We sold our dialups last month to a company in Minneapolis called 'Infinetivity'. The lack of customer support, and amount of down/hold time is astounding. I called them this morning, to find out for one of my old customers, why I could gain shell access, but not use a mail client(obvious POP server problems) they said "we've been down since yesterday, and we have two people on it". This is hilarious since he was surprised to find out that I could get mail through elm/telnet!
Not only are these large companyies horrible with customers, they are generally not knowledgeable about what they offer. (their main sysadmin is on vacation - he knows what's going on).
I hate to rip, but these guys are just crooks.
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I feel somewhat opposite on this subject... I think if a company with such a prominent name as apple were to put their OS on x86, this would allow people who are not confident enough in *nix, to have a solid company behind their emmigration from windows.
Linux variants are definitely getting easier to install, but just the whole 'programmer aura' around it is still intimidating.
I would be interested in it myself, just from the standpoint that as a web developer, I would guess many of the application providers (macromedia, adobe, cubase, etc...) would more readily port their apps to Linux if there is already a hardcore OS X following.
Anyhow, that's my take on it.
I like, and agree with most of what you say Commander, but call me a traitor, I think the french found having their country and citizens taken over by the Nazi's a bit annoying too.
Of course they are taking it a bit far this time...
I am in the midst of building an "e-commerce" site. What I've discovered is that I can leave the majority of the users anonymity intact, and still be able to process their order. One thing I can't(within reason) live without is using cookies.
As we all know there are good and bad uses for cookies, and we realize they are hard to get around with an e-commerce site.
That said, I agree that a site should work, regardless.
As for giving out user info(be it selling, or just for garbage mail), I am against it, but then I was reading an article(Aug, 7th 2000 CRN) where a Gov't agancy was looking for an ASP, and 30 of 30 tested (despite their security policy to the contrary) gave out info in one form or another!!
I'm not sure I would trust anyone without having a prior business relationship with them...
Hello,
I saw your post this morning as I was looking for something about the Scovery. You should be able to see some info, and photos of the internals in the next few days on idiotusers.com as I am tearing one apart for a company project.
I purchased the 211, and it is a very nice little unit, a couple of drawbacks so far are:
it is harder than hell to get info out of the people at Siemens.
the ROM is run from the IDE bus, so it is limited by the bus speed.
apparently(and later today I may know differently) the system files on the ROM cannot be updated without re-writing the entire chip image
but, it is darn quick, a cute little machine, and is definitely a good purchase for what we are doing with it (see the link above for more info)
As for your reply to my comment, I was refferring to the FACT that fujitsu-siemens' version of the Linux OS does not allow direct editing of the system files stored on the flash ROM. The only way I've found to change these settings is by re-writing the entire image. I wonder(ed) how this was affected by the GPL.
Redhat allows the source to be edited, but the Scovery does not come with the Linux OS on CD/floppy/any media, and there is nothing included explaining the procedure.
I think it's obvious that although dry humping a server rack can be fulfilling, a girlfriend is nice. Oh, and I wasn't bragging about this one... it should be taken as a warning.
I dated a girl a while ago who thought that she could *see* auras. She would stare at me, then slowly force herself to go cross-eyed while putting pressure on the area under her eyes with her hands. After about two to three minutes of this she would say things like "wow, this is neat" and "you must be depressed" (I was depressed alot).
So, in summary use this device, not some chick claiming to be able to see auras, dig?
Wait a minute, wait a minute... did you even read what I wrote? Did you read your reply?
I appreciate the fact that people will do what people will do, but telling me that "That does not make it wrong (except to those who are so ethnocentric that they consider any culture other than their own to be inferior etc)."
so you don't think they feel superior to other people for having "accomplished" duping thousands of people??!!? you made my point for me Magic5Ball...
Also If you think lying is an accomplishment, you should try a day of hard work, and getting recognition for a job well done on for size... you wouldn't be able to go back.
As for "Suddenly, they are a 'sect' too?" uhh, did you read their statement?!? uhh, guy, from my perspective (it's the only one I own) they (obviously) aren't the most helpful people. If you had wasted your time trying to get in on this "good deal" you would have a different perspective (kinda like how you told me to take a look at it from an "aborigines" POV...eh?). Somehow I don't think that the aborigines uphold dishonestly above truthfulness...do you see the flaw in this staement? OK. Now, I really don't mean to rip on your opinion, it's just that there are quite a few holes in it(I didn't even touch the others...).
I worked for Carl Zeiss (German Optics Company) for the last Three years, and enjoyed a great deal of my time there. I did however run into problems which sprung up from the fact that I, being an american, did not have the same outlook on the way to treat our customers as my co-workers.
on more than one occasion I was asked to fudge the truth, and the final straw was when I was relocated to Minneapolis MN this past January, and my promotion was renigged.
Obviously I harbor some resentment, but I am very happy now at my current employer. I needed to respond to this article with some questions...
Why are these people proud of this "accomplishment"?
is there something wrong with German/European Society that makes this allright?
Why do they think that deluding thousands of people is an accomplishment?
