...Free driver development, on the other hand, may lead to an increase of devices that are fully supported in linux...
As much as want you to be right, I have my doubts. Think about USB. Flash drives are supported on almost any 2.6 kernel, and have been for quite some time. Yet look at the packages. How many list Linux (2.6 kernel) as supported? Not many. It would cost the companies nothing to add that, but virtually all refuse to do so. Why? I have no idea. Same thing with external USB drives. I've only found one that doesn't work so far but I have yet to see any manufacturer list Linux on the box.
Three doctors!! What the hell kind of questions where you asking??
This was over a period of years, BTW, not at the same time. Mostly questioning their diagnosis or asking about alternatives. Example: Doc: You have a virus. Let's get you some antibiotics. Me: Why? Antibiotics don't work on viruses, only bacteria. Why risk the money and side effects, plus the potential to build up resistant strains when there is little to no gain? The doc actually took offense at that question!
Basically, I think the root causes were (1) I did not treat them as gods. (2) I took up too much time because I asked questions. Overall, I really wasn't offended by being asked not to come back. I figure I wouldn't have gotten good treatment from them anyway, and it was safer for my health this way.
Man, if I only had mod points...I think overall you hit the nail on the head. It's not clueless users that cause most of the scorn, but clueless users that have no desire to learn or who act like idiots.
At one place I worked, everyone had to log in with a username and password. For most people, their username was just their first name. With my help, everyone logged in the first time. I had 13 separate individuals who later couldn't log in because they couldn't remember their username! Two were repeat offenders! I'm sorry, but an adult who can't remember their own first name is an idiot.
As for other professions like doctors and lawyers, they do snub their clients, just not as openly. When you go see a doctor, how much time do you really see the doctor, and how much more do you see the waiting room and the nurse? Most doctors I've known are very condescending. Don't question them too much! I've actually had 3 doctors ask me not to come back when I started asking too many questions.
OTOH, there was a doctor I had a pre major operation meeting with where I brought a list of questions. I did offer to send the list in advance, as I wanted good answers, not a pop quiz, but the doctor said it wasn't necessary. After I got through the list of questions, the doctor made the comment that I had put more thought and effort in preparing myself than almost any other patient he had had before. I could tell I earned some respect from him, although that was not my intention.
Lawyers. Does IT get to charge $150+/hr, billed in 6 minute increments to users, with a large up front fee that is non-refundable? At that price, I bet we could be very nice to the less computer literate. Ever try telling a lawyer exactly what to do? I bet your response will less than friendly (and they bill you for that too!). It happened with me, so I speak from experience.
I can't speak for every IT person, but the users that willing to learn, or at least try to learn or adapt are a joy to work with. Those that lie (I once had a client bring me a computer with a hole punched in the case large enough to stick my fist through; it was "hit by lightning"), those that don't want to learn or can't adapt (I can't work, my buttons are in a different order [even though it was the user that re-arranged them]), those that think we are psychics (U: "My computer is broke" IT: "What's wrong?" U: "You're the professional, you tell me." Later... U: "Why is it taking so long and why is my bill so high?!?!"), these are the all too common users that cause IT to be bit surly.
...I've not noticed them coming in different shapes and sizes.
Again, if the battery compartment is loose fitting, you probably won't notice a difference. The 2400's do fit a few of my devices. But there are other devices they won't fit in.
In Texas, it can be either 12 or 6. I've served on 4 juries in Texas (called many times more), and all were 12, except for the traffic court, where there were only 6 of us. I can tell you the criminal cases require a unanimous verdict, but the civil cases required only 10 out of 12.
Be warned that the manufacturer's cheat with the higher mAh batteries. They say they are a certain size, but actually the batteries are slightly bigger than their stated size. More chemicials mean more mAh, but more chemicals also need more space.
The upshot of this is if the battery compartment is tight, the larger mAh batteries won't fit as they are not the standard size. There is an upper limit. For AA, it seems to be about 2000-2200 mAh from my experience. The 2400 AA's I bought actually fit in only a few of my devices.
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The hammer is first to hit the ground.
