Just because it's not directly work related, doesn't mean it won't help your job or company. Besides making employees happier by not cracking down on 'personal' browsing directly, there are other benefits. For one, there have been countless times at my (second) job where I've come across articles I've spent during 'personal' browsing and later told my boss about, which he would find interesting. He's come back to me many times thanking me for that read since it could actually help out the company as a whole. When there is a project to be done, I do it in bursts and my manager knows that. He's even mentioned he doesn't mind as long as the task at hand is being done in a reasonable time.
In my other job, however, they micromanage nearly everything. You're on the clock 24/7 (it's a type of call center), all your breaks are accounted for, you get stats posted vs. other employees, yada yada. I come in every day to that job, wanting to slack more, calling in sick instead of asking for time off (because it's damn near impossible taking ANY vacation days), and doing more and more personal activities which doesn't benefit the company AT ALL..
Just shows how beneficial 'personal' browsing time can be.
That's an option.. But why waste resources for just 1 program. Running WINE (http://www.winehq.org) or Crossover would be a much nicer option. Last I checked, Office 2003 runs near perfectly and you don't need to spend the money or the resources on running an entire Windows OS on top of a Linux install.
Not sure about Circuit City, but Best Buy has for a while now. link here: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=pcmcat128500050006&type=category . Both Future Shop and Best Buy do sell Mac computers. In-store stock isn't always the biggest (that I remember), but they do sell and have for almost 2 years IIRC...
In my view it's more of a "Microsoft Rebate" with all the crapware that gets installed alongside the default install. Either way, it's still included in Microsoft's numbers as a 'sale', which helps their sales figures and shares.
This is why push email is so good. You don't (or don't need to) be hovering around your inbox like a dog wanting to get a treat. On my Blackberry, I setup filters and blocks so only the important emails come through, while the regular 'crap' stays on my inbox. It's still distracting (unless you turn on silent), but it still distracts a LOT less than checking your email every few minutes...
It's still a DVD and still a CD. However, if you add DRM to a CD it cannot bear the Compact Disk Digital Audio symbol since it violates the Red Book specification. DVD is also the same in the sense that it wouldn't allowed to be called DVD Video because it wouldn't be following the standard set aside for it. DVD (Digital Versatile Disk) is still the name of the actual medium being written to.
And email isn't corporate controlled? It's true that email is more confidential than posting on someone's "wall", but why not send them a message? If you're talking about IM'ing unencrypted over corporate networks (ie at work) then yes, some webmail services are SSL encrypted, but what's to stop your employer to simply view screen dumps?
If you're complaining about others/employers seeing your pictures, posts, status messages, etc. then simply block people NOT on your friends list from viewing your page and don't allow people on your list you don't know very very well. I deleted like 300 people whom I never talk to about a year after I went on there. If you don't take those measures, then you don't deserve privacy OR a job where employers base (part of) their descisions on your Facebook content...
The MSI Wind and Asus eees (minus the 7xx versions) come with 8.9 inch screens and with the 1024x600 resolution as well. The Acer Aspire One is the same. Not sure how Dell's is any better. Now that it's released I think I may go with the 6-cell Acer Aspire One. I can't believe Dell didn't include F# keys and instead left a high 2-3inch gap above the keyboard. Poor planning on Dell's part IMO.
It is nice that RIM releases a free registration code to use with ONE blackberry. I have an Exchange setup here with BES tied in. It's nice how much you can actually do remotely. Everything from remote application install, to remote lock/change pin, remote wipe, etc.
Not that I ever lose my phone in bars like people do with theirs. like socks, but it's reassuring knowing all this can be done if it does ever get out of my reach.
Changing anything that you've previously agreed to, without your consent is illegal in Canada (I'm pretty sure in a lot of other places too). It's practically the same thing as sending you a letter saying "We are going to 'upgrade' you to X. If you do not agree to this please send this letter back with your name and signature. If we do NOT hear back from you, we will assume you agree to it and charge you accordingly". What happened to the poster was even worse. They didn't even notify him and just started charging his account. I know TELUS was going through some upgrades (or downgrades. however you look at it) but it always seems, no matter what happens, the error is in favor of the provider.
