And suppose he doesn't want to have to worry about securing his wireless network if all he uses it for is checking the news on his laptop? Little scroats like you who think it's helpful to mess around with other people's equipment should be shot.
If you're capable of doing that, why didn't you just print off something telling him his network was unsecure, include your phone number and offer to go over and sort it out for him? Let me guess, you're about 13 years old?
I'm unfortunate enough to have one of those WRT54G access points, and due to a hardware flaw I can't run it with WEP *OR* WMA *OR* MAC filtering. I need to get a replacement, but right now I don't have the time to sort it out. So it's unsecured (but I did change the admin password.)
What you need to do is try to help other people, rather than lord it over them. This is why anyone that works in IT is treated like shit, because end users assume we hate them and won't do anything to help.
My 2003 Renault has it too - as I said in the parent post. Yes, it works. In my case, when it kicks in the pedal goes down another inch and the car comes to an extremely abrupt stop.
True, but the main reason people have accidents on straight stretches of road is because they're not braking hard enough, regardless of ABS or not.
Believe me, in an emergency situation with no was out, I'd rather be pushing the brake pedal as hard as I possibly can, if necessary locking all 4 wheels than arsing around with cadence braking.
It's a moot point anyway, because my current car has emergency brake assist, and now all I do is stamp on the brake pedal and let the computer sort out the complicated bit for me. It's quite cool, the pedal goes down another inch and you can feel the ABS through the pedal.
If something critical breaks and we need standard(ish) parts then we bite the bullet and drive 30 miles to Scan, who in general have most stuff in stock.
Yeah, you pay a slight premium but it's worth it. I suppose you may want to consider next day on site repairs from the manufacturer as part of an extended warranty or service agreement.
I have to disagree with this. When I was younger, I used to read books with them about 6 inches from my face. My parents were concerned and took me to an optometrist who told them that my vision was perfect, and reading that close wouldn't do me any harm at all as long as it was comfortable.
What you need to do is stop every 15 minutes for 30 seconds or so and let your eyes relax and focus on a distant object. (ie, out of the window.) You might find that it helps a lot.
If you discovered you have astigmatism, surely the optometrist would have advised glasses at the time if necessary?
The Dell Axim X51v comes with 256MB of Flash ROM, along with SD and CF slots. Right now I have a 2GB SD card and a 4GB microdrive sitting in mine, so space isn't an issue, really.
I have no problem independently looking out of one eye or the other, and can consciously "switch" between them. You just concentrate on looking out of one eye, and I don't see why anyone can't do it, unless they suffer from double vision or whatever.
I think the issue is that although they say it creates the illusion of a giant screen, it still manages to give users one helluva headache despite the optical distance correction. I can't see that problem being solved in the near future, and would advise that you steer clear.
Interesting how the Chinese government goes all out on pornography, but does absolutely nothing to try to stem the rampant software and video piracy that takes place there. I need hardly mention the millions of machines spewing spam out into the internet.
I wonder whether the rest of the world would be for the better if China was completely segregated from the rest of the internet, with the only access through safe "portals" supervised by the government.
The thing that really frustrates me about eBay is the useless feedback system. Sellers are not forced to leave feedback before the buyer, so if you get ripped off, you can't leave negative feedback without running the risk that the seller dumps on your rating too.
I'd simply stick two fingers up at the South Korean government and dare them to pull Windows from the shelves. While most/. readers would feel this is a good thing, could you imagine the uproar from business and government when they discover that they can no longer install MS software on their machines?
Interestingly, as part of my Computer Science degree at the University of Leeds I take a Secure Computing module in my final year, sponsored (ironically) by Microsoft.
If I agreed to help you provide products to a charity, but then told you I was going to keep 40-50% of whatever money you gave me for myself, you'd be perfectly happy with that?
On the other hand, remember that Apple includes iLife with MacOS. Bit unfair to prevent MS from including *anything* with the OS.
A final point would be that I ran my computer for six months this year with XP SP2 and a permanent internet connection. I had no antispyware software installed. When I finally remembered, both Microsoft AntiSpyware and Ad-Aware came up blank.
'Spose I should point out that I've been using FireFox.
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And suppose he doesn't want to have to worry about securing his wireless network if all he uses it for is checking the news on his laptop? Little scroats like you who think it's helpful to mess around with other people's equipment should be shot.
If you're capable of doing that, why didn't you just print off something telling him his network was unsecure, include your phone number and offer to go over and sort it out for him? Let me guess, you're about 13 years old?
I'm unfortunate enough to have one of those WRT54G access points, and due to a hardware flaw I can't run it with WEP *OR* WMA *OR* MAC filtering. I need to get a replacement, but right now I don't have the time to sort it out. So it's unsecured (but I did change the admin password.)
