Well, while it's a good idea to get your own spelling correct when commenting on others, I think it's more significant that a former US VP can't spell a common word like potato than for an Irishman to know the correct spelling of some yanks name;)
Certinaly I wouldn't feel like any kind of moron for having made the same mistake.
That said, I don't actually know the background to that comment.
It's a mis-saying that I pick up on every time I read it and while I always think "why on earth do people say that???" I've never though or read that much about it.
So...yes, while off topic, I thougth it was a good read and something I personally hadn't seen before.
"For those of you who think this is an ok thing to do, try pulling something similar at work."
Try not doing it at my work - our days are full of 'have you seen my mug" sent to everyone in the country and you can't convince a single person that this is completly counter productive.
And judging by the amount of info on STOPPING this kind of use of PM and email, it must be widespread - ie accepted by the general masses.
And in reference to;
"Furthermore, the punishment for this "offense" seems neither fair nor warranted?"
Furthermore, the question mark after your statement seems neither needed nor warranted.:)
If you say so, however in Australia if an incorrect CCV is entered the bank will decline the card.
Note that the MERCHANT can deliberatly skip the CCV, but the number is there as a extra [small] security measure as it doesn't show up on receipts, imprints etc.
The standardization of the desktop (Windows) and of basic productivity applications (Office) has certainly accelerated the acceptance of the personal computer, and that appears to be a good thing.
I don't agree that they accelerated anything, except the decline into mindless computer use. I can only cite my experience, but like most young boys and girls in the late 70's and early 80's I got a computer. We all learned about them including hardware and basic programming. Of those people that I still know, they all have a fundamental idea of how their current PCs despite being in completly non technical jobs. They all know the basic concepts of a computer program. They have also used about 5 completly different types of computer over the years and like most of us, can easily switch back and forwards from one type to the next.
This differentiates them from the people who stuggle with their PC in the office each day. In my (non technical) office we have a few staff who listen when I explain the 'how and why' of their PC and some who "don't have time to listen". With a few fundamentals (that word again) the ones who get a non platform specific handle can work out future problems themselves - I never hear from them.
With the dumbing down of computing, today any kid can leave school and have no idea what 'compile' means, or even understand what a Mb Vs a MB is because they don't know what a bit or byte is in the first place. (this is an example from yesterday, talking to a "tech savvy 20 year old" to whom I needed to explain what he was not going to get half a MB of data a second over a "512k" ADSL sevice....not his fault, it's the popular 'Windows' dumb-it-down culture that ensures noone learns these 'fundamentals' that are so useful.
(p.s. mine was a Vic-20 in 1981 BTW for my 7th birthday. I was very jealous of the BBC owners, but glad I didn't get a ZX-81 as was originally the plan)
Or given that peoples SCO Unix will be running on a x86 box, Solaris intel Edition. Cost of migration? Zero, yet you can still get all the official support you want direct from the vendor.
This is precisely what we did a few years back from OpenServer 5.0.4 - albeit before any of the current goings on.
Certainly I understood at the time (2001?) that x86 support was at an end. I use Solasis 8 to run Oracle - and within a few weeks of learning that Solaris for intel *looked* to be finished, I had Oracle for Linux media on my shelf as a contingency.
As it turns out, Sun did release Solaris 9 for x86...and I stayed on Solaris 8 anyway.
I guess that's is the beauty of an open market where we aren't cornered into a propriety solution. If one vendor does something we really don't like we have options.
I think the HR staff should have been denied continuing their job!
Yes - it's a tricky world we live in. Perhaps a system needs to be established for advertisers whereby they can identify the level of their ineptitude at advertising. It would be a negative scale of course, where '0' means it *might* be reasonable to put in a sensible resume on the basis that the person reading it will mainly understand what does and doesn't need to be explicitly stated. (if the job is being read directly by technical staff then a +1 could indicate as such, but we wouldn't let the HR monkeys know).
I for one do not want to read about user orientated skills in Windows 98 and Internet Explorer 3, 4, 5 and 6 when hiring a network admin position. If you have a CCNE I'll assume you know the maximise button from close in Windows.;)
It's not that management are trying to rip staff off, but they simply have no understanding of what a job is - neither do the recruitment agencies; they list a ton of names that they can see in the office and figure that qualifies as 'requirements'.
Also, any job placement these days (or since the 80's) that requests that you know 'Novell' isn't worth looking at. I mean - what are they asking exactly? I know a few people who work there - does that qualify me?
Actually, on the rare occasion I hire, I am amazed by the number of applicants that think that a 'resume' is a listing of every single application you have ever seen, or read about in a magazine.
Or the Digitor model I bought my parents this week plays EVERYTHING (at AU$90 which is less than the price of a game itself);
DVD (region free of course) DVD+R, DVD-R, DVD+RW, DVD-RW, VCD, SVCD, MP# and WMA to name a few. That's better than my much more expensive Panasonic which will only play DVD+R and DVD+RW.
Anyone buynig a console thinking they are getting a good deal on a DVD player is deluding themselves. And I know some deluded families stuck with noisy region locked (average family doesn't mod) DVD players which they paid way over the odds for once the sales guy talked them into extra warranties and controllers.
Even eerier when after the 'behind center' you notice the system isn't plugged in...woooOOoo..
Sorry - old kids comic joke that seems to pop into my head every few years.."If you thought that movie was scary, look at the plug.." etc
'all over the place' as in the intro to Saving Private Ryan...it's all over the place!
The positioning isn't as discrete as a proper system, but I like the sound of it - it's a good effort on a 6 year old TV which I had no expectation would actually work (from that perspective). If I think a sound came from the back of the room and I didn't pay for a speaker there, I'm happy:)
Well, funny you should mention that because I moved house a year ago and lost the use of my 5.1 system as it belonged to a flatmate. So I was back to my Phillips TV which claimed to have virtual surround.
