Open Office has worked okay for me. I do writeoccasionally, and I am usually impressed with some feature I find in bits of OOo, that handle the functionality that is expected (when exchanging digital documents).
I sure hope Microsoft makes it easy for others to exchange documents with me.
The scientists are right and Einstein wasn't 100% correct.
If option (1) is true, it means we're entering that sort of post-Einsteinian "What the hell's going on here" phase in science, where we have a theory that we thought is good and we have some measurements which we also know are good and conflict with the theory. This will lead to lots more experiments being done and allow us to invent hyperspace faster.
Totally. Get me off this crazy planet! Seriously. I've been paying attention to various things like this (with the help of/.), and I can't wait for Gravity Probe B to (hopefully) raise some more questions, among other projects.
With this planet's increasing inhospitability, I'd like to at least check out Mars in my lifetime. Perhaps there's intelligent life over there, 'cause there's certainly not much here.
Job postings that require security clearances are usually government jobs, possibly as a contractor, which (obviously) requires it.
I popped up because there are not many government contracting agencies on the website, Recruiter-Rater which deal with government agencies. I invite Slashdot readers to post some, and help weed out the spam, scams, and bad recruiters.
If you want to keep something private, keep it to yourself.
Uh, sure. Most of us do this, and then this information (SoSec, address, phone, email, etc) is sold to another company. Try getting utilities turned on at your apartment without divulging personal information. They won't do it. This is bad.
In short, quite your whining and develop some common sense.
Hm, let's see... live without power, live without gas, water, sewer, or Internet. Good plan, buddy. We'll chat again when you go to your friend's house to post again.
Seconded -- don't fuck with my Internet. Me and many other people here on Slashdot, we built the fucking Internet. We build it with our hands, sweat, and time -- and to some of us it is what we will dedicate our lives working on and building out. I'll be damned if I see my hard work go down in flames at the hands of Verizon. Call up your senator and tell them: "Don't fuck with my Internet!" Moveon.org has a list of your officials to call.
I was interested in working for Google -- mostly for a job. I even had someone from inside recommend me -- I figured I'd be in, no problem. Rather than being interviewed for my skills, or the relevant department, they interviewed me for a sysadmin. No problem, I'm a sysadmin I thought. I didn't do the CS route at a university, though, and there were some highly relevant things that I just didn't know how to answer. I didn't pass round two.
So I tried to get another interview for a while, but no bites. Google has made it clear that they aren't interested in my work. I've stopped trying to get a job there. Besides, I don't think I can sit in a cube and take long drudgery with the occasional stinging bits of punnishment. I like all my punnishment unending and all at once, and so I just work for startups.
While I've been forced to use Notes on Windows in some of my gigs, I'd prefer to still use PINE, thank you very much. This isn't a piece of software I would *choose* to use, but something I might use rather than having a an additional machine just to run Windows and Notes. Note: I am a unix systems administrator.
Notes is well known for its 'unique' interface. too much repetition? Why does this post have too much repetition?
Given that most of us probably read email essentially the same way as elm/pine did for us a decade ago, it sure would be swell to see updates to these metaphors.
I'm *still* using PINE, you insensitive clod!
Seriously. I just started using Evolution this week, but I'm having a hard time figuring out how to sync my Nokia 3650 with pretty much any Linux-based PIM, so I don't yet think it will do more for me than PINE.
This is actually kinda neat, but I'm a developer who gets involved with things like this. Where else can you get an index of products, and their barcodes? I had thought of building one, but it looks like there's no longer a need to. I'll certainly be contributing.
Uh, yah. I used to work at an ISP for support. I would walk people through setting up Trumpet Winsock. Over the phone. Sometimes this would require tweaking the script. I never used analog phone modems again.
This is actually nice -- now the police officers are engaged in wardriving. Now I won't worry so much when I do it, and the police wonder what all that equipment in my car is.
I certainly hope they don't pay thousands of dollars for their wardriving rigs, and I also hope there is enough accounting to deal with abuses the police officers might feel the need to engage in.
