I've tried getting my mom to switch countless times, always with problems. My current plan is to wait for Firefox 1.0, and then make her switch again.
At work, many people use IE - but nobody has to. I'm also plannign on moving everyone at the office to Firefox once it hits 1.0. It's hard to get the PHB's to agree to something that's not 1.0:)
It's a public health issue. Public laws are being enacted to fix it.
If that's the case - then why is it legal? If it's legal, people ought to be able to use it. Otherwise, where does it end? Shoudl you be able to smoke in your house? In your car? In your front yard? Business are private places. It's not like a city hall where people need to go there. People in the US are free. That means, if they want to do something unhealth - so be it. It also means, if you don't want second hand smoke, don't go to establishments that allow smoking! That's what being free means! It also means that private business can allow or it at their discression - that's/their/ right.
Does a problem exist with outsourcing? Perhaps. I don't know. But, the way you summarized the article made it sound like you were trying to make a bigger deal out of it than the numbers supported - as if it was wishful thinking. In my experience, from just casual observations, i havn't seen a problem with outsourcing. I don't know anyone that's been oursourced. I havn't heard people complaining about it, except a few wishful(?) individuals on/..
If you're all for getting gov't out of business, then why are you mad that nothing's being done about outsourcing? What do you propose we do?
Keep smoking, DRue. People as smart, well mannered and helpful as yourself deserve all the benefits cigarettes bring.
About this smoking thing: I don't smoke. I just believe that a private establishment ought to be allowed to make their own decisions on whether or not to allow smoking. If so many people want smoke free bars/restaurants, then it would be to a business' benefit to go no smoking. Fact is, if a city requires it's bars and restaurants to go no smoking, they lose heavy business to neighboring cities. It's a perfect example of something that the market will work out for itself. And as far as mr. i don't like second hand smoke: neither do i! But you don't have a right to demand that others not smoke. If you don't like it, seek out non smoking establishments! Write a letter to your fav restaurant and tell them you'd like them to go smoke free. But for god's sake don't make it a law.
Correction - the article actually says 2.5%, not 3%. It's as if the poster wishes that more jobs were outsourced so that he can be more pissed off at Bush. Sad, really.
The report claims that less than 3% of Q1 2004 jobs were lost to offshoring.
It's not 3% of all jobs - it's 3% of the jobs that have been lost. Quit with the mindless troll attitude. Don't blow the outsourcing thing out of proportion.
Oh, and by the way - all you ACLU loving/.ers - If you really believe in personal freedoms - you gotta side with Bush on this one. Companies ought to be able to do what they please within the law. All the local (MN, but it's everywhere) no smoking legislation lately is driving me nuts. Lets get the government out of business - yes that means that some companies will outsource some of their labor. Nothing new here!
Karma be damned, you gotta learn the difference between loose and lose. Look, you lose your virginity to a loose MILF. Get it? DAMN, DOOD, every day. Idiots!
after i run ad-aware and mcaffee to clean them off, one of them deleted some important files under my system folder, or at least thats what i assume because my tcp/ip wouldnt start.
I had this happen to my mom's computer - but it wasn't tcp/ip - it was dhcp. I couldn't get her computer to grab an ip, but when i set it to a static it worked fine ./me hates spyware.. gotta go over to the girl friend's parents this weekend to spybot/adaware (i do both in safe mode).
The utilities will ask you after you scan and clean if you want them to run on the next reboot. Just say yes to each one. They'll both run again on the next reboot before anything else loads..
Should have made that more clear the first time, sorry bout that:)
I have gotten very good at cleaning ad ware off of computers, because it's so common (even though I don't have a windows computer myself.. grr..) I actually carry a cd with both spybot and ad-aware with me in my car, with the latest definition files for each. When I get to an infected PC, I go straight away into safe mode. Run both utilities, reboot, and have them both run on reboot (before anything else loads). This seems to do a pretty good job of cleaning it up.
Q: I don't want you stealing my bandwidth! How can I stop it from uploading?
A: You could hack the source to not upload, but then your download rate would suck. BitTorrent downloaders engage in tit-for-tat with their peers, so leeches have very little success downloading.
The better bittorrent clients let you limit the UPLOAD speed, I have yet to see one that lets you limit the DOWNLOAD speed, which is what the original poster was asking. If you know of one, please share, because I have been looking for one
The way bittorrent works is that your upload speed sets your download speed. If you don't upload at all, you won't be able to download. That's why it works!
