I know this is a little offtopic, but I have found that the best way to deal with Microsoft press releases and/or statements, licenses or whatever is to run it through the redneck filter at the dialectizer. It really cracks me up and I feel it gives a greater insight into their mentality.:) For example, a sample from the Qwest faq linked to in the above story turns into:
Qwess an' Microsof'® is wawkin' togither t'provide cornsoomrs wif best-of-breed MSN corntent an' services via Qwest's Internet infrastruckure. Cestomers will benefit fum this hyar joint offerin' in menny ways includin':
Now isn't that much better than reading the plain old vanilla statements!;) I mean, Microsoft is wawkin' t'provide cornsoomers sums up what kind of service I would expect from them!
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Well that is too funny. I started my comment when there were no others and now I see that the first 13+ people that got in before me said the exact thing I just commented on. You are all sheep. Think for yourselves before posting a stupid response to a real problem.
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Oh I can see it now, "Why do I care, I am a l33t d00d who only listens to great music and not N'Sync." Well, I hate to tell you, but this is only the first step. If it works and only a few people complain then they will start doing this to every CD and that is when it will cause problems for the rest of us. I won't buy this CD because I wouldn't like it but that doesn't mean I'm going to ignore the bigger problem.
That pretty much sums up my feelings on the subject, 40 years ago, they said we would be living on Mars by 2000. I'm not going to get excited quite yet.
A reminder and fyi, the current totals at Amazon.com [amazon.com] are:
Total Collected: $4,528,374.96
# of Payments: 124408
I think that is truly amazing and by the time you go there it will be even more. I donated my $100, did you? Even 10 dollars could help buy all these guys [time.com] a cup of coffee, what's a couple bucks compared to the cause.
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A reminder and fyi, the current totals at Amazon.com are:
Total Collected: $2,295,636.01
# of Payments: 70065
I think that is truly amazing and by the time you go there it will be even more. I donated my $100, did you? Even 10 dollars could help buy all these guys a cup of coffee, what's a couple bucks compared to the cause.
This may have been already posted, but CNN is slowly making its way back online, just give it some time to load, it is still very sporadic. Although the BBC [bbc.co.uk] is the best one for news so far.
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Terrorists struck the United States Tuesday morning in harrowing, widespread attacks that included at least three commercial jet crashes into significant buildings.
In the first attack, a plane smashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan shortly before 9 a.m., followed by another plane into the second tower about 20 minutes later. Both towers later collapsed. Sources told CNN that one of the planes was an American Airlines Boeing 767 that had been hijacked after take-off from Boston.
About an hour later, a plane crashed into the Pentagon in Washington, part of which later collapsed.
Sources say a second plane was heading toward the Pentagon; F-16 jets were in the air monitoring it.
The Pentagon, the White House, the State Department, the Justice Department, the Capitol, the CIA and all other government buildings in Washington evacuated.
In the first ever national ground stop of aircraft, all flights nationwide have been stopped at their departure airports.
All international flights were diverted to Canada.
Israel has evacuated all its missions around the world.
President Bush cancelled an appearance in Florida to return to Washington, calling the crashes "apparent terrorist attacks" and "a national tragedy."
In Chicago, the Sears Tower was evacuated; United Nations in New York evacuated.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta was evacuated.
The New York Port Authority said it had closed all bridges and tunnels into the city.
New York's Bellevue Hospital was designated command central for handling the catastrophe. Several hospitals have already reported receiving victims with burns and head injuries.
Large plane crashed 80 miles south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but it was unknown if this crash was connected to terrorist attacks.
U.S. stock markets were closed after the New York attacks.
This may have been already posted, but CNN is slowly making its way back online, just give it some time to load, it is still very sporadic. Although the BBC is the best one for news so far.
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Terrorists struck the United States Tuesday morning in harrowing, widespread attacks that included at least three commercial jet crashes into significant buildings.
In the first attack, a plane smashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan shortly before 9 a.m., followed by another plane into the second tower about 20 minutes later. Both towers later collapsed. Sources told CNN that one of the planes was an American Airlines Boeing 767 that had been hijacked after take-off from Boston.
About an hour later, a plane crashed into the Pentagon in Washington, part of which later collapsed.
Sources say a second plane was heading toward the Pentagon; F-16 jets were in the air monitoring it.
The Pentagon, the White House, the State Department, the Justice Department, the Capitol, the CIA and all other government buildings in Washington evacuated.
In the first ever national ground stop of aircraft, all flights nationwide have been stopped at their departure airports.
All international flights were diverted to Canada.
Israel has evacuated all its missions around the world.
President Bush cancelled an appearance in Florida to return to Washington, calling the crashes "apparent terrorist attacks" and "a national tragedy."
