I could... talk to a REAL LIVE ENGINEER (in many cases, the guys and gals that actually designed the software or hardware in question)
This annoys me to no end. I perform sysadmin duties and mild developer duties for the company I work for. I LOATHE (with a passion) the time I have to spend having to answer the tech support line. (Techs work 9a-5p, Business open 8a-2a)
As the only sysadmin on duty at night, I now much stop what I'm doing, and weigh potential outcomes. a) Is the person on the phone more important than what I'm fixing now? b) Will the person call management if I rush them off the phone trying to fix the problem I'm currently working. The list goes on. Have you ever been broken out of a "coding session" and lost your train of thought?
And to be quite honest, I don't want to talk to everyone. I am not "trained" to talk to people (ask my friends). I have a short fuse with any one not even remotely close to my level. I refuse to help my parents. And I'm sure many engineers/developers/sysadmins are the same way. They spent their skills in making things work, not people skills.
--I-- get frustrated when a user tells me "I'm using Internet Explorer" to my Operating System question. I am paid good company money to develop software and keep hardware running, not be a "Computers for Dummies" interactive tutorial!
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In 45 days time, here are my company's official spam stats.
Total email processed: 271,217
Total junk email identified: 239,560
88.32779% of email sent to our company is identified as spam.
That's over 6000 a day.
That's over 67 per account per day.
Before we installed a spam filter (you may feel free to ask me which), each person had to sift through their hypothetical 10 emails and delete almost 9 spams.
I'm glad to see the EFF not only supports the digitial music initative but also mildly practices the fundamentals behind the MP3 drive and file-sharing.
Their campaign title, "Let The Music Play" was a well known song in the 80s by a group called Shannon.
So, by (and I use the term loosely to be modded interesting) "infringing on the copyrights" and using a well-known song title as the campaign against the RIAA, it was not only clever marketing, but a witty double entendre.:)
Wireless AP / ISP Rules and KaZaa* User Names
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A few posters do bring up a good question:
Can you claim your Wireless AP under the same type of device as an ISP and possibly be ok? Granted, you might have to produce a list of POSSIBLE people, but then you can just say you are an open network.
Also, the changing of usernames seems to be a funny "workaround" for the time being. But consider how the judge will see your anti-authoritive point-of-view. Maybe you might get off on a "jury of your peers" (why does that sound funny?), but you will more than likely not get a snicker from the judge.
Obviously IANAL, but can someone help me out on this?
I am damn tired of everyone saying "artists should get paid for what they do." No $hit!. We all feel that way. That was an extremely predictable comment. No one in the public eye would ever say "yeah, I'm glad I steal music, screw those commie bastards and their wussy space station" (South Park reference).
Seriously though, this is a form of laziness. Everyone wants something, but hopes that someone else will do it for them. A message to everyone who is in the public eye: Do not only say you support things, for you have power and influence not only in your words. Support things with your person or pocketbook.
We, as consumers are getting screwed and do not have the resources to do this. THIS is charity. We are close, help us reach the top so we can help others.
How can I convince you that by helping our cause you will not only create less people that need to be helped, but more people who will be able to help?
This is the main reason why we are losing this battle. People like Charlie Demerjian, so vehemently oppose the [RI|MP]AA, their words and ideas are poisoned to the point it does nothing but turn off the casual reader and make us look like a pack of bloody savages.
While he may have a good point (donation to the EFF), this reads like a 17 year old who just got punished and is now lashing out at his/her parents.
We need THOROUGH research into ideas and solutions and then we can practice them. And believe me, when the solution which is right and true (as well as easy and quick) DOES come out, it will be accepted and adopted by all (references: Napster, KaZaa, et. al.).
In a time where flattery will get you everywhere, there is no group to which this better applies than the geeks. Of course, we could have referenced other geek sites (that one with the 5 in it), but we chose not to. Geeks, who feel oppressed and underloved by society, love nothing more than to see their name in lights (or pixels) by a worthy editorial such as this. We chose to use the most whimsical of the geek-sites, Slashdot.org, and will see how quickly it works. A breakdown is as follows:
why would i buy a ring tone that i can't even hear?
I don't know, how about being considerate to other people? There's still always an idiot or four who leaves their phone on in the movie theatre/dinner/library/[insert other public place here]. I am about sick and tired of Joe Jerkoff and his friggen Ring-Tone-Of-The-Week.
This is brilliant! I am buying stock in this company. Those stupid enough to not remember to shut their ringers off in public places should be forced to have this.
Yes, I can understand if the cellphone is in a backpack. But if it's in a pocket on your person or hanging off the belt, there should be no excuse (other than being a parapalegic and not being able to feel your legs) should have that stupid ass ringer on.
