I'd like to direct you to the little dot near the shift key on the right hand side of your keyboard. Next to it is a similar looking dot with a tail. Please use them.
Your comment was fine and all but I really have no grasp of what you were saying because its really hard to comprehend someone who doesnt use punctuation to seperate their thoughts into sentences imagine if everyone typed like this the world would go crazy
Billy Crystal had one that might top it: (paraphrased because I don't remember the exact wording) "Ok, there is officially no one left in New Zealand to thank."
1. There's a difference between knowing how to diagnose that your RAM is faulty and knowing not to open an attachment that you don't trust.
2. You'll find that many people who are technically inclined tend to have the sort of intelligence that allows for rapid learning of practically anything they want. After having never touched a car engine other than to check the oil, I stripped my 98 Lumina down to the header, removed the pusher rod and replaced the intake gasket. A toaster oven is a simple device that consists of nothing more than a heating element and a thermostat. Writing a book is not that hard, writing a good book is. I couldn't fix my microwave, but I don't microwave forks every chance I get. (About the same as a technophobe opening MyDoom). And no, you're wrong. If the general population were not computer stupid, most of us would not be out of jobs because there still has to be that specialization. We'd just have less stress in our lives from STUPID people calling us wanting to know how to right click the mouse.
3. A suffix is a term used to denote something at the end of a word. -ly is the suffix to likely. MP3 and PDF's are both acronym's. As far as how people are supposed to know not to open an email attachment: The fact is, there IS a responsibility that comes with owning and operating a computer these days. If your box gets zombied and used to spam millions of people, that is YOUR fault. That means that users need to learn how to avoid that circumstance, not claim ignorance. Try telling an officer that you didn't know that red means stop next time you get pulled over for running a red light. He'll ask you how you got your license in the first place. Ignorance is NOT an excuse.
4. This point is what makes me the angriest. The fact is, alot of us were nice originally and enjoyed helping newbies. Years passed, nerves were grated, things have changed. I DREAD getting a call from a user asking how to do something on my Intranet because 1, they don't listen, and 2, I've made PLENTY of materials available from which they could use to train themselves instead of calling me. People take the lazy way out because they can, and that is what annoys us. My time is valuable to me, I don't have enough of it. I refuse to waste it helping someone time and again with something that could easily be learned by reading a book.
Heh, you think that sucks... I've gotten about 32 of them on my main email account, which gets forwarded to my T-Mobile Sidekick. I started getting em about 4PM yesterday and have gotten at least 1 or 2 per hour since. How annoying to have my phone vibrating to announce a virus.
This is rather offtopic, but I finally got around to reading your reply to my post about the Neuros a few days ago. There's a guy who works for DI (the makers of the Neuros) who distributes modded Neuros's (bigger hdd's) and also ships regular Neuros's out of the country. His URL is http://www.cool4u2view.com/.
No kidding. Your point is especially true after it happens to you personally a couple of times. It gets to the point where you'd never dream of leaving a door unlocked and turning your back because like it or not, being a criminal is easy and can be lucrative.
Unfortunately locks didn't do me much good on Tuesday when someone kicked my neighbor and I's doors in. 2 days later the same neighbor left her car running in the morning to warm it up and came out to find and empty parking space.
(What's weird is that the thieves took a couple chinsy rings and some suits from the neighbors, but left my valuables untouched... Even with pretty much all of my musical equipment (2 guitars, an amp, various fx and an IEM system, about $6k street value total) sitting in the front hallway where I left them. My digital camera was sitting on my desk untouched. Pretty stupid thieves to go through the trouble of bashing my door in and to not even grab a guitar on their way out.)
Man, I'd be so lost without my sidekick.. Just picked one up a couple weeks ago and am already realizing that until another network in my area picks up the phone that I'm stuck with T-Mobile for the rest of my life (or until something better comes out):P
I'm betting the USB 2.0 backpack will be out within 2 months. After that they start working on size. The great thing is, with a Neuros you're not buying an entirely new player when you upgrade. The backpack system is a great idea.
With the iFP-300 and 500 series players, they give you a choice between MP3+Ogg and MP3+WMA firmwares.
Or you could just get a Neuros and have all ove the above + great support + a very open* company + scalable hardware. It has its flaws, but its getting better with every firmware release, not to mention they just opened sourced their syncing software and plan to open their firmware at some point as well.