In Chicago, the Sears Tower was evacuated; United Nations in New York evacuated.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta was evacuated.
The New York Port Authority said it had closed all bridges and tunnels into the city.
New York's Bellevue Hospital was designated command central for handling the catastrophe. Several hospitals have already reported receiving victims with burns and head injuries.
Large plane crashed 80 miles south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but it was unknown if this crash was connected to terrorist attacks.
U.S. stock markets were closed after the New York attacks.
What I would like to see is the Sybian become an Internet ready device. This way I can sit at my computer fragging some lamerz or reading/. while controlling the sybian which is in the bedroom with the lady friend!! It would be the best of both worlds! No more, "Honey! Quit Half Life and get in here and satisfy me!"
Or maybe the Venus 2000 could be hooked up to the computer and be set to "activate" when you frag someone or get modded up, that would add a whole new dimension to gaming and reading the latest news for nerds. Then it really would be 'News for Nerds, Stuff That Splatters"
You would think since more innovations have come(pun intended) about because people want faster and better quality pr0n that they would have this already. I propose someone write some quality open-source software for the Sybian, maybe even provide email and instant messaging ability in case the lady wants to chat while "relaxing."
You will want to get many different types of storage containers. Shelves that allow you change the height, lockable cabinets, bookshelves, racks, etc. You want to make sure you have enough different types of storage that you can handle anything that comes your way. I have really deep shelves that allow me to put monitors on them, but I also have bookshelves which are shallow. This way I don't have to reach way back to get my books and on the other side, the monitors don't stick out just enough so that you run into them all the time.
Also, if you live in an area where the earth shakes occasionally, you will want to make sure the heavy stuff is on the bottom, or that the cabinets close and lock. You don't want your entire book collection to land on your head in case of earthquake. In addition, you should make sure everything is attached, at least a bit, to the wall so the huge shelving unit with monitors on it doesn't tip over.
Think vertical. I have cabinets, shelves and racks almost to the ceiling. Just make sure you keep the extra monitors on the bottom, not the top:P Also, bookshelves over your monitor, (not too close though) and on the sides are nice for getting to your reference quickly. I have about every piece of office equipment from steelcase and love them.
I need a new search engine, Google now has like 12 links on the front page, it takes forever to load!:)
But seriously, this is why I love it. You can get right to business when you get there, no hunting for links or buttons. In today's Internet, finding a site that isn't cluttered with "info" boxes, affiliate links and popup/blinking/etc ads is a blessing. And now with this image search I was able to find an image I hadn't seen in years in my first attempt, not too mention way to many pics of our own CmdrTaco
Oh, that's all BS. Let's just admit, that once again, the quest for better Pr0n and maximum gibs has led to better technology. Banners ads, high bandwidth database and server products, better resolution monitors and video cards, it all for pr0n and fragging!:P
I recently patched all of our company's servers with a great patch that seemed to have fixed all IIS related problems. It's called Apache.
But seriously I did and now I can sit back and laugh at these silly MS Security Bulletins. Just another event that will cause Microsoft alternatives to gain popularity and notice.:)
OK, now that is kinda funny. Considering the question that was put to Slashdot readers was "What books won't you give up on your tech-library?" Besides, is that proper English ya reckon? Not that Slashdot is known for that anyways. Of course neither am I, but I digress.
This story is ripe for some goat type answers. But I think a couple basic books on computers and operating systems are a must. Probably multiple copies as well. Also, the Dummies book are good for non-technical people, they give a dumbed down broad overview.
We had some schmuck who called me in because his computer kept telling him he was out of disk space. Turns out Outlook Newsreader was keeping ALL the stuff from the newsgroups he read. Basically all the a.b.p.e newgroups, he had GIGS of this stuff. But since it wasn't bothering anyone, there was no illegal stuff and he got his work done, we didn't do anything except to tell him to tone it down.
Sidenote: His keyboard was always really sticky, I always washed my hands after working on that computer. I think he drank alot of soda, but it's still funny considering his "disk space" problem.:P
I totally agree, people now want anything they want while at work, personal email, phone calls, napster (napster? what's that?:P), IM, pr0n. And they want all this in total privacy.
As a sys admin, I was on the panel that decided our company's policy. Basically, as long as you don't offend anyone and it doesn't mess with you getting your job done, we let it go. Most of the time is works out nice. We have had a problem with two ladies who were on Yahoo messenger ALL the time. Their boss had to have a talk with them and if they had continued to excessively use chat and not get their work done I would have had to not allow them to run it anymore.
Also, we had someone send a racist remark from their email and we busted them. If something like this happens or the feds walk in my door with a warrent, we will go through user files. But if a boss type comes in and wants to see what Mary is emailing during the day, I wouldn't let them view the files. This has only happened once and I went to HIS boss and explained it and the guy got in a little trouble.
