I've always described it as a city's streets. There are big roads (highways) that take a lot of traffic and small roads for less popular routes. It's easy then to demonstrate congestion, and even IP addressing by using the analogy of a mailing address. You have your popular locations (malls etc) and even banks.:)
It's not perfect - to bring in ISPs, you have to make it a world where everyone hires a car to use, rather than having their own transport. And the argument against a "tiered internet" breaks down a little when you realise we already have tolls on various highways and bridges in the real world.
Saying that people you disagree with are not allowed to talk makes it look as though you are unable to counter what they say.
Absolutely. While we are at it, we should let the KKK and every other hate group speak at school assemblies. After all, refusing to allow them makes us look as though we are unable to counter what they say. I mean, it's not like crap like this can unreasonably affect young minds... right?
Yawn. I'm tired of this incessant need to bag Bill Gates no matter what he does. And your argument doesn't stand up at all.
The fact is he's given more money to philanthropic endeavours than any other person. Ever. So get off your fucking high horse.
I saw this guy the other day give $20 to a homeless person. I went over to him and said "Hey you fuck, you earn over $50k a year and I just saw you give ONLY $20 to that hungry guy? You tight asshole!". Then I punched him in the face and took his wallet. Because we need less assholes like that.
Going by your stats Bill Gates has given to charity around 50% of the money he's EARNED. What proportion of the money YOU have EARNED have you given to charity?
Apparently you have some preconceived notion of how much money rich people should be left with after donating for their donation to "mean" something. Perhaps you should publish a "JimDaGeek guide to philanthropy" so the world's rich can learn from you.
This email speaks for itself... unfortunately I didn't keep a record of my reply.
From: [mailto:] Sent: Saturday, 27 September 2003 10:59 PM To: helpdesk@student.murdoch.edu.au Subject: Help me please
Dear Sir,
Please let me know how can I get login facility and please also answer my few questions given below.
Q. No. 1 Computer plays an important role in helping researchers. Describe different tips for guidance Q. No. 2 what are 1. Graphs 2. Pie Charting3. Tables 4. Boolean Search three illustrations of each :
Q. No. 3 How data are collected in different research methods. Describe in detail.
Q. No. 4 A researcher has surveyed more than fifty libraries and collected data questionnaire application. Describe full as how he would analyze the data.
Q. No. 5 Interpretation of data is back bone of a research study. Describe in detail the interpretation of data.
I shall be highly appreciated if I am given answer with the examination view of point.
And from the same time... we had some users that were mistakenly sent expiry notices on their enrolments. One such user emailed the helpdesk and got an automated reply telling them we would deal with it once the break was over (we were shut for about 2 weeks over Christmas). So they replied to the automatic reply with the following - the second last sentence is the kicker:
Dear Help desk,
Please help.
My email is about to be de-activated because I am currently not recorded as having re-enrolled. I have previously asked for help as I thought I had re-enrolled correctly and I printed out my re-enrolment on Dec 11th showing the subjects I have re-enrolled in.
I know you are not there and cannot help before my email address expires, so I don't know why these alarming messages are being sent.
Please do not send an automated reply saying that you are not there.
A few years ago I was working at my university's IT helpdesk while I finished my degree. Here is one of many incidents. There's a userfriendly.org cartoon based on this though I don't have the URL handy.
This is, approximately, my 15th attempt to post this past the fucking lameness filters. WHAT ARE THE JUNK CHARACTERS GIVE ME A CLUE.
From: Julia [mailto:@hotmail.com] Sent: Saturday, 5 January 2002 10:34 PM To: helpdesk@student.murdoch.edu.au Subject: Re: Only 20 days remain until your email account will be deactivated.
Dear Help Desk
Regarding your above mentioned email, I am very concerned that you will deactivate my personal hotmail email account. The email address I am using is my personal hotmail account which I do not want deactivated by Murdoch University.
Please do not cancel this email address. I would appreciate a reply email to let me know that my personal hotmail account is safe and that you will not be deactivating it.
Thank you.
Julia Taylor. MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: Click Here
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From: Student IT Helpdesk To: 'Julia ' Subject: RE: Only 20 days remain until your email account will be deactiva ted. Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 11:51:08 +0800
Hi Julia,
Unfortunately, Murdoch University's long-term plan to take over the world has not yet reached the hotmail acquisition stage. As such, the email you received is referring to your Murdoch University student email account (eg: j.@student.murdoch.edu.au ). You have set your preferred email address in MyInfo as your hotmail account - as such, all email received by your student account is being forwarded on to your hotmail account. That is why you received the deactivation notice there.
