Seriously. I read through the article, and he goes on about how he doesn't remember the details about installing it. Then he goes on to mention that the version he installed used a known pirated key and required an altered winlogon.exe. I find that humorous because the pirated copies I've come across require the user to swap out the winlogon.exe file themselves. Something I'm sure he'd remember doing. No, his story really doesn't add up.
Hehehe. No kidding. People will believe anything. It kinda reminds me of this one time when the leader of a big country claimed that a small nation halfway around the world could launch a large-scale attack on them in 45 minutes.
In all honesty, after looking over the intouchtechnical.com site, I'm going to go out on a limb here and tell you that you need to find which of your techs is running bittorrent all the time and either teach him how to set upload and download limits or cut him off entirely. As others have said, your posting is all over the map. You openly dismiss more than a few technologies that work quite well in competent hands. You mention fractional T1s, DSL, and OC48 as if you don't even know what they are. It really sounds like you aren't qualified to be the technology admin for a company whose business revolves around providing tech support to other businesses. Hate to say it, but that's what I see from where I'm sitting.
Yes, human incompetence is the major factor here. Low quality work/incompetence is sometimes(though certainly not always) part of the lowest bidder system of awarding contracts. But no, it's not necessarily capitalism's fault.
You've clearly read the article. You read the part where they contacted the appropriate authorities to dig and were given the all's clear. You read the part where the fiber was unmarked and in a place that it wasn't supposed to be. Of course you have, otherwise you wouldn't be making such erroneous statements. That would make you look quite stupid, wouldn't it? And we know you would never do something to make yourself look stupid.
Out of curiosity, could you please post the professionally edited copy of this article so that we can compare it with what you posted? I have the feeling there are significant differences between the two, both in tone and readability.
I've recently started taking classes in editorial practices. Let me tell you, the stuff covered in the first few weeks is leaps and bounds beyond anything these guys could even begin to handle. Quite simply what they do is not editing, but rather site administration (as my former sig stated).
Be sure to have a chapter dedicated to the on/off switch on both the main case and the monitor (hell, that might be two chapters right there). A chapter on when a cup holder isn't a cup holder. And don't forget the chapter on magic smoke. Covering those things should take all the mystery out of computers...
I sure hope it's "education" in the same way that ketchup is considered a vegetable. Honestly, though, I totally agree with you. In reality, though, it would end up being something like "Math Time, brought to you by Hasbro"
I was listening to an episode of This Week in Tech the other day and Leo kept mentioning someone's theory that Google's true goal is to get AdSense everywhere. This move just seems to back up that claim.
...what I lovingly refer to as "dumbfuck user" syndrome, which exhibits such symptoms as the inability to read, lack of intelligence and an inherent lack of cognitive reasoning.
It's a shame that DUS isn't only limited to computers...
In fact, if Windows were to fail commercially tomorrow and everyone runs *nix, you'll see spyware applications be written for these OSes immediately.
Agreed. Especially when you consider that all of the programs in TFA were installed after the user clicked the "I Agree" button five, six, seven times. The OS could be totally secure and only allow the installed apps to affect the logged-in user. They'll still be there annoying that one user, though, since the user is the one who said it was okay to put them there. This is where informing the user comes in. And the user has already shown many times over that they don't care to be informed. This sort of crap is gonna be around for a long long time...
It's not that nobody won't. It's that nobody legally can. Fox owns the rights to television shows based on Firefly. That's why another company (Universal) was able to make it into a movie -- because it wasn't a TV show. If Firefly ever returns to the small screen it will be because Fox decided to do it (or they sold the rights to it).
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Are we really going to do the rip-off route? Let's just go all the way back to Xerox...
I really wish someone would "rip me off" by giving me millions in stock.
No kidding. I view these errors as being on the same level as saying "My wireless gives me 11Mb/hour."
Seriously. I read through the article, and he goes on about how he doesn't remember the details about installing it. Then he goes on to mention that the version he installed used a known pirated key and required an altered winlogon.exe. I find that humorous because the pirated copies I've come across require the user to swap out the winlogon.exe file themselves. Something I'm sure he'd remember doing. No, his story really doesn't add up.
