Yeah, pretty much, the admins shouldn't be friends with individual users. The 'admin is my friend' starts flamewars and always attracts people who think that they can get special favors, usually involving trying to get someone else banned.
Administrator as a role account works best, Administrator/Customer Service vs. Joe the admin.
Create an alt and that can be your account to be pals with people. If you're not comfortable with this, let people know you work for the site, but everything has to go through customer service, as you have no authority to do anything without permission.
Mobile broadband via repeaters located in post offices and rail stations using the free spectrum opened up by the digital tv transition would work. Also, the idea was to build out a better network. I know there's plenty of long haul inter-city fiber, most of which doesn't go through the smaller towns, this idea was to bring it to the smaller communities as well.
Would you like to do the environmental impact study? We're talking years.
You don't build anything great in a week.
The other challenge is that the few places that actually have high-quality rails for Amtrak barely breaks even. Amtrak as a whole has never turned a profit. It is likely that even an improved passenger rail system would need a larger permanent subsidy to survive.
The Interstate highway system doesn't turn a profit either, what's your point?
I never said this should make money, this is a public works project to improve the country. Improving transportation and communication improves business and education.
(Also, I said keep the NRPC out of this, the rails don't have to be all-passenger all the time, you can move express when there's no passenger trains running)
We need a decent rail system in the US, we have trackbeds all over the place in bad shape. Railroads ran through almost every major town. Take the trackbeds, fix them up for a new rail system. While that's being done, since you're digging up anyway, lay new commuinication cables to each town alongside the rail bed. Now you've pretty much addressed broadband and rail transportation at the same time.
Last mile can be handled either through local cables that the town can build out, OR wireless broadcasts at the railroad stations and using the local post offices as repeaters.
There, federal rail, and unified communication. Oh, and don't let the NRPC or the USPS run this, they have enough problems.
It depends how much damage they are trying to cause. If it's just a crapflood, slow down sign ups to a crawl, make them jump through hoops, turn it off if needed. You might alienate a few new users, but you'll keep your old ones.
If they get completely out of hand, you can do several things, they involve lots of work:
Go after the original user. He's the one responsible, he's the one you stop first.
Email ISPs, explain that a DoS attack is originating from the user's IP address. If the ISP doesn't respond, call them. You would be amazed how quickly some ISPs will respond when people are on the phone. That actually stops about 80% of all abusive users.
For the other 20% Sue them. Start with a C&D, include the ISP. That should make the ISP freak out completely and tell the end user to knock it off. Call law enforcement. They're breaking a few laws, you can get them for harassment, fraud, disruption of service, computer trespass. Combine it with a civil suit. (Like I said, this requires a good deal of work, I've only had to involve law enforcement once and I didn't have to do it myself, the company had lawyers to do it.)
I've run several social sites, here's the only advice you need for moderating:
1. Use a light touch, gentle moderation works wonders. 2. Always handle things in private if possible. 3. Avoid posting as an administrator. 4. Never, EVER, EVER make it personal. 5. Use a light touch, gentle moderation works wonders.
I started in 1985, C-Net 64, I've seen enough users, flamewars, and total meltdowns.
The ones you wind up buying from Amazon are locked up in DRM. That validates their DRT model and encourages Amazon (and others) to expand it at the cost of the customer.
I think the/. i grew up with is dead...... Worst of all, no one even knows what the HURD is anymore. Goodbye/.
Freaking GNU/Linux newbie trolls.
I think the/. I grew up with is dead. I never see articles on routing IPX over the Arpanet using a Commodore 64 anymore. Worst of all, no one even knows what SPX is. sys64738/.
If Microsoft Office doesn't run on Linux, that is clearly because of a defiency in Microsoft Office.
The average consumer doesn't care who's fault it is.
My new computer doesn't work with the program I use at work everyday, the program I am very familiar with. The computer is broken.
Even if office is broken, the computer is broken. It's the linux thing making office not work. You can't assume that every computer user knows what they are doing and even cares how things work.
