For a Pay to play online game you just have to go back to the old Sierra Network system in the early 90's they had a graphical MMO style game that you had to pay extra to play above and beyond the normally hourly subscription you paid to be online called s The Shadow of Yserbius. There was also Neverwinter Nights on AOL at the same time which cost 6 dollars an hour to play back in 1991.
They are currently working on a similar process to get a unified platform created with Linux to lower the costs in schools. I know they have been working on it the last 2 years but do not know the status of the project currently.
For most of the podcasts I have been a part of we have used Ventrilo as the way of communicating. I am pretty sure you could do the same thing with Teamspeak as well if you wanted to.
There are other sites out there that you can do this with RPGOutfitter, CTProfiles.. they are more for Raid Guilds to make sure people have the proper gear. Then again it really doesn't matter since the characters and all the gear in WoW are owned by Blizzard we just get to play with them so they can do what they want.
But as many people have said what is the primary reason your wife has filed for divorce.. if it is because you are never home and work to much expect to be hard pressed to get full custody of your child. If it is for other reason outside of work then you may have a better chance. This is really has nothing to do with the IT sector it has to do with any field of work.. if you spend more time there then with your family the majority of the time then expect to be divorced. Balance is the key and yes some IT jobs are more demanding than others but they are also the ones that are more flexible. Most web developers I know work 8 to 5 unless they are pressed by a deadline or just starting out.
Well the techs involved in the install process are competent and actually come from school districts in Indiana. They are also the ones that are supporting the current environment. For the most part from what I understand it is almost like a cyber-cafe install where if something goes wrong ( Software wise ) they will have an image to just re-install the machine with the kids data on a network drive so they won't lose it. Who knows if this may change or not but if they get most of their schools on Linux it will be important for School Information systems (SIS) to start working in the platform as well because after the kids they may move over the teachers/faculty as well.
I know I am one of those players.. and a lot of my friends are. Most articles I have read have said that is one of the appeals of WoW is that it is relatively easy to level by yourself or in a small group and appeals to the more casual gamers. I would say that the % of casual gamers is probably more like 20%.. I bought WoW in August and have not purchased another game since.
You would think with the money they are generating from the game ( 6 million customers at 15.99 a month = $3,198,000 a day ) they could upgrade/manage the lag/queue problem better. Sure my figure is a little off because id you pay more up front you per monthly cost is lower but still thats a lotta money coming it with little frustration being reduced to the gamers.
But if all I can do is program it then when will I have time to Play the games.. I would rather test for free then get paid to program games. Which is good seeing I can't even program Hello World to save my life.
I have heard rumors that you an Sony are working together to make a "Portal" that would allow character to travel between EverQuest and Worlds of Warcraft.. is there any truth to this?
Maybe not get rid of sports because the extra curricular activities are good for students.. but how about stop funding them though the school and have the parents/students that want to play sports pay to play those sports which frees up funding for better materials for the rest of the students.
Didn't they start making their own Linux Distro.. maybe they are doing this to force consumers and goverment bodies to use their software instead of anything else.. Sounds like they are using a Microsoft tactic.. only instead of Embrace and Extend it is Embargo and Extend.
When I use to work for a retailer.. if a major release was sold before the date we could be fined as much as $10,000 per copy that was sold. If Halo 2 is that drastic Meijer would be looking at a fairly hefty penalty.
Depending on what you are really looking for and the size of your school there are some good web based one is called Sips it runs from PostgreSQL and can run on Winbloze, MacOSX, Redhat 7 or higher.. might be worth looking into since you are talking about redoing your current Dbase from the ground up.. I'm sure the company that just bought it (Pearson) may even help convert the data for you.
Some in the business would say this means that tech companies (or maybe just MS) can't find anything in R&D to spend the money on so it proves the driving force behind our economy (technology) IS sputtering and innovation is faltering. But then again I have always been called a doomsayer..
For those of you not familiar with SASIxp or other Student systems it would be a monumental undertaking.. for instance.. SASIxp has been around since the early 80's in a DOS based version and has matured from there. It has over 175 different databases, not to mention that most major files(grading, demographics, courses.. which each section can have 10 + databases associated with them) have 30+ fields each (in DB4 most of which can be transfered to SQL with an executable they provide) and multiple sub routines that allow data to be transfered between school years at the click of a button. I personally have been working alone in trying to create a similar system Using an SQL database with PHP as the interface.. I know nothing about PHP and am still trying to think of all the tables and logical keys to link everything together. Everything I have is basically on paper and will stay that way until I can get the database design the way it should be... So for those that say build it yourself.. I am trying but it is a grave undertaking just to make sure you have the majority of the Fields needed by schools. I would gladly collaborate with others to restart something Similar to OpenSIS just to get a basic foundation I don't even care about reporting yet I would just like a nice Database with a friendly UI to get the data and print it 1 page at a tiem.. from there I can worry about reports.
I work for a large firm that uses Intel LanDesk to remotely administer workstations. We are encouraged to use it because it has proven to be a very effective tool in supporting or client base.
