Will this PC crap never end? While using my neighborhood Wells Fargo today, I saw a sign posted to the ATM. The sign was in Braille, and printed on it was "For our Non-Sighted Customers". #1 - Is "blind" a bad word now? WTF is Non-Sighted??? #2 - Those "non-sighted customers" won't even be able to read the printing and be offended!
Call fat people fat. Call handicapped people handicapped (not "handi-capable" - how condescending). Call blind people blind. I'm a pasty white guy, and I wouldn't be offended if you called me that either! So eat it you PC bastards!
I just want to have the same message in two places.
b_pretender, You can have it this way, sort of. Outlook has a feature called "Categories". Here's how you set it up: Open the folder you want to show you Categories for every message. Go to View -> Current View -> Customize Current View. Click the Fields button. On the left side, you will see an item called Categories. Select it and click Add. Position it using the Move Up and Move Down buttons, and click OK, then OK again.
Now, to categorize a message, right click on it and choose Options. Click the Categories button and assign as many categories as you like. If you need to, click the Master Category List button and create new categories. Click OK, then Close.
You can now sort messages by category. You can also search for them based on categories. The Rules Wizard even has the capability to automatically assign categories, so you can customize that as well.
This isn't quite the same as having a message in two folders, but it may give you the functionality you desire.
His auctions list his location as Ontario, Canada. Perhaps that would make any use of the DMCA or other copyright laws impossible. It would at least severely complicate legal proceedings.
Thank you for making my point concisely. That is exactly what I was looking for. If someone is dicking around with computer security during his "spare" time, perhaps he should be given a more mentally stimulating position.
And yes, that would be a misquote. In the words of a CS friend of mine, "Ass != sex" (The Morgan Theorem). IMHO, that goes for everyone!
Hold on there. I think you're reading much more into my comment than I intended. At no point did I use the word "monkeys".
In fact, they obviously aren't dumbasses, because they got around whatever policy we had in place and started dicking around with Paint. I have since identified the hole (Motherboard Monitor's reporting in IE carries the System account's credentials with it) in the security plan and fixed it (no more MBM).
Sure, most employees try to get around roadblocks put on computer systems, which was exactly the point of the article. The trick is deciding who to block and how restrictive to be. Unfortunately, that means asking Management, "How much freedom should be given to users?" This is their call, not mine.
In an office-type setting, there are a set of tasks to be done, and as long as they are done well and on a timely basis, the management should not care what the employees do otherwise, including in some cases just going home. Manufacturing is different in that there is a certain process that requires carefully coordinated functions. If an employee is too busy drawing in Paint and lets a bunch of green parts fall to the floor, we have a problem.
Most manufacturing positions are not nearly as autonomous as desk jobs generally are.
In ALL businesses, computers are not toys. They are tools that in the end improve profits.
I am the network admin at a small manufacturing company (~300 people, including plant workers). With the ever-increasing number of workstations available to low-skilled workers (especially after hours), there is a great temptation to mess around with the computer when the boss isn't looking. We've had hard drives and RAM stolen (solution), people drawing "creative" wallpaper in MS Paint (solution), and all sorts of other unproductive stuff.
I'd love to be able to trust ALL network users, but unfortunately it is not possible in a manufacturing facility. If this was purely an office setting, then our T1 would be unrestricted.
IANAMCSE, but there are a few possible causes for this.
1) Your processor is just too slow.
2) You don't have enough RAM, so Windows has resorted to slow virtual memory. *crankcrank*
3) You have way too many items on your Start Menu. Try sorting things into subcategories.
4) You haven't tuned the Start Menu. A wonderful Microsoft PowerToy called TweakUI lets you change the delay used when expanding program groups (find it on the Mouse tab). Set it to the fastest setting. The only downside is that you can't "cut corners" when going to a menu item. The slider has 9 positions; pick one. I guess you could find it in the registry if you wanted to do even more fine-tuning.
FWIW, I have 2 1.2GHz machines with 512MB each (one Win2k, one XP Pro), and I've never had any problems with a sluggish Start Menu. But with Win2k server on a K6-2-333 w/128, yeah;)
I was in the same boat about a year ago. A friend of mine had just purchased the 4.1 surround version (now 5.1), and I was quite impressed. Not wanting to spend as much on computer speakers, I decided to get the 2.1 version, and I haven't looked back since. These speakers provide a full, rich sound that I've never heard from run-of-the-mill Altecs or Logitechs. If you are looking for quality sound at high volume or low, this is it.
I don't work for Klipsch or anything, yadda x 3. Just a satisfied customer here.
Oh, the ONE thing I don't like about the 2.1 is that the power button is on the sub. The 4.1 has a power switch on the right speaker.
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Will this PC crap never end? While using my neighborhood Wells Fargo today, I saw a sign posted to the ATM. The sign was in Braille, and printed on it was "For our Non-Sighted Customers". #1 - Is "blind" a bad word now? WTF is Non-Sighted??? #2 - Those "non-sighted customers" won't even be able to read the printing and be offended!
