Its not so much nostalgia, as it is the feel of the game. I'd much rather use the arcade buttons than a keyboard or joypad. It's like the Sega arcade stick for the Genesis. Sure, you could use the standard Genesis gamepad, but the arcade stick that sold for it was way better and a lot more responsive.
If the employer does in fact break the law with his/her/its employment policies, all it takes is one person to pick up the phone and lodge a complaint with the states employment comission, and also with the federal employment comission. They will audit the employers records as far back as 20 years, levy fines, and order them to play all those employees what they should have gotten in the first place. All anonymously.
Your friend evidently doesn't know the cops. Another good rule is that when you don't know the cops you use the key word 'Sir' when you deal with them. As in, "Yes, Sir" or "No, Sir". Not "fuck off you stinking pig!", or "go to hell Nazi!".
There's also another rule, and I got this from a cop. If someone pulls a gun on you, and you either beat them to the ground or kill them, just say "I feared for my life" and nothing else.
I'm not saying that all cops are good, and there are cops who other cops think/say are assholes. Now, why the guy pulled a gun on your friend is left suspiciously out of your story completely. Which, happens to make me think your friend had somehow caused the guy to pull the gun in possible defense of himself.
"The U.S. is a Cop, and you don't hang with cops if you don't have to. And if you have to, you don't want to."
Well, junebug, here's a little life tip for you. It's good to know cops, it's good to be buddies with cops. For several different reasons. You will get a faster response time if the cops know you if you should need their help. You have an 'inside' to the local law enforcement goings-on. Criminal elements will be more likely to stay away from you and yours.
So, don't hang out with cops if you want. Perhaps you have something to hide, perhaps not.
You forgot three things with this event... your dealing with soccer moms, assholes, and idiots.
The other mistake is that it's Egyptian based, and from my experience people that are into Egypt that much are fucking nuts. They are the most zealous, crazy, out-of-touch-with-reality, history-ignoring screwheads out there. Their view of Ancient Egypt (and that era) is one of daisys and happy-shiny-people. They have no concept of the attitudes and brutality of the time.
(and to qualify things... I've dealt with people very much into Egypt in that way, and yes, they are fucking nuts)
I'd ask both of them why either of them should get my vote when voting in America is almost as bad as voting in the former Soviet Union. In the Soviet Union you had one candidate, one party, and no choice. In America you have two parties (yes, there are others, but they are not automatically on the ballot) of which the choice between the party candidates is like choosing wheather or not you want to be hit in the head with a hatchet or a pick axe. The methods are different, but the results are the same.
Compressed air is a bad, bad, bad idea. It always contains water vapor and oil. The water vapor will evaporate, yes. But the oil will stick and collect dust.
Those guys need to read up on different methods of ritual suicide so they can decide which one they prefer once they lose their collective asses in the court systems.
"...the customer has the original media, but it's defective (people do horrible things to CDs because they think they're indestructible) and can't be booted from or even read."
If that's the case I make them secure replacement cd's. Perhaps they'll be more carefull with the 2nd set.
"...the OS has had so many service packs since it was released that by the time you download and install all the updates, you're already pwned. After seeing a fresh Windows XP install get Sassered in less than 60 seconds, I want to kill LSASS too."
Having the RPC patch on a jumpdrive helps. If their on dialup their pretty much on their own after I install the auto-update (and only the auto-update).
"...the customer has licensed software whose license depends on the SID of a particular Windows install and the installer won't continue if the SID is different from the one the license was generated for."
They can call the vendor and get a new key or whatever.
"Yeah, yeah, firewall, toolkit CD, spare hard drive, blah blah blah. How far do you want to take that? "What kind of half-assed tech doesn't carry around the kit to build a complete multi-tier corporate network from scratch?" "
I carry a FULL Black and Decker toolkit full of shit.
"The bottom line is no one should ever have to reinstall the OS just to get rid of malware. Right, wish in one hand, etc."
Evidently they haven't seen a system so fuxored that it literally, and I mean LITERALLY has hundreds of adware crap on it (oddly enough only one virus). Some of that adware crap totally hoses XP security so that not even the administrator can get rid of it.
"When I went home for my sister's graduation last June, my parents were in a similar situation to this reporter. They had Windows XP and had never downloaded a Windows Update. Ever. There was too much stuff on the computer (financial records, etc.) to just blow it away and format from scratch."
Actually, I'm dealing with one of these machines right now. It's always a matter of escalation. 1) try to fix it, 2) tell em to back their shit up or lose it.
"A lot of times reinstalling from scratch is somewhere between a false economy and a disaster waiting to happen."
It's a false economy because knucleheads will always screw their machine up again. The disaster that's waiting to happen is the one sitting in the chair (the user) in front of their computer.
