Several years back, I noted that a clean, fresh install of W2K was quite zippy, responsive, and quick-to-boot, until I patched it up to SP4 (at which point it immediately became a bear).
I've always suspected that the constant security patches degrade whatever performance optimizations were present in the OS at release time. I offer no proof that this is by design (although, theoretically, this would motivate upgrades).
If these boxes aren't on the network...give it a shot with any older, unpatched OS.
I really wish that I could recommend a flavor of Linux so that I didn't sound like some MS fanboy...but oh well.
I doubt that the school's policy is about copyright vs. fair use. It's about academic credit.
Most schools have a policy against receiving academic credit for the same work more than once. If you submit a paper for one class, and then submit the same paper for another class...it's not really doing any work the second time, and how much are you really learning?
If the student already received academic credit, "he simply turned in what he had done for the same assignment the prior semester (for which he had scored well)" (grandparent, 2007), then he should not be entitled to credit for the same work a second time.
If you have an Intel-Mac, running Windows exclusively, you have to install the Daylight patch from M$, and then boot to OSX and apply the Daylight patch from Apple.
(I assume that the "Apple Time" part of the BIOS-emulation was fighting with the M$ NTP.)
I had three desktops randomly switching the time back and forth all day today while I pondered that one.
Lesson: higher-ups who want a pretty i-Mac but refuse to run OSX because they believe Windoze is more professional don't wear watches.
I'd go for double daylight savings if I could. In Canada, we call this a double-double (at least, according to our leading expert on Time, Rick Mercer).
Brew it strong. If you like, let it cool or mix it with ice. It's nice with lemon, even without sugar. Or, maybe with honey (supposedly better for you than sugar).
You can brew it in advance - a few litres at a time, and keep it in the fridge...if convienence is your issue.
What I find useful is to say, "Look at the menus, and see if there's something like 'options' or 'preferences', yeah, ok, click on that, now look for something like..."
So long as you realize what you are filtering out, or zeroing in on, and can put it into plain language, even a novice user realizes what you are looking for, and can learn your thought processes by experiencing them.
If they introduce cheap intels, people think, "Apple + intel = cheap, boo-hoo, look at Apple go down-hill".
If they introduce really fscking expensive intels, they get to maintain the notion that "Apple + whatever = fscking expensive, but it must be high quality so it's worth it".
a part of me says: let them cheat, they'll soon enough encounter the real world and figure out what they really needed to know and what they didn't.
Have you ever seen the doc. "Enron: the smartest guys in the room?" There's a perfect example of how far you can get in this world if cheating is the only thing that you learn to do well.
Basically, to spend only $516, you have to give up on the following:
OS (unless you want to run your games under WINE) monitor keyboard mouse speakers case (that's right, just pile the components under your desk, folks!)
These "Just Google it" replies really miss the point, IMHO.
Speaking of missing the point - you failed to note that the parent also provided a thoughtful solution (i.e. hand the mail off to your ISP's SMTP server and stop trying to deliver it directly).
For those of you who don't know, Gibson is largely accepted as the creator of the term we are familiar with nowadays - Cyberspace
For a fun diversion some day, read the 1981 short story by Verner Vinge called "True Names" which is, I believe, the first appearance of the concept of cyberspace in fiction (although he didn't call it that).
It's a pretty quick read, so you won't hate me too much if you don't like it.
When you remove malware from a luser's computer, you need to try to find them an alternative to the thing that you're taking away. No, it's not your job to give them fun toys to play with. But if you don't, they'll continue to f**k up their system.
The other alternative is take away all admin priv.s, and be all hard-assed about it (this works less well when the luser is family).
Use this advice to save yourself time, but don't tell your boss about it. Keep him thinking that you do it all on Sundays, and continue to take the extra time off.
Since you seem to actually care about Things Being Done Properly, you deserve it
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Several years back, I noted that a clean, fresh install of W2K was quite zippy, responsive, and quick-to-boot, until I patched it up to SP4 (at which point it immediately became a bear).
I've always suspected that the constant security patches degrade whatever performance optimizations were present in the OS at release time. I offer no proof that this is by design (although, theoretically, this would motivate upgrades).
If these boxes aren't on the network...give it a shot with any older, unpatched OS.