Those guys are a laugh riot.
Hehehe. No kidding. People will believe anything. It kinda reminds me of this one time when the leader of a big country claimed that a small nation halfway around the world could launch a large-scale attack on them in 45 minutes.
In all honesty, after looking over the intouchtechnical.com site, I'm going to go out on a limb here and tell you that you need to find which of your techs is running bittorrent all the time and either teach him how to set upload and download limits or cut him off entirely. As others have said, your posting is all over the map. You openly dismiss more than a few technologies that work quite well in competent hands. You mention fractional T1s, DSL, and OC48 as if you don't even know what they are. It really sounds like you aren't qualified to be the technology admin for a company whose business revolves around providing tech support to other businesses. Hate to say it, but that's what I see from where I'm sitting.
What town did you grow up in?
Wisconsin
This must be an example of that high communication ability dada was referring to. : p
:' ( *sniff*
Yes, human incompetence is the major factor here. Low quality work/incompetence is sometimes(though certainly not always) part of the lowest bidder system of awarding contracts. But no, it's not necessarily capitalism's fault.
You've clearly read the article. You read the part where they contacted the appropriate authorities to dig and were given the all's clear. You read the part where the fiber was unmarked and in a place that it wasn't supposed to be. Of course you have, otherwise you wouldn't be making such erroneous statements. That would make you look quite stupid, wouldn't it? And we know you would never do something to make yourself look stupid.
Out of curiosity, could you please post the professionally edited copy of this article so that we can compare it with what you posted? I have the feeling there are significant differences between the two, both in tone and readability.
I've recently started taking classes in editorial practices. Let me tell you, the stuff covered in the first few weeks is leaps and bounds beyond anything these guys could even begin to handle. Quite simply what they do is not editing, but rather site administration (as my former sig stated).
underwear?!? *scratches head*
Two layers?!? *scratches head*
Why bother with wikipedia when there's an excellent documentary available on the subject?
Goddammit! I was gonna post that!
Be sure to have a chapter dedicated to the on/off switch on both the main case and the monitor (hell, that might be two chapters right there). A chapter on when a cup holder isn't a cup holder. And don't forget the chapter on magic smoke. Covering those things should take all the mystery out of computers...
Yup. Hit the wrong key. Why'd they hafta put the 'fruit' key so close to the 'juice' key? Damn Microsoft, with their crappy pictokeyboard...
I sure hope it's "education" in the same way that ketchup is considered a vegetable. Honestly, though, I totally agree with you. In reality, though, it would end up being something like "Math Time, brought to you by Hasbro"
Doh! FRUIT, not juice. FRUIT! Obviously I'm totally ineligible for this particular scholarship...
I really hope it's called the JuiceFucker 2000 Scholarship.
Imagine having no commercials and just seeing a text ad in the lower right portion of your show.
So what do you propose they do with the other 8 minutes per half hour?
I was listening to an episode of This Week in Tech the other day and Leo kept mentioning someone's theory that Google's true goal is to get AdSense everywhere. This move just seems to back up that claim.
...what I lovingly refer to as "dumbfuck user" syndrome, which exhibits such symptoms as the inability to read, lack of intelligence and an inherent lack of cognitive reasoning.
It's a shame that DUS isn't only limited to computers...
In fact, if Windows were to fail commercially tomorrow and everyone runs *nix, you'll see spyware applications be written for these OSes immediately.
Agreed. Especially when you consider that all of the programs in TFA were installed after the user clicked the "I Agree" button five, six, seven times. The OS could be totally secure and only allow the installed apps to affect the logged-in user. They'll still be there annoying that one user, though, since the user is the one who said it was okay to put them there. This is where informing the user comes in. And the user has already shown many times over that they don't care to be informed. This sort of crap is gonna be around for a long long time...
It's not that nobody won't. It's that nobody legally can. Fox owns the rights to television shows based on Firefly. That's why another company (Universal) was able to make it into a movie -- because it wasn't a TV show. If Firefly ever returns to the small screen it will be because Fox decided to do it (or they sold the rights to it).