Use the remove me url from any spam, put in your test address. Just make sure you are not clicking a link that sends them your real address in the url.
I have a 21" monitor on my desk. I am able to extend my desktop to utilize both the built in LCD and the 21" CRT giving me a huge amount of desktop space when I am at my desk.
I have a wireless mouse and keyboard, so I am not pressing my nose to the screen when I type.
I don't use a docking station, but I do use a USB hub and 802.11b, so I only have the three cables (USB hub, power, monitor) to plug in/unplug when I come and go from my desk.
What about the legal costs in fighting this? They will probably blow your "operational overhead" out of the water. While this would be a lot of data to sort through, if they have the data in a form that can be mined for the requested information, it will just not be that difficult. It's not like they track IPs by first names on PostIts.
You have to be carefull though. As I understand things, if you know something may be required/requested as evidence, it is illegal to destroy it. Obviously IANAL.
Get a router that supports PPPoE (they are pretty cheap), configure the router. You don't have to do anything with the PC except plug in the ethernet cable.
I do have SBC Yahoo! service, and I have been very happy with it. I switched from the local cable mono (possible slogans: "Dialup speeds at 50x the price!" or "Who needs customer service when your a monopoly?") and would never go back. I work from home and use Vonage for phone service, so I notice when there are problems. I have had a few hours of downtime over the past year (not counting power outages), but I think that is acceptable for a residential connection.
The thing is, advertising is not bad by its nature. I want to know about products that I would want to know about. (bad logic, I know).
Rules for advertising:
1) Don't be overly intrusive. An ad during an install is fine, just don't make is a 30 second video that extends the install time.
2) Make a reasonable attempt to target your audience. Show me something that I will find interesting, informative, or amusing.
3) Make a reasonable attempt to not offend me. You don't know who will see this, keep it at a PG level.
Everything I send is in my "Sent" folder if I really need it (and, yes, sometimes I have to go digging for stuff). By deleting it, my stuff is more organized (because there is less of it), and the responsibility is back on that person. I am sure it is not right for everyone in every situation, and I don't use if for every request I get, but it has worked well for me for requests that are not well thought out...or that I am just trying to put off.
Magic prioritization:
Step 1: Reply to the email ASAP with a question. Emails are (at best) only half thought out to begin with, so this is typically necessary anyway. It is best if it is something the person will have to look up or follow up on, rather than something they will know right away.
Step 2: Delete the email.
If it takes the person two weeks to get back to you, you know that it is not important AND you just bought yourself two weeks.
If your phone rings 30 seconds after sending the email, it is urgent.
Everything else falls in the middle somewhere, but you get the idea. In my case, probably close to 5% of these never get a response (or get a quick reply that they will look into it, but no final answer), or having been forced to think about their request, they send a response that they need to work on the details of the request before I begin working on it.
OK, Point 1:
Profanity: a weak mind attempting to express a strong opinion.
(That is not an original quote, but I am not sure who to credit it to)
Point 2:
Clearly I am not safe from all of the potential events you mentioned. My comment was not in the least related to the likelyhood that I would experience one or more of these in my lifetime, but rather on how unlikely it will be that an ameteur radio operator will happen to be in the right place at the right time when I need it. Should they happen to be in the right time at the right place, certainly I would be gratefull.
I also am not proposing that we intentionally disrupt these radio services. I think the technology that provides the greatest benefit to the greatest number of people while infringing on the rights of the fewest people is the best choice. I am not even going to try to say which of these technologies best meets these criteria as I do not know enough about either of them to support an opinion. I will say that anectdotal evidence that ameteur radio saves life is not sufficient to support the claims that it is the better technology.
And finally...I do not gamble. My comments were intended in a light hearted comparitive fashion which you are apparently not capable of appreciating given your strong feelings on the topic. You seem to take Slashdot much more seriously than I.
So we need to prevent this interference so that IF there is a power outage, and IF I need an ambulance, and IF there happens to be an AMETEUR radio operator nearby at the time, that HAPPENS to know that I need help...my life will be saved?
Seems to me that I would get better odds at a slot machine.
But have we evaluated the effects this may have on the Martians?
Such inspiring statements as:
"all they have to do is to find a way to protect staff and environment from radiation."
and:
"The only stumbling block is how to deliver ready-made building blocks to a construction site 300 million kilometres"
how could it not be a success?
But it is not required that all people have these devices in the vehicles. It may get to the point where you cannot buy a new car without one, but I have not heard anything about legislation to force retrofitting.
Slashdot Mirror
Use the remove me url from any spam, put in your test address. Just make sure you are not clicking a link that sends them your real address in the url.
Many companies already use something other than Outlook, even if they have it. Lotus Notes probably being the primary alternative.
I have a 21" monitor on my desk. I am able to extend my desktop to utilize both the built in LCD and the 21" CRT giving me a huge amount of desktop space when I am at my desk.
I have a wireless mouse and keyboard, so I am not pressing my nose to the screen when I type.
I don't use a docking station, but I do use a USB hub and 802.11b, so I only have the three cables (USB hub, power, monitor) to plug in/unplug when I come and go from my desk.
