Yes, it should be the job of government to provide access. The same way the post office was formed to provide information access.
My only problem is that it should be under federal control, and not any local government. The federal government is bound by the constitution and most importantly the first amendment, they would have a much harder time legally filtering content.
I was working for a small company, and the boss decided we had a good year, and gave us all a bonus. Now, I was 24, single, one job, no consulting. He gave a $500 and a nice 1099 to go with it... (he refused to run it thru payroll) guess what? Nearly $300 went to tax, and about $200 went to finding someone to file a full 1040 where I could have filed a EZ form myself. Thanks boss, tax time up 400%.
I'm looking forward to SuSE using some of Veritas' brilliant marketing.
No, you can't use the older version on that OS, you'll need to upgrade to the version that costs 10x more.
Veritas lost all respect when they shoved a new version of Backup Exec down my throat. Version 7 refused to run on Windows 2000. It even had checks built into the installer to make sure you wouldn't run it on Windows 2000. It had more checks to make sure you couldn't fake the OS version to bypass the check.
Guess what, after hours of tinkering, it ran, and worked. All this, just to do a remote backup of a few important shares.
Here's a suggestion, send your own agreement and put in a clause, 'by opening this envelope and reading this agreement you agree that all other agreements between us are void'.
Actually, I think they are both the same statement.
Microsoft can be pretty vague sometimes. If they weren't there wouldn't be much to talk about. And Microsoft knows the most important rule in marketing. "Just spell my name right"
Most people who spend all day in word or excel would completely freak out if it suddenly changed.
We are talking about the average workers. Basic computer training is not for IT staff, it's for typists, CS reps, managers, etc...
To these people it doesn't matter that it's Windows running Office, what matters is that it's the same interface they have been using for years. It's what they were taught to do when they started working.
To discount someone's intelligence for not learning computer skills beyond the beginner level is just plain stupid. Not everyone wants to be a computer geek. It's like saying "Wow, you can't run a successful farm, you must be an idiot"
The person who was abused would have to convince some of the posters to show up in court.
Now, if 10 people came into court to testify about how they were personally abused, that would get the officer in some hot water. Otherwise, it won't stand up in court.
Of course, this defeats any anonymous aspect of the service.
Don't get me wrong, MS would rather you bought Windows, and will use every trick in the book to get.NET to run faster on Windows. (Think Windows '.NET helper' kernel drivers in the near future) But why kill a huge potential revenue stream?
It's not just about Windows, if it was Office:Mac would have died a while ago.
.NET is about applications. In Microsoft's case, its mostly about office apps.
Once Microsoft Office is a.NET application, they would only have one codebase to maintain. (Bye bye Mac Office, No need for Win64 Office)
They would love to suddenly have their apps run on multiple platforms. Think about it, Windows XP is $150 and Office $400, which one brings in more money?
And we all know that.NET and Office works best with Microsoft SQL server, and Exchange. More platforms = more money.
Mono is a dream come true for Microsoft, it will eventually let them sell all their apps to Linux users directly, and they didn't have to write any code to do it.
Gee, thanks, 95% of my users are pissed off. But he wanted to make a statement.
What did he think was going to happen, suddenly everyone is going to switch from IE? Bzzz, wrong answer. It's nearly impossible to get people to upgrade from Netscape 4, switching browsers would be like pulling teeth.
Mozilla and company better hope that the fix still lets plugins work with their browsers, because that's going to be how it's fixed. It's going to make the web more IE centric and the sites will be fixed to work with IE first.
While Microsoft was developing Windows NT, they decided on a modular system, with support for the N-10 processor, x86, MIPS, Alpha and eventually PPC. When launched, Windows NT suppored x86, MIPS and Alpha.
There was no chance of Windows NT becoming OS/2 2.0, since it was not developed with or blessed by IBM. That and OS/2 2.0 was already complete.
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Yes, it should be the job of government to provide access. The same way the post office was formed to provide information access.
My only problem is that it should be under federal control, and not any local government. The federal government is bound by the constitution and most importantly the first amendment, they would have a much harder time legally filtering content.
Can we please see this magical registry key?
Windows XP does not have DVD decoder capabilities, it has a nice DVD navigator, but no decoder.
You must have a software or hardware decoder for XP to play movies.
Somehow I doubt Cisco would do this, even under the Linksys name. It would outright destroy their credibility in the security market.
Well, maybe it happened at night?
HAHAHAhahaha OK... enough of that.
No, this is ridiculous.
I was working for a small company, and the boss decided we had a good year, and gave us all a bonus. Now, I was 24, single, one job, no consulting. He gave a $500 and a nice 1099 to go with it... (he refused to run it thru payroll) guess what? Nearly $300 went to tax, and about $200 went to finding someone to file a full 1040 where I could have filed a EZ form myself. Thanks boss, tax time up 400%.
You are right. I recommend an automated system that unroutes the infected system's entire netblock until it's fixed.
