"Here, here!" from a fellow IT geekess. The largest problem I noticed was that the girls that were in my courses really had no love of computers at all. I'd rather see few women than see women just in it for the "money" or attention that working in a male-dominate field will get you. I do the work and I love what I do.
I'm just about completely out of the public eye. The most contact I have with the public is talking to 2-3 people a week on the phone. The rest of the time I just support fellow employees, net/sysadmin, hardware/software tech, lay cable, wire jacks...and I still have to dress "professionally". I was actually told to remove one of my earrings. While they allow up to three earrings in each ear, evidently 4 in one and 2 in the other didn't balance out like I thought it should. As soon as I find another job, I'm going in there with blue hair.:)
Ug, yeah, use the preview key, dolt! I'd like to see a study that details now much old music has been downloaded and how much new music has been downloaded. Old should be anything less than the year 2000 and new would be from then on up. Yup, that's basically what I meant to say. Bah, take away a math-lover's greater than and less than signs and watch the formula fly!
I'd really like to hear a breakdown of how much "old" ( 2000 ) music has been downloaded. I haven't purchased or downloaded anything from the year 2000 on up from a major record label. It has nothing to do with prices, practices, or piracy; it has to do with the cookie cutter pop music mold that is all I ever seem to hear these days. Sure, many small, independent, failing record lables still have something out there to listen to, but you can find that often legally for pennies or for free.
I hate to say it, but I'm rather against trying to make IT sound better just to encorage girls to get in the field. As a woman in the field, I've seen plenty others of my sex give it a shot for the supposed money (So they weren't very bright.:)) or the novelty of being surrounded by men. In my experience both in school and work, many women don't like IT. You shouldn't pursue it as a carreer unless you truly have a love of the profession. Of course, this goes for either sex.
True, but if you read previously in the sentence, I made reference to "high population area" (geographic location), not the population of the server. I didn't realize I'd need to further qualify the words "low population" in the same sentence.
I wrote this comment due to repeatedly having to listen to my roommate complain and following news articles detailing the mass amounts of complaints on forums everywhere. I guess I was just a bit tired of hearing all the complaining with noone willing to take the ultimate step of cancelling their subscription.
As for the advice to move to a server in a different time zone, that's what has caused most of my roommate's complaints, as we are in the Mountain time zone. Now not only are the high population area servers maxed out, but our little low population servers are as well.
I do believe this was very poor planning on Blizzard's part, and there's really no excuse. I am glad to see that they are taking some steps to rectify the situation. Only time will tell if they will do enough without having a serious threat to their income.
I'm honestly suprised that Blizzard is taking such an initiative with their server problem. I still don't think that there will be a satisfactory resolution until paying subscribers actually stop paying due to the poor performance. Pardon me, but right now, you're all Blizzard's bitches until you're unsatisfied enough to actually stop paying to play an game with such a poor uptime track record.
In this case the vulnerabilty is obvious due to PHP version numbers appearing on most sites. If the information that points to the flaw is publicly available, you can't really be accused of hacking.
I agree with your thoughts and didn't mean an e-mail as an end all. I still think it's a better alternative than writing a worm though. Maybe those sys/net admins that still haven't patched/upgraded their PHP after a week or so of news would be more likely to listen to a "Your system is insecure." e-mail than the average, on-the-ball sys/net admin that has most likely already taken care of the vulnerability.
Even if the worm patched the site without defacing it yet again, it's still going to bog down networks by replicating. Perhaps a better alternative would be to send a simple e-mail to vulnerable sites and allow them to make the decision to patch or upgrade to the newest version.
"IMHO the quality of people I have met in modern life have declined significantly, I think the rise of video games and entertainment speaks about the decline of the quality of life and the quality of people in SOCIAL settings in general."
"All my gamer friends while somewhat nerdy and perhaps not as socially graceful can be all around better people to hang out with then people who aren't into games and use you for superficial BS like competing for social status and money."
I guess you and your friends don't play MMORPGS.
They're all about social status, money, and BS, not to mention the backstabbing and betrayal you mentioned earlier.
...but I'm here to offer another opinion.
Perhaps the real issue isn't with the behavior of the gamers themselves, but with the behavior of their partner.
I've been a female gamer since the days of the Atari 2600. I've been in relationships with both gamers and non-gamers. Most of the time, gaming alone is just another one of those integral activities such as reading or other hobbies that help separate you from being no more than the "couple beast".
There have been times where I've either read or gamed excessively alone while seeming to ignore my partner. Most of the time, it was a passive response to being generally unhappy with the relationship. Either I wasn't getting enough attention my partner or I was getting too much, or there were other relationship difficulties to consider.
For me, at least, gaming helps relieve stress. If you find your partner gaming obsessively, perhaps you should ask them what's wrong. Maybe they're escaping your boring, self-obsessed drivel. Maybe you're only doling out sex once a month and they have to take our their frustrations elsewhere.
