I was in my share of fights in highschool. I fail to make the connection between a fistfight and pointing a gun to someone's head... while I do understand the crowd/mob mentality, I don't understand why they would want a person to take another persons life... especially when it's the son of the guy fronting the cash for the event.
You don't have to play video games to be a 'tard who points a gun at someone's head.
What about the team mates encouraging him? That's the more worrisome part to me.
Any fool can shoot someone.
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Let's just hope MicroSoft doesn't get in the running for the OS. I'd hate to have my brain bluescreen.
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In the article, it states that the suspect agreed to the test. So, yes, we (in the USA anyhow) would still be protected under the 5th Amendment.
Not that I see this technology going to use in many other countries...
"We have eyewitnesses stating that the gunman was tall, white, with blonde hair."
"So what? This guy wants to run against me next year. I say he did it, and he must be put to death."
Why a port? They suffer the same technology advancement as a chip. SCSI, SCSI-II, UltraSCSI, SuperFantasticWoweeSCSI... USB, USB2... PCMCIA/PCMCIA2... technology simply will not stand still.
Now, a piece of re-imprintable silicon would be an interesting concept. Something that sits just beneath the epidermal layer, and is "flashable", thus reprogrammable. That would be interesting.
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The article basically says that the suspect is shown images of the crime that only the person who commited the crime would know.
We're in trouble if they use this technique on petty crimes... rolling through a stop sign, taking a pen from the office, speeding, downloading wares/mp3s...
The reason Kasparov gave for the match, and the championship ending in a draw was that it was better to draw than to lose.
He claimed that while a human player would have the memories of past moves and past games to deal with, the computer would not. The computer simply makes the 'best' move for the given situation, and then waits to do the same thing again. The human player would consider moves he/she made in the past, compare the situation to others they may have had, second-guess the moves they might have made, and so forth.
It was interesting to see Kasparov attack, and then ask for a draw (which was denied) and then, two moves later, end the game in a draw.
* Just because you haven't specifically asked for the mailing in question, doesn't mean that you wouldn't be interested
See, it's that kind of attitude that makes me it so hard to deal with companies who spam.
If I *want* to have the opportunity to see marketing emails, I should ask for that opportunity.
What is needed is a two tier system.
1. Choose to recieve marketing emails
2. Choose *who* you want them from
My wife rather enjoys her cool-savings emails, and often prints out coupons from the Internet. I, on the other hand, don't want to recieve any emails from companies trying to sell me anything.
Your idea of having a centralized NPO handle the "list" -- won't happen. Too many people making too much money either selling email lists, selling spam software, or selling anti-spam software. Yes, I know there are freeware versions of antispam, but there are still people making money.
There's a little more to just losing access to a shell account. I happen to host my website and email with SDF. I've been without email since they pulled the plug. No email means I am not recieving job notifications, nor payment from clients.
I can't recall where I found it, but "somewhere" out there is some supposedly legal text which you can send to those who spam you. In effect, it says if they continue to do so, they are agreeing to pay you X per E-mail, and all fees associated with the collection of said charges.
I used to have it on an account that seemed to attract spam... the particular ISP I was using said they could do nothing about it.
I never followed up with any of the emails, nor kept any statistics.
I've been on both sides of this fence. In my last job, it was a very thankless position. Hence, it is now reffered to as my "last job".
In my current position, it is very much appreciated by the users.
I'm working for a large company, and the IT Staff often recieves fresh cookies/goodies from the bakery, cards, emails, phonecalls...
In fact, we recently had to run in and help out in a situation where an outside presenter had bent some pins on the video cable from his laptop to the projection unit he brought - sure, the task was an easy one, and we fixed it rather quickly -- but that's not the point... the point is when we fixed it, the room applauded us.
So, I firmly believe it depends on where you are.
As someone else has already pointed out, if you feel the job is a thankless one -- maybe it's you who's not thankful for the job.
