Yes, which I explained in datail to the sender. My concern is that people like his will start reporting to her ISP that she is sending out spam and viruses, and instead of investigating the matter, they'll just shut off her pipe until she proves herself innocent.
I worry about ISP's shutting down connections for people who are sending out virus e-mails. A lot of the newer viruses going around forge the headers, making it harder to identify the person who is actually sending the e-mail. Just yesterday, one of my customers got an e-mail from someone at cox that, well, would have made a longshoreman blush. A string of profanity, followed by threats because the sender waas certain that my customner was sending him "virus spam". She is an 80 year old Mac user.
So, the parents buy a game that states persons under 18 should not use the game w/o parental supervision. Then they let the kids play the game unsupervised, knowing (at least from the game packaging) the the game is violent. Oh, and the kids also have access to a rifle, which they are too young to legally possess in Tenn. This is who's fault again?
Somebody call the Department of Family and Childrens Services.
Yes. My mother and father both think that it is the greatest thing since sliced bread. In fact, my father actually installed it on another computer, got it up and running and on the internet.
If only I can get him to stop putting white-out on the screen...
Okay, that was fun. I told them that we use Linux is the office and they asked all sorts of questions about why. Nothing about Solaris or anything else, just Linux. Ya' think they might be worried?
I could not agree more. Although I have always found it more amusing when companies that sell products for the Macintosh have web sites that cannot be viewed from a Mac. Like it would have been that hard to test.
They are NOT begging for money, they are asking people to purchase a service. This is no different than any other form of advertising, only they are being honest. I think that they produce a good product, so I will go ahead and buy a Mandrake Club membership. If you don't think they make a good product, don't pay for it.
...I must question how you got 10% of the FTE. I think that the main determination of the cost of maintaining a product over time comes from supporting the aspects of the product that you develop, not on the technologies that you utilize from other developers. Assuming that you are making use of mature products, preferably products that are standards-compliant, I can't see the support costs related to these products contributing to the long term maintenance cost in any notable way. The bigger concern is whether the company that produced the product, or a community maintaining the product, will continue to exist for the lifetime of your project.
ps. Sorry for the poor writing style, there is a reason that someone else has to write my documentation.
Of course, that's just my opinion, and I am usually wrong.
My all time favorite error is one that I got from Exchange Server 5.5.
I don't remember the exact message, but it went something like "The x services could not be started because it depends on the y service. The y service returned the following error: The service started correctly."
Lather, rinse, reboot
Wasn;t that an artlicle recently?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/26/183523 6&tid=127
I have to agree that it was the toilet that killed him. Evil stalking toilets. Yeah, that's why I pee in the sink....and I wonder why I'm single. Crap
I have always had good luck with doctors and lawyers. Both of these fields tend to overpay for very bad software, and would be thrilled to pay less for better software.
Try asking your dentist.
Oh boy! The National Allience is here to voice their well-informed opinions. Next, the Klan will be leading a round table discussion on chhoosing the right Linux Distro.
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The headline on Fox News was "SPLAT!"
Yes, which I explained in datail to the sender. My concern is that people like his will start reporting to her ISP that she is sending out spam and viruses, and instead of investigating the matter, they'll just shut off her pipe until she proves herself innocent.
I worry about ISP's shutting down connections for people who are sending out virus e-mails. A lot of the newer viruses going around forge the headers, making it harder to identify the person who is actually sending the e-mail.
Just yesterday, one of my customers got an e-mail from someone at cox that, well, would have made a longshoreman blush. A string of profanity, followed by threats because the sender waas certain that my customner was sending him "virus spam". She is an 80 year old Mac user.
and we may be looking at the birth of the largest collision domain in the known universe
...tell us how you REALLY feel.
Oh, wait. They do.
So, the parents buy a game that states persons under 18 should not use the game w/o parental supervision. Then they let the kids play the game unsupervised, knowing (at least from the game packaging) the the game is violent. Oh, and the kids also have access to a rifle, which they are too young to legally possess in Tenn. This is who's fault again?
Somebody call the Department of Family and Childrens Services.
Yes.
My mother and father both think that it is the greatest thing since sliced bread. In fact, my father actually installed it on another computer, got it up and running and on the internet.
If only I can get him to stop putting white-out on the screen...
Okay, that was fun. I told them that we use Linux is the office and they asked all sorts of questions about why. Nothing about Solaris or anything else, just Linux. Ya' think they might be worried?
I could not agree more. Although I have always found it more amusing when companies that sell products for the Macintosh have web sites that cannot be viewed from a Mac. Like it would have been that hard to test.
They are NOT begging for money, they are asking people to purchase a service. This is no different than any other form of advertising, only they are being honest. I think that they produce a good product, so I will go ahead and buy a Mandrake Club membership. If you don't think they make a good product, don't pay for it.
Or, maybe they are just buying SCSI cards...
...I must question how you got 10% of the FTE.
I think that the main determination of the cost of maintaining a product over time comes from supporting the aspects of the product that you develop, not on the technologies that you utilize from other developers. Assuming that you are making use of mature products, preferably products that are standards-compliant, I can't see the support costs related to these products contributing to the long term maintenance cost in any notable way. The bigger concern is whether the company that produced the product, or a community maintaining the product, will continue to exist for the lifetime of your project.
ps. Sorry for the poor writing style, there is a reason that someone else has to write my documentation.
Of course, that's just my opinion, and I am usually wrong.
We have term limits, they're called elections. If you want the guy out, don't vote for him.
Of course, I have always thought that the primary role of Congress was to keep Ted Kennedy off the highways.
My all time favorite error is one that I got from Exchange Server 5.5. I don't remember the exact message, but it went something like "The x services could not be started because it depends on the y service. The y service returned the following error: The service started correctly." Lather, rinse, reboot
Wasn;t that an artlicle recently? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/26/183523 6&tid=127
I have to agree that it was the toilet that killed him. Evil stalking toilets. Yeah, that's why I pee in the sink....and I wonder why I'm single. Crap
Hey, I love those dummies books. They have funny cartoons and helped me find the "Any" key.
I knew I should have spent more time playing video games and less time studying.
Didn't SciFi run The Prisoner for a while? God, I love that show...
...who will take out the air bag and replace it with a TV?
Yeah, it did WONDERS for me. Okay, maybe not. but it beats the hell out of not having one.
I have always had good luck with doctors and lawyers. Both of these fields tend to overpay for very bad software, and would be thrilled to pay less for better software. Try asking your dentist.
Oh boy! The National Allience is here to voice their well-informed opinions. Next, the Klan will be leading a round table discussion on chhoosing the right Linux Distro.