I guess they do need to save money considering they are losing clients. It appears that many companies are moving to smaller accounting firms to cut costs and saying no the the "Big Four" (Deloitte, KPMG, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) and Ernst & Young).
..considering that my office is switching from a Novell server to a Windows server this evening.
Personally, I don't mind. Right now we have to maintain two seperate user bases, our US domain and the Novell server. Which becomes a pain when a user resets their US domain password after it expires and calls up saying that they can't login to their computer when really it's because their domain and novell passwords are not synchronized.
One annoying thing that I can forsee with the change is that, with our Novell server, a user can only see folders that they have access to where as, on a Windows server, all folders are listed and, when a user tries to access a folder in which they do not have permissions, they receive an error message.
I'm on slashdot so often because, at work, I get to the point where I've browsed just about every website that I could possibly think of and I get so bored that I wind up refreshing slashdot every 5 minutes just to see if there is a new article posted. sighs
Eventually, the mods are going to post a story and, at the end of it, comment "btw, this is a dupe" or, a little more subtle, "this was previously covered here".
While I agree that it might not always be best to know what all of your genetic dispositions are, there can be benefits. For example, if I know that I have a higher risk than normal for diabetes, I'm not going to go on a sugar binge and not exercise my entire life. I'm going to do the most that I can to prevent myself from developing it.
I just don't want to not be hired or denied insurance when an employer sees that on my "chart".
[Knocking]
Doug: Hello, sir.
Peter: Enough with the foreplay. What are you selling?
Doug: Well, I was gonna try to sell you some "handsome cream" but I can see you already bought out the store!
Peter: Go on.
Doug: Perhaps you'd be interested in something every homeowner cannot be without.
Doug: Volcano insurance!
Peter: Go on.
Doug: According to my uncle, who's a real whiz with volcanoes a volcano is coming this way!
Peter: [Thinking]: I, too, have an uncle.
Peter: Come in.
Peter: How much is this volcano insurance?
Doug: I don't know. Let's say, $200.
Peter: $200? That's more than I spent on all that handsome cream.
Peter: I don't have that kind of money!
Doug: What about that jar of money?
Peter: No way! That's Lois' rainy day fund.
Doug: Come on, it never rains in Rhode Island.
Peter: Yeah, but I'm pretty sure we've never had a volcano either.
Doug: Well, don't you think we're overdue for one?
Peter: Touche, salesman.
In the end the consumer will always pay no matter what happens. If they exclusively make financial institiutions responsible for phishing then that just means they will charge us more for their services. If they don't do anything about it, well, then we still pay when some schmuck steals our identy and our money.
I live in another hemisphere and i can hear the guys at Microsoft developing an ulcer!
I don't consider this a bad thing. It's when you're the biggest or the best that you begin to take things for granted. A little competition is a good thing and will, hopefully, bring about better software.
If this goes through, then perhaps some e-tailers will cover the cost of the sales tax as they do with shipping? One more reason to purchase from one particular e-tailer over another.
I keep hearing this "If you don't like it, build your own" line being thrown around. It's probably from the same people that say "If you're not happy with what your country is doing then leave". I say f' that.
So what happens if we do "build our own"? Are we going to have to give it up again? Where does it end?
The US makes up a very large percentage of internet usage. Essentially "closing down our ports" would be detrimental to our economy aswell as foreign economies. Do you thing foreign companies are going to like it when I am not able to purchase something from their stores overseas via the Internet? In the end, it comes down to the dollar (or whatever form of currency your country uses).
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It seems the Blackberry would be the final straw in converting my job into 24/7 with no overtime. With telephone, there is at least a barrier to calling at certain times of the day, some people don't like to leave messages, and you also need to prepare yourself mentally a little bit
Yeah, I kinda agree with you. I remember when cell phones were first becomming popular that I didn't want one because I didn't want anyone to get ahold of me. Now I don't think I could function without one. I wonder, for me at least, if that will be the case with PDAs.
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The main use of Blackberries at our place is to look important, as only senior people are given one, so they all wander around reading them wherever they go
It would be fairly expensive to give everyone in a large company a Blackberry/Treo device. Therefore, unless they purchased the device on their own, only the seniors and upper management would receive one, that is, only if they requested it in the first place.
And their final use is to 'impress' people, and show how busy they are, by sending replies to your email while they're on the toilet
The fact that you _can_ send and receive email while on the toilet demonstrates the ability and convenience of these devices. No longer do you have to lug over to your computer, wait for it to boot up, wait for the web client to load and wait for the OWA to load up to check your email.
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then why not change your name to "TacoCmdr"? You could be the Taco Commander!
I guess they do need to save money considering they are losing clients. It appears that many companies are moving to smaller accounting firms to cut costs and saying no the the "Big Four" (Deloitte, KPMG, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) and Ernst & Young).
They're going to want to plug it in. [...] And if Sony or Apple were to call me up and say, "Hey, we want to some special things with the 360,"
and I'm sure they are going to tell them where they can plug it in.
so shouldn't the command prompt for msh be something like this?
$>
or maybe a few more...
$$$>
ah, what the heck...
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$>
..considering that my office is switching from a Novell server to a Windows server this evening.
