The "burden" of using the internet (Be it $9.95, 21.95 or 41.95) is enough that I shouldn't be subjected to unwanted SPAM.
I realize this has nothing to do with the initial case, but for him to mention SPAM as if I opted in for every peice I get is totally off-base, and shows a pretty good degree of ignorance about the internet.
Require it. Require it to be well written. Maintain consistency with it. Don't ever EVER let "because I said so" or "I've worked here longer than you" be a sufficient answer... EVER. (Even with the big boss, don't be afraid to push back a little bit, pointing out what other projects his request would be bumping.)
You'll find that about 25-35% of your requests will go away because people won't work for that peice that they really "need", and they'll survive just fine without it.
You then filter for noise ("DVD drive for travel purposes") saying "No" to the really easy ones.
What remains gets a dollar amount applied and passed on to your manager for approval.
"Do you feel software publishers should have the right to peer into users data, if their software suspects foul play on the machine, or should it do the easy and intelligent thing and just stop working?"
Yes. If strong measures are taken to insure that data is NOT sent, and that should legal action follow, personal data is still not compromised (Even if it was created with illegal software).
This hippie mentality that all 1's and 0's are meant to be free is a little ridiculous. Even the vast majority of OSS writers do so thanks to a day job that pays the bills.
Try updating your system BIOS. I had the same problem with an older Dell rev on a bootable laptop. BIOS upgrade fixed if (assuming your manufacturer knows it is a problem.)
Are there any generic USB "Pen Drive" utilities out there?
Such as.... Is there a program that will encrypt or password protect directories? (Some manufacturers include this software, some don't.)
Is there a utility to let you clone the drives from within Windows? (GHOST 6 can clone them, but only under DOS).
How about a generic utility that lets you add a boot sector? (Every USB pen drive I have encountered so far is bootable, as long as you have a system that will see it when you boot to a MS/PC-DOS environment. 6.22 and above can fdisk, and format/s the drives, making them bootable if you system supports it. Since some manufactures include this with the drives, there has to be a way to make it work across all models.)
(PS: Again, Ghost can clone a bootable image to the drive, but that is a long way to go to make the drive bootable)
I've seen Linux distros that will... but I don't know any names off-hand.
Win95 (OSR2) should although you probably won't be able to find any device drivers for your laptop (assuming it is new since it supports USB boot).
Win98 definatly will (I've done it on a Dell GX260). Win98 still has pretty good driver support. I recommend installing on a hard drive first, inserting the USB key so you can get the proper driver loaded for the USB key, and then using Norton Ghost to transfer the contents of the hard drive to the USB key. (Otherwise the USB key will always show up as an unidentified device.) You may need to contact your USB manufacturer to get the driver. (Lexar has one, but you have to contact tech support to get it.)
Mechanic: Somebody set up us the bomb. Operator: We get signal. 11-Pound Model Plane: What ! Operator: Main screen turn on. 11-Pound Model Plane: It's You !! Atlantic: How are you gentlemen!! Atlantic: All your base are belong to us. Atlantic: You are on the way to destruction. 11-Pound Model Plane: What you say !! Atlantic: You have no chance to survive make your time. HA HA HA HA....
with 256mb. It is sub $100 in price and works great.
Even better, many systems detect it when booting to DOS even though it isn't the boot device, which allows you to format/s the disk and make a bootable USB with any OS you want on it. (Lexar swears up and down that it is not bootable though.)
I've installed Win98 on it as well. Works like a champ!
Why not require all robots to have a "human sponsor" that receives 20% of the "money" that a human worker would have received had they been doing the job?
You land a couple of "sponsorships" and you may not be rich, but at least you won't be too poor to order food from the McRobots.
A few years ago I worked for a business oriented web hosting company (which also disappeared a little later in the dot.bomb crisis.)
At the time, we were trying to buy up a considerable chunk of IP addresses from another company that had already gone tits-up. Due to bankruptcy courts, etc, the sale never went through.
My question is, how many IP ranges are still out there that were purchased up, but never accounted for, or added back to the available population?
If a company did fold, but held a chunk of IP addresses, how long can they sit in limbo before they are re-released back into "the wild"?
I guess my bottom line question is: Are we really running out in 2005 due to a lack of availability, or mismanagement?
Just take a drive through the state for some verification on that.
