Exactly. I failed a sample test back in the Windows 95 days because I had to tell them which keystrokes will get me Safe Mode, or Safe Mode with Command Prompt. Did you know that each one has a different set of keystrokes? I always just hit F8 and selected from the list.
I got burned on the same test because I had to look at a the dropdowns to figure out whether they had the options under the Tools menu, File menu or Edit menu (because of course PC apps can put them anywhere.)
Like the 1450XLD. Built-in double-sided disk drive (before the XF551 was released), built-in speech synthesizer, 520ST keyboard layout. I still drool over that (and the 1MB ICD MIO, but those days are long gone for me.)
If Apple refuses to license FairPlay to any other online music store, then FairPlay is going to fall by the wayside and we'll all be using MS's DRM.. since MS will license that to anyone.
Apple will license FairPlay to anyone. (They licensed it to Motorola.) But Real decided to skip the licensing and just reverse-engineer it.
I seem to remember retraining costs when users were moved from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95, and again from Novell to AD, and again from Wordstar to Office 4.3 to Office 95 to Office XP, and again from Outlook 97 to Outlook 2000. What's the difference?
People can be taught to go to the desktop/taskbar and click/double-click the application they need to use. Most companies let their users learn through 'trial by fire' anyway, so the training argument is invalid. A desktop is a desktop is a desktop, and people who can't handle moving from Windows 2000 to Linux will probably not handle moving from Windows 2000 to Windows XP anyway.
And if you want to move those settings to a new machine, you have to export those keys? Most of the time that doesn't even work for me.
I like my OS. All of my settings are stored as XML files under/Library/Preferences or ~/Library/Preferences, depending on whether they're local or global files. And I don't have to worry about IE "Helper objects" (spyware) burying themselves in obscure parts of the registry.
Depends on the situation, too. In the San Bernardino County library system, there are PC's in each location that are 'public Internet access terminals.' They run a POLEDITed version of Windows with Office installed.
Imagine Linux and OOo on these machines. Since they store no data (you provide your own floppies if you want to keep your documents), if something ever went wrong, you could have the library staff boot off a bootable "restore" CD that wipes and restores the OS and applications. The systems would meet 100% of the needs of patrons, without any chance of catching Windows viruses, and without the county paying for Windows and Office.
I'm sure there are plenty of situations in California's government where Windows/Office is overkill, and where very real savings could come into play by using an alternative.
Yes, 95 machines were very stable. It you laid them flat.
Again, yes, if you compared them to Windows XP. Compared to Windows 3.1, Windows 95 was a huge step up.
At the company I worked for back when W95 came out, we had a 'server' that had the sole job of storing configuration files for the customers. It had a batch process that ran nightly and ZIPped, individually, each new 2k configuration file that it found that day.
As my initial stress test on Windows 95 before we decided to switch, I installed it on my 486DX2/66 with a whopping 64MB of RAM. I copied over a couple hundred of the ZIPped configuration files to a folder on my machine and set "PKUNZIP" to be the default application for handling ZIP files. I then highlighted all of the files and hit ENTER.
DOS box after DOS box began opening, each with a separate instance of PKUNZIP unzipping a single 1k ZIP file into a common directory. The machine quickly slowed almost to a halt as window after window opened. I let it go, and after many minutes, the last of the DOS windows closed as PKUNZIP did its thing and cleanly exited.
At the end of the exercise, 95 was still completely stable, and what's more, it was easy to get on the network without fussing with text files. Once it passed our second stress test (6-person network Dukematch in a DOS window with great performance), we deemed it ready for production.:-)
That's cool, but that's not how it works in the U.S. The presidency is a win/lose proposition. I'd be perfectly happy to vote in independents and other third party candidates in local and state elections. Only then can they get the credibility needed to run for the presidency.
I used to read Slashdot from my laptop on board Metrolink (Southern California's commuter rail), using a Nextel i1000 phone and their old-school packet data (9,600 bps tops.)