My wife is a teacher as well (English and Spanish). Not only can she easliy tell when students are being lazy in writing, but she also penalizes them.
When I taught college (Information Technology), if a student didn't take the time to properly write the assignment, I didn't take the time to properly grade the assignment. Simple as that.
I think it really depends on what you've got installed on the box -- both hardware wise, and software wise. My wife's XP box hasn't ever crashed -- and she's had XP on that for almost a year now. Sure, some apps have crashed from time to time, but not the entire system. She's got OfficeXP, NAVXP, and varios kids games installed.
When I was needing to run it for the programming I was doing, it would crash at least once a week, sometimes more. Same apps installed, except for C++ Builder... go figure.
I think you fall into a grey area. Most Windows users are happy, and don't want to change.
Some do want to change for various reasons, but don't want the hassle of having to learn something different.
Some easy distros out there make the transistion very easy. The desktop environment looks and feels the same as Windows, and (to quote someone here) 'It just works.'
Of course, there are tons of folks who'll do the switch just because it the geek thing to do, as you reffered to.
I made the switch years ago when a friend suggested it. My fears then, which you echoed here, were resolved within a weeks time.
My advice? Find a friend who uses Linux, and who won't talk over your head or belittle you for using Windows (OS Bashers are lame IMHO). Get with them, and see if you like Linux. If you don't, continue on with Windows.
A few years? How about NOW. The last LUG I went to ended up being a big bitch session about which distro and which mw was best.
No, I don't think we need to wait for years to end up with "the big 3"... we're there now.
I submitted this at 7am this morning, and got rejected. Fun.
ANYHOW:
Pepsi-Cola is negotiating a deal for what could be one of the highest-profile promotions in marketing history: a $35 million program that would award the winner a ticket to ride on the Russian Soyuz space shuttle, says Advertising Age. If it reaches agreement on buying a seat on the rocket, the soft drink giant would back the program with a powerhouse marketing budget for plans that include a reality TV show with contestants competing to win the trip to space. Details are being worked out for the promotion, expected to begin in summer 2003 and run through the following year. Pepsi would pay about $15 million for the rights to the ticket and another $10 million to $20 million to promote the trip.
Except it was at a college, on Saturdays, and was usually kids vs. parents... we'd sneak some parents in on a Thur or Fri night and give them pointers...
One thing to watch out for is licensing issues...
Windows: Because my employer insists on it
Outlook: No on my box. Kaufman's Email Warrior
Word: Again, my employer.
IE: Personal choice in given environment.
Linux: On my laptop next to my desktop, and two other servers.
It would be nice to see some US vs EU policies (maybe even edu vs cc polices, too) on the issue of "Acceptable Internet Usage" policies.
Like a majority of those who commented, I rely on the web, ftp, and ssh at the office. However, we place no restrictions on our users - except one: back up important data to the file server, because when their system crashes, we're just going to ghost it.
The only issues we have had at the office have been with a younger employee amazed by two things: bandwidth and porn. Go figure.
Is the article FUD? IMHO, yes. Use the resource responsibily, just like anything else.
I also wonder if similar objections/restrictions took place when the telephone, fax, pager, cellphone, pda, etc, etc came to be common place in the work environment.
OK, so, *when* it gets hacked, *when* it breaks, *when* it's down, *when* your laptop craps out, *when* Murphy comes to town...
Who's stuck with the tech support?
For that matter, who's stuck with the 'level 1' support issues?
I owned/ran an ISP for 4 years (sold out, blah blah)... the myriad of non-related tech calls are amazing... UFie Greg's life isn't that too far off the the real thing...
So, who gets that call? I've got a family and a day job, and a night job already... seems to me someone is missing a large factor here.
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I was in my share of fights in highschool. I fail to make the connection between a fistfight and pointing a gun to someone's head... while I do understand the crowd/mob mentality, I don't understand why they would want a person to take another persons life... especially when it's the son of the guy fronting the cash for the event.
