Disclaimer: I've skimmed down to about this far, but keep dozing off because it's been a long day; so, if I repeated something or missed reading something, then please forgive.
I recommend using SFU [Services For Unix]. It's a Unix environment provided by Microsoft, so for the most part, I expect it to work. The standard Unix utilities are all GPL. After installing this, I would never go back to Samba. My favourite application that you can install on SFU is OpenSSH. So, that means that you can have an SSH server running on your Windows box. This totally changed the way we worked in the office, & how we offered customer support. Everybody was able to just send files with WinSCP instead of having to resort to funny hacks to get the files to such 'n such a location.
I just find it so much easier to share files this way. Using things like Terminal Server is good as well, but there are a limited amount of connections because of licensing.
Of course, if you want to mount shares, then you'll probably need NFS [or whatever is good; I'm not an expert; recommendations are appreciated]. That's the thing that I didn't like about Samba. There seemed to be so many different configurations, yet you still couldn't share files automatically. If that's true, then you may as well just configure the Windows box.
Even better: find a way to give him random phone numbers out of the phone book, in a manner where he won't know which 1s are legitmate inquiries, assuming that there are some.
You are right. It would work. I haven't seen it in action, though.
Yes, there would be legitimate email that would be caught, but people would realize the problem & eventually they will learn. I automatically delete subject lines that contain our user names or greetings like, "hello", etc. You have to be careful to parse properly, though.
I think that RSS feeds [or whatever they are called] could be a good replacement for mailing lists. I assume that they are much more anonymous.
Instant messenger could be a good alternative too. I haven't used ICQ in a while, but if we can block out people that we don't know, then it should work fine for keeping in touch with people we know really well.
Don't forget the phone.
I think that the ultimate solution is to try to communicate people without email, & replace the various types of communication with various types of tools. I'm already using much less of email.
I still haven't figured out why people insist on using 1 email address to do so many things: * post on ebay * sign up for Viagra mailing lists * be available on kernel change logs * be available on their web sites * use it for work
Pound for pound, word of mouth isn't the best, because it takes so long. There is room for miscommunication when neither person has incentive to accurately represent the product. Depending on word of mouth is like depending on Aunt Tilley to spread the word about Linux.
So, is word of mouth bad? No, not really. It's just not the best way to spend your dollars. That's why Cutco costs so much.
As for inflated prices & ads, well, the auto manufactors, spend gazillions of dollars in ads. They are the main supporters of the local news papers. So, why would they want to raise prices as you suggest, when their competitors can avoid the ads & lower their prices? Isn't it because the ads help to sell the sizzle of the steak? When you see an auto ad, you're not looking @ technical stuff, you're looking @ the right to drive on open roads with no congestion, & be happy, & to experience freedom. They do poor job of telling you the total cost of ownership.
So, in short, ads work, unfortunately.
I agree, though, that the companies should come up with better ways earning the cash, like selling services, & extra privileges as you mentioned.
How does someone go about changing that? I mean, if I'm willing to do some programming, what would I need to program? Is it the kernel source? I thought that it might be the keyboard layout, but I'm not so sure that that's the case.
I agree. For exiting a program, <Ctrl><D> would be my control key combination of choice. I'm not saying that it is the best. I'm just saying that I'm used to it from using BASH & friends.
Another thing that I would like to see is the ability to use <Ctrl><Backspace> & <Ctrl><Del> for deleting words in the respective directions. I'm so surprised @ how hard it is to get it working.
I would recommend making <Ctrl><z>, <Ctrl><x>, <Ctrl><c> & <Ctrl><v> the same as the combinations in many word processors & editors. Yes, I know that <Ctrl><c> is used breaking or stopping a program [sorry, can't remember correct terminology], but why don't we just use <Ctrl><Pause> [which should be the Break key combo]? Why can't <Pause> be used to stop a job in the foreground?
If programmers & designers made more use of the various key combinations, then the command line would be much easier.
