I definitely agree with the fat-geek stereotype. Reference Homer buying the moo-moo, "What's the connection? Must be all the non-stop sitting and snacking."
I've actually dropped about 20 pounds over the course of the last few months. Part of it is increased physical activity, but I was really able to cut my calorie intake, fat intake, and portions for lunch. I'm not a fitness freak, I don't go to the gym, I am somewhat active but not every day or even every week.
I'm not affiliated with these guys by any means, but Quizno's and Taco Bell both offer low-cal, low-fat, low-cost food right now. Quizno's has their Flatbread Sammies, and Taco Bell has their new Freso Menu.
But terrorists? Only if the engineers are lonely, disgruntled people in-general. I think most engineers would be more Constructive than Destructive by nature. Though if this holds true, then any group looking to forcibly recruit should start with engineers first. Movementarians included.
Citrix is absolutely wonderful if you have enough bandwidth at the spoke for each hub. we have plenty of bandwidth now, and Citrix runs perfect for everyone. Printers can be a monumental pain in the proverbial arse sometimes, but it's mostly all good.
I'm a huge believer in Edit Plus. It's been my favorite text editor for the past 6 years (geez, has it been that long already??).
I'm actually going from a poorly, POORLY written Word doc to an HTML page right now. Just doing it the old fashioned way, but I wanted to read the comments here.
I did a CTRL-A, CTRL-C, CTRL-V into a blank TXT file in Edit Plus. I'll mark it up and drop it into an HTML page template for our website later.
Amen to that.
I'm in the same boat with about 70 users. We retired our 350 MHz, Win NT 4.0 server just last year (now a backup file server), and still have at least two Win95 boxes running strong out there. Mix of Office 97 through Office 2003 around here too. And we're only on an upgrade path as we're upgrading user work stations.
We recycle computers too. The progression is about four Tiers of users. The users needing the most horsepower get the best computers, but then those get cycled to the next tier, and so on.
Anybody else wonder about Yahoo! and their trustworthiness?
Their invasive toolbar practially qualifies as adware, plus that new button showed up in Adobe Acrobat 7. SBC-Yahoo! DSL is a monstrous install as well.
If Google stays away from those types of manipulations, I'm happy to have them as the status quo.
-- Lax
I worked for a multi-media house where to used Action Scripting to report user statistics invisibly to the user. IMHO, that's considered the first type of Spyware - it just looks are reports anonymously.
Macromedia in bed with Yahoo!? I don't trust ANY of Yahoo!'s downloads, toolbars, messengers, nor SBC bundles. They're just so invasive and overwhelming for users.
PS: Data recovery with Knoppix rocks! Several times now I've run into machines that won't boot into their Windows installs, but Knoppix jumps right in.
Family is free. Friends are free. Family Friends I give discounts to and prorate on a project basis. Most people insist on paying and even overpaying.
For referrals to outside clients I'm $50 per hour, with a 2-hour estimate and cap for spyware removal.
I really enjoy fixing people's computers. Most are to the point with spyware that they don't even turn it on. A few rounds of Spybot and Adaware, with a dash of Hijack This clears up 98% of problems, and is so easy.
I usually don't make house calls other than to pick up and drop off machines. No sense in sitting at their house for hours on end watching scans go.
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If all you cared about was providing for your basic needs, you could work 10 hours a week, or just sit at home and collect welfare
Welfare must pay better than 10 hours a week. 10 hours a week even at a high salary wouldn't put me anywhere near covering basic expenses.
I definitely agree with the fat-geek stereotype. Reference Homer buying the moo-moo, "What's the connection? Must be all the non-stop sitting and snacking."
I've actually dropped about 20 pounds over the course of the last few months. Part of it is increased physical activity, but I was really able to cut my calorie intake, fat intake, and portions for lunch. I'm not a fitness freak, I don't go to the gym, I am somewhat active but not every day or even every week.
I'm not affiliated with these guys by any means, but Quizno's and Taco Bell both offer low-cal, low-fat, low-cost food right now. Quizno's has their Flatbread Sammies, and Taco Bell has their new Freso Menu.
http://www.quiznos.com/menu/watchingcalories/index.asp
http://www.tacobell.com/fresco/
And without a soda or chips, you can get out of there for under $6! Under $5 usually =)
But terrorists? Only if the engineers are lonely, disgruntled people in-general. I think most engineers would be more Constructive than Destructive by nature. Though if this holds true, then any group looking to forcibly recruit should start with engineers first. Movementarians included.
Citrix is absolutely wonderful if you have enough bandwidth at the spoke for each hub. we have plenty of bandwidth now, and Citrix runs perfect for everyone. Printers can be a monumental pain in the proverbial arse sometimes, but it's mostly all good.
I'm a huge believer in Edit Plus. It's been my favorite text editor for the past 6 years (geez, has it been that long already??). I'm actually going from a poorly, POORLY written Word doc to an HTML page right now. Just doing it the old fashioned way, but I wanted to read the comments here. I did a CTRL-A, CTRL-C, CTRL-V into a blank TXT file in Edit Plus. I'll mark it up and drop it into an HTML page template for our website later.
Amen to that. I'm in the same boat with about 70 users. We retired our 350 MHz, Win NT 4.0 server just last year (now a backup file server), and still have at least two Win95 boxes running strong out there. Mix of Office 97 through Office 2003 around here too. And we're only on an upgrade path as we're upgrading user work stations. We recycle computers too. The progression is about four Tiers of users. The users needing the most horsepower get the best computers, but then those get cycled to the next tier, and so on.
At least it installed for you. I keep getting MD5 errors.
Decent gag though =)
Anybody else wonder about Yahoo! and their trustworthiness? Their invasive toolbar practially qualifies as adware, plus that new button showed up in Adobe Acrobat 7. SBC-Yahoo! DSL is a monstrous install as well. If Google stays away from those types of manipulations, I'm happy to have them as the status quo. -- Lax
Spam Bayes with Outlook correctly handles over 95% of my spam.
I worked for a multi-media house where to used Action Scripting to report user statistics invisibly to the user. IMHO, that's considered the first type of Spyware - it just looks are reports anonymously. Macromedia in bed with Yahoo!? I don't trust ANY of Yahoo!'s downloads, toolbars, messengers, nor SBC bundles. They're just so invasive and overwhelming for users.
mmmm, purple....
PS: Data recovery with Knoppix rocks! Several times now I've run into machines that won't boot into their Windows installs, but Knoppix jumps right in.
Family is free. Friends are free. Family Friends I give discounts to and prorate on a project basis. Most people insist on paying and even overpaying. For referrals to outside clients I'm $50 per hour, with a 2-hour estimate and cap for spyware removal. I really enjoy fixing people's computers. Most are to the point with spyware that they don't even turn it on. A few rounds of Spybot and Adaware, with a dash of Hijack This clears up 98% of problems, and is so easy. I usually don't make house calls other than to pick up and drop off machines. No sense in sitting at their house for hours on end watching scans go.