*Not open-source (yet), just very open about their business and plans. The CEO of the company and his wife regularly post on the forums. Heck, I've even gotten email responses from them. Try getting that level of commitment from any of the other big name mp3 players.
Nah, not 'custom servers'. Just any server running on any of the ip-blocks used by broadband providers to dole out to DSL/Cable customers... While it sucks, who could blame them with all the zombies out there spamming them to death.
Hah, when was the last time you played a board game with a plot? The difference between a video game & a board game is that there are writers & designers involved. My brother is a 3D animator, try telling him that his work isn't a form of expression because its no different than a board game and you'll get hit in the mouth. I'm a programmer, if I were to develop a video game I sure as hell would consider it a work of art because thats how I express myself (among other ways.) There is a LOT of writing that goes into video games. Sometimes the most difficult step is just coming up with a good treatment. Take the technology away from a video game and I'm sorry, but its not 'Sorry'. Any good video game has as much of a story as a good book or movie.
I think he was referring to the soft or hard G... Greek being a hard sound, cheap being a soft sound. The vowel sounds of Greek and cheap are the same.
Hmm, maybe he took it the way many others did I'm sure: When windows dies you've got enough time to go smoke a cig while waiting for everything to reboot...
The pins are very sturdy. I'm sitting here trying to bend mine and i can't. You're either exaggerating or misinformed about the size. Yes its bigger, but its not really an issue. And no, the iRiver doesn't have an fm-modulator built in and that's the killer feature. If you haven't owned a Neuros then you really can't appreciate the slickness of having a built-in fm transmitter. Not to mention that when you buy a non-backpack based player you're severely limiting yourself on the hardware. Go buy your iRiver, in 2 years when its outdated I'll be on the latest version of whatever backpack the Neuros team has out and you'll be wishing you didn't have an expensive mp3 player that isn't the latest and greatest anymore.
Wow.. a slashdot reader (under 30k user id even) who didn't have admin rights on his box??? You must have some Nazi's running your network. (Like I'm one to talk though since the only reason I have admin rights on my box is because I'm a developer and can't do my job without them)
Nextel doesn't... Their VM system is fairly nice, Direct Connect is great if you know others on the network. Unfortunately their phones are mostly targetted at business customers & not very feature rich.
Wow... that's pretty surprising. I'm hard-pressed to come up with any non-personal uses for IM in the workplace.
Personally while I do use AIM for some personal reasons at work, the sole reason I installed it in the first place is work related.
I'm a programmer (mostly ASP.NET with a winforms project here and there) for a bank and while there are a handful of other developers scattered throughout various departments they're not very high-level concept wise and only a couple of them have even started to scratch the surface of.NET.
That being said, when I get stuck on a bug or design issue or something there's no one I work with who can really assist. I'm not saying this to sound arrogant or because I'm full of myself... Its just that the things I do on a daily basis are things they have zero experience with or knowledge about. So when I need assistance with something I have 3 options:
1.) MSDN managed newsgroups. 2.) Use one of my 4 available freebie MS developer support incidents that comes with my MSDN Universal subscription. 3.) Get ahold of one of the 3 people I know online that are on the same level.
My first choice is always option 3 for the simple fact that if they're able to help then I've just saved myself hours, if not days. Unless a non-MS person answers the newsgroup post it usually takes 1-2 days to get a response, and usually it takes 2 or 3 responses to reach a solution. Phone support incidents are quite a bit faster but I'm trying to be sparing with those because for some reason, banks don't like to spend money and buying additional incidents isn't cheap.:P
In my mind the time I save by getting a solution from friends online more than makes up for the few minutes of productivity here and there that may be lost by chatting.
Unfortunately for me though, the bank doesn't feel the same way so I'll be removing AIM very soon as they're getting ready to deploy a big-brother type monitoring system to every pc. Joy.
/me puts on anti-flame suit for mentioning.NET in any sort of positive light..
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Sopwith 2 + Instructions... Get it while the Geocities bandwidth lasts... ;)
I'd like to direct you to the little dot near the shift key on the right hand side of your keyboard. Next to it is a similar looking dot with a tail. Please use them.