It's great what you learn from Business Law class given you don't fall asleep =)
Bankruptcy. That's a bit much no? We already have a lack of competition as it is, so how would sending 33% of the providers out there out of business fix anything? What we need is MORE competition not LESS. Agreed that us Canucks are getting screwed left right and center, but hopefully that will change with the new RF spectrums that should allow Shaw, MTS, Quebec telecom come into the West.
I'm actually very surprised that Google has a version "1.0" now. I was afraid they would just add revisions to their v 0.9 and start calling it 0.9.445, 0.9.334454, 0.9.12314434, etc. Just pray they don't change it to b1.0 in the actual OS;-)
How? Okay maybe the Bluetooth API, but Gtalk was left out because of security. I highly doubt that Google would really want to leave out their own chat messenger from an OS they're releasing unless there was a pretty big reason to. That's like Microsoft leaving out Messenger. So, what did Microsoft leave out of Vista? WinFS That's pretty major in itself and was one of the most major marketing points originally. What else? Safe Delete, Start Menu action field.. And the list goes on. It's not like Google's marketing campaign was all about the bluetooth API anyways. Lots of companies drop out features before it's released fora variety of reasons or leave it as experimental (just look at ZFS in Leopard and its Read Only capability).
This is the Bluetooth API anyways, it means that people who make software can't communicate over bluetooth. It's crippled, but you can still use a bluetooth headset if you want to. That's quite a bit different than leaving the entire feature out.
Regardless of Larrabee being crap performance when it's released in 2010, this is a step in the right direction even if Intel doesn't know how to make very good graphics cards. In time, I'm sure, there won't be a difference between CPU/GPU, and all the memory will be shared (for the majority of systems). We'll be looking back saying "wow, why would anyone want that extra memory from the graphics card just sitting there while my system has maxed it's main physical memory?". If Intel drops into the graphics market, with AMD already there and NVIDIA to soon follow (if the rumours are correct), it really looks like an interesting future. Good luck boys!
OpenSolaris takes quite a bit of time getting used to IMHO coming from FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and many many versions of Linux. I used it because I wanted ZFS, virtulization, and also to try something new.
I did move back to FreeBSD after about a week or so since I thought OpenSolaris brought unnecessary learning curves for someone new. Things like 'ps' being different than every other distro, network interface setup and modification is annoying, the number of programs that you can compile outside of their package manager are slim, and overall not very friendly (I don't want to use the GUI, ever). However, I have 4gb of ram and ZFS really should only be run under 64-bit FreeBSD. Qemu doesn't seem to run, Xen isn't even an option for virtulization and WINE doesn't work under 64-bit (these are the main reasons I bought 4gb of ram in the first place).
ZFS has been running flawlessly on FreeBSD for me thus far, and even the maintainer says he's been using it since her ported it over without a hickup. FreeBSD runs version 6 of ZFS, while OpenSolaris currently runs version 11. It IS true, once you go ZFS you don't go back.
I refuse to run Linux, for personal and limiting reasons, and FreeBSD won't let me virtualize. It seems that in the next few days I'll be biting the bullet and moving back to OpenSolaris. It is very nice that ZFS is seamlessly integrated and snapshots are automatically created when updating the system. This ensures you can easily roll back or boot back into an older install to test different things. All in all OpenSolaris HAS some potential, but their licensing is very wack and limiting. If Sun wants their OS to evolve and take on more users in the community, the licence will really need to be changed.
From the issues there, it seems like more of an 'upgrade' to your old iPhone.. I know if I was getting a GSM phone, I'd get the first gen iPhone. I know quite a few people up here, in Canada even, that have one and has never caused them headaches.