Only at temperatures above absolute zero. At absolute zero, inertial and gravitational mass are equal. Of course, as others have mentioned, we don't have instruments sensitive enough to see the difference even at normal (for us) temperatures.
...Unfortunately, our current government is so corrupt that it plays ball with the corporations rather than fixes things.
Well, maybe if more people started voting out the incumbents, this would change. A large turnover in Congress would be a good first step in fixing these things.
When someone steals your television, they have it and you don't. When someone "steals" your identity, you still have it because you're still you.
Except the damage they do de-values you being you. Say you had a great credit score and were about to buy a home. Oops, now you can't get approved for the home loan because of all the black marks on your credit score. Can you honestly say that doesn't make you less valuable?
People have spent thousands of dollars and years trying to clean up after an identity theft. Is that de-valuing you. That money and time could have easily been put to better use. That's value you have lost.
...I also see that Word 97 isn't on their list of affected software so perhaps businesses could also consider just use their old copies of Office 97...
M$'s list doesn't give versions that are not vulnerable, so I wonder if 97 really is immune, or simply not tested (or M$ won't admit it is vulnerable). Ditto for 2007.
I thought about that, but there are two issues I haven't resolved to my satisfaction:
(1) I don't control the DNS server and can't edit my zone files directly, so there is a charge for each change. True, it should change very rarely, but past experience with them doesn't give me a good feeling. Since they don't publish any SPF records, I can't just refer to their SPF list as valid which would solve the change problem. Further, my request for a list of their outgoing servers was refused. My past experience with them would lead me to not trust the list too much even if they did give it to me, meaning I have to go through and reverse engineer that information.
(2) Hosting my own public DNS server just isn't a viable option. (Although...maybe I could convince my web host to change the zones for my domain to slaves, with my own DNS server as master online just long enough to propogate the changes...hmmm.)
1 is a much bigger stumbling block than 2 of course.
No, just block port 25 to all servers other than the ISPs for dynamic IP addresses.
Some ISP's do this. And this is reason I can't set up a SPF record for my domain. All my parents outgoing email would fail and their ISP (AT&T) doesn't publish any SPF records (and what if they change ISP's, something they have been talking about doing). Considering they are on dail-up, buying a static IP is out of the question. Getting AT&T to unblock them is impossible (I've tried).
Now, if you were really clever, you could probably figure a way to make money shorting them...
Actually, since the touted stocks are always penny stocks (so far that I've seen), they are pretty much impossible to short. There's always naked short selling, but AFAIK, that's illegal (at least I've seen reports where the SEC is promising to crack down on that practice).
Yes, but only very rarely gets prosecuted, so there is little deterrent, but lots of potential gain. Hence it happens a great deal. One thing I learned while doing law enforcement is that laws without enforcement and meaningful penalties are worthless.
...I have only seen ForecastFox that will work on the 1.5.x and the 2.0 series of Firefox.
Well, I have been running 2.0 since rc2, and I have all of the following extensions working: Adblock, Adblock Filterset.G updater, Forecastfox, Linky, and McAfee SiteAdvisor. While I realize this is a far cry from all the extensions, these are all the ones I use regularly. I'm quite sure the list of working extensions is far bigger than what I've listed.
We won't be launching any kind of war against North Korea, pre-emptive or otherwise.
What most people forget is the Korean Conflict never had a peace treaty, only a cease-fire. It's not the hard to find or create an incident to use to claim that cease-fire has been broken by the other side (such as the recent incusion by N. Korean troops across the border). If W wants a war there, it wouldn't be hard at all to justify one. And this time, the N. Koreans can't expect Chinese troops to help them.
However, I do agree that any shooting by the US is unlikely.
Unless there is a rootkit, in which case, it will never show anything. I've encountered rootkits on Windows recently, 2 in August alone. I suspect we will be seeing more and more of them.
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As much as want you to be right, I have my doubts. Think about USB. Flash drives are supported on almost any 2.6 kernel, and have been for quite some time. Yet look at the packages. How many list Linux (2.6 kernel) as supported? Not many. It would cost the companies nothing to add that, but virtually all refuse to do so. Why? I have no idea. Same thing with external USB drives. I've only found one that doesn't work so far but I have yet to see any manufacturer list Linux on the box.
