Probably the biggest problem is I can't upload pictures from either of my iDevices. There isn't a Google+ app in the App Store so one of the things I do (upload pics) isn't available. I am on it since my daughter is using Google+ more than Facebook.
The B&N stores where I am will call the other "local" B&N stores in the area for the book I'm looking for, _then_ say they can order it for me if they don't have it. If it's in one of the other stores, I'll gladly ride over to get it. But if it's "I'll order it", I decline. I can order it and I don't have to come back to pick it up.
Microsoftie Bob: Hmmm, how can we get folks to migrate off of the next version of Office quicker? Microsoftie Bill: I know! We'll disable VBA Macros. Folks will complain and we'll have more time to work on the code. Microsoftie Bob: Yea, it worked for Vista!
This is probably one of the changes, but Sun had a 15 year lifecycle for hardware vs 5 years for Dell equipment (for example). It was a benefit for purchasing Sun equipment. We're still running T2000's here at work and they run fine. Heck, we didn't upgrade the hardware because Oracle raised the prices on multi-core Sun Ultra chips. But they're still chugging along working fine.
Heh, my Dad was a computer operator in the Navy (Naval Tactical Data Systems officer) and told me way back in the 70's to not get involved in computers as you'd only become a maintenance guy dusting the cabinets.
Why stupid? Think of insurance as Teaching A Horse To Talk
A man is sentenced to die by the king. As the verdict is announced, the man says, "Wait! If you spare my life, I promise that in one year, I will teach your horse to talk. If I fail, you can kill me then." The king is intrigued, and figures he has nothing to lose, so he agrees. Afterwards, the man's friend says, "Are you crazy? You'll never teach the king's horse to talk." The man laughs and says, "Think of it this way. I have an extra year to live, and a lot can happen in a year. I might die. The king might die. And who knows, maybe the horse will learn to talk."
Lots of things could happen before an emergency extraction is needed. She gets a job and is on another insurance company is what they're betting on. They're also betting on other issues making it moot such as a disfiguring or even fatal accident that might be the other driver's fault. Essentially the insurance company is betting you several thousand dollars against your $300 that they won't be the ones called to resolve the problem.
I've used Sharepoint at work and don't see the attraction. It was hard to use and impossible to maintain a dynamic document store like MediaWiki. You have to check out the document, open it in Word, make changes, save the document to a known location, exit Word, then check it back in vs clicking Edit in MediaWiki, making your changes and saving it.
I do have managers doing interesting stuff with it, embedding statistical spreadsheets and creating graphs but those things aren't things I do on a day to day basis as a Unix Admin. I need to be able to quickly find a document and then make changes if needed.
Last I heard, there was some problem with our SharePoint back end server that was preventing the upgrade to the new version which has a wiki as part of the tool. In the mean time, other departments have deployed MediaWiki and are documenting their processes and procedures on the fly. They're finding it so much easier that they're migrating the documents off of SharePoint and to the wiki.
Well, if the OP has seen "there is no cake" more often than "the cake is a lie", as far as they're concerned, they are using the correct quotation. I would be surprised to find someone actually spends any amount of time making sure the quotation they're using is accurate. Perhaps we need a google quotation checker go to with a spell checker and grammar checker. "You said 'There is no cake', did you mean to say 'the cake is a lie'?"
I'm not seeing where anyone said it was a bad thing. Of course I haven't read all the following posts yet so there may be someone down below who says that.
Heck, they happen all the time. It's happening right now in fact. They should invest in space flight. Then they could go up whenever they like and view a solar eclipse.
Right now I'm dealing with an HP Script Monkey. It's taken me almost a week of back and forth. The last update I got from them indicates the SM ignored or failed to understand the update I made to the ticket the day before.
I get this too. I have four systems so I get comments like, "think you're still at NASA?" or the ever popular "planning on getting a tan?":) Two desktop PCs with synergy tied monitors running Ubuntu. My MacBook Pro with attached monitor. And my old Windows laptop for the occasional console access that doesn't work on the other systems (java sucks donkey balls, just saying).
It's in a three across one on top with the Windows laptop way off to the right behind a monitor.
Left are my inventory and status report web pages with the occasional open term.
Top is Entourage with company e-mail.
The Mac screen has a browser which alternates with my main terminal window (set in amber on black:) ).
The forth screen isn't always used so it has 12,000 pictures for the screen saver to roll through. I'll pop it up if I need to look something up or need another term and the other screens are busy.
That's when they put the magnetic sensors under the road surface to check your RFID and if you get from place A to place B faster than the speed limit would allow, you'll get a pop up on your HUD with
Greetings Law Breaker
The State has determined you have exceeded the posted speed by an average of 25 KPH over the course of the past 6 blocks.
Do you wish to dispute this?
Yes No
You have selected "dispute this claim." Are you sure?
Yes No
You have confirmed that you are sure. Your vehicle will stop in 20 seconds to await your local police. Please pull to the side of the road to prevent impeding traffic.