Your comment was fine and all but I really have no grasp of what you were saying because its really hard to comprehend someone who doesnt use punctuation to seperate their thoughts into sentences imagine if everyone typed like this the world would go crazy
Billy Crystal had one that might top it:
(paraphrased because I don't remember the exact wording)
"Ok, there is officially no one left in New Zealand to thank."
1. There's a difference between knowing how to diagnose that your RAM is faulty and knowing not to open an attachment that you don't trust.
2. You'll find that many people who are technically inclined tend to have the sort of intelligence that allows for rapid learning of practically anything they want. After having never touched a car engine other than to check the oil, I stripped my 98 Lumina down to the header, removed the pusher rod and replaced the intake gasket. A toaster oven is a simple device that consists of nothing more than a heating element and a thermostat. Writing a book is not that hard, writing a good book is. I couldn't fix my microwave, but I don't microwave forks every chance I get. (About the same as a technophobe opening MyDoom). And no, you're wrong. If the general population were not computer stupid, most of us would not be out of jobs because there still has to be that specialization. We'd just have less stress in our lives from STUPID people calling us wanting to know how to right click the mouse.
3. A suffix is a term used to denote something at the end of a word. -ly is the suffix to likely. MP3 and PDF's are both acronym's. As far as how people are supposed to know not to open an email attachment: The fact is, there IS a responsibility that comes with owning and operating a computer these days. If your box gets zombied and used to spam millions of people, that is YOUR fault. That means that users need to learn how to avoid that circumstance, not claim ignorance. Try telling an officer that you didn't know that red means stop next time you get pulled over for running a red light. He'll ask you how you got your license in the first place. Ignorance is NOT an excuse.
4. This point is what makes me the angriest. The fact is, alot of us were nice originally and enjoyed helping newbies. Years passed, nerves were grated, things have changed. I DREAD getting a call from a user asking how to do something on my Intranet because 1, they don't listen, and 2, I've made PLENTY of materials available from which they could use to train themselves instead of calling me. People take the lazy way out because they can, and that is what annoys us. My time is valuable to me, I don't have enough of it. I refuse to waste it helping someone time and again with something that could easily be learned by reading a book.
Thousands? Hah... I write software thousands of lines long all the time. Try millions and you'll be a little closer.
Dude, I've been trying to call you for hours! Now get your phone out of your pants and answer it!
Lowtax is teh win!!!!!!11111
Heh, you think that sucks... I've gotten about 32 of them on my main email account, which gets forwarded to my T-Mobile Sidekick. I started getting em about 4PM yesterday and have gotten at least 1 or 2 per hour since. How annoying to have my phone vibrating to announce a virus.
Erm, DNF is EpicGames isn't it? Why would someone from id be working on DNF?
And then promptly wasted that point by forgetting to check the Post Anonymously box :-P
This is rather offtopic, but I finally got around to reading your reply to my post about the Neuros a few days ago. There's a guy who works for DI (the makers of the Neuros) who distributes modded Neuros's (bigger hdd's) and also ships regular Neuros's out of the country. His URL is http://www.cool4u2view.com/.
No kidding. Your point is especially true after it happens to you personally a couple of times. It gets to the point where you'd never dream of leaving a door unlocked and turning your back because like it or not, being a criminal is easy and can be lucrative.
Unfortunately locks didn't do me much good on Tuesday when someone kicked my neighbor and I's doors in. 2 days later the same neighbor left her car running in the morning to warm it up and came out to find and empty parking space.
(What's weird is that the thieves took a couple chinsy rings and some suits from the neighbors, but left my valuables untouched... Even with pretty much all of my musical equipment (2 guitars, an amp, various fx and an IEM system, about $6k street value total) sitting in the front hallway where I left them. My digital camera was sitting on my desk untouched. Pretty stupid thieves to go through the trouble of bashing my door in and to not even grab a guitar on their way out.)
Apparently they didn't do much about spelling at U of V because you don't appear to have much knoledge, erm, I mean knowledge, in that area. :-P
I'm guessing that in your 4 years at said university you were very grateful to the man who invented a spellchecker?
Sorry, I usually try not to be a spelling Nazi, but the irony was far too great to pass up. =)
Man, I'd be so lost without my sidekick.. Just picked one up a couple weeks ago and am already realizing that until another network in my area picks up the phone that I'm stuck with T-Mobile for the rest of my life (or until something better comes out) :P
I'm betting the USB 2.0 backpack will be out within 2 months. After that they start working on size. The great thing is, with a Neuros you're not buying an entirely new player when you upgrade. The backpack system is a great idea.
