I've also noticed that after a recent "Live Update" and reboot of my machine that one of the Symantec executables (ccApp.exe I think) insists on contacting crl.verisign.com when it didn't before...
Personally, I am getting tired of all this extra effort just to use a damn piece of software I purchased legally. I'm also tired of every single application wanting to contact the mothership for some reason.
Because of demands that the agency help to front for environmentalism, and under pressure from the Clinton-Gore administration's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) led by Carol Browner, NASA had stopped using Freon, a fluorocarbon that greens claim damages the ozone layer, in its thermal-insulating foam. NASA found in 1997 after the first launch with the politically correct substitute that the Freon-free foam had destroyed nearly 11 times as many of the shuttle's ceramic tiles as had the foam containing Freon. The politicized foam was less sticky and more brittle under extreme temperatures. But apparently little or nothing was done to resist the environmentalist politicians.
I'm certain your new version of Windows with the automatic update will automatically download everything while you are sleeping, apply patches, then have coffee brewed on your uPnP coffee maker and waiting for you when you wake up...
I'm 35 and used creatine for a while. While usage did help extend workouts, giving me more strength in the long run, it ended up hurting me in the long run - my bones and joints couldn't keep up with the muscle strength and I ended up getting injured in the process. Since then, I've eliminated most suppliments, reducing them to a tub of whey and a tub of soy protein.
There is too much conflicting information on creatine. One study say its okay to take it with glutamine, some don't, or in GNC's case say they need to be taken separately but sell them together in their MRP and suggest usage with their whey protein, which contains glutamine... Go figure...
My favorite, though, was the recommended two gallons or more of water during the day. Two gallons? Some of us work for a living and drive an hour home. That plus you need eight good hours of sleep, 180 grams of protein per day, but can only absorb at most 40 grams every 4 hours...
You don't need creatine. I've found a good diet with adequate protein at each small meal then a scoop of cottage cheese before a good night's rest has been better for me than all that supplement crap...
Historically, Microsoft has released patches and service packs that have disabled other software products or caused them to fail. They also introduce new or altered EULA's with patches and service packs. This has created a fair amount of mistrust towards Microsoft.
I used to be able to apply service to mainframe OS/software, test the patches for about a day, then place them into production; we trusted the vendors. Unfortunately, that is not the case anymore as trusted vendors have been absorbed or are gone. It takes us a month to rotate through cummulative service and sometimes we catch things.
Three weeks is a long time, but understandable if you have burnt before. Besides, if Microsoft was a closed system instead of leaving crap like RPC open by default things might just be a little smoother.
1. $300k to manage this? The bare minimum to use this system is: an Internet capable PC with a printer and Adobe Acrobat for each DSO (Designated School Official) and the Primary DSO - which they probably already have, an 11-character field in your database to store the SEVIS ID of your student, a pair of programs to generate the compliance reports.
2. Most school officials that I know of immediately went into a defensive panic mode as soon as SEVIS was renamed/introduced (INS has been working on automating this for years but 9/11 accelerated the process and added need for additional tracking). Most of them preferred to debate and defer the issue rather than working with it to make things better for everybody. The whole I-20 generation process really isn't that bad...
3. There are students that have complained but the majority of them realize that now there is a simple list of rules to follow and the flow of paperwork has simplified somewhat. They come in, study, finish, then either leave or get naturalized... There is nothing in the SEVIS interface (web or batch XML) outside of data to verify who you are and what you are doing in this country is what you said you were going to be doing with the funds you have allocated to do so.
That entire story smells of sensationalism (find problem, exploit the minority that have the problem to make the problem look bigger than it really is, etc...).
Personally, I hope this system ends up working. It may take a while, but a centralized system is a better alternative to thousands of schools writing their own different/incompatible systems.
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I've also noticed that after a recent "Live Update" and reboot of my machine that one of the Symantec executables (ccApp.exe I think) insists on contacting crl.verisign.com when it didn't before...
Personally, I am getting tired of all this extra effort just to use a damn piece of software I purchased legally. I'm also tired of every single application wanting to contact the mothership for some reason.
No, but there are already people on both sides of the political landscape using this tragedy to attack the other's values
Insight on the News seems to think environmentalists share blame:
Because of demands that the agency help to front for environmentalism, and under pressure from the Clinton-Gore administration's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) led by Carol Browner, NASA had stopped using Freon, a fluorocarbon that greens claim damages the ozone layer, in its thermal-insulating foam. NASA found in 1997 after the first launch with the politically correct substitute that the Freon-free foam had destroyed nearly 11 times as many of the shuttle's ceramic tiles as had the foam containing Freon. The politicized foam was less sticky and more brittle under extreme temperatures. But apparently little or nothing was done to resist the environmentalist politicians.
Or due to dementia and/or alcoholism, can't remember their SSN...
I'm certain your new version of Windows with the automatic update will automatically download everything while you are sleeping, apply patches, then have coffee brewed on your uPnP coffee maker and waiting for you when you wake up...
I'm 35 and used creatine for a while. While usage did help extend workouts, giving me more strength in the long run, it ended up hurting me in the long run - my bones and joints couldn't keep up with the muscle strength and I ended up getting injured in the process. Since then, I've eliminated most suppliments, reducing them to a tub of whey and a tub of soy protein.
There is too much conflicting information on creatine. One study say its okay to take it with glutamine, some don't, or in GNC's case say they need to be taken separately but sell them together in their MRP and suggest usage with their whey protein, which contains glutamine... Go figure...
My favorite, though, was the recommended two gallons or more of water during the day. Two gallons? Some of us work for a living and drive an hour home. That plus you need eight good hours of sleep, 180 grams of protein per day, but can only absorb at most 40 grams every 4 hours...
You don't need creatine. I've found a good diet with adequate protein at each small meal then a scoop of cottage cheese before a good night's rest has been better for me than all that supplement crap...
Historically, Microsoft has released patches and service packs that have disabled other software products or caused them to fail. They also introduce new or altered EULA's with patches and service packs. This has created a fair amount of mistrust towards Microsoft.
I used to be able to apply service to mainframe OS/software, test the patches for about a day, then place them into production; we trusted the vendors. Unfortunately, that is not the case anymore as trusted vendors have been absorbed or are gone. It takes us a month to rotate through cummulative service and sometimes we catch things.
Three weeks is a long time, but understandable if you have burnt before. Besides, if Microsoft was a closed system instead of leaving crap like RPC open by default things might just be a little smoother.
1. $300k to manage this? The bare minimum to use this system is: an Internet capable PC with a printer and Adobe Acrobat for each DSO (Designated School Official) and the Primary DSO - which they probably already have, an 11-character field in your database to store the SEVIS ID of your student, a pair of programs to generate the compliance reports. 2. Most school officials that I know of immediately went into a defensive panic mode as soon as SEVIS was renamed /introduced (INS has been working on automating this for years but 9/11 accelerated the process and added need for additional tracking). Most of them preferred to debate and defer the issue rather than working with it to make things better for everybody. The whole I-20 generation process really isn't that bad...
3. There are students that have complained but the majority of them realize that now there is a simple list of rules to follow and the flow of paperwork has simplified somewhat. They come in, study, finish, then either leave or get naturalized... There is nothing in the SEVIS interface (web or batch XML) outside of data to verify who you are and what you are doing in this country is what you said you were going to be doing with the funds you have allocated to do so.
That entire story smells of sensationalism (find problem, exploit the minority that have the problem to make the problem look bigger than it really is, etc...).
Personally, I hope this system ends up working. It may take a while, but a centralized system is a better alternative to thousands of schools writing their own different/incompatible systems.