I rarely even look at the info pages anymore. It pisses me off when the man page says the actual manual is in info and then I run info to get a carbon copy of the man page.
Plus the info keys don't seem to correspond to any application I've used before.
As a geek I'm ashamed to admit my computer isn't even on a UPS. (I want a good one but can't part with the money.)
However, every piece of electronics more expensive than a clock radio is on a surge protector.
When I was a field tech a power transformer exploded (yes, chunks of metal everywhere) outside a client's warehouse in my territory. Every last surge protector was blown, but the electronic/computer equipment survived with no problems. The few pieces of equipment that weren't on surge protectors were fried. (I tried pressing the reset switch one of the better surge protectors, but it just buzzed when I turned it on so I shut it off quickly and replaced it.)
That very evening I bought surge protectors for my TVs, VCRs, radios and such.
By the way, not all power strips are surge protectors. Read the label. And replace them when the protection light is no longer steady.
To say 70% of most websites is a very broad statement and really needs narrowing of scope.
I agree. I have an http server on the internet that I use for my own purposes--development testing, links on my own home page, etc.--and I don't tell anyone else about it. It doesn't even have a registered domain name. But from time to time someone browses through a few pages.
I think all web pages are read by somebody, even if they are generally worthless.
For Windows users with ATI cards, add the -Dsun.java2d.noddraw=true option to the command. (Prevents system lockups due to some conflict between Java & DirectX and ATI.)
An anonymous poster referred me to dictionary.com which explains "myriad" can be used as either a noun or adjective, but during the 19th centruy many came to believe the adjective was the only correct use. I confirmed this with m-w.com.
Now I've posted 4 useless posts in a few minutes...feel free to mod me into oblivion.
Plus now I need to find a new irrational pet peeve.
Oh well, I'm used to feeling stupid. At least I'm not the only one.
From your link:
Usage Note: Throughout most of its history in English myriad was used as a noun, as in a myriad of men. In the 19th century it began to be used in poetry as an adjective, as in myriad men. Both usages in English are acceptable, as in Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Myriad myriads of lives." This poetic, adjectival use became so well entrenched generally that many people came to consider it as the only correct use. In fact, both uses in English are parallel with those of the original ancient Greek.
Thank you! I swear to god that's the first time I've seen or heard "myriad" used correctly in months. This week I even saw it misued on the back cover of a book.
(I seem to be in a bitch-about-my-company mood today.)
That sounds like a great idea, but many big companies are using ActiveX controls and similar features in their intranet software.
My Fortune 500 company recently released a web-based applicaiton that "required" disabling the warning about a page containing secure and nonsecure items. Another long-standing web app uses ActiveX controls, so that "has to" be enabled, too.
I'm now considering using our desktop management software to auto-install Gator, Weatherbug and all the other spyware to save the user the time and confusion.:-/
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The best way I have found to combat spyware/virus/etc, is to run Win2K or WinXP and take away administrative privilage for normal users...
That's how it should work, but in every real Windows environment I've seen the users need to be at least Power Users with added ACL permissions here and there to make many vendors' software work.
Ideally no one should be running as admin unless they are . . . <drum roll> PERFORMING ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS.
But many vendors haven't figured that out yet. And I give up. I work in a Fortune 500 company where such permissions issues are dealt with by elevating the users' permissions or giving them full access to increasing portions of the hard drive, including Windows system areas. I could try to fight it, but if my PCs don't work because I increase security I take the blame because my counterparts don't have the same problems.
I also tried to introduce a Linux-based image to use obsolete PCs to replace dumb terminals. I got buy-in from several departments and got a prototype ready when the VP (?!?!?!) said we wouldn't support it. So instead we'll buy Winterms or new PCs.
I love the security of my job, but some of my coworkers and I are plotting to start our own computer services company to run as a second job/business. That way we can do smart things and get rewarded for it!
But I'm scared. Why does Gator have Debian? Are they going to try to get into open source browsing?
If you're really paranoid, what if they slip GAIN into Debian source?
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A question, though. Has anyone here ever actually bought anything off a pop-up ad after seeing it? I know I haven't, nor have I heard of anyone doing so, it just seems to be a money hole for the advertisers on the whole.
Well, I clicked on an X-10 ad to see if I could buy more pictures of those girls they show...
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But if we give into that fear then the terrorists have already won.
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I rarely even look at the info pages anymore. It pisses me off when the man page says the actual manual is in info and then I run info to get a carbon copy of the man page.
Plus the info keys don't seem to correspond to any application I've used before.
Doesn't everyone run their VCR through a UPS??
As a geek I'm ashamed to admit my computer isn't even on a UPS. (I want a good one but can't part with the money.)
However, every piece of electronics more expensive than a clock radio is on a surge protector.
When I was a field tech a power transformer exploded (yes, chunks of metal everywhere) outside a client's warehouse in my territory. Every last surge protector was blown, but the electronic/computer equipment survived with no problems. The few pieces of equipment that weren't on surge protectors were fried. (I tried pressing the reset switch one of the better surge protectors, but it just buzzed when I turned it on so I shut it off quickly and replaced it.)
That very evening I bought surge protectors for my TVs, VCRs, radios and such.
