It seems rather simple: just revoke their account privs for installing new software. I'm in China now and the piracy is not only rampant, the attitude is that only suckers pay. You'll have a near impossible task to try to enforce a no piracy rule by just asking nicely and for receipts. BTW, fake receipts are just as easy to get as pirated software so accepting those as proof will just get you fooled. The only way is to check product keys.
I would start now looking at the plans to make sure you CAN wire the building. Here are a couple of scenarios to head off before the building is built:
IT Guy walks into new building: Where are the 6" pipes in the walls to run network cables? Architect (answer 1): Don't you guys use wireless networking these days? Architect (answer 2): Hey, you can't fool me; I've seen a computer network cable. It fits in a 1/2" pipe no problem.
IT Guy in new server room: What's that noise upstairs? Architect: The boy's locker shower room, why?
IT Guy still in new server room: Why is there a south facing picture window taking up that entire wall? Architect: All the other rooms on this floor have one and I don't want to mess up the exterior theme as seen from the field out back.
IT Guy in IT Guy's office/server room control center: Why is the server room on the other side of the building, three floors down? Architect: You don't like the view?
The list goes on and on. Ask to see the plans, NOW, even if the construction is already underway. Imagine yourself doing everyday IT tasks as well as the initial setup of everything. Trust me, the above are all real world examples.
It doesn't really matter what the market share is compared to what the costs versus revenue the thing is bringing in. OK, with sales that low compared to the iPod it might not be all that great, but there are niche products with lousy market share that have good returns. So that's the real question and the one that the business decision makers at MS will be examining.
it starts to randomly move the head to prevent wear
I have to ask what wear you think is being prevented by INDUCING activity. If the head arm DIDN'T move, that would be *preventing* wear compared to moving it. But "reducing" wear?
600 students crammed into even the largest tall ship would be hell. Forget time for internet browsing; I'd be more concerned finding a private space big enough to pee.
DOn't be one of those fools that travel halfway around the world to sit in a McDonalds
It's easy to say that from the consumer food safety haven of a western developed nation but once you're here in China, it's quite another thing to look at the 'A' rating poster from the health ministry in the window of the nice clean McDonalds and no poster at all in the excruciatingly dingy and squallid local place next door. Once you realise you don't have the immunity to local germs that the inhabitants spent their lives developing, it's hard to sneer at McD's.
Only for the part of the year when Jupiter is in opposition to the Sun. How about Saturn too then, while you're at it. Then the odds of a mini sun being up at night would double.
Nothing provides a more dramatic reduction in crime than a good streetlight
Nothing provides help for criminals like a poorly designed streetlight that provides strong cover shadows while blinding would-be crime watchers. Most super bright nighttime lighting does exactly this. People like you who think any light is a good light are part of the problem, both for crime and seeing the stars.
The list goes on. Pretty much every major airline. Oh wait, just checked Emirates. There aren't Kosher or Hindu option there. For some reason their sample menu looks just like the other airlines' Muslim sample menus.
And looking at line 59 you can see that there is planned obsolescence(!) for the year 2080. Zune owners should demand a refund
Wow, that beats my Timex DataBank 20 watch. Its year date range only goes through 2016. In 7 years I'll let you know if Timex gets me a firmware fix when I call to complain.
This should be moderated 'Sad but true'. Nonetheless, every so often Governor so-and-so is either term limited or otherwise leaving office and can pardon anyone he wants to. IF his office is aware of the case (see what I said re: write to him and ask for a pardon in the first place).
and when I asked him what he did he said he got caught pissing in the bushes by the wrong cop back when he was in his twenties
Just getting arrested doesn't mean he has to be on the sex offender list - he had to also get charged by the wrong DA and sentenced by the wrong judge. And all this time he hasn't written to the governor for a pardon? If the arrest record DOES show '~20 yro pissing in bushes while drunk in view of underage passersby' then the gov would probably take pity. With all the registration whatnot he has to go through you can probably verify his story. If you feel sorry for him and his story is true you can write to the governor yourself in support of his pardon request.
Same here - my wife hates "that stupid loud thing", which was my M-4 until I got a USB only computer and had to get a Das Keyboard II. Now it's "that stupid loud blank thing".
So it's reasonable to you to pay 20EU a month for something that effectively costs nothing?
It's a common mistake that since an additional unit ( in this case call/text) is practically zero cost then the service costs nothing. This is not the case; the FIRST call/text costs a staggering sum in infrastructure investment and THEN subsequent calls/texts are practically free. The 20EU subscription is his share of the up front costs. This model makes a lot more sense than the outrageous per-text and per-minute charges in the US model.
