Once again, nobody [who knows jack about politics] ever said the US was a democracy. It's a democratic republic, and those old white men are the ones the average person in this country elected to represent them. My genuine suggestion for you is to leave the country. I certainly plan to.
Well, in the grand old days of radio it used to be pretty heavily tilted in favour of advertising, as opposed to record sales and such. It's definitely a different business model, and it's actually more top-down and less user-generated. Users can't even pick what they want to buy, they just have to buy what's being played. However, with the current state of technology, internet radio is becoming entirely viable as a mass-market revenue stream. This means that there will be just as much choice as with file-sharing (they can offer and support hundreds of channels and still advertise on all of them), while the artists get paid regularly. The next problem is to figure out how to get people not to switch immediately at commercial.
Well, I don't think anyone's going to start a marketing campaign based solely on the information retrieved from blogs. However, it can act as a nice supplement to other information one might have, in that it can 1. reinforce, 2. show a rise in popularity of a specific item, and 3. show a decline in popularity of another item.
Viral marketing is something marketing officers have been trying to tap into forever, and this might help them determine how that sort of thing works; how information and trends are passed between people.
Also, maybe they could pinpoint characteristics of market leaders, i.e. those who talk about major trends before those trends get major.
But Marketable is what is becoming cool, and things stay marketable for longer than a few instants. This is not really about cool, it's about marketably cool.
A nice sentiment from someone who is obviously not a sysadmin of any non-trivial setup, or from someone who is fortunate enough not to be overworked and have plenty of time to do one's job.
Thanks for the personal attack there, Jason. You're absolutely correct- I'm not a sysadmin at all. I can see you're bitter towards people you feel have it easier than you, but come on- you really don't know anything about me. I'm not going to defend myself to you, because this sort of personal debate is really just whining.
However, this is what default states are for. As one above user suggested, try Clean Slate. It'll essentially reset the hard drive whenever you tell it to.
Another option is to partition the drive, and only allow users access to one of them. Then, you can just wipe that one, while using the other one for the OS. You can keep a default registry, etc. so you can just replace the few things on the boot drive that the user CAN change.
I have used several other systems that use this sort of system, and they're MUCH better than the alternative. My college pays its IT people well, and we keep enough of them staffed so they rarely have to work overtime, except in the case of major emergencies.
In conclusion, don't act like all users are bad or ignorant. Just let them do what they want, and clean up after them. That's what a sysadmin is paid for: cleaning house. It's an honorable profession, and users appreciate a well-run system.
You know, there's something to be said for allowing users some degree of freedom. It's quite easy to cut off all kinds of access, but networks that have users with a wide variety of needs and interests and who can generally trust their users shouldn't do so.
At my school, we've got some computers in very public areas that are all full of restrictions, and people run into usability problems with them all the time. But on the computers in the library, users can install whatever they need. If I need to install a drawing program to help create a presentation, I should have the freedom to do so. If I want to install AIM to get files off my computer remotely or send myself information, I should be able to do this. These are important user rights in a computing age.
As such, it is important to monitor what is being placed on computers, but it is foolish to restrict everything outright.
It never fades. Sunlight's ultraviolet rays trigger a chemical reaction in the Sollx film, forming a protective outer coating that won't decay.
As you can see from reading the article, it "never" fades. Should be fairly durable.
Well, it's probably not goint to be distributed, but it'd be great if there were international sanctions placed on cyber-warfare methods. Somehow, though, I doubt our government will be that effective, and that Iraq will have enough connected systems to really do any good.
Excuse me? I merely said that to be successful with a console, this is what you have to do. I own a cube, and will never buy an X-box unless nintendo starts making games for microsoft. I only stated success conditions- the way things are, as opposed to the way we'd like them to be. Nintendo's games simply aren't marketable to the average player.
Of course we'll buy it. You're right- this is the perfect example- they release a portion of it, and it's beautiful, and I'm sure as hell going to go out and buy the rest of the 9 eps when they come out. So will many, many others.