Disclaimers: I'm not an expert; yes, I've tried to use Readline, but obviously without success.
Companies get to pass on our bad work histories, so it isn't unreasonable to pass on their bad employment histories. Giving us their names is a fair way of protecting ourselves against abuses. I don't understand why we are so quick to protect our abusers.
That's not to say that we should believe every bad report, but it isn't unreasonable to tell the story in a factual non-slanderous way.
When I worked for Grand & Toy [an office supply store started by 2 guys with those last names], I was actually told that if I didn't take my break @ the correct time, then I would loose my break [or that portion of the break]. In other words, if I was scheduled to break @ 2:15pm, then that means I would have to watch the clock to ensure that I didn't leave later or earlier. After all, leaving earlier would cheat the employer, but leaving later would cheat me.
I can totally understand where the company is coming from, but having a system like this only causes resentment. It totally goes against my work ethic of not looking @ the clock, & to try & forget about the time. It's really sad.
If managers can't run a flexible schedule, then there they shouldn't be running a business.
As for customers, we should have more understanding that that is the nature of customer service, & if we want the employees to be treated fairly, then the customers might end up getting worse service than we expect. We'd still get good service, but not necessarily as good as we expect.
I remember working for Value Village [in north Surrey, BC], where the clock in the work room was a few minutes earlier than the punch clock. We'd arrive according to the time on the punch clock, but leave according to the time on the wall clock. Thus, we'd work a few extra minutes, but it wouldn't make a difference, because they would always round down for 7 minutes or less of over time. With 8 minutes, then they'd round up to 15.
In summary, if you want to rip off somebody, then there's nothing stopping you, because there is a level of trust in every area of society.
I've read your posts here, I think that you are spot on for every 1 that I've read. The idea is to reduce as much of the spam as possible. It's impossible to eliminate it or prevent it completely.
I'm willing to bet that if you code that project as you agreed to, then they still won't use it. It seems that people are just trapped in this idea of being open.
These spam advocates don't seem to have a correct view of everything. If the kernel contributers must use disposable addresses, then what happens when a legitimate inquiry is sent to that address after it has been disposed? It seems to me, that the contributer must keep that address available forever, just in case; as least that's what these spam advocates seem to be saying.
I think that the best way to deal with it is to edit the hosts file. He could use rsync to update the information on the other computers. That's what I would do. It's cheaper & might even be easier.
I think that Corel is considering the OASIS format. I seem to recall that 1 of the big wigs was on the OASIS commitee, or else that Corel was making proposals. My advise to Corel is to offer their own file formats as a default, & offer OASIS as well. They should heavily advertise that they can offer this. If Corel focuses on the Mac market as many have suggested above, then they can almost have their own niche.
If they are successful, then there will be almost no incentive for StarOffice & OpenOffice.org to be ported over to Mac.
Since there seems to be no good word processors for the Mac, Mac users would almost be forced to buy something that produces files compatible with Linux software.
& to add to what you said, think of all the people who copy & install Windows under "fair use".
I would argue that more people in total & percentage wise have installed "free" versions of Windows. I'm just guessing though, so don't take my word for it.
I know for sure that people have copied & installed Windows freely.
& to add to that, it's not a matter of how much of a "1" or a "5" you are, it's how much you return on the investment that the company made. Paying 5 "1s" each $10/hour is better than paying 1 "5" $60/hour to do the same work.
This reminds me of Aldos [correct sp? it's that Canadian shoe company]. They would rate on the bell curve, & get rid of the "dead wood". Even though you could be selling a gazillion bucks in shoes, while your competitors are struggling to break triple digits, you could still end up getting fired. It's really sad. To add insult to injury, they also rate you based on your average sales. If you sell 1,000,000 items of Tana products to 1,000,000 customers, then that'll bring your average down, even though you just sold well over $1,000,000.
Foolishness should be illegal.
Disclaimer: I didn't read any articles, so my post isn't in response to them; I just don't like rating on the bell curve.