I don't see gaming itself as a relationship breaker, but when taken to extremes, it can be an indicator of something else that may need worked out.
In closing, an excerpt from the article:
"My boyfriend used to have a PS2 until it was stolen in a burglary. He used to play every now and then but I often ended up going to bed alone, waiting for him to stop playing. Now he intends on buying anther one for himself, solely to play GTA: San Andreas. I gave him a simple option: "Buy a new console, get yourself a new girlfriend." I think he got the point.
Sophie, Paris, France"
Stolen? Right! That poor soul may want to check Sophie's bank account or the local pawn shops. Ultimatums like that are definitely not the solution and I hope to god the poor fellow has a new girlfriend by now.
For some more entertaining and obscenity containing Star Trek music, see Voltaire, the musician not the philosopher or author. I consider this guy a creative genius, which may say a bit more about me that I really intend.:)
This was my first time even hearing of Sacred Pie, but so far so good. I've got backups going, virus scans running, so there's nothing better to do than to read archives. Thanks Mr. Anonymous with a picture.
When it comes to gaming comics, Ctrl+Alt+Del is also good, if irreverent and not very original. The first thing I thought when I read it was, "Oh, it's PA with even more attitude."
Both User Friendly and Sluggy Freelance are on my daily list along with many others that are gaming or geek related. Another one that I must recommend is Something Positive, though it's strayed away from both geek and gaming topics lately.
I used to get up early in the morning to get my comics and news in before school. I really didn't see anything odd in it since many people peruse the comics along with the news in their daily paper with their coffee. I just use electronic versions instead (of everything but the coffee). Now that I'm just working full-time, I have plenty moments during the day to check on my favorites. Sometimes you get a lull while you're waiting for a disk to burn or a program to install or run, and a few quick clicks can have you watching humor instead of a progress bar.
Was Penny Arcade the first, regularly produced gaming webcomic? I read approximately 20 webcomics on a daily basis, and many of them are dedicated to gaming humor or frustration. Were you guys the first, and if so or if not, who or what inspired you?
While I admit to being a Star Trek fan, I can also admit to not wanting it to become the big, bloated, loathable behemoth that Star Wars is. So, down with Trek and up with my DVD budget.
From the quality of most of the books scanned in that way, the problem will be self-correcting. Those that spend hours reading low quality novel images may end up blind, and not able to read at all. 'Sides, if you drop a book in the bathtub, you set it out on the porch to dry for a few hours. You drop a laptop in the bathtub, you're out a grand or two. Is that really worth the $30 you didn't want to spend on a hardcover book?
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"Here, here!" from a fellow IT geekess. The largest problem I noticed was that the girls that were in my courses really had no love of computers at all. I'd rather see few women than see women just in it for the "money" or attention that working in a male-dominate field will get you. I do the work and I love what I do.
I'm just about completely out of the public eye. The most contact I have with the public is talking to 2-3 people a week on the phone. The rest of the time I just support fellow employees, net/sysadmin, hardware/software tech, lay cable, wire jacks...and I still have to dress "professionally". I was actually told to remove one of my earrings. While they allow up to three earrings in each ear, evidently 4 in one and 2 in the other didn't balance out like I thought it should. As soon as I find another job, I'm going in there with blue hair. :)
She can grow up and marry my sysadmin's son, Anakin.
Ug, yeah, use the preview key, dolt! I'd like to see a study that details now much old music has been downloaded and how much new music has been downloaded. Old should be anything less than the year 2000 and new would be from then on up. Yup, that's basically what I meant to say. Bah, take away a math-lover's greater than and less than signs and watch the formula fly!
I'd really like to hear a breakdown of how much "old" ( 2000 ) music has been downloaded. I haven't purchased or downloaded anything from the year 2000 on up from a major record label. It has nothing to do with prices, practices, or piracy; it has to do with the cookie cutter pop music mold that is all I ever seem to hear these days. Sure, many small, independent, failing record lables still have something out there to listen to, but you can find that often legally for pennies or for free.
Now bury it and move on already.
I hate to say it, but I'm rather against trying to make IT sound better just to encorage girls to get in the field. As a woman in the field, I've seen plenty others of my sex give it a shot for the supposed money (So they weren't very bright. :)) or the novelty of being surrounded by men. In my experience both in school and work, many women don't like IT. You shouldn't pursue it as a carreer unless you truly have a love of the profession. Of course, this goes for either sex.
True, but if you read previously in the sentence, I made reference to "high population area" (geographic location), not the population of the server. I didn't realize I'd need to further qualify the words "low population" in the same sentence.
As for the advice to move to a server in a different time zone, that's what has caused most of my roommate's complaints, as we are in the Mountain time zone. Now not only are the high population area servers maxed out, but our little low population servers are as well.
I do believe this was very poor planning on Blizzard's part, and there's really no excuse. I am glad to see that they are taking some steps to rectify the situation. Only time will tell if they will do enough without having a serious threat to their income.
