Here's what their adspace hypervisor screen requirements are.
640x480: 307,000 pixels devoted to adspace 800x600: 475,000 pixels devoted to adspace 1024x768: 780,000 pixels devoted to adspace 1280x1024: 1.3 million pixels devoted to adspace 1600x1200: 1.9 million pixels devoted to adspace +1600x1200: Not supported since no AOL'er would have this kind of equipment.
So nice of you to post anonymously with your flame.
As such, until you actually feel like posting as YOURSELF, I don't feel any pressing need to inform some random internet troll where I work.
My job in the IT/IS department has nothing to do with "making computers work for the rest of the company". My job is security. As such, we have, with management and staff input, established ground rules for what exactly connects to our network.
The Mac is another platform we would either have to train our personnel for, or bring on personnel for. It's not that we "cannot". Merely that there's no financial incentive for us to do so. The management doesn't want or see the need to pay for the training or the personnel. And they're actually smart enough to to give us a "just do it" scenario.
As such, Mac remains unsupported.
Security policy on our network forbids the use of unsupported systems and software. Hence the reason we issue systems to our personnel.
Additionally, if you can actually avoid doing business with us over something as stupid as a disagreement with our security policies, bravo. Frankly, we in the IT/IS department won't miss you. Not even a little.
No. My company's network is laid out in a specific way, with specific goals and specific guidelines in mind. Allowing Joe Slacker to hook his Mac up and "groove" on our network isn't one of them.
All the laptops allowed on the network are company provided. Hence, they're all PCs and run locked-down Windows installs (and in the case of some of the networking staff, dual-booting Linux).
There is no legitimate need or funding for support for MacOS. And, in the case of the technical support staff, no desire.
I can understand how an utterly clue-free manager could cause problems with that. We've encountered a couple of mid-level managers who wanted to substitute the work-provided systems with their home machines, be they Macs or just their Dell Inspiron. However, it is spelled out in our network policy what exactly constitutes an authorized system on the network.
And when asked when we're going to support Macs, our response is, and has been some polite variant of "Hold your breath and count to infinity."
Our web apps support Mac via web browser. And that's about as much support as they're getting. And more than they deserve.
He's someone who wants control over what's on and his computer.
If you're willing to bend over and take whatever Apple decides to shove in your direction, good for you.
And you've obviously NOT been paying attention to the state of modern computing.
Solder is not required nowadays. We've had FRUs (Field Replaceable Units) for a good two-plus decades now.
But then again, since when have frothing Mac fanboys like you been interested in little things like logic, and truth? You've been dwelling in the RDF way too long to do so.
Bullsh*t. F*ck you. Up yours. Get laid. Eat sh*t. Drop dead. Jack me off. Suck this. I don't need lyrics that badly. I'm not that hard up for reading material.
Look the bottom line is that the number one priority of a union is to preserve jobs and benefits for it's members.
No. The number one priority of a union is to keep itself in existence. Preserving jobs and benefits is just a necessary evil for them so they can continue collecting dues that keep them existing.
A basic element of learning-teaching is the teacher, who just can't be replaced,
I call bullshit.
affection
I don't recall a lot of affection from my teachers. Must've been spread thin among the other 20-30 people in the class.
support
You ARE joking aren't you?
guidance
Okay, you ARE joking.
motivation
"Please hold on while I go and spend time with these other students" Yes. VERY motivational.
I have an exceptionally low opinion of public education. 12 years of "hurry up and wait for everyone else" and a vast quantity of indifference from my teachers. And the collegiate environment is only slightly better.
I'd like to see FF2 actually pass the ACID2 test. Right now there are things, admittedly crazy things, that are within the purview of the standards (deeply nested tables and DIVs for instance) that simply DO NOT render on Firefox (or IE for that matter). I'd also like to see a general cleanup of the code where all standard behaviors aren't a result of gazillions of exceptions.
C'mon, with simplified spelling, and the gazillion different ways you could "simple spell" just about ANYTHING would lead to a MASSIVE page-count increase in English, "* to English" and "English to *" dictionaries. And with the changeover, the dictionary makers would become MUCH more important in our lives. And a bunch of otherwise idle spelling nazis would become rich.
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If they want to bundle it with the Mozilla browser, fine. Let all the AOLers get it.
If they're going to bundle it with Firefox, they better either give the option for a Real-free download or an install-time opt-out.
If they force this on users, they're going to watch their market share completely fucking evaporate.
FINALLY has come around.
This could be the knife to the heart for RAMBUS, as I'm fairly certain a number of DRAM makers are going to be lining up to take shots at them.
Think "Hysterical Passenger" from Airplane!.
I'd rather have three one-dayers.
Because, done properly, I could stretch each of those into nearly two days of off-work time apiece. An old Army leave-maximization trick.
I paid $20,000 for my car.
No. Don't even ask about my computer(s). I won't like the answer.
Just ship it right out.
Here's what their adspace hypervisor screen requirements are.
640x480: 307,000 pixels devoted to adspace
800x600: 475,000 pixels devoted to adspace
1024x768: 780,000 pixels devoted to adspace
1280x1024: 1.3 million pixels devoted to adspace
1600x1200: 1.9 million pixels devoted to adspace
+1600x1200: Not supported since no AOL'er would have this kind of equipment.
At least I post under my real identity.
You just duck out from under your bridge and do your trolly worst.
Oh yes, and it is "you are a douchebag" or "you're a douchebag". Not "your a douchebag" you preliterate phillistine.
