That is the funniest thing I have heard all week. I read a Gartner release last week and couldnt believe the predictions they were making, very much out of touch. The really strange part of it is alot of companies take Gartners word as gospel.
I am am 24 and styarting to feel old at the company i work for... green is good I have found, we can manipulate their minds for our good. I don't know whether they are any good for anyone else but it works for us...
The only way you can still be employable into later life is to specialise in something that will always require consultants, ie. Database design... Databases will never go away.
Or you can go out and patent something really stupid and force people to pay up, no need to work then:)
An a totally different train of thought you could pout a computer into an esky for trips to LAN parties...
You could section it off well so that half is the computer and the other half can carry about a dozen Jolt's... plus the ice required for the Jolts could be used to help cool your non-overclocked overheating Athlon:)
Now, when I use a web browser, it's downloading files from a site onto my computer. Who's to say that those files once downloaded onto my computer aren't fair game for throwing in the trash, if I choose to do that.
But this feature blocks the downloading of these ads. If it still downloaded the ads but did not display them, that is a different matter.
That would probably be the best solution, for all the sites that rely on banner ads (how much does/. rely on the banner ads) they still get download numbers yet the user who chooses not to see the ads doesn't.
Will blocking the images really work? All the ad mobs will do is change the way the ads are delivered, moving the delivery from an off-site to the local site through a script or something similar.
The blocking would work for a few months and then slowly it wouldnt work on some sites...
Lets see while we are suing companies, let's get all the families of people who have been shot and get them to sue the gun companies for producing a gun that can be used to kill someone.
Sure the guns may have been produced for hunting, but some smart person realised you can kill people with them too...
Sure MS are partly to blame for leaving the security hole open, but you can't sue them if someone exploits the hole.
Did someone sue the router makers back when the true internet worm happened?
Has anyone ever thought that AIDS spontaeneously appeared (or was placed here by aliens, or governments) to bring the worlds population back to a sustainable level.
AIDS is very indiscriminate, incurable (at present), constantly changes for the conditions and results in death. Perfect population control. I do believe the world is becoming over populated, India is about to pass China for god sakes... How can so many people live in such a tight space?
....."MP3's are a god awful way to listen to music"
When all you have are simple computer speakers, a CD sounds the same as a MP3 anyway. Not all of us can put a turntable on our desks, plus they skip and scratch easier, not to mention the only stuff you can get on vinyl now is music for mixing... unless you go secondhand...
Which brings me to another point... what is the difference between me buying a secondhand CD and me ripping a friends CD? Nothing I would say... The record companies don't obtain any revenue from myself in either case so what we should do is find secondhand CD stores and buy them instead.
Is it just me or was the sarcasm of the previous post lost on this person?
I live in Australia and more and more it is going towards people not taking responsibility for themselves, blame something/someone else.
Recently a guy got paralysed when he went body surfing at a beach, he tried to sue the council for millions because they didn't have signs up at the beach warning that surfing is dangerous. What a fucking loser!
Question for ya... IS your voice starting to sound like Kermit the Frog too?
I work for a MS Certified Solution Provider (I didn't have to sell my soul) and I have not done any of the MS courses, and I am a senior developer.
In my experience most of the MCSEs out there scraped together some money went and did the course and tried to get a job. What they seem to forget is that without experience a MCSE means nothing.
If I am involved in hiring of personnel I would take into account someone who has done a MCSE but not take them purely on the fact.
If 2 people came to me for a job, one had a MCSE and 3 years experience in a good size company and the other had 6 years experience in the same company, I would probably choose the more expereinced one.
Sometimes I think dealing with computers is an art and experience teaches that art better than an exam.
I thought a countries laws finished at their borders, surely CigarMan Clinton doesnt have the power to say how people in other countries treat their copyright laws.
As far as I know DeCSS isn't illegal in Australia, so if I develop a DVD player for Linux and put it on my ftp site saying only people in Australia are to download the player, all other countries go away. If someone in US was found using this player could I be prosecuted in the US?
I am still not sure how the US could prosecute a Norwegian...
I wonder if they have the power to request the Oz government to come and get me... they wouldnt be hard to dodge...
Frank, I think you are being a bit harsh or assuming that everyone is off in an Open Source world.
