Why not just spend the $10/month or whatever it costs to use a real web hosting company, and then you would not have to deal with this BS? Doesn't Verizon also have some business-class DSL service which costs more, but doesn't have these restrictions?
Seriously, home-based DSL/cable modem connections were never billed as or sold as your own private T1 with which you can do anything you want.
Personally, I am all for such ISPs imposing these kinds of restrictions. People who use these kinds of connections to freeload and run business websites are hogging the bandwidth available to customers using the bandwidth for its original intended purpose... PORN! hehe
First off I apologize for my grammer. Secondly I have 5 years real world experince and I am not talking about running some pethetic highschool network.
I was home schooled and graduated at 15
Damn... your spelling and grammar are a horrible poster-child for the home-schooling community. You should have stayed in school a few more years!
I am proud to be a product of the public-school system:)
When they say "years of experience", it always means how many years you've worked full time at your various jobs. Working part time, or on the side for a few hours a week doesn't count towards "years of experience" as much as working full time does.
Given this, most people who are in their early 20s have at most 1 to 3 years of "real world" experience in ANY field, not just IT.
It's most likely true (aside from some posts to the contrary) that if you are of a certain age now (35-40 or older) and you do have that ton of experience, you can probably do well without a degree.
However, for people my age (20-25, maybe even younger), I think a completed degree from a reputable school is absolutely essential if you want to get anywhere in the field. With so many companies laying off and so few hiring, if it comes down to two equally qualified candidates (about my age), one with with a degree and one without, the one with the degree will win.
because it was the time of year when my class was graduating and I felt I should have left college as well. being 2 courses short didn't bother me all that much; and more importantly, I had a JOB OFFER which I didn't want to turn down.
That's understandable... Like I said I was in a similar predicament... but I still would have felt a great sense of waste if I didn't find a way to finish, even if it had meant postponing the getting of a real job. I know that making the payoff of student loans isn't necessarily the best motivator for me to get done, but somehow I just felt obligated.
I wonder, about all those who think a degree is too expensive and who think certifications are the way to go... after you spend all the money to become certified, and then spend more year after year after year to be recertified... do you really save anything? You most likely end up spending more money (this includes books, classes and tests)
With a degree on the other hand, you get the respect, and you are also secure in knowing you may never have to take another exam in your life (unless you choose to)!
Also, what would happen if the company making the certifications went under? That is a distinct possibility these days, especially with companies like Redhat... is all the money you spent on the certification wasted?
that's not to say I never attended college. I went to 3 universities and in my final transfer, I found that some credits didn't xfer over for some reason and I was about 2 courses short of a dual math/comp-sci degree. I figured I'd go back at night to complete the degrees (I had a job offer and was excited to immediately start in industry).
But why just quit when you were so close to finishing? I'm not trying to be insulting, just curious. For me, I was 2 classes away from finishing my Master's when I had to transfer from my old college campus. Fortunately a branch campus of the same university was near my new location and I am wrapping things up there. Considering how much I owe on student loans, I would never dream of dropping out because it'd be a total waste of money for me. I figure if I'm paying off this money, I might as well have gotten something for it.
And no, there are no good schools in Florida, sorry.
I received my Bachelor's of Comp. Sci from UCF (University of Central Florida). They are not great, but they are good.
The guy who runs our (Penn State's) graduate CS program is a UCF graduate. He is also one of the few profs who *FORCED* you to learn how to think on your own in a class. If you expected to be spoonfed the concepts, you would die a very humiliating death. Just ask my classmate who could not explain 1's compliment hehehehe
Although I struggled through his beginning hardware design class, I got far more from it in terms of a problem-solving perpsective... 6 years later, those skills still help me in my career today.
but be that as it may, you can go through the crappiest CS program and succeed, and you can go through the best CS program and come out a dumbass (like the aforementions Mr. 1's compliment), its all up to the effort your willing to put into the degree. I guarantee you that the most productive of programs WILL take far longer than 1 year, and involve MANY sleepness nights, weeks, months, etc.
