB. YOU HAVE ENRICHED MY LIFE ON A MONTHLY BASIS AND I HAVE A LUCRATIVE PROPOSITION FOR YOU.
Why, I can see many of those comments could be generated in the rainforest.
Ah, lameness filter is my absolute favorite.
Poster's name on Google video is Public Interest Pictures, which is the one of the companies involved in the creation of this movie.
This may well have been an authorized release.
Contact your local Microsoft partners and offer your help.
We are all listed here: http://directory.microsoft.com/
I can assure you that a lot of us have a ton of interesting projects that need a lot of research and we don't have the time to do it. You'll probably be interested in working with ISVs.
Hi Mom,
:-)
My clients are required to be at a certain level of security before they are eligible for our unlimited support plan. Until that point is reached, hourly billing is used. The reason for that is because it takes a lot of effort to keep their systems running smoothly at that point, so it's not profitable for us to keep them on the unlimited support plan.
You are enjoying unlimited no-charge support from me, but it takes away from our time to talk with each other. Wouldn't you rather talk to me about stuff other than work when I come to visit you? If so, please follow these simple guidelines and don't install any software unless you call me first.
Thank you Mom
In particular on Yahoo, it is not just bad, it is stifling to the point of being a full-scale DoS attack.
You may not get spam on your IM account, but don't you dare try to go into some chat rooms. I like to give advice to people on launching and expanding businesses, and I have to ignore, immediately on entry, at least and I kid you not, 20 userIDs that belong to bots.
If I had time, I'd track down the spammers and get their accounts terminated with their sponsors. Unfortunately, I don't have that time right now as we are in the middle of a release.
When I quit working for an employer to open my own firm, my dissatisfaction was based on the fact that IT professionals had a fixed ceiling on earnings. I have the opportunity in my company for employees to get compensated for sales as well.
That way I don't have to give away my company, and the income to those who bring the clients in is much higher than those who get assigned a client.
I make no secret that I can make a compelling presentation on the subject of security and exploiting vulnerabilities with no preparation at any time of the day or night.
My clients know that when they need something done, I'll find a way to get it done for them. Data mining is a frequent request that deals with modifying underlying queries on public websites. I contact the data source, ask them if there are any limits on how their data can be accessed. Typically they have none. Good for the client who winds up saving 100s of hours of manual labor with my tricks. Another frequent request is making machines that were not designed for it talk to each other, which yields combined functionality of equipment that costs an order of magnitude more. They also know that when debugging an obscure problem, I have no problem reading register dumps and locating offending files and that this I did not learn that in school.
I have theoretical knowledge that could be used for nefarious purposes in practice quite easily, but my ethics standards prevent me from doing anything stupid. Besides, it is more fun to be paid to catch blackhats who are unfortunate enough to wonder into my domain.
I use NeatReceipts and scan everything in auto mode. See my amazon review for more details.
:-D
Works great
The GOP already does that on a regular basis... Competition is good for the business ;-)
Edge is 144kbps and there are faster technologies. I used VPN over plain GPRS as well.
This will beat your satellite broadband in terms of usability.
As a user of a 6412 Phase III, I can confirm that it works in Fremont, CA on Comcast as of right now. Skipping frames in Mythbusters as we speak.
If I catch a glimpse of a relevant ad I don't recognize, I rewind the skipped ad. I have bought products as a direct result of this as well, such as the Sharpie Mini marker that's on my keychain. Anyone who burns CDs at clients' sites will never find one when needed. I picked up the mini and it's beingused often. Ad inspiration? The car driving test where the student gets to color the bumper paint. :-)
How about 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington, D.C.?
You make that choice to work somewhere that requires 8am meetings.
:-)
I don't have 8am meetings. Ever.
I don't subject my employees to them either.
One of my former employers tried to institute that policy, and most including myself simply quit.
You do not have to work for an employer. Become one.