I would not know where to start to find out information on OpenSource licenses. I think the questions that are raised are totally relevant.
I dont see you offering an answer with all your criticism, does this mean you don't know an answer to the above quewstions?
I myself would like to know what happens to software when it moves from OpenSource to closed source. Has this ever happened before? I have heard of going the other way, closed to open.
But it isn't really SPAM if you request it. I thought SPAM was unsolicited email.
You giving your email address to the company and clicking the submit button gives them the right to send you email. Is there a EULA regarding this download?
Well, I wasn't the moderator but I agree with his (her) decision. The post seemed like a "quickie" post that was meant to look like a valid post but was really just a first post in disguise. It really added nothing to any discussion, and the words "first post" clue in that the fellow was looking to post anything in order to get up front.
Damn you! You have just uncovered the secret to the stealth first post!
It's actually a T-16 skyhopper. Luke is playing with a model of one when C-3PO is getting his oil bath in SW:ANH
I bet you went to opening night of Phantom Menace dressed as Yoda or Darth Vader.
Some people should really get a life. This sort of detail relating to just a movie (I admit Star Wars is a great series, Ep 1 excluded) is just going too far.
Is the a name for obsessed Star Wars fans like there is for Start Trek fans? Can I suggest Lucasites?
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That is the funniest thing I have heard all week. I read a Gartner release last week and couldnt believe the predictions they were making, very much out of touch. The really strange part of it is alot of companies take Gartners word as gospel.
:)
I am am 24 and styarting to feel old at the company i work for... green is good I have found, we can manipulate their minds for our good. I don't know whether they are any good for anyone else but it works for us...
The only way you can still be employable into later life is to specialise in something that will always require consultants, ie. Database design... Databases will never go away.
Or you can go out and patent something really stupid and force people to pay up, no need to work then
But aren't geeks repelled from live music?
An a totally different train of thought you could pout a computer into an esky for trips to LAN parties...
:)
You could section it off well so that half is the computer and the other half can carry about a dozen Jolt's... plus the ice required for the Jolts could be used to help cool your non-overclocked overheating Athlon
Anyone out there done this?
If you would like to credit someone, credit plinko.net which have used that passage as their 404 Error for some time now.
Try it here...
Now, when I use a web browser, it's downloading files from a site onto my computer. Who's to say that those files once downloaded onto my computer aren't fair game for throwing in the trash, if I choose to do that.
/. rely on the banner ads) they still get download numbers yet the user who chooses not to see the ads doesn't.
But this feature blocks the downloading of these ads. If it still downloaded the ads but did not display them, that is a different matter.
That would probably be the best solution, for all the sites that rely on banner ads (how much does
Will blocking the images really work? All the ad mobs will do is change the way the ads are delivered, moving the delivery from an off-site to the local site through a script or something similar.
The blocking would work for a few months and then slowly it wouldnt work on some sites...
Good idea, one step behind...
Lets see while we are suing companies, let's get all the families of people who have been shot and get them to sue the gun companies for producing a gun that can be used to kill someone.
Sure the guns may have been produced for hunting, but some smart person realised you can kill people with them too...
Sure MS are partly to blame for leaving the security hole open, but you can't sue them if someone exploits the hole.
Did someone sue the router makers back when the true internet worm happened?
This just means there is less of Natalie Portman's cute teen buttocks to love.
Less weight, same mass, less droopy...
Gravity only affects weight, not mass. So there is exactly the same amount of cute buttocks there, it just weighs less.
I believe the EU (which feels it needs to have a home grown alternative to every single thing developed in the US) and vice-versa...
Has anyone ever thought that AIDS spontaeneously appeared (or was placed here by aliens, or governments) to bring the worlds population back to a sustainable level.
AIDS is very indiscriminate, incurable (at present), constantly changes for the conditions and results in death. Perfect population control. I do believe the world is becoming over populated, India is about to pass China for god sakes... How can so many people live in such a tight space?
Conspiracy theories abound...
I didn't know you could buy AIDS? :)
BTW, you can have my cancer for nothing if you want... Nothing serious, just next to my kidney.
....."MP3's are a god awful way to listen to music"
When all you have are simple computer speakers, a CD sounds the same as a MP3 anyway. Not all of us can put a turntable on our desks, plus they skip and scratch easier, not to mention the only stuff you can get on vinyl now is music for mixing... unless you go secondhand...
