My wife's a librarian, and she's one of the few people I know who I'd let use the computer without my supervision.
Just tell your wife that she could get fired by installing that crap. It's like letting someone into the building to spraypaint the walls. Company computers aren't yours, and installing crap is akin to damaging company property.
I mean, you wouldn't take a sledgehammer to a company printer or fax machine, would you? (insert obligatory Office Space joke here)
Clearly, the path that leads to the most money for EMI would be a deal that leads to the legal release of the record.
Not necessarily. I've heard the Grey Album, and it's more clever than good. Encore is the best of the songs, sampling Glass Onion and Savoy Truffle, but that's as close as you get to a really good song. Nothing horrible here, but nothing as good as, say, Jay-Z's Unplugged album with The Roots (which was REALLY good).
It's certainyl a neat experiment, but there's a big difference between that and good music.
Then again, a certain subset of Beatles fans would buy it, and that's a large audience, so I could be wrong.
If he spends a lot of time at home if front of the computer, go to a used office furniture store and find him a really comfy chair. Someone did this for me and it was a wonderful gift. Watch out for the cheap entry-level chairs at a lot of office stores. Some geeks spend more time in that chair than they do in bed; why not make the experience comfortable?
And you can always break in the chair together...;)
What do you expect neophyte politicians to do? There's no disincentive for lawmakers going after hackers, whereas Microsoft's lobbyists and army of attorneys would make anyone think again about, say, attaching stricter liabilities for security holes in popular operating systems. As long as computer enthusiasts and hackers let politicians push them around, they're going to get pushed around.
So why do we let them push us around? I'd bet the average heavy-duty computer user has more discretionary income than the average gun enthusiast, but the NRA is a hughely well-funded lobby, and...what do we have? Nothing. And as long as that continues, it'll be easier for a politician to write an anti-hacking law than it will be to enforce gun-control legislation.
I have numerous relatives, older people, that had broadband but went back to dialup over the cost. In my apartment complex, DSL is not feasible due to the age of the phone lines, so we must use the Comcast monopoly- $50/month. Juno is around $10/month- even AOL is $23/month, half the cost of broadband.
Obviously, using broadband makes sense at a certain point of usage. But if you're not using the Internet more than, say, 2 hours a week, the economics just doesn't make sense. So there is value in dialup web accelerators, especially software that's easy for those who are technically challenged.
CNN is now reporting (5:45 PM EST) that it is a possibility (note- possibility, not confirmation) that the worm that's been going around may have played a role in this blackout. Granted, it's probably pure speculation, but the possibility has been noted.
One purely speculative question- if the worm's ability to interfere with MS boxes, would Microsoft be liable for any damages from the blackout? Just a thought...
Wishing the best for anyone who's trapped in this situation. I'm in South Jersey, 20 minutes outside Philly, and I've got full power. I'd hate to be caught in the subways or elevators right now in NYC.
My fiancee and I decided that, rather than pay a printer to do our invitations, we'd buy a new printer (our old Canon died after taking a header off the desk) and print them ourselves. While the geek in me loved this idea, the part of me that loves my fiancee dearly feared nights of her (or me) struggling with the printer, trying to get invitations to print straight, piles of misprinted invitations everywhere, struggles of anguish unleashed.
We bought an Epson Stylus CX5200, which is a combination scanner/copier/inkjet, for about $150, with a $35 gift card to the office supply store thrown in (which we used to buy extra ink).
To my amazement, the printouts all came out perfect. No lineup problems like with other inkjets I've tried, and the printing was fantastic. The copier function is also nice for rebates and work items, and the "footprint" on the desk is much smaller than the two devices were.
So there's a recommendation for anyone looking for a quality inkjet. Apologies if that doesn't answer this particular question, however.
...the blistering bass workout on "The Real Me" on Quadrophenia.
When I was going through serious issues with depression, this was my one of my favorite songs to slap on some headphones and just blast into my noggin. Between Daltrey's angry vocals, Moon's frantic drumming, Townsend's strumming, and Entwistle holding the whole thing together with an absolutely unbelievable performance, that song got me through many a rough night.
It's a really sad day. John, here's to you. You'll be missed.
You can get Joe Jackson's latest album, a really fun live album that I highly recommend, at his website. You can download the tracks for I believe.75$, buy the CD for $20, or listen to the streams.
This worked for me- Joe got the $12 from me, and I burned a CD with the tracks with his blessing. I'd love to buy more albums like this. No hassle, I got to sample the album before I bought it, and Joe gets a good chunk of the money, while the hosting company/record company/whatever that company is got a chunk to pay their expenses. Hey, works for me.
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My wife's a librarian, and she's one of the few people I know who I'd let use the computer without my supervision.
