He now has to register as a sex offender, even though he denies that he did anything his computer says he did. Makes me glad for built in pop-up blocking in Mozilla."
Ohhhh...yeah. That. Well.......my....uhhhh....browser did it. That's it. My browser was taken over by aliens...no, adware and it went to all those sites and entered my credit card into those sites by....uh....stealing it from Amazon. NO, eBay...yeah sneaky little bugger. And it also burned those CD's in my closet that are separated by ages.
It was crummy money but I tripled it in less than 5 years in the early 80's.
The bottom line is that money is less important than experience. If you get pigeon-holed writing some dead language like QuickJob or StruBASIC for better money, you don't win. Take less money to get the experience that will pay off in a few years. You want to use in-demand languages in in-demand application areas. Screw the money. Having fun is more important than fun.
I remember being at the beach and calling my bigshot CPA buddies at their office all weekend to rag on them. Or my ex who was pounding RPG code in a mill somewhere. Their response was always "Yeah but I'll be a VP when I am 40" which got them "Yeah but you'll still be OLD just like me".
Take the hot job with the hot skillset and have fun.
The worst thing is everytime power went out, we would get these memos from the CFO wanting retina-reading or fingerprint reading technology for passwords. Jiminy Christmas. A $10k password-avoidance media on a $5k machine because a $100k VP can't remember a stupid password like his wife's name. I should have changed the VP-Personnel's password to "mysecretaryridesthebalonypony". He would have remembered that! (note: The first guy listed in Contacts in the email directory gets a lot of interesting stuff because they get added to the To: box by accident a lot)
A guy on my hall gave up his fraternity secrets for sex.
Our new tablet PC's have card readers. When I worked at a Fortune 70, we found that no employee over Sr Manager level could remember a password, even if written down where they could see it. So what do you do. We just gave them a blank password. Now they could do emails and spreadsheets but not passwords.
How sad that we are willing to go to the wall for images of women being degraded by rape, Russian pre-teens engaging in "actual incest" and unconscious women being groped. And we call it "freedom". I guess that is the mark of a "progressive" society these days.
Usenet was a haven for "GET RICH QUICK!!" and "ADD YOUR NAME" scams. Everyone was getting rich in those days. Some usenet groups were nothing but get rich schemes. I was always amazed that people would offer their address so willingly. But then, their cousin always knew someone who got rich doing it.
When the email spam started, people went haywire. But I don't think anyone ever imagined it would explode like today.
I saw it when it first came out. It was a joke. It was an answer to a request by someone to find a picture of Fonda and Kerry. It was basically a Fark.
These goomers need to relax and find another vendetta. Otherwise, Fark is going out of business.
The worst is The Devils Advocate. He will argue one side and if he doesn't get the desired result, he will begin to argue the opposite side. These people are worthless and should be strangled as quickly as humanly possible.
When I worked at AT&T, we were given beepers. When we were called into a meeting (AT&T doesn't have small short meetings...they are always marathons), we would request someone page us in 10 minutes. If the meeting was worthwhile, we stayed. If it wasn't, we bolted. That was fine until everyone else started doing it and it looked like a bomb threat had been called in.
"Man that sucks. That could ruin your whole trip and cost the company money" "He really fouled that up". "Typical. Those guys are idiots" "What a jerk. He should have been more responsive"
Extra points for pretending to be sincere while you are saying it. They like that.
I worked in a motel that had a sewage treatment plant. Every morning (summer in the south so it's hot), I walked down, donned a yellow glove, and pulled condoms from the grate. I tossed them into a bucket. When the bucket got full, I dumped it into the dumpster. Then I turned off the jets and scraped off the shit that had collected on the sides of the tank with a broom. Then I reversed the jets to clear them. Then restarted the plant.
It would seem to me that four 1G (1X512M) sets and a battery would accomplish the same type thing. I thought the only reason for a hard drive was because you couldn't match the same capacity with RAM. Well, 4 gig just ain't that much.
I doubt that seriously although I'm sure there is an agreement not to divulge price.
Oddly, I have been in that building multiple times and this is the first time I have seen the infamous supercomputer. I guess I should have walked downstairs and taken a peek.