I actually feel that it was more a cross between Halo and Halo- come on- the buggy, the dunes, the action and cinema style, the enemies, jesus. They just took screens of halo and said "let's make this into star trek!"
So far, the company has found the only drawback of adding too much AMP to their coffees, either in the mug or the grinds, is that it generates the taste of raw fish in your mouth, said scientist Stephen Gravina, Linguagen's associate director.
It's absolutely absurd that they reference sitting in front of the computer as the cause.
First, it has absolutely nothing to do with computers, just with sitting.
Second, yes, people sit in front of computers more often now than they used to, but I think it's less a "sedentary lifestyle" and more a "productive lifestyle." People sit at desks a lot longer than they used to for other reasons, too. I've got Ibanking friends who are at work, at their desks, for at least 16 hours every day, except when they have occasional presentations. They're being productive, not sedentary.
But I see a lot of misinformed posts here. It's been said before, and I'll say it again:
"It's the games, stupid!"
Sure, PS2 is ahead because of it's first-mover advantage, but that's has to do primarily with the quantity of games it offers. Moreover, nintendo only appeals to people who already like nintendo! You can't get a 15 year old who never played the original marios and metroid interested in game cube, because they're all too cutesy. Halo, a dearth of sports games, and a lot of FPS games are much more marketable. It's all about the games- the fact that the game cube is moderately inferior to the xbox doesn't hold it back. Nor does the fact that the PS2 is very inferior to both, and more expensive than the cube hold IT back, because it has GAMES.
Well, the Alien organization (?) was called "Red Falcon," red being a color oft associated with communism. Moreover, I think the game really did have communistic overtones, but it's hard to back that up.
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Once again, nobody [who knows jack about politics] ever said the US was a democracy. It's a democratic republic, and those old white men are the ones the average person in this country elected to represent them. My genuine suggestion for you is to leave the country. I certainly plan to.
Well, in the grand old days of radio it used to be pretty heavily tilted in favour of advertising, as opposed to record sales and such. It's definitely a different business model, and it's actually more top-down and less user-generated. Users can't even pick what they want to buy, they just have to buy what's being played.
However, with the current state of technology, internet radio is becoming entirely viable as a mass-market revenue stream. This means that there will be just as much choice as with file-sharing (they can offer and support hundreds of channels and still advertise on all of them), while the artists get paid regularly.
The next problem is to figure out how to get people not to switch immediately at commercial.
Well, I don't think anyone's going to start a marketing campaign based solely on the information retrieved from blogs. However, it can act as a nice supplement to other information one might have, in that it can 1. reinforce, 2. show a rise in popularity of a specific item, and 3. show a decline in popularity of another item.
Viral marketing is something marketing officers have been trying to tap into forever, and this might help them determine how that sort of thing works; how information and trends are passed between people.
Also, maybe they could pinpoint characteristics of market leaders, i.e. those who talk about major trends before those trends get major.
But Marketable is what is becoming cool, and things stay marketable for longer than a few instants. This is not really about cool, it's about marketably cool.
What, does it always load pr0n? Remarkable!
Thanks for the personal attack there, Jason. You're absolutely correct- I'm not a sysadmin at all. I can see you're bitter towards people you feel have it easier than you, but come on- you really don't know anything about me. I'm not going to defend myself to you, because this sort of personal debate is really just whining.
However, this is what default states are for. As one above user suggested, try Clean Slate. It'll essentially reset the hard drive whenever you tell it to.
Another option is to partition the drive, and only allow users access to one of them. Then, you can just wipe that one, while using the other one for the OS. You can keep a default registry, etc. so you can just replace the few things on the boot drive that the user CAN change.
I have used several other systems that use this sort of system, and they're MUCH better than the alternative. My college pays its IT people well, and we keep enough of them staffed so they rarely have to work overtime, except in the case of major emergencies.
In conclusion, don't act like all users are bad or ignorant. Just let them do what they want, and clean up after them. That's what a sysadmin is paid for: cleaning house. It's an honorable profession, and users appreciate a well-run system.
Why the FUCK did this get modded up and mine didn't??? I was being sarcastic, you jackass moderators!
it was called "metaspy," and they had one censored and one uncensored version.