You have to remember that your company is paying big bucks for your desk, office, computer, T1, etc. They expect you to get your work done and they expect you not to be planning fertilizer bombs or giving away trade secrets while you are supposed to be working.
I was thinking more along lines of kids actually learning moves that wouldn't kill their back or knees. While an uppercut on Mortal Kombat would be fun to do, learning the proper way to do martial arts would be healthier. Plus they would learn social skills that an electronic mat couldn't teach them.
Didn't Nintendo come out with some similiar a while back. I don't see it in use today so I assume it wasn't all that great. This device looks like it takes up alot of room, I doubt this is the next big thing. Although it would give kids exercise, but why not drive them down to the karate school instead?
Slashdot Mirror
Qwess an' Microsof'® is wawkin' togither t'provide cornsoomrs wif best-of-breed MSN corntent an' services via Qwest's Internet infrastruckure. Cestomers will benefit fum this hyar joint offerin' in menny ways includin':
Now isn't that much better than reading the plain old vanilla statements! ;) I mean, Microsoft is wawkin' t'provide cornsoomers sums up what kind of service I would expect from them!
Well that is too funny. I started my comment when there were no others and now I see that the first 13+ people that got in before me said the exact thing I just commented on. You are all sheep. Think for yourselves before posting a stupid response to a real problem.
Oh I can see it now, "Why do I care, I am a l33t d00d who only listens to great music and not N'Sync." Well, I hate to tell you, but this is only the first step. If it works and only a few people complain then they will start doing this to every CD and that is when it will cause problems for the rest of us. I won't buy this CD because I wouldn't like it but that doesn't mean I'm going to ignore the bigger problem.
Gives new meaning to the "three fingered salute!"
Mr. Neanderthal apparantly created, used and distributed a deadly weapon known as fire. Some say it has been the cause of millions of deaths.
Ashcroft stated that the terrorist is suspected to be hiding somewhere in Africa, possibly near the Olduvai Gorge.
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That pretty much sums up my feelings on the subject, 40 years ago, they said we would be living on Mars by 2000. I'm not going to get excited quite yet.
The original
Total Collected: $4,528,374.96
# of Payments: 124408
I think that is truly amazing and by the time you go there it will be even more. I donated my $100, did you? Even 10 dollars could help buy all these guys [time.com] a cup of coffee, what's a couple bucks compared to the cause.
Total Collected: $2,295,636.01
# of Payments: 70065
I think that is truly amazing and by the time you go there it will be even more. I donated my $100, did you? Even 10 dollars could help buy all these guys a cup of coffee, what's a couple bucks compared to the cause.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/mmedia/webcam s/eyeondc.htm - just got the idea to search for webcams and I found this one aimed at the Pentagon. You could probably find many more out there from http://www.webcam-index.com/USA/ or something like this site.
http://us.news2.yimg.com/f/42/31/7m/dailynews.yaho o.com/h/ts/nm/?u - Tons of AP articles
http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/09/11/worldtrade.crash/ index.html [cnn.com]
Here it is from CNN, only a synopsis right now.
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Terrorists struck the United States Tuesday morning in harrowing, widespread attacks that included at least three commercial jet crashes into significant buildings.
In the first attack, a plane smashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan shortly before 9 a.m., followed by another plane into the second tower about 20 minutes later. Both towers later collapsed. Sources told CNN that one of the planes was an American Airlines Boeing 767 that had been hijacked after take-off from Boston.
About an hour later, a plane crashed into the Pentagon in Washington, part of which later collapsed.
Sources say a second plane was heading toward the Pentagon; F-16 jets were in the air monitoring it.
The Pentagon, the White House, the State Department, the Justice Department, the Capitol, the CIA and all other government buildings in Washington evacuated.
In the first ever national ground stop of aircraft, all flights nationwide have been stopped at their departure airports.
All international flights were diverted to Canada.
Israel has evacuated all its missions around the world.
President Bush cancelled an appearance in Florida to return to Washington, calling the crashes "apparent terrorist attacks" and "a national tragedy."
In Chicago, the Sears Tower was evacuated; United Nations in New York evacuated.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta was evacuated.
The New York Port Authority said it had closed all bridges and tunnels into the city.
New York's Bellevue Hospital was designated command central for handling the catastrophe. Several hospitals have already reported receiving victims with burns and head injuries.
Large plane crashed 80 miles south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but it was unknown if this crash was connected to terrorist attacks.
U.S. stock markets were closed after the New York attacks.
http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/09/11/worldtrade.crash/ index.html
Here it is from CNN, only a synopsis right now.
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Terrorists struck the United States Tuesday morning in harrowing, widespread attacks that included at least three commercial jet crashes into significant buildings.
