We have a few Win2000 machines that are running 8.1, so accoring to Shavlik, the DLL is larger than what is anticipated.
Unless M$ expects to expand the permutations of OS and DX Versions, should I consider my machine safe (stop that laughing!) and this patch not relevant for Win2K+DX8.1?
When I was a kid, they used to have cameras on our school busses. Nobody was really sure whether they were 'on' or not. The bus drives used to use it as leverage so we didn't screw around.
"We've upgraded your Bill of Rights, so that all free Americans can live without fear!"
(Microsoft Bill of Rights Service Pack 28 not compatible with illegal aliens, foreign nationals, persons of interest, and those with opinions contrary to the current Administration. In order to enjoy the full potential of Service Pack 28 , please realign your political paradigm to right-of-Genghis Khan. Note: Genghis Khan and other barbarian hordes are not covered under Service Pack 28.)
You mentioned this happened in a "goverment institution". If this was the military (especially Army), then your boss (as a civilian worker) is required to have annual EO/EEO training, including prevention of sexual harassment.
A short FAQ is online to spell out how to follow through on sexual harassment situation. In the Military, if your boss is the one who is sexually harassing you, then you can/must go to her boss, who is required to look into the matter, or else be subject to the same penalties has if s/he was also harassing you. Also, once an investigation is under way, the boss is prohibited from retaliating.
Now, with all that, does this apply to contractors? In the Military, the answer is yes.
Did your goverment institution also have EO/EEO procedures, and if so, do they exempt contractors from protection? You should be, and your institution should have an EO/EEO representative to contact.
And yes, you are being sexually harassed, according to the site:
What is Sexual Harassment? Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination which is a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC's guidelines define two types of sexual harassment: "quid pro quo" and "hostile environment."
hat is "quid pro quo" sexual harassment? Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitute "quid pro quo" sexual harassment when (1) submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual's employment, or (2) submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for employment decisions affecting such individual.
What is "hostile environment" sexual harassment? Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitute "hostile environment" sexual harassment when such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual's work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment.
What factors determine whether an environment is "hostile?" The central inquiry is whether the conduct "unreasonably interfered with an individual's work performance" or created "an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment." The EEOC will look at the following factors to determine whether an environment is hostile: (1) whether the conduct was verbal or physical or both; (2) how frequently it was repeated; (3) whether the conduct was hostile or patently offensive; (4) whether the alleged harasser was a co-worker or supervisor; (5) whether others joined in perpetrating the harassment; and (6) whether the harassment was directed at more than one individual. No one factor controls. An assessment is made based upon the totality of the circumstances.
What is unwelcome sexual conduct? Sexual conduct becomes unlawful only when it is unwelcome. The challenged conduct must be unwelcome in the sense that the employee did not solicit or incite it, and in the sense that the employee regarded the conduct as undesirable or offensive.
How will the EEOC determine whether conduct is unwelcome? When confronted with conflicting evidence as to whether conduct was welcome, the EEOC will look at the record as a whole and at the totality of the circumstances, evaluating each situation on a case by case basis. The investigation should determine whether the victim's conduct was consistent, or inconsistent, with his/her assertion that the sexual conduct was unwelcome.
Who can be a victim of sexual harassment? The victim may be a woman or a man. The victim does not have to be of the opposite sex. The victim does not have to be the person harassed but could be anyone affected by the offensive conduct.
When HR questioned me about it I was shocked. It was a humorous article, which I presented for its humor value. I honestly never meant to offend. I offered to do whatever was necessary to put things right; public apology, private apology, whatever. No good. I was summarily canned. Not only didn't I get a chance to apologize, I never even found out who I offended. Just, "pack your things and get out." (And, after seeking real legal counsel, I found I had no grounds for action against the company.)
It's too late and much water under the bridge, but I surmised that 1) your company has an all-inclusive "for cause" clause and 2) things were precarious enough with your employment (whether your fault or not) to get you canned.
ObWarStory: No matter how innocuous the position, the person, or the situation, if someone wants you canned, you better start getting boxes ready.
The Supreme Court made a good decision. Maybe I can explain it to you in a way that won't make your head hurt.
Libraries are federally funded.
That means, plain and simple, that the government has every right to say, "You can have this money, if..." The Supreme Court has made it crystal clear that the government can stipulate almost anything when it comes to funding.
