Having spent the last 10 years working in the casino industry, i can tell you they do this to attract the people who "think" they can count cards. The House make a lot of money off these people, more then enough to justify the chance that someone who actually CAN count cards will come in, at which point they will kindly ask them to no longer visit the establishment.
I have to disagree. My wife is a flight attendant. She makes the business frequent fliers look like sunday tourists. There is no way that this thing is going to stand up to the kind of abuse a very frequent traveler needs. Even her macbook, built as solid as it is, is starting to show cracks and wear after 6 months.
In a real casino, you don't play against the house in poker, you play against the other player. The casino takes a cut of the rake for providing the atmosphere, the table, and the dealer. As in onlone and "analog" play, it is in the casino's best interest to ensure fair play at a poker table. If players don't feel the play is fair, they'll go somewhere else, and if they go somewhere else, the other players will follow the action.
As far as table games go, where you are playing against the house, why is it 'cheating" when the casino provides a game that statistically you are bound to lose, and yet you still play? Disclaimer, I work in the Casino indistry, but I also know better to play the games, because the odds aren't in my favor.
You've never been involved in running a smaller gambling venue then. Without Slot machines, it's very hard to make it work, and when it does, it has the same rate of return as your average business (Somewhere between 10-20 %) Pretty good, but that's assuming you do it right. You can't just slap up some tables and start printing money.
You did read this somewhere, but you probably missed the part where the courts said that there is an "expectation of privacy" in phone calls, but a company can listen in on phone calls if the employee is notified that there is no privacy.
The courts have said that once notification is is given (most companies do it during orientation, or as a disclaimer in he employee handbook they give you when you start) if it is company equipment during work hours, they can listen all they want.
No, a better analogy would if you hooked up your hose to the water spigot, and left it spraying out into the middle of the street. In this case anyone could come by and use the water that you are "broadcasting" into the street to wash their car.
You don't know JFL? Holy cow man! Where you been? Everyone knows JFL!
Seriously though, the sheer lack of critical thinking skills on Slashdot caused my blood pressure to rise to precarious levels, cutting of circulation to my fingers, which went sloppy all over the keyboard in my last post. For that I am truly sorry.
I wouldn't worry about it. After all, it's probably a couple of Secret Service guys setting up the rockets. Come on people, do you really think the Secret service doesn't use multiple strategies to secure a motorcade? Do you guys think they don't have those windows either secured or monitored long before the rpesident passes through there? They learned alot from the JFL murder. Hell they even come in before hand and weld the man hole covers down.
I'm not saying that it's impossible to mount an attack, but its not like the secret service doesn't have people whose only job is to sit in a room and try and think of ways to harm the president just so they can figure out ways to stop it.
Are you so naive to believe that a bunch of computer monkeys talking on the internet are SOOOOO much smarter then anyone the government could possibly hire.
Of course I'm sure the Secret Service is aware of something called Defense in Depth. It's not like this is the only thing they do to protect the President. This is just one layer in the onion. Would you be so quick to accuse them of being silly if it was a Democrat President? Of course not, you'd expect them to try and consider all the angles.
Believe it or not, the Secret Service has some very smart people in their employ who might just know a tad bit more about Security then you. After al the have to guard something a little more important then your porn collection you hide in your mom's basement.
Take the google example to extreme, build the system of out cogs, and when a cog breaks replace it. Granted some things need to be military spec, but these devices are being used in a law enforcement style capacity, not a chugging through the brush for 20 days role. Just like the police style equipment this is modeled from, the users of the system are never more then a couple of hours aways from the base of operations that a replacement part can't be substituted. whats important is to ensure the units are interchangeable and that you keep sufficient stock on hand.
In any case, having something like this that has not had extensive field trials is better then what they had before, which was nothing. The problem with the military procurement system, is that everything has to go thrugh the same process, regardless of whether its a 200 handheld unit, or a 1 million dollar vehicle. This does not allow the agility that the private sector can afford.
Sorry, but in my experience downloading an iso from Microsoft is heck of a lot easier and quicker then bittorrent. Microsoft has quite big pipe on their end, and if their distribution method is at all similar to their technet and msdn downloads, it will be just a matter of downloading the iso and receiving your key. On both technet and msdn downloads, it only takes 1 to 3 hours to download vista on an ordinary DSL line.
Probably not, if it's anything like the XBox 360 release.
These stores, for the most part are trying to be show that they are fair to everyone involved so they closely monitor where these systems are going and whose getting them.
