Tens of thousands of Web sites, many of them small sites running the WordPress blogging software, have been broken, returning a "fatal error" message in recent weeks. According to security experts those messages are actually generated by some buggy malicious code sneaked onto them by Gumblar's authors.
Even adding google as a search provider is weird - you can't just select it, you have to go to a web page and download the search engine provider package or whatever.
No, it isn't on that page. It is on page two. Yes, it is buried / hidden away so that people looking for it will give up and not change.
Why aren't all the options listed on one page, or at least alphabetically??? Nooo, Google is all back of the bus.
It is worse than that. Let us say that you want Google as the default for said address bar search feature of IE8, and you go to the Microsoft tool for adding said capability and you look for Google, it is no where to be found. WHAT???? They have search tools I have barely heard of listed, but no GOOGLE????
Oh wait, it is on page two. Never mind. No, Microsoft isn't trying to hide it... NOOOOOO.
Maybe this is what the Mayan calendar was really predicting, the shortage of all natural resources, oil, food, uranium, coal, gold, natural gas, water (aliens stealing it) etc.
If Google no longer listed the top 1,000 sites (which is a big if, since many of those sites have no particular love of Microsoft...), then would Google crash and burn?
If Google no longer listed the top 1000 sites, we'd have a new list of 1000 top sites, as traffic moved from the previous 1000 to the new 1000.
You aren't hired to create a lesson plan, you're hired to teach children.
And teaching students, especially in K-12 almost requires you to have a "lesson plan". I would suspect that it is actually required as part of the job.
If you're a music teacher hired by a school to teach students to play the instruments but you write a melody on the side on your own time the school doesn't own copyright to the song.
If you're a music teacher, and you have written a melody to teach students as part of the lesson plan how to write melodies, then I would suggest that you are correct. However, the lesson plan itself is part of the instruction, while the melody you wrote as part of the lesson plan is not, as one could easily substitute an alternative melody.
This is like a math lesson plan, where the examples are part of the lesson plan, but not integral to it, as one could easily substitute alternative numbers in the demonstration.
So, lesson plans are PART of what they are being paid for, and part of teaching.
Teacher Salaries are low, but not included in the salaries are other things like Retirement, Life and Health Insurance packages etc. I know at the school district I work for, the teachers Health Insurance alone is worth about $800 / mo, or another 10K a year (approx). And their Retirement benefits are golden as well.
This isn't to say that they aren't worth it, because for the most part they are. What I have a problem with is the odd teacher or so that is just awful, and you can't get rid of them.
Those cards don't make things less expensive, because they don't do anything but track you, and it costs the business to track you. Stop tracking people and focus on price, quality and TRUE service, and stop spending effort on marketing gimmicks!
The sad thing is, these gimmicks often work, and the worst offenders are often clothing stores.
The MPAA is arguing that if they could directly turn those plugs on and off, they could offer more goods to consumers."
Actually, you're wrong Mr MPAA. You can make any offer you currently have in mind, you're just afraid of losing your profits.
Quit focusing on the pirates, because they aren't going to buy your crap anyways. Focus on the people who will pay money for your drivel, because those people are typically either too stupid or too lazy to pirate. There is plenty of people out there willing to fill your coffers should you offer something of value.
Now, go away and leave our TVs alone! They aren't your TVs, they are OURS!!!
If you ask them what they want, they will tell you, and expect it, even if it is something you cannot provide. And that is where the problems lie.
Typically, what I provide is a list of anomalies against performance metrics I see as important, in summarized formats.
I then list goals and metrics that show how we are progressing towards those goals, along with plans to achieving those goals.
Executives want summarized data that helps in planning and allocating resources. They don't usually want or need details.
The problem with most IT guys is that the type of communication that we either over simplify in an effort to insulate from technical details, or spew technical details not needed.
The key is giving enough info that it is useful, while avoiding unnecessary details. Basically they want to know that you are doing your job competently.
Dude, I agreed with you. Except you're the idiot, because you never mentioned it was his failure as a business man, and not political, that you were referencing.
Next time, you might want to be a tad more clear rather than leave it up to the reader to figure out the context.
I only made the reference to BHO because my assumption (considering the typical hate GWB slant of/.) that you indeed meant it as political.
Now, the question I have for you, is this the same stupid GWB that was so smart that he was part of so many conspiracies.
Because half the time, people who think GWB was stupid, also attribute great genius to him and his evil plans to enslave everyone (e.g. Jeannine Garafalo and the 911ers).