Don't you understand? If DirecTV still has those channels - it means they gave in to Viacom's prices. Don't you want to stay with the carrier that is agressively negotiating pricing? They're saving _you_ money in the long run by not putting up with this BS! This makes Dish Network _more_ attractive to me!
We'll never get to this point if every time two people disagree they split the project. Project forks are good to an extent - but I think that we lose a lot more than we gain because of it. At least MS has a meeting and decides how to continue - we, the OSS community, just get pissed off and branch.
Who would want their computer spraying smelly stuff, whenever it felt like it - whether the smell was good or bad. I don't think it would ever smell good, anyway - it would always smell artificial - just like all the air fresheners that are supposed to smell like flowers. Too perfumy for me.
Most people I talked to believe government is the only hope; that egovernment and other government projects are the only way to develop a sustainable local IT sector.
With that attitude, things will never change. They need to be entrepenuers (sp?) and build their own market from the ground up. It won't work top down style sitting around waiting for the gov't to start ordering technology. Computers are cheap (even there) - start using them.
This is a horrible idea! People have to get a hard drive from you?! C'mon on. people will steal them. people won't get why they need to do it. It's much easier to use deep freeze, and reboot the machine after each use.
The best way to do it is to use (with a windows environment, anyway) deep-freeze. It is software that restores the box to a pre defined image on every reboot. So, your users can do whatever they want on the system, when it is rebooted, the box comes up clean and sparkly. Worked pretty good in our labs at the U.
Well, with my method the guilt sits on the shoulders of them. With your method, they feel great while you have all the guilt. So, it's a question of whether the guilt is worth the money.
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I've tried getting my mom to switch countless times, always with problems. My current plan is to wait for Firefox 1.0, and then make her switch again.
:)
At work, many people use IE - but nobody has to. I'm also plannign on moving everyone at the office to Firefox once it hits 1.0. It's hard to get the PHB's to agree to something that's not 1.0
You, sir, should be modded up.
It's bad enough when this "loose" trash ends up in the comments. But on the front page?! Drives me absolutely crazy
It's a public health issue. Public laws are being enacted to fix it.
/their/ right.
If that's the case - then why is it legal? If it's legal, people ought to be able to use it. Otherwise, where does it end? Shoudl you be able to smoke in your house? In your car? In your front yard? Business are private places. It's not like a city hall where people need to go there. People in the US are free. That means, if they want to do something unhealth - so be it. It also means, if you don't want second hand smoke, don't go to establishments that allow smoking! That's what being free means! It also means that private business can allow or it at their discression - that's
Hey twitter, thanks for responding :)
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Does a problem exist with outsourcing? Perhaps. I don't know. But, the way you summarized the article made it sound like you were trying to make a bigger deal out of it than the numbers supported - as if it was wishful thinking. In my experience, from just casual observations, i havn't seen a problem with outsourcing. I don't know anyone that's been oursourced. I havn't heard people complaining about it, except a few wishful(?) individuals on
If you're all for getting gov't out of business, then why are you mad that nothing's being done about outsourcing? What do you propose we do?
Keep smoking, DRue. People as smart, well mannered and helpful as yourself deserve all the benefits cigarettes bring.
About this smoking thing: I don't smoke. I just believe that a private establishment ought to be allowed to make their own decisions on whether or not to allow smoking. If so many people want smoke free bars/restaurants, then it would be to a business' benefit to go no smoking. Fact is, if a city requires it's bars and restaurants to go no smoking, they lose heavy business to neighboring cities. It's a perfect example of something that the market will work out for itself. And as far as mr. i don't like second hand smoke: neither do i! But you don't have a right to demand that others not smoke. If you don't like it, seek out non smoking establishments! Write a letter to your fav restaurant and tell them you'd like them to go smoke free. But for god's sake don't make it a law.
Correction - the article actually says 2.5%, not 3%. It's as if the poster wishes that more jobs were outsourced so that he can be more pissed off at Bush. Sad, really.
The report claims that less than 3% of Q1 2004 jobs were lost to offshoring.
/.ers - If you really believe in personal freedoms - you gotta side with Bush on this one. Companies ought to be able to do what they please within the law. All the local (MN, but it's everywhere) no smoking legislation lately is driving me nuts. Lets get the government out of business - yes that means that some companies will outsource some of their labor. Nothing new here!