The company I work for gives way a lot of electronics as promotions to our customers and as such, we spend between 10 -25K a month with Compusa to get this stuff. While not a huge amount in the big picture, that's a lot of money for one stores single customer, especially since we've had this relationship going on 5 years. We tried to get them to hold a 360 for us on release day, to use for one of our promotions and we were told no way. Even going up the chain of corporate did not do anything for us.
Of course, one of these days this strategy is going to backfire on the stores. I would argue by not simply taking pre orders or other similar "fair" distribution system, they are encouraging people to line up outside their stores to increase the hype. When somebody gets hurt, as they already have, could they not try and make a claim against the store for promoting these unsafe conditions?
Based on your compaints, I think your confusing Citrix with the actual EMR Application. Citrix provides the framework for remotely deploying an app, but the functionallity of the system, like searching for Penicillin, or keyword search is a function of the Application itself. Also Citrix does offer single sign in features, but it sounds like your implementer chose not to use those. Fault the EMR Developer or the impleneter, not Citrix in this case.
Think of Citrix as a waiter in the restaurant, they bring the food to you, but the bad taste of it is the fault of the chef.
Funny, I thought he was awfully full of himself. That's why I made the comment about the age, not any "corporate control" or "power mongering." I myself am 31 and looking back 6 years ago, I thought I knew better then everyone else too.
Regarding Justin Deal, am I the only one who thinks the idea of a "25 year old project manager with a background in IT Management for Non profits" is a bit of an Oxymoron? At 25 you hardly have any background at all, especially in managing a large scale project such as this!
Last time I checked, Windows still ran on a network.
Sure if they just administer an exchange server, they should be called a Email Administrator, the same as if they only admin'd a Sendmail Install.
Now if they maintain the entire network, from Domain controllers, to email, DNS and the infrastructure, they are a Network Administrator. Unless you're working in big IT, where you have many specialized jobs, most "Windows Administrators," as you call them, are responsible for a lot more then just the email servers.
Nice try, but I've got a personal anecdote that completely destroys your personal anecdote. Why? Because I say so.
I have several acers here and they are nowhere near the build quality of the apples. Skimping on screens, shappy plastic, weak keyboards, battery, the list goes on and on.
Yes the acer is cheaper, but I put Acers one step above the old emachines.
I work in the casino industry. Many of our dealers do just that, and many of them deal with RSI after just a few years. Thanks, but I'll keep my keyboard and tab key.
You must not live near Portland, OR then. I've got a 8000 sf lot, and that's considered large here! Choice is a relative term, as Portland is a fairly clean city, but because of the arbitrary Urban Growth boundary put in place by the local government, developers are being encouraged to teardown houses on a single city lot and build 2 houses in it's place.
Sure I could choose to live elsewhere, but, for now this is where I am, and there's not a lot of choice in finding big lots.
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Having spent the last 10 years working in the casino industry, i can tell you they do this to attract the people who "think" they can count cards. The House make a lot of money off these people, more then enough to justify the chance that someone who actually CAN count cards will come in, at which point they will kindly ask them to no longer visit the establishment.
I have to disagree. My wife is a flight attendant. She makes the business frequent fliers look like sunday tourists. There is no way that this thing is going to stand up to the kind of abuse a very frequent traveler needs. Even her macbook, built as solid as it is, is starting to show cracks and wear after 6 months.
In a real casino, you don't play against the house in poker, you play against the other player. The casino takes a cut of the rake for providing the atmosphere, the table, and the dealer. As in onlone and "analog" play, it is in the casino's best interest to ensure fair play at a poker table. If players don't feel the play is fair, they'll go somewhere else, and if they go somewhere else, the other players will follow the action. As far as table games go, where you are playing against the house, why is it 'cheating" when the casino provides a game that statistically you are bound to lose, and yet you still play? Disclaimer, I work in the Casino indistry, but I also know better to play the games, because the odds aren't in my favor.
You've never been involved in running a smaller gambling venue then. Without Slot machines, it's very hard to make it work, and when it does, it has the same rate of return as your average business (Somewhere between 10-20 %) Pretty good, but that's assuming you do it right. You can't just slap up some tables and start printing money.
The courts have said that once notification is is given (most companies do it during orientation, or as a disclaimer in he employee handbook they give you when you start) if it is company equipment during work hours, they can listen all they want.
No, a better analogy would if you hooked up your hose to the water spigot, and left it spraying out into the middle of the street. In this case anyone could come by and use the water that you are "broadcasting" into the street to wash their car.
I know you were being sarcastic, but before calling people names, you should do your research:k -of-Mon-20031006/007813.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16331166/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegfried_&_Roy
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You don't know JFL? Holy cow man! Where you been? Everyone knows JFL!