Drake is the easiest to install and use. It's fat as a hog and eats memory like a PacMan machine but it will get you where you need to be. I do all my unix stuff on consoles at work and all my X stuff in Drake at home. I find it to be a perfect fit. I refer to it as Newbie Linux.
When I worked at a Fortune 70, we had a VP who was so clueless, he could never shut down his email program because he didn't know how to enter his password. When the power would flicker, the Controller would leave her office or meeting, go upstairs and sign him on to his email program. Upper management prided themselves on their cluelessness because it made them seem superior. It wasn't until their teenagers looked at them as relics that they started to get concerned about being left behind.
Of course, that didn't stop the VP from coming up with GREAT suggestions that he read about in trade magazines.
A small segment of the working white collar world is not comfortable putting things in writing. They don't want documentation of their cluelessness. They will tell you things via voice but you should always a demand an email. If they complain their request has been ignored, remind them of the email requirement. Eventually, they will find someone else to annoy.
Another segment hates email. Face it, they hate ANY technology. I call these the 12 O Clock crowd because that is what is blinking on their VCR and microwave all the time. These are the people who call Tech Support to change their background once a month when their son sends them a new baby picture. They would never dream of simply doing what they were instructed last time they called. And if you send them written instructions, you are wasting your time. When you mention that an email is required, they will get the Stunned Bunny look and simply decide their request is foolish anyway.
Also, make sure the requestor signs off on test results. That shakes a WHOLE lot of people. You will eventually be reduced to working on truly important matters rather than time fillers.
Actually, the big money is in replacing the cells after storms or limb falls or when new technology makes it economically sound to replace the existing system. If retailers could get steady customers, I bet they would see a lot of repeat business. The problem is getting enough customers to keep busy.
Every year, it was going to put the power companies out of business. The last time I priced it in 1999, it was still too expensive. I hate to sound conspiritorial, but it sounds to me like someone is jiggling the switch. It is 2003. Why don't we have affordable solar power for home use?
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Ohhhh...yeah. That. Well.......my....uhhhh....browser did it. That's it. My browser was taken over by aliens...no, adware and it went to all those sites and entered my credit card into those sites by
I was setting up a new machine. I turned it on, it set up XP. Before I could get the firewall installed, it was infected.
Luckily, we are all firewalled to the hilt so we haven't been hit anywhere else.
A robotic Jewish mother. I wonder if it ever asks why you never call when you don't need something.
It was crummy money but I tripled it in less than 5 years in the early 80's.
The bottom line is that money is less important than experience. If you get pigeon-holed writing some dead language like QuickJob or StruBASIC for better money, you don't win. Take less money to get the experience that will pay off in a few years. You want to use in-demand languages in in-demand application areas. Screw the money. Having fun is more important than fun.
I remember being at the beach and calling my bigshot CPA buddies at their office all weekend to rag on them. Or my ex who was pounding RPG code in a mill somewhere. Their response was always "Yeah but I'll be a VP when I am 40" which got them "Yeah but you'll still be OLD just like me".
Take the hot job with the hot skillset and have fun.
The worst thing is everytime power went out, we would get these memos from the CFO wanting retina-reading or fingerprint reading technology for passwords. Jiminy Christmas. A $10k password-avoidance media on a $5k machine because a $100k VP can't remember a stupid password like his wife's name. I should have changed the VP-Personnel's password to "mysecretaryridesthebalonypony". He would have remembered that! (note: The first guy listed in Contacts in the email directory gets a lot of interesting stuff because they get added to the To: box by accident a lot)
Do you hug your mom with those nasty hands?
Our new tablet PC's have card readers. When I worked at a Fortune 70, we found that no employee over Sr Manager level could remember a password, even if written down where they could see it. So what do you do. We just gave them a blank password. Now they could do emails and spreadsheets but not passwords.
Go figure.
Thank you. I thought I was clairvoyant for a minute.
How sad that we are willing to go to the wall for images of women being degraded by rape, Russian pre-teens engaging in "actual incest" and unconscious women being groped. And we call it "freedom". I guess that is the mark of a "progressive" society these days.
You are CORRECT, sir.
Usenet was a haven for "GET RICH QUICK!!" and "ADD YOUR NAME" scams. Everyone was getting rich in those days. Some usenet groups were nothing but get rich schemes. I was always amazed that people would offer their address so willingly. But then, their cousin always knew someone who got rich doing it.
