This kind of backward thinking is what happened when IT support professionals complained about automatic updates, and forced MS to turn them off in XP gold.
If you keep letting your users be babies, you will keep getting hacked. Learn to punish them for breaking things, and they might learn.
"Makes you wonder why they even bother providing internet connections on college campuses."
Geeze... I dunno... to do COURSEWORK?
I know it's blasphemy to suggest that students do schoolwork, but that is the primary intention of a University network.
I'm personally a fan of facebook, as it allows us to weed out the inferior specimens of the species. Anyone who posts pictures of their drunk orgy online and doesn't expect their boss/teacher/coach/grandmother to see it... well, we don't want those people to succeed in life.
I really don't see what the big deal is in making these lazy retail slobs actually ID for stuff that kids have no business buying. As an avid fan of GTA, I can still admit that's it's not a game intended for tykes. On the same note, I like Rum, and I can clearly see that it's not a good thing for kids to buy. So, I'm all for putting teeth into rating systems.
My biggest issue is that these laws don't actually give any teeth to the ESRB, because they don't rely on ESRB ratings... they rely on the mobs of their state.
* NetBIOS name service, port 137. This is the WINS (Windows Internet Naming Service) server for a NetBIOS network, and unnecessary on home machines.
This service is off by default in SP2. Believe me on this one, NetBIOS name is a primary source of information for my job, and it's going away slowly as we roll out SP2.
* Error Reporting is on by default. However, there is no reason why a machine should phone home every time it encounters an error. This is better left disabled.
No, this is not better left disabled. Ask the mozilla team how "useless" crash reports are. Automatic crash reporting can very quickly tell a software vendor where crash trends are occurring.
* Automatic Update is off by default. Microsoft would very much like everyone to enable it, and now urges users to do so every time Windows Update is run manually; but it is never a good idea to let a third party decide what software should be installed on your machine, or when. This service should remain off, and users should update Windows manually, though regularly, paying attention to the various update options and their relevance to one's system.
Wasn't this the selling point of SP2? In every SP2 I've seen, this is on by default. This was the same idiotic argument trotted out when XP was first released, and we all saw how effective manual updates are. Remember Blaster? Someone should take this idiot out and shoot him... with a rusty gun. If you don't want software installed automatically, fine. Turn of automatic updates. Bu the idiotic masses MUST have it!
If the past year has proven nothing else, it's that we can't afford to let the Windows masses to have control over their own machines. The paranoid rants of a few slashdotters gave us Blaster, and I really don't think they can be forgiven for that.
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Sorry, but that wasn't the "Lord of the Rings" strategy. Peter Jackson *announced* from the beginning that there would be exactly two versions of each film, a theatrical cut (what he called an "official version") and the extended cut. He *hates* that kind of DVD release schedule that keeps adding features to get you to buy another set. That's why he announced in advance that there would be two sets, so if you knew you wanted the EE, you would wait for it (as I have).
If you want a comparison to how the Star Wars trilogy will be released, take a look at the Alien series.
First of all, typing classes are never mandatory, at least not in any American school I've ever seen. So there's no need to "replace" one with the other.
While it's true that some people can naturally pick up typing, it's far better on the average to get some formal training.
I'm always amazed to watch how slow some of my coworkers type. How they get out miles of computer code, I'll never know! I'll grant that use has given them some speed, but a lack of any kind of style means that mistakes *really* slow them down.
Typing, like most low-skill human functions, requires very little training, but does require constant practice to increase skill. So why not spend six weeks or two months out of a year-long basic computer skills class to teach typing? (And while we're on it, teach some actual basic computer skills, rather than the usual "here's how to use Word/Excel/Powerpoint/Access")
There are 11 universities in this, including my own. The RIAA doesn't scan your computer... they have a script that randomly tries to download files... if they get a file that turns out to be a valid copyrighted file, they do a search on that computer (through Kazaa/whatever's search function) to see if they are sharing other files as well.
Apparently, they only follow up if the person is sharing a good number of files, and then it seems to be only random in which among those that they file lawsuit against.
According to Peter Jackson, each film would have exactly two versions. The theatrical cut and an "extended edition" (which he makes sure to often differenciate from a "directors cut"... he considers the theatrical version to be the director's cut")
He explicitely stated he disliked what he called "money-grubbing" from having many different versions of films. He always stated that the two versions of LotR dvds were aimed at different markets, and weren't intended to overlap.
Of course, PJ probably has little control on what NEw Line packages, so I could see them putting out a super-special package, with all three films (possibly one each for theatrical and extended edition). The could possibly contain more special features which were left on the cutting room floor.
Of course, time will tell if Peter Jackson lied about making another, "final" cut of the films.