What you need to do is try to help other people, rather than lord it over them. This is why anyone that works in IT is treated like shit, because end users assume we hate them and won't do anything to help.
Get a life, and to hell with my karma.
Yeah, I know it's a wait and I know it's Windows, but apparently you'll be able to control the volume of individual programs.
It was at my school. The book had about 3 chapters on how to manipulate statistics, and this was a standard A-Level statistics textbook.
My 2003 Renault has it too - as I said in the parent post. Yes, it works. In my case, when it kicks in the pedal goes down another inch and the car comes to an extremely abrupt stop.
True, but the main reason people have accidents on straight stretches of road is because they're not braking hard enough, regardless of ABS or not.
Believe me, in an emergency situation with no was out, I'd rather be pushing the brake pedal as hard as I possibly can, if necessary locking all 4 wheels than arsing around with cadence braking.
It's a moot point anyway, because my current car has emergency brake assist, and now all I do is stamp on the brake pedal and let the computer sort out the complicated bit for me. It's quite cool, the pedal goes down another inch and you can feel the ABS through the pedal.
By the looks of Isohunt, yes. Then again, it may have been a terrible movie. :)
If something critical breaks and we need standard(ish) parts then we bite the bullet and drive 30 miles to Scan, who in general have most stuff in stock.
Yeah, you pay a slight premium but it's worth it. I suppose you may want to consider next day on site repairs from the manufacturer as part of an extended warranty or service agreement.
Seconds / minutes. We're arguing semantics here. :)
Instead, stop and look out of a window every half an hour.
I have to disagree with this. When I was younger, I used to read books with them about 6 inches from my face. My parents were concerned and took me to an optometrist who told them that my vision was perfect, and reading that close wouldn't do me any harm at all as long as it was comfortable.
What you need to do is stop every 15 minutes for 30 seconds or so and let your eyes relax and focus on a distant object. (ie, out of the window.) You might find that it helps a lot.
If you discovered you have astigmatism, surely the optometrist would have advised glasses at the time if necessary?
Oil take one of those...
:)
OK, I'll get my coat.
Mod parent up. That's the most insightful comment so far in this topic.
The Dell Axim X51v comes with 256MB of Flash ROM, along with SD and CF slots. Right now I have a 2GB SD card and a 4GB microdrive sitting in mine, so space isn't an issue, really.
I have no problem independently looking out of one eye or the other, and can consciously "switch" between them. You just concentrate on looking out of one eye, and I don't see why anyone can't do it, unless they suffer from double vision or whatever.
I think the issue is that although they say it creates the illusion of a giant screen, it still manages to give users one helluva headache despite the optical distance correction. I can't see that problem being solved in the near future, and would advise that you steer clear.
Interesting how the Chinese government goes all out on pornography, but does absolutely nothing to try to stem the rampant software and video piracy that takes place there. I need hardly mention the millions of machines spewing spam out into the internet.
I wonder whether the rest of the world would be for the better if China was completely segregated from the rest of the internet, with the only access through safe "portals" supervised by the government.
She's a witch! Get her!
The thing that really frustrates me about eBay is the useless feedback system. Sellers are not forced to leave feedback before the buyer, so if you get ripped off, you can't leave negative feedback without running the risk that the seller dumps on your rating too.
I'd simply stick two fingers up at the South Korean government and dare them to pull Windows from the shelves. While most /. readers would feel this is a good thing, could you imagine the uproar from business and government when they discover that they can no longer install MS software on their machines?
Reality is, it's not going to hurt MS at all.
Obviously they didn't install the Hot Coffee mod.
;-)
What? It had to be said!
Awesome. I've been waiting for a while now for this to be finalized. I hate beta-testing or QA'ing software and not getting paid for it.
Yeah, everyone else just pays to beta test Windows...
Just the words "paper jam" bring me out in a cold sweat...
Interestingly, as part of my Computer Science degree at the University of Leeds I take a Secure Computing module in my final year, sponsored (ironically) by Microsoft.
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Monty - funniest comment I've read in ages. Keep 'em coming!
>>Apple hardware costs more because it goes through more quality control and has
>>better design.
What, you mean like making sure it doesn't crack in half, or scratch really easily?
If I agreed to help you provide products to a charity, but then told you I was going to keep 40-50% of whatever money you gave me for myself, you'd be perfectly happy with that?
On the other hand, remember that Apple includes iLife with MacOS. Bit unfair to prevent MS from including *anything* with the OS.
A final point would be that I ran my computer for six months this year with XP SP2 and a permanent internet connection. I had no antispyware software installed. When I finally remembered, both Microsoft AntiSpyware and Ad-Aware came up blank.
'Spose I should point out that I've been using FireFox.