the job i'm at now, the sys admins rule with an iron fist... employees are scared to even open up internet explorer.
sending/receiving email is also a risk, they go through the mail checking to see the attachments. the company will fire anyone over anything in the emails that arent "work" related.
Its a good idea to give employees net access from home, it gives ppl who normally wouldnt have the opportunity to experience the internet outside of work.
hopefully lots and lots of other companies will follow suit, but atm i just look at my company where the sys admins make the bofh look like barney.
further studies suggest that the real future of computing communications in the modern world lies not with the complex system known as the "internet" but in the technology behind "BBS" or bulletin board services.
with blistering 33.6k access, the sky is the limit. Why i've heard that you can send a type of 'electronic' mail to other countries from them.
I suppose there's no lights out there except for spotlights on the kangaroo shooter's van.
I'm from australia and i know what is out there... pretty much nothing. There was a tourist about 2 - 3 years ago that got lost out there, in the blazing heat this japanese tourist sat, while his motorbike (which had run out of fuel) rested quietly in the shade of a shrub. For 3 days he sat in the sun waiting for his motorbike and him to be rescued.
I really hope that they use common sense and dont get stuck or anything.
Oh and one more thing, there is a guy out in the desert somewhere taking a 'spiritual journey' in a red fire truck, he's been gone for a few weeks and no one's seen or heard from him since he left.
I am dead serious when i say that. Perhaps they could spot him as well.
my dream is coming, i can soon port windows 2000 to my atari 2600. It'll blue screen like the real thing...
this may be all well and good..
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but i dont think nasa could come up with anything as good as a furby. could you imagine a furby carrying vital space station equipment in hostile enviroments while at the same time looking cute and cuddly? nasa should be going to toysrus for their equipment. (even if they do take home top secret projects for the kids to play with at home)
if you're lucky enough to have a less than intelligent boss i'm sure you could make them believe anything. I did it with my boss and this is what took place.
"and here is an operating system that i created last night, its called "sco-unix" can i have a raise?"
"get out of my sight"
now i'm learning that cat food is a good source of fibre and energy. Thumbs up to can openers!
but does it come on record? i've been waiting for these songs for years.
and i'm not going out to get one of those new fangled 'compact disc' players, it doesnt look like they're going to be around long. I'm safely betting 'cds' are going to be just like beta videos. I'll stick to my 8 track tapes and LP records thanks.
The way it could be worked out is to find out the outcome for every single move in chess. you move one piece on the board it would branch off into another completely different game, move another piece and another game branches off. What you would end up with is all possible moves that could be made, all games that could take place from 5 move check mate to the 7 hour game. If you played No matter what you moved there would be a solution against you already. So the moment you moved a couple of pieces, the computer would have already eliminated different possiblities within the game. You would pretty much loose the moment you moved a few pieces. Pit two of these computers against each other and you'd end up with a very complex game of tic tac toe, neither could win.
that would be rather interesting to have another language (even one that is based from the computer world) introduced into the world... but that would mean that most would speak something that is spoken throughout the world. does that mean the american tourist rule of 'if you speak slowly enough, everyone understands english' would be outdated?
but i dont think my girlfriend would like me talking at her in something like C++
i'd get a plain old response in english involving some naughty words.
what they really need....
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is to just teach the agents not to leave the laptops lying around. I mean who would leave a laptop just sitting around? geez if i had a laptop i'd be guarding it with my life (most likely sitting up till all hours of the morning with a rifle expecting ppl to come in and steal it) i wouldnt leaving it lying around namby pamby in some strip joint (not that they were there, but who knows huh?) by now some guy has toasted what was on there, and put on windows 95/98 and is playing quake or what have you at this moment... (frag away my friend) perhaps i should start hanging around agents, might score myself a nice laptop. perhaps you might see it on an auction site... second hand laptop, previous owner had information vital to the security of the nation, great color lcd display, cdrom. $2000 ono.
You would really have to wonder what goes through the minds of the microsoft engineers when they're designing and writting the code for windows and its products. The company is in the middle of a anti-trust minefield yet it insists on giving the middle finger in the way in acts. So what if it was another company that was doing that? or even the beloved Linus (tux bless his soul) who could have an evil motive for writting code... Would as many pppl throw up there arms and go on a witch hunt looking for the evil programmers behind this nasty and wicked code? would you mind if linus and his buds were getting r00t on your box? or would you rather Bill Gates checking to make sure that you've registered and bought all of his company products? (havent we all;) oh well i've ranted enough today, time to fill up my jim beam glass...
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the job i'm at now, the sys admins rule with an iron fist... employees are scared to even open up internet explorer.
sending/receiving email is also a risk, they go through the mail checking to see the attachments.
the company will fire anyone over anything in the emails that arent "work" related.
Its a good idea to give employees net access from home, it gives ppl who normally wouldnt have the opportunity to experience the internet outside of work.
hopefully lots and lots of other companies will follow suit, but atm i just look at my company where the sys admins make the bofh look like barney.
and i was hoping it was "zero cool" and the gang.
or just a bunch of 14 y.o. script kiddies.
further studies suggest that the real future of computing communications in the modern world lies not with the complex system known as the "internet" but in the technology behind "BBS" or bulletin board services.
with blistering 33.6k access, the sky is the limit. Why i've heard that you can send a type of 'electronic' mail to other countries from them.
well that just depends.
how long does it take each of the tech officers to say "shutup, reboot, please call again" *click* ?
now i can buy alvin and the chipmunks greatest hits on cd without worrying about the price!
woohoo!
but what about those of us after world domination?
how much does it cost to use one as a missle defence/attack system?
i'm thinking of upgrading from my commodore 64, just doesnt cut it in the world of tactical warfare these days...
