Everything I needed to know about warfare and life I learned from Metal Gear. Yeah, that's right. The original.
You can infiltrate classified military installations by disguising yourself as an innocuous cardboard box. There's nothing more indispensable than a pack of smokes. And nothing in the entire arsenal of the Military-Industrial Complex is as singularly lethal as a ninja.
When I was in the support trenches, I always informed my users that the first two probabilities we needed to eliminate in solving their problem were user error and mis-reporting of the actual problem. I always made sure that my users understood that my sole interest lay in resolving their issue in the quickest possible way, and that 90% of the time, these first two concerns represented the quickest possible resolution. It's never anything personal against the user, if you're a professional, and techs who would mindlessly pursue such a mindset have no business in direct personal support.
In short, in telephone support, it's called "call control". You need to establish enough of a rapport with the user to ensure that they're working with you, not against you, in the resolution of THEIR problem, and that it's in BOTH your interests to solve that problem as expeditiously as possible.
Firstly, I'd have to wonder what impact his fanciful list of credentials had when he was nominated for, and voted on, for his various wikipedia titles.
Secondly, I'd say it's a bad omen: If this guy has used bad faith to attain a "decision-making" position within wikipedia, then what sorts of motivations is this person going to be acting on in their performance of their duties? This issue with "editors" taking biases, then abusing wiki's procedural hierarchy to get "their" way on a contentious issue is hardly new, but this story makes the causes behind many of the potential abuses a bit clearer.
Finally, in the user's bio on wikipedia, I notice about ten years' worth of professional-level work experience, which is a bit abnormal for someone who's only 24 years old and has no degree. More lies?
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Uh....IAU guys....wouldn't it be fair, since Pluto is thisclose to being a planet, and since it was discovered in 1930, to assign Pluto as Minor Planet #1?
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe. ceehiro.
A blatantly self-promoting advertisement submission is one thing, but linking the article twice, for blatant SEO-ness and referring to yourself in the third person in the submission are a whole 'nother can of worms.
I'd love to have one unified, well-designed, attractive and ergonomic handheld game unit preloaded with a lightweight, unlocked, extendable OS and emulators for every system ever made.
I'd pay a lot of money for that.
But that won't happen in my lifetime, because of the approach the game companies take to copyright law and the razor-and-blades marketing approach.
Sooner or later, the pretense will be dropped, and Rich Uncle Pennybags will arrive in his roadster, with his terrier, to pick up large bags of money by direct income taxation for copyright compensation.
Each citizen will be required to pay either $200/yearly, or 10% of the value of their approved, licensed, DRM'd musical entertainment product.
RealNetworks executives said the technology was distinguished from other similar systems by the fact that it permitted "intelligent" streaming of data in potentially congested networks."
So, the way I read this, and company flacks have made statements that support it, is that as long as you're not using their exact method, which is "intelligent", you're OK.
OSS Coders, Start working on super-ingenious streaming video methods!
As already noted, it'd be nice to have forum-type functionality so one can see "why" a job is open; if, for instance, a job is "open" because the people currently filling it are bailing out due to an impending layoff. (coughcoughAT&Tcoughcough)
It'd also be nice to know how long a job posting has really been posted....a lot of times, companies that have turnover issues, and therefore, eternal openings, will simply re-jigger their listing so it looks "fresh".
In short, it is time for these sites to work for the jobseeker and not the employer. There's often reasons why a given position is open that have nothing to do with expansion.:)
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Everything I needed to know about warfare and life I learned from Metal Gear. Yeah, that's right. The original.
You can infiltrate classified military installations by disguising yourself as an innocuous cardboard box. There's nothing more indispensable than a pack of smokes. And nothing in the entire arsenal of the Military-Industrial Complex is as singularly lethal as a ninja.
When I was in the support trenches, I always informed my users that the first two probabilities we needed to eliminate in solving their problem were user error and mis-reporting of the actual problem. I always made sure that my users understood that my sole interest lay in resolving their issue in the quickest possible way, and that 90% of the time, these first two concerns represented the quickest possible resolution. It's never anything personal against the user, if you're a professional, and techs who would mindlessly pursue such a mindset have no business in direct personal support.
In short, in telephone support, it's called "call control". You need to establish enough of a rapport with the user to ensure that they're working with you, not against you, in the resolution of THEIR problem, and that it's in BOTH your interests to solve that problem as expeditiously as possible.
Firstly, I'd have to wonder what impact his fanciful list of credentials had when he was nominated for, and voted on, for his various wikipedia titles.