However, an informed customer (and by informed consumer, I mean someone reasonably intelligent, knows the strengths and weaknesses of Linux, etc) will almost certainly pick Linux
Since when is the majority of the market an informed consumer? Especially the netbook market?
People are going to pick words that they have heard before. Marketing is a huge part of this and what it boils down to is:
Windows XP = good, Vista = bad, Linux = difficult. (Which is sad, mostly because Vista isn't that bad, and Linux isn't that difficult, but marketing is everything to the mass average consumer)
So when Windows 7 comes out and you can either buy the $300 netbook with Linux that runs faster, or the $350 netbook with Windows 7 that runs slower, the choice for any informed customer is obvious.
Obviously, you go with Windows.
Because most people WANT TO RUN THEIR APPS and not dick around with Linux. When will people realise that vast majority of the mass market actually wants windows and will continue to want Windows for the foreseeable future.
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Maybe Linux users are the 1% leading the rest.
Sure thing, lead on.... http://www.elizium.nu/scripts/lemmings/
Thanks for explaining.
I'm always glad to help the mac & linux community move up in the world. Next week, basic grammar & spelling, stay tuned.
Why did you link to a website that needs JavaScript
To annoy people who don't use javascript. I thought that would be obvious.
Here's the source that computerworld uses:
http://marketshare.hitslink.com/os-market-share.aspx?qprid=9
If you want a dozen articles on the subject:
http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=Windows+market+share+2008
I still cannot fathom why people scramble to get the latest copy of a Windows OS way before it's really even declared "ready."
Mostly because it's going to be the dominant OS for the next 5+ years and maybe, just maybe, they want to get familiar with it as soon as possible.
Windows still has about 88% of the market. That means, on average, out of 100 people, 1 uses linux, 9 use MacOS, 2 use another OS and 88 use Windows.
Think about that for a moment, 88% vs 1%. The question should be, why do we care about the latest build of anything else?
Yeah, pretty much, the admins shouldn't be friends with individual users. The 'admin is my friend' starts flamewars and always attracts people who think that they can get special favors, usually involving trying to get someone else banned.
Administrator as a role account works best, Administrator/Customer Service vs. Joe the admin.
Create an alt and that can be your account to be pals with people. If you're not comfortable with this, let people know you work for the site, but everything has to go through customer service, as you have no authority to do anything without permission.
Forget the fact that right now synthesized text to speech is painful to listen vs a human voice
Coming up next, "Moby Dick" as read by GlaDOS.
Same authors guild who want a royalty on all used book sales?
Guys, do the world a favor, go play in traffic.
Mobile broadband via repeaters located in post offices and rail stations using the free spectrum opened up by the digital tv transition would work. Also, the idea was to build out a better network. I know there's plenty of long haul inter-city fiber, most of which doesn't go through the smaller towns, this idea was to bring it to the smaller communities as well.
Natural experiments have shown that most people continue to drive even at $4/gallon
That's not what AAA said. Even Amtrak saw a huge increase in riders.
Would you like to do the environmental impact study? We're talking years.
You don't build anything great in a week.
The other challenge is that the few places that actually have high-quality rails for Amtrak barely breaks even. Amtrak as a whole has never turned a profit. It is likely that even an improved passenger rail system would need a larger permanent subsidy to survive.
The Interstate highway system doesn't turn a profit either, what's your point?
I never said this should make money, this is a public works project to improve the country. Improving transportation and communication improves business and education.
(Also, I said keep the NRPC out of this, the rails don't have to be all-passenger all the time, you can move express when there's no passenger trains running)
Here's a wild idea.
We need a decent rail system in the US, we have trackbeds all over the place in bad shape. Railroads ran through almost every major town. Take the trackbeds, fix them up for a new rail system. While that's being done, since you're digging up anyway, lay new commuinication cables to each town alongside the rail bed. Now you've pretty much addressed broadband and rail transportation at the same time.
Last mile can be handled either through local cables that the town can build out, OR wireless broadcasts at the railroad stations and using the local post offices as repeaters.
