Just got back 2 weeks ago from shanghai and i purchased a couple movies while i was there to watch on my laptop. They are legit from a quality standpoint. They even have stuff there before here. The new Talladaga nights movie was on the shelf for sale over there 2 weeks ago. And yes in just the limited area i was in, I saw at least 50 or 60 different places selling dvd's
Right now I keep track of all of my hardware, software, and users with a spreadsheet and if I need to see who uses what, I have to cross reference this stuff manually. I also have to make changes for one thing in two or three places. I would like to consolodate this. I have Diagrams Outlining out internal networks / external networks. (not a must for include but would be nice). I have work instructions for everything from tape backup to router changes. I keep a journal of what i worked on, why and how i fixed it. I would like my users to submit problems and i would like to be able to access most of this information from anywhere in the building. My final request is that it doesn't require me to spend tons of time managing it. The Free (as in beer) software route is my only option at this point unless I can't find anything.
I never thought of using a wiki for that type of application.
Could this be the spark the chinese people need to revolt against their communist government? Can a decision like this to essentially block access to outside domains be the final straw that causes this country to realize that what is good for the government is not good for it's people?
Did the WMF Patch now set a standard that severly high risk problems will be patched out of the standard patch Cycle? How did Microsoft come to the conclusion that is was important enough to go against what it promised it's corporate customers?
Do you really want to find out at the last step of procurement that one of your other departments is going to buy a product that does not fit with what you have been building over the last 6 years? While not taking over the process I would want to be involved with the procurement decisions of a new product. Otherwise your final step idea may cause that department to waste time when you throw out there product because it doesn't fit and cause them to go looking for another that does fit.
Your need for a staff can easily be justified by outlining everything that needs to occur within your 1 man IS Department. Outline everything that needs to be done and group it together into ontimers/daily/weekly/monthly then further group by secure and non-secure. Once you have presented your list to them, Throw on top any ideas for big projects you have and tell them that you can implement them with help. you could also include that you used 4 hours to type up this list that a secretary could have typed up for you.
I personally did that and then presented the idea for an internally designed and controlled intranet that would require a parttime person to run it. Then I had a new tool for the business to use along with a parttime employee that would field calls and troubleshoot smaller problems for me in his sparetime while I worked on servers and other tasks.
The other option that you may have is those goverment contracts. Do some research on any regulations that cover you because you have those contracts and you might find out that regulation 123 says you have to do these 3 tasks which in turn constitute the hiring of another person. Either way, It sounds to me like you have management leaning towards what you want just dangle a nice carrot in front of them so they fall off the fence where you want them too.
What Myths have you tested that have never made it on the show? What about them made you and the producers decide they didn't qualify to go on the air?
This cycle has been going on for decades.
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This rise in amateur participation has been cycling in and out for decades. When a new technology is released to the world it is the profesionals of another profession that are the first to see applications for it that were never intended. But the amateur cycle exists in the amount of time a person has to put towards in. We are getting to a point in the american culture where life is starting to slow down and people are getting board and start tinkering.
The author is right over the next couple of decades we will get inventions from professional that will allow the amatuers free time to work on there idea's.
Remember Tomas Edison was a young amateur when he created the electronic vote counting machine, cash register and the improved typewriter. Then he went on to become a professional and created more than 1000 other inventions and innovations.
I say let the cycle start again because the world can only benefit from it.
I came to you with the intention of helping you do your job better and make life at home a little less boring.
I gave you everything you wanted. I am trying to be everything to everyone with all of my features. There are people out there that use windows and are a little more sane when they install software and hardware.
Remeber the scanner incedent. You bought that cheap 29 dollar model and it wouldn't work. You blamed me for that. But you didn't think about maybe it was the scanner.
And the software you choose. Where should I begin. I gave you limited dos access for EMERGENCY use. You abused that until I finally said enough and took it away. I open up my DLL's so your precious software could get in and help with tasks i wasn't suited for but it was just ignored, and custom controls were written and guess who you blamed when it didn't work.
I gave you plug and play and you wanted USB i gave you USB and you wanted Firewire. I brought the internet to your doorstep and you just couldn't get enough.
I had patches available and you didn't install them. (Mental note: Self patch once moron leaves) and almost all of the time i didn't get sick until after the patch was avlaible.
And then the event that broke this windows pain. Spyware!!!! You just couldn't stop looking at porn could you. You had to buy those viagra pills.
My current employer thinks that if it has more than one button or wire that I must fully understand it and must know how to make it work.
