What I and a lot of others are missing from the original post. He's not looking for fool-proof. He said 'theft-resistant' for when he's not in his office.
I think you can do a lot here. I posted ealier about the lockers and the software package. After an item is returned, the poster (or to make you happy a work-study student) would go in and inspect the item, make sure it is in working condition, or track down the last user. He could then update it's status so the next person who takes it out knows they are responsible. Now, someone comes in before the item is manually inspected. The display would read something similar to "Item returned but not inspected". If someone so desperately wants to take it out, they ACKNOWLEDGE they are responsible for it, or they put a request in for the item and get an email once it has been inspected.
He wasn't looking to cure cancer here people, just to get some ideas!
The world is not here to provide meaningless jobs just because it 'could'. Doesn't anyone see that problem enough in government? Why perpetuate this bloat?
Also, what is one of the main expenses that stores have? EMPLOYEE THEFT! Do you really think that ANYTHING involving a human is 100% secure?
A play in 3 sentences: Hey, here comes that guy I owe $50. Oh, you want this digital camera? Sure, we can call it even.
Exactly, let's call someone lazy or some other cynical comment instead of actually coming up with something cool and fun to talk about.
It's not like he mentioned Microsoft.;-)
I personally like the home built approach. Why not have a locked room that can be entered by swiping University ID (these must be in place already in the school). Lockers containing the items to be loaned with magnetic locks line the walls. (Maybe include RFID tags as backup?) Someone out there I am certain can write a simple SW program that uses the persons University UID and PWD (nothing new to learn) to authenicate them. Once in the system, they see the current status of items available to loan, pick what they want from the list (maybe even include a request functionality?) Hit a Submit button and VIOLA! (that's waaaa-laaaaaaa to you) the magnetic lock opens and hey! i can pick up my piece of equipment 24/7.
Now, let's hear how those with the expertise would implement it instead of sniping about off-topic BS.
How many counterfeit copies of Whirlpool refridgerators have you seen floating around?
Come on, like MS or not, it is their product, they should be paid for it. Financially it makes sense. Who wouldn't want 90% of illegal Windows users leave to another OS (and become their headache) and pick up the other 10% as paying customers.
It's great to have 'free' OSs out there and let them be a viable alternate for some users, but we all know currently there is not a magic bullet to jump to. Let the media start commenting on the lack of a mom and dad installable OS as an alternative and MAYBE everyone will have something to be happy about, an alternative will rise from the ashes of smashed phones.
Also, maybe people might actually start paying attention to their surfing habits and NOT open themselves up to non-removable spy/ass ware. I'm guessing that anyone who got that on their machines? Can lay blame right back to the person the see in the mirror.
If you haven't heard it before:
There is no FREE Money
You can't get Paris' video for free
Those 'free screensavers' are STUPID
Look outside the damn window or go to www.weather.com, forget the 'bug'
Don't say YES when installing software from any company you wouldn't want your Mom to know about.
Go outside and see the daylight.
Finally, what is everyone going to say when the music industry starts asking people to pay for CDs?:p
there is a point to advertising, yes i agree. Having lived in Boston, MA for about 12 years, i know there were plenty of lawyers and they did some advertising and business was flourishing. However, since moving to New York 18 months ago, I am bombarded by billboards (a completely other subject) and TV commercials seeking out lawsuits for what i personally would call questionable reasons.
Why does a lawyer have to state "SUE SUE SUE" in their ads? Why can't they just list their name, phone number and services? WHY do they need to proclaim how many millions they have pulled out? In my opinion, it just brings in clients who see the promise of $$$$ with sometimes shaky cases. I would say that these people (loosely used term) who wrote the C&D letters for iDownload, didn't actually do it because they believe it's not spyWare, they did it for the retainer and the checks for the hours they can bill fighting with every other lawyer who has to answer them.
