Our company uses VOIP for our internal phones, and also for customer locations. For our offices and for our customers it makes everyone an extension away, instead of a long distance call.
Quality is excellent. Internal people and customers alike couldn't care that they're IP phones - they ring, they dial, they work.
Latency and QOS are the two bugaboos, but if you've a healthy network, implementing VOIP shouldn't be a huge deal.
We pronounce it "Voyp" - rhyme the first part with 'boy'.
Horseshit. Unless you click "Yeah, download this.exe!", IE won't just 'automatically' install toolbars.
I *will* grant the claim of drive-by malware/spyware pre SP2. If you're running WinXP, and haven't gone to Service Pack 2, you're foolish. The bugaboos and horror stories you're hearing are FUD, lies, or just plain incompetence.
So many things in our government would be solved by term limits. No more career politicians. You may serve one term. Possible exceptions? Dunno. Maybe you could be governor, then a Senator, then President - still only about twelve years to be a politico.
Banning contributions and lobbyists would be wonderful, as well. Do your civil service for the good of the people, not for the good of the company who sucked your dick this morning.
As a thought, how about mandatory civil service?
Every American would be a potential lawmaker, so the system of checks and balances would possibly work better.
Maybe something like jury duty - you're selected, evaluated by the current incumbents in an interview-style setting, and then approved or rejected. Most interviews would be between random people. Sure, you're likely to get the same moral compass from one system to the next... unless you only had three candidates to choose from.
That, and implementing 100% democratic voting with public terminals, secure voting, and secure result validations... ?
Just some thoughts.
Obviously, I am not a political science major/minor/anything!
If this is the way you act in a store, I can see it becoming a problem for you.
You either A.) Didn't RTFA (likely) or B.)Are a whiny baby pissypants (also likely).
Either way, the thrust of this method is to identify ABUSIVE and fraudulent customers. I doubt anyone is going to give a flying fuck if you want to return your Bratz doll because you don't like her hair.
It's when you start trying to return them after you've played with them, or for some other superfluous reason, that the problem becomes more apparent.
Man. Do you actually believe the crap you wrote there, or did you have to take several efforts as you convulsed with hysterical laughter?
Calling Fox News "fair and balanced" is like calling a missing limb "just a scratch", ala the Black Knight.
Fox News, as a whole, should be regarded for what they are - tabloid journalism, pandering to the Republican Party, pretending to be real news. All media outlets have bias - I'm not saying they don't - but Fox is the worst. They play uplifting music, show American icons/flags/children when talking about or showing President Bush, and then play music with lots of minor chords, pick less attractive anchors, and use more condescending phrasing when speaking of the Democratic party.
Myself, I use the BBC for my American news - less blatant self-interest, for the most part.
Employment *numbers* have been going up, sure, but what you've got are skilled jobs being replaced by McJobs. You may have a job again, but at 1/4 of what you were making pre-Dubya.
Dammit! Just when you get a 16:9 TV and computer monitor, more and more stuff shows up with 2.35:1 "Super CinemaScope". Grr. Psst, directors? Black Bars on the top and bottom do not an 'edgy' movie make.
I'm a Linux/Unix user & advocate, myself, and I enjoy telling and teaching people about Linux, and how it can be useful or fun for them - if they want to learn it.
Your attitude is exactly the right path we need to take! Thanks for cheering me up - the other fool who responded (trolled) me got me pissed off.
Well, to reply in kind, you f!cking sh!tbag motherf!cker who seems like eating random cocks -
It's cocks!ckers like you who prevent more people from becoming involved with, or desiring to become Linux/Unix experts.
You'll note I never once "whined" about Linux/Unix being too hard. If it was, my network would be all Windows machines. It isn't.
I'm so glad to have found the dividing line between "enthusiasts" and "elitist prick".
Grow up, move out of Mommy's basement, and realize the real world gives this much {} of a flying fuck about your attitude towards computers or "experts".
Oh, nice comment about being a Republican - what the FUCK does that have to do with anything?
Shitsucking Assbag. I guess I was trolled, eh, scrotum sucker?
RIGHT THERE is the reason that business, Mom and Dad, and Joe Sixpack won't adopt OSS. The elitist - no, actually - "prick-ish" attitude that so many Linux and Unix users display.
Until this attitude is GONE, we have no chance at becoming the proud bearers of an alternative operating system.
I run FreeBSD, RedHat, Debian, WinXPPro, and Win2KPro, so I'm just a slut, since I'll use anything.
