Next up: RIAA vs. All humans of Sol1
RIAA Claims that afformentioned humans have been using an ancient P2P protocol called the "internet" for some time now to illegally share songs such as: "What its like to be 44 and forgotten" by once famous teen pop idol Brittany Spears. RIAA is suing for imediate cease and desist of all internet usage.
Wait a minute, I seem to recall windows 3.11 not having a browser "built-in", we were all left to download the browser of our choice back then. Netscape 3 or 4 was all I remember using, I'm not certain that there were others around at that time, but I do recall having to download these "plug-ins" things for it. So whats going on, where does all this fit in to the equation?
Its awesome! do it, for a person with glasses its the best thing, and if you get the right one you can have it done more than once!
Some things I have noticed. *I had Kerotonomy (spelling?) done I couldn't use the corrected eye for about a week, and for the first week, it was quite irritating - some people have said its quite painful. but I just found it irritating. *You get your periphial (spelling?) vision back. which is something you take for granted until you have it/don't. *they give you some funky drugs *kerotonomy took a month to get full eye sight back, and as they do one eye at a time that means two months of blurred vision. *its heaps cheaper now than it was when I had it done (in NZ$1400 per eye). *aparently pot is good for the ole peepers, i'm sure it was.
They had two brands, Lasik and kerotonomy, lasik consists of cutting the front of your eye off, and sticking a corrective lense in there. kero they just zap your eye.
This all sounds vaugly familiar, does anyone remeber that book that Buzz Aldrin wrote about space exploration? I think the re-usable space craft the built in that story was a combined effort of french american russian and/or british. And there was something about a craft called a "Clipper"??? Wow it's like Buzz saw the future!
I have been looking for a good DC to buy, I have spoke to a few pros, most say that digital is close to film but not quite there yet, one said that the closest to film was some mystical 25Mp camera - prolly a fully pro model or something.
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But How does it benifit the end user, oh wait I don't have to wait as lon in the checkout line with five screaming kids and a trolley full of sofas
- You have a Tech Dept in disarray with a lot of problems.
- One of your major problems (from your own point of view) is that users are
abusing the system, sometimes for personal benefit.
- The easiest solution would probably be to restrict access to the internet
by introducing a block on specific ports. However you want to solve these issues
without "alienating" yourself from your peers who are: the users.
There are many different ways of approaching these three issues, because you
have a problem with users doing something that is not "appropriate" then perhaps
you should start by helping them to see what is appropriate. Try discussing
the situation with everyone. Tell them that the resources are limited, and something
will have to be done to help free up some resources. See if the users as a group
are willing to cut down the amount of non-appropriate usage of your network.
If not, then you may have to become more forceful, remember that humans will
use their social power in groups to get what they want i.e. pushing you down
the social ladder, so that they may have a form of control over you, or attempt
to do this any way.
Of course the users may not feel as though it is any of their concern, the
network still works (sorta) and they can still do their own thing without too
much hassle. They may also see this all wrongly and to them internet access
is a "right" and not a "privilege", so again cutting access may not work here.
However in conjunction with your first big issue (dept in disarray) I have found
that people tend to treat things better if these things are somehow a possession.
Realistically you can't ask the users to donate and become shareholders in the
network resources. But you can help them to feel more affiliated by allocating
time where users with no current commitments (i.e. students to teach, classes
to go to) come and spend time with the Tech Dept, and Help you clean up the
mess. (One problem I have found with this method, is that if you use the
same people over and over, the begin to get a little power hungry and start
using there position for personal gain. So you have to constantly cycle the
workers, so that every available user gets a turn. If a user has little or no
experience in this area, they can at least sweep the floor of the tech dept.)
Another option is to allow the un-appropriate software, but limit the amount
of usage, or give a quota.
Or you could give everyone an account, and give the account a quota. This may
cause problems if the user has no discipline and uses their quota for non-school
related activities, having none left for relevant activities.
The forth option is to let users moderate other users, but then not themselves.
Hmmm does this sound familiar?
Anyway, There are so many options available to you, I haven't even scratched
the tip of the iceberg in the end (and I have rambled on an written too much),
you just need to sit down and nut it out for yourself, every situation is different,
and you can always rely on human nature to play an important chaotic effect
type roll in the matter. (from experience) I think you have already answered
your own questions anyway. "Can you fix the network, and retain social kinship
at the same time". You just have to choose your desired outcome. (at least
you have that much)
If you're going to lie to the users (which I strongly advise against) then
at least use the "goofballs" that are no longer around as scapegoats.