It's called Impress, although personally, I feel both programs are over-used.
Three doctors!! What the hell kind of questions where you asking??
This was over a period of years, BTW, not at the same time. Mostly questioning their diagnosis or asking about alternatives. Example: Doc: You have a virus. Let's get you some antibiotics. Me: Why? Antibiotics don't work on viruses, only bacteria. Why risk the money and side effects, plus the potential to build up resistant strains when there is little to no gain? The doc actually took offense at that question!
Basically, I think the root causes were (1) I did not treat them as gods. (2) I took up too much time because I asked questions. Overall, I really wasn't offended by being asked not to come back. I figure I wouldn't have gotten good treatment from them anyway, and it was safer for my health this way.
Man, if I only had mod points...I think overall you hit the nail on the head. It's not clueless users that cause most of the scorn, but clueless users that have no desire to learn or who act like idiots.
At one place I worked, everyone had to log in with a username and password. For most people, their username was just their first name. With my help, everyone logged in the first time. I had 13 separate individuals who later couldn't log in because they couldn't remember their username! Two were repeat offenders! I'm sorry, but an adult who can't remember their own first name is an idiot.
As for other professions like doctors and lawyers, they do snub their clients, just not as openly. When you go see a doctor, how much time do you really see the doctor, and how much more do you see the waiting room and the nurse? Most doctors I've known are very condescending. Don't question them too much! I've actually had 3 doctors ask me not to come back when I started asking too many questions.
OTOH, there was a doctor I had a pre major operation meeting with where I brought a list of questions. I did offer to send the list in advance, as I wanted good answers, not a pop quiz, but the doctor said it wasn't necessary. After I got through the list of questions, the doctor made the comment that I had put more thought and effort in preparing myself than almost any other patient he had had before. I could tell I earned some respect from him, although that was not my intention.
Lawyers. Does IT get to charge $150+/hr, billed in 6 minute increments to users, with a large up front fee that is non-refundable? At that price, I bet we could be very nice to the less computer literate. Ever try telling a lawyer exactly what to do? I bet your response will less than friendly (and they bill you for that too!). It happened with me, so I speak from experience.
I can't speak for every IT person, but the users that willing to learn, or at least try to learn or adapt are a joy to work with. Those that lie (I once had a client bring me a computer with a hole punched in the case large enough to stick my fist through; it was "hit by lightning"), those that don't want to learn or can't adapt (I can't work, my buttons are in a different order [even though it was the user that re-arranged them]), those that think we are psychics (U: "My computer is broke" IT: "What's wrong?" U: "You're the professional, you tell me." Later... U: "Why is it taking so long and why is my bill so high?!?!"), these are the all too common users that cause IT to be bit surly.
Again, if the battery compartment is loose fitting, you probably won't notice a difference. The 2400's do fit a few of my devices. But there are other devices they won't fit in.
In Texas, it can be either 12 or 6. I've served on 4 juries in Texas (called many times more), and all were 12, except for the traffic court, where there were only 6 of us. I can tell you the criminal cases require a unanimous verdict, but the civil cases required only 10 out of 12.
Didn't Janet Jackson eventually get the death penalty for exposing her pasty-covered nipple to the world of American Football?
No, as the breast was about as real as her brother's nose.
Be warned that the manufacturer's cheat with the higher mAh batteries. They say they are a certain size, but actually the batteries are slightly bigger than their stated size. More chemicials mean more mAh, but more chemicals also need more space.
The upshot of this is if the battery compartment is tight, the larger mAh batteries won't fit as they are not the standard size. There is an upper limit. For AA, it seems to be about 2000-2200 mAh from my experience. The 2400 AA's I bought actually fit in only a few of my devices.
The hammer is first to hit the ground.
Only at temperatures above absolute zero. At absolute zero, inertial and gravitational mass are equal. Of course, as others have mentioned, we don't have instruments sensitive enough to see the difference even at normal (for us) temperatures.