Of course, going to a well-known school also helps. The last thing you want to hear in an interview is "I never heard of this place."
The commercialization of the internet has given rise to free web page services that only give you 2MB of space and 300MB of bandwidth per month, cable modem services that will disconnect you if you run anything even remotely resembling a server
And such things are bad? Would you prefer a non-commercial internet with no free web page services and no cable modem access? If commercialization hastens broadband internet access to me, then I am all for it.
So, you think you are entitled to Internet access? Sure, the US Constitution says the government cannot take away your rights to free speech, but it does not say you are entitled to a medium for that speech.
By the way, if you believe your tax money should fund such a thing, Arkansas has a "Tax Me More" fund which allows people who don't think they are taxed enough (you obviously don't) to send in as much money (over and above what they already pay) as they like.
This is fairly normal though. A lot of times when kids do this sort of thing (a minor crime), the cops try to come down "hard" on the kid so that they get scared straight. Most of the times this approach works and the fear of interacting with the "business" end of law enforcement is enough to keep the kids out of trouble.
Of course, there are some kids who aren't put off by this approach and will continue to commit worse and worse crimes until they are finally stopped.
This kinda reminds me of how some kids rated the "Bad Dudes vs. Bin Laden" game on newgrounds.com. The game itself was an excellent takeoff of the classic arcade game, everything in it matched or was very close to that game.
However, many of the kids who rated it said the graphics and sound sucked. It was kinda funny seeing that from a generation which never knew the likes of Pac-Man and Frogger.
With that in mind...
The special effects in Star Wars Episodes IV-VI were MUCH more realistic than Star Wars Episode I:)
Nah, every new sci-fi series is pretty much a rehash of every old sci-fi series. They just randomly piece together snippets from the old shows, throw in some new T&A (which is a requirment), give it a cheezy name, and throw it on the air!
This doesn't solve the problem, it just transfers it to somebody else i.e. the credit card processor. Now you as a user of the processor still have an obligation to your customers to assertain that the processor has proper safeguards in place.
It solves the CYA problem though. Presumably, a vendor which does support recurring billing has already solved these problems to the point at which they are able to resell it as a solution to a third party. Of course, verifying this is crucial. But, it usually more efficient and practical to buy a solution from an experienced provider than to throw one together (and go through the usual debugging, testing, etc.) on your own.
But what happens if a fire torches your filing cabinet? Would you have backups of the data (presumably Xerox copies)? And if so, where would they be stored? Also, what happens if someone were to break into the premesis (probably a disgruntled employee)?
Sounds silly, but all this can and does happen! In this case, the other posters have it right, hire the experts, but more importantly, *LISTEN* to them as well.
Why do you think broadband is so cheap and pervasive now? Take a minute and get off your high horse to realize the only reason you HAVE your cheap broadband is because of things like napster.
You're absolutely wrong. The only reason broadband even exists is because the providers think they can make money off it. It has nothing to do with Napster, P2P, trading illegal stuff. Its all about the almighty buck. If broadband didn't exist, people would be doing the swapping over 56K lines.
Geez! Some of us can't even get broadband at all... Comcast seems to be perpetually "upgrading its cable network" here and Verizon just refuses to allow DSL to be available here. Getting high speed access is a good thing, stop whining about it. If you don't like it, you can always switch to unrestricted dialup access.
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Why not just spend the $10/month or whatever it costs to use a real web hosting company, and then you would not have to deal with this BS? Doesn't Verizon also have some business-class DSL service which costs more, but doesn't have these restrictions?
Seriously, home-based DSL/cable modem connections were never billed as or sold as your own private T1 with which you can do anything you want.
Personally, I am all for such ISPs imposing these kinds of restrictions. People who use these kinds of connections to freeload and run business websites are hogging the bandwidth available to customers using the bandwidth for its original intended purpose... PORN! hehe
Which is more than can be said for the Liberal party's slack, sporadic, attempts at making Australian media PC, porn-free and 'safe for children'.