There were some pretty scary searches, things involving goats and sisters and !lumberjacks!
Haha! This is much better than typing- now you don't have to worry about keystroke recorders, but everyone around you can see what your password is!
You know, there's something to be said for allowing users some degree of freedom. It's quite easy to cut off all kinds of access, but networks that have users with a wide variety of needs and interests and who can generally trust their users shouldn't do so.
At my school, we've got some computers in very public areas that are all full of restrictions, and people run into usability problems with them all the time. But on the computers in the library, users can install whatever they need. If I need to install a drawing program to help create a presentation, I should have the freedom to do so. If I want to install AIM to get files off my computer remotely or send myself information, I should be able to do this. These are important user rights in a computing age.
As such, it is important to monitor what is being placed on computers, but it is foolish to restrict everything outright.
It never fades. Sunlight's ultraviolet rays trigger a chemical reaction in the Sollx film, forming a protective outer coating that won't decay. As you can see from reading the article, it "never" fades. Should be fairly durable.
Well, it's probably not goint to be distributed, but it'd be great if there were international sanctions placed on cyber-warfare methods. Somehow, though, I doubt our government will be that effective, and that Iraq will have enough connected systems to really do any good.
ahh- you're right, my bad. Thanks for the correction.
Excuse me? I merely said that to be successful with a console, this is what you have to do. I own a cube, and will never buy an X-box unless nintendo starts making games for microsoft. I only stated success conditions- the way things are, as opposed to the way we'd like them to be. Nintendo's games simply aren't marketable to the average player.
Of course we'll buy it. You're right- this is the perfect example- they release a portion of it, and it's beautiful, and I'm sure as hell going to go out and buy the rest of the 9 eps when they come out. So will many, many others.
I actually feel that it was more a cross between Halo and Halo- come on- the buggy, the dunes, the action and cinema style, the enemies, jesus. They just took screens of halo and said "let's make this into star trek!"
Shut up Samir- nobody wants to hear it.
Especially after the machines have taken over and extinguished all other organic life- it'll be useful to detect any dissenting microbes
You should learn to smell things before you eat them- it'd save you a lot of trouble tasting milk to determine whether it's good or not.
Also, you could read the sell-by date.
So far, the company has found the only drawback of adding too much AMP to their coffees, either in the mug or the grinds, is that it generates the taste of raw fish in your mouth, said scientist Stephen Gravina, Linguagen's associate director.
Sorry bud- looks like you're outa luck!
It's absolutely absurd that they reference sitting in front of the computer as the cause.
First, it has absolutely nothing to do with computers, just with sitting.
Second, yes, people sit in front of computers more often now than they used to, but I think it's less a "sedentary lifestyle" and more a "productive lifestyle." People sit at desks a lot longer than they used to for other reasons, too. I've got Ibanking friends who are at work, at their desks, for at least 16 hours every day, except when they have occasional presentations. They're being productive, not sedentary.
But I see a lot of misinformed posts here. It's been said before, and I'll say it again:
"It's the games, stupid!"
Sure, PS2 is ahead because of it's first-mover advantage, but that's has to do primarily with the quantity of games it offers. Moreover, nintendo only appeals to people who already like nintendo! You can't get a 15 year old who never played the original marios and metroid interested in game cube, because they're all too cutesy. Halo, a dearth of sports games, and a lot of FPS games are much more marketable. It's all about the games- the fact that the game cube is moderately inferior to the xbox doesn't hold it back. Nor does the fact that the PS2 is very inferior to both, and more expensive than the cube hold IT back, because it has GAMES.
Enough ranting.
you idiots- the Gi was obviously a typo, as he used Ge below that. look here.
They're not batteries, they're just hydrogen power cells, just like we've been hearing about forever.
Also, for those who said hours is not a measure of power, you're idiots. It was placed in a strong context. read the article next time.
Well, the Alien organization (?) was called "Red Falcon," red being a color oft associated with communism. Moreover, I think the game really did have communistic overtones, but it's hard to back that up.