Actually, this can make for good, live entertainment. When a Best Buy employee (Geek Squad included) ask me if they can help me I pose a technical question to which I know they won't have the answer. (ex. "Do you know how to resync a HACMP cluster when the LAN is down?") The expressions that go across their faces are priceless!
One of the funding organizers notes: 'We're working hard to secure more funding to bring more manpower onto the project, so there is no danger of your sample being discarded because the researchers are swamped!'"
Shouldn't that be that the researchers are buried?
[rimshot]
Thank you, thank you; I'll be here for the rest of your life!
I've worked on military and government contracts. We had the same problems as every company does: employees/contractors/government personel taking home their work and working on it on their personal PCs. Regardless of the number of NDAs they sign, the computer security briefings they get, and the number of times they are told by management they do it anyway. Are they wrong for doing this? Of course! Will they lose their security clearance over this? Probably, depending on what their rank/GS level is.
Training, a no-exception penalty policy for "losing" sensitive data, and encryption are what is needed to prevent this in the future. Unfortunately, the government seems to be a little short on $$$.
I've been using HP DVD burners (both single and dual layer) for quite some time. I've found that they perform very well on Windows, OS X, and Linux. I've had some trouble with the Lite-On drives but the HP units have never failed to perform. I know that Plextor is supposed to be the best CD/DVD drive maker, but I'm really not interested in paying their asking price.
Nonetheless, nice to see the Do It Yourself (DIY) spirit at work in space."
DIY has been part of the space program since Chuck Yeager used a broom handle to close the door on the X-1 after breaking his arm in a horse riding accident. I think the best example is when the Apollo 13 astronauts rigged an air scrubber and used their lunar module as a propulsion system to get home after the service module blew up.
"After chunking my seemingly dead iPod off my balcony while reviewing a rubberized case, the darned thing started working again, though not quite perfectly."
Once again the proud tradition of percussive maintenance fixes another "broken" electronic device!
We don't have no NSA, FBI, CIA, weird gun laws, death penalties and when it comes to crime - shit if a cat gets stuck up a tree it's basically front page news!
The USA and Korea are not the two extremes of the world - get out and travel a bit more, I think you may be surprised what your country is missing.
I've got to agree with you; I visited Australia and New Zealand a few years ago. It has to be the most relaxing trip overseas I've ever taken! The people are friendly, polite, and helpful. Everyone was relaxed and laid back and really embodied the "No Worries" state of mind.
I've been considering moving to Australia to get away from what America has become. Sad to see the country I was born in becoming what our founders hated most.
IANAL, but this sounds like racketeering to me and it seems to fit the definition: The act of engaging in criminal activity as a structured group is referred to in the U.S. as racketeering.
M$: We need to check your license with our auditing software. IT Guy: Here's all of of licenses and the machines they are installed on. M$: No, we need to run the audit to see how much software you're pirating. IT Guy: We're not pirating anything! Our records are accurate! M$: Either you let us inventory your systems or we break your computers and then your legs.
Um, my wife is a dwarf and often corrects people who are PC. She's been called: Altitudenly-challenged Vertically-challenged Height-challenged Diminutive Little lady Little mom (by kids) etc.
and she's always quick to say, "I'm short/small! Get over it!"
"'I think what the phone industry's saying and what we're saying is we've made an investment, and I don't think the government should be coming and telling us how we can work that infrastructure, simple as that,' Commisso said during a panel discussion about issues faced by companies like his, adding, 'Why don't they go and tell the oil companies what they should charge for their damn gas?'"
I think the taxpayer money that was spent on research and development of what became the Internet gives us, the American people, a right to say how that infrastructure should work.
As for why the government doesn't go after the oil companies, it's because their lobbyists pay the government more money than the telcos can.
I used to do work for a program that bought tons of SGI hardware to replace an older system. I told them, at the time, that SGI was losing marketshare in its primary marketplace (computer animation, rendering, etc). I didn't see SGI being around much longer and urged them to reconsider and purchase from a company that would still be around in a few years. Well, you can guess the rest.
Nice to see them spending our tax dollars on hardware that is already obsolete.
This is not a troll, just a catharsistic reaction to stupid management on a government program.
Screw slapping them; companies that try to subvert our judicial system should be dismantled. The CEOs and other management that condoned this should never agin be allowed to run a company and faced very stiff penalties.
Companies today believe they can act with impunity and they need to be shown otherwise.