Just tell your wife that she could get fired by installing that crap. It's like letting someone into the building to spraypaint the walls. Company computers aren't yours, and installing crap is akin to damaging company property.
I mean, you wouldn't take a sledgehammer to a company printer or fax machine, would you? (insert obligatory Office Space joke here)
Clearly, the path that leads to the most money for EMI would be a deal that leads to the legal release of the record.
Not necessarily. I've heard the Grey Album, and it's more clever than good. Encore is the best of the songs, sampling Glass Onion and Savoy Truffle, but that's as close as you get to a really good song. Nothing horrible here, but nothing as good as, say, Jay-Z's Unplugged album with The Roots (which was REALLY good).
It's certainyl a neat experiment, but there's a big difference between that and good music.
Then again, a certain subset of Beatles fans would buy it, and that's a large audience, so I could be wrong.
If he spends a lot of time at home if front of the computer, go to a used office furniture store and find him a really comfy chair. Someone did this for me and it was a wonderful gift. Watch out for the cheap entry-level chairs at a lot of office stores. Some geeks spend more time in that chair than they do in bed; why not make the experience comfortable? And you can always break in the chair together...;)
What do you expect neophyte politicians to do? There's no disincentive for lawmakers going after hackers, whereas Microsoft's lobbyists and army of attorneys would make anyone think again about, say, attaching stricter liabilities for security holes in popular operating systems. As long as computer enthusiasts and hackers let politicians push them around, they're going to get pushed around. So why do we let them push us around? I'd bet the average heavy-duty computer user has more discretionary income than the average gun enthusiast, but the NRA is a hughely well-funded lobby, and...what do we have? Nothing. And as long as that continues, it'll be easier for a politician to write an anti-hacking law than it will be to enforce gun-control legislation.
I have numerous relatives, older people, that had broadband but went back to dialup over the cost. In my apartment complex, DSL is not feasible due to the age of the phone lines, so we must use the Comcast monopoly- $50/month. Juno is around $10/month- even AOL is $23/month, half the cost of broadband.
Obviously, using broadband makes sense at a certain point of usage. But if you're not using the Internet more than, say, 2 hours a week, the economics just doesn't make sense. So there is value in dialup web accelerators, especially software that's easy for those who are technically challenged.
Definitely the guy who wrote the worm, but I'm betting there are attorneys that would love to try to find the Microsoft cash cow liable.
CNN is now reporting (5:45 PM EST) that it is a possibility (note- possibility, not confirmation) that the worm that's been going around may have played a role in this blackout. Granted, it's probably pure speculation, but the possibility has been noted. One purely speculative question- if the worm's ability to interfere with MS boxes, would Microsoft be liable for any damages from the blackout? Just a thought... Wishing the best for anyone who's trapped in this situation. I'm in South Jersey, 20 minutes outside Philly, and I've got full power. I'd hate to be caught in the subways or elevators right now in NYC.
My fiancee and I decided that, rather than pay a printer to do our invitations, we'd buy a new printer (our old Canon died after taking a header off the desk) and print them ourselves. While the geek in me loved this idea, the part of me that loves my fiancee dearly feared nights of her (or me) struggling with the printer, trying to get invitations to print straight, piles of misprinted invitations everywhere, struggles of anguish unleashed. We bought an Epson Stylus CX5200, which is a combination scanner/copier/inkjet, for about $150, with a $35 gift card to the office supply store thrown in (which we used to buy extra ink). To my amazement, the printouts all came out perfect. No lineup problems like with other inkjets I've tried, and the printing was fantastic. The copier function is also nice for rebates and work items, and the "footprint" on the desk is much smaller than the two devices were. So there's a recommendation for anyone looking for a quality inkjet. Apologies if that doesn't answer this particular question, however.
...the blistering bass workout on "The Real Me" on Quadrophenia. When I was going through serious issues with depression, this was my one of my favorite songs to slap on some headphones and just blast into my noggin. Between Daltrey's angry vocals, Moon's frantic drumming, Townsend's strumming, and Entwistle holding the whole thing together with an absolutely unbelievable performance, that song got me through many a rough night. It's a really sad day. John, here's to you. You'll be missed.
You can get Joe Jackson's latest album, a really fun live album that I highly recommend, at his website. You can download the tracks for I believe .75$, buy the CD for $20, or listen to the streams.
This worked for me- Joe got the $12 from me, and I burned a CD with the tracks with his blessing. I'd love to buy more albums like this. No hassle, I got to sample the album before I bought it, and Joe gets a good chunk of the money, while the hosting company/record company/whatever that company is got a chunk to pay their expenses. Hey, works for me.