I really wish that I could recommend a flavor of Linux so that I didn't sound like some MS fanboy...but oh well.
The last thing the ex-employee gets to see on the way out is the hot receptionist. Could be worse.
Sorry for posting anonymously, but I don't feel like getting laid off if someone from work happens to recognize my username.
The receptionist reads /.?
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property...but I have three stories on Slashdot's front page.
Muahaha (mine is an evil laugh).
Don't forget - it's also a print server (via the USB port). Still, nothing new here, but a nice package IMHO.
I doubt that the school's policy is about copyright vs. fair use. It's about academic credit.
Most schools have a policy against receiving academic credit for the same work more than once. If you submit a paper for one class, and then submit the same paper for another class...it's not really doing any work the second time, and how much are you really learning?
If the student already received academic credit, "he simply turned in what he had done for the same assignment the prior semester (for which he had scored well)" (grandparent, 2007), then he should not be entitled to credit for the same work a second time.
---jjj.
Here's a funny story:
If you have an Intel-Mac, running Windows exclusively, you have to install the Daylight patch from M$, and then boot to OSX and apply the Daylight patch from Apple.
(I assume that the "Apple Time" part of the BIOS-emulation was fighting with the M$ NTP.)
I had three desktops randomly switching the time back and forth all day today while I pondered that one.
Lesson: higher-ups who want a pretty i-Mac but refuse to run OSX because they believe Windoze is more professional don't wear watches.
sheesh,
---jjj.
---p.
omfg. this is just what i need most in my life. a better quality camera in my cell phone.
no really, i need to take professional quality images WITH MY PHONE.
--p.
I swear that I read the article, like, a dozen years ago!
emacs would make a *great* operating system, if only it came with a decent text editor.
(I'm sure you've all heard that one before)
Have you tried tea?
Brew it strong. If you like, let it cool or mix it with ice. It's nice with lemon, even without sugar. Or, maybe with honey (supposedly better for you than sugar).
You can brew it in advance - a few litres at a time, and keep it in the fridge...if convienence is your issue.
--jjj.
What I find useful is to say, "Look at the menus, and see if there's something like 'options' or 'preferences', yeah, ok, click on that, now look for something like..."
So long as you realize what you are filtering out, or zeroing in on, and can put it into plain language, even a novice user realizes what you are looking for, and can learn your thought processes by experiencing them.
Or, that's my theory, at least!
This makes sense: it's all about style.
If they introduce cheap intels, people think, "Apple + intel = cheap, boo-hoo, look at Apple go down-hill".
If they introduce really fscking expensive intels, they get to maintain the notion that "Apple + whatever = fscking expensive, but it must be high quality so it's worth it".
Have you ever seen the doc. "Enron: the smartest guys in the room?" There's a perfect example of how far you can get in this world if cheating is the only thing that you learn to do well.
Bah.
I think you mean scanning electron microscope, you moro!
Basically, to spend only $516, you have to give up on the following:
OS (unless you want to run your games under WINE)
monitor
keyboard
mouse
speakers
case (that's right, just pile the components under your desk, folks!)
yikes.
These "Just Google it" replies really miss the point, IMHO.
Speaking of missing the point - you failed to note that the parent also provided a thoughtful solution (i.e. hand the mail off to your ISP's SMTP server and stop trying to deliver it directly).
The glue in Masking Tape gets really messy after a few months/years, it's really not a good solution for long-term labling.
It's a pretty quick read, so you won't hate me too much if you don't like it.
The upshot of this is:
When you remove malware from a luser's computer, you need to try to find them an alternative to the thing that you're taking away. No, it's not your job to give them fun toys to play with. But if you don't, they'll continue to f**k up their system.
The other alternative is take away all admin priv.s, and be all hard-assed about it (this works less well when the luser is family).
...well, the Google Toolbar also gives the Page Rank of the currently viewed page, for starters.
...only, remember:
Use this advice to save yourself time, but don't tell your boss about it. Keep him thinking that you do it all on Sundays, and continue to take the extra time off.
Since you seem to actually care about Things Being Done Properly, you deserve it
Exactly.
Plus, that way, you have stuff to listen to while you eat.
Ooooohhh, yeah. Did you see when she took off her sweater! Man, that was hot!