Actually come to think of it, I think GWB actually ran things before he became president, Texans Baseball Team, State of Texas, and at least one other corporation.
What has BHO done, besides "community organizer" and live in an ivory tower? He was spoon fed the Presidency. I mean jeez, anyone could have beet McCain.
The funniest thing about stupid Liberal Democrats, is they insult themselves all the time with their own hypocrisy. And Stupid Republicans are just plain stupid.
Oh, and in my opinion, GWB is looking like a freakin genius next to BHO. AND that my friends is something to marvel at.
Don't Involve the UN, because I'm pretty sure they'll blame this on the US or Israel, and we'll have new legislation by the Dems in congress to address this new global crisis.
Yes, the whole blame America first crowd. Of course you simply forget bigotry wasn't limited to skin color. Or did you forget all the old Polish Jokes, and things the Irish ghettos, Italian slums, Spanish barios and.... Appalachia.
It is easy to ignore the things that don't fit your own biases.
If you ask me, it is catch-22, one leads to the other, and it not cart/horse but rather chicken/egg.
The real question is, why after a generation of post civil rights marches and such, things haven't really changed? Why haven't more Black people not availed themselves to free education?
My personal view is that recruiting football and basketball stars for college isn't helping get people out, and if you really want to help black Americans, you'd stop making excuses for them.
There is no excuse today why a black american cannot succeed other than cultural prohibition against it. After all, if you succeed you're simply labeled Uncle Tom and traitor.
Wealth power. Your whole argument is based on this flawed point.
Here is a test of who has power and who doesn't. Call someone a racial slur. If you're white, and someone hears you, you'll likely lose something valuable, either job, money or whatever.
If however, you're a minority, you won't. THAT is power. Not only that, it is power based on groupings based on race.
As for your ethnicity claims, again that just proves my point. Groups weilding power over other groups. But that is the nature of groups, and it is worldwide and without regard to anything other than artificial groups, clans, race.
One of the reasons people keep missing my point, is that they can't see the forest for the trees. There is a good reason why the Declaration of Independance says "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness". Those are INDIVIDUAL rights that can only be taken by force.
Liberty is for all, not just those that can afford it. True liberty and libertarianism values the individual over the collective. Liberty is not a guarantor of success, just the opportunity of it.
And it is interesting that in the age of Obama, Pelosi and Reed, how people can claim special privilege to white males. The problem is, that people expect different results without effort.
And since you know nothing of me, I had to work hard for my experiences, they weren't handed to me on a silver platter. I'm not rich, wealthy and I've had to dumpster dive a time or two in my life.
I came to the town I now live in, with a suitcase, backpack and a couple hundred dollars. I got my education by working hard, while going to school. I bussed tables at a restaurant, lived with a bunch of people I didn't really like, and focused on the goal.
The same opportunity exists for anyone in St Louis or Watts or Brooklyn. The problem is, people like you keep telling people in those situations that there is no opportunity because of some artificial barrier you see, that doesn't really exist.
In reality, I blame people like you as much as anyone else. The biggest racists in the US are people like yourself who keep seeing racism where none exists.
And no, I'm not saying that racism doesn't exist, the continued existence of the KKK is ample proof. However we just elected a Black President in a large part because he is black.
Again, true liberty has nothing to do with wealth or status, or power. It has to do with valuing individuals over the group. Your whole post is proof that you cannot see anything but groups.
And that makes it impossible for you to realize that you're the problem, not the solution.
This is exactly my experience as well. Here is a test for all those who want to see it in action.
Take a normal Dell workstation, remove the Serial # from the bios (leave blank) on two machines, and RIS both, in sequence, using completely identical processes.
Once the second one is RISed compare the RISed computer's name for each computer.
RIS uses the SID for the computer in AD to match the computer's name. Machines that are RISed retain their unique name based on that supposedly useless SID.
Suffice it to say, the article itself is in error.
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I think someone at the Newspaper should be fired for having a whole section dedicated to sporting .... (see Gen 26:8)
It means you like to be hacked and crashed
No, it isn't on that page. It is on page two. Yes, it is buried / hidden away so that people looking for it will give up and not change.
Why aren't all the options listed on one page, or at least alphabetically??? Nooo, Google is all back of the bus.