Or you could add the new database to a group of Notes users via a few different methods:
Email them a link to the db Add the database to their workspace via their person doc or notes.ini if they're managed via the network (like they should be) "Webify" the database, and email the link or distribute it via their login script, or include it their iNotes profile.
The limitations you speak of sound more like a poorly or incompletely configured Domino network. Domino is a very powerful, very GOOD tool for sharing and disseminating information.
Wikis, besides the stupid ass name (say it 3 times fast), come off as a playground for anyone to just put their $.02 in.
You've got limited change control which isn't tied to your existing authorization scheme (Notes/Domino security is actually quite good), no guarantee of accuracy or authority beyond the author, and become a clustered mess of crap.
Please, point me at a "Good" wiki - man, can we call them something else?! Like "Shared Idea Spaces" or something? - anyway. Show me a good example, and I would be happy to check it out.:)
You keep focusing on insurance. Why should a large group of people subsidize your self-admitted need? Insurance typically is for prevention; you pay hoping you don't need it. Vision care/dental care notwithstanding, I'll grant.
Those who choose to not have children shouldn't have to help bear your costs of bearing children (no pun intended).
If you want children, and can't, the funding for anything above and beyond standard methods *should* rest squarely on your shoulders, not the insurance company's, or the other customers of the company.
Please understand - I'm not belittling your decision to have children. If family makes you happy, wonderful. I just feel that you should be responsible for the family you want/need to create.
That said, best of luck and health to you and your wife during your pregnancy.
Again, to be very callous here, as others have been, but with all the 'negatives' against your wife and you, at what point do you take the proverbial hint? Conditions like the ones your wife have may prevent pregnancy to prevent other undesirable genetic information from being passed on.
The notion that 'you're not complete without children' baffles me. If you want to have a legacy, build a library, a shelter, or adopt children.
IVF isn't covered because of several things. There are thousands of children in need of adoption/foster care - and here we are, mucking about in genetic systems that may have an intentional design flaw as a failsafe.
I'm sorry your wife has her conditions, but again, at some point you need to play with the cards you're dealt. IVF and other fertilization techniques feel (to ME) like dealing from the bottom of the deck.
I totally agree with you re: Best Buy or Fry's. You're right, my comment was aimed at locally-owned "Mom and Pop" stores. Best Buy, Fry's and the Sony Store are slowly but surely killing them off. I feel it's worth an extra bit - not a boatload, surely not $300 on a $1100 monitor!:)
Did you ask the Fry's staff about the price difference? They may have not known about a price drop.
Many, many times, the stores will meet you halfway on Internet pricing, if they can. Also consider the cost of shipping a monitor - factor that in to your price, as well.
The demise of local stores is sad. Too many people look for the "Best Buy", not the real deal. If you're being shown a product by a real person, in a real store, why not have the courtesy to repay that time with the purchase? Price can't rule all - and when it's time, ask them about price matching. All they can say is "No", and many many stores won't. They want and need to move that product, so they're usually willing to deal.
I'm not sure if you post in jest, or not, but there is some actual evidence to back up your comment.
Kennesaw county in Georgia (near Atlanta) requires every household to own a firearm and ammunition for that firearm. Their crime rate since the law was enacted in 1982 has fallen greatly.
Other places in the country where gun ownership has been restricted have likewise seen their crime rates climb, as the criminals obtain guns, regardless of the law.
Think about this: If you're a criminal, are you going to hit a house/person that probably *has* a gun, or are you going to go for a place where they probably *don't* have a gun?:)
Sorry for the hijack, but that little comment always makes me wonder if those who say it really understand the point they're making.
For the record, no, you're not right. I'm actually a Libertarian, non-Bush supporting, 'personal responsibility', sort of guy. I think parents should take a much more active and disciplinarian role with their children, and I think more people should take care of their own problems instead of blaming everyone else. That being said...
I don't care for the Hitler reference, to be honest - that was a cheap shot, even for you.
OK. Let's look at this: My original comment to you was regarding the lack of consideration and civility that people have towards each other these days. You want to talk about TV's, we'll talk about TV's.
If I go to a sports bar, a restaurant, or a venue that HAS televisions, I fully expect those TV's to be on and showing the game/the news/whatever. However, there are those (and you know them, too) who will reach up and turn the volume way the hell up so they can hear whatever's on. THAT is part of the problem I have. I didn't spell that out, so I can see where the confusion lies. So, I'll concede: "My Bad" on that point.
Personal attacks: I think calling me a "Religious Right Bush Supporter" pretty much tops "Fuck you" as an insult, at least from where I sit. I will retract my "fuck you" if you never call me a Bush supporter again. Agreed?
