It's almost that we're giving them a platform to stand on and spew forth their venomous vitriol by persistantly putting stories about them on Slashdot.
Without publicity, they'll wither and die more quickly, so why don't we choke off their oxygen feed by ignoring them?
I think ID cards are another issue. I would suggest that The Motorists Party would vote along with whichever party was in power on all matters apart from motoring related ones, in which cases they would champion the motorists cause.
There is a www.motoristsparty.org.uk, but I'm not sure what their manifesto is.
What this country needs is a political party set up to champion the cause of the motorists. I imagine that if there was an option for "The Motorists Party" on the next ballot paper, quite a few pissed-off motorists would vote for it. In fact, it's one of the main things that people are annoyed with in this country. Fuel prices, insurance, taxes, speed cameras purely to raise money, stupid speed limits, police that ignore burglaries, but yet sit hidden at the side of roads. Anyone in the UK want to stand with me?:)
I was just thinking about this today, coincidentally. I've noticed that I've taken less sick days since I started working for a very employee-friendly company that allows me to work from home if there is work that I can do at home.
I think it boils down to the fact that some days, when you wake up, you just don't feel like getting up. On those days, at a company that doesn't allow home working, you might be tempted to ring in, and call a sickie. But if you are allowed to work from home, you would probably roll back to sleep for a few minutes, and then get up, and do some work from home.
The company I work for also provides me with company paid ADSL which terminates in the lab I work for, thus meaning that I can simply plug in to the lab network at any time. This has a bonus for them, as quite often, at weekends, and evenings, if I think of something, rather than wait until the next working day, and/or maybe forgetting it by then anyway, I will log in, and do some work in my own time.
I really appreciate the way this company treats its employees, and I think the motto is: Trust your employees, don't treat them like slaves, and they will work happier, and be more productive. At least, that's how I'm finding it.
I know someone that worked through a whole weekend for free, moving servers from one part of the city to the other - from 9 am to 10pm on both days. They arrived at work on Monday about 5 minutes late, and the boss pulled them up about it. Forget thanking them for their hard work (for free!) over the weekend. They quit that job soon after, and got a job with a funky little tech company, and now work harder, as their work is appreciated.
Obviously, I understand that some kinds of work can't be done from home, but I think in the majority of case, where people write documents, support networks, answer phone calls, they should be trusted with the opportunity to work from home for say one day a week.
I digressed slightly towards the end there, didn't I? But I see working from home as an example of how a company treats its employees.
I agree with you. I work pretty much purely over IPv6 now. I can administer our entire network with IPv6.
I keep banging the IPv6 drum, but people are naturally lazy, and don't want to change unless they have to. It explains the Microsoft/Linux thing too - people can't be bothered to try it, as MS works, to a fashion.
Unfortunately, this lack of IPv6 adoption is due to Microsoft. As 90% of the online-population can't use it, the people running the services can't be bothered to support it. And while there aren't any decent services on IPv6, the impetus to upgrade it is low.
I think it can be all summed up by asking: Why don't you make all the sites you administer IPv6 only? Because then most of your audience wouldn't be able to see it.
If you don't like it, get an account, make some insightful/funny comments, get modded up, get some mod points, and mod as you see fit.
Damn whinging ACs.
How about this? MS gives away a cut-down version for home users, and makes its money on support, corporates (who they can still charge licences for) and big commercial stuff (assuming Linux doesn't eat away the datacentre)?
The only thing that might save MS is piracy. And lots of it. Hook em. The first one's free. And only when everyone is hooked, start locking it down. I hope those countries see past the free offers, and deals though.
All the posturing and buying senators that Microsoft can do in the US, and Europe will have no effect when China, and India come online in a big way. Especially for governments suspicious of Windows, and the possibility of backdoors.
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Without publicity, they'll wither and die more quickly, so why don't we choke off their oxygen feed by ignoring them?
There is a www.motoristsparty.org.uk, but I'm not sure what their manifesto is.