The Robert C. Byrd Highway the Robert C. Byrd Locks and Dam the Robert C. Byrd Institute the Robert C. Byrd Life Long Learning Center the Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope the Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing the Robert C. Byrd Federal Courthouse the Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center the Robert C. Byrd Academic and Technology Center the Robert C. Byrd United Technical Center the Robert C. Byrd Federal Building the Robert C. Byrd Drive the Robert C. Byrd Hilltop Office Complex the Robert C. Byrd Library the Robert C. Byrd Learning Resource Center the Robert C. Byrd Rural Health Center the Robert C. Byrd Hardwood Technology Center
SCO is in trouble, they are attempting to strongarm money where none exists. (See Amazon and one-click. Once you have someone that pays the fee, you now have a stand. Problem is, only Microsoft, with a dog in the fight, bought a license. If they could have talked someone like IBM in to bowing, they might have something.)
Option Two: SCO was actually sitting on this until Linux established a bigger user base before they sprung their trap. (Remember when Rambus attempted the exact same manuever?)
Either way, SCO is playing a shitty game. Unfortunately their financial situation sabotaged that game.
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The "burden" of using the internet (Be it $9.95, 21.95 or 41.95) is enough that I shouldn't be subjected to unwanted SPAM.
I realize this has nothing to do with the initial case, but for him to mention SPAM as if I opted in for every peice I get is totally off-base, and shows a pretty good degree of ignorance about the internet.
What stops commie libs from jacking the elections?
Holy shit! I've never met a Republican anarchist, but you think Bush and Company are the threat with these machines?
I'm infinately more concerned about the little Abby Hoffman's and their PeeCee's than I am Bush.
Ask Liddy... Republicans get caught. Libs get "Martyred".
Just curious.
Require it.
Require it to be well written.
Maintain consistency with it. Don't ever EVER let "because I said so" or "I've worked here longer than you" be a sufficient answer... EVER. (Even with the big boss, don't be afraid to push back a little bit, pointing out what other projects his request would be bumping.)
You'll find that about 25-35% of your requests will go away because people won't work for that peice that they really "need", and they'll survive just fine without it.
You then filter for noise ("DVD drive for travel purposes") saying "No" to the really easy ones.
What remains gets a dollar amount applied and passed on to your manager for approval.
Works for me.
But I've noticed a decrease over the last 2 weeks as well. Popfile takes care of them anyway, but it hasn't been as busy lately.
"Do you feel software publishers should have the right to peer into users data, if their software suspects foul play on the machine, or should it do the easy and intelligent thing and just stop working?"
Yes. If strong measures are taken to insure that data is NOT sent, and that should legal action follow, personal data is still not compromised (Even if it was created with illegal software).
This hippie mentality that all 1's and 0's are meant to be free is a little ridiculous. Even the vast majority of OSS writers do so thanks to a day job that pays the bills.
My $.02
This argument doesn't hold water.
Everyone I know that has seen Open Range has said nothing but good things about it. Some even call it the best Western movie they've ever seen.
Yet it is tanking at the box office.
Basically someone has given you a week to fix it yourself, or they fix it for you.
This rocks.
Try updating your system BIOS. I had the same problem with an older Dell rev on a bootable laptop. BIOS upgrade fixed if (assuming your manufacturer knows it is a problem.)
Are there any generic USB "Pen Drive" utilities out there?
/s the drives, making them bootable if you system supports it. Since some manufactures include this with the drives, there has to be a way to make it work across all models.)
Such as....
Is there a program that will encrypt or password protect directories? (Some manufacturers include this software, some don't.)
Is there a utility to let you clone the drives from within Windows? (GHOST 6 can clone them, but only under DOS).
How about a generic utility that lets you add a boot sector? (Every USB pen drive I have encountered so far is bootable, as long as you have a system that will see it when you boot to a MS/PC-DOS environment. 6.22 and above can fdisk, and format
(PS: Again, Ghost can clone a bootable image to the drive, but that is a long way to go to make the drive bootable)
I've seen Linux distros that will... but I don't know any names off-hand.
Win95 (OSR2) should although you probably won't be able to find any device drivers for your laptop (assuming it is new since it supports USB boot).
