A place that I do some work for is experimenting with using VNC for tech support. Talking to the person is useful, no doubt, but being able to actually see what's going on on their desktop is priceless.
It works pretty well if both ends are on high-speed net connections.
EVERY place I've worked for has had VNC for tech support. Is this that new?
This kind of brings up some interesting questions --
What happens when/if someone develops a search engine that really is better (gasp! horror!) than Google? Will people still continue to use Google because it's entrenched in their brains? Will people say Google and mean another search engine?
No. Used Hotbot for years because it was a much better search engine (to me at least.)
Several people would search for the answer to a difficult question, I would find it easily faster than they did.
When this started to stop, I inquired as to what search engine they used. Google was it.
I turned many people on to Hotbot, and then I turned many people on to Google. When you need information quickly, you will use whatever is most effective.
The guy is telling an honest anecdotal story which is relevant to the article. Just because you don't agree with the implications of what he's saying doesn't mean he's a troll.
How is this flamebait? He is just expressing his satisfaction with the article, and how the mods screwed up in modding this as a troll.
I realized this was happening years ago. My solution? Run with just 16 MB of RAM and a 4 GB swap partition. Sure, my machine gets a bit pokey but it keeps the cartel from stealing my money.
Exactly, the problem isn't video games. Its parents who dont belive they should have to have any form of interaction with their kids. I grew up with D&D, quake, duke nukem, and tons of war games. I am fine. My parents made a point of explaining the difference between fantasy and reality. Fantasy was me ninja kicking down the small tree outside. Reality was me doing hard labor in the yard for 6 straight weekends to pay for that tree.
That's great for you. I grew up with D&D, quake, duke nukem, and tons of war games.
My parents never had to tell me not to go around shooting rocket launchers. I knew this was wrong.
I think G.I. Joe may have informed me. Although I distinctly remember that them telling me was only half of what I needed to accomplish.
Blasting invaders from space is one thing; a game that lets you steal a car and run over the owner or murder prostitutes is over the line. It increases the allure of immoral behavior and blurs the line between right and wrong to an unacceptable degree in a society that is already plagued with people who cannot accept responsibility for themselves.
I remember all of those articles about people running across the street dressed in frog suits.
I realize that putting quotes around words makes them look all offical or something, but the thing that makes a quote *really* effective is a source citation.
Putting quotes around words does not make them "look all official or something."
It's intended to mean that I am infact quoting another source. From that you can take what you want from it.
If you read a thread with a +4 threshold, then you will all the recent posts that have not had a chance to receive an eventual +4 or +5 rating. I wish there was a way to request only the subset of posts that have been rated interesting or informative by at least one moderator. That wouldn't solve the case of omitting worthwhile posts that haven't been moderated yet, but it would reduce the effect of excluding underrated posts.
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A place that I do some work for is experimenting with using VNC for tech support. Talking to the person is useful, no doubt, but being able to actually see what's going on on their desktop is priceless.
It works pretty well if both ends are on high-speed net connections.
EVERY place I've worked for has had VNC for tech support. Is this that new?
This kind of brings up some interesting questions --
What happens when/if someone develops a search engine that really is better (gasp! horror!) than Google? Will people still continue to use Google because it's entrenched in their brains? Will people say Google and mean another search engine?
No. Used Hotbot for years because it was a much better search engine (to me at least.)
Several people would search for the answer to a difficult question, I would find it easily faster than they did.
When this started to stop, I inquired as to what search engine they used. Google was it.
I turned many people on to Hotbot, and then I turned many people on to Google. When you need information quickly, you will use whatever is most effective.
No kidding, just at work I've heard "Google it." and "Did you Google for it?" more than a few times.
That it ususally the first thing I say when someone asks me a very simple question.
The guy is telling an honest anecdotal story which is relevant to the article. Just because you don't agree with the implications of what he's saying doesn't mean he's a troll.
How is this flamebait? He is just expressing his satisfaction with the article, and how the mods screwed up in modding this as a troll.
Wake the fuck up, mods.
Nevermind.
My problem with this patch is its name - it was DoNotUseIE.phoenix, then DoNotUseIE.bird, now - apparently - its DoNotUseIE.patch. Enough already!
I thought it was "DoNotUseIE.fox"
They've changed it again?!?!!
I like your clever and subtle use of the apostrophe.
The real irony stands from the fact that I have "Bob's Quick Guide to the Apostrophe, you Idiots" on my cubicle wall.
Why hate and make fun of the French? It is so passe. (Like being part of the herd, eh?)