What about the legal costs in fighting this? They will probably blow your "operational overhead" out of the water. While this would be a lot of data to sort through, if they have the data in a form that can be mined for the requested information, it will just not be that difficult. It's not like they track IPs by first names on PostIts.
You have to be carefull though. As I understand things, if you know something may be required/requested as evidence, it is illegal to destroy it. Obviously IANAL.
Get a router that supports PPPoE (they are pretty cheap), configure the router. You don't have to do anything with the PC except plug in the ethernet cable.
I do have SBC Yahoo! service, and I have been very happy with it. I switched from the local cable mono (possible slogans: "Dialup speeds at 50x the price!" or "Who needs customer service when your a monopoly?") and would never go back. I work from home and use Vonage for phone service, so I notice when there are problems. I have had a few hours of downtime over the past year (not counting power outages), but I think that is acceptable for a residential connection.
Agreed.
The thing is, advertising is not bad by its nature. I want to know about products that I would want to know about. (bad logic, I know).
Rules for advertising:
1) Don't be overly intrusive. An ad during an install is fine, just don't make is a 30 second video that extends the install time.
2) Make a reasonable attempt to target your audience. Show me something that I will find interesting, informative, or amusing.
3) Make a reasonable attempt to not offend me. You don't know who will see this, keep it at a PG level.
Sure, it's just one day. We can make it up on the next 2/29.
I don't have a lot of experience with these things....
But I'm going to tell you what to do anyway.
They are not bidding on the song so much as the opportunity to be the buying party in the experiment.
Everything I send is in my "Sent" folder if I really need it (and, yes, sometimes I have to go digging for stuff). By deleting it, my stuff is more organized (because there is less of it), and the responsibility is back on that person. I am sure it is not right for everyone in every situation, and I don't use if for every request I get, but it has worked well for me for requests that are not well thought out...or that I am just trying to put off.
They're totally flexible, extensible, and templatable.
Dude, you sound like an IBM commercial.
Magic prioritization:
Step 1: Reply to the email ASAP with a question. Emails are (at best) only half thought out to begin with, so this is typically necessary anyway. It is best if it is something the person will have to look up or follow up on, rather than something they will know right away.
Step 2: Delete the email.
If it takes the person two weeks to get back to you, you know that it is not important AND you just bought yourself two weeks.
If your phone rings 30 seconds after sending the email, it is urgent.
Everything else falls in the middle somewhere, but you get the idea. In my case, probably close to 5% of these never get a response (or get a quick reply that they will look into it, but no final answer), or having been forced to think about their request, they send a response that they need to work on the details of the request before I begin working on it.
If you have not seen it, it's new to you!
OK, Point 1:
Profanity: a weak mind attempting to express a strong opinion.
(That is not an original quote, but I am not sure who to credit it to)
Point 2:
Clearly I am not safe from all of the potential events you mentioned. My comment was not in the least related to the likelyhood that I would experience one or more of these in my lifetime, but rather on how unlikely it will be that an ameteur radio operator will happen to be in the right place at the right time when I need it. Should they happen to be in the right time at the right place, certainly I would be gratefull.
I also am not proposing that we intentionally disrupt these radio services. I think the technology that provides the greatest benefit to the greatest number of people while infringing on the rights of the fewest people is the best choice. I am not even going to try to say which of these technologies best meets these criteria as I do not know enough about either of them to support an opinion. I will say that anectdotal evidence that ameteur radio saves life is not sufficient to support the claims that it is the better technology.
And finally...I do not gamble. My comments were intended in a light hearted comparitive fashion which you are apparently not capable of appreciating given your strong feelings on the topic. You seem to take Slashdot much more seriously than I.
Good day, Stephen
So we need to prevent this interference so that IF there is a power outage, and IF I need an ambulance, and IF there happens to be an AMETEUR radio operator nearby at the time, that HAPPENS to know that I need help...my life will be saved?
Seems to me that I would get better odds at a slot machine.
My last words may well be:
"Honey, is this wire white with a black stripe, or black with a white stripe?"
But have we evaluated the effects this may have on the Martians?
Such inspiring statements as:
"all they have to do is to find a way to protect staff and environment from radiation."
and:
"The only stumbling block is how to deliver ready-made building blocks to a construction site 300 million kilometres"
how could it not be a success?
Of course. It fixes everything.
Little known fact or over used stupid joke?
So...you don't agree because you are one exception to the trend? Man, you are a genius.
The true answer lies in the question:
"Do I have to maintain this project?"
Man...I thought that guys good bye letter was pretty annoying, but then I read your post and it really put "annoying" in perspective.
Give him a break. He obviously cared about the project and has had to call it quits. He used his own site to vent a little, so what?
And there are many of us who live in reality (or at least I think we do, but who's to say, really?) that make good money AND are appreciated.
I suspect the question would have been more accurately phrased "Do you object to being labeled ADHD?", but I could be wrong.
But it is not required that all people have these devices in the vehicles. It may get to the point where you cannot buy a new car without one, but I have not heard anything about legislation to force retrofitting.