I'd use it to filter/. 1st posts as well. That was 1 of the 1st applications that crossed my mind. Filtering out goatse, tubgirl & GNAA posts would be useful as well. In fact, the whole moderation system should move towards using it.
I'm just thinking out loud, though, & I'm not a filtering expert.
I wasn't trying to invent anything, but that's cool that there is something already working. I was actually wondering why these things haven't become the norm.
Because of your suggestion, I tried to get our email servers working as well. Unfortunately, they don't seem to doing it just yet, but the guy on the phone said they'll try & get it working in the summer. He used a different name though: sender protect files. Since he wasn't the guy in charge of email & such things, I didn't want to bother, especially since I didn't understand what I was talking about.
Thanks for your help. It looks like we'll have brighter days in the future.
Now, if they can only invent some kind of database to voluntarily black list ourselves, where each list is designed around certain types of usage: business, casual, mailing lists, etc.
I'd prefer that. In an extreme situation, where the object would be fragmented to a bunch of dust & powder, everything would get burned up in the atmosphere. I could be wrong, but that's where I'm placing my bets.
I don't understand why there seems to be such a problem. If Yahoo! & AOL worked together on this, then @ least all mail going between those 2 sites could be verified. Thus, if somebody sends a message from 1 of those 2 places to the other, then that means that that mail is really from somebody, even if it is a spammer. Any other mail pretending to be from there can be deleted.
As this gains success, they could expand the efforts to include other companies.
Alarms going off has become so prevalent in our society that most people ignore them.
I think that a significant reason for that is the reason these alarms go off [such as the fire alarms that you mention] plus the fact that most of us assume that the situations are under control. With all the car alarms that I hear, I've never knowingly seen a car being stolen.
There was that story about a woman crying for help while she was being raped. The people just stood by & watched from their apartment windows because they assumed that someone had already called the police.
If that were from me, then I would have made absolutely sure that those gidgets were pointed. This way, when they fly out, they would get lodged in spam's eyes. Spam's screams of anguish & pain would be priceless.
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Disclaimer: I've skimmed down to about this far, but keep dozing off because it's been a long day; so, if I repeated something or missed reading something, then please forgive.
I recommend using SFU [Services For Unix]. It's a Unix environment provided by Microsoft, so for the most part, I expect it to work. The standard Unix utilities are all GPL. After installing this, I would never go back to Samba. My favourite application that you can install on SFU is OpenSSH. So, that means that you can have an SSH server running on your Windows box. This totally changed the way we worked in the office, & how we offered customer support. Everybody was able to just send files with WinSCP instead of having to resort to funny hacks to get the files to such 'n such a location.
I just find it so much easier to share files this way. Using things like Terminal Server is good as well, but there are a limited amount of connections because of licensing.
Of course, if you want to mount shares, then you'll probably need NFS [or whatever is good; I'm not an expert; recommendations are appreciated]. That's the thing that I didn't like about Samba. There seemed to be so many different configurations, yet you still couldn't share files automatically. If that's true, then you may as well just configure the Windows box.
What do others think?
Even better: find a way to give him random phone numbers out of the phone book, in a manner where he won't know which 1s are legitmate inquiries, assuming that there are some.
You are right. It would work. I haven't seen it in action, though.
Yes, there would be legitimate email that would be caught, but people would realize the problem & eventually they will learn. I automatically delete subject lines that contain our user names or greetings like, "hello", etc. You have to be careful to parse properly, though.
No, because there are ways of verifying where the email came from.
Sender Policy Framework
I think that RSS feeds [or whatever they are called] could be a good replacement for mailing lists. I assume that they are much more anonymous.
Instant messenger could be a good alternative too. I haven't used ICQ in a while, but if we can block out people that we don't know, then it should work fine for keeping in touch with people we know really well.
Don't forget the phone.
I think that the ultimate solution is to try to communicate people without email, & replace the various types of communication with various types of tools. I'm already using much less of email.