The only thing I have going for me like most system administrators is our superhero like quality of being able to pick something up and learn 75% of it in a matter of minutes with little or no documentation.
He refers to me as the company's mad scientist because he thinks I can make anything happen when it comes to computers and electronics in general.
So in certain businesses and around certain people our demand will never go away.
For the sake of argument he does. The overall plot is the same. Where in the matrix no one knew exactly what was going to happen, and the hype was derived from the unknown and the predictions.
I will give LOTR it's credit because most movies adapted from books normally are not recieved with the kind of hype that LOTR has, plus most normally fail at getting the story across the way the book did.
The hype surronding the LOTR: ROTK is a different Hype than that of the Matrix. Everyone has read LOTR many times over and everyone knows that Peter Jackson just has to follow the storyline of the book and people will be generally happy. Your comparison to the Matrix hype was not a good one.
The Hype surrounding The Matrix was that of unknowing. The story was in a form that this was a first time for everyone. I have to admit I was one of the few that thourghly enjoyed all three episodes and admired them for there story and cinematics. For lord of the rings I already know the story is good, I am just here for the cinematics.
In the 50's, 60's and 70's we were ahead of the game with transportation and housing. We built one of the best transportation systems in the world. Over the last 30 years we have seen our infrascture start to decay and now we find ourselves scrambling to find something new to carry us. The 90's were bad for the economy but semi-decent for technology itself in the US.
Now in 00's, 10's and 20's the asian infastructure is going to be networks and technology. South Korea doing this project and China going to space. They WILL surpass us in very little time.
I imagine that South Korea's system IF put in place will easily last 90% of the population until 2030 or later. The rest will slowly start adopting newer technologies. starting in 2020 you will start to see a decline.
Let's start with some classic responses.
Problem 1.) You are a faceless Coward.
Answer 1.) Even the lowest forms of intelligence refuse to get into a verbal argument with someone who possess the language skills of your first paragraph, and then refuses to make his identity public.
Problem 2.) It's off topic
Answer 2.) I came here to read about the possible death of Futuristic Sci-Fi, Not to get into an argument with someone who only knows how to act like a teenager.
Problem 3.) The likely reply.
Answer 3.) While I am taking a chance here, your reply to this post will 90% of the time be just as childish as the starting comments of this thread.
Problem 4.) Making fun of other people.
Answer 4.) The net gives us one power we don't have in face to face confrontation. The ability to ignore, and slashdotters ignore ignorant posts better than the rest.
Problem 5.) Browsing at 3
Answer 5.) The ability to browse at 3 or higher gives me the best reading pleasure than anything else, so why should i take the time to have my mind raped by such a coward with a limited vocabulary and nothing productive to contribute.
Problem 6.) I am actually replying to this.
Answer 6.) After I hit the submit button you will be forced to reply yourself and now there are 3 posts that have nothing to do with this article and force more people into wasting 2 minutes of there life on something they didn't want to read to begin with.
Problem 7.) Confusing Statements.
Answer 7.) I have no clue what you are stating because it is interlaced with trival and meaningless context. State what you want to say with personal opinions interlaced.
Thanks
com.socug@dbricker
My Father-in-law loves technology and all the wonderful things it can do for him. Except like all the other family tech support problems he doesn't have a friggin clue about how to use it.
It all goes back to "The Inability to Infer"
Him -"I'm using this wizard thing and i did what it asked and it won't do anything" Me - "Click NEXT"
Him - "I can't Find Word Perfect on my new computer" Me - "Did you Buy it? or install it" Him - "No"
Him - "I bought a GPS like my rental car had in it and it won't talk to me" Me - "Is it the same model?" Him - "No"
Him - "What does RTFM on your shirt Mean" Me - "Read the Friggin Manual" Him - "That's Funny" Him - "I bet you wish you could tell that to alot of people" Me - "Umm Yeah Kinda"
Him - "I put a password on the computer" Me - "OK, What is the password?" Him - "I don't remember"
Me - "You need a new modem" Him - "I just bought this modem 2 years ago" Him (after talking to someone else) - "I talked to scott and he said i just need a new modem and he was right it fixed the problem. Me - Biting Lip in frustration.
Well if I need to be certified to work on someone's computer they better be certified to operate it.
I am not going to be held accountable because some poor innocent consumer doesn't know how to operate his computer.
Cars are simple, 5 or 6 major controls to operate and if you push the gas it should go.
Hair salons just make the peoples hair look the way they want. Picture of hair replicate to persons head.