It's not 3% of all jobs - it's 3% of the jobs that have been lost. Quit with the mindless troll attitude. Don't blow the outsourcing thing out of proportion.
Oh, and by the way - all you ACLU loving
if someone looses something
Karma be damned, you gotta learn the difference between loose and lose. Look, you lose your virginity to a loose MILF. Get it? DAMN, DOOD, every day. Idiots!
loosing focus
Damnit - Just one day - ONE DAY - is all I ask without having to read the word loosing! Idiot!
It's from Rounders
In fact, I think Rounders is what started this poker fad. At least, it's when i started noticing it take off.
I used to play a lot, and the rounders quotes at the tables would drive me nuts. It's not so bad, now.
It's a zero sum game with some randomness
Of course, if you're playing in a casino, it's not zero sum because of the rake.
In the poker game of life, women are the rake.
after i run ad-aware and mcaffee to clean them off, one of them deleted some important files under my system folder, or at least thats what i assume because my tcp/ip wouldnt start.
/me hates spyware.. gotta go over to the girl friend's parents this weekend to spybot/adaware (i do both in safe mode).
I had this happen to my mom's computer - but it wasn't tcp/ip - it was dhcp. I couldn't get her computer to grab an ip, but when i set it to a static it worked fine .
The utilities will ask you after you scan and clean if you want them to run on the next reboot. Just say yes to each one. They'll both run again on the next reboot before anything else loads..
:)
Should have made that more clear the first time, sorry bout that
I have gotten very good at cleaning ad ware off of computers, because it's so common (even though I don't have a windows computer myself.. grr..) I actually carry a cd with both spybot and ad-aware with me in my car, with the latest definition files for each. When I get to an infected PC, I go straight away into safe mode. Run both utilities, reboot, and have them both run on reboot (before anything else loads). This seems to do a pretty good job of cleaning it up.
This guy named his son Jon Blake Cusack 2.0
Well.. All I know is what I read from bt's page:
Q: I don't want you stealing my bandwidth! How can I stop it from uploading?
A: You could hack the source to not upload, but then your download rate would suck. BitTorrent downloaders engage in tit-for-tat with their peers, so leeches have very little success downloading.
The better bittorrent clients let you limit the UPLOAD speed, I have yet to see one that lets you limit the DOWNLOAD speed, which is what the original poster was asking. If you know of one, please share, because I have been looking for one
The way bittorrent works is that your upload speed sets your download speed. If you don't upload at all, you won't be able to download. That's why it works!
Don't you understand? If DirecTV still has those channels - it means they gave in to Viacom's prices. Don't you want to stay with the carrier that is agressively negotiating pricing? They're saving _you_ money in the long run by not putting up with this BS! This makes Dish Network _more_ attractive to me!
The entire nation considers your written and spoken rants both condescending and highly obnoxious.
Are you kidding me? This is precisely the thing that we need to concentrate on. If we can't be critical of ourselves - MS sure can.
We'll never get to this point if every time two people disagree they split the project. Project forks are good to an extent - but I think that we lose a lot more than we gain because of it. At least MS has a meeting and decides how to continue - we, the OSS community, just get pissed off and branch.
Marketing. People think Macs don't work as well - not as much software, etc. It's just marketing - that's what Bill is good at, after all :)
Who would want their computer spraying smelly stuff, whenever it felt like it - whether the smell was good or bad. I don't think it would ever smell good, anyway - it would always smell artificial - just like all the air fresheners that are supposed to smell like flowers. Too perfumy for me.
Most people I talked to believe government is the only hope; that egovernment and other government projects are the only way to develop a sustainable local IT sector.
With that attitude, things will never change. They need to be entrepenuers (sp?) and build their own market from the ground up. It won't work top down style sitting around waiting for the gov't to start ordering technology. Computers are cheap (even there) - start using them.
This is a horrible idea! People have to get a hard drive from you?! C'mon on. people will steal them. people won't get why they need to do it. It's much easier to use deep freeze, and reboot the machine after each use.
The best way to do it is to use (with a windows environment, anyway) deep-freeze. It is software that restores the box to a pre defined image on every reboot. So, your users can do whatever they want on the system, when it is rebooted, the box comes up clean and sparkly. Worked pretty good in our labs at the U.
Well, with my method the guilt sits on the shoulders of them. With your method, they feel great while you have all the guilt. So, it's a question of whether the guilt is worth the money.