I have a Outback wagon, and I would take it up against most any 4wd vehicle save the biggest monsters of 4wd SUV and pickups... great mileage, lots of space, nice smooth quiet drive... although at 4 cylinders, it is not a powerful vehicle, just very good at going through most everything.
Our how about this: CD with 12 tracks....99$ per track, that's twelve dollars.... or you can get a physical CD, with art work and Cd and case, for 12.99 + tax. yeah. They might actually be getting competitive. Maybe.
Ugh... hate to say it... Outlook client using exchange.
There I said it. Ok, to be fair, I use it because that is what is available and that is what everyone is use, all 800 or so of us... and that is in our org, which is a child org to a much larger org... so a total userbase of about 6000 users...
Here's why it works. I use partially Bayesian based InBoxer to kill spam. Our exchange server also runs Norton anti-virus (which has saved us from SoBig all that crap)... and then the exchange also has a spam filter which adds "spam:" to the subject of all incoming know spam e-mails (which does me not much good).
Ok, that takes care of spam. All list-serves I belong to get put into their own folders... Emails for friends get put into a specific folder. This leaves my inbox. My inbox is shared with all my 'trusted' co workers. When I am gone, they check it on a regular basis for me while I am gone. If I am expecting a high priority e-mail from a certain person, I set it up so an alert e-mail is sent to the right person then that comes in.
For my tasks, that is also shared. When I am gone, I forward my tasks that are due during that period to the right person.
My calander is also shared. On my calender, I mark when I will be gone, and then setup a special list of those who should be alert when they send me an e-mail or task during that period (this stops an e-mail alert being sent to those list-serves I am on when I am gone).
As for files: I manage the share on our central server that we all use. We just went through a major undertaking to get it up to par. ALL files are saved on the server. Everyone has a private drive, and then each 'task' or 'subject' or 'project' has its own folder on the server. Some folders are public, or 'all on our domain'... a majority are 'departmental access' (every one in our small org)... the rest are specific, generally with 3-4 people.
It takes work. But I have access to the files I need and so do the other people in my org. It takes a lot of user education, training, and hand holding.
Couple all this with decent VPN (cisco based) and most users get what they need when they need it.
Oh, and this is at a college. Most departments are as well off as we are. And, yes, slammer has been a bitch to deal with as students move in... but many dedicated staff have solved that problem (not to mention some ingenious network guys... hats off!).
It says that the current prototype can operate for approximately five hours on 50cc of high concentration methanol with an average 12 watts of output with a max of 20 watts. They have the aim of product commercialization within 2004.
They mention that part of the problem is that the optimum methanol/water ratio is 3% to 6%, but they overcame this by using waste water to dilute the incoming methanol solution... cool.
So, yeah, it is vaporware, but is a cool concept... if you don't have the ability to do fuel cell with your current laptop, you could get a docking station version.
I'm curious though... what is the average usage of a laptop... something tells me 12 watts is not enough.
I need not mention the many layers of 'iriony' going on here, do I? anyway, it is all in fun and games... and how do u no eye diden't maek thoese gramer airors on purrpus? =)
I honestly don't think Eric Raymond can stop the DoS attackers to stop..
I think honestly words above english proper not.
Not a gramma nazi... just thought that sentance read funny enough to point out. Don't hate me =)
And, no, I'm not off topic, moderators. At this point I would comment on how commenting on a moderator giving me an off topic mod would be self fulling, but I won't, since then it would happen.... oh wait... damn.
I'm pretty sure that my worst programming experience thus far was trying to write multi-threaded COM object in ATL that talk to hardware via parallel and serial ports. All the worst parts of each one of those technologies rolled into one horrible experience.
This isn't the first time a business sector has gone through 'legal uncertainty'... as a matter of fact, I'm guessing most business ride a constant wave of legal uncertainty... look at how hard people work to pay the minimum amount of tax possible... that right there is a constant cat-n-mouse with the borders of legality.
Why the hell do law makers seem to think that every new technology needs to regulated to hell, or treated like some form of existing technology??? The internet LIVES the way it does today because it happened so damn fast than lawmakers couldn't keep up...
The proposed rule pushes the definition of communications systems to include local area networks, or LANs, as well as wide area networks, or WANs, which connect computers across distances. Practically any office with two computers will have a local area network...
That brings them under the purview of the proposed rule, which includes computer networks as "substitute communications systems"
A substitue comm system? They must have needed a catch all to ensure they could screw every penny of tax of everything out there. Would this cover two tin cans with a string between them? I'd hate to see that go to court, I'm sure they'd rule it taxable.