>> AOL Time Warner, released the new Steely Dan album "Everything Must Go" on CD and DVD Audio, the latter being an encrypted, "rip-proof" format.
Now, I hope someone can help me out on this. Is the purpose of DVD Audio for 5.1+ surround sound? Or do they mostly have extra content? Can OOG or WMA [or any thing else] handle these extra channels?
Yes, you did. In fact, on any Microsoft bug, there are over 700 posts, with approximately 300 modded up with "Informative" saying "XXX browser/os is not vulnerable to this".
So basically I'm waiting for all those posters who post this, as well as all the user moderators to step down from their high-and-mighty position and accept there is positives and negatives to everything, and stop pushing their beliefs on others like some door-to-door Jehovah's witness.
Linux is about a choice, let people choose.
But maybe I'm in the wrong community for that...
Unless I missed that this item is voice activated (and that's possible), I apologize for the horrible imagerY.
What about health concerns of the less-than-sanitary fellow who failed to wipe properly and proceeded to touch the screen to get more toilet papeR?
There is less concern of public toilets now-a-days because you only touch the paper you usE (at least in America). I'm no health freak, but a touch screen in a toilet stall just SOUNDS like a breeding ground for bacteriA!
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I could ... talk to a REAL LIVE ENGINEER (in many cases, the guys and gals that actually designed the software or hardware in question)
This annoys me to no end. I perform sysadmin duties and mild developer duties for the company I work for. I LOATHE (with a passion) the time I have to spend having to answer the tech support line. (Techs work 9a-5p, Business open 8a-2a)
As the only sysadmin on duty at night, I now much stop what I'm doing, and weigh potential outcomes. a) Is the person on the phone more important than what I'm fixing now? b) Will the person call management if I rush them off the phone trying to fix the problem I'm currently working. The list goes on. Have you ever been broken out of a "coding session" and lost your train of thought?
And to be quite honest, I don't want to talk to everyone. I am not "trained" to talk to people (ask my friends). I have a short fuse with any one not even remotely close to my level. I refuse to help my parents. And I'm sure many engineers/developers/sysadmins are the same way. They spent their skills in making things work, not people skills.
--I-- get frustrated when a user tells me "I'm using Internet Explorer" to my Operating System question. I am paid good company money to develop software and keep hardware running, not be a "Computers for Dummies" interactive tutorial!
No disassemble Johnny 5!!
In 45 days time, here are my company's official spam stats.
Total email processed: 271,217
Total junk email identified: 239,560
88.32779% of email sent to our company is identified as spam.
That's over 6000 a day.
That's over 67 per account per day.
Before we installed a spam filter (you may feel free to ask me which), each person had to sift through their hypothetical 10 emails and delete almost 9 spams.
I'm glad to see the EFF not only supports the digitial music initative but also mildly practices the fundamentals behind the MP3 drive and file-sharing.
:)
Their campaign title, "Let The Music Play" was a well known song in the 80s by a group called Shannon.
So, by (and I use the term loosely to be modded interesting) "infringing on the copyrights" and using a well-known song title as the campaign against the RIAA, it was not only clever marketing, but a witty double entendre.
A few posters do bring up a good question:
Can you claim your Wireless AP under the same type of device as an ISP and possibly be ok? Granted, you might have to produce a list of POSSIBLE people, but then you can just say you are an open network.
Also, the changing of usernames seems to be a funny "workaround" for the time being. But consider how the judge will see your anti-authoritive point-of-view. Maybe you might get off on a "jury of your peers" (why does that sound funny?), but you will more than likely not get a snicker from the judge.
Obviously IANAL, but can someone help me out on this?
but that artists should get paid for what they do
I am damn tired of everyone saying "artists should get paid for what they do." No $hit!. We all feel that way. That was an extremely predictable comment. No one in the public eye would ever say "yeah, I'm glad I steal music, screw those commie bastards and their wussy space station" (South Park reference).
Seriously though, this is a form of laziness. Everyone wants something, but hopes that someone else will do it for them. A message to everyone who is in the public eye: Do not only say you support things, for you have power and influence not only in your words. Support things with your person or pocketbook.
We, as consumers are getting screwed and do not have the resources to do this. THIS is charity. We are close, help us reach the top so we can help others.
How can I convince you that by helping our cause you will not only create less people that need to be helped, but more people who will be able to help?
You will ALWAYS get First Post ;)
This is the main reason why we are losing this battle. People like Charlie Demerjian, so vehemently oppose the [RI|MP]AA, their words and ideas are poisoned to the point it does nothing but turn off the casual reader and make us look like a pack of bloody savages.