When the email spam started, people went haywire. But I don't think anyone ever imagined it would explode like today.
I saw it when it first came out. It was a joke. It was an answer to a request by someone to find a picture of Fonda and Kerry. It was basically a Fark.
These goomers need to relax and find another vendetta. Otherwise, Fark is going out of business.
How can you tell to what caste a person belongs?
The worst is The Devils Advocate. He will argue one side and if he doesn't get the desired result, he will begin to argue the opposite side. These people are worthless and should be strangled as quickly as humanly possible.
When I worked at AT&T, we were given beepers. When we were called into a meeting (AT&T doesn't have small short meetings...they are always marathons), we would request someone page us in 10 minutes. If the meeting was worthwhile, we stayed. If it wasn't, we bolted. That was fine until everyone else started doing it and it looked like a bomb threat had been called in.
Here's what you should say when she does it:
"Man that sucks. That could ruin your whole trip and cost the company money"
"He really fouled that up".
"Typical. Those guys are idiots"
"What a jerk. He should have been more responsive"
Extra points for pretending to be sincere while you are saying it. They like that.
If they had used an Amiga, they wouldn't be having problems right now.
I worked in a motel that had a sewage treatment plant. Every morning (summer in the south so it's hot), I walked down, donned a yellow glove, and pulled condoms from the grate. I tossed them into a bucket. When the bucket got full, I dumped it into the dumpster. Then I turned off the jets and scraped off the shit that had collected on the sides of the tank with a broom. Then I reversed the jets to clear them. Then restarted the plant.
All of this with a hangover.
It would seem to me that four 1G (1X512M) sets and a battery would accomplish the same type thing. I thought the only reason for a hard drive was because you couldn't match the same capacity with RAM. Well, 4 gig just ain't that much.
Now 40G will get my attention.
I doubt that seriously although I'm sure there is an agreement not to divulge price.
Oddly, I have been in that building multiple times and this is the first time I have seen the infamous supercomputer. I guess I should have walked downstairs and taken a peek.
You'd think a Jedi could handle a little slashdotting.
He should have joined the Dark Side.
Drake is the easiest to install and use. It's fat as a hog and eats memory like a PacMan machine but it will get you where you need to be. I do all my unix stuff on consoles at work and all my X stuff in Drake at home. I find it to be a perfect fit. I refer to it as Newbie Linux.
Even worse. Imagine people fooling with this thing while they drive down the road.
When I worked at a Fortune 70, we had a VP who was so clueless, he could never shut down his email program because he didn't know how to enter his password. When the power would flicker, the Controller would leave her office or meeting, go upstairs and sign him on to his email program. Upper management prided themselves on their cluelessness because it made them seem superior. It wasn't until their teenagers looked at them as relics that they started to get concerned about being left behind.
Of course, that didn't stop the VP from coming up with GREAT suggestions that he read about in trade magazines.
A small segment of the working white collar world is not comfortable putting things in writing. They don't want documentation of their cluelessness. They will tell you things via voice but you should always a demand an email. If they complain their request has been ignored, remind them of the email requirement. Eventually, they will find someone else to annoy.
Another segment hates email. Face it, they hate ANY technology. I call these the 12 O Clock crowd because that is what is blinking on their VCR and microwave all the time. These are the people who call Tech Support to change their background once a month when their son sends them a new baby picture. They would never dream of simply doing what they were instructed last time they called. And if you send them written instructions, you are wasting your time. When you mention that an email is required, they will get the Stunned Bunny look and simply decide their request is foolish anyway.
Also, make sure the requestor signs off on test results. That shakes a WHOLE lot of people. You will eventually be reduced to working on truly important matters rather than time fillers.
Actually, the big money is in replacing the cells after storms or limb falls or when new technology makes it economically sound to replace the existing system. If retailers could get steady customers, I bet they would see a lot of repeat business. The problem is getting enough customers to keep busy.
Every year, it was going to put the power companies out of business. The last time I priced it in 1999, it was still too expensive. I hate to sound conspiritorial, but it sounds to me like someone is jiggling the switch. It is 2003. Why don't we have affordable solar power for home use?