*A crappy computer *a pirated, incomplete, buggy, unsupported OS *virtually no available software *little chance that it will run a final version *shit performance
If you only block them for 5-10 minutes, they can take a bathroom break (and they'll need one after drinking 5 lattes/hour). 5-10 minute blackout period is not a big deal if someone is working at your cafe for many hours, but it would be enough of an annoyance to freeloading teenagers playing DOOM3 or whatever that they might leave.
My system was designed to be admin-less, but if you really wanted you could have a whitelist feature that let a cafe employee whitelist a regular customer.
If he's concerned with freeloaders, have the cash register print out a code on the receipt that you can enter into a nocat captive portal to authenticate against a RADIUS server. Give them an hour for each purchase, for instance. Tie the code to single MAC address, etc. But consider the cost of integrating your cash register, running the server, dealing with the tech support, etc. vs. the cost of sticking a WRT54G on a wire and letting a few freeloaders on the 'net.
You don't need to prevent ALL freeloaders, just discourage most of them. To avoid expensive system integration with the cash register and admin costs, you could just run an open WAP. When someone connects, record their MAC and give them one hour of free access. After one hour, block them for say 5-60 minutes.
Has it occurred to anyone else that this might be Nokia's attempt to pull a Ballmer-kneecap against Symbian? "Hey we're looking at Linux! Now Micros^W Symbian, what's your really-lowest offer?"
Except Nokia owns 48% of the Symbian consortium. They are the largest stakeholder in Symbian. If anything other Symbian stakeholders, like Motorola, are playing Linux games against Nokia.
Asking for your phone number is too personal, but many stores as for your ZIP code. I freely hand out my ZIP code. I figure that giving accurate geographic/demographic info to stores I like (why else would I be shopping there?) helps me in the long run.
Though I am annoyed by gas station pumps that ask for my ZIP code to improve credit card security. I once made a typo when entering my ZIP code and yet my credit card was not rejected. Liars.
2) Some girl broke down at the "why are you doing it then" and started crying. I got uncomfortable and hung up on her:P
Do you think she wanted to be a telemarketer when she grew up? I don't like telemarketing calls, but I pity telemarketers. That could be because I once had a summer job as a telemarketer. Given my experience as a telemarketer, you should NOT piss them off. They called you; they have the power. Telemarketers have three lists of phone numbers:
the "do not call" list
the "call in six months" list
the "call next week" list
If they reach a human who says "no thank you", the phone number goes on the "call in six months" list. If they call someone and get an answering machine or a busy signal, they put that phone number on the "call next week" list. If they reach a rude human, their phone number goes on the "call next week" list. The telemarketer just increased the rate at which you will be annoyed by telemarketing calls!
The United States used to be a federation, but the Democrats and Republicans seemed to have forgotten somewhere along the way. The country is called the "United States of America", and not simply "America", for a reason that probably baffles most voters. "Down with that archaric Electoral College!" they shout.
His name is Smokey Bear, not Smokey the Bear. "Smokey the Bear" is a popular song written in 1952 by Steve Nelson and Jack Rollins. The subject is Smokey Bear. According to the Forest Service's Smokey Bear website, a "the" was added to keep the song's rhythm.
re your Beetle TDI: what mixture of biodiesel-to-diesel to you use? Some sources I've read said that any modern diesel engine can run on B100, but vw.com says VW only officially approves a paltry B5.
The UN is more democratic on any day than the USA.
Sorry I forgot, but when exactly are the UN elections? When do member nations' citizens get to elect their representatives? When do those member nations' representatives get to elect the UN Security Council members?
Another African problem is that foreign aid supplies floor their markets, putting African farmers out of business. How can African farmers afford to create self-sufficient food supply when potential African customers can get free foreign food? I'm not saying we should not help Africa. We just need to help support their markets, not destroy them.
I would assume that to be true, but it is not always the case. For instance, in Portland, OR there is Jesuit high school. It is considered a powerhouse in athletics and strong in academics. Ironically, though it is a private school, the average salary for teachers is lower than it is for the local school district.
good point. I've read about that, too. However, does the EXISTANCE of the government schools lower the private school teachers' pay? Consider this: teachers are willing to accept lower pay to NOT teach at a public school! For a tech comparison, video game programmers get paid a lot less than Oracle DBAs because no one really wants to be an Oracle DBA.:)
Teachers are paid poorly because they are government employees. If all schools were privitized, wouldn't schools pay for performance? Reputable schools would want to hire GOOD teachers. What incentive do government schools have to hire good teachers?
And what is an appropriate "living wage"? CNN reports that the average salary for US teachers in 2002-2003 was $46,752. That seems pretty decent, especially given that most school years are only 9 months long.
Government schools (AKA "public" schools) are inherently politicized. Liberals want to get rid of grades. Conservatives want to get rid of science. But none of this is helping the students. Privatize schools and these disputes go away.
but you still read Slashdot? I think many people would be "shocked and appalled me was how fucking rude everybody is" on Slashdot and that Slashdot posters are "willfully stupid, arrogant, and unwilling to follow directions."
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or you could buy an el cheapo PC and run Linux:
*A crappy computer
*a pirated, incomplete, buggy, unsupported OS
*virtually no available software
*little chance that it will run a final version
*shit performance
thanks! Now I'll have to go patent it, so no one can implement it.