The last time I checked, Our (american) president pulled the same thing on us... are all societies the same this way?
or is this just some sick fantasy world that certain sects of our world play a role in?
I happened to have Regis and Kathy Lee on this morning by mistake, and they showed a clip from a few years back when someone had dialed the wrong number and gotten on the show by mistake... kinda funny their phone just starts ringing in the middle of them talking...
I just think it'd be funny for someone to WAR dial this number as a response... it would be no different than what ABC si doing... well...
Let's ask Philip if he's reaped any benefits from online publishing. He has written "Travel's with Samantha" and countless articles about photography online, on what could possibly be considered the foremost photo community online photo.net. He is very intelligent, and has been interviewed here before...
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OK, I am interested, of course I haven't heard of the gridpad, who is the manufacturer, what processor(s), etc... I am going to search for this, but please e-mail me about specifics... (bcarlson@idiotusers.com)
I just picked up my first PDA, a Handspring visor deluxe, and it's fitting my needs very nicely, that is it is a toy. I will definitely have a use for a wireless networked webpad, when they come out, but these PDA's are strictly toys for the moment. I think a couple of things Handspring has going for them are the expansion module, and the PalmOS.
Unlike wince, the Palm OS is very open to being developed, and is (as far as I can tell) native to *nix, hence the GNU tools being ported to windows.
I am a web designer not a programming, but I am trying to get the hang of programming this thing to allow better access to my website customers, and it seems pretty intuitive (so far).
I see what you are saying, and agree from a hardware standpoint, and of course this is obvious, but I guess my point ( or opinion) is that what RIGHT do you have to do this. I know robots don't hog alot of the resources, but a robot also will never even consider buying a product, whereas a human could. (needless to say how would the robot pay for it?:o) )
Thanks Andrew, I could have sworn a lwyer was required to give out that info, and even if you can't (legally) give out this info, wouldn't you feel obligated to?
If I write a script to strain through all of the content on your site, and you have a huge site like ebay, I would think that it would hog a significant percentage of your cpu.
I wouldn't like my competitors to slow my site down for my customers, would you?
I am not a huge X-men fan (I was more into excalibur), but the fact that Brian Singer is the director makes it a must see. If you haven't seen "The Usual Suspects", rent it. NOW. I mean put down the coffee, go to the video store grab the DVD, and when you get back to work you will be ten times better for it. The intricately woven plot line, the character development, and the shots just blow you away.
If X-Men is half as entertaining it will be well worth the money!
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We sold our dialups last month to a company in Minneapolis called 'Infinetivity'. The lack of customer support, and amount of down/hold time is astounding. I called them this morning, to find out for one of my old customers, why I could gain shell access, but not use a mail client(obvious POP server problems) they said "we've been down since yesterday, and we have two people on it". This is hilarious since he was surprised to find out that I could get mail through elm/telnet!
Not only are these large companyies horrible with customers, they are generally not knowledgeable about what they offer. (their main sysadmin is on vacation - he knows what's going on).
I hate to rip, but these guys are just crooks.
I feel somewhat opposite on this subject... I think if a company with such a prominent name as apple were to put their OS on x86, this would allow people who are not confident enough in *nix, to have a solid company behind their emmigration from windows. Linux variants are definitely getting easier to install, but just the whole 'programmer aura' around it is still intimidating. I would be interested in it myself, just from the standpoint that as a web developer, I would guess many of the application providers (macromedia, adobe, cubase, etc...) would more readily port their apps to Linux if there is already a hardcore OS X following. Anyhow, that's my take on it.
I like, and agree with most of what you say Commander, but call me a traitor, I think the french found having their country and citizens taken over by the Nazi's a bit annoying too.
Of course they are taking it a bit far this time...
I am in the midst of building an "e-commerce" site. What I've discovered is that I can leave the majority of the users anonymity intact, and still be able to process their order. One thing I can't(within reason) live without is using cookies.
As we all know there are good and bad uses for cookies, and we realize they are hard to get around with an e-commerce site.
That said, I agree that a site should work, regardless.
As for giving out user info(be it selling, or just for garbage mail), I am against it, but then I was reading an article(Aug, 7th 2000 CRN) where a Gov't agancy was looking for an ASP, and 30 of 30 tested (despite their security policy to the contrary) gave out info in one form or another!!
I'm not sure I would trust anyone without having a prior business relationship with them...
I saw your post this morning as I was looking for something about the Scovery. You should be able to see some info, and photos of the internals in the next few days on idiotusers.com as I am tearing one apart for a company project.
I purchased the 211, and it is a very nice little unit, a couple of drawbacks so far are:
regards.
Hi JaredS,
As for your reply to my comment, I was refferring to the FACT that fujitsu-siemens' version of the Linux OS does not allow direct editing of the system files stored on the flash ROM. The only way I've found to change these settings is by re-writing the entire image. I wonder(ed) how this was affected by the GPL.
Redhat allows the source to be edited, but the Scovery does not come with the Linux OS on CD/floppy/any media, and there is nothing included explaining the procedure.
Regards.