Now I'm completely lost. How would YOU not know what song YOU are playing? If there is song tag info, wouldn't your player display that for you? Why on Earth would anyone need to connect to some service for this info?
I've never heard of them either and the bit about living on Mars also irks. And for all the arrogance in that, the summary makes it sound like the internet radio outfit needs fancy algorythms to tell what music they're playing. WTF don't they just program the correct name when they add a new song to their database? I'd read the article, but my shuttle back to Mars is leaving...
If you want to give something to someone, you can't control what they do with it. That is like saying "I want to give this hammer to a friend, but I want to prevent them from loaning it to someone else, or using it to smash computers with."
But the questioner IS the friend who was loaned the hammer and he's being accused of loaning it to someone else. The whole point of the question is how does he prove he didn't? In cases of being accused like this, when the consequences are potentially anywhere from lost future business to an outright lawsuit, it is important to have some system that proves what you did what you were supposed to do with the loaned hammer.
Philosophical statements about trust don't cut it with the customer (or the judge).
Admittedly rear ending is up a bit, but you have to draw a line somewhere
This usually happends because the yellow is too short for the speed limit there. Here's one guide (there are others more official but this one is simple and to the point.) Some people blame malice on the part of the local government in wanting camera revenue but they're more likely just ignorant. Time some lights in your area and bring this up at the next public town coucil meeting.
Notice that the too-short yellow is probably why the light was being run too often in the first place. Now that the camera is there, the too-short yellow requires slamming on the brakes to stop in time rather than a normal stop. That in turn causes rear-endings.
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I can't be the only person hanging from a crane welding in new support beams on a bridge
I bet you are; I for one am at home in front of my computer. I hope your laptop is one of those Toughbook types.
It seems rather simple: just revoke their account privs for installing new software. I'm in China now and the piracy is not only rampant, the attitude is that only suckers pay. You'll have a near impossible task to try to enforce a no piracy rule by just asking nicely and for receipts. BTW, fake receipts are just as easy to get as pirated software so accepting those as proof will just get you fooled. The only way is to check product keys.
Well, what about if YOU fold? What's Google supposed to do with your data then?!?
I would start with wiring the building
I would start now looking at the plans to make sure you CAN wire the building. Here are a couple of scenarios to head off before the building is built:
IT Guy walks into new building: Where are the 6" pipes in the walls to run network cables?
Architect (answer 1): Don't you guys use wireless networking these days?
Architect (answer 2): Hey, you can't fool me; I've seen a computer network cable. It fits in a 1/2" pipe no problem.
IT Guy in new server room: What's that noise upstairs?
Architect: The boy's locker shower room, why?
IT Guy still in new server room: Why is there a south facing picture window taking up that entire wall?
Architect: All the other rooms on this floor have one and I don't want to mess up the exterior theme as seen from the field out back.
IT Guy in IT Guy's office/server room control center: Why is the server room on the other side of the building, three floors down?
Architect: You don't like the view?
The list goes on and on. Ask to see the plans, NOW, even if the construction is already underway. Imagine yourself doing everyday IT tasks as well as the initial setup of everything. Trust me, the above are all real world examples.
It doesn't really matter what the market share is compared to what the costs versus revenue the thing is bringing in. OK, with sales that low compared to the iPod it might not be all that great, but there are niche products with lousy market share that have good returns. So that's the real question and the one that the business decision makers at MS will be examining.
it starts to randomly move the head to prevent wear
I have to ask what wear you think is being prevented by INDUCING activity. If the head arm DIDN'T move, that would be *preventing* wear compared to moving it. But "reducing" wear?
If you can find me a 2004 model car for less than $4500, I'll give you a big kiss.
Pucker up, sweetie
Unless you're running some archaic banking software that uses ActiveX (or something like it), there's simply no reason to claim that.
I can't speak for the GP, but I *do* have to use a special program to access my banking which is Win32 only and it only launches from IE 6+. Yep - it won't work on Linux or even Vista 64 bit (the two options I have installed). I have to either use a VM or another computer with 32 bit XP installed to get to my banking online.
I thought sea-mester was on tall ships
600 students crammed into even the largest tall ship would be hell. Forget time for internet browsing; I'd be more concerned finding a private space big enough to pee.
DOn't be one of those fools that travel halfway around the world to sit in a McDonalds
It's easy to say that from the consumer food safety haven of a western developed nation but once you're here in China, it's quite another thing to look at the 'A' rating poster from the health ministry in the window of the nice clean McDonalds and no poster at all in the excruciatingly dingy and squallid local place next door. Once you realise you don't have the immunity to local germs that the inhabitants spent their lives developing, it's hard to sneer at McD's.