1. Google puts up company logo in the artistic style of Joan Miro to honor him. 2. Miros and ARS family tells Google to take it down as it is violating copyrights. 3. The net says "WTF?" 4. Profits from publicity? (NOT)
Shouldn't it be:
1. Google puts up company logo in the artistic style of Joan Miro to honor him. 2. Web surfers Google "Joan Miro". 3. More people find they like his art and buy some. 4. Profit goes to his family and everyone's happy.
Sounds like they are being penny-wise and pound-foolish.
1. Why and how would Apple implementing the Windows API be a good thing? 2. What Cringly has been smoking? 3. Most importantly, where can I get some of what Cringly been smoking?
'I don't hate Windows Vista, and I certainly don't hate Microsoft for disappointing me and countless other customers with a product that doesn't even come close to meeting its original promises. I'm sure the company learned something from this debacle, and hopefully it will be more open and honest about what it can and cannot do in the future... It some ways, Windows Vista actually will exceed Mac OS X and Linux, but not to the depth we were promised. Instead, Windows Vista will do what so many other Windows releases have done, and simply offer consumers and business users a few major changes and many subtle or minor updates. That's not horrible. It's just not what was promised.'
Hmmm... Sounds like something I've heard before from a sister-in-law:
'I don't hate taking care of the kids, and I certainly don't hate my husband for disappointing me and the kids with his actions that don't even come close to meeting his original promises. I'm sure I learned something from this debacle, and hopefully he will be more open and honest about what he can and cannot do in the future... In some ways, my husband actually will exceed other men, but not to the depth we were promised. Instead, he will do what so many other husbands have done, and simply promise us a few major changes and many subtle or minor ones. It's not so horrible that he misleads me and the kids. It's just not what I was promised at the alter.'
Both sound like someone trying to apologize and explain away someone elses bad behaviour.
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Actually, this can make for good, live entertainment. When a Best Buy employee (Geek Squad included) ask me if they can help me I pose a technical question to which I know they won't have the answer. (ex. "Do you know how to resync a HACMP cluster when the LAN is down?") The expressions that go across their faces are priceless!
One of the funding organizers notes: 'We're working hard to secure more funding to bring more manpower onto the project, so there is no danger of your sample being discarded because the researchers are swamped!'"
Shouldn't that be that the researchers are buried?
[rimshot]
Thank you, thank you; I'll be here for the rest of your life!
Perhaps NASA should nickname the rover Houdini?
So, you're telling us that anything that comes out of this cloud will be well preserved?
are sure to be out of this world!
Of course, with some of the designs that have come out of the fashion industry, I wonder what planet some of the designers are from.
I've worked on military and government contracts. We had the same problems as every company does: employees/contractors/government personel taking home their work and working on it on their personal PCs. Regardless of the number of NDAs they sign, the computer security briefings they get, and the number of times they are told by management they do it anyway. Are they wrong for doing this? Of course! Will they lose their security clearance over this? Probably, depending on what their rank/GS level is.
Training, a no-exception penalty policy for "losing" sensitive data, and encryption are what is needed to prevent this in the future. Unfortunately, the government seems to be a little short on $$$.
I've been using HP DVD burners (both single and dual layer) for quite some time. I've found that they perform very well on Windows, OS X, and Linux. I've had some trouble with the Lite-On drives but the HP units have never failed to perform. I know that Plextor is supposed to be the best CD/DVD drive maker, but I'm really not interested in paying their asking price.
Nonetheless, nice to see the Do It Yourself (DIY) spirit at work in space."
DIY has been part of the space program since Chuck Yeager used a broom handle to close the door on the X-1 after breaking his arm in a horse riding accident. I think the best example is when the Apollo 13 astronauts rigged an air scrubber and used their lunar module as a propulsion system to get home after the service module blew up.
Nice to see the tradition being carried on.
"After chunking my seemingly dead iPod off my balcony while reviewing a rubberized case, the darned thing started working again, though not quite perfectly."
Once again the proud tradition of percussive maintenance fixes another "broken" electronic device!
I have a niece who is very skilled at climbing and swinging from trees!
Remember that slippery slope people have been talking about?
Well, we're on it and we're accelerating!
We don't have no NSA, FBI, CIA, weird gun laws, death penalties and when it comes to crime - shit if a cat gets stuck up a tree it's basically front page news!
The USA and Korea are not the two extremes of the world - get out and travel a bit more, I think you may be surprised what your country is missing.
I've got to agree with you; I visited Australia and New Zealand a few years ago. It has to be the most relaxing trip overseas I've ever taken! The people are friendly, polite, and helpful. Everyone was relaxed and laid back and really embodied the "No Worries" state of mind.