But me having to rewrite someones copy of linux or windows because they have to hit shutdown twice and if i don't i'll loose my certification. That is just plain stupid.
Cars are a little closer to PC's on explaining problems. But if the fuel pump died. that means the fuel pump died.
Hair salon is easy problem description. I trimmed it to short. Thus I trimmed it to short.
Computer description. Your new copy of Office XP will not run on windows 3.11 and i'm sorry you can't take it back since you opened it. COVER YOUR HEAD AND KISS YOUR CERTIFICATION GOODBYE.
If that isn't the ultimate censorship i don't know what is...i can alrady see it. NET PO PO> You can't read this!! Me> Why Not? NET PO PO> Cause i say it's bad!! Me> On What Grounds? Net PO PO> Because i can!! NET PO PO> And i'm gonna block your subnet from even knowing it exists
2 words "DARK TOWER"
Those of you who have had the pleasure of reading those books and figuring out the links to all of his other books knows that this man is disturded. It was funny that is topic be brought up because this morning i was talking about how in 25 years king will take poe's place in high school literature. His character developement and plots are rivaled by none. he lets his imagination run wild so we don't have do. Anyone who can honestly say he doesn't deserve a spot on their top 5 has obviously not done much reading in their life. The dark tower series alone is worth putting his name on this list.. even in it's uncompleted form. then add all of his other works and it catapults him to the top of my list.
Stephen King
George Lucas (If you can count him)
Chris Carter (Ditto)
Micheal Stackpole
Timothy Zahn
Have Justin Farkel over at WinAmp write us up a Plug-in to overlay all the banner ads with Winamp Graphic EQ's. Then he can piss of the parent company and a fellow subsidiary all in the same shot
We were all newbies once in our lives...some longer than others.....Without guys from the likes of napster & nullsoft where would we be today...remember they were newbies once too...I'm sure that Sean Fanning (creator of napster for all you newbies out there) asked tons of questions when he was in the original design stages of napster.....but as katz eludes to....bring me my daily dosage of flame for this post.
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Just got back 2 weeks ago from shanghai and i purchased a couple movies while i was there to watch on my laptop. They are legit from a quality standpoint. They even have stuff there before here. The new Talladaga nights movie was on the shelf for sale over there 2 weeks ago. And yes in just the limited area i was in, I saw at least 50 or 60 different places selling dvd's
Right now I keep track of all of my hardware, software, and users with a spreadsheet and if I need to see who uses what, I have to cross reference this stuff manually. I also have to make changes for one thing in two or three places. I would like to consolodate this. I have Diagrams Outlining out internal networks / external networks. (not a must for include but would be nice). I have work instructions for everything from tape backup to router changes. I keep a journal of what i worked on, why and how i fixed it. I would like my users to submit problems and i would like to be able to access most of this information from anywhere in the building. My final request is that it doesn't require me to spend tons of time managing it. The Free (as in beer) software route is my only option at this point unless I can't find anything.
I never thought of using a wiki for that type of application.
Could this be the spark the chinese people need to revolt against their communist government? Can a decision like this to essentially block access to outside domains be the final straw that causes this country to realize that what is good for the government is not good for it's people?
Did the WMF Patch now set a standard that severly high risk problems will be patched out of the standard patch Cycle? How did Microsoft come to the conclusion that is was important enough to go against what it promised it's corporate customers?
Do you really want to find out at the last step of procurement that one of your other departments is going to buy a product that does not fit with what you have been building over the last 6 years? While not taking over the process I would want to be involved with the procurement decisions of a new product. Otherwise your final step idea may cause that department to waste time when you throw out there product because it doesn't fit and cause them to go looking for another that does fit.
Your need for a staff can easily be justified by outlining everything that needs to occur within your 1 man IS Department. Outline everything that needs to be done and group it together into ontimers/daily/weekly/monthly then further group by secure and non-secure. Once you have presented your list to them, Throw on top any ideas for big projects you have and tell them that you can implement them with help. you could also include that you used 4 hours to type up this list that a secretary could have typed up for you.
I personally did that and then presented the idea for an internally designed and controlled intranet that would require a parttime person to run it. Then I had a new tool for the business to use along with a parttime employee that would field calls and troubleshoot smaller problems for me in his sparetime while I worked on servers and other tasks.
The other option that you may have is those goverment contracts. Do some research on any regulations that cover you because you have those contracts and you might find out that regulation 123 says you have to do these 3 tasks which in turn constitute the hiring of another person. Either way, It sounds to me like you have management leaning towards what you want just dangle a nice carrot in front of them so they fall off the fence where you want them too.