I still haven't figured out why people insist on using 1 email address to do so many things:
* post on ebay
* sign up for Viagra mailing lists
* be available on kernel change logs
* be available on their web sites
* use it for work
No wonder they can't filter out stuff.
Pound for pound, word of mouth isn't the best, because it takes so long. There is room for miscommunication when neither person has incentive to accurately represent the product. Depending on word of mouth is like depending on Aunt Tilley to spread the word about Linux.
So, is word of mouth bad? No, not really. It's just not the best way to spend your dollars. That's why Cutco costs so much.
As for inflated prices & ads, well, the auto manufactors, spend gazillions of dollars in ads. They are the main supporters of the local news papers. So, why would they want to raise prices as you suggest, when their competitors can avoid the ads & lower their prices? Isn't it because the ads help to sell the sizzle of the steak? When you see an auto ad, you're not looking @ technical stuff, you're looking @ the right to drive on open roads with no congestion, & be happy, & to experience freedom. They do poor job of telling you the total cost of ownership.
So, in short, ads work, unfortunately.
I agree, though, that the companies should come up with better ways earning the cash, like selling services, & extra privileges as you mentioned.
Do you encourage your employees to leave early to make up for the time that they showed up early?
How does someone go about changing that? I mean, if I'm willing to do some programming, what would I need to program? Is it the kernel source? I thought that it might be the keyboard layout, but I'm not so sure that that's the case.
I agree. For exiting a program, <Ctrl><D> would be my control key combination of choice. I'm not saying that it is the best. I'm just saying that I'm used to it from using BASH & friends.
Another thing that I would like to see is the ability to use <Ctrl><Backspace> & <Ctrl><Del> for deleting words in the respective directions. I'm so surprised @ how hard it is to get it working.
I would recommend making <Ctrl><z>, <Ctrl><x>, <Ctrl><c> & <Ctrl><v> the same as the combinations in many word processors & editors. Yes, I know that <Ctrl><c> is used breaking or stopping a program [sorry, can't remember correct terminology], but why don't we just use <Ctrl><Pause> [which should be the Break key combo]? Why can't <Pause> be used to stop a job in the foreground?
If programmers & designers made more use of the various key combinations, then the command line would be much easier.
Disclaimers: I'm not an expert; yes, I've tried to use Readline, but obviously without success.
Companies get to pass on our bad work histories, so it isn't unreasonable to pass on their bad employment histories. Giving us their names is a fair way of protecting ourselves against abuses. I don't understand why we are so quick to protect our abusers.
That's not to say that we should believe every bad report, but it isn't unreasonable to tell the story in a factual non-slanderous way.
When I worked for Grand & Toy [an office supply store started by 2 guys with those last names], I was actually told that if I didn't take my break @ the correct time, then I would loose my break [or that portion of the break]. In other words, if I was scheduled to break @ 2:15pm, then that means I would have to watch the clock to ensure that I didn't leave later or earlier. After all, leaving earlier would cheat the employer, but leaving later would cheat me.
I can totally understand where the company is coming from, but having a system like this only causes resentment. It totally goes against my work ethic of not looking @ the clock, & to try & forget about the time. It's really sad.
If managers can't run a flexible schedule, then there they shouldn't be running a business.
As for customers, we should have more understanding that that is the nature of customer service, & if we want the employees to be treated fairly, then the customers might end up getting worse service than we expect. We'd still get good service, but not necessarily as good as we expect.
People harp about how McDonald's & WalMart bring jobs to young people, but what about the jobs that they take away from the competition?
[the question isn't directed to you, but to just readers in general; I agree with you]
I remember working for Value Village [in north Surrey, BC], where the clock in the work room was a few minutes earlier than the punch clock. We'd arrive according to the time on the punch clock, but leave according to the time on the wall clock. Thus, we'd work a few extra minutes, but it wouldn't make a difference, because they would always round down for 7 minutes or less of over time. With 8 minutes, then they'd round up to 15.
In summary, if you want to rip off somebody, then there's nothing stopping you, because there is a level of trust in every area of society.
