Do you put a picture of the family on your desk? Now why would you do that? The desk is not for your personal use, it's the property of the company, if you didn't pay for it, it ain't yours.
Do you fiddle with the settings on your office chair? Now why would you do that? The chair is not for your personal use, it's the property of the company. It isn't any of the company's business what settings on the chair are most comfortable for you. Personalisation does not benefit the company.
I wish more end users would remember that.
(</sarcastic-rant> for those who need it)
The computer, just like any other accessory you use in your workplace must allow for some personalisation. As an IT drone, it is not your job to dictate what background picture/colour I have. If having BIG white letters on a black background increases my productivity, you, on behalf of the company, should be happy, even though it means you'll get to spend a few more minutes with me in the event that I need some help.
Dispite what you may have read when reading the BOFH archives, the system administrator should NOT get to dictate every single detail about the computing environment in the workplace.
Let's not forget all the Europeans going "I just pay for calls I make, not those I receive" while Americans go "Why should I pay for anything, damnit, I get 800 minutes free (after I get assraped 3 times over) with my current service plan"
It is by will alone I set my mind in motion it is by the juice of saphu that thoughts acquire speed that lips acquire stains that stains become a warning It is by will alone I set my mind in motion.
... because Windows launches IE when I click on a URL link in Outlook and I haven't been able to find out how to change that)...
If I use Outlook and click a link in an email it launches Phoenix to that particular URL. I simply had to set Phoenix as my default browser for this to work.
I do however experience an issue similar to yours in using the MSN Messenger, where it launches IE, default browser be damned, for checking my hotmail account or sending new emails using hotmail.
Every GSM phone made has for years come equipped with SMS capabilities.
SMS is very popular with the deaf (at least where I come from). It allows them to communicate just as easily with those with good hearing as other deaf people.
SMS also solves the problem of being globally accepted (just as long as you're not on the North-Western side of the Atlantic pond), and you don't need a special kind of GSM phone to be able to communicate with SMS. Another nice feature is that it works no matter how noisy it is surrounding the sender.
Anybody with half a brain would know that you'd release the.h files first, the configure script after that, and THEN, when "youse gots all the money", release the.c files.:-)
Well, if it's on your own time, then might I suggest you just back away from the project?
If it is on your own time after all, I don't see how anyone can force you to write according to what the focus groups say, not like you're getting paid for it or anything.
If I decided to start my own project, I sure as hell wouldn't want somebody to start commiting code to said project when the code benefits no one, apart from possibly its author.
If you want to do something with my code, fine, fork the project, just don't get your knickers in a knot when I decide your code doesn't belong in my project. It is after all MY project that _I_ started and _I_ control.
They are not at fault when users do illegal stuff. They share about as much a part of the "crime" as, say, the bus company/driver if a "user" of the bus service deals drugs while riding a bus.
If you open a new IE Window by using file->new->window or pressing ctrl-N you just spawn off a new thread.
Now, to start a new app instance you have to click the E icon in your quicklaunch toolbar, start->Programs->Internet explorer, or do what I do, windowskey-R->iexplore
Just because it's in a new window, doesn't mean it's an entire new app instance.
Actually I've found that QT works better with Mozilla than IE.
Why does it work better?
My machine does not lock up when the QT plugin goes berserk. This has happened to me twice in the last 3 weeks. That may not sound like much, until you take it into consideration that I've only watched 5 embedded QT clips during that time.
Although it didn't lock up completely on those two occasions, it locked up enough to be unusable for me for ten minutes. TEN MINUTES of not responding oh a relatively new machine (2ghz P4, 1/2GB RAM) is NOT, by ANY means acceptable.
If this is anything like I saw on TV a few weeks ago, the idea is to have emergency hatches spread about every few kilometres and inside the tube emergency air supply so that while there is near 100% vacuum during the trip, there will be breathable air inside the tunnels within seconds of an accident.
This would most likely force the tunnel to be split up into compartments.
No, we don't get free incoming airtime because landline users pay a fee to call cellular exchanges.
We get free incoming airtime because every CALLER, whether they use a landline or cellphone, pays for the call, the receiver doesn't pay anything.
Note however that this, in most cases, does not apply to roaming, wherein most cases the receiver also pays. In those cases however the receiver only pays for the call transfer. The caller still pays the same amount as he would calling if the phone was on its own network.
Simple, perhaps. The question is just WHY. Especially when you look at phones just like any other previous forms of communication.
I mean, unless you explicitly request to pay, you don't pay for letters sent to you.
If you receive a telegram, you are not charged for it.
Being charged for being on the receiving end of a phonecall, to the rest of the world, sounds about as ridiculous as being charged for being on the receiving end of a letter or a telegram.
Also, it just seems a bit backwards not being able to RECEIVE calls just because you've run out of minutes:-).
Hell, with my telecom company, if I don't pay my bills for a couple of months and they cut me off, I'm still able to receive calls for a month IIRC before they completely disconnect my line. Whether the call comes from Nepal og next door makes no difference.
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No no, that's the updated edition.
The United States Service Release 2 (or USSR2 for short).
However it doesn't include patches for:
memory leaks of useless patents.
That'll come in a service pack later this year.
Do you put a picture of the family on your desk?
Now why would you do that? The desk is not for your personal use, it's the property of the company, if you didn't pay for it, it ain't yours.
Do you fiddle with the settings on your office chair?
Now why would you do that? The chair is not for your personal use, it's the property of the company. It isn't any of the company's business what settings on the chair are most comfortable for you. Personalisation does not benefit the company.
I wish more end users would remember that.
(</sarcastic-rant> for those who need it)
The computer, just like any other accessory you use in your workplace must allow for some personalisation.