Perhaps we can send messages to our wardriving cops via the open wireless networks, like "Happy Wardriving!"
Interesting concept, but I don't think those are credit courses. I'd like to take the entirety of college via something like this, or an over-the-web curriculum. Instead, I wait for something like Wikiversity, and perhaps other projects. I helped build this Internet instead of going to college. I'd like to get a some kind of diploma for it -- use the Internet to complete the rest of my education. Wikipedia has been a great non-credit way to make up for my some of my lack of schooling.
No no. Mom and Pop ISPs will fall by the wayside, in favor of the evil Verizon overlords.
Most of the money an ISP gets, goes directly to Verizon, since they own the lines. They pay Verizon to reach their customers, and they pay Verizon for the outbound pipe. In essence, Verizon gets paid TWICE for every Internet connection. If they had their way, they'd charge us four times or more....and people keep buying $29.99 phone plans from them in droves. I have screaming arguments with my mom, where she insists I just go sign-up with Verizon. Ugh!
I had a problem with AT&T (Cingular) for a while. I was unable to send or receive text messages. So, I called. They had me reboot the phone, try to send a text message, and try to receive a text message. I was unemployed, so I found this amusing for the first couple of weeks -- calling every day, sometimes several times a day.
They don't talk to eachother. Every time I called, it was like it was a new problem. Eventually, the CSRs told me to take it to the Cingular store, which I did. The guy behind the counter was confused as to why the CSR told me to go to the store, and directed me to a telephone in the parking lot where I could call back into the company system. I made a stink. I talked to the manager. They wouldn't do anything.
Eventually I fixed the problem myself -- I fsck'd the MMC card in my Nokia 3650.
I want a new phone, and a new carrier. T-Mobile is the runner up. I won't even think of Verizon.
Oh, but don't you know that using intentionally open free Wi-Fi networks is inherently illegal, immoral, and gets my panties up in a bunch? This guy should be executed for his crimes!
This is also common. The coffee houses here in the South Side of Pittsburgh have signs that say 'Free Internet'. There's no disclaimer, provisions, or signed documents. Why need 'em? Generally, the lower cost places simply plug an AP into a DSL router, and call it done. Places like Starbucks and the Telerama hotspots have a splashpage, and instructions for you to login, but those are expensive solutions to implement (Even though Telerama does it cheap, see tv.seattlewireless.net for a video on Telerama's installations).
The root of the problem, is that people are uninformed. You can't drive a car without a license, but you can distribute Internet to your neighborhood, operate a powerboat, weild power tools, and spawn childeren. Which one is more dangerous?
There are generally two camps when free Wi-Fi is discussed:
Using Free Wi-Fi is illegal, and the guy should rot in jail the rest of his life (OMG, he's STEALING!)
AP Owners should take responsibility for their actions (secure the Wi-Fi, etc)
In the case of the former, uninformed unknowledgeable people do the knee-jerk, freaking out like they are victims. Like you said, it's all FUD, but when the guy ends-up in jail for using a free service, this makes me a little scared, that my laptop will open in the wrong place, and I'll be the next guy to walk the plank.
Oddly enough, my friend's car was vandalized by some drunk idiot. I mean, multiple keyings, dented hood, broken side mirrors -- they did a good job, the car looks like hell. So, he went to call the police, and it was busy -- ALL DAY LONG. Eventually he called 911, because he couldn't get through. After explaining the situation, the operator asked him why he didn't call there first. "Because it's for emergencies," my friend said. The operator told him to use 911 next time. Go figure.
This is awesome news for me. This means I can spend more time at home without pants!
Every time Google comes out with a new way to pay people like me to do advertising, is almost an entire additional month that I can spend at home without any pants on. Who needs a recruiter, when I don't ever have to leave the house?
I understand, from one of the developers of Linuxcare, that the company was managed poorly, chose silly routes for their services, and were probably a little ahead of their time. Let's hope they make this work.
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Open Office has worked okay for me. I do write occasionally, and I am usually impressed with some feature I find in bits of OOo, that handle the functionality that is expected (when exchanging digital documents).