The best part? Using jigdo to assemble Debian ISO's at about 750 characters per second over the same connection. Where we worked the bandwidth Nazis were 'making examples' out of some people for downloading large files, so I actually assembled the ISO's of all of the CD's for Debian Woody for the Alpha, and Debian Potato for the i386, mostly over slow connections. Needless to say, it slowed down my Slashdot browsing significantly.
BTW, when you have a slow connection that drops frequently, jigdo is a lifesaver. I would download for the 1.5 hour train ride each direction at 9,600 bps, then go home and resume downloading over my 26,400 bps dialup connection. Only when I was working late did I dare connect to download through the WAN, and then only for a few minutes a day.
And since the doctor won't give you the names of unsatisfied customers, check with the local BBB to see if they have anything on file, and then do a Google for his name to see if there are any "www.doctor[insertnamehere]sucks.com" sites for him.
Also, there's a procedure where they insert lenses into your eyes instead of vaporizing material. (Sorry, don't remember the name of the procedure and can't be more specific about how it works exactly.) My former boss was one of the test group that received them for free because the company was seeking FDA approval, and she loves them. The best part is, they can remove and replace them if your prescription changes, or if you have any adverse reactions.
Do you know of a fix for this issue? We've set PORT FAST on all of our switches, but we still are getting the same problem. And AppleTalk isn't scheduled to 'go away' for us until the end of the year.
True, but they had the perfect opportunity. Since they were installing new servers AND new server software at the same time, they could have left every other workstation tied to the old systems--at least until they could verify that they could send their data.
Okay, I have almost completely switched from (sometimes pirated) commercial software to free software on my machines, and now I'm ready to switch from (sometimes pirated) commercial music to free music.
My tastes are pretty varied, but here's what I want: Free, unDRM'ed MP3s that I can download. If I don't like the music, I'll trash the files, and if I like the music, I'll donate to the artist via whatever means they have available.
What are your favorite independent artists or free music trading sites for legit free music? Links would be greatly appreciated.
If by "repeat", you mean a few hijackers boarding a plane with boxcutters and convincing the passengers that they'll be let go if they just let the terrorists take control of the plane? Then, no, Al-Qaeda cannot perform a repeat of 9/11. The passengers simply won't let it happen. Given that 9/11-style hijackings are possible (whereas in the past, hijacking almost always resulted in the plane landing intact in a foreign country), passengers would probably even face down terrorists with guns, and pilots will likely somehow force the plane down before handing over the controls.
Now, if any more planes crash into buildings, it will be because the terrorists already have a plant in the cockpit (i.e. a pilot with an agenda), or they will charter a private plane or hijack a cargo plane by outnumbering the crew. Unfortunately, we don't hear much about the TSA's work to prevent those types of disasters.
Incidentally, a man with an axe and a knife nearly successfully hijacked a FedEx cargo plane, with the intention of crashing it into one of their primary hub centers. Had that been successful, our cargo transport industry would probably be a lot safer by now.
In the company I work for, all positions require a knowledge of Windows 2000 and office productivity applications, including Word, Excel and Outlook. This includes the sales staff. I am required to have the skills requisite to my job description, and so should the people whom I am tasked to help.
Thus, I have no patience for people who don't know how to start up and shut down a computer, or who continuously mangle their computer because they can't understand spoken or written instructions.
Better yet, save your money and go to the library. Ours has the "Friends of the Library" book sales, and there are magazines on tons of different topics for 10 cents apiece. I usually read them and then donate right back to the library to resell.
And tell me, what happens to the 600 lbs of lead-acid batteries in the Prius when the car is worn out? Also, no one knows how long these batteries last. 600lbs of toxic batteries every couple years is a WHOLE DAMN LOT of pollution.
