Are you sure your company didn't inform you of this? Like, did you read all the fine print when you started your job? How about the employee handbook? (The one where I work is a 3" binder - I know I haven't read all of it) Are there Rules of Use you had to agree to when you got 'net access? Are you sure this wasn't in there?
"The undersigned agreed to comply with all regulations listed herein. In addition, for one, the undersigned welcomes its new corporate overlord."
Imagine if the owner of a pro football team not only didn't know a thing about football, but refused to listen to the coach and players about football matters (which they are paid a lot of money to be experts in), and insisted on calling the plays himself and made the calls based on what he'd heard his son's coach yell out out on the sidelines of his junior league game.
According to AmIAnnoying.Com, Brannon Braga fits this scenario:
He does not particularly like Star Trek or science fiction in general.
He only got the Trek job because he applied for an internship in college.
His scripts are noted for their plot holes and dubious science.
He is dismissive of Trek fans.
He has held on to his Trek job by pushing out other writers and producers.
The key is that he has the support of the higher ups.
Moral is that there ARE willfully ignorant bosses who can and will continue to putter along according to their pecking order in the Peter Principle.
I take it you haven't had the "pleasure" of your PHB embarrassing you by yelling "I know it's your T1 because our network guy teleported into the Baywatch hub and checked it!" at a Qwest network admin during a heated conference call.
Obvious because the Network Guy teleported through the Gena Lee No-LAN.
With the shuttle fleet grounded, if the Russians are unable to launch for whatever-reason, will the Chinese have the capability for any emergency situation?
The "3n + 1" problem involves starting with a particular integer n, and repeatedly performing the following operation:
If (n is even) divide n by 2; Else multiply n by 3, and add 1.
For example, starting with the number 6, we get the following series:
6, 3, 10, 5, 16, 8, 4, 2, 1, 4, 2, 1...
The 4,2,1 loop repeats over and over, so it's usually convenient to terminate the process once it is entered. All numbers tested so far eventually hit this loop, although it has not been proven that all numbers do.
My question is whether we'll see any semblance that the launch system can rendezvous with the ISS (and then, if it's based on Soyuz architecture, whether it can dock), or will it be too low in earth orbit.
And if it can dock, whether there's a minimum order for Kung Pao delivery. *ba da bum*
When the less technically-inclined students unfamiliar with geek lingo start getting e-mails informing them they have trojans, I can only imagine what kind of responses the IT department will get.
Blansett said even if users are sharing legally, they can be shut down simply for using up too much bandwidth, which can slow down Internet access for more casual users.
Before Napster, P2P, RIAA, and the lawsuits, this was the most reasonable excuse for curbing legitamate on-line access. Universities can claim their network was a limited resource.
I am sure most Slashdot readers know Schneier's name and his work.
"Hi, I'm Bruce Schneier! You may have remembered me from my other books, 'A Long Day's Journey Out From Fright', and 'Security is a Well-Patched Mac'."
Their record at the moment stands at suing four children under 12, almost 10 people who don't have machines to run the software they claim they used, or even accounts with the ISPs they claim they used to download software from, and six people who don't own a PC or have internet access to begin with.
And how many of those six settled anyway?
If even *one* did, it doesn't matter what the RIAA does or how it does it. People will cave at the slightest whimper out of fear and/or peace of mind.
Slashdot Mirror
Don't install components while having sex. Either your SO doesn't care, or he/she is the biggest geek ever, and you're one lucky person.
This also included having sex with the computer, although when they come out with a USB-connected 'Rabbit' for the female geeks....
Does that mean that Microsoft will repair the hole in the ozone with a Security Patch, a Service Release Patch, a Service Pack, or a System Upgrade?
So what happens if there is a tie?
Sudden death overtime, then penalty kicks.
Winning shooter takes his/her robe off in victory.
Are you sure your company didn't inform you of this? Like, did you read all the fine print when you started your job? How about the employee handbook? (The one where I work is a 3" binder - I know I haven't read all of it) Are there Rules of Use you had to agree to when you got 'net access? Are you sure this wasn't in there?
"The undersigned agreed to comply with all regulations listed herein. In addition, for one, the undersigned welcomes its new corporate overlord."
According to AmIAnnoying.Com, Brannon Braga fits this scenario:
He does not particularly like Star Trek or science fiction in general.
He only got the Trek job because he applied for an internship in college.