Win98 definatly will (I've done it on a Dell GX260). Win98 still has pretty good driver support. I recommend installing on a hard drive first, inserting the USB key so you can get the proper driver loaded for the USB key, and then using Norton Ghost to transfer the contents of the hard drive to the USB key. (Otherwise the USB key will always show up as an unidentified device.) You may need to contact your USB manufacturer to get the driver. (Lexar has one, but you have to contact tech support to get it.)
Mechanic: Somebody set up us the bomb. ....
Operator: We get signal.
11-Pound Model Plane: What !
Operator: Main screen turn on.
11-Pound Model Plane: It's You !!
Atlantic: How are you gentlemen!!
Atlantic: All your base are belong to us.
Atlantic: You are on the way to destruction.
11-Pound Model Plane: What you say !!
Atlantic: You have no chance to survive make your time. HA HA HA HA
I guess once you have your education, it's OK to support a religion that stops all other women from getting theirs?
I guess anything to make big, mean, nasty America pay for the atrocites against Allah.... like tall buildings and shaved faces.
Just saw this on TechBargains.com
Buy.com has the Lexar USB 2.0 HiSpeed 256MB Jump Drive Floppy replacement for $56.99 after rebate, free shipping.
$15 rebate Exp 9/30/03
with 256mb. It is sub $100 in price and works great.
/s the disk and make a bootable USB with any OS you want on it. (Lexar swears up and down that it is not bootable though.)
Even better, many systems detect it when booting to DOS even though it isn't the boot device, which allows you to format
I've installed Win98 on it as well. Works like a champ!
How do I mod you unfunny?
If we displace more and more workers, who has 10k to plunk down on a personal robot?
If we displace more and more workers, who has the money to frequent a "robotic Mickey D's"?
None of his supposed issues factor in the ability of "capitalism" to support the transition. And capitalism operates up and down.
Sorry, but by 2050 India will have outsourced all of their IT jobs to cheaper US labor.
Why not require all robots to have a "human sponsor" that receives 20% of the "money" that a human worker would have received had they been doing the job?
You land a couple of "sponsorships" and you may not be rich, but at least you won't be too poor to order food from the McRobots.
A few years ago I worked for a business oriented web hosting company (which also disappeared a little later in the dot.bomb crisis.)
At the time, we were trying to buy up a considerable chunk of IP addresses from another company that had already gone tits-up. Due to bankruptcy courts, etc, the sale never went through.
My question is, how many IP ranges are still out there that were purchased up, but never accounted for, or added back to the available population?
If a company did fold, but held a chunk of IP addresses, how long can they sit in limbo before they are re-released back into "the wild"?
I guess my bottom line question is: Are we really running out in 2005 due to a lack of availability, or mismanagement?
Just take a drive through the state for some verification on that.
The Robert C. Byrd Highway
the Robert C. Byrd Locks and Dam
the Robert C. Byrd Institute
the Robert C. Byrd Life Long Learning Center
the Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program
the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope
the Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing
the Robert C. Byrd Federal Courthouse
the Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center
the Robert C. Byrd Academic and Technology Center
the Robert C. Byrd United Technical Center
the Robert C. Byrd Federal Building
the Robert C. Byrd Drive
the Robert C. Byrd Hilltop Office Complex
the Robert C. Byrd Library
the Robert C. Byrd Learning Resource Center
the Robert C. Byrd Rural Health Center
the Robert C. Byrd Hardwood Technology Center
I know there are quite a few missing too.
And all paid for by taxpayer dollars.
Microsoft is not a minority owner company. I'm curious to know if the "reseller" is listed as one.
If it is, that's why the Army *HAD* to use a reseller.
Is anyone maintaining a list of companies that aren't doing this yet?
It would be nice to know who to support and who ignore.
Two things are at work here.... pick your poison.
SCO is in trouble, they are attempting to strongarm money where none exists. (See Amazon and one-click. Once you have someone that pays the fee, you now have a stand. Problem is, only Microsoft, with a dog in the fight, bought a license. If they could have talked someone like IBM in to bowing, they might have something.)
Option Two: SCO was actually sitting on this until Linux established a bigger user base before they sprung their trap. (Remember when Rambus attempted the exact same manuever?)
Either way, SCO is playing a shitty game. Unfortunately their financial situation sabotaged that game.
The M10000 isn't fanless. It's predecessors were... it is not.