You know it's really sad when a poster doesn't even RTFA or read the RTFT(thread). Engadget, and now Slashdot.. Are people on the internet really that illiterate now and just follow the leader? After MANY posts (many by me and many by others) on Engadget, people STILL insist "APPLE IS GETTING SUED!" or "Ha! What are you fanboys going to say to this?" and the best one "Haha Same as the Microsoft WGA". Anyways I've already made too many posts and feel redundant, but rumors and speculation to get THIS far is simply sickening.
They way it's done is that the lease is actually tied to your interface. All and ONLY your traffic passes through it, and no one else can spoof it (there is protection against this). So if someone else was to obtain the IP AND Mac address of your system within a 43 minute period (the length of the lease) AND was connected to your physical line, they simply wouldn't be able to do anything about it.
What you need to do then is restrict traffic based on IP leases.
My ISP will refuse to let traffic pass if the IP address set is not dynamic. They require you to enable dhcp, even if you're a static customer. In rare occasions if my dhclient has acted up, my internet will no longer work.
This not only makes administering your network easier and network safer (less chance of spoofing), but also better for your customers so they don't get conflicting IPs if someone decides to be 'naughty'.
Rogers and Bell are the ones that have a ($400?) cap.
TELUS goes another route, and has NO cap. If you sign-up and cancel a 3 year contract after 1 month of service. 35 months @ $20/mth penalty = $700 charge for a voice plan. Not sure about the data cancellation.
It is a clear violation of the contract even if it says "We reserve the right to change pricing from time to time". Just like the other party can't change the amount he or she wants to pay, the telecom can't change what they want to charge (doubtful it would hold up in court regardless of what the contract says).
My dad called in to break his contract because of this - he has a company phone now. After much argument with one of the outsourced agents, they patched him to a 'supervisor' that said that TELUS isn't 'changing' the contract or pricing, but they're simply no longer SUBSIDIZING incoming text messages. The supervisor said she would add on 250 outgoing / UNLIMITED incoming texts so he would get off his back, and thus not allowing him to break the contract. It's sad someone would need to go through that much hassle. TELUS and Bell both say they will reimburse for SPAM texts (great!).. However, who will want to call in (even if they catch it on their bill) about a measly 15 cent charge. One 15 cents spam text definitely adds up when it's distributed between thousands and thousands of people.
They pushed to digital by offering PER SECOND billing.. Shortly after the majority of people switched, they decided to bring it back to the infamous PER MINUTE billing. Our PAID FOR minutes don't carry over from month to month, there's consistently billing errors which always seem to be in favor of the telecom (never the consumer), text plans are still $10/month.
TELUS and Bell are justifying charging this saying that texting is putting a much larger load on the network than before. I was reading in the paper, and the number of texts sent is equivalent to about 4-5GB per day. I realize there is overhead and such, but really. If a network hasn't been upgraded by now (the telecom being too damn lazy to upgrade) to handle that much traffic, they shouldn't be providing service.
I believe it was the same up in Canada for a while in respected to filming in theaters (Not sure anymore though). It wasn't necessarily 'illegal' to record the film, but the theater reserved the right to kick you out if they didn't want you recording. If I'm not mistaken, it's been 'illegal' to actually capture the films in the States.
Agreed. This is why HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) is getting so much attention now. You can get a motabolism boost up to 24 hours after performing the exercise, and burn a LOT of calories after the session. It's quick (15 minutes plus pre and post-stretching) and very good for you - changing up between aerobic and anaerobic exercise..
I personally do 5 minute warmup followed by a couple minute stretch. Then run for 1 minute on a decent running pace, spiking it up for 15-30 seconds and aim for 90-95% of my MHR (max heart rate) and then bringing it back down to the pace I started with for another minute.. Repeating this for 15 or so minutes, followed by a 5 minutes cool down and then some more stretching. By the 10 minute mark you seriously feel like you're done but you got to push though it.
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Just because it's not directly work related, doesn't mean it won't help your job or company. Besides making employees happier by not cracking down on 'personal' browsing directly, there are other benefits. For one, there have been countless times at my (second) job where I've come across articles I've spent during 'personal' browsing and later told my boss about, which he would find interesting. He's come back to me many times thanking me for that read since it could actually help out the company as a whole. When there is a project to be done, I do it in bursts and my manager knows that. He's even mentioned he doesn't mind as long as the task at hand is being done in a reasonable time.