It had never been any use but in my new place, which had bare walls behind the TV and behind where I sit it is excellent - the sound is all over the place, so under the right conditions it seems to work.
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Certinaly I wouldn't feel like any kind of moron for having made the same mistake.
That said, I don't actually know the background to that comment.
Dropping back to the DOS prompt gave you access to NOTHING which the login was designed to protect. You simply decided not to login, end of story.
Of if that was on Australian TV it would be;
"...tends to be 'orrific as of late."
Our news readers are so posh they now say with great emphasis 'orrific, 'orrible and 'orendous
It's a mis-saying that I pick up on every time I read it and while I always think "why on earth do people say that???" I've never though or read that much about it.
So...yes, while off topic, I thougth it was a good read and something I personally hadn't seen before.
Try not doing it at my work - our days are full of 'have you seen my mug" sent to everyone in the country and you can't convince a single person that this is completly counter productive.
And judging by the amount of info on STOPPING this kind of use of PM and email, it must be widespread - ie accepted by the general masses.
And in reference to; "Furthermore, the punishment for this "offense" seems neither fair nor warranted?" Furthermore, the question mark after your statement seems neither needed nor warranted. :)
If you say so, however in Australia if an incorrect CCV is entered the bank will decline the card. Note that the MERCHANT can deliberatly skip the CCV, but the number is there as a extra [small] security measure as it doesn't show up on receipts, imprints etc.
Yes - I realised that as I hit 'submit'. We need an edit - I didn't want to make another post ;)
Negative.
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I don't agree that they accelerated anything, except the decline into mindless computer use. I can only cite my experience, but like most young boys and girls in the late 70's and early 80's I got a computer. We all learned about them including hardware and basic programming. Of those people that I still know, they all have a fundamental idea of how their current PCs despite being in completly non technical jobs. They all know the basic concepts of a computer program. They have also used about 5 completly different types of computer over the years and like most of us, can easily switch back and forwards from one type to the next.
This differentiates them from the people who stuggle with their PC in the office each day. In my (non technical) office we have a few staff who listen when I explain the 'how and why' of their PC and some who "don't have time to listen". With a few fundamentals (that word again) the ones who get a non platform specific handle can work out future problems themselves - I never hear from them.
With the dumbing down of computing, today any kid can leave school and have no idea what 'compile' means, or even understand what a Mb Vs a MB is because they don't know what a bit or byte is in the first place. (this is an example from yesterday, talking to a "tech savvy 20 year old" to whom I needed to explain what he was not going to get half a MB of data a second over a "512k" ADSL sevice....not his fault, it's the popular 'Windows' dumb-it-down culture that ensures noone learns these 'fundamentals' that are so useful.
(p.s. mine was a Vic-20 in 1981 BTW for my 7th birthday. I was very jealous of the BBC owners, but glad I didn't get a ZX-81 as was originally the plan)
This is precisely what we did a few years back from OpenServer 5.0.4 - albeit before any of the current goings on.
As it turns out, Sun did release Solaris 9 for x86...and I stayed on Solaris 8 anyway.
I guess that's is the beauty of an open market where we aren't cornered into a propriety solution. If one vendor does something we really don't like we have options.
I'm organising a get together in [insert deep south US town here] tonight. Bring your Linux distros and matches...
Yes - it's a tricky world we live in. Perhaps a system needs to be established for advertisers whereby they can identify the level of their ineptitude at advertising. It would be a negative scale of course, where '0' means it *might* be reasonable to put in a sensible resume on the basis that the person reading it will mainly understand what does and doesn't need to be explicitly stated. (if the job is being read directly by technical staff then a +1 could indicate as such, but we wouldn't let the HR monkeys know).
I for one do not want to read about user orientated skills in Windows 98 and Internet Explorer 3, 4, 5 and 6 when hiring a network admin position. If you have a CCNE I'll assume you know the maximise button from close in Windows. ;)
Also, any job placement these days (or since the 80's) that requests that you know 'Novell' isn't worth looking at. I mean - what are they asking exactly? I know a few people who work there - does that qualify me?
Actually, on the rare occasion I hire, I am amazed by the number of applicants that think that a 'resume' is a listing of every single application you have ever seen, or read about in a magazine.
Or the Digitor model I bought my parents this week plays EVERYTHING (at AU$90 which is less than the price of a game itself); DVD (region free of course) DVD+R, DVD-R, DVD+RW, DVD-RW, VCD, SVCD, MP# and WMA to name a few. That's better than my much more expensive Panasonic which will only play DVD+R and DVD+RW. Anyone buynig a console thinking they are getting a good deal on a DVD player is deluding themselves. And I know some deluded families stuck with noisy region locked (average family doesn't mod) DVD players which they paid way over the odds for once the sales guy talked them into extra warranties and controllers.
Even eerier when after the 'behind center' you notice the system isn't plugged in...woooOOoo.. Sorry - old kids comic joke that seems to pop into my head every few years.."If you thought that movie was scary, look at the plug.." etc
Jack Daniels has the same effect but I still keep going back to it so I'll take your advice.
'all over the place' as in the intro to Saving Private Ryan...it's all over the place! The positioning isn't as discrete as a proper system, but I like the sound of it - it's a good effort on a 6 year old TV which I had no expectation would actually work (from that perspective). If I think a sound came from the back of the room and I didn't pay for a speaker there, I'm happy :)
Well, funny you should mention that because I moved house a year ago and lost the use of my 5.1 system as it belonged to a flatmate. So I was back to my Phillips TV which claimed to have virtual surround. It had never been any use but in my new place, which had bare walls behind the TV and behind where I sit it is excellent - the sound is all over the place, so under the right conditions it seems to work.