I'd like to see all states enforce the advertising limits that Massachusetts does (no, I don't know what they are specifically, they might not even be lawyer-centric), but they make for a much less litigious society. New York has issues, companies don't want to do business here, you can't even lease a car in NY because of lawyers finding loopholes.
I personally think that a lot of the things we like to complain about, increased costs for healthcare, insurance, paying more for just about any product are caused by direct (how many $1,000s did companies who received C&D letters here waste on responses?) or indirect (increased insurance premiums to cover higher malpractice insurance for doctors) lawyerly actions.
are there good lawyers? yes, of course. are there questionable ones? yes, and sadly they give the ENTIRE profession a bad name.
Hmmmmm... a pro-lawyer poster being anonymous. wouldn't want to actually have to back up a claim, or have people know you might like living under a rock or where ever snakes reside.
All I know is I see too many lawyer ads asking for people to sue other people. If you got hurt, I'm sorry, but I didn't do it on purpose. Unless maybe, you're a lawyer;)
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I forgot what I wanted to say, but believe me it was good.
but come on, does anyone really NEED 10,000 songs? i can bet good money that not one of us could name 500 songs they really like off the top of your head.
and saying it goes like this... "nana nana boo booooooooooo....." doesn't count.
Get your music the old fashion way, buy a shrinkwrap machine and return the cds after lossless copying of your own.
Great, referencing a Mike Myers character and the most wanted organization in the world in one post. All we need now is a reference to a some Serbian immigrant scientist and we'll have Homeland Security all over our posts.;-)
All I want to know is how to set the sleep time on my alarm clock to be longer than 7 minutes.
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maybe speach is not a variant of speech? but i could be wrong ;)
ok, after reading this 3 times, i finally got it and it cracked me up!
nice to see someone with a sense of humor here!
have a great day!
ouch!
(this was actually written 23 seconds ago, but i hit Submit too quickly, so i had to wait before i hit it again)
guessing there wasn't enough (c)rap or space aliens in it satisfy.
What I and a lot of others are missing from the original post. He's not looking for fool-proof. He said 'theft-resistant' for when he's not in his office.
I think you can do a lot here. I posted ealier about the lockers and the software package. After an item is returned, the poster (or to make you happy a work-study student) would go in and inspect the item, make sure it is in working condition, or track down the last user. He could then update it's status so the next person who takes it out knows they are responsible. Now, someone comes in before the item is manually inspected. The display would read something similar to "Item returned but not inspected". If someone so desperately wants to take it out, they ACKNOWLEDGE they are responsible for it, or they put a request in for the item and get an email once it has been inspected.
He wasn't looking to cure cancer here people, just to get some ideas!
A new printer
A new scanner
A new whiteboard
A new computer
A SCHOLARSHIP?
The world is not here to provide meaningless jobs just because it 'could'. Doesn't anyone see that problem enough in government? Why perpetuate this bloat?
Also, what is one of the main expenses that stores have? EMPLOYEE THEFT! Do you really think that ANYTHING involving a human is 100% secure?
A play in 3 sentences: Hey, here comes that guy I owe $50. Oh, you want this digital camera? Sure, we can call it even.
Exactly, let's call someone lazy or some other cynical comment instead of actually coming up with something cool and fun to talk about.
;-)
It's not like he mentioned Microsoft.
I personally like the home built approach. Why not have a locked room that can be entered by swiping University ID (these must be in place already in the school). Lockers containing the items to be loaned with magnetic locks line the walls. (Maybe include RFID tags as backup?) Someone out there I am certain can write a simple SW program that uses the persons University UID and PWD (nothing new to learn) to authenicate them. Once in the system, they see the current status of items available to loan, pick what they want from the list (maybe even include a request functionality?) Hit a Submit button and VIOLA! (that's waaaa-laaaaaaa to you) the magnetic lock opens and hey! i can pick up my piece of equipment 24/7.
Now, let's hear how those with the expertise would implement it instead of sniping about off-topic BS.