I sure hope Microsoft makes it easy for others to exchange documents with me.
The scientists are right and Einstein wasn't 100% correct.
/.), and I can't wait for Gravity Probe B to (hopefully) raise some more questions, among other projects.
If option (1) is true, it means we're entering that sort of post-Einsteinian "What the hell's going on here" phase in science, where we have a theory that we thought is good and we have some measurements which we also know are good and conflict with the theory. This will lead to lots more experiments being done and allow us to invent hyperspace faster.
Totally. Get me off this crazy planet! Seriously. I've been paying attention to various things like this (with the help of
With this planet's increasing inhospitability, I'd like to at least check out Mars in my lifetime. Perhaps there's intelligent life over there, 'cause there's certainly not much here.
Job postings that require security clearances are usually government jobs, possibly as a contractor, which (obviously) requires it.
I popped up because there are not many government contracting agencies on the website, Recruiter-Rater which deal with government agencies. I invite Slashdot readers to post some, and help weed out the spam, scams, and bad recruiters.
If you want to keep something private, keep it to yourself.
Uh, sure. Most of us do this, and then this information (SoSec, address, phone, email, etc) is sold to another company. Try getting utilities turned on at your apartment without divulging personal information. They won't do it. This is bad.
In short, quite your whining and develop some common sense. Hm, let's see... live without power, live without gas, water, sewer, or Internet. Good plan, buddy. We'll chat again when you go to your friend's house to post again.
Seconded -- don't fuck with my Internet. Me and many other people here on Slashdot, we built the fucking Internet. We build it with our hands, sweat, and time -- and to some of us it is what we will dedicate our lives working on and building out. I'll be damned if I see my hard work go down in flames at the hands of Verizon. Call up your senator and tell them: "Don't fuck with my Internet!" Moveon.org has a list of your officials to call.
I was interested in working for Google -- mostly for a job. I even had someone from inside recommend me -- I figured I'd be in, no problem. Rather than being interviewed for my skills, or the relevant department, they interviewed me for a sysadmin. No problem, I'm a sysadmin I thought. I didn't do the CS route at a university, though, and there were some highly relevant things that I just didn't know how to answer. I didn't pass round two.
So I tried to get another interview for a while, but no bites. Google has made it clear that they aren't interested in my work. I've stopped trying to get a job there. Besides, I don't think I can sit in a cube and take long drudgery with the occasional stinging bits of punnishment. I like all my punnishment unending and all at once, and so I just work for startups.
While I've been forced to use Notes on Windows in some of my gigs, I'd prefer to still use PINE, thank you very much. This isn't a piece of software I would *choose* to use, but something I might use rather than having a an additional machine just to run Windows and Notes. Note: I am a unix systems administrator.
Notes is well known for its 'unique' interface. too much repetition? Why does this post have too much repetition?
Haven't you been using SSL with your IMAP, or SMTP? It seems to work okay.
Given that most of us probably read email essentially the same way as elm/pine did for us a decade ago, it sure would be swell to see updates to these metaphors.
I'm *still* using PINE, you insensitive clod!
Seriously. I just started using Evolution this week, but I'm having a hard time figuring out how to sync my Nokia 3650 with pretty much any Linux-based PIM, so I don't yet think it will do more for me than PINE.
I'm still crossing my fingers. I bet my immune system against bird flu. Whom else is with me?
They can alter my DVR when they pry it from my cold dead hands!
This is actually kinda neat, but I'm a developer who gets involved with things like this. Where else can you get an index of products, and their barcodes? I had thought of building one, but it looks like there's no longer a need to. I'll certainly be contributing.
Uh, yah. I used to work at an ISP for support. I would walk people through setting up Trumpet Winsock. Over the phone. Sometimes this would require tweaking the script. I never used analog phone modems again.
This is actually nice -- now the police officers are engaged in wardriving. Now I won't worry so much when I do it, and the police wonder what all that equipment in my car is.
I certainly hope they don't pay thousands of dollars for their wardriving rigs, and I also hope there is enough accounting to deal with abuses the police officers might feel the need to engage in.
