Gosh, this is my first post since 2008. I can't believe how time flies. Sometimes I think about Slashdot. Most of the time I don't though....but it was my go to site for many years when I was boredd.
Nowadays I hit Reddit when I am bored.
Wow! When did user ids get longer than 6 digits? That's craaaazzzzy!
I remember my brother dropped his Gameboy in a lake accidentally when he was younger. It was under water for a week until friends of ours with scuba gear found it.
That damn thing worked after we dried it out for a couple days and popped fresh batteries in it. It was missing a couple lines on the display, but it worked.
I saw a news video online with Bill Gates regarding that new touch table thingy last night.
During the interview, he laid his credit card down on the table. It got me to thinking, what kind of credit limit do you think Bill Gates' credit cards have? (Now I know the obvious answer is that he could buy the credit card company).
The interviewer asked him how he tipped, and Gates' response was "I like to meet expectations...":P
Appreciate the note, but I am really not afraid of a system failure. Critical data is on the server, email is in Exchange Store and I have my laptop as backup. I want an uber machine damnit.
I for one look forward to upgrading my customers to Vista. Vista Business in particular for one reason, Shadow Copy.
I appreciate Shadow Copy Service on my server. I think it's going to be a great feature for small businesses who can't spring for a server with this feature.
Also, the new backup application actually copies files in a way you can read without using the restore option. Kind of like Robocopy with a gui.
Finally a built in calendar if you're not using Outlook or ACT!.
Egad, I sound like a fan boy. My next machine will be a quad core with SATA Raid 0 probably running Ultimate. I have to keep using it for my business, but it should run Ubuntu nicely in VMWare on that second monitor I want to get, so I'm a little bit slashdot geek.
It would be interesting, once the latency goes down a bit, if you could run VoIP over the connection, bringing cheap(er) phone services. Those Verizon Airphones are really expensive.
The only concern I have with systems like these, are they make people too complacent. I love upgrades and advances moreso than most of the next guys, but what happens when you start relying on this system out of habit, then end up driving your sisters car (without said advances) cross country for her for one reason or another?
--I will admit though, it is pretty easy to acclimate to a different vehicle after a few miles anyway. (eg my mx-3 Mazda than driving the company van)
At the print shop where I work in South Florida, our customer order database files totalled 190 MegaBytes zipped. We have no offsite backup unfourtanetly. My solution was to fire up Apache on a workstation and email my little brother in New York the link. I figured his Hard Drive's should be pretty safe from this crap. With his DSL and our full T1, it took 30 minutes,
The 100 GB of customer files will just have to survive these pathetic feeder bands.
BTW: Like I was telling him, it could be worse...it could be snowing--that would really suck.:)
Today you just click online and your bank shows you exactly where your finances are.
This is why people end up paying bank fees and bouncing checks so often. Automatic payments, delay in deposits, etc. Balancing your books is just as important today as it was fifteen/fifty years ago. Any online banking system I've used tells you how much the bank has (more a less an instant statement). All so often, however, we set up automatic payments, we have direct deposit, financial movements a statement won't reflect because they haven't happened yet, and you need plan for these. I have no doubt online banking will reach this sophistication, but there will always be a place for the bank's balance and your books balance.
By the way, I have Bank of America, and I love their report of pending debits/credits, it's helped me plan for unexpected (fraudulent, like cancelled health insurance and an ISP who decided to continue charging me) debits from my account by transferring money from my savings, avoiding fees/etc. that make things messy.
Is there an online system that works like a register (where you can enter a check that may not post for three days), or do they all simply reflect balances and posted transactions still?
Dave Barry is a columnist syndicated from by the Miami Herald.
What I think is hillarious is I receive calls from Sun-Sentinel all the time trying to convince me to buy the rag they print. Sun-Sentinel is Herald's main competitor in South Florida. I'm sure Herald must do the same thing but I've never received calls from them.
Actually, when I was a student five years ago, my school did a very poor job of teaching the importance of that diploma.
Academics always strike me as detached from anything real. Don't get me wrong, I was Merit Roll student my entire enslavement, so I wasn't really harassed. But it just seems like I was a little victimized by the incessant Gotta Pass attitude rather than This is why you Gotta Pass reasoning...