In my other job, however, they micromanage nearly everything. You're on the clock 24/7 (it's a type of call center), all your breaks are accounted for, you get stats posted vs. other employees, yada yada. I come in every day to that job, wanting to slack more, calling in sick instead of asking for time off (because it's damn near impossible taking ANY vacation days), and doing more and more personal activities which doesn't benefit the company AT ALL..
Just shows how beneficial 'personal' browsing time can be.
With the number of people defaulting on their sub-prime mortgages, I'm certain enough IPs were given back to equate to a few /8s at least.
That's an option.. But why waste resources for just 1 program. Running WINE (http://www.winehq.org) or Crossover would be a much nicer option. Last I checked, Office 2003 runs near perfectly and you don't need to spend the money or the resources on running an entire Windows OS on top of a Linux install.
Just my 0.0002 cents
Not sure about Circuit City, but Best Buy has for a while now. link here: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=pcmcat128500050006&type=category . Both Future Shop and Best Buy do sell Mac computers. In-store stock isn't always the biggest (that I remember), but they do sell and have for almost 2 years IIRC...
In my view it's more of a "Microsoft Rebate" with all the crapware that gets installed alongside the default install. Either way, it's still included in Microsoft's numbers as a 'sale', which helps their sales figures and shares.
This is why push email is so good. You don't (or don't need to) be hovering around your inbox like a dog wanting to get a treat. On my Blackberry, I setup filters and blocks so only the important emails come through, while the regular 'crap' stays on my inbox. It's still distracting (unless you turn on silent), but it still distracts a LOT less than checking your email every few minutes...
It's still a DVD and still a CD. However, if you add DRM to a CD it cannot bear the Compact Disk Digital Audio symbol since it violates the Red Book specification. DVD is also the same in the sense that it wouldn't allowed to be called DVD Video because it wouldn't be following the standard set aside for it. DVD (Digital Versatile Disk) is still the name of the actual medium being written to.
And email isn't corporate controlled? It's true that email is more confidential than posting on someone's "wall", but why not send them a message? If you're talking about IM'ing unencrypted over corporate networks (ie at work) then yes, some webmail services are SSL encrypted, but what's to stop your employer to simply view screen dumps?
If you're complaining about others/employers seeing your pictures, posts, status messages, etc. then simply block people NOT on your friends list from viewing your page and don't allow people on your list you don't know very very well. I deleted like 300 people whom I never talk to about a year after I went on there. If you don't take those measures, then you don't deserve privacy OR a job where employers base (part of) their descisions on your Facebook content...
The MSI Wind and Asus eees (minus the 7xx versions) come with 8.9 inch screens and with the 1024x600 resolution as well. The Acer Aspire One is the same. Not sure how Dell's is any better. Now that it's released I think I may go with the 6-cell Acer Aspire One. I can't believe Dell didn't include F# keys and instead left a high 2-3inch gap above the keyboard. Poor planning on Dell's part IMO.
It is nice that RIM releases a free registration code to use with ONE blackberry. I have an Exchange setup here with BES tied in. It's nice how much you can actually do remotely. Everything from remote application install, to remote lock/change pin, remote wipe, etc.
Not that I ever lose my phone in bars like people do with theirs. like socks, but it's reassuring knowing all this can be done if it does ever get out of my reach.
Changing anything that you've previously agreed to, without your consent is illegal in Canada (I'm pretty sure in a lot of other places too). It's practically the same thing as sending you a letter saying "We are going to 'upgrade' you to X. If you do not agree to this please send this letter back with your name and signature. If we do NOT hear back from you, we will assume you agree to it and charge you accordingly". What happened to the poster was even worse. They didn't even notify him and just started charging his account. I know TELUS was going through some upgrades (or downgrades. however you look at it) but it always seems, no matter what happens, the error is in favor of the provider.
