and its somehow a traversity when the defense makes the claim that the woman was out looking for sex?
Not relevant. Maybe the offender was the only man in the world she was not interested in having sex with, it dosen't change the fact that it's her choice who she has sex with.
Once the workers get experience with whatever they were doing, they are either moved to something else that they have no experience with, or they move to management (where they stop doing actual work). It's a vicious cycle...
It's called the Peter Principle. It's as true today as it was back in 1969 when Dr. Laurence J. Peter first wrote his book as it is today.
...employers have little to no incentive to care whether their current employees are happy or not. If they're not, they can either leave or get fired, and it will be easy to replace them...
Maybe it's easy to replace the ones who leave, but I don't often see that happening (cost savings dontya know). Those remaining just get a bigger workload (oh, and by the way, overtime is no longer permitted, and the deadline is being moved two weeks sooner...)
Much of what I have seen in companies that don't give a damn about morale is the best and brightest jump ship, leaving the rest to struggle along.
I can't say for anyone else, but in my case by the time I'm done with it charity wouldn't want it.
Indeed. My main machine at home is still a pentium133, and my FreeBSD box in the basement (MP3 jukebox, etc) is a pentium 75. The case and PSU from an old 386 contain an extra HD that is cabled to the BSD box, but wouldn't fit in the case.
I still fire up my old Apple II+ once in a while to enjoy the original Lode Runner in glorius 16 colours.
I'll give $15 (CDN) for a p300, rather than see Dell take it to the crusher.
As an aside, I expect part of Dell's business case for this project is to remove used computers from the market. Just like Home Despot's "power tool trade-in". Less used stuff on the (garage sale/pawn shop) market, more sales of new stuff for them. Or maybe I'm just cynical.
And, Billy, I have never heard of someone pulling the battery from their vehicle on a daily basis to take it inside. To thaw it out after it's been frozen, sure. But if a battery has been frozen your next trip had better be to the parts store to get a new one. Hmmm.. looks like it's going down to -33C tonight. Better make sure the truck is plugged in.
I agree that the FreeBSD ports thing is pretty damn slick.
As for difficulty installing Linux, I'm installing Mandrake(7.0) on an IBM 300PL right now from a magazine CD. I'm taking all the defaults (just like a newbie would). It'll be interesting to see what happens.
I had FreeBsd running on it for a while, and the only headache I found was trying to configure X on it.
Indeed, I have several books from Project Gutenburg (sp?) that I have pulled off Gnutella.
Yeah, I could have found them on the web and downloaded them that way, but that's not the point.
As the parent stated, it's not the software's fault if someone (ok, lots of people) use it to break the law.
Also, the music that I have grabbed from P2P is stuff that I already bought (on vinyl, cassette, or *shudder* 8-track). I used the download to allow me to listen to it on my laptop without having to go to the trouble of setting up the hardware to rip it myself.
Most criminals out there do not want to waste time with this. But I would think the "smart" ones would actually want it to appear as if nothing is wrong.
In my experience "smart" and "criminal" are mutually exclusive terms.
When my dad was in university, his roomate (an agriculture student) did exactly this. He made himself a master key to the dorm. It also worked in the women's dorm.
For light, fun reading: any of the Calahan's books.
I also enjoyed the Lifehouse/Deathkiller/Time Pressure series. An intersting, if optomistic future view.
And finally, Stardancer, co-written with Jeanne Robinson was good for a bit of a mind bending.
Oh, here's his web site
And what if I want a PVR without the 'service' because it's not available where I live?
I do want a PVR, but like the previous poster, I want to use it like a glorified VCR. And that means being able to program it without relying on some service. It also means a method of exporting a show to archive it (saving a show on the HD dosen't cut it, HDs have a finite lifespan)
Places like Switzerland ensure that every able-bodied adult as a fully-fledged assault rifle in their closet.
Yeah, but they are trained in the proper care/use/handling of that weapon before they are given possesion of it. Can you say the same for all (or even most) gun owners in the USA?
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Good luck getting a service provider here in the states.
Especially since it uses the 900/1800 MHZ and in North America GSM is currently on 1900MHZ and is starting to roll out on 850Mhz.
It would be fairly trivial for Samsung to change the radio for the North American Freqs, IF they thought it would sell here.
Imagine a place where this kind of cam is on top of every other streetlight...
I don't have to imagine this, George Orwell already wrote about it. And it scares the hell out of me.
Within my company, techs who get "promoted" to management are usualy given an "a**hole suit" as part of their promotion.
I wonder if the lobotomy happens before that, or after?
Maybe it's part of the pointy-hair installation?
and its somehow a traversity when the defense makes the claim that the woman was out looking for sex?
Not relevant.
Maybe the offender was the only man in the world she was not interested in having sex with, it dosen't change the fact that it's her choice who she has sex with.