As an IT drone, it is not your job to dictate what background picture/colour I have. If having BIG white letters on a black background increases my productivity, you, on behalf of the company, should be happy, even though it means you'll get to spend a few more minutes with me in the event that I need some help.
Dispite what you may have read when reading the BOFH archives, the system administrator should NOT get to dictate every single detail about the computing environment in the workplace.
Let's not forget all the Europeans going "I just pay for calls I make, not those I receive" while Americans go "Why should I pay for anything, damnit, I get 800 minutes free (after I get assraped 3 times over) with my current service plan"
Ah, yes, the calling plans.
But don't those 800 minutes apply to incoming calls as well?
Wasn't it more like:
It is by will alone I set my mind in motion
it is by the juice of saphu
that thoughts acquire speed
that lips acquire stains
that stains become a warning
It is by will alone I set my mind in motion.
So, uhm...
Are you really going to store all your pr0n at your grandma's?
Well, somebody tell the dj's then NOT to watch their ANIME or play games on the computer used for broadcasting. :-)
</sarcasm>
If I use Outlook and click a link in an email it launches Phoenix to that particular URL. I simply had to set Phoenix as my default browser for this to work.
I do however experience an issue similar to yours in using the MSN Messenger, where it launches IE, default browser be damned, for checking my hotmail account or sending new emails using hotmail.
Hmm, works fine for me using both Phoenix 0,5 and Mozilla 1,2,1 on Windows.
Because mentioning Microsoft would suggest some sort of innovation on MS' behalf?
Holy crap, I didn't reallize Emacs was a gaming console!
Every GSM phone made has for years come equipped with SMS capabilities.
SMS is very popular with the deaf (at least where I come from). It allows them to communicate just as easily with those with good hearing as other deaf people.
SMS also solves the problem of being globally accepted (just as long as you're not on the North-Western side of the Atlantic pond), and you don't need a special kind of GSM phone to be able to communicate with SMS. Another nice feature is that it works no matter how noisy it is surrounding the sender.
Amateur kidnapper you!
.h files first, the configure script after that, and THEN, when "youse gots all the money", release the .c files. :-)
Anybody with half a brain would know that you'd release the
sssh, don't talk about things like that.
Now all the coke-heads will have an excuse to snort the next line. "Hey *snort*, it's for charity *snort*"
Well, if it's on your own time, then might I suggest you just back away from the project?
If it is on your own time after all, I don't see how anyone can force you to write according to what the focus groups say, not like you're getting paid for it or anything.
If I decided to start my own project, I sure as hell wouldn't want somebody to start commiting code to said project when the code benefits no one, apart from possibly its author.
If you want to do something with my code, fine, fork the project, just don't get your knickers in a knot when I decide your code doesn't belong in my project.
It is after all MY project that _I_ started and _I_ control.
The ISP's should just say "NO".
They are not at fault when users do illegal stuff. They share about as much a part of the "crime" as, say, the bus company/driver if a "user" of the bus service deals drugs while riding a bus.
Wrong.
If you open a new IE Window by using file->new->window or pressing ctrl-N you just spawn off a new thread.
Now, to start a new app instance you have to click the E icon in your quicklaunch toolbar, start->Programs->Internet explorer, or do what I do, windowskey-R->iexplore
Just because it's in a new window, doesn't mean it's an entire new app instance.
Actually I've found that QT works better with Mozilla than IE.
Why does it work better?
My machine does not lock up when the QT plugin goes berserk. This has happened to me twice in the last 3 weeks. That may not sound like much, until you take it into consideration that I've only watched 5 embedded QT clips during that time.
Although it didn't lock up completely on those two occasions, it locked up enough to be unusable for me for ten minutes.
TEN MINUTES of not responding oh a relatively new machine (2ghz P4, 1/2GB RAM) is NOT, by ANY means acceptable.
If this is anything like I saw on TV a few weeks ago, the idea is to have emergency hatches spread about every few kilometres and inside the tube emergency air supply so that while there is near 100% vacuum during the trip, there will be breathable air inside the tunnels within seconds of an accident.
This would most likely force the tunnel to be split up into compartments.
Nope, you're not the only one.
:-)
Of course the _both_ of us could be cought in the same time/space paradox.
No, we don't get free incoming airtime because landline users pay a fee to call cellular exchanges.
We get free incoming airtime because every CALLER, whether they use a landline or cellphone, pays for the call, the receiver doesn't pay anything.
Note however that this, in most cases, does not apply to roaming, wherein most cases the receiver also pays. In those cases however the receiver only pays for the call transfer. The caller still pays the same amount as he would calling if the phone was on its own network.
Simple, perhaps.
:-).
The question is just WHY. Especially when you look at phones just like any other previous forms of communication.
I mean, unless you explicitly request to pay, you don't pay for letters sent to you.
If you receive a telegram, you are not charged for it.
Being charged for being on the receiving end of a phonecall, to the rest of the world, sounds about as ridiculous as being charged for being on the receiving end of a letter or a telegram.
Also, it just seems a bit backwards not being able to RECEIVE calls just because you've run out of minutes
Hell, with my telecom company, if I don't pay my bills for a couple of months and they cut me off, I'm still able to receive calls for a month IIRC before they completely disconnect my line. Whether the call comes from Nepal og next door makes no difference.
If the parent of your post meant what I THINK it meant, it means that you don't pay for receiving calls.
It's a bit hard for us non-americans to grasp such a concept (me pay for receiving calls).
Did you read the article?
.....
There was no mention of DTD anywhere in it.
XML Scheme on the other hand
Pardon my ignorance, but I thought bombs blew up just as fast everywhere in the world?