I can understand the need for a 'tax' on very much public infrastructures like a massive telephone land line system or cable systems... but why would you need to tax someone extra for laying out 4 pair wire? Do in house telephone systems get covered? Do you have to have a certain type of equipment to 'qualify'?
I don't think RTFM is unique to the process of installing software... many times user ask very basic questions that are easily answered by simple exploration of the software or even a cursory glance in the manual.
I'm fairly certain this doesn't have anything to do with 'install shield' or 'good software packaging'... I'm pretty sure this has to do with more complicated issues.
An example: a user in word wondering how to 'bold' text. The option is available in the toolbar and under formatting. IF you use help (or clippey) and put 'bold' as your keyword, the first thing that comes up will be how to bold your text. That is a RTFM situation.
A non RTFM situation is something more complex... the sort of thing you would expect to pay money for when calling or contacting microsoft support. In the case of MS, it will cost you money either way... but the cost deters those with simple probelms... in the case of community support, the RTFM is the equel of the 'please tell me your credit card number'... i.e., this is operator error, not the software's error... figure it out yourself.
Ok, I'm hoping you check your replies and actually respond to this...
What are the names of the user accounts of which you speak?
If they really exist, it would be a 'very bad thing' (tm), if they all have the same password and level of security require to install patches, it would open a HUGE hole into allowing people access.
I really like the fact that 3 paragraphs into the article there is a huge biline on how and why linux is good. It also explains the GPL, BSD, and it all seems accurate! I don't know who 'Daniel James' is (the author of the article), but it is obvious that he has done research... stuff like:
Of course, there is nothing to stop programs from the proprietary tradition being made available for Linux. As long as those programs don't make secret changes to Linux itself, then they are perfectly acceptable to most users and developers. The message that anyone porting their program to Linux will be forced to make it Free Software has been put about by the likes of Microsoft -- but this is clearly not the case. As one spokesperson for the company put it, IBM has a lot of intellectual property and a lot of lawyers, and they aren't worried about the possibility.
... now this is a good way to present open source software... and an accurate one, and he even throws in a little jab at Microsoft, allbeit a level headed one...
Another factor often cited by people who have migrated to Linux is the supportive and knowledgeable user community. If you have a problem with your Linux machine, there are lots of places to ask for help -- both with local user groups and on the Internet. Linux users tend to be self-documenting: when they find the solution to a problem, they will often create a web page describing the fix to share their knowledge.
Yeah, or the community might tell you to RTFM... =)
A greater problem could be back-catalogue work stored in proprietary formats. Most of the audio formats from Windows, Mac and UNIX are supported by the equivalent Linux programs, but complex projects combining multitrack audio and MIDI could be a problem. If the original software vendor supported open standards, it wouldn't be difficult to create a tool to transfer the project from one platform to another. Where that file format is binary and a trade secret, however, the user may have no choice but to fall back to standard file types for exporting projects, and some of the information might be lost.
This sounds familar... and I find it humorous that we just had a article about Gnumeric where leagues of people bitch about putting all that effort into supporting all of excel's formulas... this is way. Backward compatibility... if we are to generate the software of the future, it must work with the software of the past.
Thanks, Daniel, for a very insightful, level headed look at linux sound.
We do this... as soon as the first packet with the signature of a known worm is transmitted from a computer, the IP that it originated from is block at the main router and very shortly after the port of the switch it is plugged into is shut off... it is amazing how fast a user responds when they have ZERO net access...
I did FTFA article... the whole sodium doping thing is great, and I get it... but they make these outstanding claims, and then you read the small print (2 to 7 inches long... uh, yeah, interesting, good, but currently totally worthless).
True... but patching fiber sucks... so I can't think of very many situations where it would be worth while to patch in a sort bit of special fiber just to make a corner... better to plan appropriate corners, probably.
The sponge grows in deep water in the tropics. It is about a foot and a half tall with an intricate silica mesh skeleton that also serves as a home for shrimp. The glass fibers form a crown at its base that appear to help anchor the sponge to the ocean floor. The fibers are about 2 to 7 inches long and each is about the thickness of a human hair.
Cool, fiber optics up to 7 inches long! That'll be effective! I can finally connect my computer to... uhh... to my uhh... what the hell, 7 inches! WTF!
"Most of today's robots operate with a program written by humans. In order to develop a robot that can think and move like a 5-year-old, we have to first understand the mechanism of how human brains work," Kawato said, admitting the difficulty of his project. "That will be equal to understanding human beings."
again:we have to first understand the mechanism of how human brains work
Uhh... so that would be AI, right? That should be easy, I mean no has every tried THAT before!