You don't have to play video games to be a 'tard who points a gun at someone's head. What about the team mates encouraging him? That's the more worrisome part to me. Any fool can shoot someone.
Let's just hope MicroSoft doesn't get in the running for the OS. I'd hate to have my brain bluescreen.
In the article, it states that the suspect agreed to the test. So, yes, we (in the USA anyhow) would still be protected under the 5th Amendment.
Not that I see this technology going to use in many other countries...
"We have eyewitnesses stating that the gunman was tall, white, with blonde hair."
"So what? This guy wants to run against me next year. I say he did it, and he must be put to death."
Oh, wait. No, that was a shaved psychotic geek freak who floated in a comatose state in a vat above ground. My bad.
Why a port? They suffer the same technology advancement as a chip. SCSI, SCSI-II, UltraSCSI, SuperFantasticWoweeSCSI... USB, USB2... PCMCIA/PCMCIA2... technology simply will not stand still.
Now, a piece of re-imprintable silicon would be an interesting concept. Something that sits just beneath the epidermal layer, and is "flashable", thus reprogrammable. That would be interesting.
The article basically says that the suspect is shown images of the crime that only the person who commited the crime would know.
We're in trouble if they use this technique on petty crimes... rolling through a stop sign, taking a pen from the office, speeding, downloading wares/mp3s...
I watched this last night on ESPN or ESPN2.
The reason Kasparov gave for the match, and the championship ending in a draw was that it was better to draw than to lose.
He claimed that while a human player would have the memories of past moves and past games to deal with, the computer would not. The computer simply makes the 'best' move for the given situation, and then waits to do the same thing again. The human player would consider moves he/she made in the past, compare the situation to others they may have had, second-guess the moves they might have made, and so forth.
It was interesting to see Kasparov attack, and then ask for a draw (which was denied) and then, two moves later, end the game in a draw.
* Just because you haven't specifically asked for the mailing in question, doesn't mean that you wouldn't be interested See, it's that kind of attitude that makes me it so hard to deal with companies who spam. If I *want* to have the opportunity to see marketing emails, I should ask for that opportunity. What is needed is a two tier system. 1. Choose to recieve marketing emails 2. Choose *who* you want them from My wife rather enjoys her cool-savings emails, and often prints out coupons from the Internet. I, on the other hand, don't want to recieve any emails from companies trying to sell me anything. Your idea of having a centralized NPO handle the "list" -- won't happen. Too many people making too much money either selling email lists, selling spam software, or selling anti-spam software. Yes, I know there are freeware versions of antispam, but there are still people making money.
There's a little more to just losing access to a shell account. I happen to host my website and email with SDF. I've been without email since they pulled the plug. No email means I am not recieving job notifications, nor payment from clients.
I can't recall where I found it, but "somewhere" out there is some supposedly legal text which you can send to those who spam you. In effect, it says if they continue to do so, they are agreeing to pay you X per E-mail, and all fees associated with the collection of said charges. I used to have it on an account that seemed to attract spam... the particular ISP I was using said they could do nothing about it. I never followed up with any of the emails, nor kept any statistics.
I've been on both sides of this fence. In my last job, it was a very thankless position. Hence, it is now reffered to as my "last job". In my current position, it is very much appreciated by the users. I'm working for a large company, and the IT Staff often recieves fresh cookies/goodies from the bakery, cards, emails, phonecalls... In fact, we recently had to run in and help out in a situation where an outside presenter had bent some pins on the video cable from his laptop to the projection unit he brought - sure, the task was an easy one, and we fixed it rather quickly -- but that's not the point... the point is when we fixed it, the room applauded us. So, I firmly believe it depends on where you are. As someone else has already pointed out, if you feel the job is a thankless one -- maybe it's you who's not thankful for the job.
Amen!
My wife is a teacher as well (English and Spanish). Not only can she easliy tell when students are being lazy in writing, but she also penalizes them.
