I mean, you said you have a mix of servers and workstations at home. Do you really need to hear the Windows bell or chime sounds on your servers (or if you're running linux servers...why do you have them configured to make sounds?)?
It just doesn't seem worth the effort to try to find a solution to this "problem" when it doesn't even seem to be much of a problem. But you're certainly free to spend your free time doing whatever you want, including trying to hack together your own KVM switch.
Does/.'ting a server count as unauthorized use? Because then, we should be a bit worried here...
I would think a lawyer could twist it that way, but they'd have to prove intent to/. the server, I'd think. If you are just going to the linked page to read the article, that's fine. But if you're collectively conspiring to bring a server to its knees...(as is the case in some links in comments to a story), well, consider yourself vulnerable to those laywers.
I wonder if African tribes and australian Aboriginas realize they're sitting on a gold mine, that they should start collecting on their millenia-old drum "samples" copyrights.
Well, only if the Disney-owned Congress approves copyrights retroactive several millenia...but I think this will only happen if Disney can acquire the rights to said drum samples.
Seriously though...if you're going to "borrow" part of someone else's song, you should either get permission or suffer the consequences of pissing off the creator.
Let me introduce you to a handy new invention. It's sometimes called a "laptop", or possibly "notebook computer"
Hi Laptop. Hi Notebook Computer. How are you? Nice to meet you.
Seriously though, and I'll admit I'm making an assumption, but the blurb says this room is to be used for "in-house customer training." I'd be willing to bet this room doesn't use laptops but instead desktop PCs. I know I've never worked for a company that has laptops for in-house customer training, and I don't suspect there are many around that do.
Sure, if you have a tangle of wires, it's not going to look good. But just because you've gotten rid of your CAT-5's doesn't mean you're wire-free. Do you power your PCs and monitors wirelessly? Do you have wireless keyboards, mice, and speakers on all your computers? Heck, you'd need to wirelessly transmit the video signal to your monitors too. Am I missing anything? Well, maybe printers and scanners, PDAs, or any other peripheral you might plug into your computers.
If you're going wireless just because wires are ugly, I think you've still got a ways to go.
Well I didn't mean that you in particular are a stupid idiot...it was more a hypothetical "you". There still are people who use notepad, and they really need to find out that there's more to text-editing than that....
But yeah...Crimson Editor scratches my itch for a great, useful text editor.
What if I report to Microsoft that my 100 person support team spent two work days dealing with some small bug. And by the way, our support people make $250k/year.
I hope you don't mean they make $250k/year amongst them all...otherwise that'd mean you're getting paid twenty-five hundred bucks a year apiece!
If you might want to view Flash on web pages, but don't want them playing their flashy flying wizzing crap as soon as the page loads, check this out for Mozilla, it prevents flash animations from playing until you click on them. It works great, and I wouldn't want to browse without it!
. . . if my Mom has to recompile the kernel just to get symmetric multiprocessing support and a working ATA raid array for chrissake??!!!
Well, fortunately your Mom probably isn't interested in a RAID, but you know, if you could run Slackware on your new dual G4 Mac...well then you might actually have a point. But then, Slack's (mostly) just an x86 product.
You don't seem to have mentioned the steps you took to improve your performance.
Have you shut down unnecessary services if you're running Windows XP? Do a google search and you'll find a page telling you which services it's ok to turn off.
What programs are starting up when you boot your computer? Stuff you dont need? Axe it!
Downloaded any "free" programs? Go get adaware and clean up any spyware that might have been installed.
There's plenty more you can do, go google for ideas!
The steps you should tell a family member are: goto tightvnc.org... click open, check all the boxes, click ok. Then you tell them to go to "whatismyip.com" and read you what it says
But when your mom is running a non-port-forwarding dsl router, or you forgot to forward the VNC port when you set everything up for her (oops!), then you need to have her start up VNC, then right click the tray icon and choose "Add New Client". Tell her to type your IP address there (because you already set up your end to forward port 5500 to your desktop and started VNCViewer in listen mode) and bickety bam! You're connected.
I think I shall patent "a means of using a patent to create ownership of an obvious method of using existing devices or methods so as to stifle innovation and help lawyers buy new cars"
Actually, my patent will read:
"a means of using a patent to create ownership of an obvious method of using existing devices or methods so as to stifle innovation and help lawyers buy more cars" because sometimes lawyers want to buy classic cars too.