Hope this clears things up, Regards, Richard @ Student IT Helpdesk.
--- Student IT Helpdesk Murdoch University Email: helpdesk@student.murdoch.edu.au URL: http://wwwstudent.murdoch.edu.au/ Contact: (+61 8) 9360 2000 Hours of operation: 8.00am - 5.00pm Mon-Fri (+08:00 GMT) ---
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From: Julia [mailto:@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, 9 January 2002 1:13 AM To: Student IT Helpdesk Subject: Email Account
Hi Richard Wonderful news! Thanks very much. Julia.
This problem fascinated me through high school, and I eventually ended up going into mathematics partly because of the fun I had exploring its ins and outs.
Following a similar vein of logic, I deduce that those were the only ins and outs you were getting in high school.
From headline: "In Australia it is illegal to commit, or attempt to commit suicide."
Ok, so I understand how attempting to commit suicide is illegal. I also understand how aiding a suicide (attempt or otherwise) would be illegal. Someone explain to me, please: how is it illegal to actually commit suicide?
What do they do when they catch you? Whip your corpse?
I don't suppose you have any actual evidence to back up any of that, do you? Where are the pirate copies and cheats (for the end-game, not the alpha leaked version), if Steam has done "nothing" to stop either? I mean, we all know a pirate copy and cheats will come out eventually, but I think Steam has done a good job of reducing the ease with which this happens.
I've had my own problems with Steam (random crashing, locking up mid-menu etc) but overall I think it's a brilliant idea. I look forward to the day where many more games are all provided through the one interface, for purchase, "trial periods" and the like.
The argument that "when the Steam servers aren't there anymore, I won't be able to play anymore" is rubbish. If Valve in 5 years decided to decommission the Steam system, they would just release a patch somewhere for each game that required Steam authentication, that removed the authentication requirement. Some people just like to whinge.
...for him to have the new censored webpage at the location http://www.tuckermax.com/Stories/missvermont.htm - I thought he couldn't use the words Miss Vermont anymore?:)
I just found this page which lets you opt-out of doubleclick storing personal cookie info about you. Most of us probably already block doubleclick cookies but maybe someone will find it useful.
Slashdot Mirror
I've always described it as a city's streets. There are big roads (highways) that take a lot of traffic and small roads for less popular routes. It's easy then to demonstrate congestion, and even IP addressing by using the analogy of a mailing address. You have your popular locations (malls etc) and even banks. :)
It's not perfect - to bring in ISPs, you have to make it a world where everyone hires a car to use, rather than having their own transport. And the argument against a "tiered internet" breaks down a little when you realise we already have tolls on various highways and bridges in the real world.
Absolutely. While we are at it, we should let the KKK and every other hate group speak at school assemblies. After all, refusing to allow them makes us look as though we are unable to counter what they say. I mean, it's not like crap like this can unreasonably affect young minds... right?
Yawn. I'm tired of this incessant need to bag Bill Gates no matter what he does. And your argument doesn't stand up at all.
The fact is he's given more money to philanthropic endeavours than any other person. Ever. So get off your fucking high horse.
I saw this guy the other day give $20 to a homeless person. I went over to him and said "Hey you fuck, you earn over $50k a year and I just saw you give ONLY $20 to that hungry guy? You tight asshole!". Then I punched him in the face and took his wallet. Because we need less assholes like that.
Going by your stats Bill Gates has given to charity around 50% of the money he's EARNED. What proportion of the money YOU have EARNED have you given to charity?
Apparently you have some preconceived notion of how much money rich people should be left with after donating for their donation to "mean" something. Perhaps you should publish a "JimDaGeek guide to philanthropy" so the world's rich can learn from you.
..my ass
This email speaks for itself... unfortunately I didn't keep a record of my reply.
From: [mailto:]
Sent: Saturday, 27 September 2003 10:59 PM
To: helpdesk@student.murdoch.edu.au
Subject: Help me please
Dear Sir,
Please let me know how can I get login facility and please also answer my
few questions given below.
Q. No. 1 Computer plays an important role in helping researchers. Describe
different tips for guidance
Q. No. 2 what are 1. Graphs 2. Pie Charting3. Tables 4. Boolean Search
three illustrations of each :
Q. No. 3 How data are collected in different research methods. Describe in
detail.
Q. No. 4 A researcher has surveyed more than fifty libraries and collected
data questionnaire application. Describe full as how he would analyze the
data.