:) I really enjoy the iPad because I can sit outside on the benches while my wife goes in to shop with her daughter. I can read books (I don't have a glare problem) or PDFs, play games, or even, if there's wifi, surf the 'net.
There was a report here a few months back or so that linked to a game company's discovery that quite a few people only played a $60 game for a few hours and many never completed it before moving on to the next game. These are the folks that are being lost. Instead of spending $60 on a game they don't complete, they spend a buck or a few bucks on a game for their phone. It lets them play a little when waiting or idle without having to go to their computer, power it up and go back in.
I was a pretty heavy gamer back when Doom, Command and Conquer, Red Alert and StarCraft were popular. As multi-player became more popular, I found I didn't have the time to invest in trying to beat some twitchy 15 year old who had nothing better to do all day. I still get the newer games like StarCraft II and even play them, but I haven't finished it yet. I'll get the other two when they come out as well and may finish it they, or not.
I also have several "games" on my iPad and iPhone ranging from Angry Birds (it's really a puzzle solving game), Popper, and Pocket God to Small World, Rage, and Red Alert with several others in between. They're fine when I'm sitting here at work at lunch or in the car with my wife going somewhere.
The game companies have less of my money because I'm not interested in sports or super realistic multi-player gaming (battlefield 2 or crysis for instance). I like the games like Castle Wolfenstein, Duke Nukem, Doom, Quake, Command and Conquer, Red Alert (the original one more than the newer ones), Carmageddon, and StarCraft. Heck, I'd be excited to get many of the games I played back then simply updated to work on the current tech.
I have servers all over the country with various methods of access, generally through a Lights Out Manager of some sort. Fortunately the newer ones have the ability to attach a virtual CD so I can get by if necessary. It leaves me stuck on the older ones if some nimrod decides to change root's shell. Fortunately I changed the servers when I started the job and sent out a nice note advising folks not to do that and why.
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Probably the biggest problem is I can't upload pictures from either of my iDevices. There isn't a Google+ app in the App Store so one of the things I do (upload pics) isn't available. I am on it since my daughter is using Google+ more than Facebook.
[John]
I laughed. Thanks :)
[John]
That was my thought too. I guess we're the only geeks on the site any more :(
[John]
The B&N stores where I am will call the other "local" B&N stores in the area for the book I'm looking for, _then_ say they can order it for me if they don't have it. If it's in one of the other stores, I'll gladly ride over to get it. But if it's "I'll order it", I decline. I can order it and I don't have to come back to pick it up.
[John]
Microsoftie Bob: Hmmm, how can we get folks to migrate off of the next version of Office quicker?
Microsoftie Bill: I know! We'll disable VBA Macros. Folks will complain and we'll have more time to work on the code.
Microsoftie Bob: Yea, it worked for Vista!
[John]
This is probably one of the changes, but Sun had a 15 year lifecycle for hardware vs 5 years for Dell equipment (for example). It was a benefit for purchasing Sun equipment. We're still running T2000's here at work and they run fine. Heck, we didn't upgrade the hardware because Oracle raised the prices on multi-core Sun Ultra chips. But they're still chugging along working fine.
[John]
Which it seems is all most people really want to do. What are you going to do? :shrug:
[John]
Heh, my Dad was a computer operator in the Navy (Naval Tactical Data Systems officer) and told me way back in the 70's to not get involved in computers as you'd only become a maintenance guy dusting the cabinets.
[John]
Why stupid? Think of insurance as Teaching A Horse To Talk
A man is sentenced to die by the king. As the verdict is announced, the man says, "Wait! If you spare my life, I promise that in one year, I will teach your horse to talk. If I fail, you can kill me then." The king is intrigued, and figures he has nothing to lose, so he agrees. Afterwards, the man's friend says, "Are you crazy? You'll never teach the king's horse to talk." The man laughs and says, "Think of it this way. I have an extra year to live, and a lot can happen in a year. I might die. The king might die. And who knows, maybe the horse will learn to talk."
Lots of things could happen before an emergency extraction is needed. She gets a job and is on another insurance company is what they're betting on. They're also betting on other issues making it moot such as a disfiguring or even fatal accident that might be the other driver's fault. Essentially the insurance company is betting you several thousand dollars against your $300 that they won't be the ones called to resolve the problem.
[John]
What admin? Your IT department is one guy with a checkbook. "Failed hard disk? Let me call local company; they'll be here shortly to replace it."
[John]
I've used Sharepoint at work and don't see the attraction. It was hard to use and impossible to maintain a dynamic document store like MediaWiki. You have to check out the document, open it in Word, make changes, save the document to a known location, exit Word, then check it back in vs clicking Edit in MediaWiki, making your changes and saving it.
I do have managers doing interesting stuff with it, embedding statistical spreadsheets and creating graphs but those things aren't things I do on a day to day basis as a Unix Admin. I need to be able to quickly find a document and then make changes if needed.