We have (7) glow-in-the-dark jigsaw puzzles complete. It can be amusing in complete darkness to try to do them on the breakfast table on the bed.
USB is +5v on bus. Most typical toys are 2-3 batteries so that's 3-4.5v. In this application, voltage matters. Besides, it's fun to program them. Have you ever tried modifying the firmware on the fancier toys? ;-) A powered USB hub is quite a nifty thing in our bedroom.
Mom,
Can you take me with you this year? I want to see if I can win the wardriving contest! I promise to pretend being sweet, innocent, and clueless.
You will notice that the girl is wearing a white badge, which is $100, and otherwise dressed appropriately. Not the youngest person I saw there anyway.
HELL NO!
The do NOT have the right to search your car during a routine stop. Exception - illicit items in plain view.
I support SBS and am considered one of the best in the world on this platform.
;-)
Addressing the nightmare scenario is simple. Sell a machine with a minimum of (4) hard drives. Set them up as two mirrors. Add a couple of additional drives in removable racks or just host the whole thing in a 4-drive SATA backplane. You can try to get away with (2) drives and putting Exchange on a separate partition, but (4) drives is far more preferable.
Keep your Exchange data separate from system drives. Backup to a removable pair of drives. Keep one of those drives offsite, bring it back, resync the mirror, and take it away again. Configure system monitoring reports correctly to actually get alerts if things go wrong.
DO NOT RELY ON BACKUPEXEC FOR BARE METAL RESTORES (known to fail)!!!
Reason for the customer? If you don't do this, you will wind up with an at least 10-hour service charge as soon as the system dies and a lot of wasted time on behalf of your employees.
I'd be very happy to take those nightmares off your hands.
That's why I never bother asking whether TV equipment can be tested. The store represenative has no ability to authorize modifications to the display anyway. My attitude is simple - if I am there to buy something, I will test that something on the spot with my own equipment store policies be damned. When I purchased my last LCD monitor, I did in fact go ahead and test it for dead pixels right on the spot by opening the box, connecting it to DVI, and running some simple tests. The store rep started saying something, which was duly ignored. No dead pixels. :-)
The worst that can happen is for me to get asked to leave, which won't happen since I have a clear intent to either buy for myself or recommend for a client a particular unit. By the way, that never happened. I do get some strange looks, but my position is that they should be happy not to have to pay my invoice for adjustments done.
My HP LaserJet 4M Plus (600dpi, 12ppm, JetDirect 10mbps, Post Script) was $64.99
When purchased, it had a nearly full toner cartridge and a history of printing 130,000+ pages in its lifetime, according to its diagnostics.
It's a workgroup class network printer that uses very high capacity toner cartridges, is compatible with everything since everything emulates it, and keeps on printing with a 40,000-pages/month duty cycle.
Prior to that, my printer was an HP LaserJet 4L for about $99, which lasted about 3 years and is still in the trunk of my car with an empty toner cartridge. When time came to purchase a new cartridge, I simply bought my 4M Plus for less.
Long story short:
T20 laptop, originally shipped with 98
User upgrades to XP Home. Setup completes. User activates normal video resolution. System crashes with persistent bluescreens.
I look at the thing. Bad CD drive? Yes. Can this thing boot from a USB CD drive? You need a T21 for that!
I dig up an antique Win98 CD and do an upgrade to Home on that. Works! I run convert to NTFS. Same bluescreens.
Redo the effort, install XP Home from scratch but on FAT32 vs. NTFS. Works to this day without any issues. Instruction to the user - any tech you'll take this to will want to run convert on this machine. Please tell them if they do that the machine will not function.
Doesn't work, but my banker is fine with that.
There is no such thing as a Microsoft site license.
The machines were licensed at OEM level first, and then at the corporate level. As long as the original OEM sticker is intact, the license stays with the machine.
I sell volume licensing every day.
Serious players might not be interested in that at the moment. Those who actually want to dance with more than just feet might be curious. :)