the FA didnt have much info, but what the hell can you sue for? So the vendor of your choice doesnt support your OS of choice. TOUGH SH*T. Buy another product. Nvidia is under no obligation to supply drivers. They'd be DUMB not to, but come on, sue?
Thats whats wrong with everyone today - entitlement. Pffsh.
unless I have something wrong, like I said the FA hardly had any info at all, except for some general bitching about forum policies.
Try this one:
"Just because hitmen offer a service that other users want, doesn't make them evil. The person putting the contract out is evil."
doesn't sound so right now, does it?
They do this, they become an enabler, and a little 'less good' in my book.
I wish I had Mod Points today, this is 100% the truth:
"Computer users generally don't see the cost of their actions. If they did, and were held accountable, things would change.
in the company I work for, IT charges are not charged back to the department - so the end users (and more importantly their management) don't see the costs involved with supporting their IT infrastructure.
I'd be more than happy to change print cartridges, if I made $80+/hr (minimum 1hr. charge) to do so, as a mechanic would charge.
Maybe I should keep track of my time, and send the department heads the 'cost' of my IT support, based on my hourly rate (Im salaried, but you get the idea), and how many hours I supported their people. Maybe open a few eyes. Probably not though, as it won't hit their bottom line.
what pisses me off about this whole situation is that using the Spamhaus RBL is OPTIONAL, and initiated by the receiving servers. Nobody said you HAVE to use Spamhaus, people CHOOSE to.
Damn, judges really should be expected to have a clue when sitting in on a case...
...even if you, as an individual, boycott Vista, it won't matter. Next time you go to buy a new PC, XP won't be a choice, HP/Dell/etc. will only give you the option for Vista, preinstalled.
Maybe this will push a few people to OS X. But my money is on Vista becoming the defacto standard, much as XP is now.
The only thing that may work, is if corporate America doens't standardize on Vista. If large companies only want PC's with XP, im sure the boxmakers will oblige them.
I've never setup Cacti before, or even seen it. Just last Tuesday, I installed an Unbuntu system, and put Cacti on it, all in about 4 hours. It took a bit to see how things were done in Cacti (managing users and trees, putting graphs in the correct tree etc.) but a little google, and I had that all figured out.
I'm now using it to monitor my lan/wan, and am setting up server monitoring next week. I found Cacti easy to install/manage, and I the managers of the various groups in the office like it, as they can login with their own unique ID to look at any graphs that are relevant to them.
There is a utility called "Parallels Tools" that installed drivers etc. for the mouse, lets you have a shared folder (between the VM and OSX). I can't get it to install, and get a very cryptic error.
I put a support case in the day they started selling it, and STILL haven't received a fix yet. I got one canned response telling me to reinstall, which didn't help. Their support is non-existant, so buyer beware.
Otherwise, its working OK. I use it to run Outlook in XP and some other windows tools I need for my job, and it works good for that.
...I've been using Parallels for now, and while it works, I've had some problems with it I haven't been able to figure out. I've submitted several support tickets to Parallels, with zero response (Yes, I paid for the software.)
Competition like this is good for the market - now I can try out VMWare, and if it works better than Parallels, I can use it. Choice is good.
I got out quite a few years ago, before this was possible. My cousin however is still in, and he got the surgery done, for free. They offer it to everyone, and encourage you to do it. It makes all aspects of being a soldier - particularly an infantryman, much easier. Now you can wear off the shelf eye protection, no longer are gas masks a pain in the ass to put on, nightvision goggle, scopes, sights in a tank, are all easier to use.
What kind of company turns up its nose at $500 million
The kind that likes to keep its readership? How much would viewship go down if they had to be subject to ads? Or how many people will just get adblocking software? I know I already do.
So lets see,
1) Very low manufacturing costs. The content is already there, and making the PDF is a onetime process. Cost: $0
2) Very low distribution costs. Bandwidth is cheap, and how much does it really cost to download a 30MB book? Cost: $.50
3) Zero storage costs. No warehouse space taken by product. Cost: $0
And they want to charge me full price for this? Yawn, call me back when they are cheaper. this just seems like more profit for the man. Heck, I already own all the paper D20 books I want. PDF's would be nice (especially if searchable), but not at full price.
I'd pay probably $4.99-$10 each, for a downloadable, searchable PDF file. No more.
Well, with the military you had no choice. I think the issue here is what do you do when you don't have to do anything. No one forces you to go to college.
The military is all volunteer, too. Noone forced me to join.
