Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Find me a senator whose not corrupt and I assure you he/she's a newbie.
No, the senate doesn't represent us, not anymore. They haven't for a long time. They're so out of touch with reality its a shame. Special interest groups have shoved themselves so far up their asses its pathetic. The government lackeys have scared the senators (or blinded them) into believing that the Patriot Act is in our best interest. That, or they're so old and senile that they'll believe anything at this point.
The only hope is that a regime change next time around will undo this shit. Not likely, but you never know.
Have you thought about contacting your HS guideance counselor and seeing if they can hook you up with someone at UT's Austin Technology Incubator? Or even plain ol' UT? Surely your guidance counselor would be the 1st step.
If school's out and the counselor's gone, then I guess my suggestions are out.
Got rid of it with a combination of SpySubtract and system restore under XP. I don't know if SpySubtract will work, but its free for 30 days and worth a shot.
1. Pick up the phone book. 2. Pick up the phone. 3. Call state labor board. 4. ??? 5. Profit.
Honestly, call them. What he's threatening to do is illegal. Its not your job to find your replacement. That's HR's job. If there's not HR department, then its his goddamned problem.
If you have a paper timesheet with a signature, get a copy. If its done on computer and signed off on, get a copy. Get copies of anything and everything. File in small claims court if you have to. This will help with the labor board.
If the state labor board won't help you, threaten to take your clients with you. Either way, tell him if he tries to fuck you, you're going to fuck him. If he's already burned the bridge, blow up the embankments at both ends and kill the engineer, so to speak.
Admittedly, I didn't RTFA. But, I've seen something similar to this on tv recently. They're talking about standardizing all driver's licenses to have this. My TXDL has this info. Yours has this info. Whose to say that one issued in Bupkiss, Arkansas has this info?
"It'll help to protect the US against terrorists"
Whatever.
Personally, I'm not looking forward to having to explain to some clueless minimum wadge DMV twit that my birth certificate is legit. That a DOD document issued in Germany IS a valid goverment birth certificate and no, I will not drive to San Antonio (nearest USAF base) to get another document to prove I am who I say I am.
Nor should I have to allow them to make copies of it.
Who here has a couple of dead HDDs lying around? Raise your hands.
Cut 'em open with a dremel. Remove the magnets Expose the magnetic strip to said magnets
Thats one way to reduce the chances of your government-issued ID card of being "abused".
Like they're going to force me to get it reissued. I'll just blame it on their crappy equipment.
And there are plenty of places on the 'net that will show you how to build your own card readers. Surely it won't be long before we get standardized ID cards that someone will post a how-to on building your own card reader so the paranoid curious can read just what's on their card. That is, unless they're DMCA locked.;-)
Every testing job I've ever had we've had ZERO documentation. NADA. ZIP.
How do we survive? WE TEST. We put down the book (like we had one to begin with) and we test. Surely you have a server somewhere running dev-level code (at least) and you start poking around. Sure, its less than ideal, but you deal with it. And you bitch about how crappy it is and how it goes against all the principals of so-called 'real world' methodologies.
The thing is, this is how the real world does it.
Sure, in a perfect world, everyone has their shit in order. But in a perfect world we're not all competing against code monkeys working for 1/10th of what we make and that live in a 3rd world country.
A bankruptcy attempt would be blocked with this lawsuit pending. No court would grant a bankruptcy with SCO v. IBM pending.
Even if they settled with IBM or even won (and SCO's going to lose, we all know it's going happen), I highly doubt that SCO would be able to pull off a bankruptcy. They can't simply walk in and file. They have to have the court's permission.
No. And if the gym the wife and I belong to switches to biometrics, I'll demand a full refund of mine and my wife's membership.
Fuck 'em. We already own a treadmill and the wife's been wanting to buy an elliptical anyway.
Slowly things like this get introduced and the stupid sheeple submit en masse. The more people that stand up and argue with the un- and under-educated about such invasiveness, the better.
