i searched thisweknow.org on my zip code and it returned a bunch of crimes that occurred outside my zip code. it also reported a county population that's more than 10x what it actually is.
i've been participating in the transparencycorps project, and have been amused at seeing all the requests by representatives for this or that device for police departments all over the country. how long before we start seeing requests for this device too?
ever heard the adage, "the cobblers kids are all barefoot?" i've been so busy lately i haven't maintained my site in quite some time. email me fliptop0 at gmail and i'll get your specs and see if i can hook you up w/ something that meets both your needs and budget.
It doesn't matter if I don't want Windows because I don't get a choice, personally I think forcing a customer to buy an OS is horrible idea....Does anyone else have this problem?
i buy and sell laptops w/o an o/s, if that's what the customer wants. i would guess the biggest problem for an oem like dell is, when you sell a laptop w/ no o/s, you still have to take the step of actually installing something to verify all the hardware works properly. then there's more work involved in swapping the hd w/ an empty one. it would probably cost more.
if you're looking for a laptop w/o an o/s, reply to this comment and let me know.
The problem is that if this health monitor becomes available and reasonably cheap, it will probably become difficult to obtain health insurance without it.
the other problem is that it takes gov't a long time to do anything, so by the time the gov't bureaucrat assigned to monitor your device (assuming we get nationalized health care) gets around to calling the ambulance, you'll probably already be dead. from old age, not a heart attack or stroke.
or at least, that's what they'll tell your next of kin. that you died of old age, not red tape and inefficiency.
But apparently a large portion of your business was relying on the fact people are stupid. Now what?
i've also seen a large increase in customers wanting their computers fixed lately. i think the bad economy has a positive effect on businesses that fix stuff. people are more willing to spend less and get it fixed than spend more buying something new. we're doing well for the same reason the auto mechanics are.
As you've found out, not every AV picks up every *known* piece of malware, and none of them will pick up new malware that has only just been developed
i consider avast only for protection from viruses, and recommend MalwareBytes for protection from malware.
i've found that considering malware, spyware and viruses 3 different animals, and using different software to attack each type is the best defense solution. i recommend SuperAntiSpyware as well.
2 years ago, someone at my church's office asked me if i could write an app that would help them manage donors for their capital campaign. they had researched commercially available options and found they did about 90% (or less) of what they wanted. they were willing to spend a little $ to get that last 10%.
the solution i wrote runs in a browser, uses postgres as the backend, and has features like email reminders, generates pdfs for mailings, and even allows the administrator to link donors based on their family tree. also allows the ability to link donors to a particular group (teachers, volunteers, parishoners, etc.) and can generate several types of reports, including those for tax purposes.
total cost was $1000 (it's my church, i gave them a discount), if you're interested in seeing if it will meet your needs, reply to this message w/ your contact info.
according to dell's website, it shipped in march 1996. this thing is a rock, all original configuration hardware-wise. installed redhat 6.2 (damn, that was a good o/s) and it's never turned off, unless there's a power outage, or i open it to vacuum out the dust. currently used as my cvs server and local dns. i can't believe the hard drive is still spinning.....
This is just like the time the phone company got you to pay to have your number unlisted. Then they turned around and sold their unlisted numbers to people.
do you have proof of this? i worked in telemarketing for many years, writing code to sort huge databases of numbers. the way i got "unlisted" numbers was to do a 'select where not in' query. if you have the listed numbers, and you know there's 10,000 possible numbers for a particular 3-digit exchange, you can easily come up w/ a list of "unlisted" numbers. sure, many of them didn't work, but at the time (this was the early 90's), that list of "unlisted" numbers was gold because no one else was calling them. of course, you didn't have their contact info, so when they answered you couldn't say, "is this mr. jones?" you had to say, "is the man or lady of the house there?"
in any case, i don't remember the phone company or hill-donnelly offering to sell us unlisted numbers, we had to find them on our own.
If I, as a layman, can design a 3 person vehicle that gets 180 miles to the gallon (of biodiesel) based on existing designs and current technology, what exactly is the holdup?
the holdup is supply-and-demand. even though you can build it, would anyone buy your eco-friendly biodiesel? i can think of only a few that might, unless the gov't starts forcing people to buy them. in light of the recent detriot bailouts, that may very well happen.