I've read your posts here, I think that you are spot on for every 1 that I've read. The idea is to reduce as much of the spam as possible. It's impossible to eliminate it or prevent it completely.
I'm willing to bet that if you code that project as you agreed to, then they still won't use it. It seems that people are just trapped in this idea of being open.
These spam advocates don't seem to have a correct view of everything. If the kernel contributers must use disposable addresses, then what happens when a legitimate inquiry is sent to that address after it has been disposed? It seems to me, that the contributer must keep that address available forever, just in case; as least that's what these spam advocates seem to be saying.
I think that the best way to deal with it is to edit the hosts file. He could use rsync to update the information on the other computers. That's what I would do. It's cheaper & might even be easier.
I think that Corel is considering the OASIS format. I seem to recall that 1 of the big wigs was on the OASIS commitee, or else that Corel was making proposals. My advise to Corel is to offer their own file formats as a default, & offer OASIS as well. They should heavily advertise that they can offer this. If Corel focuses on the Mac market as many have suggested above, then they can almost have their own niche.
If they are successful, then there will be almost no incentive for StarOffice & OpenOffice.org to be ported over to Mac.
Since there seems to be no good word processors for the Mac, Mac users would almost be forced to buy something that produces files compatible with Linux software.
I agree.
& to add to what you said, think of all the people who copy & install Windows under "fair use".
I would argue that more people in total & percentage wise have installed "free" versions of Windows. I'm just guessing though, so don't take my word for it.
I know for sure that people have copied & installed Windows freely.
It isn't different. All they'll do is post their static April 1st page that they've been using since they started this web site.
& to add to that, it's not a matter of how much of a "1" or a "5" you are, it's how much you return on the investment that the company made. Paying 5 "1s" each $10/hour is better than paying 1 "5" $60/hour to do the same work.
This reminds me of Aldos [correct sp? it's that Canadian shoe company]. They would rate on the bell curve, & get rid of the "dead wood". Even though you could be selling a gazillion bucks in shoes, while your competitors are struggling to break triple digits, you could still end up getting fired. It's really sad. To add insult to injury, they also rate you based on your average sales. If you sell 1,000,000 items of Tana products to 1,000,000 customers, then that'll bring your average down, even though you just sold well over $1,000,000.
Foolishness should be illegal.
Disclaimer: I didn't read any articles, so my post isn't in response to them; I just don't like rating on the bell curve.
I'd use it to filter /. 1st posts as well. That was 1 of the 1st applications that crossed my mind. Filtering out goatse, tubgirl & GNAA posts would be useful as well. In fact, the whole moderation system should move towards using it.
I'm just thinking out loud, though, & I'm not a filtering expert.
I wasn't trying to invent anything, but that's cool that there is something already working. I was actually wondering why these things haven't become the norm.
Because of your suggestion, I tried to get our email servers working as well. Unfortunately, they don't seem to doing it just yet, but the guy on the phone said they'll try & get it working in the summer. He used a different name though: sender protect files. Since he wasn't the guy in charge of email & such things, I didn't want to bother, especially since I didn't understand what I was talking about.
Thanks for your help. It looks like we'll have brighter days in the future.
Now, if they can only invent some kind of database to voluntarily black list ourselves, where each list is designed around certain types of usage: business, casual, mailing lists, etc.
I'd prefer that. In an extreme situation, where the object would be fragmented to a bunch of dust & powder, everything would get burned up in the atmosphere. I could be wrong, but that's where I'm placing my bets.
I don't understand why there seems to be such a problem. If Yahoo! & AOL worked together on this, then @ least all mail going between those 2 sites could be verified. Thus, if somebody sends a message from 1 of those 2 places to the other, then that means that that mail is really from somebody, even if it is a spammer. Any other mail pretending to be from there can be deleted.
As this gains success, they could expand the efforts to include other companies.
There was that story about a woman crying for help while she was being raped. The people just stood by & watched from their apartment windows because they assumed that someone had already called the police.