Maybe everybody should drop out in their junior year and go back for their Senior year like I did.
Have things changed? Am I making sense. College blows, btw...same thing.
Some people have throat irritation when they don't drink water for more than an hour, asshole?
Anyway, you ever drink water in South Florida? Ughh. I'm very happy spending five dollars ever week and a half for a big 5 gallon water bottle (like you see in offices). Best damn $175 I spend in a year. Helps keep the breath from stinking too.
I work part time for a Radio Shack (don't ask). Have you ever tried to buy a computer at Radio Shack?
First, sales associates at the Ratshack know nothing about computers. Honestly, that company has no training whatsoever (ok, so a little tutorial in the back room...right).
Secondly, only the top 2% of stores ever have them in stock.
Third, if the computers are in stock, they're typically display models. When you work at Ratshack, you turn into a display model whore to make your 3 to 7% (depending on what you've sold your soul to push).
Fourth, the only decent deals are refurbished desktops. Ha, good luck finding any.
Maybe Tandy cashed in during early days, but nowadays, the only thing RatShack seems to do right are audio and telephone cables.
Slashdot Mirror
Gosh, this is my first post since 2008. I can't believe how time flies. Sometimes I think about Slashdot. Most of the time I don't though. ...but it was my go to site for many years when I was boredd.
Nowadays I hit Reddit when I am bored.
Wow! When did user ids get longer than 6 digits? That's craaaazzzzy!
At least Comcast let's me run a mail server and smarthost through their's.
Bellsouth/AT&T simply blocks 25. I hate that.
Not that I like defending an evil corporation.
I remember my brother dropped his Gameboy in a lake accidentally when he was younger. It was under water for a week until friends of ours with scuba gear found it.
That damn thing worked after we dried it out for a couple days and popped fresh batteries in it. It was missing a couple lines on the display, but it worked.
Granted, it was fresh water, but still.
A little off topic...
:P
I saw a news video online with Bill Gates regarding that new touch table thingy last night.
During the interview, he laid his credit card down on the table. It got me to thinking, what kind of credit limit do you think Bill Gates' credit cards have? (Now I know the obvious answer is that he could buy the credit card company).
The interviewer asked him how he tipped, and Gates' response was "I like to meet expectations..."
-Nick
My favorite is the "Layer-8" security engine (Patent pending).
That's where all of my clients' problems come from.
-Nick
Say it ain't so!
Google's jumping the shark!
-Nick
Appreciate the note, but I am really not afraid of a system failure. Critical data is on the server, email is in Exchange Store and I have my laptop as backup. I want an uber machine damnit.
I for one look forward to upgrading my customers to Vista. Vista Business in particular for one reason, Shadow Copy.
I appreciate Shadow Copy Service on my server. I think it's going to be a great feature for small businesses who can't spring for a server with this feature.
Also, the new backup application actually copies files in a way you can read without using the restore option. Kind of like Robocopy with a gui.
Finally a built in calendar if you're not using Outlook or ACT!.
Egad, I sound like a fan boy. My next machine will be a quad core with SATA Raid 0 probably running Ultimate. I have to keep using it for my business, but it should run Ubuntu nicely in VMWare on that second monitor I want to get, so I'm a little bit slashdot geek.
-Nick.
And when can we expect this reality show to come on?
It would be interesting, once the latency goes down a bit, if you could run VoIP over the connection, bringing cheap(er) phone services. Those Verizon Airphones are really expensive.
Maybe using simplex.
Satellite = Latency.
When can we expect a new version of Aerobiz?
(and I mean after Supersonic, which is IMO, one of the best SuperNES games)
The only concern I have with systems like these, are they make people too complacent. I love upgrades and advances moreso than most of the next guys, but what happens when you start relying on this system out of habit, then end up driving your sisters car (without said advances) cross country for her for one reason or another?
--I will admit though, it is pretty easy to acclimate to a different vehicle after a few miles anyway. (eg my mx-3 Mazda than driving the company van)
At the print shop where I work in South Florida, our customer order database files totalled 190 MegaBytes zipped. We have no offsite backup unfourtanetly. My solution was to fire up Apache on a workstation and email my little brother in New York the link. I figured his Hard Drive's should be pretty safe from this crap. With his DSL and our full T1, it took 30 minutes,
:)
The 100 GB of customer files will just have to survive these pathetic feeder bands.