What's even worse is that there are people that have no freakin clue. I fix it, they break it, THEN have the gall to tell me that I screwed up their machine. I chant the mantra... "you screwed it up after I fixed it, there's no need to call me again."
Absolutely. I operate with a few rules... fix peoples screwed up machines, make money, cover my ass. The last one is actually more important than the first two, but in the spirit of customer service the first one is only virtually important, and not as realisticaly important as the second. heh
" I've got several Linux boxes running, but I'll keep a Windows machine handy for those jobs that Linux isn't ready for."
Which, unfortunately, is most of them. Not that Linux (as in the kernel) is bad... it's fan-fucking-tastic. It's the damn apps that are rolled around it like Windows 3.1 was rolled around DOS that suck, and a LOT of the suck incredibly from a user standpoint. If the speedometer on a vehicle were designed like a linux app it would have a variable strobe light duct-taped so it shone on a engine belt, and the user would have to move a dial untill a chalk line stopped 'moving' then would have to read where the dial is in order to guage the speed of the vehicle. It's a lot of work to do something that can otherwise be done in what seems to be a trivial way.
I run linux here, but as far as I'm concerned it's all experimental as far as a regular user standpoint is concerned. And, no, I'm not a 'noob', far from it. I've used several distributions, installed and configured Linux based servers, etc... People just want it to work, they don't want it to work them.
ISP's just need to tell the callers that the issue is with Windows XP, and not the ISP. I'm assuming that port 80 still works so the ISP's can link to the MS page that explaines what's going on.
Why on earth would these assholes propose a new fee instead of pointing out that the act would make every single recording device in the U.S. illegal? It makes me wonder how much money the recording industry gives to the EFF.
The act is wrong, and should be opposed on that basis. Anything else is just giving up, and the fee scheme is nothing but theft of money from those of us that do not copy other peoples property.
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Its not so much nostalgia, as it is the feel of the game. I'd much rather use the arcade buttons than a keyboard or joypad. It's like the Sega arcade stick for the Genesis. Sure, you could use the standard Genesis gamepad, but the arcade stick that sold for it was way better and a lot more responsive.
There's no lack of sick people because symptoms, not causes are treated.
Doctors are more than happy to treat symptoms, less than happy to treat causes. When the disease goes away, their income from that patient goes away.
If the employer does in fact break the law with his/her/its employment policies, all it takes is one person to pick up the phone and lodge a complaint with the states employment comission, and also with the federal employment comission. They will audit the employers records as far back as 20 years, levy fines, and order them to play all those employees what they should have gotten in the first place. All anonymously.
If they break the law, break them.
Your friend evidently doesn't know the cops. Another good rule is that when you don't know the cops you use the key word 'Sir' when you deal with them. As in, "Yes, Sir" or "No, Sir". Not "fuck off you stinking pig!", or "go to hell Nazi!".
There's also another rule, and I got this from a cop. If someone pulls a gun on you, and you either beat them to the ground or kill them, just say "I feared for my life" and nothing else.
I'm not saying that all cops are good, and there are cops who other cops think/say are assholes. Now, why the guy pulled a gun on your friend is left suspiciously out of your story completely. Which, happens to make me think your friend had somehow caused the guy to pull the gun in possible defense of himself.
Always something to think about, eh?
"The U.S. is a Cop, and you don't hang with cops if you don't have to. And if you have to, you don't want to."
Well, junebug, here's a little life tip for you. It's good to know cops, it's good to be buddies with cops. For several different reasons. You will get a faster response time if the cops know you if you should need their help. You have an 'inside' to the local law enforcement goings-on. Criminal elements will be more likely to stay away from you and yours.
So, don't hang out with cops if you want. Perhaps you have something to hide, perhaps not.
"And no, shooting at me with a broad and interesting range of weapons is not going to change my mind."
Perhaps, but it always tends to make one feel better.
You forgot three things with this event... your dealing with soccer moms, assholes, and idiots.
The other mistake is that it's Egyptian based, and from my experience people that are into Egypt that much are fucking nuts. They are the most zealous, crazy, out-of-touch-with-reality, history-ignoring screwheads out there. Their view of Ancient Egypt (and that era) is one of daisys and happy-shiny-people. They have no concept of the attitudes and brutality of the time.
(and to qualify things... I've dealt with people very much into Egypt in that way, and yes, they are fucking nuts)
I have Warp 3, and damned if it doesn't see any network.
I'd hit it.
Ok, I know I seen this in a cartoon somewhere.
I'd ask both of them why either of them should get my vote when voting in America is almost as bad as voting in the former Soviet Union. In the Soviet Union you had one candidate, one party, and no choice. In America you have two parties (yes, there are others, but they are not automatically on the ballot) of which the choice between the party candidates is like choosing wheather or not you want to be hit in the head with a hatchet or a pick axe. The methods are different, but the results are the same.