There have been free ad-supported newspapers out there for decades. None of them make the kind of money the subscription-based ones do even today, so why would you think a free model would work better?
having worked as a carrier for several major newspapers in different cities, i can say that almost all of the subscription costs associated with (non-national) newspapers goes to the carrier. what's most likely happening regarding cost-per-ad for free/subscription is that, w/ subscription based papers, you can give a definitive number of subscribers, but w/ a free paper, all you can point to is the number you print. who knows how many of the "free" papers actually end up, unread, at the bottom of a bird cage.
I often wonder how easy a time people who are new to computing can have with Linux.
i sell ubuntu systems to regular users. as part of a purchase, if they're local i offer to install it in their house and give an hour of time to answer questions for free. after a brief orientation (don't buy a new ipod, before buying a printer check here or call me, etc.), i spend the time showing them how to find and install software using synaptic, where update alerts appear and what to do, how to use firefox instead of ie, and a few other tips. i leave with them knowing they can call or email me anytime they have a question and i'll do my best to answer it.
i've been doing this for several years now. i always install the latest LTS version of ubuntu, and i offer to do software upgrades for $60. most customers are happy they no longer have to deal w/ virus, malware and spyware, even though there's a bit of a learning curve. i've had a few who installed xp because they just couldn't "get it," and out of them at least 4 of them come back with, you guessed it, malware and virus infected boxes. i've also had 2 customers who brought the computer back and asked me to set it up for dual-boot w/ xp. i found out later they boot to windows only to use itunes (being unable to get it working correctly in linux) and generally use the ubuntu side for everything else.
for the most part, i've found that spending just that initial hour is enough to put the customer at ease. additionally, knowing i'm just a phone call away helps too.
for customers who aren't local, i prepare a pdf document that basically contains what i go over w/ the locals in that orientation hour.
i've had just a couple of customers who were "new users," who basically had never used a computer before. since they don't know the difference (that there's other o/s's that aren't linux), they take to it a little more quickly.
I did splurge and get they Lynksis router with the PCMCIA slot in it ($300 when I bought it).
i have used and recommend cradlepoint routers, which are in the $140-$150 range. they have 2 models, so choose accordingly for pcmcia or usb cards. before purchasing one, call them and verify their router will work with the brand/model of aircard you're purchasing, there are a few that don't work now (but i've been told they're working on drivers).
if they are going to continue annoying us then I would prefer that it be through email and not postal mail
i disagree, with postal spam at least if they provide a pre-paid return envelope i have the satisfaction of putting everything they sent me in that envelope, along w/ a few rusty washers (to add weight), and maybe a sunday paper glossy ad or two (more weight, and thickness) and sending it back to them on their dime.
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fortunately, the 'corporates and uber-rich' are the ones who sign paychecks, so what's good for them winds up being good for everyone else too.
i searched thisweknow.org on my zip code and it returned a bunch of crimes that occurred outside my zip code. it also reported a county population that's more than 10x what it actually is.
i call shenanigans.
i've been participating in the transparencycorps project, and have been amused at seeing all the requests by representatives for this or that device for police departments all over the country. how long before we start seeing requests for this device too?
here are the notebooks that i resell. i can get any of them w/o an o/s.
ever heard the adage, "the cobblers kids are all barefoot?" i've been so busy lately i haven't maintained my site in quite some time. email me fliptop0 at gmail and i'll get your specs and see if i can hook you up w/ something that meets both your needs and budget.
i buy and sell laptops w/o an o/s, if that's what the customer wants. i would guess the biggest problem for an oem like dell is, when you sell a laptop w/ no o/s, you still have to take the step of actually installing something to verify all the hardware works properly. then there's more work involved in swapping the hd w/ an empty one. it would probably cost more.
if you're looking for a laptop w/o an o/s, reply to this comment and let me know.
i don't think it means what you think it means.
and you're not required to have any of them to live in the u.s.
of course they're different
the other problem is that it takes gov't a long time to do anything, so by the time the gov't bureaucrat assigned to monitor your device (assuming we get nationalized health care) gets around to calling the ambulance, you'll probably already be dead. from old age, not a heart attack or stroke.
or at least, that's what they'll tell your next of kin. that you died of old age, not red tape and inefficiency.
because nuclear is not politically correct to a liberal. it's all about the earth and sun, don't you know?
i've also seen a large increase in customers wanting their computers fixed lately. i think the bad economy has a positive effect on businesses that fix stuff. people are more willing to spend less and get it fixed than spend more buying something new. we're doing well for the same reason the auto mechanics are.
like removing viruses, spyware and malware?
i consider avast only for protection from viruses, and recommend MalwareBytes for protection from malware.
i've found that considering malware, spyware and viruses 3 different animals, and using different software to attack each type is the best defense solution. i recommend SuperAntiSpyware as well.