Well, maybe if more people started voting out the incumbents, this would change. A large turnover in Congress would be a good first step in fixing these things.
When someone steals your television, they have it and you don't. When someone "steals" your identity, you still have it because you're still you.
Except the damage they do de-values you being you. Say you had a great credit score and were about to buy a home. Oops, now you can't get approved for the home loan because of all the black marks on your credit score. Can you honestly say that doesn't make you less valuable?
People have spent thousands of dollars and years trying to clean up after an identity theft. Is that de-valuing you. That money and time could have easily been put to better use. That's value you have lost.
M$'s list doesn't give versions that are not vulnerable, so I wonder if 97 really is immune, or simply not tested (or M$ won't admit it is vulnerable). Ditto for 2007.
I've never heard of Zoneedit before. It looks like what I need. Thanks for the tip.
SRS isn't supported by AT&T. Tried that too.
I thought about that, but there are two issues I haven't resolved to my satisfaction:
(1) I don't control the DNS server and can't edit my zone files directly, so there is a charge for each change. True, it should change very rarely, but past experience with them doesn't give me a good feeling. Since they don't publish any SPF records, I can't just refer to their SPF list as valid which would solve the change problem. Further, my request for a list of their outgoing servers was refused. My past experience with them would lead me to not trust the list too much even if they did give it to me, meaning I have to go through and reverse engineer that information.
(2) Hosting my own public DNS server just isn't a viable option. (Although...maybe I could convince my web host to change the zones for my domain to slaves, with my own DNS server as master online just long enough to propogate the changes...hmmm.)
1 is a much bigger stumbling block than 2 of course.
No, just block port 25 to all servers other than the ISPs for dynamic IP addresses.
Some ISP's do this. And this is reason I can't set up a SPF record for my domain. All my parents outgoing email would fail and their ISP (AT&T) doesn't publish any SPF records (and what if they change ISP's, something they have been talking about doing). Considering they are on dail-up, buying a static IP is out of the question. Getting AT&T to unblock them is impossible (I've tried).
It is just too easy to spoof header info now.
That's the main reason for SPF.
Now, if you were really clever, you could probably figure a way to make money shorting them...
Actually, since the touted stocks are always penny stocks (so far that I've seen), they are pretty much impossible to short. There's always naked short selling, but AFAIK, that's illegal (at least I've seen reports where the SEC is promising to crack down on that practice).
Lying under oath is a crime.
Yes, but only very rarely gets prosecuted, so there is little deterrent, but lots of potential gain. Hence it happens a great deal. One thing I learned while doing law enforcement is that laws without enforcement and meaningful penalties are worthless.
And is themeability now gone, or am I just not looking in the right spot? I don't see any way to change the look of this thing.
Try looking under Tools -> Add-ons -> Themes tab.
Well, I have been running 2.0 since rc2, and I have all of the following extensions working: Adblock, Adblock Filterset.G updater, Forecastfox, Linky, and McAfee SiteAdvisor. While I realize this is a far cry from all the extensions, these are all the ones I use regularly. I'm quite sure the list of working extensions is far bigger than what I've listed.
Then we just automate the attack and re-infect them on each reboot or logout. Oh, wait! That's how the current attacks work now. Darn.
We won't be launching any kind of war against North Korea, pre-emptive or otherwise.
What most people forget is the Korean Conflict never had a peace treaty, only a cease-fire. It's not the hard to find or create an incident to use to claim that cease-fire has been broken by the other side (such as the recent incusion by N. Korean troops across the border). If W wants a war there, it wouldn't be hard at all to justify one. And this time, the N. Koreans can't expect Chinese troops to help them.
However, I do agree that any shooting by the US is unlikely.
"Oh yes. Well, at least you were walking. We had to outrun the whole Egyptian army.. And wander in the desert for forty days."
When I was a kid, we didn't have feet!
Unless there is a rootkit, in which case, it will never show anything. I've encountered rootkits on Windows recently, 2 in August alone. I suspect we will be seeing more and more of them.