This is quite ironic, considering it comes from the same country in which prostitution is legal.
You better hope your IT director doesn't read slashdot, rjohnson
Or else he'll be fired for posting here :)
First off I apologize for my grammer. Secondly I have 5 years real world experince and I am not talking about running some pethetic highschool network.
I was home schooled and graduated at 15
Damn... your spelling and grammar are a horrible poster-child for the home-schooling community. You should have stayed in school a few more years!
I am proud to be a product of the public-school system :)
When they say "years of experience", it always means how many years you've worked full time at your various jobs. Working part time, or on the side for a few hours a week doesn't count towards "years of experience" as much as working full time does.
Given this, most people who are in their early 20s have at most 1 to 3 years of "real world" experience in ANY field, not just IT.
It's most likely true (aside from some posts to the contrary) that if you are of a certain age now (35-40 or older) and you do have that ton of experience, you can probably do well without a degree.
However, for people my age (20-25, maybe even younger), I think a completed degree from a reputable school is absolutely essential if you want to get anywhere in the field. With so many companies laying off and so few hiring, if it comes down to two equally qualified candidates (about my age), one with with a degree and one without, the one with the degree will win.
because it was the time of year when my class was graduating and I felt I should have left college as well. being 2 courses short didn't bother me all that much; and more importantly, I had a JOB OFFER which I didn't want to turn down.
That's understandable... Like I said I was in a similar predicament... but I still would have felt a great sense of waste if I didn't find a way to finish, even if it had meant postponing the getting of a real job. I know that making the payoff of student loans isn't necessarily the best motivator for me to get done, but somehow I just felt obligated.
Please explain what that poster meant, then, since I can't make heads or tails of his comment...
Get a CS degree and you will know :)
those do expire you know ;-)
A degree never expires :)
I wonder, about all those who think a degree is too expensive and who think certifications are the way to go... after you spend all the money to become certified, and then spend more year after year after year to be recertified... do you really save anything? You most likely end up spending more money (this includes books, classes and tests)
With a degree on the other hand, you get the respect, and you are also secure in knowing you may never have to take another exam in your life (unless you choose to)!
Also, what would happen if the company making the certifications went under? That is a distinct possibility these days, especially with companies like Redhat... is all the money you spent on the certification wasted?
you may learn that publicly discussing your income ... is in exceedingly poor taste.
You're right... but 50% of nothing is still nothing :)
that's not to say I never attended college. I went to 3 universities and in my final transfer, I found that some credits didn't xfer over for some reason and I was about 2 courses short of a dual math/comp-sci degree. I figured I'd go back at night to complete the degrees (I had a job offer and was excited to immediately start in industry).
But why just quit when you were so close to finishing? I'm not trying to be insulting, just curious. For me, I was 2 classes away from finishing my Master's when I had to transfer from my old college campus. Fortunately a branch campus of the same university was near my new location and I am wrapping things up there. Considering how much I owe on student loans, I would never dream of dropping out because it'd be a total waste of money for me. I figure if I'm paying off this money, I might as well have gotten something for it.
So OK I'm not from around here, oh great one ... what does pedantic mean? jk
If you had a degree, you would have learned that you could go to www.m-w.com and look up the word :)
And no, there are no good schools in Florida, sorry.
I received my Bachelor's of Comp. Sci from UCF (University of Central Florida). They are not great, but they are good.
The guy who runs our (Penn State's) graduate CS program is a UCF graduate. He is also one of the few profs who *FORCED* you to learn how to think on your own in a class. If you expected to be spoonfed the concepts, you would die a very humiliating death. Just ask my classmate who could not explain 1's compliment hehehehe
Although I struggled through his beginning hardware design class, I got far more from it in terms of a problem-solving perpsective... 6 years later, those skills still help me in my career today.
but be that as it may, you can go through the crappiest CS program and succeed, and you can go through the best CS program and come out a dumbass (like the aforementions Mr. 1's compliment), its all up to the effort your willing to put into the degree. I guarantee you that the most productive of programs WILL take far longer than 1 year, and involve MANY sleepness nights, weeks, months, etc.