Come on, like MS or not, it is their product, they should be paid for it. Financially it makes sense. Who wouldn't want 90% of illegal Windows users leave to another OS (and become their headache) and pick up the other 10% as paying customers.
It's great to have 'free' OSs out there and let them be a viable alternate for some users, but we all know currently there is not a magic bullet to jump to. Let the media start commenting on the lack of a mom and dad installable OS as an alternative and MAYBE everyone will have something to be happy about, an alternative will rise from the ashes of smashed phones.
Also, maybe people might actually start paying attention to their surfing habits and NOT open themselves up to non-removable spy/ass ware. I'm guessing that anyone who got that on their machines? Can lay blame right back to the person the see in the mirror.
If you haven't heard it before:
There is no FREE Money
You can't get Paris' video for free
Those 'free screensavers' are STUPID
Look outside the damn window or go to www.weather.com, forget the 'bug'
Don't say YES when installing software from any company you wouldn't want your Mom to know about.
Go outside and see the daylight.
:p
Finally, what is everyone going to say when the music industry starts asking people to pay for CDs?
i've heard that some install CDs use this new fangled thing, something called compression?
;-)
don't shoot me, i'm only the messenger
there is a point to advertising, yes i agree. Having lived in Boston, MA for about 12 years, i know there were plenty of lawyers and they did some advertising and business was flourishing. However, since moving to New York 18 months ago, I am bombarded by billboards (a completely other subject) and TV commercials seeking out lawsuits for what i personally would call questionable reasons.
Why does a lawyer have to state "SUE SUE SUE" in their ads? Why can't they just list their name, phone number and services? WHY do they need to proclaim how many millions they have pulled out? In my opinion, it just brings in clients who see the promise of $$$$ with sometimes shaky cases. I would say that these people (loosely used term) who wrote the C&D letters for iDownload, didn't actually do it because they believe it's not spyWare, they did it for the retainer and the checks for the hours they can bill fighting with every other lawyer who has to answer them.
I'd like to see all states enforce the advertising limits that Massachusetts does (no, I don't know what they are specifically, they might not even be lawyer-centric), but they make for a much less litigious society. New York has issues, companies don't want to do business here, you can't even lease a car in NY because of lawyers finding loopholes.
I personally think that a lot of the things we like to complain about, increased costs for healthcare, insurance, paying more for just about any product are caused by direct (how many $1,000s did companies who received C&D letters here waste on responses?) or indirect (increased insurance premiums to cover higher malpractice insurance for doctors) lawyerly actions.
are there good lawyers? yes, of course. are there questionable ones? yes, and sadly they give the ENTIRE profession a bad name.
There's a new way to define AssWare:
If there isn't a listing in Add/Remove Programs that lets you completely remove it. It is spyware or a virus or a trojan or plain and simple: AssWare.
Hmmmmm... a pro-lawyer poster being anonymous. wouldn't want to actually have to back up a claim, or have people know you might like living under a rock or where ever snakes reside.
;)
All I know is I see too many lawyer ads asking for people to sue other people. If you got hurt, I'm sorry, but I didn't do it on purpose. Unless maybe, you're a lawyer
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I forgot what I wanted to say, but believe me it was good.
don't forget www.nugs.net
great music that could never be confuzzled with corporate pop (Dead, Phish, etc.)
but come on, does anyone really NEED 10,000 songs? i can bet good money that not one of us could name 500 songs they really like off the top of your head.
and saying it goes like this... "nana nana boo booooooooooo....." doesn't count. Get your music the old fashion way, buy a shrinkwrap machine and return the cds after lossless copying of your own.
Great, referencing a Mike Myers character and the most wanted organization in the world in one post. All we need now is a reference to a some Serbian immigrant scientist and we'll have Homeland Security all over our posts. ;-)
All I want to know is how to set the sleep time on my alarm clock to be longer than 7 minutes.
require a batchelors degree often
Maybe companies are requiring Bachelor of Science degrees in hopes of getting people who can spell without use of spellcheck.
Happy New Year