The tones of your comments towards me only helped to further the thought that you are, indeed, one of those who doesn't give a shit about the people around him/her, and that LOUD TV crap would be par for the course for you.
I'll focus on what it is you want to focus on: Private businesses with televisions in their establishments have the right to operate those TVs in whatever way they see fit. I still feel, however, that if those TVs are bothering a SUBSTANTIAL amount of that day's patrons, then they should be turned down/off BY THE OWNERS. I don't agree with the random power button, except from a humor standpoint at the store.
There, now nobody has to take their ball and go home.
Y'know, I had a real nice reply typed for this, and realized something: You're the kind of person that's always right, no matter what.
I will say this, though: Fuck you and your presupposition of my social standing and political bent. You have no way of knowing, and your snide little political comment shines more light on the type of person you are. I'm sure your mother would be so proud if she knew the type of persona her offspring showed to the world at large. I'm sure when you go upstairs to her table for dinner, you're very polite to your mother, yes?
Your post illustrates my point precisely. Thank you for continuing to be the LOUD ASSHAT that our society has learned to tolerate.
Hrm. If you wear a helmet - and I assume you do, with the disdain you show for non-helmeted Harley riders - how well do you hear the other cars around you?
No, loud pipes are not a 'safety blanket'. I never said so, and never intended for you to infer that in your wildest bend of mental gymnastics.
Loud pipes are not just heard behind the bike. Yes, they're much louder at that point. No doubt about it.
For your information, however, my bike has stock pipes on it. They're quiet. Yeah, Gold Wings and BMWs are quieter, but they're like sewing machines.
Good for you on 11 years. I hope you ride at least three times that much in the rest of your life.
I'm working on 23 years this year, and hope to ride until I physically can't. Then I'll get a trike!
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Unless, of course, your current attitude prevails, and then you'll get to dissect the semantics of "would you like fries with that?"
Our company uses VOIP for our internal phones, and also for customer locations. For our offices and for our customers it makes everyone an extension away, instead of a long distance call.
Quality is excellent. Internal people and customers alike couldn't care that they're IP phones - they ring, they dial, they work.
Latency and QOS are the two bugaboos, but if you've a healthy network, implementing VOIP shouldn't be a huge deal.
We pronounce it "Voyp" - rhyme the first part with 'boy'.
Yick. Nasty. I stand corrected. I also use Firefox on all my machines - WinXP, Linux, and FreeBSD. :)
Horseshit. Unless you click "Yeah, download this .exe!", IE won't just 'automatically' install toolbars.
I *will* grant the claim of drive-by malware/spyware pre SP2. If you're running WinXP, and haven't gone to Service Pack 2, you're foolish. The bugaboos and horror stories you're hearing are FUD, lies, or just plain incompetence.
So many things in our government would be solved by term limits. No more career politicians. You may serve one term. Possible exceptions? Dunno. Maybe you could be governor, then a Senator, then President - still only about twelve years to be a politico.
... ?
Banning contributions and lobbyists would be wonderful, as well. Do your civil service for the good of the people, not for the good of the company who sucked your dick this morning.
As a thought, how about mandatory civil service?
Every American would be a potential lawmaker, so the system of checks and balances would possibly work better.
Maybe something like jury duty - you're selected, evaluated by the current incumbents in an interview-style setting, and then approved or rejected. Most interviews would be between random people. Sure, you're likely to get the same moral compass from one system to the next... unless you only had three candidates to choose from.
That, and implementing 100% democratic voting with public terminals, secure voting, and secure result validations
Just some thoughts.
Obviously, I am not a political science major/minor/anything!
If this is the way you act in a store, I can see it becoming a problem for you.
You either A.) Didn't RTFA (likely) or B.)Are a whiny baby pissypants (also likely).
Either way, the thrust of this method is to identify ABUSIVE and fraudulent customers. I doubt anyone is going to give a flying fuck if you want to return your Bratz doll because you don't like her hair.
It's when you start trying to return them after you've played with them, or for some other superfluous reason, that the problem becomes more apparent.
*Blows soda from nose*
Mwaahahahahahahah!
I love that this got a +5, Insightful!
Man. Do you actually believe the crap you wrote there, or did you have to take several efforts as you convulsed with hysterical laughter?
Calling Fox News "fair and balanced" is like calling a missing limb "just a scratch", ala the Black Knight.
Fox News, as a whole, should be regarded for what they are - tabloid journalism, pandering to the Republican Party, pretending to be real news. All media outlets have bias - I'm not saying they don't - but Fox is the worst. They play uplifting music, show American icons/flags/children when talking about or showing President Bush, and then play music with lots of minor chords, pick less attractive anchors, and use more condescending phrasing when speaking of the Democratic party.