2 years ago, someone at my church's office asked me if i could write an app that would help them manage donors for their capital campaign. they had researched commercially available options and found they did about 90% (or less) of what they wanted. they were willing to spend a little $ to get that last 10%.
the solution i wrote runs in a browser, uses postgres as the backend, and has features like email reminders, generates pdfs for mailings, and even allows the administrator to link donors based on their family tree. also allows the ability to link donors to a particular group (teachers, volunteers, parishoners, etc.) and can generate several types of reports, including those for tax purposes.
total cost was $1000 (it's my church, i gave them a discount), if you're interested in seeing if it will meet your needs, reply to this message w/ your contact info.
according to dell's website, it shipped in march 1996. this thing is a rock, all original configuration hardware-wise. installed redhat 6.2 (damn, that was a good o/s) and it's never turned off, unless there's a power outage, or i open it to vacuum out the dust. currently used as my cvs server and local dns. i can't believe the hard drive is still spinning.....
oh really?
agreed. it's better to be judged by 12 of your peers than carried by 6.
do you have proof of this? i worked in telemarketing for many years, writing code to sort huge databases of numbers. the way i got "unlisted" numbers was to do a 'select where not in' query. if you have the listed numbers, and you know there's 10,000 possible numbers for a particular 3-digit exchange, you can easily come up w/ a list of "unlisted" numbers. sure, many of them didn't work, but at the time (this was the early 90's), that list of "unlisted" numbers was gold because no one else was calling them. of course, you didn't have their contact info, so when they answered you couldn't say, "is this mr. jones?" you had to say, "is the man or lady of the house there?"
in any case, i don't remember the phone company or hill-donnelly offering to sell us unlisted numbers, we had to find them on our own.
the holdup is supply-and-demand. even though you can build it, would anyone buy your eco-friendly biodiesel? i can think of only a few that might, unless the gov't starts forcing people to buy them. in light of the recent detriot bailouts, that may very well happen.
having worked as a carrier for several major newspapers in different cities, i can say that almost all of the subscription costs associated with (non-national) newspapers goes to the carrier. what's most likely happening regarding cost-per-ad for free/subscription is that, w/ subscription based papers, you can give a definitive number of subscribers, but w/ a free paper, all you can point to is the number you print. who knows how many of the "free" papers actually end up, unread, at the bottom of a bird cage.
i sell ubuntu systems to regular users. as part of a purchase, if they're local i offer to install it in their house and give an hour of time to answer questions for free. after a brief orientation (don't buy a new ipod, before buying a printer check here or call me, etc.), i spend the time showing them how to find and install software using synaptic, where update alerts appear and what to do, how to use firefox instead of ie, and a few other tips. i leave with them knowing they can call or email me anytime they have a question and i'll do my best to answer it.
i've been doing this for several years now. i always install the latest LTS version of ubuntu, and i offer to do software upgrades for $60. most customers are happy they no longer have to deal w/ virus, malware and spyware, even though there's a bit of a learning curve. i've had a few who installed xp because they just couldn't "get it," and out of them at least 4 of them come back with, you guessed it, malware and virus infected boxes. i've also had 2 customers who brought the computer back and asked me to set it up for dual-boot w/ xp. i found out later they boot to windows only to use itunes (being unable to get it working correctly in linux) and generally use the ubuntu side for everything else.
for the most part, i've found that spending just that initial hour is enough to put the customer at ease. additionally, knowing i'm just a phone call away helps too.
for customers who aren't local, i prepare a pdf document that basically contains what i go over w/ the locals in that orientation hour.
i've had just a couple of customers who were "new users," who basically had never used a computer before. since they don't know the difference (that there's other o/s's that aren't linux), they take to it a little more quickly.
i have used and recommend cradlepoint routers, which are in the $140-$150 range. they have 2 models, so choose accordingly for pcmcia or usb cards. before purchasing one, call them and verify their router will work with the brand/model of aircard you're purchasing, there are a few that don't work now (but i've been told they're working on drivers).
sign up for a boinc project, then your computer won't be 'unused,' enabling you to run it 24/7 w/o guilt.
i disagree, with postal spam at least if they provide a pre-paid return envelope i have the satisfaction of putting everything they sent me in that envelope, along w/ a few rusty washers (to add weight), and maybe a sunday paper glossy ad or two (more weight, and thickness) and sending it back to them on their dime.