Seriously though, the sheer lack of critical thinking skills on Slashdot caused my blood pressure to rise to precarious levels, cutting of circulation to my fingers, which went sloppy all over the keyboard in my last post. For that I am truly sorry.
I'm not saying that it's impossible to mount an attack, but its not like the secret service doesn't have people whose only job is to sit in a room and try and think of ways to harm the president just so they can figure out ways to stop it.
Are you so naive to believe that a bunch of computer monkeys talking on the internet are SOOOOO much smarter then anyone the government could possibly hire.
Of course I'm sure the Secret Service is aware of something called Defense in Depth. It's not like this is the only thing they do to protect the President. This is just one layer in the onion. Would you be so quick to accuse them of being silly if it was a Democrat President? Of course not, you'd expect them to try and consider all the angles.
Believe it or not, the Secret Service has some very smart people in their employ who might just know a tad bit more about Security then you. After al the have to guard something a little more important then your porn collection you hide in your mom's basement.
Scientists have been doing research on this off the coast of Oregon as well.
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In any case, having something like this that has not had extensive field trials is better then what they had before, which was nothing. The problem with the military procurement system, is that everything has to go thrugh the same process, regardless of whether its a 200 handheld unit, or a 1 million dollar vehicle. This does not allow the agility that the private sector can afford.
Sorry, but in my experience downloading an iso from Microsoft is heck of a lot easier and quicker then bittorrent. Microsoft has quite big pipe on their end, and if their distribution method is at all similar to their technet and msdn downloads, it will be just a matter of downloading the iso and receiving your key. On both technet and msdn downloads, it only takes 1 to 3 hours to download vista on an ordinary DSL line.
So as one who believes in rigorous scientific analysis, you'd be willing to reference where you got your statistics from? Just curious.
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Probably not, if it's anything like the XBox 360 release.
These stores, for the most part are trying to be show that they are fair to everyone involved so they closely monitor where these systems are going and whose getting them.
The company I work for gives way a lot of electronics as promotions to our customers and as such, we spend between 10 -25K a month with Compusa to get this stuff. While not a huge amount in the big picture, that's a lot of money for one stores single customer, especially since we've had this relationship going on 5 years. We tried to get them to hold a 360 for us on release day, to use for one of our promotions and we were told no way. Even going up the chain of corporate did not do anything for us.
Of course, one of these days this strategy is going to backfire on the stores. I would argue by not simply taking pre orders or other similar "fair" distribution system, they are encouraging people to line up outside their stores to increase the hype. When somebody gets hurt, as they already have, could they not try and make a claim against the store for promoting these unsafe conditions?
Based on your compaints, I think your confusing Citrix with the actual EMR Application. Citrix provides the framework for remotely deploying an app, but the functionallity of the system, like searching for Penicillin, or keyword search is a function of the Application itself. Also Citrix does offer single sign in features, but it sounds like your implementer chose not to use those. Fault the EMR Developer or the impleneter, not Citrix in this case.
Think of Citrix as a waiter in the restaurant, they bring the food to you, but the bad taste of it is the fault of the chef.
Funny, I thought he was awfully full of himself. That's why I made the comment about the age, not any "corporate control" or "power mongering." I myself am 31 and looking back 6 years ago, I thought I knew better then everyone else too.
Regarding Justin Deal, am I the only one who thinks the idea of a "25 year old project manager with a background in IT Management for Non profits" is a bit of an Oxymoron? At 25 you hardly have any background at all, especially in managing a large scale project such as this!
Sure if they just administer an exchange server, they should be called a Email Administrator, the same as if they only admin'd a Sendmail Install.
Now if they maintain the entire network, from Domain controllers, to email, DNS and the infrastructure, they are a Network Administrator. Unless you're working in big IT, where you have many specialized jobs, most "Windows Administrators," as you call them, are responsible for a lot more then just the email servers.
Nice try, but I've got a personal anecdote that completely destroys your personal anecdote. Why? Because I say so.
I have several acers here and they are nowhere near the build quality of the apples. Skimping on screens, shappy plastic, weak keyboards, battery, the list goes on and on.
Yes the acer is cheaper, but I put Acers one step above the old emachines.
I work in the casino industry. Many of our dealers do just that, and many of them deal with RSI after just a few years. Thanks, but I'll keep my keyboard and tab key.
How do you know that you don't have any malware or virus's if you don't run any antivirus software? Just wondering.
OK, that was really low. :0
Sure I could choose to live elsewhere, but, for now this is where I am, and there's not a lot of choice in finding big lots.