I think it's obvious that although dry humping a server rack can be fulfilling, a girlfriend is nice. Oh, and I wasn't bragging about this one... it should be taken as a warning.
I dated a girl a while ago who thought that she could *see* auras. She would stare at me, then slowly force herself to go cross-eyed while putting pressure on the area under her eyes with her hands.
After about two to three minutes of this she would say things like "wow, this is neat" and "you must be depressed" (I was depressed alot).
So, in summary use this device, not some chick claiming to be able to see auras, dig?
sorry about my sticky keyboard... apparently the less than key got stuck in that post...
I'm wondering if Fujitsu is violating the GPL by using Linux in a "read-only" format(as seen here)?
This may be my poor understanding of the GPL, but it may be interesting to check into for those of you more inclined...
regards.
Wait a minute, wait a minute... did you even read what I wrote? Did you read your reply?
I appreciate the fact that people will do what people will do, but telling me that "That does not make it wrong (except to those who are so ethnocentric that they consider any culture other than their own to be inferior etc)."
so you don't think they feel superior to other people for having "accomplished" duping thousands of people??!!? you made my point for me Magic5Ball...
Also If you think lying is an accomplishment, you should try a day of hard work, and getting recognition for a job well done on for size... you wouldn't be able to go back.
As for "Suddenly, they are a 'sect' too?" uhh, did you read their statement?!? uhh, guy, from my perspective (it's the only one I own) they (obviously) aren't the most helpful people. If you had wasted your time trying to get in on this "good deal" you would have a different perspective (kinda like how you told me to take a look at it from an "aborigines" POV...eh?). Somehow I don't think that the aborigines uphold dishonestly above truthfulness...do you see the flaw in this staement? OK. Now, I really don't mean to rip on your opinion, it's just that there are quite a few holes in it(I didn't even touch the others...).
regards...
My sincerest apologies. I am glad you knew what I meant regardless.
I thought I read somewhere that this is a hoax?
I mean even the banner ads are fake...
'I like your selfish mother's beer' ? what the hell?
on more than one occasion I was asked to fudge the truth, and the final straw was when I was relocated to Minneapolis MN this past January, and my promotion was renigged.
Obviously I harbor some resentment, but I am very happy now at my current employer. I needed to respond to this article with some questions...
well, thanks for listening.
I happened to have Regis and Kathy Lee on this morning by mistake, and they showed a clip from a few years back when someone had dialed the wrong number and gotten on the show by mistake... kinda funny their phone just starts ringing in the middle of them talking...
I just think it'd be funny for someone to WAR dial this number as a response... it would be no different than what ABC si doing... well...
Let's ask Philip if he's reaped any benefits from online publishing. He has written "Travel's with Samantha" and countless articles about photography online, on what could possibly be considered the foremost photo community online photo.net. He is very intelligent, and has been interviewed here before...
Ok I found some info... this does look cool... GRiD Pad, Medical uses, and an interview with some folks who worked on GRiD Pad.
OK, I am interested, of course I haven't heard of the gridpad, who is the manufacturer, what processor(s), etc... I am going to search for this, but please e-mail me about specifics...
(bcarlson@idiotusers.com)
Thanks MUCH!!
I just picked up my first PDA, a Handspring visor deluxe, and it's fitting my needs very nicely, that is it is a toy. I will definitely have a use for a wireless networked webpad, when they come out, but these PDA's are strictly toys for the moment. I think a couple of things Handspring has going for them are the expansion module, and the PalmOS.
Unlike wince, the Palm OS is very open to being developed, and is (as far as I can tell) native to *nix, hence the GNU tools being ported to windows.
I am a web designer not a programming, but I am trying to get the hang of programming this thing to allow better access to my website customers, and it seems pretty intuitive (so far).
I see what you are saying, and agree from a hardware standpoint, and of course this is obvious, but I guess my point ( or opinion) is that what RIGHT do you have to do this. I know robots don't hog alot of the resources, but a robot also will never even consider buying a product, whereas a human could. (needless to say how would the robot pay for it? :o) )
regards.
IMHO the people using *nix are (in general) more informed and cautious about the 'features' in their software than your average Windows user.
regards.
Thanks Andrew,
I could have sworn a lwyer was required to give out that info, and even if you can't (legally) give out this info, wouldn't you feel obligated to?
well thanks for setting me straight.
If I write a script to strain through all of the content on your site, and you have a huge site like ebay, I would think that it would hog a significant percentage of your cpu.
I wouldn't like my competitors to slow my site down for my customers, would you?
I am not a huge X-men fan (I was more into excalibur), but the fact that Brian Singer is the director makes it a must see. If you haven't seen "The Usual Suspects", rent it. NOW. I mean put down the coffee, go to the video store grab the DVD, and when you get back to work you will be ten times better for it. The intricately woven plot line, the character development, and the shots just blow you away.
If X-Men is half as entertaining it will be well worth the money!
Lawyers being the bane of the earth that they are are granted Lawyer-Client priveledge, so why can't a decent, hardworking reporter use this?
On the same subject Lawyers *are* required to contact the authorities if their client has threatened to commit another crime...