Perhaps we can send messages to our wardriving cops via the open wireless networks, like "Happy Wardriving!"
Interesting concept, but I don't think those are credit courses. I'd like to take the entirety of college via something like this, or an over-the-web curriculum. Instead, I wait for something like Wikiversity, and perhaps other projects. I helped build this Internet instead of going to college. I'd like to get a some kind of diploma for it -- use the Internet to complete the rest of my education. Wikipedia has been a great non-credit way to make up for my some of my lack of schooling.
No no. Mom and Pop ISPs will fall by the wayside, in favor of the evil Verizon overlords. Most of the money an ISP gets, goes directly to Verizon, since they own the lines. They pay Verizon to reach their customers, and they pay Verizon for the outbound pipe. In essence, Verizon gets paid TWICE for every Internet connection. If they had their way, they'd charge us four times or more. ...and people keep buying $29.99 phone plans from them in droves. I have screaming arguments with my mom, where she insists I just go sign-up with Verizon. Ugh!
I had a problem with AT&T (Cingular) for a while. I was unable to send or receive text messages. So, I called. They had me reboot the phone, try to send a text message, and try to receive a text message. I was unemployed, so I found this amusing for the first couple of weeks -- calling every day, sometimes several times a day. They don't talk to eachother. Every time I called, it was like it was a new problem. Eventually, the CSRs told me to take it to the Cingular store, which I did. The guy behind the counter was confused as to why the CSR told me to go to the store, and directed me to a telephone in the parking lot where I could call back into the company system. I made a stink. I talked to the manager. They wouldn't do anything. Eventually I fixed the problem myself -- I fsck'd the MMC card in my Nokia 3650. I want a new phone, and a new carrier. T-Mobile is the runner up. I won't even think of Verizon.
How does 'theft of service' happen with 'free wifi'? How can I steal something that is free?
Oh, but don't you know that using intentionally open free Wi-Fi networks is inherently illegal, immoral, and gets my panties up in a bunch? This guy should be executed for his crimes!
This is also common. The coffee houses here in the South Side of Pittsburgh have signs that say 'Free Internet'. There's no disclaimer, provisions, or signed documents. Why need 'em? Generally, the lower cost places simply plug an AP into a DSL router, and call it done. Places like Starbucks and the Telerama hotspots have a splashpage, and instructions for you to login, but those are expensive solutions to implement (Even though Telerama does it cheap, see tv.seattlewireless.net for a video on Telerama's installations).
The root of the problem, is that people are uninformed. You can't drive a car without a license, but you can distribute Internet to your neighborhood, operate a powerboat, weild power tools, and spawn childeren. Which one is more dangerous?
- Using Free Wi-Fi is illegal, and the guy should rot in jail the rest of his life (OMG, he's STEALING!)
- AP Owners should take responsibility for their actions (secure the Wi-Fi, etc)
In the case of the former, uninformed unknowledgeable people do the knee-jerk, freaking out like they are victims. Like you said, it's all FUD, but when the guy ends-up in jail for using a free service, this makes me a little scared, that my laptop will open in the wrong place, and I'll be the next guy to walk the plank.Did I mention that wardriving is fun?
Oddly enough, my friend's car was vandalized by some drunk idiot. I mean, multiple keyings, dented hood, broken side mirrors -- they did a good job, the car looks like hell. So, he went to call the police, and it was busy -- ALL DAY LONG. Eventually he called 911, because he couldn't get through. After explaining the situation, the operator asked him why he didn't call there first. "Because it's for emergencies," my friend said. The operator told him to use 911 next time. Go figure.
Ah, yes, that was me!
This is awesome news for me. This means I can spend more time at home without pants!
Every time Google comes out with a new way to pay people like me to do advertising, is almost an entire additional month that I can spend at home without any pants on. Who needs a recruiter, when I don't ever have to leave the house?
I understand, from one of the developers of Linuxcare, that the company was managed poorly, chose silly routes for their services, and were probably a little ahead of their time. Let's hope they make this work.