Seriously, three short lines which clearly convey the entire summary of the story, contains lots of links to both story and background, AND doesn't contain terrible typos! Also, geeky and interesting. This is what slashdot needs more of.
This just means you didn't see my 1st submission which was full of typos and mis-spellings..:-)
Look into the Type 230 "Confidencer" by Ronwell. These microphones replace the standard microphone that is found on your typical wall phone. They make models for both Avaya and Nortel analog wall phones. I can attest that this product works very well in exceptionally noisy environments. Good luck.
I work for a health insurance company. We have about 1000 employees. Most folks have their phone on the Left side of their cube.
During transfers and moves, I do ask these users where they would like their phone in their new work area. Over 80% want their phone on the left side of their cube.
These are observations seen over 6 years at the job.
Number of stations I received via analog: 25 (across three markets - Baltimore, Harrisburg, Philly)
Number of stations with digital: 12
I'm gonna pin your location around Edenton PA. here is the TV fool chart.
Looking at that chart I'd recommend a Channel Master 4228HD, or if wind load on the antenna is an issue, a fringe style Yagi. Use a rotor. Receive 22 digital channels.. .
Pat, I'm going to assume that you have all the legal things under control and what you need now is someone to manufacture the device... Google "electronic contract manufacturers" [your city name]. Most of these places will have experience with what you want to accomplish hardware-wise and will sign non-disclosures, etc.. . Good luck!
And yet, so many agencies, such as credit card companies, require that you phone in from your "home phone" to activate new cards.
Credit card companies use ANI (automatic number identification) instead of CPN (calling party number) for their "authentication". HUGE difference there as ANI cannot be spoofed.. .
My wife and I recently took a US cross-country trip. I can (and will if needed) attest under oath that the 2 cities we traveled through had tampered with their amber light timing: Gallup New Mexico (short duration amber light under 3 seconds) and Winslow Arizona (amber light controlled by local enforcement authorities).
While cruising Gallup (Route 66 part of town) looking for food and accommodations I had noticed the timing of the amber was definitely under 3 seconds at camera enforced intersections where the speed limit was 40 MPH. Local residences actually toot their horn to warn us as we approached a "tampered" intersection just as the lamp turned amber.
In Winslow Arizona we had stopped to get out picture at the "corner". Then we attempted to leave this town only to get caught in the shortest yellow lamped intersection I have ever seen in my life! There were 2 Winslow Arizona enforcement cars at the intersection at the time. I attempted to make a left turn onto the I-40 on ramp and was caught "looking up at red". Happened like this... see green... approach intersection... signal left turn via turn signal... lamp still green... start turning left... glance up and lamp is RED. I looked the the rear view mirror and saw an enforcement car turning onto on-ramp behind me with lights on. I pulled over and explained exactly what happened. I will say that the officer was a gentleman while taking my license, reg, and insurance back to his car to "run them". When he came back I was informed that I was getting a "warning" (Thank God), and to drive safe. I wanted to vent but knew better. What a scam!
My daughter had the privledge of participating in the MDRS back in the Fall of 2006. She described it as "Fun and awesome!" Their mission was to refit the "Hab" as best as they could within their limited budget. She described living conditions as "cramped, much like a typical Mars mission. You need to work as a team to get things done". Here is another link to MDRS project for those who wish more information:
Seriously, is this story a plant to "shove" the German banking system into the same "tornado" that the English, Irish, Americans, etc.. have been experiencing lately? Seriously.. have not the Germans been hanging onto their economy (by a thread I may add) while other EU countries have spiraled? I smell a "fish".. . Get German citizens to withdraw their money from banks and cause yet another country to collapse.. .
You hit the nail on the head. If the authorities (read Cuomo) wanted to actually catch the abusers they could, and Usenet is the perfect "tool" for them to use.
If you ask my, alt.* on usenet is the "heart" of the internet where the free exchange of ideas takes place and "anyone" can create a group for themselves, completely free of rules. This censorship action is really sickening my stomach.. .
Folks, I'm flabbergasted at the lack of outcry on Slashdot about the loss of ALT groups, and/or the loss of Usenet access entirely to internet subscribers. I don't know about you but I consider this action censorship. Instead of chasing down the 5,000 or so pervs that use Usenet to spam the entire ALT hirachy with their "come hither" ads, and post to their junk on their own ALT groups, Cuomo instead decides to "carpet bomb" ISP's.