Of course, going to a well-known school also helps. The last thing you want to hear in an interview is "I never heard of this place."
The commercialization of the internet has given rise to free web page services that only give you 2MB of space and 300MB of bandwidth per month, cable modem services that will disconnect you if you run anything even remotely resembling a server
And such things are bad? Would you prefer a non-commercial internet with no free web page services and no cable modem access? If commercialization hastens broadband internet access to me, then I am all for it.
So, you think you are entitled to Internet access? Sure, the US Constitution says the government cannot take away your rights to free speech, but it does not say you are entitled to a medium for that speech.
By the way, if you believe your tax money should fund such a thing, Arkansas has a "Tax Me More" fund which allows people who don't think they are taxed enough (you obviously don't) to send in as much money (over and above what they already pay) as they like.
This is fairly normal though. A lot of times when kids do this sort of thing (a minor crime), the cops try to come down "hard" on the kid so that they get scared straight. Most of the times this approach works and the fear of interacting with the "business" end of law enforcement is enough to keep the kids out of trouble.
Of course, there are some kids who aren't put off by this approach and will continue to commit worse and worse crimes until they are finally stopped.
You walked uphill 40 miles in the snow BOTH ways to the studio AND your shoes were leftover film cans?
This kinda reminds me of how some kids rated the "Bad Dudes vs. Bin Laden" game on newgrounds.com. The game itself was an excellent takeoff of the classic arcade game, everything in it matched or was very close to that game.
:)
However, many of the kids who rated it said the graphics and sound sucked. It was kinda funny seeing that from a generation which never knew the likes of Pac-Man and Frogger.
With that in mind...
The special effects in Star Wars Episodes IV-VI were MUCH more realistic than Star Wars Episode I
Nah, every new sci-fi series is pretty much a rehash of every old sci-fi series. They just randomly piece together snippets from the old shows, throw in some new T&A (which is a requirment), give it a cheezy name, and throw it on the air!
This doesn't solve the problem, it just transfers it to somebody else i.e. the credit card processor. Now you as a user of the processor still have an obligation to your customers to assertain that the processor has proper safeguards in place.
It solves the CYA problem though. Presumably, a vendor which does support recurring billing has already solved these problems to the point at which they are able to resell it as a solution to a third party. Of course, verifying this is crucial. But, it usually more efficient and practical to buy a solution from an experienced provider than to throw one together (and go through the usual debugging, testing, etc.) on your own.
But what happens if a fire torches your filing cabinet? Would you have backups of the data (presumably Xerox copies)? And if so, where would they be stored? Also, what happens if someone were to break into the premesis (probably a disgruntled employee)?
Sounds silly, but all this can and does happen! In this case, the other posters have it right, hire the experts, but more importantly, *LISTEN* to them as well.
I said it before, I'll say it again... hire Al Gore to protect the data, he will put it a real lockbox where no one can touch it!
Why do you think broadband is so cheap and pervasive now? Take a minute and get off your high horse to realize the only reason you HAVE your cheap broadband is because of things like napster.
You're absolutely wrong. The only reason broadband even exists is because the providers think they can make money off it. It has nothing to do with Napster, P2P, trading illegal stuff. Its all about the almighty buck. If broadband didn't exist, people would be doing the swapping over 56K lines.
Geez! Some of us can't even get broadband at all... Comcast seems to be perpetually "upgrading its cable network" here and Verizon just refuses to allow DSL to be available here. Getting high speed access is a good thing, stop whining about it. If you don't like it, you can always switch to unrestricted dialup access.
And if you want to use a blank password, you must forcibly check the box called "Use Blank Password (not recommended)" during your installation.