It took 20 posts before somebody actually had the decency to say Thank-you-this-is-a-good-thing, most of those 20 straying into completely niche related topics.
That's because most everyone said thanks in the previous stories about open source Java. How many times must it be said?
I get a LOT of spam per day, (about 100+) and 99.9% is categorised at spam by gmail.
That doesn't sound like a solution to me. If it's categorized then why isn't it deleted? If it's not safe to delete then it's still something you have to deal with even if it 99.9% gets sorted to different bins.
There was an elderly couple who were killed recently (unfortunately they died after much suffering from the burns, weeks later) when their house filled with natural gas-- the old man happened to be working on his dryer at the time. He finished, plugged it in, and BANG.
I call shenanigans. Natural gas has mercaptan added to it by the gas company so it will smell very bad (like rotten eggs). If there was a leak this guy would have known it long before enough built up to blow up the house.
Unproductive logic is not blocking a filetype that represents 75% of email viruses that come through, then having to clear said viruses from computers.
No, unproductive logic is blocking a file type that that's critical to sharing of information that users need to get their jobs done. Seeing from the number of +5 comments that say the same thing I know I'm not alone in thinking this.
That's great, but my comment was aimed at chipperdog. He created a problem, suggested a work around (pdf, rtf) which users balked at, and then doesn't know what to do. I was pointing out that he could offer suggesting that users zip the files. The best solution would be to remove the blocking of files that people need to get their work done.
With that kind of unproductive logic why not just block all attachments? Users couldn't care any less about a sysadmin's security issues. They need to get files from point A to point B.
Generally good advice, however, wireless carriers are not regulated utilities, and thus do not fall under the jurisdiction of any Public Services Commission.
Although true, some of these companies, such as Verizon, also offer phone service to homes. Their actions in other parts of their company, notably billing, may be of great interest to the people at the PUC. At the very least it would make you feel better and demonstrate to the people at Verizon that you're an informed consumer.
Customers threatening with contacting the PUC with a complaint they had with our business were helpfully given the address and / or phone number to contact them, asked if they needed any other assistance, then sent merrily on their way.
Who said anything about threats. Just do it and add "CC: Public Utilities Commission" below your signature and closure.
Threatening PUC action is most certainly not the way to make a phone company jump.
Maybe not where you live, but it always solved the few issues I ever had with Bellsouth. Your experience may vary.
It's nice that he recorded the conversations. What he needs to do next is write a letter (not an email) and mail it to them explaining the problem, specifying a date that he expects it to be resolved by, and state that he requests a confirmation letter be sent to very that the bill has been corrected. Document everything. Write down dates, times, phone numbers called, and names. If that doesn't work, follow up with a second letter stating that you feel they are not acting in good faith, give a second date for them to comply, and add at the bottom that the letter is being CC'd to the Public Utilities Commission. Then forward a copy of the two letters to the local PUC with a a cover letter explaining the problem and asking that they investigate. Phone companies HATE the PUC and they will jump when you mention them.
Every time I've had an issue with the phone company this always resolves it. I've only had to write to the PUC about a company twice. Usually mentioning the PUC to the company will wake them up without you having to write a letter.
It works slowly, and all the officals try to cover their own asses by citing policy. But in the end I think the video will make change occur and stop the police from using tasers as a compliance device for non-violent "offenders".
Yeah, I guess you are right. Hopefully those cops and their families will be plunged into financial ruin defending themselves in court and the kid who got tasered will be able to retire wealthy before he graduates.
Or use mace then. My point is everyone stood around picking their noses instead of helping the student. They'd taser him and then tell him to stand up? Ever been tasered? You can't stand up for a while. So they tasered him again. They act like cops haven't ever had to drag a limp person out of a place before.
I hadn't heard of this incident but maybe students should start carrying their own tasers. Imagine if another student had tasered the rent-a-cop to get them to stop tasering the student over and over.
And I have to wonder what have Darl and the gang been thinking.