Someone should write a domain-specific language compiler for comments. Given comments as input, it will generate your code from your comments.
If you only block them for 5-10 minutes, they can take a bathroom break (and they'll need one after drinking 5 lattes/hour). 5-10 minute blackout period is not a big deal if someone is working at your cafe for many hours, but it would be enough of an annoyance to freeloading teenagers playing DOOM3 or whatever that they might leave.
My system was designed to be admin-less, but if you really wanted you could have a whitelist feature that let a cafe employee whitelist a regular customer.
If he's concerned with freeloaders, have the cash register print out a code on the receipt that you can enter into a nocat captive portal to authenticate against a RADIUS server. Give them an hour for each purchase, for instance. Tie the code to single MAC address, etc. But consider the cost of integrating your cash register, running the server, dealing with the tech support, etc. vs. the cost of sticking a WRT54G on a wire and letting a few freeloaders on the 'net.
You don't need to prevent ALL freeloaders, just discourage most of them. To avoid expensive system integration with the cash register and admin costs, you could just run an open WAP. When someone connects, record their MAC and give them one hour of free access. After one hour, block them for say 5-60 minutes.
Has it occurred to anyone else that this might be Nokia's attempt to pull a Ballmer-kneecap against Symbian? "Hey we're looking at Linux! Now Micros^W Symbian, what's your really-lowest offer?"
Except Nokia owns 48% of the Symbian consortium. They are the largest stakeholder in Symbian. If anything other Symbian stakeholders, like Motorola, are playing Linux games against Nokia.
The TSA doesn't want you to lock your luggage any more. They need to rifle through your underpants.
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Good point. At least you don't live in ZIP code 12345 (Schenectady, NY)!
Asking for your phone number is too personal, but many stores as for your ZIP code. I freely hand out my ZIP code. I figure that giving accurate geographic/demographic info to stores I like (why else would I be shopping there?) helps me in the long run.
Though I am annoyed by gas station pumps that ask for my ZIP code to improve credit card security. I once made a typo when entering my ZIP code and yet my credit card was not rejected. Liars.
2) Some girl broke down at the "why are you doing it then" and started crying. I got uncomfortable and hung up on her
Do you think she wanted to be a telemarketer when she grew up? I don't like telemarketing calls, but I pity telemarketers. That could be because I once had a summer job as a telemarketer. Given my experience as a telemarketer, you should NOT piss them off. They called you; they have the power. Telemarketers have three lists of phone numbers:
If they reach a human who says "no thank you", the phone number goes on the "call in six months" list. If they call someone and get an answering machine or a busy signal, they put that phone number on the "call next week" list. If they reach a rude human, their phone number goes on the "call next week" list. The telemarketer just increased the rate at which you will be annoyed by telemarketing calls!
The United States used to be a federation, but the Democrats and Republicans seemed to have forgotten somewhere along the way. The country is called the "United States of America", and not simply "America", for a reason that probably baffles most voters. "Down with that archaric Electoral College!" they shout.
His name is Smokey Bear, not Smokey the Bear. "Smokey the Bear" is a popular song written in 1952 by Steve Nelson and Jack Rollins. The subject is Smokey Bear. According to the Forest Service's Smokey Bear website, a "the" was added to keep the song's rhythm.
The great thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from!
re your Beetle TDI: what mixture of biodiesel-to-diesel to you use? Some sources I've read said that any modern diesel engine can run on B100, but vw.com says VW only officially approves a paltry B5.
The UN is more democratic on any day than the USA.
Sorry I forgot, but when exactly are the UN elections? When do member nations' citizens get to elect their representatives? When do those member nations' representatives get to elect the UN Security Council members?
Another African problem is that foreign aid supplies floor their markets, putting African farmers out of business. How can African farmers afford to create self-sufficient food supply when potential African customers can get free foreign food? I'm not saying we should not help Africa. We just need to help support their markets, not destroy them.
Here's a link to JWZ's "my employer can blow me" editorial.
It should have no more effect than a tree
Exactly. That's why we need to save Mother Earth from the trees.
I would assume that to be true, but it is not always the case. For instance, in Portland, OR there is Jesuit high school. It is considered a powerhouse in athletics and strong in academics. Ironically, though it is a private school, the average salary for teachers is lower than it is for the local school district.
good point. I've read about that, too. However, does the EXISTANCE of the government schools lower the private school teachers' pay? Consider this: teachers are willing to accept lower pay to NOT teach at a public school! For a tech comparison, video game programmers get paid a lot less than Oracle DBAs because no one really wants to be an Oracle DBA.
Teachers are paid poorly because they are government employees. If all schools were privitized, wouldn't schools pay for performance? Reputable schools would want to hire GOOD teachers. What incentive do government schools have to hire good teachers?
And what is an appropriate "living wage"? CNN reports that the average salary for US teachers in 2002-2003 was $46,752. That seems pretty decent, especially given that most school years are only 9 months long.
Government schools (AKA "public" schools) are inherently politicized. Liberals want to get rid of grades. Conservatives want to get rid of science. But none of this is helping the students. Privatize schools and these disputes go away.
but you still read Slashdot? I think many people would be "shocked and appalled me was how fucking rude everybody is" on Slashdot and that Slashdot posters are "willfully stupid, arrogant, and unwilling to follow directions."
But think of Pillsbury's perspective: who would want to buy Haagen-Daz when you can buy Ben & Jerry's?