Perhaps Slashdot is filled with users that are just interested in publishing various "workarounds" instead of addressing the real problem. Here I am looking for someone/something to "rally-cry" with, but nobody is home.. .
I don't know about your area of the country, but here in Western New York, Time Warner clearly states in their television commercials that their Road Runner service is "commercial-free". Does DNS poisoning constitute advertising?
>and I do believe they're merely trying to corner the market for their tickets
Hogwash. They are merely attempting to place tickets into the hands of the "true fans", fans like the father that wants to take his son to a game without skipping the next mortgage/rent payment or that have been on their season ticket waiting list for 10 to 20+ years. Perhaps the Patroits have noticed low turnover (rate at which season ticket holders gave up their seats) for season tickets as of late (read since Stubhub came online) and want to find out which family member is selling their deceased fathers/uncles season tickets for a profit instead of giving up those seats as they should. Fin.
At the firm I'm employed by, we measure on several items in several ways. We have many departments under the IT "umbrella" so I'll try and break them out and briefly explain each + expectations.. BTW, we employ 1000 users.
Helpdesk (4 employees): Their mainly measured on how many helpdesk "tickets" they can close without sending the problem off to a 2nd level tech. They can reset passwords, add printers, etc.. They can remote also into users desktops to provide assistance. Their resolution rate of about 40%. The remaining tickets are passed up to the 2nd level.
2nd level techs (6 employees): They are expected to close "standard" tickets within 16 business hours from the time the call is taken at helpdesk. They will visit users in their cubes to assist. They're expected to close 95% of their tickets each month within the 16 hour time frame. Anything they cannot fix goes to 3rd level techs.
3rd level techs (4 employees): They get 8 additional hours to close ticket (24 total). They provide final resolution or call the proper vendor for support. They are held to 95% completion rate for non-vendor issue calls.
Telecom (3 employees): They handle call flow, broken phones, fax server, etc.. They have 16 hours to provide resolution from the time call is taken. They also are expected to close 95% of their tickets in that time.
IT Ops (15 employees): They handle AS/400 (logins, reports, administration issues) and backups. Same 95% within 16 hours without vendor assistance.
We also have programmers, database admins, and special system admins. Not sure how they're measured.
About 100 employees in all making up 10% of the company. Here are some other things we measure monthly:
Spam blockage as percentage of total incoming email, viruses stopped/detected, faxes in/out, calls in/out, internet usage as percentage of total pipe ("tube":-) size, # helpdesk tickets opened vs number resolved by helpdesk/2nd level/3rd level/telecom/ops. Wish I had more but I can't find the metric reports on out Intranet but I hope this post assists a little.
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I was curious just how far off that is. Turns out, it's quite a bit.
Thanks! I was looking for something like that...
Seriously, three short lines which clearly convey the entire summary of the story, contains lots of links to both story and background, AND doesn't contain terrible typos! Also, geeky and interesting. This is what slashdot needs more of.
This just means you didn't see my 1st submission which was full of typos and mis-spellings.. :-)
I'm surprised no one mentions the above free/public/fast DNS resolvers :-p
(Nodding head)
Look into the Type 230 "Confidencer" by Ronwell. These microphones replace the standard microphone that is found on your typical wall phone. They make models for both Avaya and Nortel analog wall phones. I can attest that this product works very well in exceptionally noisy environments. Good luck.
During transfers and moves, I do ask these users where they would like their phone in their new work area. Over 80% want their phone on the left side of their cube.
These are observations seen over 6 years at the job.
Why bother with this when the Blizzard and Xbox chat rooms are working just fine.. .
Number of stations I received via analog: 25 (across three markets - Baltimore, Harrisburg, Philly)
Number of stations with digital: 12
I'm gonna pin your location around Edenton PA. here is the TV fool chart.
Looking at that chart I'd recommend a Channel Master 4228HD, or if wind load on the antenna is an issue, a fringe style Yagi. Use a rotor. Receive 22 digital channels.. .
Pat, I'm going to assume that you have all the legal things under control and what you need now is someone to manufacture the device... Google "electronic contract manufacturers" [your city name]. Most of these places will have experience with what you want to accomplish hardware-wise and will sign non-disclosures, etc.. . Good luck!
Credit card companies use ANI (automatic number identification) instead of CPN (calling party number) for their "authentication". HUGE difference there as ANI cannot be spoofed.. .
While cruising Gallup (Route 66 part of town) looking for food and accommodations I had noticed the timing of the amber was definitely under 3 seconds at camera enforced intersections where the speed limit was 40 MPH. Local residences actually toot their horn to warn us as we approached a "tampered" intersection just as the lamp turned amber.