Which brings me to another point... what is the difference between me buying a secondhand CD and me ripping a friends CD? Nothing I would say... The record companies don't obtain any revenue from myself in either case so what we should do is find secondhand CD stores and buy them instead.
Is it just me or was the sarcasm of the previous post lost on this person?
I live in Australia and more and more it is going towards people not taking responsibility for themselves, blame something/someone else.
Recently a guy got paralysed when he went body surfing at a beach, he tried to sue the council for millions because they didn't have signs up at the beach warning that surfing is dangerous. What a fucking loser!
Oh well, good decision by the judge anyway...
Question for ya... IS your voice starting to sound like Kermit the Frog too?
I work for a MS Certified Solution Provider (I didn't have to sell my soul) and I have not done any of the MS courses, and I am a senior developer.
In my experience most of the MCSEs out there scraped together some money went and did the course and tried to get a job. What they seem to forget is that without experience a MCSE means nothing.
If I am involved in hiring of personnel I would take into account someone who has done a MCSE but not take them purely on the fact.
If 2 people came to me for a job, one had a MCSE and 3 years experience in a good size company and the other had 6 years experience in the same company, I would probably choose the more expereinced one.
Sometimes I think dealing with computers is an art and experience teaches that art better than an exam.
Four people (or 24!) on one connection is likely going to generate more traffic than one person on one connection.
Unless that one person was running Napster... oops, now that is illegal on campuses too...
Have they banned FTP yet? You can download MP3s over FTP...
Is it just me or are the American businesses and authorities getting dumber by the minute?
How many of these units have been sold?
Hopefully they have sold a lot of these units and the MPAA cannot recall them because at time of purchase they were cleared by the MPAA were they not?
MPAA can go get rooted...
Do I hear "Blame Canada" starting up...
Americans do definately love themselves...
Does the DMCA apply to other countries?
I thought a countries laws finished at their borders, surely CigarMan Clinton doesnt have the power to say how people in other countries treat their copyright laws.
As far as I know DeCSS isn't illegal in Australia, so if I develop a DVD player for Linux and put it on my ftp site saying only people in Australia are to download the player, all other countries go away. If someone in US was found using this player could I be prosecuted in the US?
I am still not sure how the US could prosecute a Norwegian...
I wonder if they have the power to request the Oz government to come and get me... they wouldnt be hard to dodge...
Frank, I think you are being a bit harsh or assuming that everyone is off in an Open Source world.
I would not know where to start to find out information on OpenSource licenses. I think the questions that are raised are totally relevant.
I dont see you offering an answer with all your criticism, does this mean you don't know an answer to the above quewstions?
I myself would like to know what happens to software when it moves from OpenSource to closed source. Has this ever happened before? I have heard of going the other way, closed to open.
But it isn't really SPAM if you request it. I thought SPAM was unsolicited email.
You giving your email address to the company and clicking the submit button gives them the right to send you email. Is there a EULA regarding this download?
SPAM does suck though...
No around here everyone say pee and poop not piss and shit
It's easy mmmkay...
Does the RIAA have control over what happens to music produced in another country?
Well, I wasn't the moderator but I agree with his (her) decision. The post seemed like a "quickie" post that was meant to look like a valid post but was really just a first post in disguise. It really added nothing to any discussion, and the words "first post" clue in that the fellow was looking to post anything in order to get up front.
Damn you! You have just uncovered the secret to the stealth first post!
BTW it was on topic though...
Just think, if Microsoft abducted you, would the OSS guns come out for your rescue? No...
If there was real Tux, I do believe a team of
I can see a movie based on the rescue already. 3 geek commandos, played by:
Please excuse my rantings
It's actually a T-16 skyhopper. Luke is playing with a model of one when C-3PO is getting his oil bath in SW:ANH
I bet you went to opening night of Phantom Menace dressed as Yoda or Darth Vader.
Some people should really get a life. This sort of detail relating to just a movie (I admit Star Wars is a great series, Ep 1 excluded) is just going too far.
Is the a name for obsessed Star Wars fans like there is for Start Trek fans? Can I suggest Lucasites?