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IST NICHT FÜR GEWERKEN BEI DUMMKOPFEN. DER RUBBERNECKEN SIGHTSEEREN KEEPEN DAS COTTONPICKEN HÄNDER IN DAS POCKETS MUSS.
it's about principle. if enough of us demand the 52 bucks, thats a good deal of money for Dell and Microsoft to eat. This will lead the future offering of machines without an OS preloaded.
If you wonder why things in the world are taking a down turn, it's because very few people are willing to do things just on principle. As one person, yea, 52 bucks is less than a drop in the bucket (Especially from the corporation's side of it) But if we work together, we can begin to change things towards our liking.
"load up your ark spaceship with a pair of every animal and supplies that will last forever? Any sort of settlement is going to need Earth support for centuries before it could be self sustaining"
What if I happened to have knowledge that UNDER the surface of Mars there is plenty of natural resources for me and my small team of settlers to survive on? Just because you don't THINK it's possible, does not mean it's not. The only information we have about Mars right now comes from telescopic views, and quite literally, scratching the surface
"Governments won't want idiots"...
There is no Earth bound government that has ANY right to say that I can't go to Mars and settle there, claim ownership of it, and proclaim that I am the leader of the entire planet.
You may be missing my point and think I'm just some lunatic that thinks he has a spaceship in his backyard. Of course I don't, heck I don't even have a MODEL airplane. But, just because you don't know about someone having one, does not mean it's not possible, or won't happen in our lifetime. And LEGALLY, with the exception of the FAA in the US not allowing me to fly my rocket (I could just put it on a boat and launch from international waters) There is NOTHING that ANYONE can do about it.
And even if there are, what validity do they have? What right does anyone on earth have to any other planet? Perhaps There is a colony of sentient beings on Venus and they have claimed rights on Mars.. Are we going to hold them liable in a court on Earth?
The whole point people are missing here, is that nobody is there on Mars, that we know of. Mars is not a Nation, it is a planet, so the United NATIONS and any interNATIONAL agreement really has no clout.
I hereby proclaim myself the ruler of Mars
Of course that does not make me the ruler of Mars, because I have never even set foot there. Once that happens, then it's a whole different story.
Allowed by who? Seriously. If I happened to have the technology in my backyard, right now, to go to and survive on mars, who is stopping me from settling there or even claiming ownership of part or whole planet?
I'll say it again though.. These requests should only come from HR/Personell whatever you call them.
At a previous job I had the task of the web filter logs, as well as access to all emails and user's files. Sure, I looked at them sometimes, but only if I needed to. And yes, at times lower lever managers - supervisors - would ask for information about their direct reports.
Even though no direct policy like this existed, I told them I will only give that information to HR. One time the CEO asked for something, and I would not even give it to him. I defered him to my boss, who, probably gave it to him, but I made it very clear:
"I've been given trust by the company to access this information. What if someone went to a website that divulged information about a medical condition that they were keeping secret? Granted, they would be wrong for doing it on company time, but I am NOT going to be the one to give up that information"
I think I also gained a little respect by saying that and instituting my policy. Of course, YMMV
While hooking it up to every little device I could find, I found that battery chargers, such as those for your drill or cell phone, are using electricity while their respective devices are not even connected to them. Granted, it's not much power, but with 5 or 6 of them plugged in, and no devices even attached to them.. thats wasteful. So.. unplug 'em if you aren't using them.
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I switched to Packet 8 VOIP 4 years ago, when it was in it's infancy. At the time, I still maintained a POTS line from SBC.
During my experimental phase, the POTS line went out of service 8 times. Often for more than 3 hours at a time (and those are only the times I noticed - I'm not a big telephone user) - and most of those times were for more than 6 hours at a time - even after a call to SBC Customer service.
My cable connection (not sure if it was comcast or @home at the time) went out - never, and the packet8 voip service went down 1 time, of which I was notified ahead of time.
I quickly canceled my expensive SBC service and have had VOIP only for the rest of those years. Best part, was when we moved to our new house, I simply moved the device with me and did not have to change the number, or even bother telling anyone that I was moving.
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IST NICHT FÜR GEWERKEN BEI DUMMKOPFEN. DER RUBBERNECKEN SIGHTSEEREN KEEPEN DAS COTTONPICKEN HÄNDER IN DAS POCKETS MUSS.
ZO RELAXEN UND WATSCHEN DER BLINKENLICHTEN.
Don't forget to visit the School District's website, you know.. for background information and such.
http://www.hempfieldarea.k12.pa.us/
maybe you suck at computers.. mine works fine.
at least they did not say Scientologist.
now we just need a module to make this work from within MythTV.
In North Korea, Only old people eat rabbits
"The majority of Dell's customers want Windows."
You're right. But lets just hope that the numbers of us that don't will grow in the future.
evidently you've missed the point though.
it's about principle. if enough of us demand the 52 bucks, thats a good deal of money for Dell and Microsoft to eat. This will lead the future offering of machines without an OS preloaded.
