If you are a corporate account, you should ask Dell about having your IT guys become 'Dell Certified Technicians'. I did that at a job from about '97-'00. Just had to take a cert test online every (6?) months. When you have a hardware problem, you simply log into a web site and order the part.
They send the part, and you return the dead part in the same box. Takes a few days tops.
Where the hell did you get that.sig quote?! FDR? Here is the REAL quote:
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759
Taking that to it's logical conclusion, your employer shouldn't even let people INTO the theatre. Double win for you:
1-All day to clean up 2-No people = no mess to clean up
No, wait a minute. That just means that you'll get fired. No mess to clean. No customers paying to come in because it makes it harder for you to clean.
You should try paying for something at a convenience store (with a teenager at the register) and use Susan B Anthony dollars instead of paper 1's. I've gotten some priceless dull stares over the years by doing this.
The first time I recall it happening, I was honestly just getting rid of some change from a USPS vending machine. But after seeing how the poor kid reacted, I try to do it on a regular basis. When you drop the change in the kid's hand, they just assume they're quarters (since they look and feel like $0.25), and wait a few seconds for you to hand them the paper money.
Then you have to say, What are you waiting for? I just paid you." And they stare lifelessly at the "quarters" in their hand, and wonder what you're talking about.
Sometimes they actually look at them, and realize they aren't quarters. But most of the time, you have to explain what they are...
I really don't see what's so bad about what Google did. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems that they optimized some web pages about their own products to rank higher on a Google search about Google related products.
Did they cloak the search ranking optimizations to affect other search engines, or just Google?
Doesn't it make sense for Google to want their own documentation of a product/problem/issue to rank higher than Joe Shmoe's web site telling people what HE thinks is the problem with that particular Google issue?
When I first heard about the RIAA suing people, I thought of what sounded like a great defense, as long as you have an iota of technical knbowledge:
My girlfriend/wife/roommate installed Kazaa on my computer. By default, it searches for folders with multimedia files and share them to everyone else using Kazaa. The simple act of running Kazaa would be enough to share my entire LEGAL collection of ripped cd's that I have collected over the last 2 decades. I never did anthing intentional to share these files with the whole net, but the program I installed, WHICH ACTUALLY CAN BE USED TO LOOK FOR/DL LEGAL FILES, decided to automatically share my mp3 collection without my knowledge.
Even if it had been me, instead of my wife, that installed the program, the situation would remain the same. I never did anything to cause the sharing to happen. It was an unknown/unintended consequense of installing a legal computer program.
What if you installed a sooper cool FTP proggy that happened to be the fancier version and also ran an FTP server as well? And people were port scanning your box and ftp'ing into your mp3 folder? Yeah, you're an idiot, but using computers as they are intended can indeed cause you to possibly allow something illegal and evil to happen. Never mind things like misconfigured/open WAPs.
NOTE: I use Kazaa as an example, because I recall when I first learned about it, and after installing it, realized that it had automatically shared all my ripped cds without my knowledge! If I didn't have enough computer common sense to poke around a little bit, I may never have known.
Due to the complexity of today's home pc (especially Windoze), most people likely have 'plausible deniability' written on their forehead with magic marker, if they happen upon a judge, arbitrator, or jury with a bit of common sense.
Why are the cops at the park even saying anything to the people trying to take pictures of the bean? Isn't copyright violation a civil issue? In other words, isn't it up to the copyright holder to bring a complaint against the photog in court? I would think the cop/security guy couldn't do a damn thing to the photog, aside from warning them that they are potentially violating the copyright of the rights-holder of the structure...
A scenario: Take a pic at the park. The cop comes over and says bad things to you. You tell the cop that copyright violation is a civil violation, and it's up to the rights holder to protect their rights. Proceed to take a buttload of pics, and tell the cop that the rights holder is welcome to invite you to a court date.
If you're driving along, talking to a person sitting next to you, and get distracted, the passenger has the ability to say "Whoah! Look out, before you hit that guy!"
If you are talking to that person on your cell phone, the other talker has no visual feedback, and therefore no way to help you avoid being road-kill.
IMHO, that is a bigger part of why people on cell phones drive worse. If it was the talking part, than EVERYONE talking in their car would be flying off the road.
I have an even better idea.
Why don't we all send in complaints to the FCC about some random soap opera (like Days of our Lives), complaining about the sexual situations?
Let's see if a bunch of geeks can get NBC hit with a huge fine for their smut!
I actually believe (for the most part) the explanation of getting more commercials...IN CERTAIN SHOWS.
I watch 'Boston Legal' on ABC. It follows Desperate Housewives on Sunday night. Seeing as how DH is popular in some circles right now, I would imagine ads on DH cost more than on Boston Legal. If Boston Legal starts 1-2 minutes later, than they can sell 2 more minutes of ad time on the DH rate. And I have noticed that the early commercial breaks on Boston Legal are noticably shorter. I FF through t hem w/ TiVo, and they seem to end much more quickly than they should.
So, again, I DO buy the excuse about advertising, in the sense that they are manipulating the schedule to squeeze more ads into the runtime of the more popular shows for more money.
I may have IE installed (as part of the Windows kernel/shell/whatever), but I am using Firefox. I'm sure the IE requirement has to do with the IE integration into the Windows kernel.
Although I may be wrong...
I don't have the exact issue handy, but someone wrote an article in the past few years explaining exactly how the system works, and how to possibly gain access/control.
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If you are a corporate account, you should ask Dell about having your IT guys become 'Dell Certified Technicians'. I did that at a job from about '97-'00. Just had to take a cert test online every (6?) months. When you have a hardware problem, you simply log into a web site and order the part.
They send the part, and you return the dead part in the same box. Takes a few days tops.
I had to apply for unemployment back in 2000 (in MA) for a couple of months, and I did the whole thing VIA an automated phone system.