It's great what you learn from Business Law class given you don't fall asleep =)
Bankruptcy. That's a bit much no? We already have a lack of competition as it is, so how would sending 33% of the providers out there out of business fix anything? What we need is MORE competition not LESS. Agreed that us Canucks are getting screwed left right and center, but hopefully that will change with the new RF spectrums that should allow Shaw, MTS, Quebec telecom come into the West.
I'm actually very surprised that Google has a version "1.0" now. I was afraid they would just add revisions to their v 0.9 and start calling it 0.9.445, 0.9.334454, 0.9.12314434, etc. Just pray they don't change it to b1.0 in the actual OS ;-)
How? Okay maybe the Bluetooth API, but Gtalk was left out because of security. I highly doubt that Google would really want to leave out their own chat messenger from an OS they're releasing unless there was a pretty big reason to. That's like Microsoft leaving out Messenger. So, what did Microsoft leave out of Vista? WinFS That's pretty major in itself and was one of the most major marketing points originally. What else? Safe Delete, Start Menu action field.. And the list goes on. It's not like Google's marketing campaign was all about the bluetooth API anyways. Lots of companies drop out features before it's released fora variety of reasons or leave it as experimental (just look at ZFS in Leopard and its Read Only capability).
This is the Bluetooth API anyways, it means that people who make software can't communicate over bluetooth. It's crippled, but you can still use a bluetooth headset if you want to. That's quite a bit different than leaving the entire feature out.
Regardless of Larrabee being crap performance when it's released in 2010, this is a step in the right direction even if Intel doesn't know how to make very good graphics cards. In time, I'm sure, there won't be a difference between CPU/GPU, and all the memory will be shared (for the majority of systems). We'll be looking back saying "wow, why would anyone want that extra memory from the graphics card just sitting there while my system has maxed it's main physical memory?". If Intel drops into the graphics market, with AMD already there and NVIDIA to soon follow (if the rumours are correct), it really looks like an interesting future. Good luck boys!
OpenSolaris takes quite a bit of time getting used to IMHO coming from FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and many many versions of Linux. I used it because I wanted ZFS, virtulization, and also to try something new.
I did move back to FreeBSD after about a week or so since I thought OpenSolaris brought unnecessary learning curves for someone new. Things like 'ps' being different than every other distro, network interface setup and modification is annoying, the number of programs that you can compile outside of their package manager are slim, and overall not very friendly (I don't want to use the GUI, ever). However, I have 4gb of ram and ZFS really should only be run under 64-bit FreeBSD. Qemu doesn't seem to run, Xen isn't even an option for virtulization and WINE doesn't work under 64-bit (these are the main reasons I bought 4gb of ram in the first place).
ZFS has been running flawlessly on FreeBSD for me thus far, and even the maintainer says he's been using it since her ported it over without a hickup. FreeBSD runs version 6 of ZFS, while OpenSolaris currently runs version 11. It IS true, once you go ZFS you don't go back.
I refuse to run Linux, for personal and limiting reasons, and FreeBSD won't let me virtualize. It seems that in the next few days I'll be biting the bullet and moving back to OpenSolaris. It is very nice that ZFS is seamlessly integrated and snapshots are automatically created when updating the system. This ensures you can easily roll back or boot back into an older install to test different things.
All in all OpenSolaris HAS some potential, but their licensing is very wack and limiting. If Sun wants their OS to evolve and take on more users in the community, the licence will really need to be changed.
From the issues there, it seems like more of an 'upgrade' to your old iPhone.. I know if I was getting a GSM phone, I'd get the first gen iPhone. I know quite a few people up here, in Canada even, that have one and has never caused them headaches.
You know it's really sad when a poster doesn't even RTFA or read the RTFT(thread). Engadget, and now Slashdot.. Are people on the internet really that illiterate now and just follow the leader? After MANY posts (many by me and many by others) on Engadget, people STILL insist "APPLE IS GETTING SUED!" or "Ha! What are you fanboys going to say to this?" and the best one "Haha Same as the Microsoft WGA". Anyways I've already made too many posts and feel redundant, but rumors and speculation to get THIS far is simply sickening.