What Myths have you tested that have never made it on the show? What about them made you and the producers decide they didn't qualify to go on the air?
This rise in amateur participation has been cycling in and out for decades. When a new technology is released to the world it is the profesionals of another profession that are the first to see applications for it that were never intended. But the amateur cycle exists in the amount of time a person has to put towards in. We are getting to a point in the american culture where life is starting to slow down and people are getting board and start tinkering.
The author is right over the next couple of decades we will get inventions from professional that will allow the amatuers free time to work on there idea's.
Remember Tomas Edison was a young amateur when he created the electronic vote counting machine, cash register and the improved typewriter. Then he went on to become a professional and created more than 1000 other inventions and innovations.
I say let the cycle start again because the world can only benefit from it.
Dear User,
I came to you with the intention of helping you do your job better and make life at home a little less boring.
I gave you everything you wanted. I am trying to be everything to everyone with all of my features. There are people out there that use windows and are a little more sane when they install software and hardware.
Remeber the scanner incedent. You bought that cheap 29 dollar model and it wouldn't work. You blamed me for that. But you didn't think about maybe it was the scanner.
And the software you choose. Where should I begin. I gave you limited dos access for EMERGENCY use. You abused that until I finally said enough and took it away. I open up my DLL's so your precious software could get in and help with tasks i wasn't suited for but it was just ignored, and custom controls were written and guess who you blamed when it didn't work.
I gave you plug and play and you wanted USB i gave you USB and you wanted Firewire. I brought the internet to your doorstep and you just couldn't get enough.
I had patches available and you didn't install them. (Mental note: Self patch once moron leaves) and almost all of the time i didn't get sick until after the patch was avlaible.
And then the event that broke this windows pain. Spyware!!!! You just couldn't stop looking at porn could you. You had to buy those viagra pills.
Thanks for Nothing
Windows XP PRO SP2
I have browsed /. more than once while tethered to the top of a 100' broadband tower.
My current employer thinks that if it has more than one button or wire that I must fully understand it and must know how to make it work.
The only thing I have going for me like most system administrators is our superhero like quality of being able to pick something up and learn 75% of it in a matter of minutes with little or no documentation.
He refers to me as the company's mad scientist because he thinks I can make anything happen when it comes to computers and electronics in general.
So in certain businesses and around certain people our demand will never go away.
Do you think we will ever be able to program robots to understand and possibly copy human nature?
For the sake of argument he does. The overall plot is the same. Where in the matrix no one knew exactly what was going to happen, and the hype was derived from the unknown and the predictions.
I will give LOTR it's credit because most movies adapted from books normally are not recieved with the kind of hype that LOTR has, plus most normally fail at getting the story across the way the book did.
The hype surronding the LOTR: ROTK is a different Hype than that of the Matrix. Everyone has read LOTR many times over and everyone knows that Peter Jackson just has to follow the storyline of the book and people will be generally happy. Your comparison to the Matrix hype was not a good one.
The Hype surrounding The Matrix was that of unknowing. The story was in a form that this was a first time for everyone. I have to admit I was one of the few that thourghly enjoyed all three episodes and admired them for there story and cinematics. For lord of the rings I already know the story is good, I am just here for the cinematics.
In the 50's, 60's and 70's we were ahead of the game with transportation and housing. We built one of the best transportation systems in the world. Over the last 30 years we have seen our infrascture start to decay and now we find ourselves scrambling to find something new to carry us. The 90's were bad for the economy but semi-decent for technology itself in the US.
Now in 00's, 10's and 20's the asian infastructure is going to be networks and technology. South Korea doing this project and China going to space. They WILL surpass us in very little time.
I imagine that South Korea's system IF put in place will easily last 90% of the population until 2030 or later. The rest will slowly start adopting newer technologies. starting in 2020 you will start to see a decline.