By the way, not all power strips are surge protectors. Read the label. And replace them when the protection light is no longer steady.
No, you should buy a newer one like mine that displays --:-- without flashing.
(Yes, I know how to program it. I just haven't done it since last power outage. And yes, some newer ones set the time themselves.)
To say 70% of most websites is a very broad statement and really needs narrowing of scope.
I agree. I have an http server on the internet that I use for my own purposes--development testing, links on my own home page, etc.--and I don't tell anyone else about it. It doesn't even have a registered domain name. But from time to time someone browses through a few pages.
I think all web pages are read by somebody, even if they are generally worthless.
There are open source Java VMs/APIs, but I don't know how robust they are.
java -Ddebug=true -Dsun.java2d.noddraw=true -cp . org/jxul/xulrunner/Main
For Windows users with ATI cards, add the -Dsun.java2d.noddraw=true option to the command. (Prevents system lockups due to some conflict between Java & DirectX and ATI.)
You took and posted 19 pics of Ballmer? Was the game that bad?
Were the people around you creeped out that you kept photographing someone down the row? I think if I did that security would throw me out.
Of course I'd be photographing young adult women and not older bald guys.
How much support does MS provide?
... 58 minutes." (repeats ad-infinitum)
It's been a few years since I called, but it went like this: "The average hold time is
Okay, okay, thier knowledgebase is fairly cool, but so is usenet.
I love what you say about the money going to IT professionals; I hope that is true. It should be.
An anonymous poster referred me to dictionary.com which explains "myriad" can be used as either a noun or adjective, but during the 19th centruy many came to believe the adjective was the only correct use. I confirmed this with m-w.com .
Now I've posted 4 useless posts in a few minutes...feel free to mod me into oblivion.
Plus now I need to find a new irrational pet peeve.
Where's the "delete post" button?
Oh well, I'm used to feeling stupid. At least I'm not the only one.
From your link:
...the myriad of scalping possibilities...
Damn! Well, it was nice while it lasted. Too bad it was only a few minutes and a few Slashdot posts.
...the myriad Microsoft court cases...
Thank you! I swear to god that's the first time I've seen or heard "myriad" used correctly in months. This week I even saw it misued on the back cover of a book.
Hey, everyone has an irrational pet peeve.
(I seem to be in a bitch-about-my-company mood today.)
:-/
That sounds like a great idea, but many big companies are using ActiveX controls and similar features in their intranet software.
My Fortune 500 company recently released a web-based applicaiton that "required" disabling the warning about a page containing secure and nonsecure items. Another long-standing web app uses ActiveX controls, so that "has to" be enabled, too.
I'm now considering using our desktop management software to auto-install Gator, Weatherbug and all the other spyware to save the user the time and confusion.
The best way I have found to combat spyware/virus/etc, is to run Win2K or WinXP and take away administrative privilage for normal users ...
That's how it should work, but in every real Windows environment I've seen the users need to be at least Power Users with added ACL permissions here and there to make many vendors' software work.
Ideally no one should be running as admin unless they are . . . <drum roll> PERFORMING ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS.
But many vendors haven't figured that out yet. And I give up. I work in a Fortune 500 company where such permissions issues are dealt with by elevating the users' permissions or giving them full access to increasing portions of the hard drive, including Windows system areas. I could try to fight it, but if my PCs don't work because I increase security I take the blame because my counterparts don't have the same problems.
I also tried to introduce a Linux-based image to use obsolete PCs to replace dumb terminals. I got buy-in from several departments and got a prototype ready when the VP (?!?!?!) said we wouldn't support it. So instead we'll buy Winterms or new PCs.
I love the security of my job, but some of my coworkers and I are plotting to start our own computer services company to run as a second job/business. That way we can do smart things and get rewarded for it!
It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth.
---> What truth?
That...............you can punch the monkey and win $10,000!!!!
Oooh, and it's even worse: The "Always trust content from Gator" box is clicked.
Damn, I don't click that box for ANYONE. Always trust? Yeah, right.
My coworker trusts Microsoft and HP. Not me.
Imagine if Microsoft had a name that suited them as well....
Unfortunately, the Borg had not been discovered/invented until after Microsoft was created.
Heh, the Debian mirror seems to be offline now.
But I'm scared. Why does Gator have Debian? Are they going to try to get into open source browsing?
If you're really paranoid, what if they slip GAIN into Debian source?
A question, though. Has anyone here ever actually bought anything off a pop-up ad after seeing it? I know I haven't, nor have I heard of anyone doing so, it just seems to be a money hole for the advertisers on the whole.
Well, I clicked on an X-10 ad to see if I could buy more pictures of those girls they show...
But if we give into that fear then the terrorists have already won.
Or getting married and having 14 kids.
You mean getting married 14 times and having kids.
(I walked out of the last movie when this bit went wrong.) [re: Frodo & ring in Gondor]
Dude, you shouldn't have left. That part of the movie was later revealed to be a dream.
...the cost/benefit curve.
Give that man a cigar, because that's the answer.
Computers are generally buggy because the effort or cost to make them bug free generally isn't worth it.
It's as simple as that.