They way it's done is that the lease is actually tied to your interface. All and ONLY your traffic passes through it, and no one else can spoof it (there is protection against this). So if someone else was to obtain the IP AND Mac address of your system within a 43 minute period (the length of the lease) AND was connected to your physical line, they simply wouldn't be able to do anything about it.
What you need to do then is restrict traffic based on IP leases.
My ISP will refuse to let traffic pass if the IP address set is not dynamic. They require you to enable dhcp, even if you're a static customer. In rare occasions if my dhclient has acted up, my internet will no longer work.
This not only makes administering your network easier and network safer (less chance of spoofing), but also better for your customers so they don't get conflicting IPs if someone decides to be 'naughty'.
Just wanted to add..
Rogers and Bell are the ones that have a ($400?) cap.
TELUS goes another route, and has NO cap. If you sign-up and cancel a 3 year contract after 1 month of service. 35 months @ $20/mth penalty = $700 charge for a voice plan. Not sure about the data cancellation.
-2 Missing point..
There's not even a way to OPT OUT of texting entirely. The consumer is stuck with the service whether or not he or she even wants it.
How stupid is that?
It is a clear violation of the contract even if it says "We reserve the right to change pricing from time to time". Just like the other party can't change the amount he or she wants to pay, the telecom can't change what they want to charge (doubtful it would hold up in court regardless of what the contract says).
My dad called in to break his contract because of this - he has a company phone now. After much argument with one of the outsourced agents, they patched him to a 'supervisor' that said that TELUS isn't 'changing' the contract or pricing, but they're simply no longer SUBSIDIZING incoming text messages. The supervisor said she would add on 250 outgoing / UNLIMITED incoming texts so he would get off his back, and thus not allowing him to break the contract. It's sad someone would need to go through that much hassle. TELUS and Bell both say they will reimburse for SPAM texts (great!).. However, who will want to call in (even if they catch it on their bill) about a measly 15 cent charge. One 15 cents spam text definitely adds up when it's distributed between thousands and thousands of people.
They pushed to digital by offering PER SECOND billing.. Shortly after the majority of people switched, they decided to bring it back to the infamous PER MINUTE billing. Our PAID FOR minutes don't carry over from month to month, there's consistently billing errors which always seem to be in favor of the telecom (never the consumer), text plans are still $10/month.
TELUS and Bell are justifying charging this saying that texting is putting a much larger load on the network than before. I was reading in the paper, and the number of texts sent is equivalent to about 4-5GB per day. I realize there is overhead and such, but really. If a network hasn't been upgraded by now (the telecom being too damn lazy to upgrade) to handle that much traffic, they shouldn't be providing service.
I believe it was the same up in Canada for a while in respected to filming in theaters (Not sure anymore though). It wasn't necessarily 'illegal' to record the film, but the theater reserved the right to kick you out if they didn't want you recording. If I'm not mistaken, it's been 'illegal' to actually capture the films in the States.
Agreed. This is why HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) is getting so much attention now. You can get a motabolism boost up to 24 hours after performing the exercise, and burn a LOT of calories after the session. It's quick (15 minutes plus pre and post-stretching) and very good for you - changing up between aerobic and anaerobic exercise..
This site has a bit more than I mentioned here... http://musclemedia.com/training/hiit.asp .. Lots of other resources too. http://www.t-nation.com/readArticle.do?id=1756065
I personally do 5 minute warmup followed by a couple minute stretch. Then run for 1 minute on a decent running pace, spiking it up for 15-30 seconds and aim for 90-95% of my MHR (max heart rate) and then bringing it back down to the pace I started with for another minute.. Repeating this for 15 or so minutes, followed by a 5 minutes cool down and then some more stretching. By the 10 minute mark you seriously feel like you're done but you got to push though it.