(Some of my friends are former military. Once out, the went back to exhibiting no self-control. So the military doesn't always instill in a person a sense of self discipline)
The same could be said for many, many college graduates, too.
I'm just railing against the 'auto-scoring' processes that HR departments use to filter the resumes that the hiring managers get. If I get in for an interview, alot more often than not I'm going to impress the hiring manager will my knowlege and skills, as I have both. But getting past the arbitrary HR scoring system is the catch.
I guess on the flip side of the argument, do I want to be working for a company that values papers and certifications over knowledge and skills?
A college degree at the very least shows a minum level of self control and professionalism. At least the person got up most every day to go to class and pass the exams. Vs. Out of High School who just went to school because they were required by law to go. Or a College drop out who just couldn't fit into an environment. Getting a Degree shows the company you are more then just what you want to do.
I'm in a different boat - I have twelve years of sysadmin/networking/security experience, but I can't get large companies to bite as I don't have a degree. What I DO have is 8 years of military experience out of high school. By your logic, that should count, but according to the larger companies, it doesn't.
If the military doesn't show 'a minimum of self control and professionalism' and required me to 'get up most every day to go', I don't know what does.:)
And I mean that literally. I'm ready, are you?
Im not suggesting open revolt or somesuch, I'm just saying that the slippery slope keeps getting steeper and steeper. At some point, we will hit the 'event horizon', where there is no going back. That time is coming sooner and sooner.
Are you prepared?
I sort the report by severity, and calculate statistics from that. the first few pages are the 10,000' view - i.e.: we have 7 systems with level 5 vulnerabilities, 38 systems with level 4, etc. etc....
Then, on the following pages, I break down the report into the nuts and bolts - that lets the managers that want just the overview to stop reading after the first few pages, and provides detail for the managers that want it.
is that what you are looking for? pretty basic, actually...
Eh, the video SUCKS. Its all out of focus, and you can't tell at all how the game actually looks. It could be on the lowest resolution with the lowest graphics settings - no way to tell.
we have a 100mb limit. 7000 users, though, so anything more would get out of control.
The biggest issue is education - you need to educate the users that the mail system is NOT a file storage system - pull attachments OUT of email, and put them on the NAS - that is what the NAS is there for. Email is for communication, not long term storage of documents.
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the FA didnt have much info, but what the hell can you sue for? So the vendor of your choice doesnt support your OS of choice. TOUGH SH*T. Buy another product. Nvidia is under no obligation to supply drivers. They'd be DUMB not to, but come on, sue? Thats whats wrong with everyone today - entitlement. Pffsh. unless I have something wrong, like I said the FA hardly had any info at all, except for some general bitching about forum policies.
Try this one: "Just because hitmen offer a service that other users want, doesn't make them evil. The person putting the contract out is evil." doesn't sound so right now, does it? They do this, they become an enabler, and a little 'less good' in my book.
"Computer users generally don't see the cost of their actions. If they did, and were held accountable, things would change.
in the company I work for, IT charges are not charged back to the department - so the end users (and more importantly their management) don't see the costs involved with supporting their IT infrastructure.
I'd be more than happy to change print cartridges, if I made $80+/hr (minimum 1hr. charge) to do so, as a mechanic would charge.
Maybe I should keep track of my time, and send the department heads the 'cost' of my IT support, based on my hourly rate (Im salaried, but you get the idea), and how many hours I supported their people. Maybe open a few eyes. Probably not though, as it won't hit their bottom line.
You must be new here....
I have the same problem with my Macbook Pro running OS X 10.4 - where is the frontpage /. article for that?
(this isn't a flame/sarcasm etc., its a legit question) How is that working out though, watching your entertainment on a 4" screen?
It's estimated that in industrialized countries, devices on standby consume on average 4% of the power used. [Citation Needed]
what pisses me off about this whole situation is that using the Spamhaus RBL is OPTIONAL, and initiated by the receiving servers. Nobody said you HAVE to use Spamhaus, people CHOOSE to.
Damn, judges really should be expected to have a clue when sitting in on a case...
...even if you, as an individual, boycott Vista, it won't matter. Next time you go to buy a new PC, XP won't be a choice, HP/Dell/etc. will only give you the option for Vista, preinstalled.
Maybe this will push a few people to OS X. But my money is on Vista becoming the defacto standard, much as XP is now.
The only thing that may work, is if corporate America doens't standardize on Vista. If large companies only want PC's with XP, im sure the boxmakers will oblige them.
I've never setup Cacti before, or even seen it. Just last Tuesday, I installed an Unbuntu system, and put Cacti on it, all in about 4 hours. It took a bit to see how things were done in Cacti (managing users and trees, putting graphs in the correct tree etc.) but a little google, and I had that all figured out.