What this country needs is a political party set up to champion the cause of the motorists. I imagine that if there was an option for "The Motorists Party" on the next ballot paper, quite a few pissed-off motorists would vote for it. In fact, it's one of the main things that people are annoyed with in this country. Fuel prices, insurance, taxes, speed cameras purely to raise money, stupid speed limits, police that ignore burglaries, but yet sit hidden at the side of roads. :)
Anyone in the UK want to stand with me?
Insightful? It's the crack references that got the mods going on that one...
I think it boils down to the fact that some days, when you wake up, you just don't feel like getting up. On those days, at a company that doesn't allow home working, you might be tempted to ring in, and call a sickie. But if you are allowed to work from home, you would probably roll back to sleep for a few minutes, and then get up, and do some work from home.
The company I work for also provides me with company paid ADSL which terminates in the lab I work for, thus meaning that I can simply plug in to the lab network at any time. This has a bonus for them, as quite often, at weekends, and evenings, if I think of something, rather than wait until the next working day, and/or maybe forgetting it by then anyway, I will log in, and do some work in my own time.
I really appreciate the way this company treats its employees, and I think the motto is: Trust your employees, don't treat them like slaves, and they will work happier, and be more productive. At least, that's how I'm finding it.
I know someone that worked through a whole weekend for free, moving servers from one part of the city to the other - from 9 am to 10pm on both days. They arrived at work on Monday about 5 minutes late, and the boss pulled them up about it. Forget thanking them for their hard work (for free!) over the weekend. They quit that job soon after, and got a job with a funky little tech company, and now work harder, as their work is appreciated.
Obviously, I understand that some kinds of work can't be done from home, but I think in the majority of case, where people write documents, support networks, answer phone calls, they should be trusted with the opportunity to work from home for say one day a week.
I digressed slightly towards the end there, didn't I? But I see working from home as an example of how a company treats its employees.
Answers below, please.
I think the original poster was talking about Chinese who live in China, and are educated by the Chinese system, rather than "Asian Americans".
I keep banging the IPv6 drum, but people are naturally lazy, and don't want to change unless they have to. It explains the Microsoft/Linux thing too - people can't be bothered to try it, as MS works, to a fashion.
Unfortunately, this lack of IPv6 adoption is due to Microsoft. As 90% of the online-population can't use it, the people running the services can't be bothered to support it. And while there aren't any decent services on IPv6, the impetus to upgrade it is low.
Windows XP users: ipv6 install
RedHat: http://gk.umtstrial.co.uk/~calum/ipv6-intro/
I think it can be all summed up by asking: Why don't you make all the sites you administer IPv6 only? Because then most of your audience wouldn't be able to see it.
But I thought the Internet was "America Online"?
I wouldn't think there was much of an "oops" about it. I'm sure it's all carefully planned.
I could've bought a chair with that kind of money...
Heh, of all the things to think of buying with $200...
I wonder if Linus will hold back on releasing 2.6 until this is sorted?
I'm curious. How did they measure this?
I prefer the GRSecurity patches to LIDS. They contain a lot more than just ACLs.
If you don't like it, get an account, make some insightful/funny comments, get modded up, get some mod points, and mod as you see fit.
Damn whinging ACs.
You've got references to drugs, sex, and violence in your sig. Please think of the children.
That's a very compelling argument for open source, you've just put forward there.
.... free trip
This must be some hitherto unknown meaning of the word free that I wasn't aware of :)
Hehe, do what Google do. If you buy enough of them, you'll be fine :)
How about this? MS gives away a cut-down version for home users, and makes its money on support, corporates (who they can still charge licences for) and big commercial stuff (assuming Linux doesn't eat away the datacentre)?
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Is that spelling of affected part of the joke?
The only thing that might save MS is piracy. And lots of it. Hook em. The first one's free. And only when everyone is hooked, start locking it down. I hope those countries see past the free offers, and deals though.
All the posturing and buying senators that Microsoft can do in the US, and Europe will have no effect when China, and India come online in a big way. Especially for governments suspicious of Windows, and the possibility of backdoors.
* von der Tabelle IN DER somefield = "eine Last des Textes" UND des something_else > 4 VORWÄHLEN Sie;
And back to English:
* of the table IN somefield = "the load of the text" AND something_else > 4 PRESELECTING it;
Like a vampire?