Ok, 50 billion yen is 422,904,508 USD... half a billion a year. That's a lot... I'd like details though... like is most of this going out in grants? Will they create a new 'department'? HOW will the money be spent? What are the milestones?
Sounds very interesting... but I'm skeptical... AI is the holy grail... and not only do they want the grail, they want a walking talking vessal to put it in.
On the other hand, big plans can lead to big results. Aim for the sky.
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I have a Outback wagon, and I would take it up against most any 4wd vehicle save the biggest monsters of 4wd SUV and pickups... great mileage, lots of space, nice smooth quiet drive... although at 4 cylinders, it is not a powerful vehicle, just very good at going through most everything.
Our how about this: CD with 12 tracks... .99$ per track, that's twelve dollars.... or you can get a physical CD, with art work and Cd and case, for 12.99 + tax. yeah. They might actually be getting competitive. Maybe.
And every generalization you read on the internet from ACs is true! Honest!
Ugh... hate to say it... Outlook client using exchange.
There I said it. Ok, to be fair, I use it because that is what is available and that is what everyone is use, all 800 or so of us... and that is in our org, which is a child org to a much larger org... so a total userbase of about 6000 users...
Here's why it works. I use partially Bayesian based InBoxer to kill spam. Our exchange server also runs Norton anti-virus (which has saved us from SoBig all that crap)... and then the exchange also has a spam filter which adds "spam:" to the subject of all incoming know spam e-mails (which does me not much good).
Ok, that takes care of spam. All list-serves I belong to get put into their own folders... Emails for friends get put into a specific folder. This leaves my inbox. My inbox is shared with all my 'trusted' co workers. When I am gone, they check it on a regular basis for me while I am gone. If I am expecting a high priority e-mail from a certain person, I set it up so an alert e-mail is sent to the right person then that comes in.
For my tasks, that is also shared. When I am gone, I forward my tasks that are due during that period to the right person.
My calander is also shared. On my calender, I mark when I will be gone, and then setup a special list of those who should be alert when they send me an e-mail or task during that period (this stops an e-mail alert being sent to those list-serves I am on when I am gone).
As for files: I manage the share on our central server that we all use. We just went through a major undertaking to get it up to par. ALL files are saved on the server. Everyone has a private drive, and then each 'task' or 'subject' or 'project' has its own folder on the server. Some folders are public, or 'all on our domain'... a majority are 'departmental access' (every one in our small org)... the rest are specific, generally with 3-4 people.
It takes work. But I have access to the files I need and so do the other people in my org. It takes a lot of user education, training, and hand holding.
Couple all this with decent VPN (cisco based) and most users get what they need when they need it.
Oh, and this is at a college. Most departments are as well off as we are. And, yes, slammer has been a bitch to deal with as students move in... but many dedicated staff have solved that problem (not to mention some ingenious network guys... hats off!).
Something I found of interesting on the japan version of the Toshiba website: World's First Small Form Factor Direct Methanol Fuel Cell for Portable PCs... this was a press release from March 5, 2003
It says that the current prototype can operate for approximately five hours on 50cc of high concentration methanol with an average 12 watts of output with a max of 20 watts. They have the aim of product commercialization within 2004.
They mention that part of the problem is that the optimum methanol/water ratio is 3% to 6%, but they overcame this by using waste water to dilute the incoming methanol solution... cool.
So, yeah, it is vaporware, but is a cool concept... if you don't have the ability to do fuel cell with your current laptop, you could get a docking station version.
I'm curious though... what is the average usage of a laptop... something tells me 12 watts is not enough.
mmmmmmm, womandrake... glrargharhghah....
I need not mention the many layers of 'iriony' going on here, do I? anyway, it is all in fun and games... and how do u no eye diden't maek thoese gramer airors on purrpus? =)
I think honestly words above english proper not.
Not a gramma nazi... just thought that sentance read funny enough to point out. Don't hate me =)
And, no, I'm not off topic, moderators. At this point I would comment on how commenting on a moderator giving me an off topic mod would be self fulling, but I won't, since then it would happen.... oh wait... damn.
I'm pretty sure that my worst programming experience thus far was trying to write multi-threaded COM object in ATL that talk to hardware via parallel and serial ports. All the worst parts of each one of those technologies rolled into one horrible experience.
I did, however, get it to work.
ATL... ack... better than MFC, but not by much.