They've been thinking about SCO stock. This whole thing was a ploy to pump and dump SCOX so they could all make a lot of money at the expense of the shareholders and investors.
any company that would feel the need to air their clients unfortunate situations for the sake of marketing (permission or not) isn't a company I personally would want to give my business to
All of their clients are in unfortunate situations. Their business is based on solving the problems that these situations create. Someone in an unfortunate situation like they state wouldn't be in need of their services. They're showing that no matter how bad the problem was they can still recover the data.
I replace them only when they fail or if I need more space. Seriously, hard drives are getting cheaper every day. Why buy ahead if you don't need to? My home server's system drive is a 13GB Maxtor that I bought in 1998. I have Debian and swap installed on it. I keep all of my data on six 200GB drives with software RAID5. Sure, the 13 gig could die at any moment so I keep backups and run smartmontools to help warn me if it's about to die. But if it's not broke, don't fix it.
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Thanks for the link.
Why do you say that? I have a 2G iPod that I bought about four years ago and it's never had a problem with the battery.
That's great, but my comment was aimed at chipperdog. He created a problem, suggested a work around (pdf, rtf) which users balked at, and then doesn't know what to do. I was pointing out that he could offer suggesting that users zip the files. The best solution would be to remove the blocking of files that people need to get their work done.
With that kind of unproductive logic why not just block all attachments? Users couldn't care any less about a sysadmin's security issues. They need to get files from point A to point B.
If that's true, it sounds like Sun's marketing department needs to be replaced.
FYI, that links to the what's new for Java 5.0 not 1.5.
Yes, but did it have a Type-R sticker? Nothing makes a car go fast like a Type-R sticker.
Maybe not where you live, but it always solved the few issues I ever had with Bellsouth. Your experience may vary.
It's nice that he recorded the conversations. What he needs to do next is write a letter (not an email) and mail it to them explaining the problem, specifying a date that he expects it to be resolved by, and state that he requests a confirmation letter be sent to very that the bill has been corrected. Document everything. Write down dates, times, phone numbers called, and names. If that doesn't work, follow up with a second letter stating that you feel they are not acting in good faith, give a second date for them to comply, and add at the bottom that the letter is being CC'd to the Public Utilities Commission. Then forward a copy of the two letters to the local PUC with a a cover letter explaining the problem and asking that they investigate. Phone companies HATE the PUC and they will jump when you mention them.
Every time I've had an issue with the phone company this always resolves it. I've only had to write to the PUC about a company twice. Usually mentioning the PUC to the company will wake them up without you having to write a letter.
Yeah, I guess you are right. Hopefully those cops and their families will be plunged into financial ruin defending themselves in court and the kid who got tasered will be able to retire wealthy before he graduates.
Or use mace then. My point is everyone stood around picking their noses instead of helping the student. They'd taser him and then tell him to stand up? Ever been tasered? You can't stand up for a while. So they tasered him again. They act like cops haven't ever had to drag a limp person out of a place before.
I hadn't heard of this incident but maybe students should start carrying their own tasers. Imagine if another student had tasered the rent-a-cop to get them to stop tasering the student over and over.
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All of their clients are in unfortunate situations. Their business is based on solving the problems that these situations create. Someone in an unfortunate situation like they state wouldn't be in need of their services. They're showing that no matter how bad the problem was they can still recover the data.
I replace them only when they fail or if I need more space. Seriously, hard drives are getting cheaper every day. Why buy ahead if you don't need to? My home server's system drive is a 13GB Maxtor that I bought in 1998. I have Debian and swap installed on it. I keep all of my data on six 200GB drives with software RAID5. Sure, the 13 gig could die at any moment so I keep backups and run smartmontools to help warn me if it's about to die. But if it's not broke, don't fix it.
Your honor, since Star Wars was shown on TV, for free, I had every right to edit in some new scenes and sell it as Matt's Space Adventure.
Yeah, right. This sounds like the defense of last resort.