Then I got a card in the mail, which I had to fill out and mail back (weekly, I think).
I never saw or spoke to anyone to do it...
Where the hell did you get that .sig quote?! FDR? Here is the REAL quote:
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759
Taking that to it's logical conclusion, your employer shouldn't even let people INTO the theatre. Double win for you:
1-All day to clean up
2-No people = no mess to clean up
No, wait a minute. That just means that you'll get fired. No mess to clean. No customers paying to come in because it makes it harder for you to clean.
Geez, talk about "damned if you do..."
You should try paying for something at a convenience store (with a teenager at the register) and use Susan B Anthony dollars instead of paper 1's. I've gotten some priceless dull stares over the years by doing this.
The first time I recall it happening, I was honestly just getting rid of some change from a USPS vending machine. But after seeing how the poor kid reacted, I try to do it on a regular basis. When you drop the change in the kid's hand, they just assume they're quarters (since they look and feel like $0.25), and wait a few seconds for you to hand them the paper money.
Then you have to say, What are you waiting for? I just paid you."
And they stare lifelessly at the "quarters" in their hand, and wonder what you're talking about.
Sometimes they actually look at them, and realize they aren't quarters. But most of the time, you have to explain what they are...
I really don't see what's so bad about what Google did. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems that they optimized some web pages about their own products to rank higher on a Google search about Google related products.
Did they cloak the search ranking optimizations to affect other search engines, or just Google?
Doesn't it make sense for Google to want their own documentation of a product/problem/issue to rank higher than Joe Shmoe's web site telling people what HE thinks is the problem with that particular Google issue?
When I first heard about the RIAA suing people, I thought of what sounded like a great defense, as long as you have an iota of technical knbowledge:
My girlfriend/wife/roommate installed Kazaa on my computer. By default, it searches for folders with multimedia files and share them to everyone else using Kazaa. The simple act of running Kazaa would be enough to share my entire LEGAL collection of ripped cd's that I have collected over the last 2 decades. I never did anthing intentional to share these files with the whole net, but the program I installed, WHICH ACTUALLY CAN BE USED TO LOOK FOR/DL LEGAL FILES, decided to automatically share my mp3 collection without my knowledge.
Even if it had been me, instead of my wife, that installed the program, the situation would remain the same. I never did anything to cause the sharing to happen. It was an unknown/unintended consequense of installing a legal computer program.
What if you installed a sooper cool FTP proggy that happened to be the fancier version and also ran an FTP server as well? And people were port scanning your box and ftp'ing into your mp3 folder? Yeah, you're an idiot, but using computers as they are intended can indeed cause you to possibly allow something illegal and evil to happen. Never mind things like misconfigured/open WAPs.
NOTE: I use Kazaa as an example, because I recall when I first learned about it, and after installing it, realized that it had automatically shared all my ripped cds without my knowledge! If I didn't have enough computer common sense to poke around a little bit, I may never have known.
Due to the complexity of today's home pc (especially Windoze), most people likely have 'plausible deniability' written on their forehead with magic marker, if they happen upon a judge, arbitrator, or jury with a bit of common sense.
Why are the cops at the park even saying anything to the people trying to take pictures of the bean? Isn't copyright violation a civil issue? In other words, isn't it up to the copyright holder to bring a complaint against the photog in court? I would think the cop/security guy couldn't do a damn thing to the photog, aside from warning them that they are potentially violating the copyright of the rights-holder of the structure...
A scenario: Take a pic at the park. The cop comes over and says bad things to you. You tell the cop that copyright violation is a civil violation, and it's up to the rights holder to protect their rights. Proceed to take a buttload of pics, and tell the cop that the rights holder is welcome to invite you to a court date.
If you're driving along, talking to a person sitting next to you, and get distracted, the passenger has the ability to say "Whoah! Look out, before you hit that guy!"
If you are talking to that person on your cell phone, the other talker has no visual feedback, and therefore no way to help you avoid being road-kill.
IMHO, that is a bigger part of why people on cell phones drive worse. If it was the talking part, than EVERYONE talking in their car would be flying off the road.
Am I fundamentally wrong?
Actually, if you pay attention to the techno-babble in ST:TNG, the solution would need to have something to do with the starboard power coupling.
Really, pay attention to any life threatening crisis. At some point, they will mention the SPC as a life saving measure!
I have an even better idea. Why don't we all send in complaints to the FCC about some random soap opera (like Days of our Lives), complaining about the sexual situations? Let's see if a bunch of geeks can get NBC hit with a huge fine for their smut!
Along with using Firefox and Adblock, I guess blocking the ads up front at my hosts file helps even less. :-P
I actually believe (for the most part) the explanation of getting more commercials...IN CERTAIN SHOWS. I watch 'Boston Legal' on ABC. It follows Desperate Housewives on Sunday night. Seeing as how DH is popular in some circles right now, I would imagine ads on DH cost more than on Boston Legal. If Boston Legal starts 1-2 minutes later, than they can sell 2 more minutes of ad time on the DH rate. And I have noticed that the early commercial breaks on Boston Legal are noticably shorter. I FF through t hem w/ TiVo, and they seem to end much more quickly than they should. So, again, I DO buy the excuse about advertising, in the sense that they are manipulating the schedule to squeeze more ads into the runtime of the more popular shows for more money.
I may have IE installed (as part of the Windows kernel/shell/whatever), but I am using Firefox. I'm sure the IE requirement has to do with the IE integration into the Windows kernel. Although I may be wrong...
I don't have the exact issue handy, but someone wrote an article in the past few years explaining exactly how the system works, and how to possibly gain access/control.
Near the end, didn't someone mention something about how the squiddies kept burrowing down through the current Zion? Is there already another 'Zion'?