There are a lot more people out there making fun of American's than the French.
Besides it is much more fun to hate and pick on americans. They're narrow sighted, xenophobic, impossibly arrogant and easily brainwashed.
*MOOOOO*
Used to be spam tried to tell me something. Now it's so clogged with filter-defeaters that they can't manage to squeeze in a message.
Very good point. I haven't really understood a spam message in a while that has gotten through my filters.
A couple do get through, but I can't get an actual message out of them. Where is the value in doing this?
I bet it will have an effect, but more than likely the long-term effect will simply be to move even more of the spam off-shore.
This has been a trend that I've noticed for awhile. Soon all spam jobs will be moved off-shore, and our Government doesn't do anything to stop this.
Earthlink has personally been responsible for 3 severance packages I've recieved (3 ISPs, all bought by Earthlink, and my job phased out.)
Now they want to take away any possibility of me working to create, or to stop spam.
I'm outraged.
See, this is why I hate the french. I didn't understand a thing this guy just said, and I still think he sounded pretty wussy saying it.
(No Karma Bonus, because I keed!)
On another note, cue the anti-french sentiment from a post-terror american centric peanut gallery...
Hey! Don't try to tie in anti-french sentiment, and post-terror americans!
Allow me to hate the french without any other connected properties you insensitive clod!
You know, I've really been holding out on using KDE because it didn't support Law Saxon. What a relief.
Forget Low Saxon, Tajik is where it's at!
I realized this was happening years ago. My solution? Run with just 16 MB of RAM and a 4 GB swap partition. Sure, my machine gets a bit pokey but it keeps the cartel from stealing my money.
Ahh, my 'ls' from December just finished!
Must have been a very small directory.
Correct. If knowing is half the battle then what is the other half of the battle?
I think the other half involves assault rifles.
Exactly, the problem isn't video games. Its parents who dont belive they should have to have any form of interaction with their kids. I grew up with D&D, quake, duke nukem, and tons of war games. I am fine. My parents made a point of explaining the difference between fantasy and reality. Fantasy was me ninja kicking down the small tree outside. Reality was me doing hard labor in the yard for 6 straight weekends to pay for that tree.
That's great for you. I grew up with D&D, quake, duke nukem, and tons of war games.
My parents never had to tell me not to go around shooting rocket launchers. I knew this was wrong.
I think G.I. Joe may have informed me. Although I distinctly remember that them telling me was only half of what I needed to accomplish.
Blasting invaders from space is one thing; a game that lets you steal a car and run over the owner or murder prostitutes is over the line. It increases the allure of immoral behavior and blurs the line between right and wrong to an unacceptable degree in a society that is already plagued with people who cannot accept responsibility for themselves.
I remember all of those articles about people running across the street dressed in frog suits.
I knew it would come to this.
Its about time someone interviewed an important source about terrorism. Maybe now we can figure out what effect old-skool games had on the al-Qaida.
Al-Qaida probably went nuts after tirelessly fighting through each level only to realize the princess was in another castle.
LORD!
I realize that putting quotes around words makes them look all offical or something, but the thing that makes a quote *really* effective is a source citation.
Putting quotes around words does not make them "look all official or something."
It's intended to mean that I am infact quoting another source. From that you can take what you want from it.
I swear, the closer you get to Kennedy Space Center, the less chance they will offer it.
Of course. If Kennedy Space Center isn't sold out by the Thursday before the week, Nasa TV is blacked out for all the surrounding areas.
Go Support your local space exploration!
If a company gets sued they will hire lawyers. If they want to prevail they will hire lawyers with experience in the particular area of law.
A fortune 1000 company would certainly hire a competent law firm to defend it.
BTW it would be lawyers who present arguments not the company itself.
A fortune 1000 company would not only hire a "competent" law firm, but a very good law firm.
An excellent law firm. The best of the best.
While a lone individual may only hire a competent lawyer.
Thank goodness there are people out there who are keeping the magic alive!
Are those the people that still run bbs's via telnet?
Why did you post that? There's nothing worse than a useless comment.
BTW, I love your sig.
Try taking Livejournal as the cross section though. That's when the useful content plummets to almost nil.
I agree. Diaryland is much better.
If you read a thread with a +4 threshold, then you will all the recent posts that have not had a chance to receive an eventual +4 or +5 rating. I wish there was a way to request only the subset of posts that have been rated interesting or informative by at least one moderator. That wouldn't solve the case of omitting worthwhile posts that haven't been moderated yet, but it would reduce the effect of excluding underrated posts.
Too bad he'll never see your reply.