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Next up: RIAA vs. All humans of Sol1 RIAA Claims that afformentioned humans have been using an ancient P2P protocol called the "internet" for some time now to illegally share songs such as: "What its like to be 44 and forgotten" by once famous teen pop idol Brittany Spears. RIAA is suing for imediate cease and desist of all internet usage.
Wait a minute, I seem to recall windows 3.11 not having a browser "built-in", we were all left to download the browser of our choice back then. Netscape 3 or 4 was all I remember using, I'm not certain that there were others around at that time, but I do recall having to download these "plug-ins" things for it. So whats going on, where does all this fit in to the equation?
Wow did you see the size of the rotors on that thing?
Its a real shame that it didn't work, sounds like the team have been working on it for a long time, which makes me wonder, wheres the tail rotor?
Its awesome! do it, for a person with glasses its the best thing, and if you get the right one you can have it done more than once!
Some things I have noticed.
*I had Kerotonomy (spelling?) done I couldn't use the corrected eye for about a week, and for the first week, it was quite irritating - some people have said its quite painful. but I just found it irritating.
*You get your periphial (spelling?) vision back. which is something you take for granted until you have it/don't.
*they give you some funky drugs
*kerotonomy took a month to get full eye sight back, and as they do one eye at a time that means two months of blurred vision.
*its heaps cheaper now than it was when I had it done (in NZ$1400 per eye).
*aparently pot is good for the ole peepers, i'm sure it was.
They had two brands, Lasik and kerotonomy, lasik consists of cutting the front of your eye off, and sticking a corrective lense in there. kero they just zap your eye.
I enjoyed the experience.
Well looks like you chalk one more up for evolution... And now God's chances of existing are more than 50%. I wonder which is going to win...
and Gods chances of existing are over 50% what does this all mean?
This all sounds vaugly familiar, does anyone remeber that book that Buzz Aldrin wrote about space exploration? I think the re-usable space craft the built in that story was a combined effort of french american russian and/or british. And there was something about a craft called a "Clipper"??? Wow it's like Buzz saw the future!
I have been looking for a good DC to buy, I have spoke to a few pros, most say that digital is close to film but not quite there yet, one said that the closest to film was some mystical 25Mp camera - prolly a fully pro model or something.
But How does it benifit the end user, oh wait I don't have to wait as lon in the checkout line with five screaming kids and a trolley full of sofas
Hi Speaking from a little experience
- You have a Tech Dept in disarray with a lot of problems.
- One of your major problems (from your own point of view) is that users are abusing the system, sometimes for personal benefit.
- The easiest solution would probably be to restrict access to the internet by introducing a block on specific ports. However you want to solve these issues without "alienating" yourself from your peers who are: the users.
There are many different ways of approaching these three issues, because you have a problem with users doing something that is not "appropriate" then perhaps you should start by helping them to see what is appropriate. Try discussing the situation with everyone. Tell them that the resources are limited, and something will have to be done to help free up some resources. See if the users as a group are willing to cut down the amount of non-appropriate usage of your network. If not, then you may have to become more forceful, remember that humans will use their social power in groups to get what they want i.e. pushing you down the social ladder, so that they may have a form of control over you, or attempt to do this any way.
Of course the users may not feel as though it is any of their concern, the network still works (sorta) and they can still do their own thing without too much hassle. They may also see this all wrongly and to them internet access is a "right" and not a "privilege", so again cutting access may not work here. However in conjunction with your first big issue (dept in disarray) I have found that people tend to treat things better if these things are somehow a possession. Realistically you can't ask the users to donate and become shareholders in the network resources. But you can help them to feel more affiliated by allocating time where users with no current commitments (i.e. students to teach, classes to go to) come and spend time with the Tech Dept, and Help you clean up the mess. (One problem I have found with this method, is that if you use the same people over and over, the begin to get a little power hungry and start using there position for personal gain. So you have to constantly cycle the workers, so that every available user gets a turn. If a user has little or no experience in this area, they can at least sweep the floor of the tech dept.)
Another option is to allow the un-appropriate software, but limit the amount of usage, or give a quota.
Or you could give everyone an account, and give the account a quota. This may cause problems if the user has no discipline and uses their quota for non-school related activities, having none left for relevant activities.
The forth option is to let users moderate other users, but then not themselves. Hmmm does this sound familiar?
Anyway, There are so many options available to you, I haven't even scratched the tip of the iceberg in the end (and I have rambled on an written too much), you just need to sit down and nut it out for yourself, every situation is different, and you can always rely on human nature to play an important chaotic effect type roll in the matter. (from experience) I think you have already answered your own questions anyway. "Can you fix the network, and retain social kinship at the same time". You just have to choose your desired outcome. (at least you have that much)
If you're going to lie to the users (which I strongly advise against) then at least use the "goofballs" that are no longer around as scapegoats.