History has shown that for most people, manual update doesn't work.
Plus... if you really are putting Firefox on every machine you touch then you should be grateful to them for saving you a lot of work every time an update appears.
My bad, I forgot "Spanish" is a synonym for "Stereotype Mexican" over there...
Sombrero just means 'hat', not necessarily the Mariachi type.
Doesn't change the fact that they're fscking Egyptians and have over 3000 years of experience dealing with sunlight. I'm not sure a bunch of orange-fingered basement dwellers can teach them much. If you want to help, send money to the people who are taking them food and water.
The problem appears when the managers don't understand what the geeks are doing and give orders based on unrealistic (or completely wrong) understanding of what's happening downstairs.
A percentage of geeks have people skills, they should be the ones in charge.
a) They always employ people with the right connections instead of the right competence
b) Because the consultants they hire know the real money comes from doing it wrong? Why make an effort to deliver on schedule and under budget when you can take your time over it and earn twice as much money in the process?
You might think I'm joking but I've sat in some of the meetings. When I arrived I was under the delusion that I was there to do some work but I was completely wrong, we were only there to kill time before going off to a nice little French restaurant somebody had discovered. My bad.
The issue is that the artist had no right to install software
Ah...it was the installation of some software that was the problem.
Thanks for clearing that one up. The entire country was certainly at risk and getting the Secret Service involved was definitely the right thing to do. There's no way a local policeman could have reprimanded him.
PS: I read the article before posting (hey, it's the way I roll!) and it mentions something about him asking permission before doing it.
The thing you should be really worried about is why the media isn't all over the TSA in general. Groping of children by randomly recruited people? Taking pictures of them? What message is this sending to them? It's ok for people to touch you there if they wear a uniform? If it wasn't the TSA the press would be all over this...
Even without the children there's plenty of adults who have an issue with this, rape victims, etc. The press loves stories like this but where's the outcry? Why is sexual molestation OK if it's done by government employees but nobody else? Employees who'd be flipping burgers if they weren't working there.
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You know how I know you didn't even read the summary...?
may have been a simple "we see you have patented xyz, would you consider our doing abc a violation...
That's my guess too. It's just another sign that the patent system is broken when you don't even know if you're violating a patent or not.
10 GB is easily enough for today's OS with most programs (3 GB or less with some sacrifices),
You haven't tried Windows 7 then? I don't think you can even install it in 10Gb. I'd say 25Gb is a bare minimum for Windows 7 plus a few applications.
The summary does beg the question of why the TSA isn't causing the same outrage...hmmm?
"Options->Advanced->Update->Ask me what to do..."
History has shown that for most people, manual update doesn't work.
Plus... if you really are putting Firefox on every machine you touch then you should be grateful to them for saving you a lot of work every time an update appears.
Yep, it's just a number.
eg. I'm sure it went from 4.05 to 4.08 you'd be all "Yippee! A new version!!". The only difference is in your head.
Yes, that's obvious, but what do you do about the unmanageably hot sides of the elements that hang outside the tents?
They could be cooled using Peltier elements.
My bad, I forgot "Spanish" is a synonym for "Stereotype Mexican" over there...
Sombrero just means 'hat', not necessarily the Mariachi type.
Doesn't change the fact that they're fscking Egyptians and have over 3000 years of experience dealing with sunlight. I'm not sure a bunch of orange-fingered basement dwellers can teach them much. If you want to help, send money to the people who are taking them food and water.
Let's build tall towers, yay!
And that's why the original question strikes me as stinking of colonialistic snobbery.
We're going to tell desert people how to keep cool...!
How about some air conditioned shoes...
Making shade is the obvious solution.
Rly??? LOL!
PS: The correct response to a question like this is to mock the asker...
You are correct...you could maybe spray the tents with water but the increased humidity in the plaza might be more uncomfortable than the heat.
Hand out some umbrellas, aka "parasols".
Para = stop
Sol = sun
Parasol = Sunstopper
While we're having a Spanish lesson, sombra=shadow and from that we get the word for hat: Sombrero ("shade maker") - hand out some wide brimmed hats.
Maybe some fans as well ... you know, the all the things people used to use before remote controls became a substitute for thinking.
I had flash on my iPhone (Frash - a port of android's flash), until an ios update broke it.
You mean "fixed it".
Apple's timely update has saved you from Teh Evilz.
Because the thought of a rich person being denied a bailout is laughable?
The problem appears when the managers don't understand what the geeks are doing and give orders based on unrealistic (or completely wrong) understanding of what's happening downstairs.
A percentage of geeks have people skills, they should be the ones in charge.
It's just propaganda from the ministry of "defense"(sic).
By announcing this they'll keep the rednecks and conservatives happy for another tax year while they work on the next announcement.
Indeed. This guy is an idiot.
Thanks, but I was never in doubt about the 'idiot' part. It's the "Secret Service" part that bothers me.
The thought that posting photographs of random people on a blog can earn you a visit from the Secret Service "within days" should worry you.
Because:
a) They always employ people with the right connections instead of the right competence
b) Because the consultants they hire know the real money comes from doing it wrong? Why make an effort to deliver on schedule and under budget when you can take your time over it and earn twice as much money in the process?
You might think I'm joking but I've sat in some of the meetings. When I arrived I was under the delusion that I was there to do some work but I was completely wrong, we were only there to kill time before going off to a nice little French restaurant somebody had discovered. My bad.
The issue is that the artist had no right to install software
Ah...it was the installation of some software that was the problem.
Thanks for clearing that one up. The entire country was certainly at risk and getting the Secret Service involved was definitely the right thing to do. There's no way a local policeman could have reprimanded him.
PS: I read the article before posting (hey, it's the way I roll!) and it mentions something about him asking permission before doing it.
Installing kitchens is a crime now??? I"d better call my cousin and warn him!
Where were they when that school in Merion installed spycam software on all the pupil's laptops to record them in their dormrooms?
The thing you should be really worried about is why the media isn't all over the TSA in general. Groping of children by randomly recruited people? Taking pictures of them? What message is this sending to them? It's ok for people to touch you there if they wear a uniform? If it wasn't the TSA the press would be all over this...
Even without the children there's plenty of adults who have an issue with this, rape victims, etc. The press loves stories like this but where's the outcry? Why is sexual molestation OK if it's done by government employees but nobody else? Employees who'd be flipping burgers if they weren't working there.
Maybe they put him in a room with lots of motors and remote control electronics so he could fiddle around...
Because that won't win any votes at the next elections. Winning votes centers around listening to the knee-jerks of the common man.