I'm honestly suprised that Blizzard is taking such an initiative with their server problem. I still don't think that there will be a satisfactory resolution until paying subscribers actually stop paying due to the poor performance. Pardon me, but right now, you're all Blizzard's bitches until you're unsatisfied enough to actually stop paying to play an game with such a poor uptime track record.
In this case the vulnerabilty is obvious due to PHP version numbers appearing on most sites. If the information that points to the flaw is publicly available, you can't really be accused of hacking.
I agree with your thoughts and didn't mean an e-mail as an end all. I still think it's a better alternative than writing a worm though. Maybe those sys/net admins that still haven't patched/upgraded their PHP after a week or so of news would be more likely to listen to a "Your system is insecure." e-mail than the average, on-the-ball sys/net admin that has most likely already taken care of the vulnerability.
Even if the worm patched the site without defacing it yet again, it's still going to bog down networks by replicating. Perhaps a better alternative would be to send a simple e-mail to vulnerable sites and allow them to make the decision to patch or upgrade to the newest version.
"All my gamer friends while somewhat nerdy and perhaps not as socially graceful can be all around better people to hang out with then people who aren't into games and use you for superficial BS like competing for social status and money."
I guess you and your friends don't play MMORPGS.
They're all about social status, money, and BS, not to mention the backstabbing and betrayal you mentioned earlier.
...but I'm here to offer another opinion. Perhaps the real issue isn't with the behavior of the gamers themselves, but with the behavior of their partner. I've been a female gamer since the days of the Atari 2600. I've been in relationships with both gamers and non-gamers. Most of the time, gaming alone is just another one of those integral activities such as reading or other hobbies that help separate you from being no more than the "couple beast". There have been times where I've either read or gamed excessively alone while seeming to ignore my partner. Most of the time, it was a passive response to being generally unhappy with the relationship. Either I wasn't getting enough attention my partner or I was getting too much, or there were other relationship difficulties to consider. For me, at least, gaming helps relieve stress. If you find your partner gaming obsessively, perhaps you should ask them what's wrong. Maybe they're escaping your boring, self-obsessed drivel. Maybe you're only doling out sex once a month and they have to take our their frustrations elsewhere. I don't see gaming itself as a relationship breaker, but when taken to extremes, it can be an indicator of something else that may need worked out. In closing, an excerpt from the article: "My boyfriend used to have a PS2 until it was stolen in a burglary. He used to play every now and then but I often ended up going to bed alone, waiting for him to stop playing. Now he intends on buying anther one for himself, solely to play GTA: San Andreas. I gave him a simple option: "Buy a new console, get yourself a new girlfriend." I think he got the point. Sophie, Paris, France" Stolen? Right! That poor soul may want to check Sophie's bank account or the local pawn shops. Ultimatums like that are definitely not the solution and I hope to god the poor fellow has a new girlfriend by now.
For some more entertaining and obscenity containing Star Trek music, see Voltaire, the musician not the philosopher or author. I consider this guy a creative genius, which may say a bit more about me that I really intend. :)
This was my first time even hearing of Sacred Pie, but so far so good. I've got backups going, virus scans running, so there's nothing better to do than to read archives. Thanks Mr. Anonymous with a picture.
When it comes to gaming comics, Ctrl+Alt+Del is also good, if irreverent and not very original. The first thing I thought when I read it was, "Oh, it's PA with even more attitude."
Both User Friendly and Sluggy Freelance are on my daily list along with many others that are gaming or geek related. Another one that I must recommend is Something Positive, though it's strayed away from both geek and gaming topics lately.
I used to get up early in the morning to get my comics and news in before school. I really didn't see anything odd in it since many people peruse the comics along with the news in their daily paper with their coffee. I just use electronic versions instead (of everything but the coffee). Now that I'm just working full-time, I have plenty moments during the day to check on my favorites. Sometimes you get a lull while you're waiting for a disk to burn or a program to install or run, and a few quick clicks can have you watching humor instead of a progress bar.
Was Penny Arcade the first, regularly produced gaming webcomic? I read approximately 20 webcomics on a daily basis, and many of them are dedicated to gaming humor or frustration. Were you guys the first, and if so or if not, who or what inspired you?
Just what my roommate needs. Now he'll hog the connection even more for his downloads with unlimited storage space.
While I admit to being a Star Trek fan, I can also admit to not wanting it to become the big, bloated, loathable behemoth that Star Wars is. So, down with Trek and up with my DVD budget.
From the quality of most of the books scanned in that way, the problem will be self-correcting. Those that spend hours reading low quality novel images may end up blind, and not able to read at all. 'Sides, if you drop a book in the bathtub, you set it out on the porch to dry for a few hours. You drop a laptop in the bathtub, you're out a grand or two. Is that really worth the $30 you didn't want to spend on a hardcover book?
Hey! I resemble that remark. :> But, only because I'd rather use the money for components than car parts.