In Winslow Arizona we had stopped to get out picture at the "corner". Then we attempted to leave this town only to get caught in the shortest yellow lamped intersection I have ever seen in my life! There were 2 Winslow Arizona enforcement cars at the intersection at the time. I attempted to make a left turn onto the I-40 on ramp and was caught "looking up at red". Happened like this... see green... approach intersection... signal left turn via turn signal... lamp still green... start turning left... glance up and lamp is RED. I looked the the rear view mirror and saw an enforcement car turning onto on-ramp behind me with lights on. I pulled over and explained exactly what happened. I will say that the officer was a gentleman while taking my license, reg, and insurance back to his car to "run them". When he came back I was informed that I was getting a "warning" (Thank God), and to drive safe. I wanted to vent but knew better. What a scam!
Yes, this crap does go on in America.. .
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Seriously, is this story a plant to "shove" the German banking system into the same "tornado" that the English, Irish, Americans, etc.. have been experiencing lately? Seriously.. have not the Germans been hanging onto their economy (by a thread I may add) while other EU countries have spiraled? I smell a "fish".. . Get German citizens to withdraw their money from banks and cause yet another country to collapse.. .
This article is mostly fluff from past 5 years. No mention of the Morris Worm . Article definately written by a poseur .. .
If you ask my, alt.* on usenet is the "heart" of the internet where the free exchange of ideas takes place and "anyone" can create a group for themselves, completely free of rules. This censorship action is really sickening my stomach.. .
Perhaps Slashdot is filled with users that are just interested in publishing various "workarounds" instead of addressing the real problem. Here I am looking for someone/something to "rally-cry" with, but nobody is home.. .
Mod parent up please....
I don't know about your area of the country, but here in Western New York, Time Warner clearly states in their television commercials that their Road Runner service is "commercial-free". Does DNS poisoning constitute advertising?
Does your semaphore tower conform to RFC 4824? :-)
Links are OK. Just look at the right side of page after you select your OS and pick one of the packages.
Original link incorrect... Here is a timeline of the mainframe from the university's website..
Here is a timeline of the mainframe from the university's website..
Thanks!
How do you turn it off if you are a member? I'm poking around in Facebook right now and cannot find anything at all on this.. .
>and I do believe they're merely trying to corner the market for their tickets
Hogwash. They are merely attempting to place tickets into the hands of the "true fans", fans like the father that wants to take his son to a game without skipping the next mortgage/rent payment or that have been on their season ticket waiting list for 10 to 20+ years. Perhaps the Patroits have noticed low turnover (rate at which season ticket holders gave up their seats) for season tickets as of late (read since Stubhub came online) and want to find out which family member is selling their deceased fathers/uncles season tickets for a profit instead of giving up those seats as they should. Fin.
Helpdesk (4 employees): Their mainly measured on how many helpdesk "tickets" they can close without sending the problem off to a 2nd level tech. They can reset passwords, add printers, etc.. They can remote also into users desktops to provide assistance. Their resolution rate of about 40%. The remaining tickets are passed up to the 2nd level.
2nd level techs (6 employees): They are expected to close "standard" tickets within 16 business hours from the time the call is taken at helpdesk. They will visit users in their cubes to assist. They're expected to close 95% of their tickets each month within the 16 hour time frame. Anything they cannot fix goes to 3rd level techs.
3rd level techs (4 employees): They get 8 additional hours to close ticket (24 total). They provide final resolution or call the proper vendor for support. They are held to 95% completion rate for non-vendor issue calls.
Telecom (3 employees): They handle call flow, broken phones, fax server, etc.. They have 16 hours to provide resolution from the time call is taken. They also are expected to close 95% of their tickets in that time.
IT Ops (15 employees): They handle AS/400 (logins, reports, administration issues) and backups. Same 95% within 16 hours without vendor assistance.
We also have programmers, database admins, and special system admins. Not sure how they're measured.
About 100 employees in all making up 10% of the company. Here are some other things we measure monthly:
Spam blockage as percentage of total incoming email, viruses stopped/detected, faxes in/out, calls in/out, internet usage as percentage of total pipe ("tube" :-) size, # helpdesk tickets opened vs number resolved by helpdesk/2nd level/3rd level/telecom/ops. Wish I had more but I can't find the metric reports on out Intranet but I hope this post assists a little.