I work in a computer repair store, and we actually ridicule and laugh at customers who mention they use AOL. Of course, we follow it up with explaining all the problems it causes. One of the funniest things I've seen with AOL on a computer is its refusal to stay closed. Even before Explorer was open, the AOL splash screen came up, it went through the loading database and everything. Upon clicking close, moments later it did it again. And again. And again. And so on. I'm pretty sure we ended up uninstalling AOL from safe mode, but even then remnants of it remained in the registry.
John lived to be 738 years old, and then he died. Ezekiel lived to be 902 years old, and then he died. Abraham lived to be 872 years old, and then he died.
I just happened to think of this, but if you divide all those ages by 12 (12 months in a year) you get normal old ages. Perhaps it's supposed to be months?
John lived to be 61 years, 6 months old, and then he died. Ezekiel lived to be 75 years, 2 months old, and then he died. Abraham lived to be 72 years, 8 months old, and then he died.
On second thought, that doesn't make for as interesting a story. Oh well.
I have NEVER seen (or even heard of) a machine with no spyware on it.
I'd just like to note that my windows box has been spyware free for just over 6 months now. I still run Ad-Aware and Spybot periodically to be sure, but for the last 6 months they've turned up 0 results. For me, a combination of using nothing but Mozilla for web browsing and web-based email on my own mail server in combination with intelligent selection of sites has helped tremendously.
My ex-girlfriend always had tons of problems with her computer until I forced her to switch to Mozilla. I told her that if the page wouldn't load or work properly in Mozilla, it wasn't worth visiting. I also switched her from KaZaA, iMesh, Bearshare, etc. to Shareaza and BitTorrent. Several months later, she had nothing but a few cookies on her computer.
So, it is possible, even for someone not entirely tech-savvy, given a push in the right direction.
and of course, if you have DVI input, you could use that...
Being that I've tried this within the last few weeks, I can say that simply having a DVI input on the TV isn't enough. The TV's input uses a different format than the computer's output. We were able to get it to sync at 1080 (nothing lower would even work), but about a 50-75 pixel border was missing around all 4 sides of the screen. Not exactly what I was looking for.
They're only useful for things like flashing the BIOS and booting to some sort of diagnostic environment because a widespread replacement with newer media hasn't been adopted yet.
I scored a gross WPM of 83 and a net of 78. 94% accuracy, but only because it wouldn't let me correct the punctuation errors (semi-colon threw me off a couple times). I don't do the home row thing, I have my own style of typing. My typing teacher years ago in high school always disliked that I refused to learn their system because it slowed me down.
This is almost exactly what I've been saying for years. I'm mostly self-taught in all the fields I'm experienced in, but I do have about 9 years of experience in software development and network admin.
Personally, I find that a job becomes more appealing when the HR or whoever is doing the hiring actually takes the time to look past a few pieces of paper and really digs into the meat of the job in an interview.
It's kind of funny that this article showed up today, as just yesterday I took a call at work from someone trying to push MCSE/etc. I listened to his opening and flat out told him that I wasn't interested in his certifications and that I felt experience and decent management were more important to me than making a few extra dollars an hour.
I've got a great Best Buy story, the timing was just absolutely perfect.
I was there with a fellow co-worker looking at various things, and making fun of their absurd pricing (I work at a privately owned computer retail store), when I stumbled upon the "Ultimate Networking Kit." It included about 250 ft. of Cat5e cable, 20 RJ-45 connectors, and a set of crimpers, all for $99.98.
After doing some quick math in my head, I came to the conclusing that all the same materials could be bought, sans the huge box, for about $35 at our store. Right as I mentioned this to him, an employee walks around the corner and notices me looking at it, and replies with something along the lines of, "That's a GREAT deal. If you do a lot of networking, like me, you can't beat that price."
I'm currently setting up a website that has the word 'blown' in the name (no, it has nothing to do with pr0n, I'd just prefer not to have my server start on fire). Do I have anything to worry about? I noticed today that my site no longer shows up in Google searches.
Lycos is currently re-inventing itself as a portal for the new generation with the link to Playboy affiliate placed right on the front page (click on "Adults 18+ only").
They've obviously realized like so many others that porn is the real gold mine of the internet.
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Gotta love the wording:
Red herrings and over-rated concepts
Security and Stability
I work in a computer repair store, and we actually ridicule and laugh at customers who mention they use AOL. Of course, we follow it up with explaining all the problems it causes. One of the funniest things I've seen with AOL on a computer is its refusal to stay closed. Even before Explorer was open, the AOL splash screen came up, it went through the loading database and everything. Upon clicking close, moments later it did it again. And again. And again. And so on. I'm pretty sure we ended up uninstalling AOL from safe mode, but even then remnants of it remained in the registry.