If every time your user has a problem, you fix it without explaining what caused it, you're going to potentially decrease the learning rate of your user base. In other words, users will commonly repeat the same mistakes, and you will commonly repeat the same fix.
this statement can hold true. But any good support person would not only remote the machine but would also explain to the user what they were doing while they are working on the PC. A lot of people learn buy doing or seeing what is going on. So as you take them through each step you tell them what your doing. Or you can actually do the remote control as a window so you can see what the user is seeing and still talk them through it so they get the experience but be better able to see if they make a mistake.
what if they have porn as their background and the helpdesk person is offended by this?
One he said this is for a corporate environment so if anyone has porn on their machine they should be reprimanded in some way (Unless the corporation is in the Porn industry) Second most remote agents have a feature which allows you to suppress any backgrounds for speed purposes( Who wants to wait for a hugh picture to load on the desktop when the fix could have been done before it even loads.)
Just my 2 cents
The guy at the booth gave him a hard time a while longer and eventually agreed to write down his email address for the LinuxOne guy to get in touch with him later. (Yeah, like that'll ever happen)
For an e-mail example I wrote them 3 weeks ago telling them I couldn't access their ftp site and I was evaluating different versions of Linux to replace the NT network here at work, so I was wondering if they could point me to a mirror or send me a CD of the LITE version for testing. I still have yet to hear word one from them.
Yes KDE and Gnome make a nice UI for most people, but the real problem lies in the actual setting up a system. You can't just pop a CD in have it Autostart press an install button and then be on your way. The desktops may be as good as Windows and Mac but the actual "usability" is still geared more toward the technical side. Once that barrier is broke then maybe the claim "Its Easy" will work but until then most novices I know when you say untar something they would think you just drove through a newly paved road.
This is nothing new, George said in the beginning he wasn't going to release any of the Star Wars movies on DVD until they were all out. Then it was going to be released as a Box Set only.
Quite a few of the local banks here in Michigan offer Online accounts where you can do everything online as well as in person depending on your preference. As far as stocks/investments if your new to the arena try setting up a small account at an investment firm, learn everything you can from reading/your financial advisor then open up an on-line account for the true saving. I personally work for an International investment firm and trade on-line because it is a hell of a lot cheaper.. and I hold my stocks and don't day trade them. Diversify is the best advise I can give though.. not just your investments but where they are held.. if you have more than one option your less likely to get burned.
Storm's installer has a problem in it.. if you have any extended partion on the hard drive it would not recognize that hard drive. For those with only one hard drive and multiple OS's that sucks.. They have assured me that they know of the problem and that the new ISO should be on the ftp at anytime...
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For a Pay to play online game you just have to go back to the old Sierra Network system in the early 90's they had a graphical MMO style game that you had to pay extra to play above and beyond the normally hourly subscription you paid to be online called s The Shadow of Yserbius. There was also Neverwinter Nights on AOL at the same time which cost 6 dollars an hour to play back in 1991.
They are currently working on a similar process to get a unified platform created with Linux to lower the costs in schools. I know they have been working on it the last 2 years but do not know the status of the project currently.
For most of the podcasts I have been a part of we have used Ventrilo as the way of communicating. I am pretty sure you could do the same thing with Teamspeak as well if you wanted to.
There are other sites out there that you can do this with RPGOutfitter, CTProfiles.. they are more for Raid Guilds to make sure people have the proper gear. Then again it really doesn't matter since the characters and all the gear in WoW are owned by Blizzard we just get to play with them so they can do what they want.
But as many people have said what is the primary reason your wife has filed for divorce.. if it is because you are never home and work to much expect to be hard pressed to get full custody of your child. If it is for other reason outside of work then you may have a better chance. This is really has nothing to do with the IT sector it has to do with any field of work.. if you spend more time there then with your family the majority of the time then expect to be divorced. Balance is the key and yes some IT jobs are more demanding than others but they are also the ones that are more flexible. Most web developers I know work 8 to 5 unless they are pressed by a deadline or just starting out.
Well the techs involved in the install process are competent and actually come from school districts in Indiana. They are also the ones that are supporting the current environment. For the most part from what I understand it is almost like a cyber-cafe install where if something goes wrong ( Software wise ) they will have an image to just re-install the machine with the kids data on a network drive so they won't lose it. Who knows if this may change or not but if they get most of their schools on Linux it will be important for School Information systems (SIS) to start working in the platform as well because after the kids they may move over the teachers/faculty as well.
I know I am one of those players.. and a lot of my friends are. Most articles I have read have said that is one of the appeals of WoW is that it is relatively easy to level by yourself or in a small group and appeals to the more casual gamers. I would say that the % of casual gamers is probably more like 20%.. I bought WoW in August and have not purchased another game since.
You would think with the money they are generating from the game ( 6 million customers at 15.99 a month = $3,198,000 a day ) they could upgrade/manage the lag/queue problem better. Sure my figure is a little off because id you pay more up front you per monthly cost is lower but still thats a lotta money coming it with little frustration being reduced to the gamers.
But if all I can do is program it then when will I have time to Play the games.. I would rather test for free then get paid to program games. Which is good seeing I can't even program Hello World to save my life.
I have heard rumors that you an Sony are working together to make a "Portal" that would allow character to travel between EverQuest and Worlds of Warcraft.. is there any truth to this?