I wish them all the best, but in the outback?
I suppose there's no lights out there except for spotlights on the kangaroo shooter's van.
I'm from australia and i know what is out there... pretty much nothing. There was a tourist about 2 - 3 years ago that got lost out there, in the blazing heat this japanese tourist sat, while his motorbike (which had run out of fuel) rested quietly in the shade of a shrub. For 3 days he sat in the sun waiting for his motorbike and him to be rescued.
I really hope that they use common sense and dont get stuck or anything.
Oh and one more thing, there is a guy out in the desert somewhere taking a 'spiritual journey' in a red fire truck, he's been gone for a few weeks and no one's seen or heard from him since he left.
I am dead serious when i say that. Perhaps they could spot him as well.
does that mean that my secret of visiting 'special' sites is no longer?
no wonder i've been getting catalouges for 'squirrel action' and 'rodent paradise'
i guess i'll have to bury my racoon suit.
*sigh*
my dream is coming, i can soon port windows 2000 to my atari 2600. It'll blue screen like the real thing...
but i dont think nasa could come up with anything as good as a furby. could you imagine a furby carrying vital space station equipment in hostile enviroments while at the same time looking cute and cuddly? nasa should be going to toysrus for their equipment. (even if they do take home top secret projects for the kids to play with at home)
if you're lucky enough to have a less than intelligent boss i'm sure you could make them believe anything. I did it with my boss and this is what took place.
"and here is an operating system that i created last night, its called "sco-unix" can i have a raise?"
"get out of my sight"
now i'm learning that cat food is a good source of fibre and energy. Thumbs up to can openers!
so what you're saying is that those videos that pamela anderson and tommy lee did werent professional?
i'm shocked.
but does it come on record? i've been waiting for these songs for years.
and i'm not going out to get one of those new fangled 'compact disc' players, it doesnt look like they're going to be around long. I'm safely betting 'cds' are going to be just like beta videos. I'll stick to my 8 track tapes and LP records thanks.
The way it could be worked out is to find out the outcome for every single move in chess. you move one piece on the board it would branch off into another completely different game, move another piece and another game branches off. What you would end up with is all possible moves that could be made, all games that could take place from 5 move check mate to the 7 hour game. If you played No matter what you moved there would be a solution against you already. So the moment you moved a couple of pieces, the computer would have already eliminated different possiblities within the game. You would pretty much loose the moment you moved a few pieces. Pit two of these computers against each other and you'd end up with a very complex game of tic tac toe, neither could win.
Give me 1000 Chimps, one chess board and a video camera.
well they wouldnt come up with the perfect game of chess, but it would be a hell of a good entrant for funniest home videos.
that would be rather interesting to have another language (even one that is based from the computer world) introduced into the world... but that would mean that most would speak something that is spoken throughout the world. does that mean the american tourist rule of 'if you speak slowly enough, everyone understands english' would be outdated?
but i dont think my girlfriend would like me talking at her in something like C++
i'd get a plain old response in english involving some naughty words.
is to just teach the agents not to leave the laptops lying around. I mean who would leave a laptop just sitting around? geez if i had a laptop i'd be guarding it with my life (most likely sitting up till all hours of the morning with a rifle expecting ppl to come in and steal it) i wouldnt leaving it lying around namby pamby in some strip joint (not that they were there, but who knows huh?) by now some guy has toasted what was on there, and put on windows 95/98 and is playing quake or what have you at this moment... (frag away my friend) perhaps i should start hanging around agents, might score myself a nice laptop. perhaps you might see it on an auction site... second hand laptop, previous owner had information vital to the security of the nation, great color lcd display, cdrom. $2000 ono.
but what about trident?
no longer do i have to hide myself away in a cupboard wishing i could be slain by an elf wearing leather armour...
Does that mean.....
Y M C A! Y M C A!
TOGETHER!
Y M C A! Y M C A!
i could hook that baby up to an atari 2600 and play some serious pong!
now for stupid rednecks like you i'll explain it to you (i'm surprised you can read let alone dial up to the net and use a computer)
you're the kind that whine about useless things and always blame it on minorities...
"oh i can't get a job because of a black person"
noooo... you cant get a job because you cant spell it!
I'm really wondering what causes someone to wake up during the middle of the night and go "hey i'm gonna make a replica of speedracer's mach 5!"
Is it going to get to the stage where i shouldnt be shocked if i'm driving along and suddenly i'm cut off by the mystery mobile?
or should i be worried when a strange police car with the words 'inspector gadget' double parks me in when i'm going in for some coffee at starbucks?
You would really have to wonder what goes through the minds of the microsoft engineers when they're designing and writting the code for windows and its products. The company is in the middle of a anti-trust minefield yet it insists on giving the middle finger in the way in acts. So what if it was another company that was doing that? or even the beloved Linus (tux bless his soul) who could have an evil motive for writting code... Would as many pppl throw up there arms and go on a witch hunt looking for the evil programmers behind this nasty and wicked code? would you mind if linus and his buds were getting r00t on your box? or would you rather Bill Gates checking to make sure that you've registered and bought all of his company products? (havent we all ;) oh well i've ranted enough today, time to fill up my jim beam glass...