There, federal rail, and unified communication. Oh, and don't let the NRPC or the USPS run this, they have enough problems.
It depends how much damage they are trying to cause. If it's just a crapflood, slow down sign ups to a crawl, make them jump through hoops, turn it off if needed. You might alienate a few new users, but you'll keep your old ones.
If they get completely out of hand, you can do several things, they involve lots of work:
Go after the original user. He's the one responsible, he's the one you stop first.
Email ISPs, explain that a DoS attack is originating from the user's IP address.
If the ISP doesn't respond, call them. You would be amazed how quickly some ISPs will respond when people are on the phone.
That actually stops about 80% of all abusive users.
For the other 20%
Sue them. Start with a C&D, include the ISP. That should make the ISP freak out completely and tell the end user to knock it off.
Call law enforcement. They're breaking a few laws, you can get them for harassment, fraud, disruption of service, computer trespass. Combine it with a civil suit.
(Like I said, this requires a good deal of work, I've only had to involve law enforcement once and I didn't have to do it myself, the company had lawyers to do it.)
Use NNTP. Listservs are an abomination.
I've run several social sites, here's the only advice you need for moderating:
1. Use a light touch, gentle moderation works wonders.
2. Always handle things in private if possible.
3. Avoid posting as an administrator.
4. Never, EVER, EVER make it personal.
5. Use a light touch, gentle moderation works wonders.
I started in 1985, C-Net 64, I've seen enough users, flamewars, and total meltdowns.
You aren't limited to DRM'd books only.
The ones you wind up buying from Amazon are locked up in DRM. That validates their DRT model and encourages Amazon (and others) to expand it at the cost of the customer.
You're missing the whole 'emerging market' part.
AIM, Skype and BitTorrent? They're lucky if they get email on a regular basis.
You're forgetting that Windows has a HAL and Microsoft will be very happy to get Windows running on another arch if you pay them enough.
This could be a system to run x86 legacy apps without emulation and more modern apps on a super-fast GPU based processor.
They are NOT agreed.
Great, let's say they're not and move on to the next topic.
How about having a stream, river or lake in the US that hasn't been polluted in some way.
Is that too much to ask for? Can we stop fucking up our country to make a quick buck?
Hopefully not.
No, that was the original point of a netbook. It's turned into a portable DVD player, mobile office, and mini gaming device with email and web.
Popcap must love these things.
I think the /. i grew up with is dead. ..... Worst of all, no one even knows what the HURD is anymore. Goodbye /.
Freaking GNU/Linux newbie trolls.
I think the /. I grew up with is dead. I never see articles on routing IPX over the Arpanet using a Commodore 64 anymore. Worst of all, no one even knows what SPX is. /.
sys64738
If Microsoft Office doesn't run on Linux, that is clearly because of a defiency in Microsoft Office.
The average consumer doesn't care who's fault it is.
My new computer doesn't work with the program I use at work everyday, the program I am very familiar with. The computer is broken.
Even if office is broken, the computer is broken. It's the linux thing making office not work. You can't assume that every computer user knows what they are doing and even cares how things work.
However, an informed customer (and by informed consumer, I mean someone reasonably intelligent, knows the strengths and weaknesses of Linux, etc) will almost certainly pick Linux
Since when is the majority of the market an informed consumer? Especially the netbook market?
People are going to pick words that they have heard before. Marketing is a huge part of this and what it boils down to is:
Windows XP = good, Vista = bad, Linux = difficult. (Which is sad, mostly because Vista isn't that bad, and Linux isn't that difficult, but marketing is everything to the mass average consumer)
So when Windows 7 comes out and you can either buy the $300 netbook with Linux that runs faster, or the $350 netbook with Windows 7 that runs slower, the choice for any informed customer is obvious.
Obviously, you go with Windows.
Because most people WANT TO RUN THEIR APPS and not dick around with Linux. When will people realise that vast majority of the mass market actually wants windows and will continue to want Windows for the foreseeable future.