Simple, there are no lead-acid batteries in a Prius other than the single 12V backup starter battery (which is smaller than the starter battery in most other vehicles.) The Prius uses NiMH, which can be safely disposed of in a landfill. There are also recycling programs already in place for NiMH, so disposal isn't even required.
Since some people have well over 100k on their Prius battery packs with no signs of loss of range, I'd say there's no problem.
Better yet, go ahead and buy the 8-passenger behemoth if you need it. But if you can afford $50k for an SUV, surely you can also afford a $7k Kia Rio, Chevy Aveo or Ford Focus for commuting.
My understanding of tax law is that such a purchase can only be used for legitimate business uses, and that any personal use must be paid back to the 'company' at 'fair market rental' rates; otherwise, the personal use of the vehicle must be taxed as a benefit. Do any lawyers/accountants know if this also applies to the 'sole proprietorship' that some people set up just to buy these vehicles?
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I got burned on the same test because I had to look at a the dropdowns to figure out whether they had the options under the Tools menu, File menu or Edit menu (because of course PC apps can put them anywhere.)
Like the 1450XLD. Built-in double-sided disk drive (before the XF551 was released), built-in speech synthesizer, 520ST keyboard layout. I still drool over that (and the 1MB ICD MIO, but those days are long gone for me.)
Apple will license FairPlay to anyone. (They licensed it to Motorola.) But Real decided to skip the licensing and just reverse-engineer it.
I seem to remember retraining costs when users were moved from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95, and again from Novell to AD, and again from Wordstar to Office 4.3 to Office 95 to Office XP, and again from Outlook 97 to Outlook 2000. What's the difference? People can be taught to go to the desktop/taskbar and click/double-click the application they need to use. Most companies let their users learn through 'trial by fire' anyway, so the training argument is invalid. A desktop is a desktop is a desktop, and people who can't handle moving from Windows 2000 to Linux will probably not handle moving from Windows 2000 to Windows XP anyway.
I like my OS. All of my settings are stored as XML files under /Library/Preferences or ~/Library/Preferences, depending on whether they're local or global files. And I don't have to worry about IE "Helper objects" (spyware) burying themselves in obscure parts of the registry.
Imagine Linux and OOo on these machines. Since they store no data (you provide your own floppies if you want to keep your documents), if something ever went wrong, you could have the library staff boot off a bootable "restore" CD that wipes and restores the OS and applications. The systems would meet 100% of the needs of patrons, without any chance of catching Windows viruses, and without the county paying for Windows and Office.
I'm sure there are plenty of situations in California's government where Windows/Office is overkill, and where very real savings could come into play by using an alternative.
Again, yes, if you compared them to Windows XP. Compared to Windows 3.1, Windows 95 was a huge step up.
At the company I worked for back when W95 came out, we had a 'server' that had the sole job of storing configuration files for the customers. It had a batch process that ran nightly and ZIPped, individually, each new 2k configuration file that it found that day.
As my initial stress test on Windows 95 before we decided to switch, I installed it on my 486DX2/66 with a whopping 64MB of RAM. I copied over a couple hundred of the ZIPped configuration files to a folder on my machine and set "PKUNZIP" to be the default application for handling ZIP files. I then highlighted all of the files and hit ENTER.
DOS box after DOS box began opening, each with a separate instance of PKUNZIP unzipping a single 1k ZIP file into a common directory. The machine quickly slowed almost to a halt as window after window opened. I let it go, and after many minutes, the last of the DOS windows closed as PKUNZIP did its thing and cleanly exited.
At the end of the exercise, 95 was still completely stable, and what's more, it was easy to get on the network without fussing with text files. Once it passed our second stress test (6-person network Dukematch in a DOS window with great performance), we deemed it ready for production. :-)
My best friend dropped his Powerbook four feet from a rack in a server room. Same thing: crushed front corner, but everything still works great.
That's cool, but that's not how it works in the U.S. The presidency is a win/lose proposition. I'd be perfectly happy to vote in independents and other third party candidates in local and state elections. Only then can they get the credibility needed to run for the presidency.