Let's see whose patent application makes it through the system first...if mine does, you owe me if you exercise your process!
Maybe so you you don't have to shave/cut your pennies and nickels, you could put 15-20% of every dollar you earn in the bank. I'd hate to deal with all those pennies...
More nookie would have been nice, but girls only take up your time nad spend your money
Ok, if you're spending too much time and money on girls you just wanna lay, you're doing it all wrong! If you're in the Seattle or Los Angeles areas, I suggest you listen to Tom Leykus's talk radio show. Thursdays is Leykus 101, where he teaches guys to stop being pussies and start getting laid, without having to spend a lot of money on the girl.
Tom's actually got a pretty apt observation of how things really work: guys go for girls with the looks, girls go for guys who (look like they) have money. Use that knowledge to manipulate your way into her panties.
Me myself? I'm happily married, but I still agree with 90% of what Tom has to say...if you want to get laid, follow his advice! If you're looking for a relationship, you should probably still follow his advice, cuz you probably just want to get laid and you just think it's a relationship you want.
Now if only the writers would pick up on that and say, "Maybe we should start doing that sort of thing again." Krusty: Ah, nothing like a meal in a fine restaurant. Ah,
here comes the waitress.
[a waitress walks to Krusty's table. But this
"waitress" is really Lindsey Neagle] Lindsey: [aside to Krusty] We're losing male teens. Can you
get jiggy with something? Krusty: You're giving me notes while I'm on the air? That
tears it! [to audience] Folks, I've been in show
biz for 61 years, but now these jerks have sucked
all the fun out. I don't need twelve suits telling
me which way to pee. Exec: Uh, for "pee," could you substitute, "whiz?" Lindsey: Ah, I don't know; that could upset the Cheez Whiz(tm)
people. Exec: I was just thinking that. Krusty: I can't take it any more! Folks, don't miss this
Friday's show -- it'll be my last.
[audience gasps] Exec: Quitting show biz. Uh, yeah, I like the area, but
where does it go? Krusty: Get away from me! [runs off the set] Exec: Wait! [chases him] Lindsey: We have more notes!
*SNIP*
Exec: We have notes. Have you thought about Dave Chappelle? Destroy!
This is an excellent set of "copyright guidelines" to forward to your local congressman. Highlight the dates! 2074? Most of your congressmen will be long dead by this time, so really why are they being corporate whores to the point of making copyrights practically indefinite? Tell your congressman why it's good to put works in the public domain. Tell him why he should support shortening copyright periods to something reasonable! Tell him to stop whoring to the companies and start representing the people of his district! Corporations are just in it for the money: corporations are some fake "entity" which is basically just human greed embodied. Help people, not greed!
Most states already record your vehicle milage at each pass through the emissions check! This happens either every year or every other year when tabs are due...they could just use that figure to calculate the tax without the implications of "where were you on the night of Friday December 13th" type measures.
What about people who live right near the border of another state or country? Can your state prove that the majority of the miles driven were within your state? Heck, even people who don't live right near a border could rack up a fair amount of out-of-state mileage. There'd be a hell of a stink raised if states tried to base your taxes on your yearly mileage...
First of all, this is an invation of privacy. The State government has no right to know how many miles I drive or where I drive.
No argument here.
Secondly, this tax will discriminate against those people who are forced to drive more miles then others because of their occupation or place of residence.
Ok, now time to argue. Why shouldn't we discriminate against those who have to drive more miles to their occupation? Why can't they live closer to where they work? We'd certainly be easier on the environment if everyone drove 3 miles to work instead of 20...
Now, if they really want to advertise, I've found those washroom/urinal advertising signs to be quite effective as most men prefer to look straight forward and having something to read helps prevent the possibility of peripheral vision eye-wandering.
Wait a minute...are you that guy that seemed to be checking me out while I was taking a piss?
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Implement this feature and I will stop using your service so fast it'll.... well it'll cause a .0000001% drop in your revenue.
:p
Although if you look at Amazon's profitability, the loss of just your purchases may be enough to move them the couple dollars down into the red
I mean, you said you have a mix of servers and workstations at home. Do you really need to hear the Windows bell or chime sounds on your servers (or if you're running linux servers...why do you have them configured to make sounds?)?
It just doesn't seem worth the effort to try to find a solution to this "problem" when it doesn't even seem to be much of a problem. But you're certainly free to spend your free time doing whatever you want, including trying to hack together your own KVM switch.