This is my prediction. 1 and 2 seem almost certain, since they are nothing more than repackaging of the trilogy as a single item.
1. A boxed set of all three theatrical films, in a keepsake case (like the EEs come in). 2. A simple boxed set of all three EEs, (with possibly nothing more than a box for the three individuall EEs to go into). 3. A boxed set of all three EE which will include every "bonus" special feature from the EE deluxe editions (i.e. "making of gollum", "national geographic specil".) These will probably also a new figurine from WETA.
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This kind of backward thinking is what happened when IT support professionals complained about automatic updates, and forced MS to turn them off in XP gold. If you keep letting your users be babies, you will keep getting hacked. Learn to punish them for breaking things, and they might learn.
Wait, since when has facebook ever been used for classes? What kind of monkeyversity doesn't have an internalk collaboration tool?
"Makes you wonder why they even bother providing internet connections on college campuses."
Geeze... I dunno... to do COURSEWORK?
I know it's blasphemy to suggest that students do schoolwork, but that is the primary intention of a University network.
I'm personally a fan of facebook, as it allows us to weed out the inferior specimens of the species. Anyone who posts pictures of their drunk orgy online and doesn't expect their boss/teacher/coach/grandmother to see it... well, we don't want those people to succeed in life.
I really don't see what the big deal is in making these lazy retail slobs actually ID for stuff that kids have no business buying. As an avid fan of GTA, I can still admit that's it's not a game intended for tykes. On the same note, I like Rum, and I can clearly see that it's not a good thing for kids to buy. So, I'm all for putting teeth into rating systems.
My biggest issue is that these laws don't actually give any teeth to the ESRB, because they don't rely on ESRB ratings... they rely on the mobs of their state.
But, these are all built into Mozilla (although you have to design your own Internet Keywords.) Who needs a google bar for Mozilla?
If the past year has proven nothing else, it's that we can't afford to let the Windows masses to have control over their own machines. The paranoid rants of a few slashdotters gave us Blaster, and I really don't think they can be forgiven for that.
Sorry, but that wasn't the "Lord of the Rings" strategy. Peter Jackson *announced* from the beginning that there would be exactly two versions of each film, a theatrical cut (what he called an "official version") and the extended cut. He *hates* that kind of DVD release schedule that keeps adding features to get you to buy another set. That's why he announced in advance that there would be two sets, so if you knew you wanted the EE, you would wait for it (as I have).
If you want a comparison to how the Star Wars trilogy will be released, take a look at the Alien series.
First of all, typing classes are never mandatory, at least not in any American school I've ever seen. So there's no need to "replace" one with the other.
While it's true that some people can naturally pick up typing, it's far better on the average to get some formal training.
I'm always amazed to watch how slow some of my coworkers type. How they get out miles of computer code, I'll never know! I'll grant that use has given them some speed, but a lack of any kind of style means that mistakes *really* slow them down.
Typing, like most low-skill human functions, requires very little training, but does require constant practice to increase skill. So why not spend six weeks or two months out of a year-long basic computer skills class to teach typing? (And while we're on it, teach some actual basic computer skills, rather than the usual "here's how to use Word/Excel/Powerpoint/Access")
There are 11 universities in this, including my own. The RIAA doesn't scan your computer... they have a script that randomly tries to download files... if they get a file that turns out to be a valid copyrighted file, they do a search on that computer (through Kazaa/whatever's search function) to see if they are sharing other files as well.
Apparently, they only follow up if the person is sharing a good number of files, and then it seems to be only random in which among those that they file lawsuit against.
According to Peter Jackson, each film would have exactly two versions. The theatrical cut and an "extended edition" (which he makes sure to often differenciate from a "directors cut"... he considers the theatrical version to be the director's cut")
He explicitely stated he disliked what he called "money-grubbing" from having many different versions of films. He always stated that the two versions of LotR dvds were aimed at different markets, and weren't intended to overlap.
Of course, PJ probably has little control on what NEw Line packages, so I could see them putting out a super-special package, with all three films (possibly one each for theatrical and extended edition). The could possibly contain more special features which were left on the cutting room floor.
Of course, time will tell if Peter Jackson lied about making another, "final" cut of the films.
This is my prediction. 1 and 2 seem almost certain, since they are nothing more than repackaging of the trilogy as a single item.
1. A boxed set of all three theatrical films, in a keepsake case (like the EEs come in).
2. A simple boxed set of all three EEs, (with possibly nothing more than a box for the three individuall EEs to go into).
3. A boxed set of all three EE which will include every "bonus" special feature from the EE deluxe editions (i.e. "making of gollum", "national geographic specil".) These will probably also a new figurine from WETA.