>>If you modify the users HOSTS file to point pagead2.googlesyndication.com to a different machine you can serve your own Google ads. Pretty clever
>Not really. You could serve your own google ads to yourself. Big deal.
You wouldn't eant to do that to yourself, but if you could do that to 500,000 other peoples' machines, then you can make them see the ads that you want them to see. Add an understanding of the AdSense API, and theoretically you could even target the ads, although I don't use AdSense, so I don't know.
Although, I'm not sure how well it would work. The SOP of most current virus scanners and Microsoft's AntiSpyware is to check for unauthorized changes to the HOSTS file.
Do you notice any program crashes correlated with the time updates?
I've never seen any clock issues on our network. Of course, our machines are on a domain and automatically connect via the Windows Time Service . The most likely thigns to show up from too much clock skew would be that machines and users can not log into a domain, or that they would not be able to ckeckout licenses for FlexLM managed applications (I work in an Engineering College, so a number of our applications require over the wire licensing). I can say that we never had problems with using Net Time when we used it to sync 95,98, and NT machines (Windows Time Service was introduced in Windows 2000).
Doesn't that cause the system time to occasionally jump backwards?
Net Time is the quick and dirty solution, but if you want something more elegant (although I don't know what you'd be running on XP that would be so critical as to not be able to compensate for a backwards jump in time), I would recommend looking up the Windows Time Service. It will jump the clock forward to sync, or it will slew the clock if you are less than three minutes ahead of your time server, and sets the clock backwards if you are more than 3 minutes out of sync. The default polling interval is 45 minutes, so if you are experiencing 10 minutes of skew per day, you shouldn't notice that unless you are disconnected from the internet for more than seven hours at a time. And if you are disconnected that often, and not running any services that are time dependent, why are you worried about the time sync anyway?
I don't think I've ever noticed a problem like that on our network, but the easiest way for a non-domain XP machine would be to run:
net time/set
as a scheduled task. You can set multiple schedules to set your time every four hours, every hour, every five minutes, whatever. FYI, the default NTP server for an XP machine is time.microsoft.com. Look at the help for net time to choose your favorite NTP servers.
Because you don't look up "Blud E. Good Plumbing" in the yellow pages. You look up "Blud E. Good" in the white pages. You would only look up "Plumbing" in the yellow pages, and then find Blud's ad there. Apparently these people are getting other advertisers's results when they search for "AXA", not necessarily when they search for "Insurance". Still, I don't think it is Google's responsibility to check for trademarks in every submitted adword. It is the responsibility of the trademark holder to bring this violation to Google's attention.
...from someone who is an IT Manager at a University.
Actually, in many of the Business, Science, and Engineering classes at the University where I work, notes are distributed in powerpoint or PDF format, and the students usually end up printing out full page copies of the slides/PDFs, and marking them up. Then students file those marked up prinouts away, and end up having to look through hundreds of pages of prinouts when studying for finals. A tablet PC is perfectly sufficient for doing what it was built to do. You can check e-mail, browse the web, and use "ink".
We also use have faculty use them in Distance Education classes, because it is the perfect alternative to pointing a camera at a whiteboard or chalkboard, and the electronic notes can be saved and distributed to the students for later reference.
Tablets are also being piloted in our regular Engineering classes. Students don't have to worry about copying down every bit of information before it is erased from the board, because it will be made available to them later. It allows them to focus more on the lecture instead of copying down every little formula.
In short, I would recommend that you don't worry about a huge screen or fast processor. A tablet will handle 95% of what the average will want it to do without problems (nobody is going to use it to compile the nightly Mozilla build). Just pick the lighest model you are comfortable with holding and using the stylus on, and make sure you get Office 2003, since it has native pen support.
"The power comes from a core of non-weapons-grade uranium about 30 inches in diameter and 6 feet tall."
Volume = 50893 in^3
231 in^3 / gal Volume = 220 gal
So this thing seems to generate about 4 x 55 gallon drums worth of waste over a 30 year period, or an average of 1 drum every 7.5 years. Oh, I see the problem! Won't somebody please think of the children?!?!? Feel free to correct me if my math is wrong. Please forgive me for the earlier poor formatting. I don't comment that often. -Steve
"The power comes from a core of non-weapons-grade uranium about 30 inches in diameter and 6 feet tall."