I'm now using it to monitor my lan/wan, and am setting up server monitoring next week. I found Cacti easy to install/manage, and I the managers of the various groups in the office like it, as they can login with their own unique ID to look at any graphs that are relevant to them.
All in all, I like Cacti.
There is a utility called "Parallels Tools" that installed drivers etc. for the mouse, lets you have a shared folder (between the VM and OSX). I can't get it to install, and get a very cryptic error.
I put a support case in the day they started selling it, and STILL haven't received a fix yet. I got one canned response telling me to reinstall, which didn't help. Their support is non-existant, so buyer beware.
Otherwise, its working OK. I use it to run Outlook in XP and some other windows tools I need for my job, and it works good for that.
...I've been using Parallels for now, and while it works, I've had some problems with it I haven't been able to figure out. I've submitted several support tickets to Parallels, with zero response (Yes, I paid for the software.)
Competition like this is good for the market - now I can try out VMWare, and if it works better than Parallels, I can use it. Choice is good.
'nuf said.
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No, more than likely they will just pass a new law, stating that "Copying and pasting of blacked out (redacted) lines is a felony" or somesuch...
I got out quite a few years ago, before this was possible. My cousin however is still in, and he got the surgery done, for free. They offer it to everyone, and encourage you to do it. It makes all aspects of being a soldier - particularly an infantryman, much easier. Now you can wear off the shelf eye protection, no longer are gas masks a pain in the ass to put on, nightvision goggle, scopes, sights in a tank, are all easier to use.
I think it's a great idea, myself.
The kind that likes to keep its readership? How much would viewship go down if they had to be subject to ads? Or how many people will just get adblocking software? I know I already do.
So lets see, 1) Very low manufacturing costs. The content is already there, and making the PDF is a onetime process. Cost: $0 2) Very low distribution costs. Bandwidth is cheap, and how much does it really cost to download a 30MB book? Cost: $.50 3) Zero storage costs. No warehouse space taken by product. Cost: $0 And they want to charge me full price for this? Yawn, call me back when they are cheaper. this just seems like more profit for the man. Heck, I already own all the paper D20 books I want. PDF's would be nice (especially if searchable), but not at full price. I'd pay probably $4.99-$10 each, for a downloadable, searchable PDF file. No more.
The military is all volunteer, too. Noone forced me to join.
(Some of my friends are former military. Once out, the went back to exhibiting no self-control. So the military doesn't always instill in a person a sense of self discipline)
The same could be said for many, many college graduates, too.
I'm just railing against the 'auto-scoring' processes that HR departments use to filter the resumes that the hiring managers get. If I get in for an interview, alot more often than not I'm going to impress the hiring manager will my knowlege and skills, as I have both. But getting past the arbitrary HR scoring system is the catch.
I guess on the flip side of the argument, do I want to be working for a company that values papers and certifications over knowledge and skills?
I'm in a different boat - I have twelve years of sysadmin/networking/security experience, but I can't get large companies to bite as I don't have a degree. What I DO have is 8 years of military experience out of high school. By your logic, that should count, but according to the larger companies, it doesn't.
If the military doesn't show 'a minimum of self control and professionalism' and required me to 'get up most every day to go', I don't know what does. :)
And I mean that literally. I'm ready, are you? Im not suggesting open revolt or somesuch, I'm just saying that the slippery slope keeps getting steeper and steeper. At some point, we will hit the 'event horizon', where there is no going back. That time is coming sooner and sooner. Are you prepared?
hypothetically, if you dropped or lost your toaster, would you expect Sunbeam to replace it for free for you?
I sort the report by severity, and calculate statistics from that. the first few pages are the 10,000' view - i.e.: we have 7 systems with level 5 vulnerabilities, 38 systems with level 4, etc. etc.... Then, on the following pages, I break down the report into the nuts and bolts - that lets the managers that want just the overview to stop reading after the first few pages, and provides detail for the managers that want it. is that what you are looking for? pretty basic, actually...
Eh, the video SUCKS. Its all out of focus, and you can't tell at all how the game actually looks. It could be on the lowest resolution with the lowest graphics settings - no way to tell.
WOW is a good game, but how are those queues working out for you?
we have a 100mb limit. 7000 users, though, so anything more would get out of control. The biggest issue is education - you need to educate the users that the mail system is NOT a file storage system - pull attachments OUT of email, and put them on the NAS - that is what the NAS is there for. Email is for communication, not long term storage of documents.