If you wonder why things in the world are taking a down turn, it's because very few people are willing to do things just on principle. As one person, yea, 52 bucks is less than a drop in the bucket (Especially from the corporation's side of it) But if we work together, we can begin to change things towards our liking.
they so stole the idea from the Simpsons.
"if the world at large, and the technological community in particular, don't fight back and help these people fighting these fights."
OK..
In all seriousness. WHAT SHOULD WE DO?
Please.. what can I do to help make this go away?
"load up your ark spaceship with a pair of every animal and supplies that will last forever? Any sort of settlement is going to need Earth support for centuries before it could be self sustaining"
What if I happened to have knowledge that UNDER the surface of Mars there is plenty of natural resources for me and my small team of settlers to survive on? Just because you don't THINK it's possible, does not mean it's not. The only information we have about Mars right now comes from telescopic views, and quite literally, scratching the surface
"Governments won't want idiots"...
There is no Earth bound government that has ANY right to say that I can't go to Mars and settle there, claim ownership of it, and proclaim that I am the leader of the entire planet.
You may be missing my point and think I'm just some lunatic that thinks he has a spaceship in his backyard. Of course I don't, heck I don't even have a MODEL airplane. But, just because you don't know about someone having one, does not mean it's not possible, or won't happen in our lifetime. And LEGALLY, with the exception of the FAA in the US not allowing me to fly my rocket (I could just put it on a boat and launch from international waters) There is NOTHING that ANYONE can do about it.
And even if there are, what validity do they have? What right does anyone on earth have to any other planet? Perhaps There is a colony of sentient beings on Venus and they have claimed rights on Mars.. Are we going to hold them liable in a court on Earth?
The whole point people are missing here, is that nobody is there on Mars, that we know of. Mars is not a Nation, it is a planet, so the United NATIONS and any interNATIONAL agreement really has no clout.
I hereby proclaim myself the ruler of Mars
Of course that does not make me the ruler of Mars, because I have never even set foot there. Once that happens, then it's a whole different story.
It simply won't be allowed. Mark my words.
Allowed by who? Seriously. If I happened to have the technology in my backyard, right now, to go to and survive on mars, who is stopping me from settling there or even claiming ownership of part or whole planet?
I always thought it would be great if a penguin waddled into those commercials and bitch-slap both of them.
Is it just me, or... where's the freaking list?
I'd much rather just read the list myself than to read some long winded article about it.
I'll say it again though.. These requests should only come from HR/Personell whatever you call them.
At a previous job I had the task of the web filter logs, as well as access to all emails and user's files. Sure, I looked at them sometimes, but only if I needed to. And yes, at times lower lever managers - supervisors - would ask for information about their direct reports.
Even though no direct policy like this existed, I told them I will only give that information to HR. One time the CEO asked for something, and I would not even give it to him. I defered him to my boss, who, probably gave it to him, but I made it very clear:
"I've been given trust by the company to access this information. What if someone went to a website that divulged information about a medical condition that they were keeping secret? Granted, they would be wrong for doing it on company time, but I am NOT going to be the one to give up that information"
I think I also gained a little respect by saying that and instituting my policy. Of course, YMMV
I got one of these to play with last year:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/7657/
While hooking it up to every little device I could find, I found that battery chargers, such as those for your drill or cell phone, are using electricity while their respective devices are not even connected to them. Granted, it's not much power, but with 5 or 6 of them plugged in, and no devices even attached to them.. thats wasteful. So.. unplug 'em if you aren't using them.
what does screen size have to do with cp -R /foo /bar ? ;)
e360: wah wah wah
Spamhaus:
e360: wah wah wah wah wah
Spamhaus:
Judge: OK, I guess you win, e360.
Spamhaus:
e360: Judge, please suspend their domain name until they pay us!
Spamhaus:
ICANN: Not my problem, man, go talk to the registrar.
yea, I kinda figured slashdot folk would have been smart enough to figure out that they had to actually manually click sat or hyrbid.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=41.311%C2%B0N%2C%201 29.114%C2%B0E&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&sa=N&tab=wl
Did we seriously just use "Pwned" in a headline for a serious news story?
No. They might try though, and if you are stupid, you'll fall for it.
I switched to Packet 8 VOIP 4 years ago, when it was in it's infancy. At the time, I still maintained a POTS line from SBC.
During my experimental phase, the POTS line went out of service 8 times. Often for more than 3 hours at a time (and those are only the times I noticed - I'm not a big telephone user) - and most of those times were for more than 6 hours at a time - even after a call to SBC Customer service.
My cable connection (not sure if it was comcast or @home at the time) went out - never, and the packet8 voip service went down 1 time, of which I was notified ahead of time.
I quickly canceled my expensive SBC service and have had VOIP only for the rest of those years. Best part, was when we moved to our new house, I simply moved the device with me and did not have to change the number, or even bother telling anyone that I was moving.
Does anybody find Unisys' page on GIF as hilarious as I do...? .....No