Uhh... so by your logic, the gov. must want to me to stop working and earning money.
yeah. =)
This isn't the first time a business sector has gone through 'legal uncertainty'... as a matter of fact, I'm guessing most business ride a constant wave of legal uncertainty... look at how hard people work to pay the minimum amount of tax possible... that right there is a constant cat-n-mouse with the borders of legality.
This ranks right up there with Minnesota regulating VOIP like a normal telephone service.
Why the hell do law makers seem to think that every new technology needs to regulated to hell, or treated like some form of existing technology??? The internet LIVES the way it does today because it happened so damn fast than lawmakers couldn't keep up...
A substitue comm system? They must have needed a catch all to ensure they could screw every penny of tax of everything out there. Would this cover two tin cans with a string between them? I'd hate to see that go to court, I'm sure they'd rule it taxable.
I can understand the need for a 'tax' on very much public infrastructures like a massive telephone land line system or cable systems... but why would you need to tax someone extra for laying out 4 pair wire? Do in house telephone systems get covered? Do you have to have a certain type of equipment to 'qualify'?
Uh oh... considering the response of your site at this point, it looks as though your anti-/. request was in vain...
I don't think RTFM is unique to the process of installing software... many times user ask very basic questions that are easily answered by simple exploration of the software or even a cursory glance in the manual.
I'm fairly certain this doesn't have anything to do with 'install shield' or 'good software packaging'... I'm pretty sure this has to do with more complicated issues.
An example: a user in word wondering how to 'bold' text. The option is available in the toolbar and under formatting. IF you use help (or clippey) and put 'bold' as your keyword, the first thing that comes up will be how to bold your text. That is a RTFM situation.
A non RTFM situation is something more complex... the sort of thing you would expect to pay money for when calling or contacting microsoft support. In the case of MS, it will cost you money either way... but the cost deters those with simple probelms... in the case of community support, the RTFM is the equel of the 'please tell me your credit card number'... i.e., this is operator error, not the software's error... figure it out yourself.
hmm... interesting - RTFM:credit card number::linux:windows.
Ok, I'm hoping you check your replies and actually respond to this...
What are the names of the user accounts of which you speak?
If they really exist, it would be a 'very bad thing' (tm), if they all have the same password and level of security require to install patches, it would open a HUGE hole into allowing people access.
I really like the fact that 3 paragraphs into the article there is a huge biline on how and why linux is good. It also explains the GPL, BSD, and it all seems accurate! I don't know who 'Daniel James' is (the author of the article), but it is obvious that he has done research... stuff like:
... now this is a good way to present open source software... and an accurate one, and he even throws in a little jab at Microsoft, allbeit a level headed one...
Yeah, or the community might tell you to RTFM... =)
This sounds familar... and I find it humorous that we just had a article about Gnumeric where leagues of people bitch about putting all that effort into supporting all of excel's formulas... this is way. Backward compatibility... if we are to generate the software of the future, it must work with the software of the past.
Thanks, Daniel, for a very insightful, level headed look at linux sound.
Ah, sorry, not really feeling stupid here.
We do this... as soon as the first packet with the signature of a known worm is transmitted from a computer, the IP that it originated from is block at the main router and very shortly after the port of the switch it is plugged into is shut off... it is amazing how fast a user responds when they have ZERO net access...
Uhh... worms do not infect via e-mail... a mail scanner will do you no good.
Ok, that's great... but HOW exactly does a piece of software determined if it has been cracked or copied???
Now that's funny... you've obviously had some real-world bluetooth experiences =)
I did FTFA article... the whole sodium doping thing is great, and I get it... but they make these outstanding claims, and then you read the small print (2 to 7 inches long... uh, yeah, interesting, good, but currently totally worthless).
True... but patching fiber sucks... so I can't think of very many situations where it would be worth while to patch in a sort bit of special fiber just to make a corner... better to plan appropriate corners, probably.
Cool, fiber optics up to 7 inches long! That'll be effective! I can finally connect my computer to... uhh... to my uhh... what the hell, 7 inches! WTF!
again:we have to first understand the mechanism of how human brains work
Uhh... so that would be AI, right? That should be easy, I mean no has every tried THAT before!
Ok, 50 billion yen is 422,904,508 USD... half a billion a year. That's a lot... I'd like details though... like is most of this going out in grants? Will they create a new 'department'? HOW will the money be spent? What are the milestones?
Sounds very interesting... but I'm skeptical... AI is the holy grail... and not only do they want the grail, they want a walking talking vessal to put it in.
On the other hand, big plans can lead to big results. Aim for the sky.