The best part? Using jigdo to assemble Debian ISO's at about 750 characters per second over the same connection. Where we worked the bandwidth Nazis were 'making examples' out of some people for downloading large files, so I actually assembled the ISO's of all of the CD's for Debian Woody for the Alpha, and Debian Potato for the i386, mostly over slow connections. Needless to say, it slowed down my Slashdot browsing significantly.
BTW, when you have a slow connection that drops frequently, jigdo is a lifesaver. I would download for the 1.5 hour train ride each direction at 9,600 bps, then go home and resume downloading over my 26,400 bps dialup connection. Only when I was working late did I dare connect to download through the WAN, and then only for a few minutes a day.
Also, there's a procedure where they insert lenses into your eyes instead of vaporizing material. (Sorry, don't remember the name of the procedure and can't be more specific about how it works exactly.) My former boss was one of the test group that received them for free because the company was seeking FDA approval, and she loves them. The best part is, they can remove and replace them if your prescription changes, or if you have any adverse reactions.
Do you know of a fix for this issue? We've set PORT FAST on all of our switches, but we still are getting the same problem. And AppleTalk isn't scheduled to 'go away' for us until the end of the year.
True, but they had the perfect opportunity. Since they were installing new servers AND new server software at the same time, they could have left every other workstation tied to the old systems--at least until they could verify that they could send their data.
My tastes are pretty varied, but here's what I want: Free, unDRM'ed MP3s that I can download. If I don't like the music, I'll trash the files, and if I like the music, I'll donate to the artist via whatever means they have available.
What are your favorite independent artists or free music trading sites for legit free music? Links would be greatly appreciated.
And don't email. It's a waste of time. Print it out, sign it and MAIL it. It's only 37 cents.
Post, and ye shall receive.
Seriously, it works. Find the site in your area and post it there.
Just use surfsamsurf@aol.com. Since "SurfSamSurf" always shows up on their commercials, I assume it's an AOL-owned screen name.
Now, if any more planes crash into buildings, it will be because the terrorists already have a plant in the cockpit (i.e. a pilot with an agenda), or they will charter a private plane or hijack a cargo plane by outnumbering the crew. Unfortunately, we don't hear much about the TSA's work to prevent those types of disasters.
Incidentally, a man with an axe and a knife nearly successfully hijacked a FedEx cargo plane, with the intention of crashing it into one of their primary hub centers. Had that been successful, our cargo transport industry would probably be a lot safer by now.
Thus, I have no patience for people who don't know how to start up and shut down a computer, or who continuously mangle their computer because they can't understand spoken or written instructions.
Better yet, save your money and go to the library. Ours has the "Friends of the Library" book sales, and there are magazines on tons of different topics for 10 cents apiece. I usually read them and then donate right back to the library to resell.
Simple, there are no lead-acid batteries in a Prius other than the single 12V backup starter battery (which is smaller than the starter battery in most other vehicles.) The Prius uses NiMH, which can be safely disposed of in a landfill. There are also recycling programs already in place for NiMH, so disposal isn't even required.
Since some people have well over 100k on their Prius battery packs with no signs of loss of range, I'd say there's no problem.
Better yet, go ahead and buy the 8-passenger behemoth if you need it. But if you can afford $50k for an SUV, surely you can also afford a $7k Kia Rio, Chevy Aveo or Ford Focus for commuting.
Wow, that's scary. Have your system checked out. Maybe your compressor's bearings are going out and causing more drag than usual.
My understanding of tax law is that such a purchase can only be used for legitimate business uses, and that any personal use must be paid back to the 'company' at 'fair market rental' rates; otherwise, the personal use of the vehicle must be taxed as a benefit. Do any lawyers/accountants know if this also applies to the 'sole proprietorship' that some people set up just to buy these vehicles?