Personally, I don't mind. Right now we have to maintain two seperate user bases, our US domain and the Novell server. Which becomes a pain when a user resets their US domain password after it expires and calls up saying that they can't login to their computer when really it's because their domain and novell passwords are not synchronized.
One annoying thing that I can forsee with the change is that, with our Novell server, a user can only see folders that they have access to where as, on a Windows server, all folders are listed and, when a user tries to access a folder in which they do not have permissions, they receive an error message.
I'm on slashdot so often because, at work, I get to the point where I've browsed just about every website that I could possibly think of and I get so bored that I wind up refreshing slashdot every 5 minutes just to see if there is a new article posted. sighs
Perhaps a button that calls the boss and tells him that you are sleeping in today aswell? I'd pay for that.
Since IMDb is more for reference, I personally prefer rottentomatoes.com for my "scoop" on movies.
I also like boxofficemojo.com to track a particular movie's progress at the box office.
I think the only thing that I use IMDb for is to look what movies a particular actor starred in and vice versa.
Maybe once we've resolved the battle of realism vs style, we can approach the problem of duplication.
That's not very realistic
Eventually, the mods are going to post a story and, at the end of it, comment "btw, this is a dupe" or, a little more subtle, "this was previously covered here".
Otherwise known as China's Porn Addiction Clinic
An anxiety disorder about other people knowing your anxieties. I guess that explains why you post as an AC
While I agree that it might not always be best to know what all of your genetic dispositions are, there can be benefits. For example, if I know that I have a higher risk than normal for diabetes, I'm not going to go on a sugar binge and not exercise my entire life. I'm going to do the most that I can to prevent myself from developing it.
I just don't want to not be hired or denied insurance when an employer sees that on my "chart".
Perhaps they are smarter than we think.
Step(s) to prevent slashdotting:
1.)Don't support linux
[Knocking]
Doug: Hello, sir.
Peter: Enough with the foreplay. What are you selling?
Doug: Well, I was gonna try to sell you some "handsome cream" but I can see you already bought out the store!
Peter: Go on.
Doug: Perhaps you'd be interested in something every homeowner cannot be without.
Doug: Volcano insurance!
Peter: Go on.
Doug: According to my uncle, who's a real whiz with volcanoes a volcano is coming this way!
Peter: [Thinking]: I, too, have an uncle.
Peter: Come in.
Peter: How much is this volcano insurance?
Doug: I don't know. Let's say, $200.
Peter: $200? That's more than I spent on all that handsome cream.
Peter: I don't have that kind of money!
Doug: What about that jar of money?
Peter: No way! That's Lois' rainy day fund.
Doug: Come on, it never rains in Rhode Island.
Peter: Yeah, but I'm pretty sure we've never had a volcano either.
Doug: Well, don't you think we're overdue for one?
Peter: Touche, salesman.
In the end the consumer will always pay no matter what happens. If they exclusively make financial institiutions responsible for phishing then that just means they will charge us more for their services. If they don't do anything about it, well, then we still pay when some schmuck steals our identy and our money.
Well, for many slashdotters, a "Lifetime Achievement" could be getting laid.
The future:
1. Turn on your computer
2. Watch GoogleOS(tm) boot up
3. Click your word processor button
I live in another hemisphere and i can hear the guys at Microsoft developing an ulcer!
I don't consider this a bad thing. It's when you're the biggest or the best that you begin to take things for granted. A little competition is a good thing and will, hopefully, bring about better software.
If this goes through, then perhaps some e-tailers will cover the cost of the sales tax as they do with shipping? One more reason to purchase from one particular e-tailer over another.
I keep hearing this "If you don't like it, build your own" line being thrown around. It's probably from the same people that say "If you're not happy with what your country is doing then leave". I say f' that.
So what happens if we do "build our own"? Are we going to have to give it up again? Where does it end?
The US makes up a very large percentage of internet usage. Essentially "closing down our ports" would be detrimental to our economy aswell as foreign economies. Do you thing foreign companies are going to like it when I am not able to purchase something from their stores overseas via the Internet? In the end, it comes down to the dollar (or whatever form of currency your country uses).
... Apple is finally "cracking" down on the competition.
"Civ4Life"
It seems the Blackberry would be the final straw in converting my job into 24/7 with no overtime. With telephone, there is at least a barrier to calling at certain times of the day, some people don't like to leave messages, and you also need to prepare yourself mentally a little bit
Yeah, I kinda agree with you. I remember when cell phones were first becomming popular that I didn't want one because I didn't want anyone to get ahold of me. Now I don't think I could function without one. I wonder, for me at least, if that will be the case with PDAs.
The main use of Blackberries at our place is to look important, as only senior people are given one, so they all wander around reading them wherever they go
It would be fairly expensive to give everyone in a large company a Blackberry/Treo device. Therefore, unless they purchased the device on their own, only the seniors and upper management would receive one, that is, only if they requested it in the first place.
And their final use is to 'impress' people, and show how busy they are, by sending replies to your email while they're on the toilet
The fact that you _can_ send and receive email while on the toilet demonstrates the ability and convenience of these devices. No longer do you have to lug over to your computer, wait for it to boot up, wait for the web client to load and wait for the OWA to load up to check your email.