Convince the core routers they don't exist, that should solve the problem fast. (Might speed up the Internet as a whole too)
(Unroutes? Is that a word? Deroutes? Removes network routing entry from router.)
As far as priority goes, the USPS is pretty low on the list emergency vehicle list.
However, they do have immunity to all local traffic laws.
Strangely enough, the USPS (Yes, the mail) is up there with the police, fire and EMS in being able to go thru traffic lights.
I'm looking forward to SuSE using some of Veritas' brilliant marketing.
No, you can't use the older version on that OS, you'll need to upgrade to the version that costs 10x more.
Veritas lost all respect when they shoved a new version of Backup Exec down my throat. Version 7 refused to run on Windows 2000. It even had checks built into the installer to make sure you wouldn't run it on Windows 2000. It had more checks to make sure you couldn't fake the OS version to bypass the check.
Guess what, after hours of tinkering, it ran, and worked. All this, just to do a remote backup of a few important shares.
Here's a suggestion, send your own agreement and put in a clause, 'by opening this envelope and reading this agreement you agree that all other agreements between us are void'.
I'll start using Freenet as soon as all mention of Kibibytes are removed.
Actually, I think they are both the same statement.
Microsoft can be pretty vague sometimes. If they weren't there wouldn't be much to talk about. And Microsoft knows the most important rule in marketing. "Just spell my name right"
"...if you have the skills to learn a new program ,you reply no. ..."
The correct reply is "Yes, with training". Hence a training budget.
A computer is a tool, the same way the phone, a wrench, a photocopier and a combine harvester are all tools. All require some degree of training.
Just because learning "computers" (in general) comes easy to you and I, does not mean it does to everyone.
Just dropping new software in, even if it's Office 97 to Office XP, requires some amount of learning/training.
Most people who spend all day in word or excel would completely freak out if it suddenly changed.
We are talking about the average workers. Basic computer training is not for IT staff, it's for typists, CS reps, managers, etc...
To these people it doesn't matter that it's Windows running Office, what matters is that it's the same interface they have been using for years. It's what they were taught to do when they started working.
To discount someone's intelligence for not learning computer skills beyond the beginner level is just plain stupid. Not everyone wants to be a computer geek. It's like saying "Wow, you can't run a successful farm, you must be an idiot"
No, you have to think of the TCO. Support, training, updates, IT staff, time spent, etc...
No solution is cost free.
The answer is Yes, and I ran one of them.
Strange, a lot of this sounds like features of a web chat server I helped write in 1994/95. Members could save pictures and color settings.
We used URL parameters in place of cookies originally, and switched to cookies in 1996.
The person who was abused would have to convince some of the posters to show up in court.
Now, if 10 people came into court to testify about how they were personally abused, that would get the officer in some hot water. Otherwise, it won't stand up in court.
Of course, this defeats any anonymous aspect of the service.
After doing some research, they are very close:
FY2003
Client (Windows) $10,394
Server Platforms (SQL, Backoffice, etc) 7,140
Information Worker (Office) 9,229
Source: Microsoft.com
Don't get me wrong, MS would rather you bought Windows, and will use every trick in the book to get .NET to run faster on Windows. (Think Windows '.NET helper' kernel drivers in the near future) But why kill a huge potential revenue stream?
It's not just about Windows, if it was Office:Mac would have died a while ago.
.NET is about applications. In Microsoft's case, its mostly about office apps.
.NET application, they would only have one codebase to maintain. (Bye bye Mac Office, No need for Win64 Office)
.NET and Office works best with Microsoft SQL server, and Exchange. More platforms = more money.
Once Microsoft Office is a
They would love to suddenly have their apps run on multiple platforms. Think about it, Windows XP is $150 and Office $400, which one brings in more money?
And we all know that
Mono is a dream come true for Microsoft, it will eventually let them sell all their apps to Linux users directly, and they didn't have to write any code to do it.
Language changes. Basic math doesn't. However, Math language can change.
Example,
Giga is supposed to be pronounced with a J.
The computer industry created a new word, GigaByte, it's not the same unit of measurement as say a GigaVolt.
So, now you have to try and convince them to change, or accept it as is.
Gee, thanks, 95% of my users are pissed off. But he wanted to make a statement.
What did he think was going to happen, suddenly everyone is going to switch from IE? Bzzz, wrong answer. It's nearly impossible to get people to upgrade from Netscape 4, switching browsers would be like pulling teeth.
Mozilla and company better hope that the fix still lets plugins work with their browsers, because that's going to be how it's fixed. It's going to make the web more IE centric and the sites will be fixed to work with IE first.
While Microsoft was developing Windows NT, they decided on a modular system, with support for the N-10 processor, x86, MIPS, Alpha and eventually PPC. When launched, Windows NT suppored x86, MIPS and Alpha.
There was no chance of Windows NT becoming OS/2 2.0, since it was not developed with or blessed by IBM. That and OS/2 2.0 was already complete.