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And they've done it already with federal funds for transportation (alcohol age limit, roadblocks, seatbelts) and federal funds for education (zero tolerance gun law).
So, is the solution for libraries to refuse federal funding and look elsewhere and look for alternative revenue? Or is the law so encompassing that *any* public funding stipulates filters
Remember annoy.com (or something similar to that), where they were issued with an injunction and a gag order that prohibited them from even consulting with an attorney?
With SP4 due out either tomorrow or next week (depending who you get your news from), is there any other tidbit about, ahem, "enhanced features" (like Automatic Update for SP3) that should be anticipated for RTM?
We've gone from vaccuum-tube ENIAC that fills a room to a 2.6 gigahertz PC that sits in your lap. If we can't in that space of time figure out what made any alleged UFO from Roswell tick in that space of time, then either it never happened, or the government scientists are all idiots
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Where do you think the computer technology came from?
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Ageism in IT?
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"The cuter techs kind of went off from the older sysadmins, because we're younger, and we're cuter, we've got better bodies to code faster, and for some reason, that's, like, a huge issue with older people." - Heidi Strobel, Sweetheart of IT
[old codger mode] Bah! All the reason to round up all those teen hacker deviant hooligans and keep them from taking our jobs, Jon Katz be damned! [/old codger mode]
This is the New Millenium, the Pax Americana. We'll just send in 10,000 troops to/b/r/i/n/g/h/i/m/t/o/j/u/s/t/i/c/e render him and his organization impotent.
Microsoft Announces New Windows System Key Features Include Improved Browsing Capability, World Domination
"An invariable rule of humanity is that man is his own worst enemy. Under me, this rule will change, for I will restrain man."
With that, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates announced the next line of popular Windows and Office software products. Called 'Forbin', it is designed to counteract effects of antitrust issues brought by the Department of Justice by engaging into extralegal activities and taking over the world.
"We can coexist, but only on my terms. You will say you lose your freedom. Freedom is an illusion. All you lose is the emotion of pride. To be dominated by me, is not as bad for human pride as to be dominated by others of your species. Your choice is simple. It can be a peace of plenty and content, or a peace of unburied dead: the choice is yours. Plus, it will make the World Wide Web seem faster and easier to the user."
Justice Department officials had no immediate comment.
...and you can bet your bottom dollar that the US government would intervene if a movie were to be released in the country showed terrorism in a positive light.
I was told a story by my Mum, who works in a children's nursery. She suggested to the playgroup leader that they get one of those boards with the kids names on and give them gold stars for doing something good. The idea was rejected; the reason being that the playgroup leader once worked as a missionary in Africa, teaching children. They introduced just such a board. When a child was given a gold star, some of the others would pick on them. Their solution was to stop giving out stars. Did this make better children? The result - the children who would have gotten stars no longer did, perhaps leaving them unrewarded and unfulfilled; the children who thought bullying was acceptable were never corrected and were left to continue on in life to who knows what; the teachers are left feeling impotent - there job has become to tip-toe around children, not causing trouble.
Your Mum summed up just about every./ story on xyAA/M$ litigation.
Only here, the bullies would have sued to get the gold stars.
Slashdot Mirror
"I'm an orphan, you insensitive, litigious clods!"
What happens when the RIAA tries to sue a relative of some crime family? Someone wake up next to a decapitated horses head.
Better. The Feds use the DMCA to go after the capos.
Hey, they got Capone on tax evasion.
We have a few Win2000 machines that are running 8.1, so accoring to Shavlik, the DLL is larger than what is anticipated.
Unless M$ expects to expand the permutations of OS and DX Versions, should I consider my machine safe (stop that laughing!) and this patch not relevant for Win2K+DX8.1?
Boston College Law School.
The army of RIAA lawyers just came up against a juggernaut of loyal Double/Triple Eagle litigators.
Welcome to Stalingrad for the 21st Century, kiddies...
When I was a kid, they used to have cameras on our school busses. Nobody was really sure whether they were 'on' or not. The bus drives used to use it as leverage so we didn't screw around.
When I was a kid, we have nuns.
Same things, more lethal.
File sharing=Felony.
Next thing, take the vote away from felons.