With the iFP-300 and 500 series players, they give you a choice between MP3+Ogg and MP3+WMA firmwares.
Or you could just get a Neuros and have all ove the above + great support + a very open* company + scalable hardware. It has its flaws, but its getting better with every firmware release, not to mention they just opened sourced their syncing software and plan to open their firmware at some point as well.
*Not open-source (yet), just very open about their business and plans. The CEO of the company and his wife regularly post on the forums. Heck, I've even gotten email responses from them. Try getting that level of commitment from any of the other big name mp3 players.
Nah, not 'custom servers'. Just any server running on any of the ip-blocks used by broadband providers to dole out to DSL/Cable customers... While it sucks, who could blame them with all the zombies out there spamming them to death.
Hah, when was the last time you played a board game with a plot? The difference between a video game & a board game is that there are writers & designers involved. My brother is a 3D animator, try telling him that his work isn't a form of expression because its no different than a board game and you'll get hit in the mouth. I'm a programmer, if I were to develop a video game I sure as hell would consider it a work of art because thats how I express myself (among other ways.) There is a LOT of writing that goes into video games. Sometimes the most difficult step is just coming up with a good treatment. Take the technology away from a video game and I'm sorry, but its not 'Sorry'. Any good video game has as much of a story as a good book or movie.
I think he was referring to the soft or hard G... Greek being a hard sound, cheap being a soft sound. The vowel sounds of Greek and cheap are the same.
Hmm, maybe he took it the way many others did I'm sure: When windows dies you've got enough time to go smoke a cig while waiting for everything to reboot...
The pins are very sturdy. I'm sitting here trying to bend mine and i can't. You're either exaggerating or misinformed about the size. Yes its bigger, but its not really an issue. And no, the iRiver doesn't have an fm-modulator built in and that's the killer feature. If you haven't owned a Neuros then you really can't appreciate the slickness of having a built-in fm transmitter. Not to mention that when you buy a non-backpack based player you're severely limiting yourself on the hardware. Go buy your iRiver, in 2 years when its outdated I'll be on the latest version of whatever backpack the Neuros team has out and you'll be wishing you didn't have an expensive mp3 player that isn't the latest and greatest anymore.
Screw the Karma... Get a Neuros then you can play Ogg and transmit FM radio as well....
Wow.. a slashdot reader (under 30k user id even) who didn't have admin rights on his box??? You must have some Nazi's running your network. (Like I'm one to talk though since the only reason I have admin rights on my box is because I'm a developer and can't do my job without them)
Nextel doesn't... Their VM system is fairly nice, Direct Connect is great if you know others on the network. Unfortunately their phones are mostly targetted at business customers & not very feature rich.
Personally while I do use AIM for some personal reasons at work, the sole reason I installed it in the first place is work related.
I'm a programmer (mostly ASP.NET with a winforms project here and there) for a bank and while there are a handful of other developers scattered throughout various departments they're not very high-level concept wise and only a couple of them have even started to scratch the surface of
That being said, when I get stuck on a bug or design issue or something there's no one I work with who can really assist. I'm not saying this to sound arrogant or because I'm full of myself... Its just that the things I do on a daily basis are things they have zero experience with or knowledge about. So when I need assistance with something I have 3 options:
1.) MSDN managed newsgroups.
2.) Use one of my 4 available freebie MS developer support incidents that comes with my MSDN Universal subscription.
3.) Get ahold of one of the 3 people I know online that are on the same level.
My first choice is always option 3 for the simple fact that if they're able to help then I've just saved myself hours, if not days. Unless a non-MS person answers the newsgroup post it usually takes 1-2 days to get a response, and usually it takes 2 or 3 responses to reach a solution. Phone support incidents are quite a bit faster but I'm trying to be sparing with those because for some reason, banks don't like to spend money and buying additional incidents isn't cheap.
In my mind the time I save by getting a solution from friends online more than makes up for the few minutes of productivity here and there that may be lost by chatting.
Unfortunately for me though, the bank doesn't feel the same way so I'll be removing AIM very soon as they're getting ready to deploy a big-brother type monitoring system to every pc. Joy.