Sure, these things may not be so bad yet but this may just be the tip of the iceberg. Give 'em and inch and they'll take a mile.
Once these become the norm, it'll be easier for the government and so-called private "security agencies" to strip us of our right to privacy.
In all cases where I've set an alarm off like this, they've been satisfied with just going through the shopping bag. No insistence of searching my whole person.
Funny, no one's ever attempted to physically search me when I've set off the alarm. Maybe it's because I'm 6'2" 225# with a bald head and goatee and look like Steve Austin.
Not that that'd make a difference. No one's rummaging through my pockets except my wife or a cop and only after I'm in cuffs (either way)
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I use HomeSite and have since its inception from Bradbury. Great software.
If you prefer something prettier, you can try Dreamweaver.
I believe there are trials of both available.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Find me a senator whose not corrupt and I assure you he/she's a newbie.
No, the senate doesn't represent us, not anymore. They haven't for a long time. They're so out of touch with reality its a shame. Special interest groups have shoved themselves so far up their asses its pathetic. The government lackeys have scared the senators (or blinded them) into believing that the Patriot Act is in our best interest. That, or they're so old and senile that they'll believe anything at this point.
The only hope is that a regime change next time around will undo this shit. Not likely, but you never know.
Surely you must have some 1337 skillz.
Have you thought about contacting your HS guideance counselor and seeing if they can hook you up with someone at UT's Austin Technology Incubator? Or even plain ol' UT? Surely your guidance counselor would be the 1st step.
If school's out and the counselor's gone, then I guess my suggestions are out.
Sorry.
Was it via this site?
Just curious.
Gives a link to the putz responsible with email address. We should all send a friendly email and let him know our thoughts.
With another piece of crapware.
Got rid of it with a combination of SpySubtract and system restore under XP. I don't know if SpySubtract will work, but its free for 30 days and worth a shot.
Incidentally, did you google for some help?
The BBB is a joke and is useless. No, it doesn't help to call the BBB anymore.
You can handle small claims yourself. Ever watch Judge Judy? That's small claims. Its $50 to file (in my area) and you don't need a layer.
If the other party doesn't show, you get an automatic judgement in your favor I believe.
IANAL, but this is my understanding.
1. Pick up the phone book.
2. Pick up the phone.
3. Call state labor board.
4. ???
5. Profit.
Honestly, call them. What he's threatening to do is illegal. Its not your job to find your replacement. That's HR's job. If there's not HR department, then its his goddamned problem.
If you have a paper timesheet with a signature, get a copy. If its done on computer and signed off on, get a copy. Get copies of anything and everything. File in small claims court if you have to. This will help with the labor board.
If the state labor board won't help you, threaten to take your clients with you. Either way, tell him if he tries to fuck you, you're going to fuck him. If he's already burned the bridge, blow up the embankments at both ends and kill the engineer, so to speak.
Leave it up to a developer to tell a tester how to do our jobs.
Reverse the tables and watch them blow their lids.
Of course, they can't think outside the box (doesn't apply to all developers, but a lot I deal with).
Hopefully your manager realized the developer was/is an idiot and told HIS manager as much.
Fortunately, I've got a great manager (former developer) who knows what's what when it comes to testing.
Hmm. Easy. Take your DL out of your wallet, hold it at an angle and examine it in the light. See those official logos stamped in the plastic?
That's how.
Admittedly, I didn't RTFA. But, I've seen something similar to this on tv recently. They're talking about standardizing all driver's licenses to have this. My TXDL has this info. Yours has this info. Whose to say that one issued in Bupkiss, Arkansas has this info?
"It'll help to protect the US against terrorists"
Whatever.
Personally, I'm not looking forward to having to explain to some clueless minimum wadge DMV twit that my birth certificate is legit. That a DOD document issued in Germany IS a valid goverment birth certificate and no, I will not drive to San Antonio (nearest USAF base) to get another document to prove I am who I say I am.
Nor should I have to allow them to make copies of it.