His scripts are noted for their plot holes and dubious science.
He is dismissive of Trek fans.
He has held on to his Trek job by pushing out other writers and producers.
The key is that he has the support of the higher ups.
Moral is that there ARE willfully ignorant bosses who can and will continue to putter along according to their pecking order in the Peter Principle.
I take it you haven't had the "pleasure" of your PHB embarrassing you by yelling "I know it's your T1 because our network guy teleported into the Baywatch hub and checked it!" at a Qwest network admin during a heated conference call.
Obvious because the Network Guy teleported through the Gena Lee No-LAN.
Could someone please explain to this lowely Helpdesk Technician what the hell a PHB is?
A Paradigm of Haphazard Bull---t.
Notice the last entry in sports bras. Those engineers have a partially clothed woman in the room and their looking at their wires and scope!
How do you know that the woman isn't also an engineer?
Insert lame Wonder-Bra joke here
And here I thought "Ds" would be Darkshadowsium -- the key element to repel TV Vampires.
They do already.... in Soviet Russia .
/. enough, and even the innocuous comments elicit the standard running joke.
Sorry. You read
Parental stupidity is harmful to children.
There are times when Aldous Huxley's selective genetics doesn't seem such a bad idea....
Your Rights Online: SunnComm Says Pointing to Shift Key 'Possible Felony'
Look! I'm pointing to the Shift Key! I'm pointing to the Shift Key! I'm a Felon! And here's me pointing to the NumLock Key as a Misdemeanor.
Now, I'm going to go home and tear the tags off all my matresses. Mwahahahahhahahah!!!
Reason behind the thought was one word: Lifepod.
With the shuttle fleet grounded, if the Russians are unable to launch for whatever-reason, will the Chinese have the capability for any emergency situation?
The "3n + 1" problem involves starting with a particular integer n, and repeatedly performing the following operation:
If (n is even) divide n by 2;
Else multiply n by 3, and add 1.
For example, starting with the number 6, we get the following series:
6, 3, 10, 5, 16, 8, 4, 2, 1, 4, 2, 1...
The 4,2,1 loop repeats over and over, so it's usually convenient to terminate the process once it is entered. All numbers tested so far eventually hit this loop, although it has not been proven that all numbers do.
My question is whether we'll see any semblance that the launch system can rendezvous with the ISS (and then, if it's based on Soyuz architecture, whether it can dock), or will it be too low in earth orbit.
And if it can dock, whether there's a minimum order for Kung Pao delivery. *ba da bum*
You don't have a poster of Linus on your wall?
I have one of Lucy instead, you insensitive blockhead!
"i don't understand why they don't flash something more useful"
--
How about a picture of Natalie Portman, petrified, and covered in hot grits?
Shhh.... that's in Episode 3....
When the less technically-inclined students unfamiliar with geek lingo start getting e-mails informing them they have trojans, I can only imagine what kind of responses the IT department will get.
Especially when they play Southern Cal....
Blansett said even if users are sharing legally, they can be shut down simply for using up too much bandwidth, which can slow down Internet access for more casual users.
Before Napster, P2P, RIAA, and the lawsuits, this was the most reasonable excuse for curbing legitamate on-line access. Universities can claim their network was a limited resource.
I am sure most Slashdot readers know Schneier's name and his work.
"Hi, I'm Bruce Schneier! You may have remembered me from my other books, 'A Long Day's Journey Out From Fright', and 'Security is a Well-Patched Mac'."
Rest assured, brothers, your files have not been deleted; they have been martyred and are currently being serviced by 72 virgins.
So, the standard Tech Support staff?
Their record at the moment stands at suing four children under 12, almost 10 people who don't have machines to run the software they claim they used, or even accounts with the ISPs they claim they used to download software from, and six people who don't own a PC or have internet access to begin with.
And how many of those six settled anyway?
If even *one* did, it doesn't matter what the RIAA does or how it does it. People will cave at the slightest whimper out of fear and/or peace of mind.
I've seen that movie too.
Bruce Willis dies.
Thanks a LOT! Next thing, you'lll tell me that Ben Affleck lives!
I consider Google more like Emmy from Desk Set as a repository of information.
Of course, instead of overloading its buffer with
Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight, just consider a plethora of pop-up ads.
Now, The New York Times (sacrifice of eldest child required)
Should have waited for the Spring for this one.
Who knew the BSoD was one of the Plagues.