Secondly, I'd say it's a bad omen: If this guy has used bad faith to attain a "decision-making" position within wikipedia, then what sorts of motivations is this person going to be acting on in their performance of their duties? This issue with "editors" taking biases, then abusing wiki's procedural hierarchy to get "their" way on a contentious issue is hardly new, but this story makes the causes behind many of the potential abuses a bit clearer.
Finally, in the user's bio on wikipedia, I notice about ten years' worth of professional-level work experience, which is a bit abnormal for someone who's only 24 years old and has no degree. More lies?
If you're using AITDomains for registrations, and AIT for web hosting, be certain you don't run afoul of their restrictive service terms. If they deem you to be in default, they WILL jerk your domain.
The bigger problem with most "social networks" is mental instability!
This is not a problem.
To wit: The NSA currently has a lot of data it has no real use for, and will have no more of a need for in 2100.
Stop thinking problems, and start seeing solutions.
Hassan Nasrallah
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We could then call it GNUGNUGPL-NUv1.0beta.
The acronym would stand for GNUGNUGPL's Not Unix GNU GPL. (Not Unix)beta
Advantages:
Uh....IAU guys....wouldn't it be fair, since Pluto is thisclose to being a planet, and since it was discovered in 1930, to assign Pluto as Minor Planet #1?
Just sayin', that's all...
All Bobcats represent! Wo0T!
Congrats to Prof. Hla, as well, for keeping OU in the headlines.
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe. ceehiro.
:)
I *know* BSD is quite stable, I've used it in production environments in the past.
:)
But...am I the only one that sees "BSD" and reads "BSOD"....every time??
Always nice to see serious efforts to bring *nix to the desktop, though.
A blatantly self-promoting advertisement submission is one thing, but linking the article twice, for blatant SEO-ness and referring to yourself in the third person in the submission are a whole 'nother can of worms.
I'd read about the GP2X and forgotten about it.
:)
Thanks for refiring that synapse.
I'd buy that for a dollar. Another buck if it could also give me a really low user number so all the kids would know how cool I am. =)
All the wisdom you need on this issue:
Net's tapped anyway
Maggie says that many say
They must bust in early May
Orders from the D. A.
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(Waves Hand.) There is no sig.
I'd love to have one unified, well-designed, attractive and ergonomic handheld game unit preloaded with a lightweight, unlocked, extendable OS and emulators for every system ever made.
I'd pay a lot of money for that.
But that won't happen in my lifetime, because of the approach the game companies take to copyright law and the razor-and-blades marketing approach.
--
(Waves Hand.) There is no sig here.
Sooner or later, the pretense will be dropped, and Rich Uncle Pennybags will arrive in his roadster, with his terrier, to pick up large bags of money by direct income taxation for copyright compensation.
Each citizen will be required to pay either $200/yearly, or 10% of the value of their approved, licensed, DRM'd musical entertainment product.
And for those who fail to comply....
Do not pass Go, Do not collect $200.
I remember quickly getting bored with the default shapes thingee you made by mashing the dough through this big plastic doohickey.
I remember eschewing this tool in favor of jury-rigging my own shapes.
Twenty-five years later, I do the same thing with photoshop.
Progress?
C&L can get a bit overloaded at times; here's another direct-download video link:
:)
Colbert WH Correspondents' Dinner Address
My server has proven pretty slash-worthy in the past, so no worries.
RealNetworks executives said the technology was distinguished from other similar systems by the fact that it permitted "intelligent" streaming of data in potentially congested networks."
So, the way I read this, and company flacks have made statements that support it, is that as long as you're not using their exact method, which is "intelligent", you're OK.
OSS Coders, Start working on super-ingenious streaming video methods!
Yeah, lower-level programming will continue to get easier. But by then the really slick programmers will all be working on....SPACE PLANS.
Seriously, imagine the problems yet to be hurdled in computer and software engineering, and consider the layman's ability to tackle those problems.
The sky is not falling because Joe Average is getting more computer-savvy. It's the other way around.
As already noted, it'd be nice to have forum-type functionality so one can see "why" a job is open; if, for instance, a job is "open" because the people currently filling it are bailing out due to an impending layoff. (coughcoughAT&Tcoughcough)
:)
It'd also be nice to know how long a job posting has really been posted....a lot of times, companies that have turnover issues, and therefore, eternal openings, will simply re-jigger their listing so it looks "fresh".
In short, it is time for these sites to work for the jobseeker and not the employer. There's often reasons why a given position is open that have nothing to do with expansion.
This is all very dubious. If I've got the green apple splatters, I think I'm still gonna want to weigh in with the scrubbing bubbles after I'm done.
Of course, what we're not hearing is that this was done to prevent SuitSat from taking over ISS and sending it on a mission to Europa.