When I taught college (Information Technology), if a student didn't take the time to properly write the assignment, I didn't take the time to properly grade the assignment. Simple as that.
I think it really depends on what you've got installed on the box -- both hardware wise, and software wise. My wife's XP box hasn't ever crashed -- and she's had XP on that for almost a year now. Sure, some apps have crashed from time to time, but not the entire system. She's got OfficeXP, NAVXP, and varios kids games installed.
When I was needing to run it for the programming I was doing, it would crash at least once a week, sometimes more. Same apps installed, except for C++ Builder... go figure.
I think you fall into a grey area. Most Windows users are happy, and don't want to change. Some do want to change for various reasons, but don't want the hassle of having to learn something different. Some easy distros out there make the transistion very easy. The desktop environment looks and feels the same as Windows, and (to quote someone here) 'It just works.' Of course, there are tons of folks who'll do the switch just because it the geek thing to do, as you reffered to. I made the switch years ago when a friend suggested it. My fears then, which you echoed here, were resolved within a weeks time. My advice? Find a friend who uses Linux, and who won't talk over your head or belittle you for using Windows (OS Bashers are lame IMHO). Get with them, and see if you like Linux. If you don't, continue on with Windows.
Can I play EQ with it? :-) EQ's the only thing left keeping WindowsXP on a 10gig swap drive.
A few years? How about NOW. The last LUG I went to ended up being a big bitch session about which distro and which mw was best. No, I don't think we need to wait for years to end up with "the big 3"... we're there now.
I submitted this at 7am this morning, and got rejected. Fun. ANYHOW: Pepsi-Cola is negotiating a deal for what could be one of the highest-profile promotions in marketing history: a $35 million program that would award the winner a ticket to ride on the Russian Soyuz space shuttle, says Advertising Age. If it reaches agreement on buying a seat on the rocket, the soft drink giant would back the program with a powerhouse marketing budget for plans that include a reality TV show with contestants competing to win the trip to space. Details are being worked out for the promotion, expected to begin in summer 2003 and run through the following year. Pepsi would pay about $15 million for the rights to the ticket and another $10 million to $20 million to promote the trip.
Except it was at a college, on Saturdays, and was usually kids vs. parents... we'd sneak some parents in on a Thur or Fri night and give them pointers... One thing to watch out for is licensing issues...
Explorer and Internet Explorer (iexplore.exe) are twi different things.
Update Piggly Wiggly is real! It's a grocery chain with 600 outlets in 16 states and there's even a Web site at PigglyWiggly.com.
Does this suprise you?
Windows: Because my employer insists on it
Outlook: No on my box. Kaufman's Email Warrior
Word: Again, my employer.
IE: Personal choice in given environment.
Linux: On my laptop next to my desktop, and two other servers.
It would be nice to see some US vs EU policies (maybe even edu vs cc polices, too) on the issue of "Acceptable Internet Usage" policies.
Like a majority of those who commented, I rely on the web, ftp, and ssh at the office. However, we place no restrictions on our users - except one: back up important data to the file server, because when their system crashes, we're just going to ghost it.
The only issues we have had at the office have been with a younger employee amazed by two things: bandwidth and porn. Go figure.
Is the article FUD? IMHO, yes. Use the resource responsibily, just like anything else.
I also wonder if similar objections/restrictions took place when the telephone, fax, pager, cellphone, pda, etc, etc came to be common place in the work environment.
OK, so, *when* it gets hacked, *when* it breaks, *when* it's down, *when* your laptop craps out, *when* Murphy comes to town...
Who's stuck with the tech support?
For that matter, who's stuck with the 'level 1' support issues?
I owned/ran an ISP for 4 years (sold out, blah blah)... the myriad of non-related tech calls are amazing... UFie Greg's life isn't that too far off the the real thing...
So, who gets that call? I've got a family and a day job, and a night job already... seems to me someone is missing a large factor here.