Last I heard, there was some problem with our SharePoint back end server that was preventing the upgrade to the new version which has a wiki as part of the tool. In the mean time, other departments have deployed MediaWiki and are documenting their processes and procedures on the fly. They're finding it so much easier that they're migrating the documents off of SharePoint and to the wiki.
[John]
Well, if the OP has seen "there is no cake" more often than "the cake is a lie", as far as they're concerned, they are using the correct quotation. I would be surprised to find someone actually spends any amount of time making sure the quotation they're using is accurate. Perhaps we need a google quotation checker go to with a spell checker and grammar checker. "You said 'There is no cake', did you mean to say 'the cake is a lie'?"
[John]
I think he's alluding to the Great Firewall of China and whatever is in place for Iran.
[John]
I'm not seeing where anyone said it was a bad thing. Of course I haven't read all the following posts yet so there may be someone down below who says that.
[John]
Heck, they happen all the time. It's happening right now in fact. They should invest in space flight. Then they could go up whenever they like and view a solar eclipse.
[John]
What percentage of my income was paid in taxes last year?
What percentage of the google founders income was paid in taxes last year?
I wonder just how many people actually "hate" the rich vs envy them or more likely, ignore them.
[John]
Yea, we have a similar policy with the Unix Admins where I work. If we go out for lunch, we're supposed to take at least two cars (for example).
[John]
Right now I'm dealing with an HP Script Monkey. It's taken me almost a week of back and forth. The last update I got from them indicates the SM ignored or failed to understand the update I made to the ticket the day before.
Script Monkeys are everywhere.
[John]
I get this too. I have four systems so I get comments like, "think you're still at NASA?" or the ever popular "planning on getting a tan?" :) Two desktop PCs with synergy tied monitors running Ubuntu. My MacBook Pro with attached monitor. And my old Windows laptop for the occasional console access that doesn't work on the other systems (java sucks donkey balls, just saying).
It's in a three across one on top with the Windows laptop way off to the right behind a monitor.
Left are my inventory and status report web pages with the occasional open term.
Top is Entourage with company e-mail.
The Mac screen has a browser which alternates with my main terminal window (set in amber on black :) ).
The forth screen isn't always used so it has 12,000 pictures for the screen saver to roll through. I'll pop it up if I need to look something up or need another term and the other screens are busy.
[John]
Crivens! :)
[John]
Did they tell you about 9/11 too? How far back are you?
[John]
That's when they put the magnetic sensors under the road surface to check your RFID and if you get from place A to place B faster than the speed limit would allow, you'll get a pop up on your HUD with
Greetings Law Breaker
The State has determined you have exceeded the posted speed by an average of 25 KPH over the course of the past 6 blocks.
Do you wish to dispute this?
Yes No
You have selected "dispute this claim." Are you sure?
Yes No
You have confirmed that you are sure. Your vehicle will stop in 20 seconds to await your local police. Please pull to the side of the road to prevent impeding traffic.
Thank you, have a nice day.
[John]
:) I really enjoy the iPad because I can sit outside on the benches while my wife goes in to shop with her daughter. I can read books (I don't have a glare problem) or PDFs, play games, or even, if there's wifi, surf the 'net.
[John]
There was a report here a few months back or so that linked to a game company's discovery that quite a few people only played a $60 game for a few hours and many never completed it before moving on to the next game. These are the folks that are being lost. Instead of spending $60 on a game they don't complete, they spend a buck or a few bucks on a game for their phone. It lets them play a little when waiting or idle without having to go to their computer, power it up and go back in.
I was a pretty heavy gamer back when Doom, Command and Conquer, Red Alert and StarCraft were popular. As multi-player became more popular, I found I didn't have the time to invest in trying to beat some twitchy 15 year old who had nothing better to do all day. I still get the newer games like StarCraft II and even play them, but I haven't finished it yet. I'll get the other two when they come out as well and may finish it they, or not.
I also have several "games" on my iPad and iPhone ranging from Angry Birds (it's really a puzzle solving game), Popper, and Pocket God to Small World, Rage, and Red Alert with several others in between. They're fine when I'm sitting here at work at lunch or in the car with my wife going somewhere.
The game companies have less of my money because I'm not interested in sports or super realistic multi-player gaming (battlefield 2 or crysis for instance). I like the games like Castle Wolfenstein, Duke Nukem, Doom, Quake, Command and Conquer, Red Alert (the original one more than the newer ones), Carmageddon, and StarCraft. Heck, I'd be excited to get many of the games I played back then simply updated to work on the current tech.
[John]
You shouldn't assume :)
I have servers all over the country with various methods of access, generally through a Lights Out Manager of some sort. Fortunately the newer ones have the ability to attach a virtual CD so I can get by if necessary. It leaves me stuck on the older ones if some nimrod decides to change root's shell. Fortunately I changed the servers when I started the job and sent out a nice note advising folks not to do that and why.
[John]