Myself, I use the BBC for my American news - less blatant self-interest, for the most part.
Employment *numbers* have been going up, sure, but what you've got are skilled jobs being replaced by McJobs. You may have a job again, but at 1/4 of what you were making pre-Dubya.
Dammit! Just when you get a 16:9 TV and computer monitor, more and more stuff shows up with 2.35:1 "Super CinemaScope". Grr. Psst, directors? Black Bars on the top and bottom do not an 'edgy' movie make.
;)
Please standardize.
Your employers,
Movie Viewers
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"That isn't always the case in modern dialogue", she continued, "as sometimes delineating technical data without puncuation is desirable."
"Lastly," she breathed, "the 'old way' does seem to be more pleasant aesthetically..."
Thanks for being on the other side of the fence.
I'm a Linux/Unix user & advocate, myself, and I enjoy telling and teaching people about Linux, and how it can be useful or fun for them - if they want to learn it.
Your attitude is exactly the right path we need to take! Thanks for cheering me up - the other fool who responded (trolled) me got me pissed off.
Have a great weekend!
Well, to reply in kind, you f!cking sh!tbag motherf!cker who seems like eating random cocks -
It's cocks!ckers like you who prevent more people from becoming involved with, or desiring to become Linux/Unix experts.
You'll note I never once "whined" about Linux/Unix being too hard. If it was, my network would be all Windows machines. It isn't.
I'm so glad to have found the dividing line between "enthusiasts" and "elitist prick".
Grow up, move out of Mommy's basement, and realize the real world gives this much {} of a flying fuck about your attitude towards computers or "experts".
Oh, nice comment about being a Republican - what the FUCK does that have to do with anything?
Shitsucking Assbag. I guess I was trolled, eh, scrotum sucker?
Have a nice day!
Thanks for proving my point.
Cheers!
Gosh, that's really helpful!
RIGHT THERE is the reason that business, Mom and Dad, and Joe Sixpack won't adopt OSS. The elitist - no, actually - "prick-ish" attitude that so many Linux and Unix users display.
Until this attitude is GONE, we have no chance at becoming the proud bearers of an alternative operating system.
I run FreeBSD, RedHat, Debian, WinXPPro, and Win2KPro, so I'm just a slut, since I'll use anything.
Or you could add the new database to a group of Notes users via a few different methods:
:)
Email them a link to the db
Add the database to their workspace via their person doc or notes.ini if they're managed via the network (like they should be)
"Webify" the database, and email the link or distribute it via their login script, or include it their iNotes profile.
The limitations you speak of sound more like a poorly or incompletely configured Domino network. Domino is a very powerful, very GOOD tool for sharing and disseminating information.
Wikis, besides the stupid ass name (say it 3 times fast), come off as a playground for anyone to just put their $.02 in.
You've got limited change control which isn't tied to your existing authorization scheme (Notes/Domino security is actually quite good), no guarantee of accuracy or authority beyond the author, and become a clustered mess of crap.
Please, point me at a "Good" wiki - man, can we call them something else?! Like "Shared Idea Spaces" or something? - anyway. Show me a good example, and I would be happy to check it out.
Best Regards,
SCW
You keep focusing on insurance. Why should a large group of people subsidize your self-admitted need? Insurance typically is for prevention; you pay hoping you don't need it. Vision care/dental care notwithstanding, I'll grant.
Those who choose to not have children shouldn't have to help bear your costs of bearing children (no pun intended).
If you want children, and can't, the funding for anything above and beyond standard methods *should* rest squarely on your shoulders, not the insurance company's, or the other customers of the company.
Please understand - I'm not belittling your decision to have children. If family makes you happy, wonderful. I just feel that you should be responsible for the family you want/need to create.
That said, best of luck and health to you and your wife during your pregnancy.
Again, to be very callous here, as others have been, but with all the 'negatives' against your wife and you, at what point do you take the proverbial hint? Conditions like the ones your wife have may prevent pregnancy to prevent other undesirable genetic information from being passed on.
The notion that 'you're not complete without children' baffles me. If you want to have a legacy, build a library, a shelter, or adopt children.
IVF isn't covered because of several things. There are thousands of children in need of adoption/foster care - and here we are, mucking about in genetic systems that may have an intentional design flaw as a failsafe.
I'm sorry your wife has her conditions, but again, at some point you need to play with the cards you're dealt. IVF and other fertilization techniques feel (to ME) like dealing from the bottom of the deck.