Who here has a couple of dead HDDs lying around? Raise your hands.
;-)
Cut 'em open with a dremel.
Remove the magnets
Expose the magnetic strip to said magnets
Thats one way to reduce the chances of your government-issued ID card of being "abused".
Like they're going to force me to get it reissued. I'll just blame it on their crappy equipment.
And there are plenty of places on the 'net that will show you how to build your own card readers. Surely it won't be long before we get standardized ID cards that someone will post a how-to on building your own card reader so the paranoid curious can read just what's on their card. That is, unless they're DMCA locked.
No, had he made them in order, he'd have made 1 & 2 better. 4 - 6 would suck balls as they'd be out in present-day.
Gimme a fucking break.
Every testing job I've ever had we've had ZERO documentation. NADA. ZIP.
How do we survive? WE TEST. We put down the book (like we had one to begin with) and we test. Surely you have a server somewhere running dev-level code (at least) and you start poking around. Sure, its less than ideal, but you deal with it. And you bitch about how crappy it is and how it goes against all the principals of so-called 'real world' methodologies.
The thing is, this is how the real world does it.
Sure, in a perfect world, everyone has their shit in order. But in a perfect world we're not all competing against code monkeys working for 1/10th of what we make and that live in a 3rd world country.
A bankruptcy attempt would be blocked with this lawsuit pending. No court would grant a bankruptcy with SCO v. IBM pending.
Even if they settled with IBM or even won (and SCO's going to lose, we all know it's going happen), I highly doubt that SCO would be able to pull off a bankruptcy. They can't simply walk in and file. They have to have the court's permission.
Uhm, no. I was referring to this.
And this.
I could swear I read on AICN about Spielberg. Might be there as well. Dunno, and I don't really have the time to search (I'm at work).
on the rumors that Spielberg might take over the helm and make the last three episodes?
Anyone?
Apparently, sarcastic humor is lost on some people...
Sad.
...will be off-shored to China.
Mirrordot mirror of article for your viewing pleasure.
No. And if the gym the wife and I belong to switches to biometrics, I'll demand a full refund of mine and my wife's membership.
Fuck 'em. We already own a treadmill and the wife's been wanting to buy an elliptical anyway.
Slowly things like this get introduced and the stupid sheeple submit en masse. The more people that stand up and argue with the un- and under-educated about such invasiveness, the better.
Sure, these things may not be so bad yet but this may just be the tip of the iceberg. Give 'em and inch and they'll take a mile.
Once these become the norm, it'll be easier for the government and so-called private "security agencies" to strip us of our right to privacy.
Archive.org shows http://www.inoval.com (not the last entry, but the oldest).
T P.html)
. os2voice.org/VNL/past_issues/VNL1299H/v newsn4.htm (See December 11)
Hovering over the broken graphics on the left shows http://www.aescon.com/innoval/innomail.
Aescon.com is still active. Might start there.
Guy's name you're looking for is Dan Porter (according to the listing @ http://www.bmtmicro.com/support/BMTSUPPORT_CONTAC
Some more info:
http://www.polarbar.org/porter.html
http://www
etc. I'm sure you can find more on Google. Sorry I can't seem to locate a current address. Surely someone out there with current ties to OS/2 might.
Sadly, not any more. They're starting to run Windows now.
And here's why.
IBM sold OS/2 off and it became eComStation ("jointly developed" - whatever). I highly doubt big blue has exclusive rights to the code anymore.
Go ahead and sign the petition, we all know how much weight internet petitions carry.
I, for one, would love to see both of these pan out. Unfortunately they probably won't.
In all cases where I've set an alarm off like this, they've been satisfied with just going through the shopping bag. No insistence of searching my whole person.
Funny, no one's ever attempted to physically search me when I've set off the alarm. Maybe it's because I'm 6'2" 225# with a bald head and goatee and look like Steve Austin.
Not that that'd make a difference. No one's rummaging through my pockets except my wife or a cop and only after I'm in cuffs (either way)