I've been considering moving to Australia to get away from what America has become. Sad to see the country I was born in becoming what our founders hated most.
IANAL, but this sounds like racketeering to me and it seems to fit the definition:
The act of engaging in criminal activity as a structured group is referred to in the U.S. as racketeering.
M$: We need to check your license with our auditing software.
IT Guy: Here's all of of licenses and the machines they are installed on.
M$: No, we need to run the audit to see how much software you're pirating.
IT Guy: We're not pirating anything! Our records are accurate!
M$: Either you let us inventory your systems or we break your computers and then your legs.
Isn't RICO applicable here?
Um, my wife is a dwarf and often corrects people who are PC.
She's been called:
Altitudenly-challenged
Vertically-challenged
Height-challenged
Diminutive
Little lady
Little mom (by kids)
etc.
and she's always quick to say, "I'm short/small! Get over it!"
I'm sure these galaxies feel the same way.
"'I think what the phone industry's saying and what we're saying is we've made an investment, and I don't think the government should be coming and telling us how we can work that infrastructure, simple as that,' Commisso said during a panel discussion about issues faced by companies like his, adding, 'Why don't they go and tell the oil companies what they should charge for their damn gas?'"
I think the taxpayer money that was spent on research and development of what became the Internet gives us, the American people, a right to say how that infrastructure should work.
As for why the government doesn't go after the oil companies, it's because their lobbyists pay the government more money than the telcos can.
I used to do work for a program that bought tons of SGI hardware to replace an older system. I told them, at the time, that SGI was losing marketshare in its primary marketplace (computer animation, rendering, etc). I didn't see SGI being around much longer and urged them to reconsider and purchase from a company that would still be around in a few years. Well, you can guess the rest.
Nice to see them spending our tax dollars on hardware that is already obsolete.
This is not a troll, just a catharsistic reaction to stupid management on a government program.
"The goal is to build a humanoid 2-year-old child," explains Metta.
There is a far easier and more pleasant way to create a child.
Unfortunately, it requires 2 years, nine months, and three minutes.
This included new ICMBs, satellite and anti-sat and guidance technology.
Inter-Continental Mother Boards?
Actually, I was shooting for insightful.
Screw slapping them; companies that try to subvert our judicial system should be dismantled. The CEOs and other management that condoned this should never agin be allowed to run a company and faced very stiff penalties.
Companies today believe they can act with impunity and they need to be shown otherwise.
Excuse me, but some of us DO live at work!
If you're male I'd suggest looking in your pants first.
If you're female, I'd suggest you look at your significant other first.
1. Google puts up company logo in the artistic style of Joan Miro to honor him.
2. Miros and ARS family tells Google to take it down as it is violating copyrights.
3. The net says "WTF?"
4. Profits from publicity? (NOT)
Shouldn't it be:
1. Google puts up company logo in the artistic style of Joan Miro to honor him.
2. Web surfers Google "Joan Miro".
3. More people find they like his art and buy some.
4. Profit goes to his family and everyone's happy.
Sounds like they are being penny-wise and pound-foolish.
1. Why and how would Apple implementing the Windows API be a good thing?
2. What Cringly has been smoking?
3. Most importantly, where can I get some of what Cringly been smoking?
'I don't hate Windows Vista, and I certainly don't hate Microsoft for disappointing me and countless other customers with a product that doesn't even come close to meeting its original promises. I'm sure the company learned something from this debacle, and hopefully it will be more open and honest about what it can and cannot do in the future ... It some ways, Windows Vista actually will exceed Mac OS X and Linux, but not to the depth we were promised. Instead, Windows Vista will do what so many other Windows releases have done, and simply offer consumers and business users a few major changes and many subtle or minor updates. That's not horrible. It's just not what was promised.'
... In some ways, my husband actually will exceed other men, but not to the depth we were promised. Instead, he will do what so many other husbands have done, and simply promise us a few major changes and many subtle or minor ones. It's not so horrible that he misleads me and the kids. It's just not what I was promised at the alter.'
Hmmm... Sounds like something I've heard before from a sister-in-law:
'I don't hate taking care of the kids, and I certainly don't hate my husband for disappointing me and the kids with his actions that don't even come close to meeting his original promises. I'm sure I learned something from this debacle, and hopefully he will be more open and honest about what he can and cannot do in the future
Both sound like someone trying to apologize and explain away someone elses bad behaviour.