In the first attack, a plane smashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan shortly before 9 a.m., followed by another plane into the second tower about 20 minutes later. Both towers later collapsed. Sources told CNN that one of the planes was an American Airlines Boeing 767 that had been hijacked after take-off from Boston.
About an hour later, a plane crashed into the Pentagon in Washington, part of which later collapsed.
Sources say a second plane was heading toward the Pentagon; F-16 jets were in the air monitoring it.
The Pentagon, the White House, the State Department, the Justice Department, the Capitol, the CIA and all other government buildings in Washington evacuated.
In the first ever national ground stop of aircraft, all flights nationwide have been stopped at their departure airports.
All international flights were diverted to Canada.
Israel has evacuated all its missions around the world.
President Bush cancelled an appearance in Florida to return to Washington, calling the crashes "apparent terrorist attacks" and "a national tragedy."
In Chicago, the Sears Tower was evacuated; United Nations in New York evacuated.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta was evacuated.
The New York Port Authority said it had closed all bridges and tunnels into the city.
New York's Bellevue Hospital was designated command central for handling the catastrophe. Several hospitals have already reported receiving victims with burns and head injuries.
Large plane crashed 80 miles south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but it was unknown if this crash was connected to terrorist attacks.
U.S. stock markets were closed after the New York attacks.
Readability
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Passive Sentences 0%
Flesch Reading Ease 51.1
Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level 11.0
Yeah, those are some mighty fine capabilities. A Word upgrade somehow changes the readability of the sentence. :)
Or maybe the Venus 2000 could be hooked up to the computer and be set to "activate" when you frag someone or get modded up, that would add a whole new dimension to gaming and reading the latest news for nerds. Then it really would be 'News for Nerds, Stuff That Splatters"
You would think since more innovations have come(pun intended) about because people want faster and better quality pr0n that they would have this already. I propose someone write some quality open-source software for the Sybian, maybe even provide email and instant messaging ability in case the lady wants to chat while "relaxing."
FYI: http://www.steelcase.com/products2/ - they have all kinds of cool stuff, from pre-designed modular offices to individual pieces. A great place to start redesigning your office. Or you can just go directly to the storage area of the site. http://www.steelcase.com/products/category.html?ca tegory=storage
Also, if you live in an area where the earth shakes occasionally, you will want to make sure the heavy stuff is on the bottom, or that the cabinets close and lock. You don't want your entire book collection to land on your head in case of earthquake. In addition, you should make sure everything is attached, at least a bit, to the wall so the huge shelving unit with monitors on it doesn't tip over.
Think vertical. I have cabinets, shelves and racks almost to the ceiling. Just make sure you keep the extra monitors on the bottom, not the top :P Also, bookshelves over your monitor, (not too close though) and on the sides are nice for getting to your reference quickly. I have about every piece of office equipment from steelcase and love them.
But seriously, this is why I love it. You can get right to business when you get there, no hunting for links or buttons. In today's Internet, finding a site that isn't cluttered with "info" boxes, affiliate links and popup/blinking/etc ads is a blessing. And now with this image search I was able to find an image I hadn't seen in years in my first attempt, not too mention way to many pics of our own CmdrTaco
Oh, that's all BS. Let's just admit, that once again, the quest for better Pr0n and maximum gibs has led to better technology. Banners ads, high bandwidth database and server products, better resolution monitors and video cards, it all for pr0n and fragging! :P
But seriously I did and now I can sit back and laugh at these silly MS Security Bulletins. Just another event that will cause Microsoft alternatives to gain popularity and notice. :)
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This story is ripe for some goat type answers. But I think a couple basic books on computers and operating systems are a must. Probably multiple copies as well. Also, the Dummies book are good for non-technical people, they give a dumbed down broad overview.
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Sidenote: His keyboard was always really sticky, I always washed my hands after working on that computer. I think he drank alot of soda, but it's still funny considering his "disk space" problem. :P
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As a sys admin, I was on the panel that decided our company's policy. Basically, as long as you don't offend anyone and it doesn't mess with you getting your job done, we let it go. Most of the time is works out nice. We have had a problem with two ladies who were on Yahoo messenger ALL the time. Their boss had to have a talk with them and if they had continued to excessively use chat and not get their work done I would have had to not allow them to run it anymore.
Also, we had someone send a racist remark from their email and we busted them. If something like this happens or the feds walk in my door with a warrent, we will go through user files. But if a boss type comes in and wants to see what Mary is emailing during the day, I wouldn't let them view the files. This has only happened once and I went to HIS boss and explained it and the guy got in a little trouble.
You have to remember that your company is paying big bucks for your desk, office, computer, T1, etc. They expect you to get your work done and they expect you not to be planning fertilizer bombs or giving away trade secrets while you are supposed to be working.
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