Come talk to me when you get a real job in the IT/IS field. (i.e. One that ISN'T GeekSquad at WorstBuy. Or fixing your mom's computer.)
So nice of you to post anonymously with your flame.
As such, until you actually feel like posting as YOURSELF, I don't feel any pressing need to inform some random internet troll where I work.
My job in the IT/IS department has nothing to do with "making computers work for the rest of the company". My job is security. As such, we have, with management and staff input, established ground rules for what exactly connects to our network.
The Mac is another platform we would either have to train our personnel for, or bring on personnel for. It's not that we "cannot". Merely that there's no financial incentive for us to do so. The management doesn't want or see the need to pay for the training or the personnel. And they're actually smart enough to to give us a "just do it" scenario.
As such, Mac remains unsupported.
Security policy on our network forbids the use of unsupported systems and software. Hence the reason we issue systems to our personnel.
Additionally, if you can actually avoid doing business with us over something as stupid as a disagreement with our security policies, bravo. Frankly, we in the IT/IS department won't miss you. Not even a little.
No. My company's network is laid out in a specific way, with specific goals and specific guidelines in mind. Allowing Joe Slacker to hook his Mac up and "groove" on our network isn't one of them.
All the laptops allowed on the network are company provided. Hence, they're all PCs and run locked-down Windows installs (and in the case of some of the networking staff, dual-booting Linux).
There is no legitimate need or funding for support for MacOS. And, in the case of the technical support staff, no desire.
I can understand how an utterly clue-free manager could cause problems with that. We've encountered a couple of mid-level managers who wanted to substitute the work-provided systems with their home machines, be they Macs or just their Dell Inspiron. However, it is spelled out in our network policy what exactly constitutes an authorized system on the network.
And when asked when we're going to support Macs, our response is, and has been some polite variant of "Hold your breath and count to infinity."
Our web apps support Mac via web browser. And that's about as much support as they're getting. And more than they deserve.
Shutting up about whether or not they plan to implement DRM is NOT the same thing as being in opposition to DRM.
As such, they can go to a DRM hardware platform at a moment's notice. And your only recourse is to accept it.
Anyhow, unless you're running on a truly humongous monitor, high definition video is largely wasted on the computer platform.
No Jay. He isn't.
He's someone who wants control over what's on and his computer.
If you're willing to bend over and take whatever Apple decides to shove in your direction, good for you.
And you've obviously NOT been paying attention to the state of modern computing.
Solder is not required nowadays. We've had FRUs (Field Replaceable Units) for a good two-plus decades now.
But then again, since when have frothing Mac fanboys like you been interested in little things like logic, and truth? You've been dwelling in the RDF way too long to do so.
On second thought, maybe not...
I'd much rather have control over my hardware platform. With the Mac, you give up that control.
For what? Their software platform?
Sorry, as "technically" appealing as it is, I can't stand the finished product. Now don't get me wrong. Some people LOVE MacOS. I don't.
So I'll stick with a real PC platform, rather than a proprietary platform that happens to use PC parts.
I understand the concept of a bell curve.
I understand that total employment is a myth.
I even understand the whole concept of people "at the top" and people "at the bottom".
However, a 10% unemployment rate is a rather vicious bell curve. Especially for a country with 63 million people.
Additionally, reducing it to a bell curve and then just turning people into statistics always tends to trivialize the severity of a problem.
Wonderous.
Mega-speed internet. While France has a 10+% unemployment rate.
It's nice to see that the real problems are being solved!
I give them about the same amount of credulity that I do to the supermarket tabloids screaming "I had Elvis' 3-headed alien baby!"
Well, it's a dirty job, but I'll volunteer! ;-)
And in some, too subtle be be picked up anywhere. (See: Nonexistent)
Nah! You can't reconstruct that data from minutae!
Oh wait. You can...
CRAP!
F*ck you.
Up yours.
Get laid.
Eat sh*t.
Drop dead.
Jack me off.
Suck this.
I don't need lyrics that badly.
I'm not that hard up for reading material.
No. The number one priority of a union is to keep itself in existence. Preserving jobs and benefits is just a necessary evil for them so they can continue collecting dues that keep them existing.
I call bullshit.
affection
I don't recall a lot of affection from my teachers. Must've been spread thin among the other 20-30 people in the class.
support
You ARE joking aren't you?
guidance
Okay, you ARE joking.
motivation
"Please hold on while I go and spend time with these other students" Yes. VERY motivational.
I have an exceptionally low opinion of public education. 12 years of "hurry up and wait for everyone else" and a vast quantity of indifference from my teachers. And the collegiate environment is only slightly better.
I'd like to see FF2 actually pass the ACID2 test. Right now there are things, admittedly crazy things, that are within the purview of the standards (deeply nested tables and DIVs for instance) that simply DO NOT render on Firefox (or IE for that matter).
I'd also like to see a general cleanup of the code where all standard behaviors aren't a result of gazillions of exceptions.
Okay, please tell me how these differ from standard bits?
Do they combine to make "naughty bytes"?
And if they really are that naughty, does it take more or fewer bits to make a bite? Or does that depend on their exact kind of naughtiness?
C'mon, with simplified spelling, and the gazillion different ways you could "simple spell" just about ANYTHING would lead to a MASSIVE page-count increase in English, "* to English" and "English to *" dictionaries. And with the changeover, the dictionary makers would become MUCH more important in our lives. And a bunch of otherwise idle spelling nazis would become rich.
No, as pointed out, there's nothing viable there to rewire.