As long as you don't deviate from your plan, it doesn't.
But what if you want to go to Amsterdam for a little side trip? How about a motorcycle ride through Germany, stopping at little places here and there?
It's not the immediate threat - its the potential for misuse, and governments have shown time and again that they WILL misuse our personal data.
I totally agree with you re: Best Buy or Fry's. You're right, my comment was aimed at locally-owned "Mom and Pop" stores. Best Buy, Fry's and the Sony Store are slowly but surely killing them off. I feel it's worth an extra bit - not a boatload, surely not $300 on a $1100 monitor! :)
Did you ask the Fry's staff about the price difference? They may have not known about a price drop.
Many, many times, the stores will meet you halfway on Internet pricing, if they can. Also consider the cost of shipping a monitor - factor that in to your price, as well.
The demise of local stores is sad. Too many people look for the "Best Buy", not the real deal. If you're being shown a product by a real person, in a real store, why not have the courtesy to repay that time with the purchase? Price can't rule all - and when it's time, ask them about price matching. All they can say is "No", and many many stores won't. They want and need to move that product, so they're usually willing to deal.
Glad I didn't offend. Have a good Thursday!
I'm not sure if you post in jest, or not, but there is some actual evidence to back up your comment.
:)
Kennesaw county in Georgia (near Atlanta) requires every household to own a firearm and ammunition for that firearm. Their crime rate since the law was enacted in 1982 has fallen greatly.
Other places in the country where gun ownership has been restricted have likewise seen their crime rates climb, as the criminals obtain guns, regardless of the law.
Think about this: If you're a criminal, are you going to hit a house/person that probably *has* a gun, or are you going to go for a place where they probably *don't* have a gun?
Sorry for the hijack, but that little comment always makes me wonder if those who say it really understand the point they're making.
Cheers!
For the record, no, you're not right. I'm actually a Libertarian, non-Bush supporting, 'personal responsibility', sort of guy. I think parents should take a much more active and disciplinarian role with their children, and I think more people should take care of their own problems instead of blaming everyone else. That being said...
I don't care for the Hitler reference, to be honest - that was a cheap shot, even for you.
OK. Let's look at this: My original comment to you was regarding the lack of consideration and civility that people have towards each other these days. You want to talk about TV's, we'll talk about TV's.
If I go to a sports bar, a restaurant, or a venue that HAS televisions, I fully expect those TV's to be on and showing the game/the news/whatever. However, there are those (and you know them, too) who will reach up and turn the volume way the hell up so they can hear whatever's on. THAT is part of the problem I have. I didn't spell that out, so I can see where the confusion lies. So, I'll concede: "My Bad" on that point.
Personal attacks: I think calling me a "Religious Right Bush Supporter" pretty much tops "Fuck you" as an insult, at least from where I sit. I will retract my "fuck you" if you never call me a Bush supporter again. Agreed?
The tones of your comments towards me only helped to further the thought that you are, indeed, one of those who doesn't give a shit about the people around him/her, and that LOUD TV crap would be par for the course for you.
I'll focus on what it is you want to focus on: Private businesses with televisions in their establishments have the right to operate those TVs in whatever way they see fit. I still feel, however, that if those TVs are bothering a SUBSTANTIAL amount of that day's patrons, then they should be turned down/off BY THE OWNERS. I don't agree with the random power button, except from a humor standpoint at the store.
There, now nobody has to take their ball and go home.
Y'know, I had a real nice reply typed for this, and realized something: You're the kind of person that's always right, no matter what.
I will say this, though: Fuck you and your presupposition of my social standing and political bent. You have no way of knowing, and your snide little political comment shines more light on the type of person you are. I'm sure your mother would be so proud if she knew the type of persona her offspring showed to the world at large. I'm sure when you go upstairs to her table for dinner, you're very polite to your mother, yes?
Your post illustrates my point precisely. Thank you for continuing to be the LOUD ASSHAT that our society has learned to tolerate.
Hrm. If you wear a helmet - and I assume you do, with the disdain you show for non-helmeted Harley riders - how well do you hear the other cars around you?
No, loud pipes are not a 'safety blanket'. I never said so, and never intended for you to infer that in your wildest bend of mental gymnastics.
Loud pipes are not just heard behind the bike. Yes, they're much louder at that point. No doubt about it.
For your information, however, my bike has stock pipes on it. They're quiet. Yeah, Gold Wings and BMWs are quieter, but they're like sewing machines.
Good for you on 11 years. I hope you ride at least three times that much in the rest of your life.
I'm working on 23 years this year, and hope to ride until I physically can't. Then I'll get a trike!