It is worse than that. Let us say that you want Google as the default for said address bar search feature of IE8, and you go to the Microsoft tool for adding said capability and you look for Google, it is no where to be found. WHAT???? They have search tools I have barely heard of listed, but no GOOGLE????
Oh wait, it is on page two. Never mind. No, Microsoft isn't trying to hide it ... NOOOOOO.
Wow, I always thought BING was one of those geek recursive acronyms: Bing Is Not Google
Wake me when they make a {voice=Arnold}"phased plasma rifle in the 40 watt range" {/voice}
Maybe this is what the Mayan calendar was really predicting, the shortage of all natural resources, oil, food, uranium, coal, gold, natural gas, water (aliens stealing it) etc.
Just sayin what everyone else is thinkin.
Let us imagine creating an obviously fake denomination, say the 2.50 Euro coin, and try seeing if anyone will call them on it.
We could make all sorts of fake (Not counterfeit) coins each one of "logical" but otherwise bogus coins, and start using them.
Of course, one would have to NOT actually complete the purchase with those coins or be subject to arrest for fraud (or similar charges).
One Million Cores and one Sun hot mentioned in the same post, coincidence? I think not!
If Google no longer listed the top 1000 sites, we'd have a new list of 1000 top sites, as traffic moved from the previous 1000 to the new 1000.
And teaching students, especially in K-12 almost requires you to have a "lesson plan". I would suspect that it is actually required as part of the job.
If you're a music teacher, and you have written a melody to teach students as part of the lesson plan how to write melodies, then I would suggest that you are correct. However, the lesson plan itself is part of the instruction, while the melody you wrote as part of the lesson plan is not, as one could easily substitute an alternative melody.
This is like a math lesson plan, where the examples are part of the lesson plan, but not integral to it, as one could easily substitute alternative numbers in the demonstration.
So, lesson plans are PART of what they are being paid for, and part of teaching.
Teacher Salaries are low, but not included in the salaries are other things like Retirement, Life and Health Insurance packages etc. I know at the school district I work for, the teachers Health Insurance alone is worth about $800 / mo, or another 10K a year (approx). And their Retirement benefits are golden as well.
This isn't to say that they aren't worth it, because for the most part they are. What I have a problem with is the odd teacher or so that is just awful, and you can't get rid of them.
BINGO, we have a winner!
Those cards don't make things less expensive, because they don't do anything but track you, and it costs the business to track you. Stop tracking people and focus on price, quality and TRUE service, and stop spending effort on marketing gimmicks!
The sad thing is, these gimmicks often work, and the worst offenders are often clothing stores.
Item cost $5
Markup 800% = $40
Discount 50% off!!!!! = $20
Profit Margin = $15 (300%)
This would attract my wife like a magnet "BUT it is 50% off! It is such a great DEAL!!!"
I think they should name it Issue Express 9 or IE9 for short. Preemptive naming.
Actually, you're wrong Mr MPAA. You can make any offer you currently have in mind, you're just afraid of losing your profits.
Quit focusing on the pirates, because they aren't going to buy your crap anyways. Focus on the people who will pay money for your drivel, because those people are typically either too stupid or too lazy to pirate. There is plenty of people out there willing to fill your coffers should you offer something of value.
Now, go away and leave our TVs alone! They aren't your TVs, they are OURS!!!
1) Hookers
2) Beer
3) Illicit drugs
Seriously, my top three are as follows ....
1) Bandwidth Available / Oversubscription rate
2) Geographically different alternative location.
3) Disaster Planning directives.
If you ask them what they want, they will tell you, and expect it, even if it is something you cannot provide. And that is where the problems lie.
Typically, what I provide is a list of anomalies against performance metrics I see as important, in summarized formats.
I then list goals and metrics that show how we are progressing towards those goals, along with plans to achieving those goals.
Executives want summarized data that helps in planning and allocating resources. They don't usually want or need details.
The problem with most IT guys is that the type of communication that we either over simplify in an effort to insulate from technical details, or spew technical details not needed.
The key is giving enough info that it is useful, while avoiding unnecessary details. Basically they want to know that you are doing your job competently.
Dude, I agreed with you. Except you're the idiot, because you never mentioned it was his failure as a business man, and not political, that you were referencing.
Next time, you might want to be a tad more clear rather than leave it up to the reader to figure out the context.
I only made the reference to BHO because my assumption (considering the typical hate GWB slant of /.) that you indeed meant it as political.
Now, the question I have for you, is this the same stupid GWB that was so smart that he was part of so many conspiracies.