Sorry, but I think Lufia 2 already took the title "Hardest Puzzle in the World."
John lived to be 738 years old, and then he died. Ezekiel lived to be 902 years old, and then he died. Abraham lived to be 872 years old, and then he died.
I just happened to think of this, but if you divide all those ages by 12 (12 months in a year) you get normal old ages. Perhaps it's supposed to be months?
John lived to be 61 years, 6 months old, and then he died. Ezekiel lived to be 75 years, 2 months old, and then he died. Abraham lived to be 72 years, 8 months old, and then he died.
On second thought, that doesn't make for as interesting a story. Oh well.
I have NEVER seen (or even heard of) a machine with no spyware on it.
I'd just like to note that my windows box has been spyware free for just over 6 months now. I still run Ad-Aware and Spybot periodically to be sure, but for the last 6 months they've turned up 0 results. For me, a combination of using nothing but Mozilla for web browsing and web-based email on my own mail server in combination with intelligent selection of sites has helped tremendously.
My ex-girlfriend always had tons of problems with her computer until I forced her to switch to Mozilla. I told her that if the page wouldn't load or work properly in Mozilla, it wasn't worth visiting. I also switched her from KaZaA, iMesh, Bearshare, etc. to Shareaza and BitTorrent. Several months later, she had nothing but a few cookies on her computer.
So, it is possible, even for someone not entirely tech-savvy, given a push in the right direction.
Or perhaps correctly rendering Portable Network Graphics.
and of course, if you have DVI input, you could use that...
Being that I've tried this within the last few weeks, I can say that simply having a DVI input on the TV isn't enough. The TV's input uses a different format than the computer's output. We were able to get it to sync at 1080 (nothing lower would even work), but about a 50-75 pixel border was missing around all 4 sides of the screen. Not exactly what I was looking for.
I'm almost the opposite.
I have my driver's license, social security card and ATM card and a few $20's. That's it.
Our solution to this is to play with people who know that if they get hurt or their computer gets screwed up, that it's their own damn fault.
They're only useful for things like flashing the BIOS and booting to some sort of diagnostic environment because a widespread replacement with newer media hasn't been adopted yet.
My personal favorites are:
AOL 9
MSN 7.02
MSN 9 QFE1 and 9.1 beta
Yahoo
Whatever will we do? Although, all the software development IDEs listed is kind of discouraging. Hopefully they're relatively minor problems.
I scored a gross WPM of 83 and a net of 78. 94% accuracy, but only because it wouldn't let me correct the punctuation errors (semi-colon threw me off a couple times). I don't do the home row thing, I have my own style of typing. My typing teacher years ago in high school always disliked that I refused to learn their system because it slowed me down.
This is almost exactly what I've been saying for years. I'm mostly self-taught in all the fields I'm experienced in, but I do have about 9 years of experience in software development and network admin. Personally, I find that a job becomes more appealing when the HR or whoever is doing the hiring actually takes the time to look past a few pieces of paper and really digs into the meat of the job in an interview. It's kind of funny that this article showed up today, as just yesterday I took a call at work from someone trying to push MCSE/etc. I listened to his opening and flat out told him that I wasn't interested in his certifications and that I felt experience and decent management were more important to me than making a few extra dollars an hour.
I'd wish I had hardware that could utilize 92 TBps of bandwidth.
My results said I'd be most tired while I am already asleep. It also said I should go to bed at 4:30pm, but I'm still at work then.
I've got a great Best Buy story, the timing was just absolutely perfect.
I was there with a fellow co-worker looking at various things, and making fun of their absurd pricing (I work at a privately owned computer retail store), when I stumbled upon the "Ultimate Networking Kit." It included about 250 ft. of Cat5e cable, 20 RJ-45 connectors, and a set of crimpers, all for $99.98.
After doing some quick math in my head, I came to the conclusing that all the same materials could be bought, sans the huge box, for about $35 at our store. Right as I mentioned this to him, an employee walks around the corner and notices me looking at it, and replies with something along the lines of, "That's a GREAT deal. If you do a lot of networking, like me, you can't beat that price."
I'm currently setting up a website that has the word 'blown' in the name (no, it has nothing to do with pr0n, I'd just prefer not to have my server start on fire). Do I have anything to worry about? I noticed today that my site no longer shows up in Google searches.
They've obviously realized like so many others that porn is the real gold mine of the internet.
When I was is school still, I didn't choose a particular computer, but one where I had someone to talk to while I ignored the lecture.