While he may have a good point (donation to the EFF), this reads like a 17 year old who just got punished and is now lashing out at his/her parents.
We need THOROUGH research into ideas and solutions and then we can practice them. And believe me, when the solution which is right and true (as well as easy and quick) DOES come out, it will be accepted and adopted by all (references: Napster, KaZaa, et. al.).
In actuality, the entire article in an anagram.
What it really says is:
How To Quickly and Easy Get Posted on Slashdot
In a time where flattery will get you everywhere, there is no group to which this better applies than the geeks. Of course, we could have referenced other geek sites (that one with the 5 in it), but we chose not to. Geeks, who feel oppressed and underloved by society, love nothing more than to see their name in lights (or pixels) by a worthy editorial such as this. We chose to use the most whimsical of the geek-sites, Slashdot.org, and will see how quickly it works. A breakdown is as follows:
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Well, I've been anticipating iT! Sorry..
why would i buy a ring tone that i can't even hear?
I don't know, how about being considerate to other people? There's still always an idiot or four who leaves their phone on in the movie theatre/dinner/library/[insert other public place here]. I am about sick and tired of Joe Jerkoff and his friggen Ring-Tone-Of-The-Week.
This is brilliant! I am buying stock in this company. Those stupid enough to not remember to shut their ringers off in public places should be forced to have this.
Yes, I can understand if the cellphone is in a backpack. But if it's in a pocket on your person or hanging off the belt, there should be no excuse (other than being a parapalegic and not being able to feel your legs) should have that stupid ass ringer on.
Or, if you prefer, go download iT...
>> AOL Time Warner, released the new Steely Dan album "Everything Must Go" on CD and DVD Audio, the latter being an encrypted, "rip-proof" format.
Now, I hope someone can help me out on this. Is the purpose of DVD Audio for 5.1+ surround sound? Or do they mostly have extra content? Can OOG or WMA [or any thing else] handle these extra channels?
In case you didn't understand what ObviousGuy meant by "Operating System" or "OS", I quoth the article:
:)
Like Windows or Linux, QNX's program is an operating system, the traffic cop that organizes and runs a computer's many functions.
Fortune Magazine really coming through with the analogies for those PHBs.
SCO: I bet "Friday the 13th"
IBM: I call.
SCO: Umm..*looks at cards*
IBM: *smiles*
to be continued...
Now that it has been decided that there was price-fixing for Jan 1, 1995 to Dec 22, 2000; what about Dec 23, 2000 - Now?
Will prices of CDs go down? Will there be another class-action?
Will the prices go up? Will the RIAA say "We just had a lawsuit and we would cut CD prices, but there is still file-sharing and cannot afford it."
Lots of questions, no answers.
Did I miss any?
Yes, you did. In fact, on any Microsoft bug, there are over 700 posts, with approximately 300 modded up with "Informative" saying "XXX browser/os is not vulnerable to this".
So basically I'm waiting for all those posters who post this, as well as all the user moderators to step down from their high-and-mighty position and accept there is positives and negatives to everything, and stop pushing their beliefs on others like some door-to-door Jehovah's witness.
Linux is about a choice, let people choose.
But maybe I'm in the wrong community for that...
The dept line says "jupiter's-a-daddy"..
Who is the mommy? Mother Earth of course! Why not Venus? Although hot, she's deadly.
The only problem is that Earth has things that can be transferred from planet to planet.. humans! A cosmic STD if you will.
Unless I missed that this item is voice activated (and that's possible), I apologize for the horrible imagerY.
What about health concerns of the less-than-sanitary fellow who failed to wipe properly and proceeded to touch the screen to get more toilet papeR?
There is less concern of public toilets now-a-days because you only touch the paper you usE (at least in America). I'm no health freak, but a touch screen in a toilet stall just SOUNDS like a breeding ground for bacteriA!
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My question is, how does Verio email a complaint if their corporate servers are blacklisted?
My only problem with your suggestion is that it's a "touch screeN"
For more information about becoming part of this project, point your web browser to http://www.vatican.va/switch/
so it's quite easy for telemarketers to guess (and they do).
Isn't that a violation of the DMCA? If your code is considered a secret key, wouldn't trying to guess it illegal?
Time to setup some honeypots!
How may of the 6 that have posted profits have lied about their bookkeeping? :)
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That's a hoax/scam/virus and your friend is a moron.
How may of the 6 that have posted profits have lied about their bookkeeping? :)
-- That's a hoax/scam/virus and your friend is a moron.