Because half the time, people who think GWB was stupid, also attribute great genius to him and his evil plans to enslave everyone (e.g. Jeannine Garafalo and the 911ers).
Yup. Exactly.
And the same can be said of BHO as well.
Actually come to think of it, I think GWB actually ran things before he became president, Texans Baseball Team, State of Texas, and at least one other corporation.
What has BHO done, besides "community organizer" and live in an ivory tower? He was spoon fed the Presidency. I mean jeez, anyone could have beet McCain.
The funniest thing about stupid Liberal Democrats, is they insult themselves all the time with their own hypocrisy. And Stupid Republicans are just plain stupid.
Oh, and in my opinion, GWB is looking like a freakin genius next to BHO. AND that my friends is something to marvel at.
There, fixed it for the Jews, for whom Lev 25 applies. :-D
Don't Involve the UN, because I'm pretty sure they'll blame this on the US or Israel, and we'll have new legislation by the Dems in congress to address this new global crisis.
Seriously SHUT UP ALREADY!
So, basically you're saying that a poor black person from the ghetto is impossibly held back by factors other than effort?
You're a racist, you just don't know it.
Yes, the whole blame America first crowd. Of course you simply forget bigotry wasn't limited to skin color. Or did you forget all the old Polish Jokes, and things the Irish ghettos, Italian slums, Spanish barios and .... Appalachia.
It is easy to ignore the things that don't fit your own biases.
If you ask me, it is catch-22, one leads to the other, and it not cart/horse but rather chicken/egg.
The real question is, why after a generation of post civil rights marches and such, things haven't really changed? Why haven't more Black people not availed themselves to free education?
My personal view is that recruiting football and basketball stars for college isn't helping get people out, and if you really want to help black Americans, you'd stop making excuses for them.
There is no excuse today why a black american cannot succeed other than cultural prohibition against it. After all, if you succeed you're simply labeled Uncle Tom and traitor.
It is really sad if you ask me.
Wealth power. Your whole argument is based on this flawed point.
Here is a test of who has power and who doesn't. Call someone a racial slur. If you're white, and someone hears you, you'll likely lose something valuable, either job, money or whatever.
If however, you're a minority, you won't. THAT is power. Not only that, it is power based on groupings based on race.
As for your ethnicity claims, again that just proves my point. Groups weilding power over other groups. But that is the nature of groups, and it is worldwide and without regard to anything other than artificial groups, clans, race.
One of the reasons people keep missing my point, is that they can't see the forest for the trees. There is a good reason why the Declaration of Independance says "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness". Those are INDIVIDUAL rights that can only be taken by force.
Liberty is for all, not just those that can afford it. True liberty and libertarianism values the individual over the collective. Liberty is not a guarantor of success, just the opportunity of it.
And it is interesting that in the age of Obama, Pelosi and Reed, how people can claim special privilege to white males. The problem is, that people expect different results without effort.
And since you know nothing of me, I had to work hard for my experiences, they weren't handed to me on a silver platter. I'm not rich, wealthy and I've had to dumpster dive a time or two in my life.
I came to the town I now live in, with a suitcase, backpack and a couple hundred dollars. I got my education by working hard, while going to school. I bussed tables at a restaurant, lived with a bunch of people I didn't really like, and focused on the goal.
The same opportunity exists for anyone in St Louis or Watts or Brooklyn. The problem is, people like you keep telling people in those situations that there is no opportunity because of some artificial barrier you see, that doesn't really exist.
In reality, I blame people like you as much as anyone else. The biggest racists in the US are people like yourself who keep seeing racism where none exists.
And no, I'm not saying that racism doesn't exist, the continued existence of the KKK is ample proof. However we just elected a Black President in a large part because he is black.
Again, true liberty has nothing to do with wealth or status, or power. It has to do with valuing individuals over the group. Your whole post is proof that you cannot see anything but groups.
And that makes it impossible for you to realize that you're the problem, not the solution.
Bingo.
This is exactly my experience as well. Here is a test for all those who want to see it in action.
Take a normal Dell workstation, remove the Serial # from the bios (leave blank) on two machines, and RIS both, in sequence, using completely identical processes.
Once the second one is RISed compare the RISed computer's name for each computer.
RIS uses the SID for the computer in AD to match the computer's name. Machines that are RISed retain their unique name based on that supposedly useless SID.
Suffice it to say, the article itself is in error.