Maybe not get rid of sports because the extra curricular activities are good for students.. but how about stop funding them though the school and have the parents/students that want to play sports pay to play those sports which frees up funding for better materials for the rest of the students.
If they are switching to basic Intel processors will that make them more or less PC clones?
The link to the coverage was slashdotted already..
Didn't they start making their own Linux Distro.. maybe they are doing this to force consumers and goverment bodies to use their software instead of anything else.. Sounds like they are using a Microsoft tactic.. only instead of Embrace and Extend it is Embargo and Extend.
When I use to work for a retailer.. if a major release was sold before the date we could be fined as much as $10,000 per copy that was sold. If Halo 2 is that drastic Meijer would be looking at a fairly hefty penalty.
Depending on what you are really looking for and the size of your school there are some good web based one is called Sips it runs from PostgreSQL and can run on Winbloze, MacOSX, Redhat 7 or higher.. might be worth looking into since you are talking about redoing your current Dbase from the ground up.. I'm sure the company that just bought it (Pearson) may even help convert the data for you.
Some in the business would say this means that tech companies (or maybe just MS) can't find anything in R&D to spend the money on so it proves the driving force behind our economy (technology) IS sputtering and innovation is faltering. But then again I have always been called a doomsayer..
For those of you not familiar with SASIxp or other Student systems it would be a monumental undertaking.. for instance.. SASIxp has been around since the early 80's in a DOS based version and has matured from there. It has over 175 different databases, not to mention that most major files(grading, demographics, courses.. which each section can have 10 + databases associated with them) have 30+ fields each (in DB4 most of which can be transfered to SQL with an executable they provide) and multiple sub routines that allow data to be transfered between school years at the click of a button. I personally have been working alone in trying to create a similar system Using an SQL database with PHP as the interface.. I know nothing about PHP and am still trying to think of all the tables and logical keys to link everything together. Everything I have is basically on paper and will stay that way until I can get the database design the way it should be... So for those that say build it yourself.. I am trying but it is a grave undertaking just to make sure you have the majority of the Fields needed by schools. I would gladly collaborate with others to restart something Similar to OpenSIS just to get a basic foundation I don't even care about reporting yet I would just like a nice Database with a friendly UI to get the data and print it 1 page at a tiem.. from there I can worry about reports.
If every time your user has a problem, you fix it without explaining what caused it, you're going to potentially decrease the learning rate of your user base. In other words, users will commonly repeat the same mistakes, and you will commonly repeat the same fix.
this statement can hold true. But any good support person would not only remote the machine but would also explain to the user what they were doing while they are working on the PC. A lot of people learn buy doing or seeing what is going on. So as you take them through each step you tell them what your doing. Or you can actually do the remote control as a window so you can see what the user is seeing and still talk them through it so they get the experience but be better able to see if they make a mistake.
what if they have porn as their background and the helpdesk person is offended by this?
One he said this is for a corporate environment so if anyone has porn on their machine they should be reprimanded in some way (Unless the corporation is in the Porn industry) Second most remote agents have a feature which allows you to suppress any backgrounds for speed purposes( Who wants to wait for a hugh picture to load on the desktop when the fix could have been done before it even loads.) Just my 2 cents
The guy at the booth gave him a hard time a while longer and eventually agreed to write down his email address for the LinuxOne guy to get in touch with him later. (Yeah, like that'll ever happen)
For an e-mail example I wrote them 3 weeks ago telling them I couldn't access their ftp site and I was evaluating different versions of Linux to replace the NT network here at work, so I was wondering if they could point me to a mirror or send me a CD of the LITE version for testing. I still have yet to hear word one from them.
Yes KDE and Gnome make a nice UI for most people, but the real problem lies in the actual setting up a system. You can't just pop a CD in have it Autostart press an install button and then be on your way. The desktops may be as good as Windows and Mac but the actual "usability" is still geared more toward the technical side. Once that barrier is broke then maybe the claim "Its Easy" will work but until then most novices I know when you say untar something they would think you just drove through a newly paved road.
So that we can just download Degradable DVDs and not have to worry about the disk going bad sitting in the bathroom.
This is nothing new, George said in the beginning he wasn't going to release any of the Star Wars movies on DVD until they were all out. Then it was going to be released as a Box Set only.
Quite a few of the local banks here in Michigan offer Online accounts where you can do everything online as well as in person depending on your preference. As far as stocks/investments if your new to the arena try setting up a small account at an investment firm, learn everything you can from reading/your financial advisor then open up an on-line account for the true saving. I personally work for an International investment firm and trade on-line because it is a hell of a lot cheaper.. and I hold my stocks and don't day trade them. Diversify is the best advise I can give though.. not just your investments but where they are held.. if you have more than one option your less likely to get burned.
True, but for those that have multiple dos/windows partitions this is a bit tricky on not having an extended partition.
Storm's installer has a problem in it.. if you have any extended partion on the hard drive it would not recognize that hard drive. For those with only one hard drive and multiple OS's that sucks..
They have assured me that they know of the problem and that the new ISO should be on the ftp at anytime...