Compressed air is a bad, bad, bad idea. It always contains water vapor and oil. The water vapor will evaporate, yes. But the oil will stick and collect dust.
When your credit is in the shitter; bankruptcy is a good thing.
I did it, gave my creditors the finger, and now I'm bombarded with MORE credit offers. None that I will take. I'm a bad consumer.
Those guys need to read up on different methods of ritual suicide so they can decide which one they prefer once they lose their collective asses in the court systems.
Just clip the lamp off of the end of the wires and tape them to your nuts.
"...the customer has the original media, but it's defective (people do horrible things to CDs because they think they're indestructible) and can't be booted from or even read."
If that's the case I make them secure replacement cd's. Perhaps they'll be more carefull with the 2nd set.
"...the OS has had so many service packs since it was released that by the time you download and install all the updates, you're already pwned. After seeing a fresh Windows XP install get Sassered in less than 60 seconds, I want to kill LSASS too."
Having the RPC patch on a jumpdrive helps. If their on dialup their pretty much on their own after I install the auto-update (and only the auto-update).
"...the customer has licensed software whose license depends on the SID of a particular Windows install and the installer won't continue if the SID is different from the one the license was generated for."
They can call the vendor and get a new key or whatever.
"Yeah, yeah, firewall, toolkit CD, spare hard drive, blah blah blah. How far do you want to take that? "What kind of half-assed tech doesn't carry around the kit to build a complete multi-tier corporate network from scratch?" "
I carry a FULL Black and Decker toolkit full of shit.
"The bottom line is no one should ever have to reinstall the OS just to get rid of malware. Right, wish in one hand, etc."
Evidently they haven't seen a system so fuxored that it literally, and I mean LITERALLY has hundreds of adware crap on it (oddly enough only one virus). Some of that adware crap totally hoses XP security so that not even the administrator can get rid of it.
"When I went home for my sister's graduation last June, my parents were in a similar situation to this reporter. They had Windows XP and had never downloaded a Windows Update. Ever. There was too much stuff on the computer (financial records, etc.) to just blow it away and format from scratch."
Actually, I'm dealing with one of these machines right now. It's always a matter of escalation. 1) try to fix it, 2) tell em to back their shit up or lose it.
"A lot of times reinstalling from scratch is somewhere between a false economy and a disaster waiting to happen."
It's a false economy because knucleheads will always screw their machine up again. The disaster that's waiting to happen is the one sitting in the chair (the user) in front of their computer.
What's even worse is that there are people that have no freakin clue. I fix it, they break it, THEN have the gall to tell me that I screwed up their machine. I chant the mantra... "you screwed it up after I fixed it, there's no need to call me again."
Absolutely. I operate with a few rules... fix peoples screwed up machines, make money, cover my ass. The last one is actually more important than the first two, but in the spirit of customer service the first one is only virtually important, and not as realisticaly important as the second. heh
" I've got several Linux boxes running, but I'll keep a Windows machine handy for those jobs that Linux isn't ready for."
Which, unfortunately, is most of them. Not that Linux (as in the kernel) is bad... it's fan-fucking-tastic. It's the damn apps that are rolled around it like Windows 3.1 was rolled around DOS that suck, and a LOT of the suck incredibly from a user standpoint. If the speedometer on a vehicle were designed like a linux app it would have a variable strobe light duct-taped so it shone on a engine belt, and the user would have to move a dial untill a chalk line stopped 'moving' then would have to read where the dial is in order to guage the speed of the vehicle. It's a lot of work to do something that can otherwise be done in what seems to be a trivial way.
I run linux here, but as far as I'm concerned it's all experimental as far as a regular user standpoint is concerned. And, no, I'm not a 'noob', far from it. I've used several distributions, installed and configured Linux based servers, etc... People just want it to work, they don't want it to work them.
ISP's just need to tell the callers that the issue is with Windows XP, and not the ISP. I'm assuming that port 80 still works so the ISP's can link to the MS page that explaines what's going on.
Installshield is listed? And SP2 is suppose to be a good thing?
Holy freakin crap!
Why dont' they just make the list just one entry that says...
EVERYTHING
At least it would be more honest.
OH, I forgot, we're talking about Microsoft, silly me.
Just go to the local courthouse and file a lawsuit against the book maker and the author for harassment and whatever else fits the bill.
Can you say "bread and circuses"?
I knew you could!
Why on earth would these assholes propose a new fee instead of pointing out that the act would make every single recording device in the U.S. illegal? It makes me wonder how much money the recording industry gives to the EFF.
The act is wrong, and should be opposed on that basis. Anything else is just giving up, and the fee scheme is nothing but theft of money from those of us that do not copy other peoples property.
If that's the price to pay, then it's far too high.