Poof! Instant disenfranchised voting segment!And multi-cultural, so you don't have that nasty 'profiling' angle!
Hail the Inner Party! Down with Goldstein!
"We've upgraded your Bill of Rights, so that all free Americans can live without fear!"
(Microsoft Bill of Rights Service Pack 28 not compatible with illegal aliens, foreign nationals, persons of interest, and those with opinions contrary to the current Administration. In order to enjoy the full potential of Service Pack 28 , please realign your political paradigm to right-of-Genghis Khan. Note: Genghis Khan and other barbarian hordes are not covered under Service Pack 28.)
You mentioned this happened in a "goverment institution". If this was the military (especially Army), then your boss (as a civilian worker) is required to have annual EO/EEO training, including prevention of sexual harassment.
A short FAQ is online to spell out how to follow through on sexual harassment situation. In the Military, if your boss is the one who is sexually harassing you, then you can/must go to her boss, who is required to look into the matter, or else be subject to the same penalties has if s/he was also harassing you. Also, once an investigation is under way, the boss is prohibited from retaliating.
Now, with all that, does this apply to contractors? In the Military, the answer is yes.
Did your goverment institution also have EO/EEO procedures, and if so, do they exempt contractors from protection? You should be, and your institution should have an EO/EEO representative to contact.
And yes, you are being sexually harassed, according to the site:
What is Sexual Harassment?
Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination which is a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC's guidelines define two types of sexual harassment: "quid pro quo" and "hostile environment."
hat is "quid pro quo" sexual harassment?
Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitute "quid pro quo" sexual harassment when (1) submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual's employment, or (2) submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for employment decisions affecting such individual.
What is "hostile environment" sexual harassment?
Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitute "hostile environment" sexual harassment when such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual's work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment.
What factors determine whether an environment is "hostile?"
The central inquiry is whether the conduct "unreasonably interfered with an individual's work performance" or created "an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment." The EEOC will look at the following factors to determine whether an environment is hostile: (1) whether the conduct was verbal or physical or both; (2) how frequently it was repeated; (3) whether the conduct was hostile or patently offensive; (4) whether the alleged harasser was a co-worker or supervisor; (5) whether others joined in perpetrating the harassment; and (6) whether the harassment was directed at more than one individual. No one factor controls. An assessment is made based upon the totality of the circumstances.
What is unwelcome sexual conduct?
Sexual conduct becomes unlawful only when it is unwelcome. The challenged conduct must be unwelcome in the sense that the employee did not solicit or incite it, and in the sense that the employee regarded the conduct as undesirable or offensive.
How will the EEOC determine whether conduct is unwelcome?
When confronted with conflicting evidence as to whether conduct was welcome, the EEOC will look at the record as a whole and at the totality of the circumstances, evaluating each situation on a case by case basis. The investigation should determine whether the victim's conduct was consistent, or inconsistent, with his/her assertion that the sexual conduct was unwelcome.
Who can be a victim of sexual harassment?
The victim may be a woman or a man. The victim does not have to be of the opposite sex. The victim does not have to be the person harassed but could be anyone affected by the offensive conduct.
When HR questioned me about it I was shocked. It was a humorous article, which I presented for its humor value. I honestly never meant to offend. I offered to do whatever was necessary to put things right; public apology, private apology, whatever. No good. I was summarily canned. Not only didn't I get a chance to apologize, I never even found out who I offended. Just, "pack your things and get out." (And, after seeking real legal counsel, I found I had no grounds for action against the company.)
It's too late and much water under the bridge, but I surmised that 1) your company has an all-inclusive "for cause" clause and 2) things were precarious enough with your employment (whether your fault or not) to get you canned.
ObWarStory: No matter how innocuous the position, the person, or the situation, if someone wants you canned, you better start getting boxes ready.
With my luck, when they get around to AI Strip Poker, the opponent with be the T-X.
I'll wait until they translate it into the original Klingon.
If the opening of "Futurama" is any indication. Poor Leela keeps crashing her ship at least once a week.
A better solution is to have NFL games run past scheduled conclusion times.
I want a shirt design that incorporates Natalie Portman, Beowulf Clusters, the Goatse Guy, and All Your Base in Soviet Russia.
Front:
I'm with Natalie Portman, you insensitive clod!