BTW: Like I was telling him, it could be worse...it could be snowing--that would really suck.
Today you just click online and your bank shows you exactly where your finances are.
This is why people end up paying bank fees and bouncing checks so often. Automatic payments, delay in deposits, etc. Balancing your books is just as important today as it was fifteen/fifty years ago. Any online banking system I've used tells you how much the bank has (more a less an instant statement). All so often, however, we set up automatic payments, we have direct deposit, financial movements a statement won't reflect because they haven't happened yet, and you need plan for these. I have no doubt online banking will reach this sophistication, but there will always be a place for the bank's balance and your books balance.
By the way, I have Bank of America, and I love their report of pending debits/credits, it's helped me plan for unexpected (fraudulent, like cancelled health insurance and an ISP who decided to continue charging me) debits from my account by transferring money from my savings, avoiding fees/etc. that make things messy.
Is there an online system that works like a register (where you can enter a check that may not post for three days), or do they all simply reflect balances and posted transactions still?
Sounds like a line from Get Smart...
"We don't shusshhh here!"
Dave Barry is a columnist syndicated from by the Miami Herald.
What I think is hillarious is I receive calls from Sun-Sentinel all the time trying to convince me to buy the rag they print. Sun-Sentinel is Herald's main competitor in South Florida. I'm sure Herald must do the same thing but I've never received calls from them.
National Do Not Harass Students List?
Actually, when I was a student five years ago, my school did a very poor job of teaching the importance of that diploma.
Academics always strike me as detached from anything real. Don't get me wrong, I was Merit Roll student my entire enslavement, so I wasn't really harassed. But it just seems like I was a little victimized by the incessant Gotta Pass attitude rather than This is why you Gotta Pass reasoning...
Maybe everybody should drop out in their junior year and go back for their Senior year like I did.
Have things changed? Am I making sense. College blows, btw...same thing.
I think speeders should have their license revoked.
I believe breaking a speed limit--whether your in excess or going too slow, should be punished severly.
For those of you who can't drive yet, You'll know what I mean about the too slow part the first few times you follow a minivan.
This reminds me of our attempt to forecast the sales for the day in the RatShack I part time in based on the tonnage of cruise ships in port that day.
morphed into the idiotic bottled water trend
Some people have throat irritation when they don't drink water for more than an hour, asshole?
Anyway, you ever drink water in South Florida? Ughh. I'm very happy spending five dollars ever week and a half for a big 5 gallon water bottle (like you see in offices). Best damn $175 I spend in a year. Helps keep the breath from stinking too.
Insurance is one of the biggest vains the U.S. is facing today. You name it, car insurance, workman's comp, homeowners, cyber, etc.
Beside's it being legalized gambling, whenever something does happen, these companies try to get out of paying and point fingers at fraud.
There has to be a better way.
P.S. Is it this bad in other parts of the world, or are there "better systems" in place?
You forgot:
"Moose and Squirrel will not make it Baghdad."
I work part time for a Radio Shack (don't ask). Have you ever tried to buy a computer at Radio Shack?
First, sales associates at the Ratshack know nothing about computers. Honestly, that company has no training whatsoever (ok, so a little tutorial in the back room...right).
Secondly, only the top 2% of stores ever have them in stock.
Third, if the computers are in stock, they're typically display models. When you work at Ratshack, you turn into a display model whore to make your 3 to 7% (depending on what you've sold your soul to push).
Fourth, the only decent deals are refurbished desktops. Ha, good luck finding any.
Maybe Tandy cashed in during early days, but nowadays, the only thing RatShack seems to do right are audio and telephone cables.
P.S. Can you tell I'm scheduled to work tomorrow?
I wonder how this copy-protection is affecting RPM's http://www.tophitsusa.com
When I was in radio a couple years ago, everything we played came on these 4 or 5 discs mailed to us every month.
Of course, it was small market radio, and we were still playing analog carts, vinyl and cd's manually.