Let's start with some classic responses. Problem 1.) You are a faceless Coward. Answer 1.) Even the lowest forms of intelligence refuse to get into a verbal argument with someone who possess the language skills of your first paragraph, and then refuses to make his identity public. Problem 2.) It's off topic Answer 2.) I came here to read about the possible death of Futuristic Sci-Fi, Not to get into an argument with someone who only knows how to act like a teenager. Problem 3.) The likely reply. Answer 3.) While I am taking a chance here, your reply to this post will 90% of the time be just as childish as the starting comments of this thread. Problem 4.) Making fun of other people. Answer 4.) The net gives us one power we don't have in face to face confrontation. The ability to ignore, and slashdotters ignore ignorant posts better than the rest. Problem 5.) Browsing at 3 Answer 5.) The ability to browse at 3 or higher gives me the best reading pleasure than anything else, so why should i take the time to have my mind raped by such a coward with a limited vocabulary and nothing productive to contribute. Problem 6.) I am actually replying to this. Answer 6.) After I hit the submit button you will be forced to reply yourself and now there are 3 posts that have nothing to do with this article and force more people into wasting 2 minutes of there life on something they didn't want to read to begin with. Problem 7.) Confusing Statements. Answer 7.) I have no clue what you are stating because it is interlaced with trival and meaningless context. State what you want to say with personal opinions interlaced. Thanks com.socug@dbricker
My Father-in-law loves technology and all the wonderful things it can do for him. Except like all the other family tech support problems he doesn't have a friggin clue about how to use it.
It all goes back to "The Inability to Infer"
Him -"I'm using this wizard thing and i did what it asked and it won't do anything"
Me - "Click NEXT"
Him - "I can't Find Word Perfect on my new computer"
Me - "Did you Buy it? or install it"
Him - "No"
Him - "I bought a GPS like my rental car had in it and it won't talk to me"
Me - "Is it the same model?"
Him - "No"
Him - "What does RTFM on your shirt Mean"
Me - "Read the Friggin Manual"
Him - "That's Funny"
Him - "I bet you wish you could tell that to alot of people"
Me - "Umm Yeah Kinda"
Him - "I put a password on the computer"
Me - "OK, What is the password?"
Him - "I don't remember"
Me - "You need a new modem"
Him - "I just bought this modem 2 years ago"
Him (after talking to someone else) - "I talked to scott and he said i just need a new modem and he was right it fixed the problem.
Me - Biting Lip in frustration.
Well if I need to be certified to work on someone's computer they better be certified to operate it.
I am not going to be held accountable because some poor innocent consumer doesn't know how to operate his computer.
Cars are simple, 5 or 6 major controls to operate and if you push the gas it should go.
Hair salons just make the peoples hair look the way they want. Picture of hair replicate to persons head.
But me having to rewrite someones copy of linux or windows because they have to hit shutdown twice and if i don't i'll loose my certification. That is just plain stupid.
Cars are a little closer to PC's on explaining problems. But if the fuel pump died. that means the fuel pump died.
Hair salon is easy problem description. I trimmed it to short. Thus I trimmed it to short.
Computer description. Your new copy of Office XP will not run on windows 3.11 and i'm sorry you can't take it back since you opened it. COVER YOUR HEAD AND KISS YOUR CERTIFICATION GOODBYE.
Remember the user doesn't have to be certified.
i'm sick of seeing tom's hardware stories every other day on here.
Hindsight being 20/20. What is the #1 thing you would change about the internet if you could go back to the early days?
Dan Bricker
If that isn't the ultimate censorship i don't know what is...i can alrady see it.
NET PO PO> You can't read this!!
Me> Why Not?
NET PO PO> Cause i say it's bad!!
Me> On What Grounds?
Net PO PO> Because i can!!
NET PO PO> And i'm gonna block your subnet from even knowing it exists
2 words "DARK TOWER"
Those of you who have had the pleasure of reading those books and figuring out the links to all of his other books knows that this man is disturded. It was funny that is topic be brought up because this morning i was talking about how in 25 years king will take poe's place in high school literature. His character developement and plots are rivaled by none. he lets his imagination run wild so we don't have do. Anyone who can honestly say he doesn't deserve a spot on their top 5 has obviously not done much reading in their life. The dark tower series alone is worth putting his name on this list.. even in it's uncompleted form. then add all of his other works and it catapults him to the top of my list.
Stephen King
George Lucas (If you can count him)
Chris Carter (Ditto)
Micheal Stackpole
Timothy Zahn
Have Justin Farkel over at WinAmp write us up a Plug-in to overlay all the banner ads with Winamp Graphic EQ's. Then he can piss of the parent company and a fellow subsidiary all in the same shot
We were all newbies once in our lives...some longer than others.....Without guys from the likes of napster & nullsoft where would we be today...remember they were newbies once too...I'm sure that Sean Fanning (creator of napster for all you newbies out there) asked tons of questions when he was in the original design stages of napster.....but as katz eludes to....bring me my daily dosage of flame for this post.