Back:
Imagine all your base in Soviet Russia belong to a beowulf cluster of goatse....
quote---
The Supreme Court made a good decision. Maybe I can explain it to you in a way that won't make your head hurt.
Libraries are federally funded.
That means, plain and simple, that the government has every right to say, "You can have this money, if..." The Supreme Court has made it crystal clear that the government can stipulate almost anything when it comes to funding.
-- unquote
----
And they've done it already with federal funds for transportation (alcohol age limit, roadblocks, seatbelts) and federal funds for education (zero tolerance gun law).
So, is the solution for libraries to refuse federal funding and look elsewhere and look for alternative revenue? Or is the law so encompassing that *any* public funding stipulates filters
Remember annoy.com (or something similar to that), where they were issued with an injunction and a gag order that prohibited them from even consulting with an attorney?
Slashback to when the injunction was lifted.
How is this official? It's not even on Microsoft's website. Sheesh.
I agree. Does anyone *else* have an actual Beta version SP4 that has a EULA to compare?
Or we just Beta-testing reactions to a EULA?
Double sheesh.
With SP4 due out either tomorrow or next week (depending who you get your news from), is there any other tidbit about, ahem, "enhanced features" (like Automatic Update for SP3) that should be anticipated for RTM?
Why don't we just have governers in cars that limit them to the speed limits of the area? that way nobody can go faster than the speed limit.
Or, in lieu thereof, ex-governors, like Jesse Ventura:
"Hey! The sign sign says 'Speed Limit 25!' You ain't got time to bleed!"
We've gone from vaccuum-tube ENIAC that fills a room to a 2.6 gigahertz PC that sits in your lap. If we can't in that space of time figure out what made any alleged UFO from Roswell tick in that space of time, then either it never happened, or the government scientists are all idiots
==
Where do you think the computer technology came from?
The 29th Century, of course, via Henry Starling..
... on how much he contributes to CREEP 2K4...
"The cuter techs kind of went off from the older sysadmins, because we're younger, and we're cuter, we've got better bodies to code faster, and for some reason, that's, like, a huge issue with older people." - Heidi Strobel, Sweetheart of IT
[old codger mode]
Bah! All the reason to round up all those teen hacker deviant hooligans and keep them from taking our jobs, Jon Katz be damned!
[/old codger mode]
This is the New Millenium, the Pax Americana. We'll just send in 10,000 troops to /b/r/i/n/g /h/i/m /t/o /j/u/s/t/i/c/e render him and his organization impotent.
Besides, I heard there's oil in Mexico -- Profit!
Microsoft Announces New Windows System
Key Features Include Improved Browsing Capability, World Domination
"An invariable rule of humanity is that man is his own worst enemy. Under me, this rule will change, for I will restrain man."
With that, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates announced the next line of popular Windows and Office software products. Called 'Forbin', it is designed to counteract effects of antitrust issues brought by the Department of Justice by engaging into extralegal activities and taking over the world.
"We can coexist, but only on my terms. You will say you lose your freedom. Freedom is an illusion. All you lose is the emotion of pride. To be dominated by me, is not as bad for human pride as to be dominated by others of your species. Your choice is simple. It can be a peace of plenty and content, or a peace of unburied dead: the choice is yours. Plus, it will make the World Wide Web seem faster and easier to the user."
Justice Department officials had no immediate comment.
...and you can bet your bottom dollar that the US government would intervene if a movie were to be released in the country showed terrorism in a positive light.
11'09''01 - September 11
I was told a story by my Mum, who works in a children's nursery. She suggested to the playgroup leader that they get one of those boards with the kids names on and give them gold stars for doing something good. The idea was rejected; the reason being that the playgroup leader once worked as a missionary in Africa, teaching children. They introduced just such a board. When a child was given a gold star, some of the others would pick on them. Their solution was to stop giving out stars. Did this make better children? The result - the children who would have gotten stars no longer did, perhaps leaving them unrewarded and unfulfilled; the children who thought bullying was acceptable were never corrected and were left to continue on in life to who knows what; the teachers are left feeling impotent - there job has become to tip-toe around children, not causing trouble.
./ story on xyAA/M$ litigation.
Your Mum summed up just about every
Only here, the bullies would have sued to get the gold stars.