Good luck.
Does /.'ting a server count as unauthorized use? Because then, we should be a bit worried here...
/. the server, I'd think. If you are just going to the linked page to read the article, that's fine. But if you're collectively conspiring to bring a server to its knees...(as is the case in some links in comments to a story), well, consider yourself vulnerable to those laywers.
I would think a lawyer could twist it that way, but they'd have to prove intent to
I wonder if African tribes and australian Aboriginas realize they're sitting on a gold mine, that they should start collecting on their millenia-old drum "samples" copyrights.
Well, only if the Disney-owned Congress approves copyrights retroactive several millenia...but I think this will only happen if Disney can acquire the rights to said drum samples.
Seriously though...if you're going to "borrow" part of someone else's song, you should either get permission or suffer the consequences of pissing off the creator.
nice try coward. I don't doubt there are companies that train their staff on laptops, but somehow, I don't suspect that you work for one.
Let me introduce you to a handy new invention. It's sometimes called a "laptop", or possibly "notebook computer"
Hi Laptop. Hi Notebook Computer. How are you? Nice to meet you.
Seriously though, and I'll admit I'm making an assumption, but the blurb says this room is to be used for "in-house customer training." I'd be willing to bet this room doesn't use laptops but instead desktop PCs. I know I've never worked for a company that has laptops for in-house customer training, and I don't suspect there are many around that do.
Nice try though.
Sure, if you have a tangle of wires, it's not going to look good. But just because you've gotten rid of your CAT-5's doesn't mean you're wire-free. Do you power your PCs and monitors wirelessly? Do you have wireless keyboards, mice, and speakers on all your computers? Heck, you'd need to wirelessly transmit the video signal to your monitors too. Am I missing anything? Well, maybe printers and scanners, PDAs, or any other peripheral you might plug into your computers.
If you're going wireless just because wires are ugly, I think you've still got a ways to go.
Aww man, I thought you were talking about some home-made liquor....
I think you need to adjust your humor detector.
Well I didn't mean that you in particular are a stupid idiot...it was more a hypothetical "you". There still are people who use notepad, and they really need to find out that there's more to text-editing than that....
But yeah...Crimson Editor scratches my itch for a great, useful text editor.
Notepad and vi are the only true HTML editors.
If you're still using Notepad to edit your HTML on a regular basis, you're either stupid or an idiot.
There's many free applications that are KICK-ASS for editing HTML and other files. Crimson Editor comes to mind.
I mean, c'mon, Notepad? It doesn't even show you line numbers...
What if I report to Microsoft that my 100 person support team spent two work days dealing with some small bug. And by the way, our support people make $250k/year.
I hope you don't mean they make $250k/year amongst them all...otherwise that'd mean you're getting paid twenty-five hundred bucks a year apiece!
If you might want to view Flash on web pages, but don't want them playing their flashy flying wizzing crap as soon as the page loads, check this out for Mozilla, it prevents flash animations from playing until you click on them. It works great, and I wouldn't want to browse without it!
. . . if my Mom has to recompile the kernel just to get symmetric multiprocessing support and a working ATA raid array for chrissake??!!!
Well, fortunately your Mom probably isn't interested in a RAID, but you know, if you could run Slackware on your new dual G4 Mac...well then you might actually have a point. But then, Slack's (mostly) just an x86 product.
You don't seem to have mentioned the steps you took to improve your performance.
Have you shut down unnecessary services if you're running Windows XP? Do a google search and you'll find a page telling you which services it's ok to turn off.
What programs are starting up when you boot your computer? Stuff you dont need? Axe it!
Downloaded any "free" programs? Go get adaware and clean up any spyware that might have been installed.
There's plenty more you can do, go google for ideas!
The steps you should tell a family member are: goto tightvnc.org ... click open, check all the boxes, click ok. Then you tell them to go to "whatismyip.com" and read you what it says
But when your mom is running a non-port-forwarding dsl router, or you forgot to forward the VNC port when you set everything up for her (oops!), then you need to have her start up VNC, then right click the tray icon and choose "Add New Client". Tell her to type your IP address there (because you already set up your end to forward port 5500 to your desktop and started VNCViewer in listen mode) and bickety bam! You're connected.
Most people do not mind listning to a few ads on the radio, in fact, many people enjoy advertisements
You, my friend, have never had to listen to a Sit and Sleep commercial, have you?