Volume = 50893 in^3
231 in^3 / gal
Volume = 220 gal
So this thing seems to generate about 4 x 55 gallon drums worth of waste over a 30 year period, or an average of 1 drum every 7.5 years. Oh, I see the problem! Won't somebody please think of the children?!?!?
Feel free to correct me if my math is wrong.
-Steve
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Won't someone *please* think of the children?!?!
How many of those are to the right of the decimal point? Significant Figures, People!
>>If you modify the users HOSTS file to point pagead2.googlesyndication.com to a different machine you can serve your own Google ads. Pretty clever
>Not really. You could serve your own google ads to yourself. Big deal.
You wouldn't eant to do that to yourself, but if you could do that to 500,000 other peoples' machines, then you can make them see the ads that you want them to see. Add an understanding of the AdSense API, and theoretically you could even target the ads, although I don't use AdSense, so I don't know.
Although, I'm not sure how well it would work. The SOP of most current virus scanners and Microsoft's AntiSpyware is to check for unauthorized changes to the HOSTS file.
Net Time is the quick and dirty solution, but if you want something more elegant (although I don't know what you'd be running on XP that would be so critical as to not be able to compensate for a backwards jump in time), I would recommend looking up the Windows Time Service. It will jump the clock forward to sync, or it will slew the clock if you are less than three minutes ahead of your time server, and sets the clock backwards if you are more than 3 minutes out of sync. The default polling interval is 45 minutes, so if you are experiencing 10 minutes of skew per day, you shouldn't notice that unless you are disconnected from the internet for more than seven hours at a time. And if you are disconnected that often, and not running any services that are time dependent, why are you worried about the time sync anyway?
as a scheduled task. You can set multiple schedules to set your time every four hours, every hour, every five minutes, whatever. FYI, the default NTP server for an XP machine is time.microsoft.com. Look at the help for net time to choose your favorite NTP servers.
Oh, you're talking about the congealment of the planets!
Because you don't look up "Blud E. Good Plumbing" in the yellow pages. You look up "Blud E. Good" in the white pages. You would only look up "Plumbing" in the yellow pages, and then find Blud's ad there. Apparently these people are getting other advertisers's results when they search for "AXA", not necessarily when they search for "Insurance". Still, I don't think it is Google's responsibility to check for trademarks in every submitted adword. It is the responsibility of the trademark holder to bring this violation to Google's attention.
...from someone who is an IT Manager at a University.
Actually, in many of the Business, Science, and Engineering classes at the University where I work, notes are distributed in powerpoint or PDF format, and the students usually end up printing out full page copies of the slides/PDFs, and marking them up. Then students file those marked up prinouts away, and end up having to look through hundreds of pages of prinouts when studying for finals. A tablet PC is perfectly sufficient for doing what it was built to do. You can check e-mail, browse the web, and use "ink".
We also use have faculty use them in Distance Education classes, because it is the perfect alternative to pointing a camera at a whiteboard or chalkboard, and the electronic notes can be saved and distributed to the students for later reference.
Tablets are also being piloted in our regular Engineering classes. Students don't have to worry about copying down every bit of information before it is erased from the board, because it will be made available to them later. It allows them to focus more on the lecture instead of copying down every little formula.
In short, I would recommend that you don't worry about a huge screen or fast processor. A tablet will handle 95% of what the average will want it to do without problems (nobody is going to use it to compile the nightly Mozilla build). Just pick the lighest model you are comfortable with holding and using the stylus on, and make sure you get Office 2003, since it has native pen support.
"The power comes from a core of non-weapons-grade uranium about 30 inches in diameter and 6 feet tall."
Volume = 50893 in^3
231 in^3 / gal Volume = 220 gal
So this thing seems to generate about 4 x 55 gallon drums worth of waste over a 30 year period, or an average of 1 drum every 7.5 years. Oh, I see the problem! Won't somebody please think of the children?!?!?
Feel free to correct me if my math is wrong.
Please forgive me for the earlier poor formatting. I don't comment that often.
-Steve
"The power comes from a core of non-weapons-grade uranium about 30 inches in diameter and 6 feet tall." Volume = 50893 in^3 231 in^3 / gal Volume = 220 gal So this thing seems to generate about 4 x 55 gallon drums worth of waste over a 30 year period, or an average of 1 drum every 7.5 years. Oh, I see the problem! Won't somebody please think of the children?!?!? Feel free to correct me if my math is wrong. -Steve