Only for the part of the year when Jupiter is in opposition to the Sun. How about Saturn too then, while you're at it. Then the odds of a mini sun being up at night would double.
Nothing provides a more dramatic reduction in crime than a good streetlight
Nothing provides help for criminals like a poorly designed streetlight that provides strong cover shadows while blinding would-be crime watchers. Most super bright nighttime lighting does exactly this. People like you who think any light is a good light are part of the problem, both for crime and seeing the stars.
Well maybe not, since airlines do not offer a Muslim meal AFAIK
You don't know very far. The western nation airlines all offer not only Muslim but also Hindu and Kosher meals:
United Airlines religious meal options
American Airlines special meal options
British Airways special meals
The list goes on. Pretty much every major airline. Oh wait, just checked Emirates. There aren't Kosher or Hindu option there. For some reason their sample menu looks just like the other airlines' Muslim sample menus.
And looking at line 59 you can see that there is planned obsolescence(!) for the year 2080. Zune owners should demand a refund
Wow, that beats my Timex DataBank 20 watch. Its year date range only goes through 2016. In 7 years I'll let you know if Timex gets me a firmware fix when I call to complain.
Governor so-and-so is soft on crime...
This should be moderated 'Sad but true'. Nonetheless, every so often Governor so-and-so is either term limited or otherwise leaving office and can pardon anyone he wants to. IF his office is aware of the case (see what I said re: write to him and ask for a pardon in the first place).
and when I asked him what he did he said he got caught pissing in the bushes by the wrong cop back when he was in his twenties
Just getting arrested doesn't mean he has to be on the sex offender list - he had to also get charged by the wrong DA and sentenced by the wrong judge. And all this time he hasn't written to the governor for a pardon? If the arrest record DOES show '~20 yro pissing in bushes while drunk in view of underage passersby' then the gov would probably take pity. With all the registration whatnot he has to go through you can probably verify his story. If you feel sorry for him and his story is true you can write to the governor yourself in support of his pardon request.
Same here - my wife hates "that stupid loud thing", which was my M-4 until I got a USB only computer and had to get a Das Keyboard II. Now it's "that stupid loud blank thing".
I do get that point - please reread entire thread starting with the person who said he pays a flat fee for text AND calls.
Could someone with a basic understanding of 'marginal cost' versus 'fixed cost' please moderate the above?
So it's reasonable to you to pay 20EU a month for something that effectively costs nothing?
It's a common mistake that since an additional unit ( in this case call/text) is practically zero cost then the service costs nothing. This is not the case; the FIRST call/text costs a staggering sum in infrastructure investment and THEN subsequent calls/texts are practically free. The 20EU subscription is his share of the up front costs. This model makes a lot more sense than the outrageous per-text and per-minute charges in the US model.
Now I'm completely lost. How would YOU not know what song YOU are playing? If there is song tag info, wouldn't your player display that for you? Why on Earth would anyone need to connect to some service for this info?
I've never heard of them either and the bit about living on Mars also irks. And for all the arrogance in that, the summary makes it sound like the internet radio outfit needs fancy algorythms to tell what music they're playing. WTF don't they just program the correct name when they add a new song to their database? I'd read the article, but my shuttle back to Mars is leaving...
If you want to give something to someone, you can't control what they do with it. That is like saying "I want to give this hammer to a friend, but I want to prevent them from loaning it to someone else, or using it to smash computers with."
But the questioner IS the friend who was loaned the hammer and he's being accused of loaning it to someone else. The whole point of the question is how does he prove he didn't? In cases of being accused like this, when the consequences are potentially anywhere from lost future business to an outright lawsuit, it is important to have some system that proves what you did what you were supposed to do with the loaned hammer.
Philosophical statements about trust don't cut it with the customer (or the judge).
Admittedly rear ending is up a bit, but you have to draw a line somewhere
This usually happends because the yellow is too short for the speed limit there. Here's one guide (there are others more official but this one is simple and to the point.) Some people blame malice on the part of the local government in wanting camera revenue but they're more likely just ignorant. Time some lights in your area and bring this up at the next public town coucil meeting.
Notice that the too-short yellow is probably why the light was being run too often in the first place. Now that the camera is there, the too-short yellow requires slamming on the brakes to stop in time rather than a normal stop. That in turn causes rear-endings.
"Octopuses," Miss Pronk said, "are very smart. I have seen my octopuses open Vegemite jars by unscrewing the lid.
No, no. If they were very smart, they wouldn't open a jar of Vegemite in the first place.