Once the workers get experience with whatever they were doing, they are either moved to something else that they have no experience with, or they move to management (where they stop doing actual work). It's a vicious cycle...
It's called the Peter Principle.
It's as true today as it was back in 1969 when Dr. Laurence J. Peter first wrote his book as it is today.
...employers have little to no incentive to care whether their current employees are happy or not. If they're not, they can either leave or get fired, and it will be easy to replace them...
Maybe it's easy to replace the ones who leave, but I don't often see that happening (cost savings dontya know). Those remaining just get a bigger workload (oh, and by the way, overtime is no longer permitted, and the deadline is being moved two weeks sooner...)
Much of what I have seen in companies that don't give a damn about morale is the best and brightest jump ship, leaving the rest to struggle along.
I can't say for anyone else, but in my case by the time I'm done with it charity wouldn't want it.
Indeed. My main machine at home is still a pentium133, and my FreeBSD box in the basement (MP3 jukebox, etc) is a pentium 75.
The case and PSU from an old 386 contain an extra HD that is cabled to the BSD box, but wouldn't fit in the case.
I still fire up my old Apple II+ once in a while to enjoy the original Lode Runner in glorius 16 colours.
I'll give $15 (CDN) for a p300, rather than see Dell take it to the crusher.
As an aside, I expect part of Dell's business case for this project is to remove used computers from the market. Just like Home Despot's "power tool trade-in". Less used stuff on the (garage sale/pawn shop) market, more sales of new stuff for them. Or maybe I'm just cynical.
Big piece of carton or huge van to front of emitter could quite efectively cut it. How's that for denial of service ;)
On the other hand, you might use a prism to create a 'tap' into the network. Or maybe a 3 port hub.
racial slurs like what?
Unless you also have a battery blanket in your car.
And, Billy, I have never heard of someone pulling the battery from their vehicle on a daily basis to take it inside. To thaw it out after it's been frozen, sure. But if a battery has been frozen your next trip had better be to the parts store to get a new one.
Hmmm.. looks like it's going down to -33C tonight. Better make sure the truck is plugged in.
Or at least useful to someone who isn't you.
Besides, what harm is there in providing extra information is a story for a change.
I agree that the FreeBSD ports thing is pretty damn slick.
As for difficulty installing Linux, I'm installing Mandrake(7.0) on an IBM 300PL right now from a magazine CD. I'm taking all the defaults (just like a newbie would). It'll be interesting to see what happens.
I had FreeBsd running on it for a while, and the only headache I found was trying to configure X on it.
I wonder what this "pixie dust" would do for Kopi Luwak, purportedly the most expensive coffee you can buy?
Coffee flavour.
If I wanted something else, I would have asked for it.
Nope, I can't believe that dustbunnies* could possibly be bad.
* Only Canadians with small children are likely to recognise these guys.
Indeed, I have several books from Project Gutenburg (sp?) that I have pulled off Gnutella.
Yeah, I could have found them on the web and downloaded them that way, but that's not the point.
As the parent stated, it's not the software's fault if someone (ok, lots of people) use it to break the law.
Also, the music that I have grabbed from P2P is stuff that I already bought (on vinyl, cassette, or *shudder* 8-track). I used the download to allow me to listen to it on my laptop without having to go to the trouble of setting up the hardware to rip it myself.
Hence the transparent bags, I suspect.
But your point is still fairly valid. If someone is determined enough, they will find a way to cause trouble.
Most criminals out there do not want to waste time with this. But I would think the "smart" ones would actually want it to appear as if nothing is wrong.
In my experience "smart" and "criminal" are mutually exclusive terms.
I'm sure this is nothing new.
When my dad was in university, his roomate (an agriculture student) did exactly this. He made himself a master key to the dorm. It also worked in the women's dorm.
For light, fun reading: any of the Calahan's books.
I also enjoyed the Lifehouse/Deathkiller/Time Pressure series. An intersting, if optomistic future view.
And finally, Stardancer, co-written with Jeanne Robinson was good for a bit of a mind bending.
Oh, here's his web site
And what if I want a PVR without the 'service' because it's not available where I live?
I do want a PVR, but like the previous poster, I want to use it like a glorified VCR. And that means being able to program it without relying on some service. It also means a method of exporting a show to archive it (saving a show on the HD dosen't cut it, HDs have a finite lifespan)
you can just start naming computers after Muppets until you get tired. There are a freaking lot of Muppets.
And then the room becomes Muppet Labs!
Because Tivo is only available in two countries in the world.
And mine isn't one of them.
Places like Switzerland ensure that every able-bodied adult as a fully-fledged assault rifle in their closet.
Yeah, but they are trained in the proper care/use/handling of that weapon before they are given possesion of it.
Can you say the same for all (or even most) gun owners in the USA?
That's what I remember it said on the QT2002* box that I read, then put back on the shelf.
*Canadian retail version