I think I shall patent "a means of using a patent to create ownership of an obvious method of using existing devices or methods so as to stifle innovation and help lawyers buy new cars"
Actually, my patent will read:
"a means of using a patent to create ownership of an obvious method of using existing devices or methods so as to stifle innovation and help lawyers buy more cars" because sometimes lawyers want to buy classic cars too.
Let's see whose patent application makes it through the system first...if mine does, you owe me if you exercise your process!
"Put 15-20% of every penny your earn in the bank"
Maybe so you you don't have to shave/cut your pennies and nickels, you could put 15-20% of every dollar you earn in the bank. I'd hate to deal with all those pennies...
More nookie would have been nice, but girls only take up your time nad spend your money
Ok, if you're spending too much time and money on girls you just wanna lay, you're doing it all wrong! If you're in the Seattle or Los Angeles areas, I suggest you listen to Tom Leykus's talk radio show. Thursdays is Leykus 101, where he teaches guys to stop being pussies and start getting laid, without having to spend a lot of money on the girl.
Tom's actually got a pretty apt observation of how things really work: guys go for girls with the looks, girls go for guys who (look like they) have money. Use that knowledge to manipulate your way into her panties.
Me myself? I'm happily married, but I still agree with 90% of what Tom has to say...if you want to get laid, follow his advice! If you're looking for a relationship, you should probably still follow his advice, cuz you probably just want to get laid and you just think it's a relationship you want.
Now if only the writers would pick up on that and say, "Maybe we should start doing that sort of thing again."
Krusty: Ah, nothing like a meal in a fine restaurant. Ah,
here comes the waitress.
[a waitress walks to Krusty's table. But this
"waitress" is really Lindsey Neagle]
Lindsey: [aside to Krusty] We're losing male teens. Can you
get jiggy with something?
Krusty: You're giving me notes while I'm on the air? That
tears it! [to audience] Folks, I've been in show
biz for 61 years, but now these jerks have sucked
all the fun out. I don't need twelve suits telling
me which way to pee.
Exec: Uh, for "pee," could you substitute, "whiz?"
Lindsey: Ah, I don't know; that could upset the Cheez Whiz(tm)
people.
Exec: I was just thinking that.
Krusty: I can't take it any more! Folks, don't miss this
Friday's show -- it'll be my last.
[audience gasps]
Exec: Quitting show biz. Uh, yeah, I like the area, but
where does it go?
Krusty: Get away from me! [runs off the set]
Exec: Wait! [chases him]
Lindsey: We have more notes!
*SNIP*
Exec: We have notes. Have you thought about Dave Chappelle? Destroy!
This is an excellent set of "copyright guidelines" to forward to your local congressman. Highlight the dates! 2074? Most of your congressmen will be long dead by this time, so really why are they being corporate whores to the point of making copyrights practically indefinite? Tell your congressman why it's good to put works in the public domain. Tell him why he should support shortening copyright periods to something reasonable! Tell him to stop whoring to the companies and start representing the people of his district! Corporations are just in it for the money: corporations are some fake "entity" which is basically just human greed embodied. Help people, not greed!
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda ...will blank the whole hard drive, but what if I want to just overwrite the empty portions of a mounted partition?
Most states already record your vehicle milage at each pass through the emissions check! This happens either every year or every other year when tabs are due...they could just use that figure to calculate the tax without the implications of "where were you on the night of Friday December 13th" type measures.
What about people who live right near the border of another state or country? Can your state prove that the majority of the miles driven were within your state? Heck, even people who don't live right near a border could rack up a fair amount of out-of-state mileage. There'd be a hell of a stink raised if states tried to base your taxes on your yearly mileage...
First of all, this is an invation of privacy. The State government has no right to know how many miles I drive or where I drive.
No argument here.
Secondly, this tax will discriminate against those people who are forced to drive more miles then others because of their occupation or place of residence.
Ok, now time to argue. Why shouldn't we discriminate against those who have to drive more miles to their occupation? Why can't they live closer to where they work? We'd certainly be easier on the environment if everyone drove 3 miles to work instead of 20...
Now, if they really want to advertise, I've found those washroom/urinal advertising signs to be quite effective as most men prefer to look straight forward and having something to read helps prevent the possibility of peripheral vision eye-wandering.
Wait a minute...are you that guy that seemed to be checking me out while I was taking a piss?