Call fat people fat. Call handicapped people handicapped (not "handi-capable" - how condescending). Call blind people blind. I'm a pasty white guy, and I wouldn't be offended if you called me that either! So eat it you PC bastards!
I just want to have the same message in two places.
b_pretender,
You can have it this way, sort of. Outlook has a feature called "Categories". Here's how you set it up:
Open the folder you want to show you Categories for every message. Go to View -> Current View -> Customize Current View.
Click the Fields button. On the left side, you will see an item called Categories.
Select it and click Add.
Position it using the Move Up and Move Down buttons, and click OK, then OK again.
Now, to categorize a message, right click on it and choose Options.
Click the Categories button and assign as many categories as you like. If you need to, click the Master Category List button and create new categories.
Click OK, then Close.
You can now sort messages by category. You can also search for them based on categories. The Rules Wizard even has the capability to automatically assign categories, so you can customize that as well.
This isn't quite the same as having a message in two folders, but it may give you the functionality you desire.
-IAmTheSuit
IANAL but...
His auctions list his location as Ontario, Canada. Perhaps that would make any use of the DMCA or other copyright laws impossible. It would at least severely complicate legal proceedings.
-IAmTheSuit
Shew, you're cynical.
Thank you for making my point concisely. That is exactly what I was looking for. If someone is dicking around with computer security during his "spare" time, perhaps he should be given a more mentally stimulating position.
And yes, that would be a misquote. In the words of a CS friend of mine, "Ass != sex" (The Morgan Theorem). IMHO, that goes for everyone!
Hold on there. I think you're reading much more into my comment than I intended. At no point did I use the word "monkeys".
In fact, they obviously aren't dumbasses, because they got around whatever policy we had in place and started dicking around with Paint. I have since identified the hole (Motherboard Monitor's reporting in IE carries the System account's credentials with it) in the security plan and fixed it (no more MBM).
Sure, most employees try to get around roadblocks put on computer systems, which was exactly the point of the article. The trick is deciding who to block and how restrictive to be. Unfortunately, that means asking Management, "How much freedom should be given to users?" This is their call, not mine.
In an office-type setting, there are a set of tasks to be done, and as long as they are done well and on a timely basis, the management should not care what the employees do otherwise, including in some cases just going home. Manufacturing is different in that there is a certain process that requires carefully coordinated functions. If an employee is too busy drawing in Paint and lets a bunch of green parts fall to the floor, we have a problem.
Most manufacturing positions are not nearly as autonomous as desk jobs generally are.
In ALL businesses, computers are not toys. They are tools that in the end improve profits.
I am the network admin at a small manufacturing company (~300 people, including plant workers). With the ever-increasing number of workstations available to low-skilled workers (especially after hours), there is a great temptation to mess around with the computer when the boss isn't looking. We've had hard drives and RAM stolen (solution), people drawing "creative" wallpaper in MS Paint (solution), and all sorts of other unproductive stuff.
I'd love to be able to trust ALL network users, but unfortunately it is not possible in a manufacturing facility. If this was purely an office setting, then our T1 would be unrestricted.
I hope they are encrypting the data. Everyone's traffic is being broadcasted to thousands of homes, all across the tri-state area!
Hmm, surveillance equipment will cost you what, maybe $5, at your local Ripoff Shack.
-IAmTheSuit
IANAMCSE, but there are a few possible causes for this.
;)
1) Your processor is just too slow.
2) You don't have enough RAM, so Windows has resorted to slow virtual memory. *crankcrank*
3) You have way too many items on your Start Menu. Try sorting things into subcategories.
4) You haven't tuned the Start Menu. A wonderful Microsoft PowerToy called TweakUI lets you change the delay used when expanding program groups (find it on the Mouse tab). Set it to the fastest setting. The only downside is that you can't "cut corners" when going to a menu item. The slider has 9 positions; pick one. I guess you could find it in the registry if you wanted to do even more fine-tuning.
FWIW, I have 2 1.2GHz machines with 512MB each (one Win2k, one XP Pro), and I've never had any problems with a sluggish Start Menu. But with Win2k server on a K6-2-333 w/128, yeah
-IAmTheSuit
I was in the same boat about a year ago. A friend of mine had just purchased the 4.1 surround version (now 5.1), and I was quite impressed. Not wanting to spend as much on computer speakers, I decided to get the 2.1 version, and I haven't looked back since. These speakers provide a full, rich sound that I've never heard from run-of-the-mill Altecs or Logitechs. If you are looking for quality sound at high volume or low, this is it.
I don't work for Klipsch or anything, yadda x 3. Just a satisfied customer here.
Oh, the ONE thing I don't like about the 2.1 is that the power button is on the sub. The 4.1 has a power switch on the right speaker.
-IAmTheSuit