Q. No. 5 Interpretation of data is back bone of a research study. Describe
in detail the interpretation of data.
I shall be highly appreciated if I am given answer with the examination view
of point.
Thanking you,
And from the same time ... we had some users that were mistakenly sent expiry notices on their enrolments. One such user emailed the helpdesk and got an automated reply telling them we would deal with it once the break was over (we were shut for about 2 weeks over Christmas). So they replied to the automatic reply with the following - the second last sentence is the kicker:
Dear Help desk,
Please help.
My email is about to be de-activated because I am currently not recorded
as having re-enrolled. I have previously asked for help as I thought I
had re-enrolled correctly and I printed out my re-enrolment on Dec 11th
showing the subjects I have re-enrolled in.
I know you are not there and cannot help before my email address expires,
so I don't know why these alarming messages are being sent.
Please do not send an automated reply saying that you are not there.
I hope you are able to help.
Sincerely,
A few years ago I was working at my university's IT helpdesk while I finished my degree. Here is one of many incidents. There's a userfriendly.org cartoon based on this though I don't have the URL handy.
This is, approximately, my 15th attempt to post this past the fucking lameness filters. WHAT ARE THE JUNK CHARACTERS GIVE ME A CLUE.
From: Julia [mailto:@hotmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, 5 January 2002 10:34 PM
To: helpdesk@student.murdoch.edu.au
Subject: Re: Only 20 days remain until your email account will be
deactivated.
Dear Help Desk
Regarding your above mentioned email, I am very concerned that you will
deactivate my personal hotmail email account. The email address I am using
is my personal hotmail account which I do not want deactivated by Murdoch
University.
Please do not cancel this email address. I would appreciate a reply email
to let me know that my personal hotmail account is safe and that you will
not be deactivating it.
Thank you.
Julia Taylor.
MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: Click Here
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From: Student IT Helpdesk
To: 'Julia '
Subject: RE: Only 20 days remain until your email account will be deactiva ted.
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 11:51:08 +0800
Hi Julia,
Unfortunately, Murdoch University's long-term plan to take over the world
has not yet reached the hotmail acquisition stage. As such, the email you
received is referring to your Murdoch University student email account (eg:
j.@student.murdoch.edu.au ).
You have set your preferred email address in MyInfo as your hotmail account
- as such, all email received by your student account is being forwarded on
to your hotmail account. That is why you received the deactivation notice
there.
Hope this clears things up,
Regards,
Richard @ Student IT Helpdesk.
---
Student IT Helpdesk
Murdoch University
Email: helpdesk@student.murdoch.edu.au
URL: http://wwwstudent.murdoch.edu.au/
Contact: (+61 8) 9360 2000
Hours of operation: 8.00am - 5.00pm Mon-Fri (+08:00 GMT)
---
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From: Julia [mailto:@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 9 January 2002 1:13 AM
To: Student IT Helpdesk
Subject: Email Account
Hi Richard
Wonderful news! Thanks very much.
Julia.
Ok, so I understand how attempting to commit suicide is illegal. I also understand how aiding a suicide (attempt or otherwise) would be illegal. Someone explain to me, please: how is it illegal to actually commit suicide?
What do they do when they catch you? Whip your corpse?
I don't suppose you have any actual evidence to back up any of that, do you? Where are the pirate copies and cheats (for the end-game, not the alpha leaked version), if Steam has done "nothing" to stop either? I mean, we all know a pirate copy and cheats will come out eventually, but I think Steam has done a good job of reducing the ease with which this happens.
I've had my own problems with Steam (random crashing, locking up mid-menu etc) but overall I think it's a brilliant idea. I look forward to the day where many more games are all provided through the one interface, for purchase, "trial periods" and the like.
The argument that "when the Steam servers aren't there anymore, I won't be able to play anymore" is rubbish. If Valve in 5 years decided to decommission the Steam system, they would just release a patch somewhere for each game that required Steam authentication, that removed the authentication requirement. Some people just like to whinge.
So... what kind of halfwit links a slashdot story to a geocities site? :)
...for him to have the new censored webpage at the location http://www.tuckermax.com/Stories/missvermont.htm - I thought he couldn't use the words Miss Vermont anymore? :)
I just found this page which lets you opt-out of doubleclick storing personal cookie info about you. Most of us probably already block doubleclick cookies but maybe someone will find it useful.
A bicycle... with a motor. I'm pretty sure that's been tried before.
It's called a motorbike.